FINDING THE HOME I ALREADY HAD by Jan Oosting Kaminsky
A Temporary Move Points us Back Home Last year, my family and I were all a little bit down in the dumps – stressed, overworked,...
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cherylsilver
- Feb 1, 2020
- 3 min
THREE DECADES IN PRINT, WITH NO REASON TO STOP by Ellen Donker
Matters Magazine celebrates a milestone 2020 is a year of celebration for Matters Magazine: We have turned 30 years old. That’s a long...
cherylsilver
- Feb 1, 2020
- 6 min
THE UNBREAKABLE LIFE OF NASEEM ROCHETTE by Donny Levit
A South Orange neighbor reflects on her brutal near-death experience On a recent rainy weekday evening, the Rochette family gathers in...
cherylsilver
- Feb 1, 2020
- 3 min
HUMBLE INGREDIENTS INFORM A VEGETABLE-FORWARD SALAD
From the Orange Lawn kitchen, a winter winner When the temperature drops and winds are howling, it’s natural to want to curl up indoors,...
cherylsilver
- Feb 1, 2020
- 4 min
JAZZ MEETS PIZZA by Adrianna Donat
D.D. Jackson serves up music for kids and grownups alike You may not have met him yet, but you probably have heard the music of D.D....
cherylsilver
- Feb 1, 2020
- 3 min
REMEMBERING OUR PAST by Henry Wallhouser
Maplewood’s military photos once again see the light of day You’ve got to have a good reason to want to visit a certain tiny storeroom...
cherylsilver
- Feb 1, 2020
- 3 min
FINDING MY NEW RITUAL by Donny Levit
The (not so) private adventures of a kickboxing klutz I am throwing a combination of triple jabs, triple hooks, and a flurry of uppercuts...
cherylsilver
- Feb 1, 2020
- 6 min
TAKE FIVE: SOMA FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATES a SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY by Donny Levit
Our local festival gives independent filmmakers the red-carpet treatment Matt Smollon is staring intensely at his phone. Don’t get the...
cherylsilver
- Feb 1, 2020
- 5 min
STUDENTS MIX MUSIC AND FUN by Reba Auslander-Stevens and Ellen Dreyer
Columbia High School’s tech lab gets an upgrade Step inside the music technology lab at Columbia High and you will be greeted not by the...
cherylsilver
- Nov 21, 2019
- 3 min
PARTY ON! by Ellen Donker
Rent Party closes in on a decade fighting hunger If you’re Chris Dickson, there are two kinds of people in Maplewood and South Orange:...
cherylsilver
- Nov 21, 2019
- 5 min
A DRONE'S-EYE VIEW OF MAPLEWOOD AND BEYOND by Donny Levit
Mason Levinson’s photography maps out our dynamic landscape On a bone-chillingly cold day in December 2016, Mason Levinson made his way...
cherylsilver
- Nov 21, 2019
- 3 min
CHOCOLATE BISCOTTI STORY by Karen Tedesco
Let the crumbs fall where they may Biscotti are one of my favorite cookies to make, not least because they’re a satisfyingly crunchy,...
cherylsilver
- Nov 21, 2019
- 4 min
GREEN THUMBS UP FOR THE MAPLEWOOD GARDEN CLUB by Rose Bennett Gilbert
Hometown-grown magic raises holiday spirits To the casual observer, it seems to happen overnight every December: the magical...
cherylsilver
- Nov 21, 2019
- 6 min
THE FULL SCORE ON A BROADWAY COMPOSER by Donny Levit
Maplewood’s Russ Kaplan creates music and musicians He’s a quadruple threat: a Broadway composer with several new projects in the works,...
cherylsilver
- Nov 21, 2019
- 3 min
WHAT'S IN A TRADITION? by Ellen Donker
Life. Every family has its own way of celebrating holidays. In our home, the most eagerly anticipated gathering is our Christmas Eve...
cherylsilver
- Nov 21, 2019
- 5 min
HOLDING UP A MIRROR by Elaine Durbach
Community TV channel celebrates the South Orange and Maplewood communities In a community as close-knit as South Orange and Maplewood,...
cherylsilver
- Oct 3, 2019
- 4 min
FILLING THE HUNGRY WITH GOOD THINGS by Adrianna Donat
A local charity reaches out to those in need on two continents One day about 10 years ago, Jane Collins-Colding was on her way to do...
cherylsilver
- Oct 3, 2019
- 3 min
ENERGY TO SERVE by Ellen Donker
A CHS grad drives environmental change Matters Magazine asked Carol Petrallia of the Columbia High School archives group to help us...
cherylsilver
- Oct 3, 2019
- 3 min
SLOW AND TASTY FOR THE WIN By Karen Tedesco
Welcome to the ultimate one-pot meal My grandmother was a true believer in the Crock-Pot. She was a working woman in a time and place...
cherylsilver
- Oct 3, 2019
- 3 min
COSTUMES UNDER COVER by Ellen Donker
Maplewood family keeps an annual Halloween secret Halloween is a favorite holiday for Walter Egbert, Brian Crowe and their two children...