Our online community can help Furnishing a home in Maplewood and South Orange has its challenges. The elegant old homes don’t always lend...

Weeknight meatballs and homemade focaccia What says home like a pot of simmering meatballs in tomato sauce and homemade bread? If that’s...

An interior design firm helps city folks transform their spaces How does a house become a home? How does a newly transplanted couple...

Relief could be just around the corner Imagine a picture-perfect weekend afternoon in our two towns: The streets and sidewalks are...

It starts with education It’s not easy to keep up with Luis Estrella. Talk to him about his career in real estate and he’ll rattle off a...

Photography by Julia Verderosa A South Orange couple bring life and color back to a Village classic With its stolid stucco and uncut...

The sun still rises. I was about 16 years old when I first visited Sanibel and Captiva in Florida. Nestled in a strand of barrier islands...

Step 1: Get hit by a semi-truck. Are you afraid of flying? I don’t mean afraid of turbulence. Who isn’t afraid of bouncing around wildly...

Dan Kaslow writes a compendium. Dan Kaslow loves research. Perhaps it comes from his many years as a consultant to midsize companies and...

YouthNet provides local internships to explore career options. It’s a big world out there and when you’re a high school student, figuring...

Pen and paper in hand, this local author-illustrator brings joie de vivre to your elementary school or bookstore. Jay Cooper is at it...

Three ways to eat beets. An effective way to get more vegetables in your diet is to make them the center of whatever you’re cooking....

Tara Connell, owner of CKO Kickboxing, celebrates a milestone. It’s been ten years since Tara Connell moved to Maplewood and opened CKO...

Students meet Ahmed Best, class of 1991. Columbia High School recently welcomed Ahmed Best, CHS class of 1991, to speak to the students...

Overseers and protectors of the gift of our forebears. It was before 8 on a Saturday morning in December when Sharon Salmon emerged from...

My first time serving in virtual court. Back in December, I received a green postcard in the mail. It was the kind with the black bar...

Remembering my own Mom Thoughts of the holidays present a variety of sensations to our imaginations. Whether it’s the beautiful Christmas...

Michael Gillespie celebrates a literary and personal triumph In October 1650, a pamphlet written by Massachusetts Bay Colonist William...

Two decades of Maplewood Community Music Have you ever wondered what became of the band nerds you went to high school with? Where are all...

Homemade dinner rolls: They’re easier to make than you think. Something I love about holiday cooking and baking is the recipe that you’re...