Around Maplewood: Nasty Apartments / ‘Tan Mom’ / Park Improvements / ‘Let Kids Romp In Mud’

Patch reviews this week’s top stories in Essex County (click headline to read).

Headlines (click to read):

New Jersey’s ‘Tan Mom’ May Sue School For Daughter’s Sunburn

Peek Inside This ‘Uninhabitable’ Essex County Apartment Complex (PHOTOS)

Essex County Gets $1.5M State Grant, What Parks Will See Improvements?

Essex County May Get Another Wawa, Report Says

Essex County Hospital On Pace To Perform 1000th Heart Transplant This Summer

Frelinghuysen Votes Against Keeping Horse Slaughterhouse Ban

No Charges For Belleville Cop Who Shot Stick-Wielding Man

Thomas Edison Park: Who Really Invented Sound Recording? (VIDEO)

SOMA Schools: New Testing Shows Less Lead In Drinking Water

Essex County’s Buzz Aldrin Will Be Grand Marshal Of NYC Veterans Day Parade

Essex County’s ‘Lipedema Queen’ Helps N.J. Teens Fight Fat-Based Disease

153 Essex County Construction Workers Will Get Back Pay, Damages

Bloomfield Awarded $1M For Lion Gate Park Project

Maplewood Outdoor Preschool: 'Let Kids Romp In Mud, Enjoy Nature'

Humongous Ship Cruises Into Newark Bay, Sets Record In NJ

Nutley Cop’s Use Of Pepper Spray Was Justified, Court Rules

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