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🌱 Maplewood Daily: A Roundup Of Everything Going On Today

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Lines have grown longer at urgent care offices in North Jersey, as COVID-19 cases rise. Maplewood has instituted a mask mandate and said cases quadrupled in the schools before the holidays. See related stories below.
Lines have grown longer at urgent care offices in North Jersey, as COVID-19 cases rise. Maplewood has instituted a mask mandate and said cases quadrupled in the schools before the holidays. See related stories below. (Caren Lissner/Patch)

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Good day, Maplewood! Here's everything you need to know to get this day started. Here's everything you need to know about what's happening today in Maplewood.

Here are the top stories in and around Maplewood today:

  1. Flash Mob Cheers Up Elementary School Teacher In Maplewood Who Has Cancer: VIDEO (Maplewood Patch)
  2. SOMA Schools: COVID-19 Cases Quadruple From Prior Record in Week Before Break (TAPinto.net)
  3. Visits Suspended At Essex County Jail (Patch)
  4. PHOTOS: 'Vose & Taylor' Development Rising Over Downtown South Orange (Jersey Digs)
  5. Volunteers train, take oath as advocates for Essex County area foster youth (Union News Daily)

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Today in Maplewood:

  • Nextdoor Neighbor, Valley of Maplewood: "Tipping sanitation workers? - Is it customary to tip our garbage/recycling men at the end of the year? How about our mail carriers? If so, how do you do it?" (Nextdoor)

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— Caren Lissner

About me: Hi! I'm a lifelong New Jersey resident who grew up in Matawan/Aberdeen, Freehold, and Old Bridge. I have written for the Washington Post and Atlantic.com. I've also published two novels, one of which was adapted into a nerdy holiday romantic comedy that's currently streaming on Netflix (called Carrie Pilby). I believe in the power of local journalism to do so much good in large and small ways. Reach me at caren.lissner@patch.com

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