Patch reviews this week’s top stories in Maplewood and Essex County.
Fall 2018 Art Class Enrollment at Express Yourself Studios, Classes Begin October 9, Register Now!
NPD: 2 men used 3 different vehicles to rob 3 victims in Newark. Cops spotted them in Maplewood in a van. Then the chase began.
An Essex County store sold a $380,879 winning ticket for the Jersey Cash 5 drawing on July 17.
In Maplewood-South Orange: The free, no-alcohol movie screenings will include animated classics, “The Incredibles” and “Minions.”
Maplewoodstock LIne Up and Line Up of Open Houses in Maplewood
Smores Donut at Cedar Ridge Café & Bakery to benefit Bridges Outreach, Inc.
MPD: A project to upgrade a fire hydrant in Maplewood is expected to cause traffic delays in the area of Baker Street and Maplewood Avenue.
One of the grooviest music and art festivals in Essex County is returning for the summer of 2018: Maplewoodstock.
A bicyclist died after a collision with a car in Maplewood. The driver remained at the scene, police said.
The Kiwanis Club of South Orange-Maplewood is seeking to rebuild and resume its 96-year old legacy of service to the community.
CHS Principal Elizabeth Aaron has reportedly been reassigned. Hundreds of people in South Orange and Maplewood want to know why.
St. Joseph's CYO Basketball
Emergency Committee for Reinstatement of Principal Aaron forms with nearly 600 members and plans rallies, petitions and more.
Menendez: Vital, federal resources for people diagnosed with autism will be cut off next year if Congress fails to reauthorize Autism CARES.
When local schools and nonprofits team up to protect young students, not even the sun is an insurmountable challenge.
A pair of men from Atlantic County were sentenced to more than 100 years in New Jersey state prison for murdering three people in Maplewood.
Maplewood's fireworks and Independence Day celebration returns for 2018. See event details here.
The Maplewood Police Department will host a “Coffee with a Cop” event on Friday, June 22.
Deborah Burton, a grandmother from Maplewood, was shot in Newark last year. Police are offering $20K in a bid to catch her killer.
An elementary school aide in NJ filmed himself while masturbating in front of students. He also was caught in a supermarket, cops say
A Columbia High School alum and LGBTQ poet who recently won a prestigious Iowa Poetry Prize returns to her hometown on June 15.
The bear came down from the tree for a short time but climbed right back into another. A school was closed before the bear's capture.
The free, family-friendly festival brings together thousands of LGBTQ community members and straight allies from across the Garden State.
The color scheme is vibrant. And so is the statement of peace and inclusion behind Maplewood’s rainbow-striped crosswalks.
Residents and LGBTQ activists in Maplewood and South Orange will hold a rally against the Masterpiece Cake SCOTUS decision on June 4.
Express Yourself Studios Will Host Peace, Love & Tie-Dye June 23 in Celebration of National Pride Month
A veteran teacher in the South Orange-Maplewood Public School District has passed away.
VIDEO: A school board member called a cop a “skinhead” during a traffic rant that several people said was racist.
The Gus and Thelma Sickles Lifelong Learning Award was presented at The South Orange-Maplewood Adult School Annual Meeting
Maplewood’s Gregory Osborne will bring a production of “Five Guys Named Moe” to the Burgdorff Center.