A look at what's coming up in town.
Here are some of the stories Maplewood Patch will be covering this week: Reminder: Monday is a four-hour day for all SOMSD elementary schools because of parent-teacher conferences.
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Maplewood residents "implore" Maplewood Township Committee members to reject Profeta proposal.
Several residents in the area where a new pocket park has been proposed spoke out against the plan at Tuesday night's Maplewood Township Committee meeting. Former Deputy Mayor Fred Profeta made the offer at a recent township committee meeting to pay for up to $20,000 (or roughly half) of the initial costs of creating the park, which would consist of adding benches, landscaping and lighting to a small wooded area behind Jefferson School. While the speakers took pains to commend Profeta's generosity, they urged the committee to preserve the secluded, undeveloped nature of the spot. "This (park) would devalue the essence of what (the area) is," said Scott Beatty, a resident of Woodland Road. He argued a park would also exacerbate an …
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1:41 pm on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
This is a horrible idea. There is already a large playground on the school grounds right across the brook. There is no need for a park here. Maybe establish a fund for better lighting on the path and more regular maintenance. But to tear down trees is senseless. That he is only willing to use his money in this one spot for this one project shows that Fred is not really wanting to help Maplewood, … more ›
Former Mayor Fred Profeta proposes to help fund new pocket park near Jefferson School.
This article has been updated with a comment from a resident. As a boy, Fred Profeta used to walk through a small, wooded area alongside the brook on his way to and from Jefferson School. "I always thought it was one of the nicest, most picturesque areas in Maplewood," said Profeta, former Mayor of Maplewood and one of its most civic-minded residents. Now, Profeta wants to pay forward his enjoyment of the little spot -- a small triangle of land next to Crooked Brook off Woodland Road -- by helping to build a pocket park there. He presented his plan at the last Township Committee meeting, offering to pay $20,000 of the costs of designing and building the park, which he estimates will total roughly $40,000. He proposed naming it "Brook …
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4:12 pm on Monday, January 14, 2013
I am also a Brook Lane resident. This quiet, magical street is what brought us to Maplewood and finally buy our house here! I don't understand why we need a "park" here to improve on something that, I believe, is already just right. It is a tiny space and turning it into a park would be a nuisance to neighbors, and would lead to an increase in garbage and loitering by teenagers in the warmer … more ›
Mary Ann Uschak
9:20 am on Friday, April 5, 2013
As a former resident of Maplewood I'm so glad so much is being done to keep the township beautiful.....maybe someday I'll become a resident again....I just crossed the border to Union Township and live in a beautiful condominium complex called Union Village....the contractor did a magnificent job with this unit.... more ›