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Saturday, January 26, 2013

St. James Gate Hearing Leads Maplewood News this Week

Here's a look at what readers were talking about this week.

  Judge: Complaint Against St. James Gate Bartender Should Move Forward A Bloomfield municipal court judge ruled a complaint accusing a Maplewood bartender of assaulting a patron should move forward.  Chief Municipal Magistrate Judge John A. Paparazzo found probable cause Thursday after hearing testimony from 24-year-old South Orange resident, Ethan Kresofsky, accusing St. James’s Gate Publick House's bartender, James Meade, of assault.   William "Chip" Madsen Will Be Memorialized Saturday William “Chip” Madsen of Maplewood passed away on Saturday, January 19, 2013 after a relentless fight with metastasized melanoma cancer. His memorial service was on Saturday at Morrow Memorial Church.   Man Arrested for Burglary after Foot Chase …

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Judge: Complaint Against St. James Gate Bartender Should Move Forward, William "Chip" Madsen Will Be Memorialized Saturday, Man Arrested for Burglary after Foot Chase, and 2 more ›

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Pertussis ("Whooping Cough") Suspected at Jefferson School

For the second time this week, a potentially serious disease is suspected at a SOMSD school.

Susan Grierson, Principal of Jefferson Elementary School, sent home a letter to parents and guardians on Thursday warning of a suspected case of whooping cough at the school. It is the second time in a week that a possible case of the disease -- technically called "pertussis" but more commonly known as whooping cough -- has been identified in the South Orange-Maplewood School District. South Orange Middle School principal Joseph Uglialoro sent home an identical letter on Wednesday. "I've never know anyone who's had it, I only know (of) it from the vaccine the kids get," said Julie Pauly, parent of an 5th-grader at Jefferson. "It strikes me as unusual," she said. "I'm not alarmed but I thought this was eliminated by children's vaccines." …

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Middle School Warns of Suspected Pertussis Case and Jefferson School

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