'THE LAUREL' MAKES NY TIMES SUNDAY REVIEW

I have been critical of The Laurel in Maplewood Village for not being open as much as it could be, but that did not stop The New York Times from giving it a whirl.

This review appears in Sunday's paper and seems to like the food, but not the atmosphere. Oh well, good work owner Lauren and hope this draws more business.

Among the review's highlights:


LEAVE it to a former vegan to produce one of the best hamburger platters in northern New Jersey. Lauren Dwyer, whose cookbook collection now includes Fergus Henderson’s “The Whole Beast: Nose to Tail Eating,” serves it at the Laurel, the tiny but excellent restaurant she opened in May in Maplewood.

NO MORE FREE PARKING NEXT TO OLD POLICE SITE

This email from the township today tells it like it is:

Please take notice that effective immediately unassigned Commuter Parking Spaces in Municipal Lot #3, to the left of the former Maplewood Police Department building at 125 Dunnell Road are no longer available.

The Lot is no longer Municipal property and no longer available for any parking as the properties have been sold.

Thank you for your immediate attention in this matter.

ELIZABETH J. FRITZEN, R.M.C., C.M.C., C.M.R.

Township Clerk  

COPS CHASING TRESPASSER

...Scanner shows cops chasing a man who jumped over a fence into a yard, then jumped back out, near Oberlin St...

MMS EXPANSION GETS GO AHEAD

PATCH reports:

The South Orange-Maplewood School District expects to break ground on a three-story addition to the Maplewood Middle School sometime in mid-fall, according to recent district plans. 

More HERE.

SUMMER READING CLUB FINALE

Date:	August 17th, 2012
Time:	11:00am
Information:	Drop in for our Summer Reading Club Finale. Prizes! Certificates! Obstacle Course!
Address:	51 Baker Street
Town:	Maplewood
Phone:	973-762-1622 ext. 5005
Contact:	Maplewood Memorial Library kids@maplewoodlibrary,org
Website:	http://www.maplewoodlibrary.org

NEWS-RECORD EDITOR'S FAREWELL PODCAST

We caught up with Christina Hernandez, the departing managing editor of the News-Record, who leaves that job Friday.

Listen below:

HIT AND RUN ON A BICYCLIST

PATCH reports:

A Maplewood resident was struck, riding his bicycle to work on Millburn Avenue, around 10 a.m. on Wednesday, by a black SUV that left the scene, police said.

John Cain, 30, said he was heading toward downtown Millburn when the SUV made a right-hand turn on Wyoming Avenue without a turn signal.

Cain said he managed to jump off his bicycle after it was hit, avoiding any injuries. 

NO TC MEETING NEXT WEEK

This from the township website:

Canceled - Township Committee Meeting

Tuesday, August 21

Next meeting, Sept. 4 at the Police HQ