GAZEBO KIDS SHOW THIS MORNING

BIG JEFF and the STARFISH BAND!

Rockin' Maplewood

 TODAY @ 11:00 AM

Springfield Avenue Gazebo at the Hilton Library

1688 Springfield Avenue

Maplewood, NJ 

Price: Free and open to the public!

Time to join forces with the greatest rock band in the world... for kids! 

Maplewood is their home turf, so this show should be extra rockin'!

HIGHLAND PLACE LIQUOR LICENSE TO BE TRANSFERRED TUESDAY

Highland Place, the Maplewood Village restaurant named for the street it's on, will move closer to re-opening on Tuesday night when the Township Committee considers a liquor license transfer from the restaurant's former owners to the owner of the building it occupies.

The TC, acting as the Maplewood Alcohol Beverage Control Board, will consider approving the transfer of the liquor license for the site from Nilsatis Inc., which owned Highland Place, to 5 Highland Place Associates, owned by Masoud Kian, who owns the building. 

It's unknown what Kian will do with the license. He could reopen the location for service, transfer it to another entity, or keep it unused.

The TC also will consider another liquor license transfer to Wine Barrel Maplewood LLC, representing 1886 Springfield Ave.

Highland Place, which closed in August 2014, lost its license after the state seized it for failure to pay taxes. It was initially set to be auctioned off, but that was postponed after the transfer was initially discussed by both parties.

The TC meeting is set for 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Maplewood Police Headquarters. The late start is due to National Night Out events. See the agenda HERE.

FREE OPEN SOCCER GAMES TODAY AT MEMORIAL PARK

MEET MAPLEWOOD'S NEWEST PHOTO ARTIST

Maplewood resident and dad Michael Lehrer is the latest creative force to go pro in our Township.

Lehrer recently launched his photography business, DJMikel Photo, with a website touting his great work and offering it up for sale.

Check him out HERE.

Lehrer is also the hubby of one Holly Evans, the former Rockette and local dance instructor we interviewed last December about her days with the high-kicking chorus.

Are they a new creative power couple in town?

GREAT SAFETY ARTWORK EVENT TONIGHT

CHS students did a similar project this past spring

From the Nikhil Badlani Foundation (NBF)

You are invited to the unveiling of traffic safety artwork created by the children at Maplewoodstock. Please come and marvel at the creativity of these children. This artwork is sponsored by Nikhil Badlani Foundation and funded by State Farm Insurance. 


Time: 7:30 PM
Where: DeHart Community Center; 120 Burnett Avenue, Maplewood, NJ 07040

Nikhil Badlani Foundation (NBF) was set up in 2011 to honor the memory of a 11-year-old boy, Nikhil, who was killed in a car crash in South Orange when a driver failed to stop at a STOP sign. The mission of the Nikhil Badlani Foundation is to provide free music lessons to under-served children, academic scholarships and raise traffic safety awareness for all.

The Foundation is committed to teen driving safety. The students are educated about the dangers of distracted driving by engaging them in an immersive exercise of creating artwork on traffic safety. Through art, students are able to learn about a very serious issue in a fun way.  

NBF Initiatives in Maplewood/South Orange:

• Educated Columbia High School (CHS) students through artwork on road safety
• Partnered with NJ Transit to run PSA using CHS artwork. Currently running in buses, Light Rail and Maplewood, Mountain, South Orange and other train stations.
• Donated reflectors imprinted with “Drive Smart. Save a Life.”

We hope you will join us at the unveiling and be our partner to make our roads safer for all.

INFLATABLES BACK AT THE POOL MONDAY

From the Maplewood Pool

Please join us on Monday August 3rd for more inflatable fun.  The Inflatables will be in the pool from 12:00pm to 3:00pm. As a result the 6 foot section of the main pool will  be closed until 4:00pm.

Thank you,
Pool Managaement

POLICE INVESTIGATING REPORTED FRAUD RIP-OFF AT SUPERMARKET

...Scanner indicates police responding to Extra Supermarket on Irvington Avenue for an alleged fraud and "large amount of cash taken".... 

MAPLEWOOD VILLAGE BUTTON PATROL IS OUT TODAY

From Maplewood Village Alliance:

INTRODUCING 

MAPLEWOOD VILLAGE’S

 BUTTON BONANZA!

 

Here’s how it works:

• This summer, be spotted in Maplewood Village wearing a Small Wonder button while you shop, dine or enjoy one of the other services in the Village, and if you are spotted by our “Button Patrol” you’ll receive a small token of appreciation from one of your Maplewood Village merchants, on the spot!

• Pick up your button at any of the following Maplewood Village Merchants:  No. 165
  Perch Home
  Hopscotch at Home
  Alchemy Hour
  Salvage Style
  Bee & Thistle
  Madeline Moss
  Kimaya Kama
  
  KoKoRo
  Baker Street Yoga

•   How will you be spotted, and by whom? Two ways!

1. The Button Patrol Team (we can’t tell you who they are!) will announce when they’ll be out and about via Facebook and Twitter (do you like us? /do you follow us? )
2. There will also be some unannounced dates when they’re out button spotting, so be sure to wear your button all the time!

So, wear your support and love of Maplewood Village! You could be a winner!* Must be 18 years or older to participate.

The patrol will be out today, July 30, at lunchtime!