LIQUOR LICENSE LAW, COP PROMOTIONS LEAD TC AGENDA TUESDAY

A packed Township Committee meeting is set for Tuesday with a slew of proclamations -- from cancer awareness to fire prevention -- and several police promotions.

Also on the agenda is a proposed ordinance that would require a notice be sent to anyone within 200 feet of a location seeking a liquor license. We told you about the idea after the wine store slated for the former Santander Bank at Prospect Street and Springfield Avenue prompted concerns.

See the ordinance below:
 
 

See the entire agenda HERE. The meeting is set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Town Hall, 574 Valley St.

SOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT IN PBS PROGRAM

Our school district was highlighted in the PBS series, School Sleuth: The Case of the Wired Classroom.

If you missed it this past Thursday, watch it below:

The South Orange Middle School portion is about 25 minutes in. 


 

MAPLEWOODIAN OF THE WEEK: MAPLEWOOD VILLAGE

Maplewood Village won the New Jersey Monthly Downtown Showdown this past week, beating out Summit, Princeton, Montclair and Morristown in head-to-head battles during the last few weeks.

That makes it the best downtown in New Jersey.

For that, we give Maplewood Village our Maplewoodian of the Week.

EASTMAN, PAI, FREEDSON EVENT TODAY

Wayne Eastman, Madhu Pai and Peggy Freedson will hold a wine and cheese gathering with voters today at 5 p.m.

The event is at 78 Tuscan Road.

We are happy to promote all candidate events for both school board and Township Committee. Email us at editor@maplewoodian.com.

MANDALA PROJECT FLAGS AT TOWN HALL

From Maplewood Township:

FLAGS DECORATED DURING THE MAPLEWOOD MANDALA
PROJECT ON DISPLAY AT TOWN HALL

Dozens of colorful Tibetan flags are now on display in the main lobby of the
Maplewood Town Hall located at 574 Valley Street in Maplewood, New Jersey. The
exhibition is free and open to the public from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday
through October 16.

This impressive collection is the unintended result of an arts and crafts activity
that took place as part of the Maplewood Mandala Project. The public was encouraged
to personalize multi-colored, light cotton flags with words and images that convey
hope, joy, open-mindedness, compassion and good will.  Children old and young
answered the call and adorned the flags with messages that range from profound,
"freedom for my family" to refreshingly innocent, "peace love pancakes".  Taken
together they reflect the spirit of creativity and self-reflection inspired during
the Mandala Project.

The Mandala Project took place from August 10 - 15, 2015 at the Woodland in
Maplewood. Over the course of that week, five Buddhist monks from the Drepung
Loseling Monastery in India took up residence in Maplewood to create an intricate
work of art called a mandala.  Painstakingly constructed using millions of grains of
colored sand, the astounding mandala was swept up by the monks soon after it was
completed, and returned to the earth in an elaborate ritual of prayer and
celebration.

While the mandala itself was short lived, the beautiful banners now on display serve
as a permanent reminder of the remarkable event.

For more information contact the Maplewood Department of Recreation and Cultural
Affairs at 973 763-4202.