The South Essex Fire Dept. responded to 44 calls on Friday night across both towns — including trees into houses and on cars, poles down with wires burning, and two lightning strikes. 

Family programs include learning about monarch butterflies, caterpillars and insects, as well as a butterfly gardening workshop.

During the hour-long protest, protesters carried handmade signs that read “Haitian Workers Deserve Fair Treatment,” “Shameful Supreme Court TPS Decision,” “Save Our Haitian Workers and All Immigrants,” Cars and trucks honked in support as they drove by, and some stopped to talk with the protesters.

Maplewood’s favorite summer festival is finally legal drinking age.

The study was a part of a project to bring bike lanes and more traffic-calming treatments to Prospect Avenue, with construction beginning this fall.

The project — which will address physical, cognitive, social, sensory and emotional needs — is on track to be finished this summer.