Hodge said that the SID is requesting less money from the township for its annual budget and lowering the assessment rate for commercial properties — due to new buildings coming online.

The TC recently designated six of the eight lots within the area — which face Maplewood Ave. and are between Inwood Pl. and Durand Rd — as an area in need of redevelopment.

Alternatively, Maplewood officials ask Gov. Murphy and the NJ Legislature “to establish a dedicated tax to fund public transit, such as the restoration of the corporate business surcharge.”

The following story was submitted by Liping Meng, the longest-serving teacher of Mandarin (standard Chinese) language in the South Orange-Maplewood School District. “This is my 5th year teaching in CHS,” Meng …

U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) says Maplewood will see $959,752 to support new stormwater subsystems through bills signed by President Biden on March 9.

The Board of Education approved an increase to $175/day for short-term & $200/day for long-term substitutes. The new rate went into effect March 1.