Adding up county, school district and municipal tax increases, the average Maplewood property tax bill should go up $484.29 in 2025. A hearing and final vote to adopt the Maplewood municipal budget is scheduled for May 20, 2025.
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GovernmentInfrastructureMaplewoodPolice and Fire
Residents Speak For & Against Dedicated Bike Lanes on Parker Ave
“I think overall, based on the conversations we had in the Engineering, Public Works and Planning committee, there is favorability on the part of the Township Committee to work something out, to create some bike lanes on Parker. How we do that and how we deal with all these issues that came up, we’re going to have to balance all of it.” — Maplewood TC member Vic DeLuca
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GovernmentMaplewoodPolitics
Maplewood Township Committee Lauds Senator Cory Booker’s Record-Breaking Senate Speech
“This is a moral moment,” said Booker at the conclusion of his 25-hour-plus speech. “It’s not left or right. It’s right or wrong. Let’s get in good trouble.”
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GovernmentInfrastructureMaplewood
NJ American Water to Expedite Lead Line Replacement in Maplewood
by Lela Mooreby Lela MooreNJAW wants to have 4 crews working simultaneously in 4 parts of town starting in April. A public meeting will be held April 2 at 7:30 p.m. — both in person at Town Hall & via Zoom. “We just found out about it last week,” said Township Admin. Patrick Wherry.
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CommunityGovernmentMaplewoodSouth Orange
Programming or Policy? Maplewood Township Committee Debates Role of a Paid Coordinator for SOMA Two Towns for All Ages
by Lela Mooreby Lela MooreMayor Nancy Adams asked Township Administrator Patrick Wherry to make a recommendation on a budget line for the coordinator position, and raised the possibility that the proposed budget line could be reduced versus eliminated. Wherry will be presenting the 2025 budget to the Township Committee at its April 1 meeting
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The Maplewood Township Committee read two proclamations honoring International Transgender Day of Visibility and its founder Rachel Crandall Crocker.
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BusinessDevelopmentFood & WellnessMaplewood
Maplewood Leaders Discuss Expanded Zoning on Newark Way to Continue Area’s ‘Glow-Up’
by Lela Mooreby Lela MooreIndoor agriculture, food production, makerspaces, art galleries and studios, and retail sales (limited to products made on site) were listed as possible uses by Committee member Dean Dafis, if zoning in the area were expanded.
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This Sunday, Feb. 9, Maplewood and area trans youth can join a free support…
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GovernmentMaplewood
‘The State of the Township Is Excellent—And Busy’ Says Maplewood Mayor Nancy Adams
The mayor provided extensive updates on everything from the new stormwater utility tax to the potential redevelopment of the Maplewood movie theater at the Township Committee’s annual reorganization meeting.
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