1923 to Present: Members of the Maplewood Township Committee
Maplewood will be celebrating 100 years of its formation as a Township in 2022. In the meantime, the Township recently posted a list of all…
Firefighters Question Staffing As Maplewood Moves Forward with South Orange on Joint Meeting
The Maplewood Township Committee adopted a resolution supporting a Joint Exploratory Committee to merge the Maplewood and South Orange fire departments last night, as firefighters…
Maplewood Passes Resolution Asking County to Suspend Plans on Zoo Amphitheater
The Maplewood Township Committee passed a resolution Tuesday night calling on Essex County to suspend all plans for an amphitheater at the Turtle Back Zoo.…
South Orange-Maplewood Hold ‘Yet Another Gun Violence Vigil’, Call for Action ‘Now’
South Orange and Maplewood residents gathered at the Maplewood Train Station on August 5 to remember those whose lives were lost to gun violence in…
Maplewood Leaders to Call for More Transparency from Essex County Over Zoo Expansion
The five members of the Maplewood Township Committee indicated on July 16 that they were frustrated with a lack of transparency from the Essex County…
Maplewood Leaders Indicate Support for Joint Meeting/Civil Service Fire Dept. With South Orange
The five members of Maplewood’s governing body indicated on July 16 that there was majority support for a joint meeting structure with civil service to…
Fire Department Becomes Central Issue in South Orange Municipal Election; Mailer Sparks Backlash
Updated April 13, 2019 with a response from the SO Forward campaign. A mailer by the SO Forward campaign — Deborah Davis Ford for Village…
Maplewood to Introduce 2019 Budget With 6.8% Tax Levy Increase
After years of passing municipal budgets at, below or near the 2% state-mandated cap, Maplewood Township will be introducing a proposed $45.6M 2019 municipal budget on…
Spring Sports May Have Late Start in Maplewood-South Orange as Field Turf Needs Time to Grow
“We’re all going to be hearing from the community on this,” said Maplewood Township Committee member Greg Lembrich near the end of a presentation…
PHOTOS: Maplewood Leaders, Police Say ‘Painful’ Police Use of Force Report Is ‘Call to Action’
Calling the release of a statewide database on police use of force by the Star-Ledger “shocking” and “painful,” Mayor Vic DeLuca set the tone for…