Mayor Nancy Adams

The mayor is urging residents to attend two upcoming township meetings to express concerns: Engineering, Public Works & Planning at 8AM, October 9, and Public Safety at 7:30PM, October 9.

From the South Orange Village Council and Maplewood Township Committee: Joint Statement on the…

Deputy Mayor Cripe said she feared Maplewood would become a less desirable place to live if “Midtown Direct doesn’t ‘Midtown directly'” get commuters in and out of NYC.”

Noting concerns about crime stemming from the 24-hour Wawa, late-night noise, an increase in unhoused people and a recent shooting, one resident said that Maplewood has “…become lackadaisical where safety is concerned, but I live on the border and it bothers me greatly. I pay a lot of taxes. And I like to be safe.”

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After Gov. Phil Murphy signed a new Open Public Records Act [OPRA] Modernization bill…

After several years of late budgets, the township passed the final budget in May. Work is already starting on next year’s budget.

The budget supports policy decisions around streeteries, Master Plan implementation, lowering pool fees, increasing homeless outreach, and instituting pay increases for lower-wage township workers.

“Not only is this greener in that we are recycling, we are also freeing up time for our staff to perform other critical tasks for the Township”, says Mayor Nancy Adams.

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.