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Express Yourself Studios Hosts a Canned Food Drive to Benefit the Community FoodBank of New Jersey
  MAPLEWOOD, NJ November 2, 2009 – Express Yourself Studios, A Space to Create located at 1912 Springfield Avenue in Maplewood will host a canned food drive to help benefit the . . . Click here for full entry

Colori d' Italia: The Photography of C.S. Wolff
  Where: Kari’s Cafe, 1883 Springfield Ave, Maplewood, NJ 07040 Date: November 7, 2009 Time: 6:30pm–9:30am Opening Reception displaying C.S. Wolff's expressionist photography.  All of the pieces were  inspired by the sights of . . . Click here for full entry

"The Playground Series" - An Exhibition of Photographs by Carol Schlitt at Express Yourself Studios
Express Yourself Studios located at 1912 Springfield Avenue in Maplewood will host an exhibition of photographs by West Orange photographer Carol Schlitt.  Ms. Schlitt a human rights lawyer by training . . . Click here for full entry

SOMA Artisan's Guild Show
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Express Yourself Studios Celebrates One Year Anniversary
MAPLEWOOD, NJ, August 10, 2009– Express Yourself Studios located at 1912 Springfield Avenue in Maplewood opened its doors in September 2008 amid an economic downturn when many businesses particularly local . . . Click here for full entry

108 years, 10 months, and 9 days
While Eileen waited for Shannon to be pulled from a meeting at her school, and Surya walked through neighbors' yards in search of Ann and Dylan, Naomi found herself following . . . Click here for full entry

Good Neighbors; I Know Your Ways
     Eileen woke to find the house empty, the kitchen a mess of toast crumbs and scattered cereal.  She stretched and turned off the television, a real-life judge still . . . Click here for full entry

The Basement: A Distant, Dirty Place
Sitting at her kitchen table -- a fancy name for a card table that she found in her mother's basement, moved to college, around the five boroughs of New York . . . Click here for full entry

It's Mumbai Now, in Art and Alcohol
  Early on Thursday morning, Surya sat down heavily at her kitchen table and drank what she thought was coffee from the mug in front of her. Still warm, the . . . Click here for full entry

Mistakes I Have Made...and Who Numbered this Crazy Street?
I did, of course! And I made some errors with names and numbers. I'll go back and fix them, but for those of you who wondered what's going on, here's some clarification: Orange . . . Click here for full entry

OrangeHotCouponMama and the News
From where she sat at her kitchen table, Eileen heard raised voices and then silence.  She looked up, as if she could better see, but the refrigerator door, partially open, and the . . . Click here for full entry

Author's Note: Internet Search Turns Up...Concrete
So I forgot the web address of this blog and I tried to google it. What a surprise to find it linked to a site that specialized in concrete and masonry. The . . . Click here for full entry

Chapter 11: Love vs Sports : And the winner is...
    Tuesdays, like this one, were slow mornings for Joe.  He rose from bed after Cole was long gone to school, and made coffee in the kitchen.  Joe put Cole’s . . . Click here for full entry

There are pictures here: http://orangeheightsnovel.blogspot.com/
There is more to see and read at this site:http://orangeheightsnovel.blogspot.com/  . . . Click here for full entry

Chapter 10: If You Build it, they will find a zoning violation
From next door, Constance heard the slam – bang! – and scrape of the Amin family’s front door opening and closing.   She stood in the front hallway, ready to put . . . Click here for full entry

A Brief Pause to Answer the Question: What Am I Reading???
Several people have asked, so...  This is a serial novella, a story told in brief episodes.  It is set in a town much like Maplewood and South Orange, though that town . . . Click here for full entry

Chapter 9: Is There a Cricket Pitch in Orange Heights?
    Across the street, Rohit stared at his parents, turning from his father to his mother and back again.  His mother smiled, as if expecting him to smile back.  His . . . Click here for full entry

Chapter 8: It's not panic.
    Naomi roused herself quickly, especially once she realized that she was sitting on a plastic lawn chair in front of a neighbor’s house with a small child staring at . . . Click here for full entry

Chapter 7: Naomi's New House
Naomi rose from bed when the phone rang at ten o’clock.  She had woken earlier to drop Ben off at the train station; he wearing a suit and rushing, she . . . Click here for full entry

Chapter 6: Rohit and the TP incident
    Rohit caught the 6:00 bus home from school on Tuesday.  He could have taken the 3:30 bus, but he was nervous about seeing his mother before she had time . . . Click here for full entry

Chapter 5: Joe and Cole
In 217 Orange Heights Avenue, every light in the house was shining, or so it seemed to Joe Atkinson as he paced from room to room, circling back to his . . . Click here for full entry

Chapter 4: 221 Orange Heights Avenue
In 221, Constance Campbell mentally calculated her weekend wages as she wiped the kitchen counters before bed.  If she added her hourly wage to the holiday pay, she might earn . . . Click here for full entry

Chapter 2: Meet the Neighbors
    Shannon Geary missed Naomi’s wave, from where she crouched in the basement of 215 Orange Heights Avenue.   While Naomi watched her husband sleep, Shannon pulled a t-shirt from the . . . Click here for full entry

Orange Heights: A Serial Novel Set in a Town Much Like SOMA.
Chapter 1       Naomi Nootbahr Roth strode through the front rooms of the new house, pausing to inspect the honey-colored floor and touching the glossy white paint of a doorway. She . . . Click here for full entry

TC Proclaims May 30th Be About Peace Day
Last night the Township Committee issued a Proclamation declaring May 30, 2009 Be About Peace Day in Maplewood.  Joining me to receive the proclamation from Mayor De Luca were Carly . . . Click here for full entry

Ceremony for Major Dwayne Kelley on May 30th
Be About Peace Day 2009 will include our traditional arts and crafts for peace as well as an all-afternoon concert at the Burgdorff Center from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm.  . . . Click here for full entry

Be About Peace Day 2009
This year, for the first time, we are celebrating Be About Peace Day with the end of the Iraq war in sight, our President having ordered all troops withdrawn over the next 31 . . . Click here for full entry

This is a start
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Maplewood Village Spring Planting & Cleanup Day
       Please join other volunteers on Saturday, April 18th for the Maplewood Village Alliance's annual Spring Planting & Cleanup Day. We'll provide the materials, you just show up. More details . . . Click here for full entry

Maplewood Village Restaurant Week - Special Offers & More
  To view this message in a browser, click on Shop Maplewood Village   Maplewood Village Restaurant Week Maplewood Village is celebrating the love of Maplewood by bringing family and friends together through . . . Click here for full entry

Garden State Art Party
 I'd like to write about making art and making money. i'd like other people to give me career advice and i would like to network with artists in the area. . . . Click here for full entry

A new place for Fixins
Hmm, I think I might like this format better. . . . Click here for full entry

Jefferson School - 5th Grade - 1979
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Jefferson School - Kindergarten - 1974
  Row 1  -  Mrs. Arnold  -  John Whinery  -  John Feldheim  -  Lori Buchanan Row 2  -  Liz Kleinberg  -  Corlyn Pomeroy  -  David Werbel  -  Johnny McDonough  -  Katie Farrell  . . . Click here for full entry




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