The city of Maplewood is having a dual port level 2 charging station installed at the Marietta parking lot, a city employee said Monday. It will be near the west entrance to the lot, and offered as a free service to residents and visitors. There will be a 2-hour charging limit. No other limitations, such […]
The Heating Stove from the Maplewood Train Depot has been relocated to the National Building Arts Center in Sauget, Illinois. We recently lost one of Maplewood’s oldest residents, Rita Kippenberger. Rita lived her entire 97 years in the house she grew up in on Maple. I regret that I didn’t try harder to interview Rita […]
Maplewood Ward 3 candidate Mary Killian has sent additional concerns of hers to be published. 1) I would like to see the city develop a central point, source or office where the citizens could find answers to questions or be directed to help. It could be manned by knowledgeable volunteers and overseen by a city […]
More images from the collection of Emma Beauvais Thomas Grumley. This is the ninth post in that series. A particularly enjoyable part of this mission that I have set for myself is having had the opportunity to closely examine hundreds of original photographs with a connection to our community. The image quality of many of […]
Lee Wynn taught and coached in the Brentwood School District for 33 years, and served on the Brentwood Board of Aldermen a total of 24 years. He died on March 10, 2022. He was born on Wednesday, October 25, 1933. Services: Memorial at Alive Church, 1809 Des Peres Road, St. Louis, Missouri on Saturday, May […]
Through their giveback program, Closets for a Cause, Saint Louis Closet Co. officially donated $3,359.12 to the Cancer Support Community of Greater St. Louis. This nonprofit’s mission is to ensure that all people impacted by cancer are empowered by knowledge, strengthened by action, and sustained by the community. “We are thrilled to partner with Saint […]
After an extensive national recruitment process, Peter C. Marsac has been appointed as Maplewood’s new Fire Chief. Marsac was serving as the Interim Fire Chief following the retirement of Terry Merrell in July of 2021. He will oversee the Fire Department’s $3.3 million budget and 20 employees. Marsac has worked with the City’s Fire Department […]
The images in this post were run not long ago as part of The Amazing Lillian Herold Weber Collection – Part Four. Since then, with the help of the donor and my Brentwood correspondent, we’ve analyzed them a bit further. I think we have a clearer understanding of what we’re looking at now than we […]
The Owner of the Goldsmith Studio Had Disappeared On A Fishing Trip Readers with most of, or at least a large part of, their memory cells intact may recall that at the end of my last post about the images from Goldsmith Studio, the proprietor had gone missing. Eager to confront this mystery, I launched […]
As most of you know I have been running a series of posts that have been supplied from the collection of Emma Beauvais Thomas Grumley. This is number eight. The collection included a large number of images of friends and acquaintances of Emma’s, one has to assume. Many of these had nothing written on them […]
They all were either friends or acquaintances of Emma Beauvais Thomas. We may never know which. Here are their images and many others from: The Emma Beauvais Thomas Grumley Collection – Part Seven. Regular followers of this space will already know that many of my most recent posts have featured vintage images that were once […]
Acting Maplewood Police Chief Matt Nighbor reported on Friday to Maplewood block captains of a report of shots being fired near the 2400 block of Laclede Station Road. He said on Wednesday, February 23, at approximately 11 p.m., officers responded to the 2400 block of Laclede Station Road for a report of “shots fired”. Maplewood […]
Former Maplewood mayor, James P. White, died on February 24, according to posts on social media and direct contact with a neighbor of the White family. White served two term as mayor of Maplewood, 2009-2017. Prior to that he served as Maplewood Police Chief. See his obituary here. Visitation will be held at J.B. Smith […]
They all were either friends or acquaintances of Emma Beauvais Thomas. We may never know which. Here are their images and many others from: The Emma Beauvais Thomas Grumley Collection – Part Six. Regular followers of this space will already know that many of my most recent posts have featured vintage images that were once […]
Some Maplewood businesses are moving within Maplewood, some are moving in, and some are closing. Sole Survivor has moved from the corner of Manchester and Sutton just 500 feet east, to 7358 Manchester, next to Great Harvest Bread and La Cosecha Coffee. To the other side of Sole Survivor is the empty spot left by […]
They all were either friends or acquaintances of Emma Beauvais Thomas. We may never know which. Here are their images and many others from: The Emma Beauvais Thomas Grumley Collection – Part Five. Regular followers of this space will already know that many of my most recent posts have featured vintage images that were once […]
This trove contains many fascinating early images. According to a couple of history of photography websites, George Eastman, the founder of the Kodak Company, invented film to replace the apparatus and chemicals that professional photographers were using. If that weren’t enough, he also created a way to make photography less expensive and available to amateurs. […]
Before you read this post, I believe you would do well to read my first post about The Love Song of Mr. Thomas. It contains a lot of information that I don’t intend to repeat. This post is to let interested parties know that all of the letters that Mr. Thomas wrote to his wife-to-be, […]
Never Before Published – Vintage Images of the Thomas Home and Grounds One of the tactics I used to try and better understand Emma’s collection of photos and documents was to separate the images by the way they had been mounted. Nearly all were on cardboard of one sort or another. In my last post, […]
In the Maplewood City Council, Ward 3 council member Jenny Schmidt is not running for reelection. Two residents filed for the seat and will be on the ballot on April 5. They are Nick Homa and Mary Killian (see her info here). Both have sent information to 40 South. This is information that Nick Homa […]
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