Great Rivers Greenway will construct the new Oxford Bend Park on the former Deer Creek McDonald’s site. City of Webster Groves — Groundbreaking Planned for Oxford Bend Park — The former McDonald’s (property is split – partly WG and partly Maplewood) Great Rivers Greenway — KSDK — Prime Brentwood Boulevard land near Galleria hits market […]
It is Halloween once again. No new ghosts have been reported in the past year. That’s either good news or bad depending on your point of view. I covered Maplewood’s ghosts pretty thoroughly last year so here is another look at those. The Known Ghosts of Maplewood We will be welcoming the little (and the […]
Tim Lohmann and Joe Stulce, Planet Score owners The Maplewood Fire Department helped rescue a teen who had climbed 900 feet up a TV tower, an MRH sophomore girl won the Class 2 state golf title, and Planet Score records celebrated ten years in business. DCD — Barefoot teen rescued after climbing TV tower in […]
The women’s sports focused sports bar, The Sports Bra, announced its new St. Louis location will be in Maplewood. It was covered locally and by KOIN.com in Portland, Oregon, site of the original Sports Bra location. See the Maplewood Sports Bra press release. KMOV — Women’s sports-focused restaurant and bar opening in Maplewood KSDK — […]
It’s now official that the women’s sports-only sports bar, The Sports Bra, will be moving into the former Boogaloo location in Maplewood, at 7344 Manchester Road. The concept opened its first location in Portland, Oregon, in 2022, before franchising and expanding to Boston, Las Vegas, and Indianapolis, and now Maplewood. KSDK and St. Louis Magazine […]
A Tale of Two Albums – Part Seven Summer is a distraction from my self-appointed position as historian of Maplewood. Long hours of daylight, the swimming pool, and my general preference to stay out of the air conditioning all combine to keep me away from my home computer where I compose these posts. Last March, […]
Feathercraft, at 8307 Manchester Road, is one of four Brentwood businesses on Manchester Road between Brentwood Road and Hanley Road challenging the city’s attempt to blight businesses in the area to make room for a $400 million redevelopment. Feast — The October issue: The Feast team on their favorite bites and drinks all over St. […]
The community relations manager for Richmond Heights, Mary Binns, has announced in a press release the hiring of Celeste Grayer, the social services coordinator for the cities of Maplewood and Richmond Heights. The cities of Richmond Heights and Maplewood have jointly welcomed Celeste Grayer, MSW, as their new Social Services Coordinator. Based at THE HEIGHTS […]
Apologies to Ray Charles. Nine years ago, I posted a six part series called Let’s Go Get Stoned! Even though fall isn’t here yet, it is still a wonderful time of the year to take walks through our lovely town. If you do this regularly or even if you don’t, perhaps you would like this […]
The City of Maplewood, Maplewood Community Betterment Foundation and the Mid County Chamber of Commerce has announced that the total raised for the support of Asador Del Sur following the fire that forced its closing was $8,568.31. Many Maplewood businesses and individuals contributed. On behalf of the City of Maplewood (Laura Miller), the Maplewood Community […]
The Maplewood City Council on Tuesday continued their discussion regarding when the flag flying outside city hall should be lowered to half-mast. In the first public comment session Ward 3 resident Melessa Dierker began by saying that her family is part of the LGBTQ+ community, and that when the flag was lowered for Charlie Kirk, […]
The Robin Restaurant, opened just this spring in Maplewood (7268 Manchester), has been named in The New York Times‘ 2025 list of the 50 best restaurants in the US. It’s the only restaurant to make the list in Missouri. The restaurant was opened in March by chef and owner, Alec Schingel. St. Louis Magazine reports […]
Every year since 2012, except this one (due to a frozen pipe), I have produced a composite image of historic Maplewood photographs to be sold at our chamber’s annual auction. For most of those years, the beautiful frames have been crafted by the longtime Maplewood business, Frame of Mind at 2900 S Big Bend Blvd. […]
Brad Jackson, plaintiff who has filed personal suits against Maplewood Mayor Barry Greenberg, Kate Bethel, owner of Maven Bath and Candle Co., formerly in Maplewood, and Isaac Chosich, an employee at Maven on Friday sent a PDF to 40 South News of a ‘memo’ sent from Jackson’s attorney, Joseph Ott to the US District Court […]
A fire that began in the kitchen of Asador Del Sur restaurant in Maplewood (7322 Manchester Road) around 9:30 p.m. Saturday night, eventually spread to the roof of the 2-story building. There were no injuries, according to reports. Mutual aid came from at least ten area departments, as reported by Maplewood Mayor Barry Greenberg on […]
KSDK news and Fox 2 has reported that the Nordstrom store in the Galleria is closing. Nordstrom told KMOV it is because of low revenue. A Dick’s House of Sport is reported to be taking the space. First Alert 4 — St. Louis Galleria Nordstrom to close Fox 2 — Nordstrom closes St. Louis Galleria […]
The subject of our train stations is always popular. Here is another summer rerun that you latecomers may enjoy and my regular followers might like to have another look at. Well, forgive me. These reruns are just so much easier than making a post from scratch. But I’ll be back to that pretty soon. When […]
A former MRH teacher passes, Maplewood highlights its black-owned businesses, and a look at a sports bar coming to Maplewood. Legacy — Michael Russell Obituary — 35-year teaching and coaching career in the Maplewood Richmond Heights school district Fox 2 — Man wins $2M scratchers ticket from St. Louis Schnucks vending machine KSDK — Richmond […]
D&R Pawn & Jewelry has moved out of 7364 Manchester Road in Maplewood, and Maplewood business owner Kay Rye, of Sole Survivor Leather says she’ll miss the owner. She submitted the following to 40 South. To the Editor / To Our Maplewood Community, You might not think a pawn shop could be the heart of […]
And sparked our interest in Route 66! An Appreciation of Elmer Wind Jr Elmer Wind Jr was born in the upstairs living quarters of the building we now know as the Wedge. After myself and others had begun the creation of the Maplewood Historical Society in 2002, Elmer was one of the first original Maplewoodians […]
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