Maplewood Richmond Heights School District is hosting a Diversity Collaborative Recruitment Event on Saturday, January 25., for the Kirkwood, Lindbergh, Maplewood-Richmond Heights and Webster Groves school districts.
The Maplewood City Council opened its meeting on Tuesday with City Manager Amber Withycombe introducing the workings of the new audio/visual system in the council chamber. Monitors are wall-mounted on either side of the council, and one facing the council. With the new system, meetings will be live streamed on YouTube, with the recording available […]
Jay B. Smith Funeral Homes reports that Thomas Edward Harman, 100, died peacefully on Saturday, January 4, 2025, surrounded by family in Maplewood, Missouri. According to Jay B, Smith, Harmon was a World War II veteran, serving in the United States Army. After military service he became a letter carrier. He was part of the […]
At a time when there was anxiety in the Maplewood community about business closings, 40 South News published a piece on Aug. 20 that I wrote called “Is The Maplewood Business District’s Glass Half Empty Or Half Full?” in which I addressed the issues surrounding business vacancies in Downtown Maplewood’s commercial strip. Spoiler alert: My […]
The Warring Furniture company must have been very successful for a long period of time. After all, they occupied one of the very few three-story buildings that we have in Maplewood. The Warring Furniture Building, at 7422 Manchester, as it looked in 2018. It has recently been used for audio/visual productions. This 1915 ad from […]
Pizza Champ (2657 Lyle Avenue, Maplewood, MO) owner, Chris Kelling, on Saturday announced on Facebook that Pizza Champ is closing at the end of 2024. The same day Side Project Brewing owner, Cory King, announced in a press release that he planned to open a new pizza spot at the location called Side Project Pizza: […]
To better understand this post, you should have read Parts One, Two, and Three first. If you haven’t, you can link to them here. Part One Part Two Part Three From the program titled: Maplewood Minstrels, Twelfth Annual Minstrel and Dance, February 3-4-5, 1944. This is page 14. I have nothing to add about this […]
The Japanese-inspired sandwich shop Sando Shack posted on Facebook, and then Sauce Magazine published, that the shop is moving from its location on Morgan Ford Road to 7376 Manchester Road — the former Boardwalk Waffles location. The owner says they’re hoping to opening in April. More in the news: Sauce Magazine — Sando Shack is […]
Two new shops opened recently on Sutton Boulevard south of Manchester Road: Goldie’s Hair and Wardrobe, on Sutton just north of Marietta Avenue, and Reset Vintage Apparel, south of Marietta. Corrie Reitz is the owner of Goldie’s Hair and Wardrobe (2712 Sutton), with women’s clothing, jewelry, bags, gifts and paper products. She’s also been a […]
A press release announces a new Maplewood restaurant to be opened by an “internationally acclaimed chef” in February: Internationally Acclaimed Chef Alec Schingel to Open New St. Louis Restaurant, Robin, In February 2025 St. Louis (December 13, 2024) – Following two years of pop-ups and private dinners branded as “The Robin Project,” Chef Alec Schingel […]
More unbelievably rare images of early Maplewood come to light! Laura Varilek, a Sutton family descendant, sent more images by email a few days ago. Regular readers of this blog may recall that some of the rarest images that I have ever uncovered came from Laura’s collection. She’s sent eight more. I want to impress […]
Maplewood Richmond Heights’ academic achievements are in the news, and Sauce magazine tries out Side Project Brewing’s new food offerings. KSMU — Missouri school districts show improvement in annual performance report Sauce Magazine — First Look: Side Project Brewing’s new food concept in Maplewood St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Old Newsboys edition — School-owned house offers high […]
The small retail space at 7312 Manchester Road, empty since Sole Survivor moved out to take a larger one at 7358 Manchester, will soon have a new tenant, according to a sign on the front window. A QR code on the window goes to a Facebook page for Earthly Enigmas Natural Body Essentials and Oddities, […]
To better understand this post, you should have read Parts One and Two first. If you haven’t, you can link to them here. Part One Part Two From the program titled: Maplewood Minstrels, Twelfth Annual Minstrel and Dance, February 3-4-5. This is page 11. The Seliga shoe store can be seen in this image of […]
Maplewood School district has announced news about its high ranking in the state’s Annual Performance Report, and also that auditors have given the District’s financial statements the highest level of assurance. 1. Maplewood Richmond Heights School District currently ranks among the top 1% of Missouri school districts, according to stats released on Nov. 25 by […]
On Monday, Reset Vintage Apparel owner Bruce Schwerdt and employees were moving part of the shop’s inventory from their location at 2607 Bellevue Avenue into 2718 Sutton Boulevard for a pop-up spot, to run through the holiday season and into 2025. Reset opened on Bellevue in 2017. At the time, owner Bruce Schwerdt described his […]
In the news: Saint Louis Closet Company kicks off another Toys for Tots, Side Project Brewing helps kids with cancer, and Brentwood’s development plans on Manchester Road get push back. KMOV — Toys for Tots drive kicks off in Maplewood KSDK — My Lou: Side Project in Maplewood helping kids with cancer St. Louis Magazine […]
From carolers to horse drawn carriage rides, the Maplewood Christmas Tree Walk radiates holiday spirit that is reminiscent of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol!” After the grand lighting of the tree and the arrival of Santa at 6:00 p.m., visitors can enjoy a carriage ride and sip hot chocolate while visiting merchant open houses throughout […]
To better understand this post, you should have read Part One first. If you haven’t, you can here. From the program titled, Maplewood Minstrels, Twelfth Annual Minstrel and Dance, February 3-4-5, 1944, this is page 6. The funeral home that once belonged to Jay B. Smith, the magician, is still in business – a few […]
Now and then I am asked questions along the lines of, “Has Maplewood always been the very friendly, progressive community that it is today?” I am happy to be asked these questions because I know that it hasn’t been. It has taken a lot of effort by myself and many others to create this community […]
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