MAPLEWOOD PROP J: PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE By Rob Birenbaum Proposition J, which will be on the April 2 ballot for Maplewood voters, states, “There shall be a defense attorney that serves as counsel to persons appearing before the municipal court and accused of (a) driving while license or driving privilege is cancelled, […]
The house at 2330 Bellevue Avenue, which burned in February, was bought and is being rehabbed by PRP Properties. It was built in 1921, and in 2023 was appraised at $190,600.
On Tuesday two Maplewood nonprofits, Nurses for Newborns (3 Sunnen Drive) and Sherwood Forest Camp (2708 Sutton Boulevard) each received a $2 million grant from MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving Open Call’s working with people and in places experiencing the greatest need in the United States. Melinda Monroe, CEO of Nurses for Newborns, said only five […]
Yesterday the city of Maplewood demolished the house at 7262 Lyndover Place, that had been in various states of disrepair for more than 10 years, according to the city. According to the city memo, (see a PDF Lyndover 7262 Demo Memo), the city held numerous nuisance hearings on the property over the years involving multiple […]
Opinion: Maplewood Strategic Plan After serving on City Council for five years under two different Mayors and three different City Managers, I would like to offer my perspective on why I will be writing in Barry Greenberg on April 2. When I joined council in 2018, it was a time of transition. Marty Corcoran had […]
When Mary Etta Hill Crowder found this old deed in a box of miscellaneous items that she had picked up at a tag sale, she decided to do a little investigating. That is how she found my post, from October 2019, about George Shields and his Maplewood Subdivision. She asked if I would like to […]
A New York real estate firm has bought Deer Creek Center, a man is arrested for harassing a Jewish family in Maplewood, Side Project Brewing adds food, and more in the news. Fox 2 — One man charged in Maplewood Israeli flag theft Fox 2 — Coffee Crawl in Maplewood Fox 2 — New owner […]
A Richmond Heights man was arrested and charged with two counts of stealing and one count of harassment, following incidents of property damage and theft against a Jewish family in Maplewood, Maplewood Police reported on Friday.
The Maplewood City Council on Tuesday passed the first votes on an ordinance intended to increase opportunities for smaller, affordable housing and bring lot size standards into alignment with existing lots. Council members and the mayor said it was a big deal. “It will really help people that are already in their homes stay in […]
About 50 residents attended the Maplewood City Council meeting Tuesday, where the bulk of the over hour and a half-long meeting was taken up with two sessions of public comments. The first session was specifically for comments relating to a resolution to be voted on by the council in support of affordable housing; currently focused […]
In 1999, the MRH Community elected a Board of Directors with a clear mission: to improve the quality of education for every child in a fiscally responsible way. For the next 20 years I served on the Board while stakeholders supported this mission, including taxing itself at a rate higher than most area districts. Our […]
The campus of the Church of the Immaculate Conception consists of five buildings. There is the big church at Marshall and Moller. The rectory is right next to it, between the big church and Marshall. Just north of the rectory is a building called the annex built to house priests. Just to the north of […]
The St. Louis Archdiocese announced Friday that Little Flower School in Richmond Heights and St. Roch School in the city of St. Louis will close this year. KMOV reported that the archdiocese cited lower enrollment at the schools in a press release Friday. See the announcement: 03082024_RLS_TwoSchools. Little Flower School dropped from 138 students in […]
Eliza Coriell, co-owner of The Crow’s Nest restaurant and supporter of Barry Greenberg, posted on Facebook the employment agreement and final settlement between former Maplewood city manager, Michael Reece and the city of Maplewood. She obtained both from the city through a Sunshine Law request. They are posted here as a matter of record. 1) […]
The Brentwood Promenade for sale, Pipes for Parkinson’s and the Maplewood mayor are all in in the news. BNN — Maplewood Mayoral Race Heats Up: Knapper’s Missing Campaign Report, No Debate with Greenberg Fox 2 — Husband forms Pipes for Parkinson’s to help wife KMOV — Brentwood Promenade up for sale KSDK — Brentwood shopping […]
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported on Thursday that Maplewood incumbent mayor Nikylan Knapper is 14 days late filing a required report with the Missouri Ethics Commission. “Knapper’s fundraising and spending report, or a ‘limited activity’ report, was due on Feb. 22. As of Thursday morning, 14 days after the deadline, no paperwork for Knapper’s campaign […]
When real estate developer Chad Hartle gave a presentation to the Maplewood city council about a proposed senior housing project on the Immaculate Conception grounds on Feb. 27 one step was left out — he still needs to but the property, he said Tuesday in a phone call. Representatives of Catholic Charities and Cardinal Ritter […]
Any defendants with outstanding warrants issued through the Maplewood Municipal Court may appear for Amnesty Day in order to have their warrants withdrawn. Defendants who appear for Amnesty Day will have the option of resolving their case with the Court at Amnesty Day or requesting a new court date. The first Amnesty Day was March […]
If you have been following this space, then you will know that my last two posts were about a terrific explosion that occurred on February 28, 1916. Incredible as it may seem, there was another similar explosion that had occurred 5 years and a few months earlier on November 18, 1910. Fool me twice… I’m […]
Developer, Chad Hartle, president of RCH Development, on Tuesday at the Maplewood City Council meeting presented his plan for senior housing (age 55 and over) to be built at the Immaculate Conception site. The St. Louis Archdiocese has closed the church; its last service was held on Feb. 10. Hartle was joined by representatives of […]
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