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Maplewood History: One Good Deed Returns Another

9 months ago
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 […]
Doug Houser

Ordinance will preserve neighborhood characteristics, home sizes in Maplewood

9 months 1 week ago
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 […]
Doug Miner

The District’s $390,000 “Savings” Cost Local Families $875,000

9 months 1 week ago
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 […]
Nelson Mitten

Maplewood History: The Immaculate Conception Buildings Are At Great Risk!

9 months 1 week ago
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 […]
Doug Houser

Little Flower School to close after the 2023-2024 school year: reports

9 months 1 week ago
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 […]
Doug Miner

Michael Reece settlement with the city is made public

9 months 1 week ago
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) […]
Doug Miner

In the news: Brentwood Promenade, concert for Parkinson’s, mayoral race

9 months 1 week ago
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 […]
Doug Miner

Knapper campaign is 2 weeks late filing Missouri Ethics Commission report: Post-Dispatch

9 months 2 weeks ago
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 […]
Doug Miner

Developer still needs to buy Immaculate Conception property from archdiocese; project not a deal “by any stretch of the imagination”

9 months 2 weeks ago
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 […]
Doug Miner

Maplewood Municipal Division Amnesty Days

9 months 2 weeks ago
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 […]
Doug Miner

Maplewood History: Another Explosion! This One in 1910

9 months 3 weeks ago
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 […]
Doug Houser

Developer presents plan for senior housing at Immaculate Conception site

9 months 3 weeks ago
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 […]
Doug Miner

Apartment fire brings multiple agencies to Maple Avenue

9 months 3 weeks ago
At around 11 a.m. on Sunday a fire at an apartment building the 7300 block of Maple Avenue brought several agencies to the intersection at Sutton Boulevard. Maplewood Fire Chief Peter Marsac, on the scene, said everyone got out of the building safely. Sunday evening as the building was being boarded up a city employee […]
Doug Miner

Maplewood History: Followup Articles After the 1916 Explosion

9 months 3 weeks ago
To the rescue of those readers who asked about followup articles about the explosion comes Mary Piles, longtime reader and contributor to this site.  Mary is the historian for the CNB bank in Maplewood, formerly Citizens National Bank. Take it away, Mary. STL Post-Dispatch 3/4/1916 STL Post-Dispatch  3/5/1916 STL Star and Times  5/24/1916 STL Globe […]
Doug Houser

Motor Town Pizza, Burger Champ and more in the news

9 months 3 weeks ago
Motor Town Pizza has opened in Richmond Heights, Maplewood was named a best place to retire on a social security check, and more in the news. Feast Magazine — Boba Cha Cha is now open inside Thai Table in Maplewood KSDK — Maplewood burger place has wall of legendary sports stars in unlikely place Riverfront […]
Doug Miner

Maplewood History: The Big Bang

10 months ago
We had one and it wasn’t just a theory.  This is a look back at one of my most popular posts. Maplewood’s Big Bang I’m told that this explosion resulted in the, probably still popular, No Dynamite Stored in Sheds ordinance. I hope you liked this one.  If you still remembered it, I hope you […]
Doug Houser

In the news: MRH hoops and a state grant; new Schlafly festival coming

10 months ago
MRH basketball, Schlafly festival coming to Maplewood, and recognition for MRH in the news. KSDK — Schlafly Stout & Oyster Festival returns, moves to Maplewood St. Louis Post-Dispatch — Recap: Maplewood-RH slips past DuBourg St. Louis Post-Dispatch — As St. Louis’ unusually warm winter continues, a by-the-numbers look St. Louis Post-Dispatch — Box: Maplewood-RH 82, […]
Doug Miner