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Durand-Hedden News
Feb 11, 2018
If These Walls Could Talk: Researching House Histories
Are you one of our community’s many “house-proud” residents curious about their home’s past? In February 2018, nationally known land...
Apr 2, 2016
Asher B. Durand's Life in Art: From Jefferson Village to Maplewood
During his multi-faceted six-decade-long career, renowned Hudson River School founder Asher B. Durand truly lived a life in art - as an...
Nov 15, 2015
Newark Through the Ages
As the City of Newark prepared to celebrate its 350th anniversary in 2016, Elizabeth Del Tufo, President of the Newark Preservation and ...
Apr 9, 2011
How South Mountain Reservation Began and Grew
The familiar park with the awesome views to the east on the mountain above Maplewood and nearby towns has far more interesting origins...


Mar 1, 2009
Around the World on Two Wheels: Annie Londonderry’s Extraordinary Ride
Until 1894 there were no female sport stars, no product endorsement deals, and no young mothers with the chutzpah to circle the globe on...


Mar 1, 2009
Washday Blues
The bottles, bars and boxes of soft and hard soaps and detergents that line supermarket and drugstore shelves today give little hint of...


Feb 11, 2007
Down in the Valley: The History of the Dunnell Road Area
Long before the police station and fire department were located beside Memorial Park following Maplewood's incorporation, the area had...
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