Over the centuries many families in our community have chosen Rosedale Cemetery as their final place of rest. It consists of 92...

As the City of Newark prepared to celebrate its 350th anniversary in 2016, Elizabeth Del Tufo, President of the Newark Preservation and ...

The extended Roosevelt family were great believers in the benefits of summer vacations in the country and outdoor pursuits. Teddy, as a...

The familiar park with the awesome views to the east on the mountain above Maplewood and nearby towns has far more interesting origins...

In a 220-year-old house, it is not unreasonable to think (hope?) that someone’s ghost is still wandering about the place. Does the...

The earliest residents of the Maplewood-South Orange area were The Lenape (len-AH-pay), Native Americans who once populated “a vast...

Long before the police station and fire department were located beside Memorial Park following Maplewood's incorporation, the area had...

“Lifestyle” is a concept that seems very modern, but the work of Gustav Stickley, architect, furniture designer and manufacturer, ...

sources: 1. John P. Snyder, The Story of New Jersey’s Civil Boundaries 1606-1968. (Bureau of Geology and Topography, Trenton, New Jersey,...

The name “Maplewood” dates back to 1860, but the history of the section can be traced back many, many years, to a time before the hum of...

The Revolutionary War Battle of Springfield, in June 1780, took place little more than a stone's throw from Maplewood's borders. Although...

The Durand-Hedden House, whose original structure was built in about 1790, sits on two acres of the original plantation that was part of a...