| Author | Message | ||
     Joan Citizen Username: Joancrystal Post Number: 3789 Registered: 5-2001 |
Welcome, Nyybone. Warning, you may experience Maplewood in a whole new way now that you have joined the ranks of the posting-enabled. I am looking forward to your contributions. | ||
| Pizzaz Citizen Username: Pizzaz Post Number: 813 Registered: 11-2001  |
....and a likewise compliment to all. | ||
| ajc Citizen Username: Ajc Post Number: 3084 Registered: 9-2001 |
Welcome Nyybone... so now that you're one of us maybe you'll tell us... is the Nyybone connected the Thyybone?  | ||
| knak Citizen Username: Knak Post Number: 83 Registered: 5-2002 |
duragliata- sorry for the delayed response from one of us in the Rainbow Families group. Yes, there are lots of gay/ lesbian / bisexual/ transgendered parent families in Maplewood & South Orange. I'm re-posting the succinct description about the listserv from bartell last year. It's a great way to find families with kids in the same school or child care as yours, as well as meeting and making friends in the wider community. Most of us have other affiliations related to multiracial families/ adoption, politics, religious/spiritual organizations, etc. Welcome! "For anyone who is interested, there is an email list for LGBT parents and their straight allies who live in Maplewood or S. Orange. Folks that are considering moving here are more than welcome, too. It is a good place to get the kind of information maplewoodbound is looking for. For more information, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maplewood After you sign up, you will be asked to send a brief email introducing yourself." | ||
| Elisa James Citizen Username: Phenixrising Post Number: 1 Registered: 9-2004 |
Hi, I'm just now joining the forum afer 10 years of living in South Orange. | ||
| Joan Citizen Username: Joancrystal Post Number: 3939 Registered: 5-2001 |
Welcome to MOL! | ||
| Pizzaz Citizen Username: Pizzaz Post Number: 947 Registered: 11-2001 |
Elisa, you're long overdue. Welcome, tell us a little about yourself. | ||
| Kevin LaPierre Citizen Username: Lapnlu Post Number: 1 Registered: 10-2004 |
Hey Everyone, My wife and I just moved to town at the end of the summer from Boston. So far we love it, and we also love reading the message boards for the inside scoop on the issues that really matter! Look forward to meeting all you! Kevin L | ||
| Amory Blaine Citizen Username: Fscott74 Post Number: 1 Registered: 10-2004 |
Hi everyone, My wife and I are moving to Maplewood next week. Very exciting. We have lots of questions but will post them in the appropriate topics. For now, just wanted to say hi! | ||
| Tom Reingold Citizen Username: Noglider Post Number: 4037 Registered: 1-2003  |
Welcome, Kevin and Amory! Glad you introduced yourselves! Hey, Kevin, I have some new neighbors on my block with Massachusetts license plates on the cars. Are you on Plymouth Ave? If you want to answer privately, email me at noglider@pobox.com | ||
| Kevin LaPierre Citizen Username: Lapnlu Post Number: 3 Registered: 10-2004 |
Thanks for the welcome Tom! but we are not on plymouth ave. | ||
| Amory Blaine Citizen Username: Fscott74 Post Number: 2 Registered: 10-2004 |
Thanks Tom. Quick question for this forum: I've seen people referring to different neighborhoods in Maplewood (Golf Island, Midland Park, etc.). Is there a map on the website showing boundaries for these areas somewhere? Thanks, AB | ||
| Joan Citizen Username: Joancrystal Post Number: 3999 Registered: 5-2001 |
Amory: Welcome to Maplewood. To try and provide a brief answer to your question, Maplewood is a pretty small town (3.5 square miles) so it really isn't necessary to show neighborhood association and church catchment areas and school districts on maps of the town. Most of us prefer to consider ourselves citizens of Maplewood rather than identify with a particular section of town. Local place names such as Golf Island and Midland Park are mostly used to give a more specific indication of where a specific event is/has taken place. I am sure that realtors also use the terms to help prospective home owners determine more precisely where specific houses are located. In case you are curious, Golf Island is the area by Maplewood Middle School and the country club (golf course) and Midland Park is over by Midland Boulevard. Please feel free to post any other such place names that you come across but can't decipher. Also, check the attic for prior discussions on local place names which have been held on the board from time to time. | ||
| Tom Reingold Citizen Username: Noglider Post Number: 4047 Registered: 1-2003 |
I believe a lot of the neighborhood names are from the names of the elementary schools that serve the areas. So you have Clinton, Jefferson and Tuscan. I believe Hilton is the name for the area that Seth Boyden serves. | ||
| Joan Citizen Username: Joancrystal Post Number: 4006 Registered: 5-2001 |
Tom: Clinton, Jefferson, and Tuscan are the names of local schools but since Jefferson and Marshal schools are partnered, early elementary school students living near Jefferson School would still find themselves going to school in South Orange. Seth Boyden school is located in the Hilton neighborhood (named for the pre-colonial place name given that area) but the school district name is usually referred to as Boyden. | ||
| Tom Reingold Citizen Username: Noglider Post Number: 4048 Registered: 1-2003 |
Thank you for the details, Joan. Someone ought to make a map? And to pick a nit, what does pre-colonial mean? Before the continent was colonized? I doubt the Indians named the area Hilton. | ||
| Joan Citizen Username: Joancrystal Post Number: 4008 Registered: 5-2001 |
My mistake. I meant to type in "pre-revolution". In the beginning (during the colonial period) there were two towns in this area. One called Hilton was located just about where the present day Hilton neighborhood is today. The other called Jefferson was up around Ridgewood Road. In the middle were farms and forest. | ||
| Newcomers Club Citizen Username: Newcomers_club Post Number: 16 Registered: 7-2004 |
Hello Kevin and Amory! Welcome to Maplewood and South Orange. I hope that you will find your way to the next Newcomers Club meeting, which will be on Wednesday, November 3rd, at 7:45 p.m. at Morrow Memorial Church (located on the corner of Ridgewood Road and Baker Street in Maplewood). Refreshments and babysitting will be provided. If you would like more information before then, please contact Julie Boas at (973) 762-4349 or julieboas@yahoo.com. | ||
| Starletta8 Citizen Username: Starletta8 Post Number: 2 Registered: 10-2004 |
Hello everyone, I'm a new poster, but I've lurked on this board for almost a year. I've been very hesitant to register and post because of the large amounts of negativity directed towards SHU on this board. I am a second year graduate student, so I'm able to see many of the issues on here from both community and university perspectives. I enjoy living here in SO and want to find ways to be more involved in the community. However, I'm cautious because of the negativity towards anyone associated with SHU that I've personally experienced. | ||
| Pizzaz Citizen Username: Pizzaz Post Number: 1105 Registered: 11-2001 |
Nice to meet you, Starletta. Welcome to MOL! Go Pirates! |
