In the news: best shops, honored educator
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A bike shop and a Chinese restaurant in our area made it onto the RFT annual ‘best of’ list, and the St. Louis American has honored the MRH superintendent.
Maplewood History: A Couple of Surprising Discoveries About the Scheidt Hardware Building
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If you are not buying everything you can from Scheidt Hardware…well, why the heck not? It is located in one of our best historic buildings. It has been continuously in business for 115 years, 104 in its current location at 7320 Manchester. It is a rare survivor. Nearly all of the neighborhood hardware stores have fallen to the big box ones. We are very lucky to still have it.
Related: Maplewood History: Walter, Charles and Assorted Notters
Enrich your pet’s daily life
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Lately there has been a surge of interest in how our lives have changed during some of the forced home quarantine and now some of us being able to return to work. I have been seeing a lot of separation anxiety cases, but many of the journals and pod casts that I subscribe to are challenging us to re-examine a day in the life of your pet.
Maplewood History: Emil Scheidt and his Hardware Store
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One hundred years old this year, this article has been lifted directly from the 1920 History of St. Louis County. This is another gift from the prodigious research of Mary Piles, keeper of things historic at our town’s former Citizens National Bank of Maplewood known more recently as CNB St. Louis Bank.
Thanks again to Mary Piles. Still much more to come. Be safe, everyone. Wear your mask.
Seeking balance and harmony between animals and people
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Separation anxiety has long been an issue that I have worked with in dogs, but there is a new manifestation of it that has been high up on my client call list lately.
St. Louis Zoo Set To Expand
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St. Louis Zoo is a popular day-out destination for Brentwood, Maplewood, and Richmond Heights residents, and now the zoo is planning to open a new 425-acre North Campus complete with a safari experience — the first of its kind within a major city. St. Louis County residents will be able to enter free of charge.
Who Were the Indigenous Peoples of the 40 South News Area?
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If you are like me, you love reading articles from Doug Houser and imagining who might have lived in your house or on your block 100 years ago. Have you ever wondered who lived there hundreds or thousands of years ago? I have been trying to answer that question, and I wanted to share what I have found so far. First, though, let me wish you a happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day. What is Indigenous Peoples’ Day?
Maplewood businesses
Mid County Chamber Announces 2020 Award Recipients
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The Mid County Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce the recipients of their 2020 Annual Awards.
Maplewood History: The 1929 Robbery of Citizen’s National Bank
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This article was discovered during the research Ms. Mary Piles has done uncovering the history of her long term employer, Citizen’s National Bank of Maplewood, now CNB St. Louis Bank. This article appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Bolyard’s moving, expanding; and more in the news
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Several local news outlets report that Bolyard’s Meat & Provisions is moving within Maplewood, while adding a full kitchen and seating for a restaurant.
Maplewood History: More from Mary Piles (continued)
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A couple of weeks ago I began having difficulty uploading images to the internet. I suspected my computer because it had acted up before by freezing up. Back then the guys at the Micro Center told me they could fix it but I’d lose everything stored in it. I declined. This time I spent quite a while downloading everything to an external hard drive. Took the computer down to the store where they said it was all right. While I was there I bought a new router. Wasn’t anything wrong with the old one but I just figured I’d replace it because it was 4 or 5 years old.
First Responders join Saint Mary Magdalen socially distanced blessing
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Saint Mary Magdalen celebrated the Feast Day of Saint Michael the Archangel, the patron saint of First Responders. With so much unrest, Saint Mary Magdalen Catholic Church invited First Responders to join us at a socially distanced blessing.
Hurry for free trees for Maplewood residents: Sept. 30 deadline
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Submit your request to the City of Maplewood by September 30 to receive your free trees planted between the sidewalk and the street this autumn. That is correct, the Maplewood Public Works Department, in conjunction with the Missouri Department of Conservation, will come to your house, determine which native tree will fit in your space without interfering with power lines, and not only give you a native tree for free but plant it for you.