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The St. Louis ice cream shop, Clementine’s Creamery, plans to open a new location in Maplewood. It was confirmed to 40 South through Instagram.
Maplewood resident Alice Hezel went to a town hall meeting hosted by St. Louis County Assessor Jake Zimmerman in June for residents who might have felt their recent reassessment was too high. Many had an increase of more than one hundred percent. See the St. Louis Post-Dispatch post on the issue.
A subject that deserves its own book would be the sports of Maplewood particularly football. Bob Broeg in his book, “Ol’ Mizzou, A Century of Tiger Football”, refers to a time in the 1930’s when “Maplewood and Cleveland High School in St. Louis supplied more talent to MU than any other prep schools”. The 1936 and the 1939 teams were the two best teams ever to come out of Maplewood High according to George Smith who was there.
A small farm that uses compost to grow flowers is seeking your residential food waste. Subscribers get finished compost in return. They sent information to 40 South.
July 3 marks the 97th anniversary of the death of Richmond Heights City Marshal George McCready. McCready was shot on July 2, 1922 while attempting to locate suspicious suspects at the intersection of Del Norte and La Veta avenues. He succumbed to his wounds at the hospital on July 3.
Saint Mary Magdalen Catholic Church offered a summer surprise story time for ages 4-7 recently. Father Jack Siefert, Pastor, enjoys building community in different ways and decided to invite our young parishioners to a fun story time event.
Maplewood has been a good location for many businesses. Many have come and gone and left no trace. Al-Bro Manufacturing Company might have been one of those except they left a building and a brochure.
Congratulations to the Saint Mary Magdalen 5th Grade Girls who won the CYC City County Championship by the score of 11-0.
Once again I’m sifting through this mountain of Sutton/Thomas artifacts that I have been mining for over a year. If you’ve been paying attention, you’ll have to admit many of these items are fascinating in their own right. They are even more so collectively for the intimate view they provide us into the lives of a couple of prominent Maplewood families of the 19th and early 20th centuries. And I haven’t even gotten to the love letters yet.
Reeds American Table, 7322 Manchester Road in Maplewood, said on its Facebook page Wednesday that its last service will be July 3.
Maplewood resident, Jaime Mowers, runs a “kindness project” called Buzzing Love, which encourages random (or not-so-random) acts of kindness! Buzzing Love is gearing up for their big day of kindness,“Buzzing Love Day,” on Saturday, June 29, including a celebration of kindness that day in Sutton Loop Park.
Club Fitness opened on Saturday in the Deer Creek Center, the St. Louis Business Journal reported.
A dental office, Aspen Dental, is building an office on Hanley Road next to Buffalo Wild Wings, the city of Brentwood reported.