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A photograph sent by a reader, Michele, started me thinking about how we traded our original old streetlights for the modern (at the time) cobra heads. Then how our taste flipped and we gratefully deep sixed the cobra heads only to replace them with guess what? Faithful reproductions of the originals.
Matthew R. Higgins, 25, of Cedar Hill, MO, was charged with resisting arrest after leaving the Maplewood QuikTrip on April 21 at high speed in a car stolen in Jefferson County, according to court and police records.
No open swim is scheduled Monday through Friday this week at The Heights pool due to a lifeguard staffing issue, an employee there said Thursday morning.
An Lustron house at 7237 Stanley, at McCausland, is going up for public auction on July 25 with a starting bid of $7,237.
According to a Richmond Heights police report, Pawel Rynkiewicz, 36, of Olivette, robbed the Pulaski Bank (6510 Clayton Road) at gunpoint on February 29, 2016. He was charged with the felony in St. Louis County on July 6, 2017.
Or is that the ‘The Lazy Days of Summer’? I am not good at expressions, but as the owner of two working Border Collies, a breed known for their high levels of energy and intelligence, there is nothing lazy about my summer. And the same is true for many, many of my clients, no matter what their breeds or mixes.
Three businesses are working to open on September 1 in Maplewood in the building on the northwest corner of Manchester Road and Sutton Boulevard, according to August Schlafly, agent with Schlafly Corporation.
One of the three candidates running for Maplewood’s vacant Ward 3 council seat, Steve Terelmes submitted some thoughts on Maplewood to 40 South. The special election in the ward is on August 8.
Heat Alert: Now through July 28: Christ Church UCC, at the corner of Bellevue and Bruno avenues in Maplewood will be open every day from noon until 5 p.m. for anyone needing to come in and cool down. The church is offering plenty of ice water and a place to sit and read if you like.
City officials of the city of Richmond Heights night at a council meeting Monday will hear a presentation of the results of a study to combine the fire departments command structure for the cities of Brentwood, Maplewood, Clayton, Richmond Heights and Rock Hill. Firefighters from three of the cities oppose it.
A Maplewood resident on Marietta Avenue has been searching his yard with a metal detector, and recently found an old license tag and two quarters from the early 1900s.
Area media covers Brentwood, Maplewood and Richmond Heights.
City administrators and fire cheifs from Clayton, Richmond Heights, Maplewood, Brentwood, and Rock Hill have been working since last fall to combine the command structure of the cities’ fire departments.
One of the lifeguards fired from the Maplewood Family Aquatic Center told 40 South via text (requested anonymity) that ‘inappropriate’ jokes on a chat app were the reason for the firings.
The Rock Hill Sears appliance store is in liquidation, Sears has announced. According to the announcement, the Rock Hill store, at 9544 Manchester Road, is one of more than 70 nationwide.
Maplewood-area real estate developer Daniel Slavin, as part of a partnership, last month bought two apartment buildings, which they plan to gut and renovate. A tenant accuses the company of “kicking families out on the street.”
After 40 South published the story of the firing of lifeguards at the Maplewood Aquatic Center Thursday morning, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran a story later in the day, with a few more details.
Approximately six lifeguards were fired from the Maplewood Family Aquatic Center on Tuesday and more on Wednesday, according to lifeguard manager, Aryanna Carper, one of those fired. Another lifeguard and his parent confirmed the firings.
Strange Donuts owner Jason Bockman helped unload a new mixer Thursday morning, as a group from Illinois (about an hour away) selfies with their donuts in front of the shop in Maplewood on Sutton Boulevard.
Adelina Mart, whose reappointment to the Maplewood parks board was voted down by city council 5-1 on Tuesday has responded. She said Mayor Barry Greenberg gave her the opportunity to have the vote removed from the agenda, to save her “the embarrassment,” but declined, saying the council’s decisions should be made in public.
Maplewood park board member, Adelina Mart, was voted out of the position at the city council meeting on Tuesday by a vote of 5-1. Mayor Barry Greenberg cast the only vote to reappointment her.
The Maplewood resident, Claire Martin, whose request for a permit for a short term vacation rental (Airbnb) was denied by planning and zoning took it to city council on Tuesday. The council tabled the vote; Martin said after the meeting she would now have an attorney speak for her.
Maplewood Ward 3 residents will vote on August 8 to fill the vacant city council seat for their ward. Candidate Kristen Spencer has been talking to residents and sent some thoughts to 40 South for publication.
Since September of 2016, the five cities of Brentwood, Clayton, Maplewood, Richmond Heights and Rock Hill have been collaborating to determine if a combined fire command staff (chief, battalion chiefs, administration) would be beneficial.
Maplewood resident, Claire Martin’s request to run a short term vacation rental (Airbnb) in her home passed planning and zoning in the June meeting, but was denied in the July meeting. The agenda for the June meeting went online this week.
Maplewood Ward 3 candidate, Jenny Schmidt, sent an update to 40 South for publication. The special election to fill the vacant Ward 3 city council seat is on August 8. Schmidt’s update:
By now Bill Jones should need no introduction. He is very good at supplying me with these short sketches from his experiences here in Maplewood. I’ve been less good at getting them posted. I know you’ll enjoy this one titled:
Two area authors plan to hold a book-signing as part of Maplewood’s Let Them Eat Art festival, Friday, July 14, from 6 to 11 p.m. in downtown Maplewood.
Motorists enjoying the first signs of summer are advised to maintain the speed limit as they travel. Between July 21 -23, the Maplewood Police Department will join participating law enforcement agencies from Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Arkansas and Oklahoma in a Regional Speed Enforcement Campaign.
I got a call this morning from an old friend, who has done dog rescue for years and recently has branched into chickens and ducks. She and her husband found one of their new ducks dead yesterday morning (sad) and she called to discuss possible causes and any precautions that might be necessary for the health of the rest of the flock.
Jacob K. Clover, 30, of St. Louis, has been charged with first degree robbery and armed criminal action, after threatening a hair stylist at the Promenade Great Clips in Brentwood on June 7.