Richmond Heights firefighter marries in the firehouse: Facebook
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Richmond Heights Fire Department announced on Facebook that a Richmond Heights firefighter was married in the firehouse.
St. Mary convent coming down, parking lot due next year
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Demolition of the former convent on the grounds of SSM Health is underway, to make way for a surface parking lot due to be completed in 2020.
In the news: baker and brewer win Feast awards; woman steals truckload of plants for her home
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An Illinois woman ‘shopped’ for plants in off-hours at a Richmond Heights nursery. A Maplewood baker, brewer and ice cream shop got some great mentions in the area, and national press.
Family Video to close
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Family Video at Deer Creek, at at 3515 S. Big Bend Boulevard, is closing soon, a source has told 40 South (and independently confirmed). The last day the store will rent movies is Sunday, July 28. The store will remain open in August for sales only, no rentals.
Maplewood History: The Most Famous Maplewoodian of All Time – Pee Wee Russell
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As I mentioned in my previous post I have no recollection how I first learned that the jazz musician, Pee Wee Russell, had once lived in Maplewood. I suspected that he was a minor figure who had attained a little recognition and not much more than that. Probably not long after I began to be interested in Maplewood history, I searched for information on Pee Wee on the internet. In 2002 or thereabouts I didn’t find anything. There was not much information on the internet back then.
Appliance Discounters store now at Deer Creek Center
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It’s come to our attention that Appliance Discounters has opened a location at Deer Creek. They carry brands for all budgets, according to their Facebook page.
Maplewood History: The Most Famous Maplewoodian of All Time!
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I have no recollection of when or where I first heard or read about this person. Many years have passed since I first learned that this person had once lived in Maplewood. Quite a lot more time passed before I learned any more than that about this person. The first time I googled this person’s name it turned up very little. Since then I have uncovered enough data to make me believe that this person is the most famous Maplewoodian ever!
Music lessons, coffee & flower shop coming to the corner of Sutton and Hazel
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Lessons for piano and guitar are coming to a space on Sutton Boulevard north of Hazel Avenue. Shock City School of Music is coming to 2743 Sutton. The location was formerly part of a pinball arcade.
Refugee in Maplewood could be freed, and more: in the press
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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has reported that U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay has introduced legislation that could free Alex Garcia, a Honduran refugee living in sanctuary at United Church of Christ in Maplewood since 2017. If passed, the bill would change Honduran refugee Alex Garcia’s immigration status to permanent legal resident of the U.S., Clay said.
Maplewood still interviewing for new city manager
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Maplewood’s longtime city manager, Marty Corcoran, has agreed to stay on until a new city manager is hired, Maplewood Mayor Barry Greenberg said Thursday.
Clementine’s Creamery set to open Maplewood location
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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.
Following reassessments, resident warns of a “municipal mutiny”
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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.
Maplewood History: Famous Maplewoodians – Paul Christman, a Football Legend
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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.