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Maplewood government

City manager resigns, police chief named interim city manager

Doug Miner - 0
The Maplewood City Council, at its Sept. 26 meeting, appointed Chief of Police Matt Nighbor as interim city manager. City Manager Michael Reese, who has held the position since Aug. 2021, has resigned. Reese's resignation and Nighbor's new position will be effective...
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2 Richmond Heights shops named top places for cheese

Doug Miner - 0
St. Louis Magazine has named some top places to buy cheese, and two well-known Richmond Heights specialty shops were included. The Shops are: Parker's Table, 7118 Oakland Avenue: "...everything you want a cheese shop to be: well-appointed with interesting, always-rotating selections; stocked with plenty...
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New cafe to open on Saturday

Doug Miner - 1
Looking Meadow Cafe is planning a soft opening on Saturday morning, Sept. 29. The cafe will be in in the former Stone Spiral space, at the corner of Sutton Boulevard and Lyndover Place. Owner Jamie Herman said the hours tomorrow will be...
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History

Maplewood History: Mammy’s Crazy Quilt, Mary Rannells Left Us A Treasure

Doug Houser - 5
Hi Folks, Editor Miner and I are still stumbling in the dark as per getting this site up and running again.  We know that a lot of the articles that are visible when you sign on to 40 South are very old.  We...
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40 South is back, it’s a work in progress

Doug Miner - 0
Some of you have noticed that 40 South is back, and it's changed. It went away in the first place because it's based on a WordPress theme, and apparently these themes have a lifespan. 40 South's was going on 10 years, which...
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History

Maplewood History: My Own Family Story – My Mother – Dolores Jane Jackson Houser

Doug Houser - 10
My mother was 27 years old when she married my father in 1948.  He was 22.  They both were intelligent, sensitive, articulate, kind, caring, artistic, friendly, outdoorsy, non judgemental, unpretentious, tool users with well developed senses of humor. Of course, they were much,...
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Maplewood History: Katz Drug Store and the Ghost Sign

Doug Houser - 0
Just a few days back, I got a tip from our Community Development director, Laura Miller, that a ghost sign had been partially revealed during a remodeling project that was currently happening at the rear of the Katz Drugstore Building on the...
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Maplewood History: Saving Woodside – Maplewood’s Oldest Home

Doug Houser - 1
These beautiful summer days are just not allowing me any time inside on the computer so let's try this. Summer Reruns Saving Woodside Woodside was recently sold.  Has anyone met the new owners? When I last stopped by I couldn't spot any activity. These are page...
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MoDOT: Manchester Rd. in Maplewood and Brentwood to be completed in July

Doug Miner - 0
Missouri Department of Transportation communications specialist, Andrew Gates, has sent a June 2023 update on the department's work on Manchester Road. Maplewood and Brentwood should be wrapped up by the second week of July, with a few exceptions, he says. Over the...
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Maplewood History: My Own Family Story – The Lindbergh Letter

Doug Houser - 5
Or My Baby, He Wrote Me A Letter (apologies to the Box Tops). All right.  Maybe you’ve been thinking, he’s carrying this a bit too far with all of these posts from his own family’s history.  I do have some more posts about the...
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Reader Comments

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  1. Lived on 7200 block of Manchester above Cook’s Paint during the 60’s. Would love to see some pictures of that store back then. Walked to the newspaper and tobacco store every afternoon to pick up a newspaper.

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