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Tag: Maplewood

  • Lobbying for Marriage Equality in New Jersey

    The Web Goddess and I are headed to Trenton Monday morning to lobby for pending legislation that would legalize same-sex marriage in New Jersey.  We’ll be car-pooling with friends both gay and straight from St. George’s Episcopal Church. I’m covering the event for Maplewood Patch, a charter member of the Maplewood BlogolopolisTM.  Patch already has […]

  • How “Blue” is New Jersey — and for How Long?

    I market my blog as the musings of “a red-state voter in a deep blue state.”  It’s a catchy line, and it lends itself to a jazzy 125×125 logo — created by the Web Goddess, naturally. But sometimes I’ve wondered if New Jersey really is as “deep blue” as, say, Massachusetts or Vermont.  (I’m sure […]

  • AOL to Acquire Maplewood. Sort Of.

    (Welcome, New York Times readers.) Comes today the news that AOL is acquiring Patch.com, the owner of Maplewood Patch, a stalwart member of the Maplewood BlogolopolisTM. (I’ll have you know I taught myself how to hand-code that superscript in HTML.)  Maplewood Patch, by way of disclosure, has seen fit to publish some articles I have […]

  • I Love the Look, Newsweek — But About Those Horizontal Photos…

    The latest Newsweek just arrived by snail mail, and I have to say I’m lovin’ the new design.  Bigger, bolder photographs… a more elegant (and yet readable!) typeface… informative fun with graphics in the “Back Story,” which Editor Jon Meacham describes as “a visual dissection or explanation of an important issue or phenomenon that will […]

  • Dateline Maplewood: Center of the Blogging Universe

    Maplewood Patch has published a feature article I wrote about Social Media Today, a Maplewood-based social media company that draws on the work of bloggers from around the world. It’s a part of my continuing effort to establish myself as the premier chronicler of the Maplewood BlogolopolisTM.  (It may already be safe to claim that […]

  • The Maplewood BlogolopolisTM Holds Its First Summit

    Welcome, Maplewood Patch readers!  Feel free to check out the further adventures of the Maplewood BlogolopolisTM, or otherwise explore the musings of a red state voter in a deep-blue town and state. (See caption information at my new article on Maplewood Patch.)

  • Googliath Continues Patchwork Expansion in NJ

    Patch.com, the venture-capitalized, Google-zillionaire-backed startup that recently launched town-specific news and information websites in Maplewood, South Orange and Millburn, today announced plans to expand into an additional three nearby communities. The newest Patches are slated to open in May in Summit, Westfield and Scotch Plains (including Fanwood), all in Union County. Summit is contiguous with […]

  • Live-Blogging the Tuscan Road Water Main Break

    As the crisis unfolds, the Avellino Waterproofing ad appears as a cruel joke… mocking me. About 6:05 a.m., Eastern DAYLIGHT Time — The Web Goddess reports no water pressure at any upstairs faucet. “I hope we don’t have a burst pipe in the basement.” Yoicks!! This would have to happen on the very morning that […]

  • Seaman Recruit Harry Kirk Petersen, United States Navy

    The other day I sat in a restaurant and watched my son become a man. Harry recently bailed out of college. He was in the third year of a five-year construction management program at Drexel University in Philadelphia, and he hated the place. He had been working at the Philadelphia Housing Authority through Drexel’s co-op […]

  • Step Aside, NY Times — Patch Is Bringing Google Zillions to Hyperlocal Maplewood

    I got interested in the hyperlocal Maplewood BlogolopolisTM because the mighty New York Times was wading into the fray (and I happen to know the local Times reporter). But it turns out the Times is only the SECOND-best capitalized hyperlocal effort in Maplewood. The newcomer to watch is something called Patch.com. I barely noticed Maplewood […]