All Highlights Tagged 'park' (8)

By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer

The name of a Marine from Maplewood should be added to a township memorial honoring local servicemen killed in the Vietnam War, say a group of veterans, including the man’s brother.

Township officials are expected to make a…

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By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer

The entire athletic field at Maplewood’s DeHart Park has to be torn out and resodded because of a mistake made during the installation, the township said.

Plastic netting is throughout the grass field, said Mayor Vic De Luca, who expressed concern that someone might get injured playing there.

He could not explain the presence of the netting but made clear that the township will not be…

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By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer

An undetermined amount of the sports field at DeHart Park in Maplewood will have to be resodded next spring because of a problem with plastic netting beneath the sod, a township official said Dec. 6.

Township Committeeman Jerry Ryan said the township has had discussions with Turco Golf, the Suffern, N.Y.-based firm that installed the field, about the company needing to fix things.

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By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer

 

Maplewood officials intend to resolve drainage and other problems that have surfaced at the year-old sports field at DeHart Park.

 

Recreation Director George Rague and engineer Thomas Malavasi were scheduled to meet today with the…

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Two robbers clad in ski masks and one donning a handgun stole cell phones and more from local teenagers last week, police said. 

Two teenagers, one male and one female, were approached by three black males on Franklin Place, near North Terrace, on July 22 at 12:30 a.m. Two of the three suspects were wearing ski masks and one of the suspects produced a silver handgun as they approached the victims.

The suspects demanded that the victims empty their pockets and stole two cell…

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By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer

Daniel J. Heffernan of Maplewood went to Vietnam like many men of his day, only to be one of more than 58,000 Americans killed in the war.

At least that’s what the plaque in Maplewood Memorial Library says, where Heffernan’s name is listed with the names of four other Maplewood residents who died in the Asian nation. But now, as the township puts the finishing touches on a Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Memorial… Continue

By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer

The playing field at DeHart Park is expected to reopen to the public next month, as the township completes the $1.28 million renovation on schedule.

Since November 2009, Maplewood installed a field made of three types of grass, an irrigation system, park and field lighting, and a new path.

There also were other improvements to DeHart, located on Burnett Avenue.

“It looks incredible,” Vice Mayor Kathleen M. Leventhal said after… Continue

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