Maplewood News

Q: As a child and living in Maplewood, my mother and I would shop downtown. We would eat at the Forum or Miss Hulling's or Pope's. I always ordered a date nut cake.

A Maplewood-based company plans to build a $500 million mixed-use development at the intersection of Hanley and Manchester roads.

A highly trafficked intersection in Maplewood has a $500 million, transit-oriented mixed-use development in the works by an unlikely backer -- machinery manufacturer Sunnen Products Co.

Ed tech developer Desire2Learn has launched a new e-learning suite for primary and secondary education.

Chef Greg Perez, former restauranteur, is into hemp, which won't get you high, but may improve your health.

Performing on a stage set up in center field, the Dave Matthews Band plays Saturday night at Busch Stadium.

The Maplewood Dog Park Group will host a rummage sale from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 31, across from the dog park, 2531 Circle Drive.

Outside Terry Gannon's real estate office on Natural Bridge Road, schoolchildren walk home on uneven sidewalks, past nondescript buildings along the five-lane road.

Stray Rescue of St. Louis has won a million dollar shelter makeover contest. The shelter was one of three finalists in the contest sponsored by zootoo.com. PHOTO GALLERY: Stray Rescue of St.

OPENINGS The latest addition to Mike Johnson's culinary hegemony, "a Pan-Asian restaurant serving tapas-type dishes along with sushi" called Fu Manchu, is open for lunch and dinner in the former Grateful Inn ... via St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Break out the sunscreen, bust the bank and loosen that belt. This summer is packed with festivals that celebrate our shared love of music, culture and calories. via St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The June 2008 issue of Food & Wine magazine features a recipe from Mathew Rice, pastry chef at Niche and its bakeshop, Veruca . via Riverfront Times

“So we have people interested in bicycling, but they do it a lot less often.”

Ryan Heine winds his way through traffice as he bikes to his job in Clayton about four or five times week from his St. via St. Louis Post-Dispatch

St. Louisans who like to bike can take advantage of 57 additional miles to the Bike St. via KSDK-TV Saint Louis

The month of May heralds many things: the end of school, the beginning of barbecue weather. via Riverfront Times

“They all seem to understand their roles locally and regionally.”

Maplewood, honored on March 27 by the St. Louis County Municipal League on its 100th birthday as a city, is one of a half-dozen municipalities that border the western edge of the city of St. via STLtoday

“You can't just pave a piece of ground that has a good view of the airfield and say, 'Here, folks, you can park here,'”

To gear up for National Bike to Work Week, which starts May 12, we turn to the recent tripling of Bike St. via STLtoday

“He shows up in a car, and sure enough there were the computers”

Two days after someone stole four computers from his Maplewood office, a St. Louis businessman was offered a chance to buy them back. via St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A postal carrier was shot and critically injured on the job Monday afternoon in South St. via MyFox St. Louis

Louis riverfront. The high water has closed the President Casino and Leonor K. Sullivan Drive . via MyFox St. Louis