b'oneyouknowis almostcertainlyaYour Familys Safetypot(tery) head.Owner Lindseyis Important to Us. Shevkunopened CLAYbyIndigoLeave the Job in Our Hands.RoadStudioPot-tery(indigoro-adstudio.com)atScheduled Maintenance10VoseAvenueTune-UpsinJanuary2023.Check BrakesShe resigned fromCheck Suspension & AlignmentherjobteachingCheck TiresThe Able Baker carries many daily and seasonal offeringsNJ State Inspections!as well as staples such as scones and banana bread. arteducationat PlainfieldHighWe stay on top of the latest enjoys interacting with customers.School when the pandemic compli- technology in servicing andPauly works hard to give back tocated teaching ceramics and muralrepairing your vehicle.SOMA too. Its important to me toarts.- Frank DeFinissupportcharitableorganizationsinAfter that, I was producing pot-our community, she says. The Abletery and weaving in my basement, Baker sponsors and works with orga- then selling my art online. Once in aDeFinis Service Stationnizations like The Achieve Founda- while someone would ask me about tion,M.E.N.D.,TheCommunity CoalitiononRace,andTheIsaiahSERVING THE MAPLEWOOD AREA SINCE 1987House. It gives 1% of gross sales toForeign and Domestic CarsComplete Servicecharitableorganizationsimportant toourcommunitiesandhasem- 2058 Millburn Avenueployed graduates of Columbia HighMaplewood | (973) 762-9788School classes 2008-present.ForreadersinSouthOrange there is extra good news. The Able Baker has signed a lease at the Fourth and Valley development. The space is bigger and will have indoor as well as outdoor seating. The fare will be the same as the location in Maplewood. Watch for it to open in 2025.Generosity, hard work, and good food have made The Able Baker an importantpartofourcommunity. Occasionally a customer will let Pau- Owner Lindsey Shevkun holds some of the beautiful pots made at CLAY by lyknowhowimportantthisthirdIndigo Road Studio.space is. You realize this isnt your bakery,teaching a class, but I didnt have the said one customer to Pauly recently.space, says Shevkun. Its our space, he said, gesturingShevkun started selling at Maple-to customers around the store. woods General Store. I looked for Regardless of to whom it belongs,a year but couldnt find any space of The Able Baker is a third space wemy own, she says. When a space on can all enjoy.Vose Avenue opened up, she knew it was right.INDIGO ROAD Offering classes in her sleek, un-STUDIO POTTERY derstatedspacewitheightwheels, Vose Avenue in downtown SouthShevkun says, I didnt know wheth-Orange has been popping lately. Aer my students would return for ad-vibrant pottery community is grow- ditional classes. It was terrifying.ing in a little studio just off SouthIndigoRoadnowhasanener-Orange Avenue. If you havent heardgeticcommunitywithmorethan about it, ask your neighbors. Some- 100members.Itgrewsofastthat feature story /35'