Maple Grove Magazine's Look Back at 2022. Our most-read articles over the past year.
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![Best of Maple Grove 2019 A variety of flowers rest on a gray floor.](https://archive.maplegrovemag.com/sites/default/files/styles/195x118-scale-smartcrop/public/field/image/MPG10217_0719_BO_FloralCover_RN_060.jpg?itok=_wLHGbzn)
Maple Grove Magazine Advisory Board members weigh in with their favorites.
![Best of Maple Grove A graphic that reads "Meet Your Winners, Maple Grove Magazine Best of '19 Readers' Choice"](https://archive.maplegrovemag.com/sites/default/files/styles/195x118-scale-smartcrop/public/field/image/MPG_Finalist_629x4003_0.jpg?itok=onWzYFqN)
We present a bouquet of the best restaurants, shops, salons and more in Maple Grove.
![Keep it Local An illustration reads "Keep it Local"](https://archive.maplegrovemag.com/sites/default/files/styles/195x118-scale-smartcrop/public/field/image/NavyHead1_0.jpg?itok=MXNpgKWz)
No matter what the reason is for keeping your suitcases unpacked, our sister publications throughout the Twin Cities offer ideas for family fun within a quick car ride away.
![1880s buggy An 1880s buggy on display at the Maple Grove Historical Preservation Society Museum.](https://archive.maplegrovemag.com/sites/default/files/styles/195x118-scale-smartcrop/public/field/image/MPG10120_0619_MGHPS_Buggy_RN_028.jpg?itok=gsHsJAQo)
The Maple Grove Historical Preservation Society strives to save local history for all.
![Storybooks Alive Storybooks Alive, a group of volunteer performers who seek to instill a love of reading in children.](https://archive.maplegrovemag.com/sites/default/files/styles/195x118-scale-smartcrop/public/field/image/MPG10065_0519_StorybooksAlive_RN_054.jpg?itok=ben8aSk_)
Words come to life in a special way, thanks to Storybooks Alive, a group of volunteers, who put on exciting, no-frills adaptations of children’s favorite literature.
![Applewood Pointe of Maple Grove at Arbor Lakes A rendering of Applewood Pointe of Maple Grove at Arbor Lakes, a senior citizen cooperative](https://archive.maplegrovemag.com/sites/default/files/styles/195x118-scale-smartcrop/public/field/image/Arbor%20Lakes%20Rendering%201.jpg?itok=kpBhDc9R)
Within walking distance of the Applewood Pointe of Maple Grove at Arbor Lakes are Central Park, the Maple Grove Community Center, Life Time Fitness, the library and so much more.
![2019 Best of Maple Grove finalists](https://archive.maplegrovemag.com/sites/default/files/styles/195x118-scale-smartcrop/public/field/image/MPG_Finalist_629x4003.jpg?itok=tymsgP7t)
The votes are in! Here are the top 3 finalists in each category of this year's Best of Maple Grove.
![Teens Netflixing and Driving distracted driving, texting and driving, netflix and driving](https://archive.maplegrovemag.com/sites/default/files/styles/195x118-scale-smartcrop/public/field/image/iStock-950953160.jpg?itok=zB5xedhu)
Teens are distracted by more than texts behind the wheel.
![Mary Blake Edelbrock, Barb Greenberg and Rebecca Cafferata The founder and members of the Rediscover U divorce support group for women](https://archive.maplegrovemag.com/sites/default/files/styles/195x118-scale-smartcrop/public/field/image/MPG9795_0319_RediscoverU_RN_013A.jpg?itok=vZLdazxT)
Rediscovering U is a community for women to find themselves again before, during or after their divorces.
![Church, cross, stations of the cross](https://archive.maplegrovemag.com/sites/default/files/styles/195x118-scale-smartcrop/public/field/image/architecture-blue-sky-church-1343325.jpg?itok=sDuJoVJG)
For more than 40 years, St. Joseph the Worker has played host to a Living Stations of the Cross Service.
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