Glen Ridge residents are ready to tackle 2023

Glen Ridge residents are ready to tackle 2023

GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The start of a new year is naturally the time to make resolutions. Below are some made by individuals who appeared in stories in The Glen Ridge Paper in 2022.   Elizabeth Baker, Glen Ridge Shade Tree commissioner  “Maximize the town’s vital green infrastructure and strive to do even better to […]

Refol retires after decades of making a difference for special needs students in Bloomfield

Refol retires after decades of making a difference for special needs students in Bloomfield

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Aissa Refol, a special education teacher at Berkeley Elementary School, has retired. Her final day was Friday, Dec. 23. Born in the Philippines, Refol grew up in Jersey City and attended St. Michael’s Regional High School in Union City. She received a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University and […]

Riedl hangs up her teaching hat at Berkeley School in Bloomfield

Riedl hangs up her teaching hat at Berkeley School in Bloomfield

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Karen Riedl, a special education inclusion kindergarten teacher at Berkeley Elementary School, has retired. Her final day was Dec. 23. Riedl grew up in Rutherford and attended St. Mary High School and Fairleigh Dickinson University, both in her hometown. She received her special education certification from Bloomfield College. Her desire to pursue […]

Watsessing School in Bloomfield bids farewell to longtime lunch aide

Watsessing School in Bloomfield bids farewell to longtime lunch aide

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Lunch will be a little different today at Watsessing Elementary School because yesterday, Dec. 22, after 42 years, Jean Gomes, 78, lunchtime aide, retired. Before coming to Watsessing, Gomes worked for her in-laws at Kosher Supreme Bakery, in Belleville. Her home was on Harrison Street, smack on the boundary line between Belleville […]

Bloomfield mourns death of former councilwoman, Patricia Ritchings

Bloomfield mourns death of former councilwoman, Patricia Ritchings

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Patricia Ritchings, 59, a former Bloomfield 3rd Ward councilwoman and, by every account, an uncommon public servant, died Dec. 2, at her Maolis Avenue home, surrounded by family, after a long standoff with cancer.  Ritchings wore several public hats. She was a founding member, in the mid-’90s, of the influential Watsessing Heights […]

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