GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Still collecting after all these years, Glen Ridge High School Class of 2021 graduate Jack Wooten started amassing his array of collectibles as a small boy. “I was big into Matchbox cars and seashells I found at the beach,” he recently told The Glen Ridge Paper. “I have all the cars […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — On Thursday, Aug. 4, the Glen Ridge Police Department, in collaboration with the Glen Ridge Municipal Alliance Committee, Mayor Stuart K. Patrick and the borough council, hosted 2022’s Community Night Out Against Crime at the Glen Ridge Community Pool. In addition to the GRPD, the Montclair Fire Department was in attendance […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Start cleaning out your attic, garage and closets ahead of the sixth annual Glen Ridge Townwide Yard Sale. This year’s sale will be held Saturday, Oct. 1, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine. Registration is now open at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/389517506347; a registration fee applies. Online registration requires a credit […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — According to Glen Ridge Community Pool manager Bob Silvera, with the pool currently having no COVID-19 restrictions, pool membership has seen a significant increase this summer. Nonetheless, he said daily attendance has not been overly crowded. But he anticipates a large crowd tonight, Aug. 4, for the borough’s National Night Out […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — In preparation for another academic year, maintenance and renovation projects are underway at Glen Ridge district schools, according to Superintendent of Schools Dirk Phillips and district buildings and grounds supervisor John Baumann. At Central School, which serves students from preschool through second grade, the district plans by September to have constructed […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — New Jersey officials announced July 21 that funds may be available to help property owners mitigate damage caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida on Sept. 1, 2021. Area residents could potentially qualify for assistance by filling out a survey online. The state has been awarded $228 million in Community Development […]
MILLBURN, NJ — Paper Mill Playhouse has selected students to be a part of the theater’s prestigious Summer Musical Theatre Conservatory for 2022. Members of the competitive conservatory, who earned coveted spots in the various age companies, are directed and choreographed by Paper Mill Playhouse’s professional artistic staff in a fully produced, original concert titled […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Police Department has recently upgraded the body cameras all of its 23 officers wear while on duty. According to Sgt. Matthew Koc, the information technology administrator, the equipment purchase was possible with a $57,000 state grant. The office of the state attorney general, he said, instituted a newer […]
NEWARK, NJ — Acting N.J. Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Philip Sellinger announced a state-federal partnership designed to ensure access to reproductive health care for New Jersey residents and those from out of state who seek such care in the Garden State, according to July 20 […]
UNION, NJ — Premiere Stages at Kean University opened its first scheduled full season in two years with “Mud Row,” a play by 2022 Tony Award nominee Dominique Morisseau, as directed by Marshall Jones III. The story is about the grip history has on two pairs of sisters. For one pair, it is the grip […]