Celeste Varricchio, the founder and director of the Mosaic Dance Theater Co., said federal funding cuts will not affect her troupe and the National Endowment for the Arts wants art organizations to develop programming for the upcoming U.S. semiquincentennial. “But diversity, equality and inclusive programming is ineligible for federal funding,” she said. “They want programming […]
With this especially cold winter hardly moving toward spring and daffodils, the Glen Ridge Environmental Advisory Committee gave Mr. Jack Frost a much needed kick in the pants to vamoose by holding its first ever plant swap Saturday, Feb. 15. The modest yet enthusiastic event was held at the public library in a first-floor room. […]
Although the opening night reception is not until Saturday, March 1, works by Glen Ridge High School photography students can be seen at the NJ Transit train station now. These are students of arts educator Alyssa Herrera and their focus is portraiture. Herrera said the exhibit features selected portrait photography by Photo 1 and AP […]
Glen Ridge High School physics teacher Sharon Tully has retired with her last official day of work being Jan. 31. She has been a district teacher since 2008. “I’ve always been at the high school,” she said. “I started teaching in Pleasantville, at the high school, and then in Jersey City for 10 years, also […]
With a Roaring ‘20s federal prohibition warning posted at its door and a 1930 Packard nearby, the Women’s Club of Glen Ridge went all-out Saturday night, Jan. 25, celebrating the centennial of its club house and the blow was the bee’s knees. The soldout event had the imprimatur of the Mayor’s Gala with some 230 […]
GLEN RIDGE — John Leone and Kieran Leiber, juniors at Glen Ridge High School, are showing how leadership and community spirit can go hand in hand. In 2023, they started Athletes for Good (AFG), a co-ed club that brings student-athletes together to give back to their community. After a successful first year, they officially got […]
A day of community service was held at Christ Episcopal Church of Bloomfield and Glen Ridge on Saturday morning, Jan. 18. The annual event, held in observance of Martin Luther King Day, benefitting local charities was initiated in Bloomfield, but the Glen Ridge church, as it often does, opened its doors to neighbors. “Our parish […]
While January is National Blood Donor Month, the Women’s Club of Glen Ridge traditionally has had a blood drive and did Sunday, Jan. 11. The blood was collected by the NY Blood Center and according to Sharon Harms, the chairwoman of the club’s Community Service Department, 67 donors preregistered. She ran the drive with Carmen […]
Mark the 25th of this month on the calendar. That is when the Women’s Club of Glen Ridge, established in 1905, will host the Mayor’s Gala and kick off the centennial of the dedication of its clubhouse. “I think of this building as a big golden ticket for our community,” said Susan Costa, the club […]
Informed that she was conceived through artificial insemination, a borough resident has produced a movie documenting the search for her biological father which is currently being streamed on Amazon Prime, PBS and later this month on Tubi. Titled “Missed Conceptions,” the 87-minute movie was made by Donna Marvin-Platt who was 30 when her mother told […]