Tom Wallace, 85, a retired Ridgewood School District art teacher and 45-year Glen Ridge resident, will be exhibiting his artwork at the Glen Ridge Train Station until the end of August. It is a small show, only 15 works of paintings, textiles and collages. What is surprising is that most were completed more than 60 […]
With Independence Day upon us, adults at the Glen Ridge Community Pool were recently asked what children should know about the Fourth of July. Nicole Solano said she discussed the Revolutionary War with her oldest child and that America was celebrating its freedom from England. “I used to work for a British company and I […]
Glen Ridge High School held its commencement the evening of June 18, at Hurrell Field. Because of the intense heat of the day, the students, dressed in their traditional formal wear, got into line at the far end of the field, where it was shaded. Then, to “Pomp and Circumstance,” proceeded through the balloon threshold, […]
The dust has settled and been swept away for now, but for the last several weeks parents of Glen Ridge High School seniors were strenuously erecting an eye-popping amusement park on the property of a Lincoln Street home for the 2024 edition of Project Graduation, a one-night spectacle ingrained in this community for 63 years. […]
A Glen Ridge resident who is president of a Bloomfield temple was among those honored when the Essex Board of County Commissioners held its annual Jewish Heritage Month celebration at the Livingston Senior/Community Center on May 30. The event is held each year to celebrate the accomplishments of and honor outstanding Jewish men and women […]
Freeman Gardens held a fundraiser, Friday, June 7, called Grub ‘n’ Roses. From its 4 p.m. start, it attracted a considerable crowd which only grew until a 9 o’clock closing. Hawthorne Avenue, where the gardens are located, was closed to traffic while people came with folding chairs and picnics or purchased from food trucks lining […]
Glen Ridge held its annual Memorial Day parade Monday, May 27. One could not ask for better weather. But following the parade of residents and civic organizations down Ridgewood Avenue, the number of people gathered at its terminus, between the public library and elementary school, the site of the veterans’ monuments, was noticeably fewer than […]
GLEN RIDGE — The mayor and council will consider the adoption of an ordinance to prohibit short-term rental properties at their meeting on Monday, June 10. This meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers on the seconnd floor of the Glen Ridge Municipal Building, located at 825 Bloomfield Ave., Glen Ridge. […]
Trisha Turiano, the music department chair at the Women’s Club of Glen Ridge, is very happy. This is because next week, on the club stage, Hollywood Walk of Fame star recipient Melba Moore will be appearing. Turiano has waited for this. Her desire to have the three-time Grammy nominee and Tony Award winner come to […]
The Glen Ridge High School Home and School Association, and the Glen Ridge Environmental Advisory Commission, sponsored its annual Glen Ridge Eco/Arts Fair this past Saturday, May 18, along Ridgewood Avenue. The event was essentially in two sectors along Ridgewood Avenue, divided by Woodland Avenue. Northward were the arts and craft-oriented vendors and southward were […]