GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge High School football program is buzzing after last year’s incredible run. As the No. 7 seed, the Ridgers upset No. 2 seed Waldwick–Midland Park, 33-26, in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 1 state playoffs. It marked the […]
Mosaic Dance Theater Co., the Glen Ridge troupe dedicated to the dance movements and folklore of the Mediterranean region — the Middle East, North Africa and southern Europe, will be performing at Freeman Gardens on Saturday, Sept. 14, at 4 p.m. The show will be a 30-minute excerpt taken from the complete 90-minute performances of […]
Every new school year has its curriculum initiatives and with September knocking, first-year school superintendent Kyle Arlington gave this newspaper a heads-up on what parents can anticipate. Arlington, the former superintendent of the Kenilworth school district, naturally said he was looking forward to his new job. Starting out, he has been engaged in conversations with […]
School district rooms and hallways continue to be busy places this summer as the custodial staff of Robert Gomes, the schools’ supervisor of buildings and grounds, prepares for September and the arrival of students. Five buildings have work being done. At the high school, a new drop ceiling is in place in anticipation of the […]
Glen Ridge High School has been playing host to a contingent of seventh- and eighth-grade Chinese students visiting the United States as part of a cultural program. The activity is sponsored by the International Partnership of Education, Research and Cooperation, a non-profit headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. It works with school districts in Columbus and Los […]
Borough residents sure like to party as evidenced at last week’s “Pop-Up Party in the Glen,” a totally appreciated community activity along Toney Brook. The get-together drew a fairly sizable family crowd Wednesday, July 24, for the first time-event. It featured kid-related activities, knockwurst and franks from Fitzgerald’s 1928, beer from the NJ Beer Co. […]
Sponsored by the Department of Recreation, a small, stellar art exhibition of works by resident Tom Wallace is at the Glen Ridge train station, at Ridgewood and Bloomfield avenues, until the end of next month. There are 15 works in the show, mostly tapestries, but also oil paintings and collage. Wallace, 85, a retired Ridgewood […]
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, […]