ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Gov. Phil Murphy and New Jersey Department of Transportation Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti announced $161.25 million in fiscal year 2022 municipal aid grants, with 541 cities and towns across the state receiving funds to advance road, bridge, safety and quality-of-life improvements, according to an Oct. 26 press release. The competitive municipal aid […]
GLEN RIDGE / MONTCLAIR, NJ — Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center has received the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association’s “Get With The Guidelines–Stroke” Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award in recognition of the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines along with treatment guidelines […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The borough of Glen Ridge has contracted a truck specifically to pick up bagged leaves curbside, beginning Nov. 8 and terminating Dec. 29. Residents must use biodegradable paper bags; plastic bags will not be accepted for pick up. These curbside pickups will be made on the first of the two regular […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge was one of the only inland locations to host a cleanup through Clean Ocean Action’s Beach Sweeps program, a statewide effort to minimize trash on New Jersey’s beaches and in the lakes, streams, rivers and bays. Volunteers turned out with rubber gloves and boots to wade into the creek […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge School District Superintendent Dirk Phillips updated Board of Education members and the public on COVID-19 cases in the district and district initiatives at the BOE meeting on Oct. 11, saying that the low case count at Glen Ridge High School can probably be attributed to the number of students […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge families are invited to the Toney’s Brook cleanup event on Saturday, Oct. 23, from 9 a.m. to noon. Participants can meet at Toney’s Brook at the entrance to Glenfield Park at Woodland Avenue and Pierson Place, or at the gazebo near the intersection of Bloomfield and Ridgewood avenues. This […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Civic Conference Committee will host a virtual “Meet the Candidates Night” on Thursday, Oct. 21, at 7:30 p.m. Glen Ridge residents are encouraged to come and learn about the candidates on the ballot before Election Day, Nov. 2. There are two candidates running unopposed for the Glen Ridge […]
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey’s law enforcement leaders gathered Oct. 13 at the Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex in Trenton to unveil the state’s first permanent memorial honoring police officers and other law enforcement professionals who died during the COVID-19 pandemic. Glen Ridge Police Sgt. Charles E. Roberts III is among those honored on the […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Public Library’s Library of Things started to come together at the beginning of March 2020, right as the COVID-19 pandemic hit and shut the building down. But since operations have looked closer to normal than they did at the height of the pandemic, the 74 items on shelves […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — This election season is shaping up to be fairly quiet in Essex County, with few contested elections and foregone conclusions for some of the contested races. The biggest question on the ballot this upcoming Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 2, is the choice for governor. Democratic incumbent Gov. Phil Murphy, with running […]