GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge High School marching band members sweat through a hot few days of band camp last week, getting ready for a 2021 season that will look a little more normal after the COVID-19 pandemic changed the operations of all team activities last fall. The 2021 show, “Caravan: A Journey […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — On Aug. 28, the Glen Ridge High School marching band concluded band camp with a showcase — the band’s first of the season — for parents. Photos Courtesy of Julie Stolte
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Public Library announced Aug. 27 that it is a recipient of the CARES Act Mini-Grants for Public Libraries. The library was awarded $7,500, which will be used to expand access to technology to the community. The library’s Tech on the Go project will include a solar-powered electric technology […]
GLEN RIDGE / MONTCLAIR, NJ — Mountainside Medical Center, a part of the Hackensack Meridian Health system, has acquired a Stryker Mako robotic surgical system to perform robot-assisted joint replacement procedures. Mountainside has offered robot-assisted surgeries for a decade. The new Mako gives patients a minimally invasive option for total hip, total knee and partial […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — We’ve Got Friends, a local nonprofit organization providing teens and young adults with special needs with the opportunity to connect with their peers, held its second golf classic and dinner at the Glen Ridge Country Club on Monday, Aug. 23. The golf outing, however, was postponed until this coming Monday, Aug. […]
GLEN RIDGE / MONTCLAIR, NJ — Valarie McPherson has been named the chief nursing officer for Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center, located in Glen Ridge. A nursing and operations executive with more than 20 years of experience, McPherson has successfully developed leaders, departments and programs to deliver quality-driven, evidence-based patient care, according to a recent […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Borough Council unanimously approved an ordinance to use $150,000 in grant funding from the Essex County Open Space and Recreation Trust Fund to resurface the track at Hurrell Field at its Aug. 9 meeting. The project, which has already been finished, cost a total of $174,000; the remaining […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — New Jersey Audubon is asking citizens to add to the scientific research on bird mortality, as the organization is concerned about the major decline in bird populations over the last 70 years. The breeding bird population in the Americas has declined by 3 billion birds since 1970. In addition to climate […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge School District Superintendent Dirk Phillips presented the district’s plan for how it will distribute the money it received from the American Rescue Plan grant at the July 26 Board of Education meeting. The district received $1,274,117 in funding, which will be distributed over the next three years, through the […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. announced Aug. 13 that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are recommending that residents with compromised immune systems receive a third dose, or booster shot, of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines. Essex County will administer the […]