MONTCLAIR / GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Alec Grabowski has been named chief operating officer for Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center. He replaces Tim O’Brien, who was promoted to chief executive officer in August 2020. Grabowski comes to Mountainside Medical Center with more than a decade of health care leadership experience in a variety of hospital […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge Mayor Stuart K. Patrick and the Glen Ridge Borough Council released the following statement condemning bigotry and supporting those who face it on April 23: “We send this message in solidarity and support of the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. We condemn the racism, xenophobia and intolerance targeting […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Middle School Drama Club will perform “Disney’s Camp Rock the Musical” on Friday, April 30, at 7 p.m., and Saturday, May 1, at 2 and 7 p.m. outdoors at Freeman Gardens, 644 Hawthorne Ave. in Glen Ridge. May 2nd is the rain date. Tickets can be purchased at […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The borough of Glen Ridge, in partnership with Essex County, has launched the Senior Citizen Vaccination Transportation Program, which will register and transport senior residents to receive two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Currently, this program is only for Glen Ridge senior citizens age 60 or older who cannot drive. For […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Members of the Bloomfield Township Council and Essex County Board of County Commissioners held a meeting about the proposed Essex–Hudson Greenway project on April 14, updating residents about the 9-mile park that could run through Essex and Hudson counties. The park would be built on an unused freight train rail line owned […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Township Council unanimously passed an ordinance at its April 12 meeting that will ban commercial cannabis businesses from operating in the borough; this decision was made within the 180-day time frame that local municipalities had to make this decision, following Gov. Phil Murphy signing the marijuana legalization law […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr., the Essex County Board of County Commissioners, the Essex County Division of Community Health, and the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team are encouraging residents to dispose of their old or unwanted prescription medications during the federal Drug Enforcement Administration’s annual Drug Take Back […]
MONTCLAIR / GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Mountainside Medical Center has recognized several staff members for exceptional leadership in the establishment and operationalization of the hospital’s COVID-19 vaccine clinic. Hospital CEO Tim O’Brien recognized Florey Cruz-Cerpa, community health manager; Julia Ilyin, pharmacy director; Jennifer Lopez, central scheduling director; Cristina Martinez, employee health manager; and Jill Ryan, […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge had to eliminate the bake sale part of its annual “Rake and Bake” at Freeman Gardens this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but neighbors were still able to rake. The garden cleanup on Hawthorne Avenue drew residents out to weed, dig and plant in the first community cleanup […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Kiwanis Club and Glen Ridge High School Key Club will hold the Joseph T. Connolly Collection Drive, a semiannual, townwide clothing and household goods drive, on Saturday, April 24, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the GRHS parking lot, 200 Ridgewood Ave. Items collected will be donated […]