GLEN RIDGE, NJ — With students always coming by for one reason or another, and the daily contact with parents, and keeping track of student absences, no wonder Ridgewood Elementary School secretary Pam Flippin calls her office “the hub.” Well, Flippin will be retiring from the hub and the district this month. It was her friend, […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The 2018 Essex County free SummerMusic Concert Series brings a diverse group of musicians and entertainers to perform at locations throughout the historic Essex County Park System and provides residents with an evening leisure activity to enjoy the parks. This year’s series features three concert and fireworks spectaculars, Friday night concerts […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Geni Sackson, a Ridgewood Avenue Elementary School fifth-grade mathematics teacher, will be retiring at the end of this school year. It is her 19th year as a teacher and her 14th in the district. She said it felt good to go now, 19 being a whole number and all. “I just feel […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — For the recent 10th annual Montclair Art Museum exhibit, “Art in Bloom,” selected local artists used flower arrangements to capture the essence of an artwork held by the museum. Glen Ridge floral designer Tova Garrett was asked to work from a sculpture by Cyrus Edwin Dallin named, “Appeal to the Great Spirit.” […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Along Ridgewood Avenue this past Monday, May 28, Glen Ridge held its annual Memorial Day Parade. Following this, wreaths were places at memorials for Glen Ridge servicemen who died in 20th-century wars. The names of the World War I casualties are on the grounds of Ridgewood Avenue School. Those who died in […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — In another week or so, Glen Ridge resident Nancy Nathanson anticipates seeing the monarch butterfly return to her property. Scientifically named Danaus plexippus, large-winged and patterned boldly in orange outlined in black, they will be migrating north, laying their eggs on milkweed plants, on the underside of its leaves. At Nathanson’s home […]
VOORHEES, NJ — Beginning June 15, New Jersey American Water is implementing provisional rates for water and wastewater service while the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities reviews the company’s rate change request. New Jersey American Water’s rate request, which was filed Sept. 15, 2017, was driven by more than $868 million in needed investment […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Sheriff Armando Fontoura advised motorists in a recent press release that the Essex County Sheriff’s Office will join with municipal police from around New Jersey in cracking down on unbuckled motorists and passengers as part of the national “Click it or Ticket” campaign. Beginning May 21 and running through June 3, […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The 10th annual Glen Ridge Eco-fair was held Saturday, May 12, on Ridgewood Avenue along with the 40th annual Glen Ridge Arts Festival. With the event cancelled last year due to inclement weather, this year it was a rain or shine occasion. There was a little precipitation again in the morning, […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge Police Department officers apprehended two suspects traveling with $116,000 in checks allegedly stolen from a borough mailbox. The alleged theft and arrest occurred on so-called “tax day,” April 17. Many of the checks were addressed to the IRS. According to GRPD Capt. Sean Quinn, in a telephone interview earlier this […]