GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge Board of Education President Betsy Ginsburg will be the next executive director of the Garden State Coalition of Schools, effective April 1. Ginsburg replaces Lynn Strickland who has led the group since its inception in 1992. Ginsburg said she will be joining the ranks of her working BOE colleagues since […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The music director of the Glen Ridge Congregational Church, Tom Mustachio, will have to be ready for anything Friday night as he improvises the score for a screening of the 1927 silent film epic, “King of Kings” on an organ. Seated behind the screen, he will view the movie on a monitor […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge Girl Scout Troop 21265 is accustomed to performing many community-service projects each year. This year, the 11- and 12-year-old Junior Girl Scouts are “taking action” on a much bigger project and calling on the community to help in their donation drive that will benefit local children in need. For […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Women’s Club will present the eighth annual Favorite Doll Tea on Sunday, March 13. The afternoon begins with the arrival of the children accompanied by their parents, grandparents and, of course, their dolls — all dressed up for a fashionable, traditional high tea. Often the children and their […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The planning boards of Glen Ridge and Montclair held a joint meeting Monday, Feb. 29, in the Montclair Fire Department Headquarters to discuss the proposed redevelopment project at Mountainside Hospital. Approximately 50 people attended. The purpose of the meeting, according to Glen Ridge Assistant Engineer Michael Zichelli was to draft the language […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — A Glen Ridge High School art teacher, and a former student of hers, have created a Facebook page dedicated to Glen Ridge artists. The goal of the website — GRArtConnect — is to bring together a pool of artists, at various stages of their careers or studies, in order for them to […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Literature Department of the Women’s Club of Glen Ridge has announced that Elisabeth Egan, author of “A Window Opens,” will be the guest speaker on Tuesday, March 1. Egan is the books editor at Glamour. Her essays and book reviews have appeared in Self, Glamour, O, People, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Public Library will host the following upcoming adult and family events: Friday, Feb. 26, 6 to 8 p.m. Family Date Night will be held in the children’s area. Make it a family night out and join in for after-hours fun at the library. This event will feature snacks, […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — According to Dorothy Waldt, this year’s manager of the annual Glen Ridge Antique Show, total revenue for the recent 70th anniversary show was more than $22,000. This is about $2,000 above last year’s revenue total. “The exciting number is that our profits were about $16,000 and the largest in several years,” […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Literature Department of the Women’s Club of Glen Ridge has announced that Elisabeth Egan, author of “A Window Opens,” will be the guest speaker on Tuesday, March 1. Egan is the books editor at Glamour. Her essays and book reviews have appeared in Self, Glamour, O, People, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, […]