Meera Mehta, a Glen Ridge High School junior, has collected more than 30,000 books in the last three years to give to children, from economically disadvantaged families, the opportunity to read at home. She calls her effort Novel Futures. “I started Novel Futures because I’ve always loved reading and have been lucky enough to have […]
The annual house tour of local properties, hosted by the Women’s Club of Glen Ridge and scheduled for Sunday, May 4, is being given an added attraction this year. Because this is the centennial year of the dedication of the clubhouse, four garden tours will also be offered. According to Amy Poster, co-chair of the […]
There is an oil painting exhibit currently at the Ridgewood Avenue train station. What is overall remarkable about the exhibit, called “Spring Awakenings,” is that the artist, borough resident Peter Trondsen, worked from photographs, but his paintings do not appear that way. They haven’t the artificial look of paintings of photographs. One would suppose that […]
Under clouds and occasional rain, Freeman Gardens had its eighth annual Rake and Bake clean-up and fundraiser Saturday, April 5. Notwithstanding the weather, it was a pretty day with mothers and children strolling, peeking buds, pink and green, hinting of spring. There were also a few new entries on the accounting ledger for sale to […]
On Saturday, April 5, Glen Ridge was part of a nation in protest opposing a multitude of federal actions since the Jan. 20 inauguration of President Donald Trump. John S., a Glen Ridge resident and lawyer, said there were about 4,000 reasons he was protesting with the others gathered at Bloomfield and Ridgewood avenues. “The […]
A large doll collection donated to the Women’s Club of Glen Ridge will be displayed at the club this Saturday, April 5, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Billed as “Dreamscapes — an exhibition and sale of rare art dolls and mixed media pieces,” approximately 300 of the 350 dolls donated will be made available. […]
Beginner’s luck? Not likely. But the Glen Ridge High School History Club, composed of seventh- and eighth-graders, after their first-ever inter-school competitions, are now poised to compete in the national championships this May. They qualified by finishing second in the state championship, held at Ridgewood High School, on Jan. 20. For good measure, they then […]
The tradition-ladened Women’s Club of Glen Ridge held its annual fundraiser, My Favorite Doll’s Tea Party, on Sunday afternoon, March 9. This event surely is a red-letter day on many a little girl’s calendar evidenced by the number of them making their way to Snowden Place, clutching a doll with mother in tow. They gathered […]
The Glen Ridge Girls fourth-graders defeated Cranford on Saturday, March 1, to win the 2025 Clark Tournament Championship. The Ridgers were undefeated in the tournament, winning all four games in their bracket. Point guard Delancey DeSalazar and combo guards Dylan Siegel and Karolina Gabrys led all scorers in the tournament. DeSalazar dropped 10 points in […]
Celeste Varricchio, the founder and director of the Mosaic Dance Theater Co., said federal funding cuts will not affect her troupe and the National Endowment for the Arts wants art organizations to develop programming for the upcoming U.S. semiquincentennial. “But diversity, equality and inclusive programming is ineligible for federal funding,” she said. “They want programming […]