GLEN RIDGE, NJ — A planned sit-in to protest the changing of the length of Glen Ridge High School’s lunch period was postponed when GRHS Principal John Lawlor met with students about the issue. But nothing has been resolved yet. Students argue that 30 minutes isn’t enough time for juniors and seniors to leave school […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The last time the Glen Ridge High School marching band won a national championship, none of its current members had even been born yet. Now, 20 years later, the Ridgers can claim the title. They placed first in Group 1 Open and won the Best Music caption at MetLife Stadium on […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge School District Superintendent Dirk Phillips shared an update on the district’s SAT test scores at the Glen Ridge Board of Education meeting on Oct. 25, informing board members and the public that, even though the district’s scores cannot be compared to the state and national scores because that data […]
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, Nov. 20, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the GRHS parking lot, 200 Ridgewood Ave. Items collected will be donated […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Every October, the Glen Ridge High School Guidance Department hosts a college fair. This year’s fair was hosted Oct. 21 on the school’s back field. The following colleges and universities attended the fair: Arcadia University, Bergen Community College, Binghamton University, Bloomfield College, Bryant University, Caldwell University, Canisius College, Centenary University, Delaware […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The eighth annual West Orange High School Marching Band Invitational, held on Oct. 9 in Suriano Stadium at WOHS, entertained crowds throughout the day as Class A, AA, AAA and AAAA bands performed. The invitational welcomed bands in the New Jersey Marching Band Directors Association circuit, sending the competition season into […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Due to COVID-19 pandemic concerns for health and safety, the members of the Kiwanis Club of Glen Ridge have postponed OctoberFeast until 2022; the event was originally scheduled for Oct. 25 at the Women’s Club of Glen Ridge. In the meantime, Kiwanis continues to support a number of youth programs and […]
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
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The Suburban Essex Chamber of Commerce Foundation has named four 2021 scholarship recipients: Belleville’s Vivian Shu Yi Li, who will attend Northeastern University in Boston, Mass., and Cybel Cobbinah, who will attend Emory University in Atlanta, Ga.; Bloomfield’s Gwen Reoch, who will attend Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minn.; and Glen […]