There are no coincidences in deep space. So while Sunday, Sept. 8, was National Star Trek Day, the date in 1966 when the world was introduced to Capt. Kirk, Mr. Spock and the Starship Enterprise, the current month-long Star Trek memorabilia exhibit at the Glen Ridge Public Library is just a coincidence, according to Bob […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The start of a new year is naturally the time to make resolutions. Below are some made by individuals who appeared in stories in The Glen Ridge Paper in 2022. Elizabeth Baker, Glen Ridge Shade Tree commissioner “Maximize the town’s vital green infrastructure and strive to do even better to […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge residents are invited to apply to become a library trustee. Linda Seyffarth, who has served the Glen Ridge Public Library as a trustee for 10 years, will not be renewing her term, which expires at the end of this year. The Glen Ridge Public Library, voted the Best Small […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — On Thursday, Aug. 4, the Glen Ridge Police Department, in collaboration with the Glen Ridge Municipal Alliance Committee, Mayor Stuart K. Patrick and the borough council, hosted 2022’s Community Night Out Against Crime at the Glen Ridge Community Pool. In addition to the GRPD, the Montclair Fire Department was in attendance […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Start cleaning out your attic, garage and closets ahead of the sixth annual Glen Ridge Townwide Yard Sale. This year’s sale will be held Saturday, Oct. 1, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine. Registration is now open at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/389517506347; a registration fee applies. Online registration requires a credit […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Public Library has a new library director and her name is Tina Marie Doody. In an interview with The Glen Ridge Paper on Monday, March 14, her first day on the job, Doody, 45, said she grew up in Hampden, Maine, a town near Bangor, whose claim to […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — On Feb. 9, the Glen Ridge Public Library board of trustees voted to appoint Tina Marie Doody to the position of library director, effective March 14. Doody joins the Glen Ridge Public Library from her previous position as assistant director at the Plainfield Public Library, where she was employed since 2009. […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Public Library has received a grant of $3,788 from the “New Jersey Libraries: Ready for Anything Mini-Grant” program. This grant was created to support libraries as they support their communities in times of crisis and emergency. Through a competitive application process, the GRPL was among 12 libraries in […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Public Library’s Library of Things started to come together at the beginning of March 2020, right as the COVID-19 pandemic hit and shut the building down. But since operations have looked closer to normal than they did at the height of the pandemic, the 74 items on shelves […]
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 […]