A flower garden, along a portion of the front facade of Central School, has been dedicated to Glen Ridge Board of Education President Elisabeth Ginsburg for her more than 20 years of continuous service leading that governing body. Planned for 2020, but disrupted by the pandemic, the ceremony occurred this past July. “To honor Betsy […]
GLEN RIDGE — Recent Glen Ridge High School graduate Ava Leone pursued her Girl Scout Gold Award by painting a mural and creating a mental health curriculum for the schools in her hometown. The painted mural is on the back of Ridgewood Avenue School and has a saying that Leone learned as a child. “‘Tie […]
The school district has not let the summer months drift idly away. Custodians and maintenance workers, with outside vendors, have been busy keeping school buildings operable and ready to withstand another school year. But there have been improvements, too. According to Robert Gomes, the supervisor of building and grounds, who is starting his second year […]
The Mosaic Dance Theater Company is currently at work on a new production which will have its world premiere Nov. 4 and 5 at the First Congregational Church of Montclair. The production is titled “Alhayat Raksa,” or “Life is a Dance,” and will be directed by the company founder and artistic director, Morgiana Celeste Varricchio. […]
Glen Ridge held its National Night Out at the community pool Thursday evening, Aug. 3. The country wide event began in 1984 as a law enforcement effort to restore safety to neighborhood streets by filling them with residents, hometown organizations and activities. But the genesis for National Night Out, according to its website, began in […]
The Glen Ridge Public Library hosted a talk Tuesday, July 25, by Donald Yates, a former borough resident who spoke of his experience as a Peace Corps volunteer, from 1962-64, in the Philippines. He has written about his experiences in a book titled, “A Journey for Peace; A Journey of Peace.” Yates, who was a […]
The Friends of Watsessing Park Conservancy held its annual pollinator event Saturday morning, July 15. Activities included a talk on local native plants by Bloomfield Councilman Richard Rockwell, but the morning’s highlight was the vibrant butterfly garden adjacent to the lawn bowling court near the Maolis Avenue entrance. Here visitors could marvel at an abundance […]
Gas Lamp Teens will present “Heathers, the Musical: Teen Edition,” a black-comedy portraying high school students in a cauldron of bullying, shaming, sexuality and murder, stirred by three really bad girls at fictitious Westerberg High School in Ohio. The show, based on a 1989 movie, had its Off-Broadway premiere in 2018 and has been a […]
GLEN RIDGE — A hearing will be held next month on the borough’s plan to cut in half the amount of time people can park near the high school and train station and a proposal to raise fines for certain parking offenses. The mayor and council updated parking Ordinances 1789 and 1790 at their meeting […]