Glen Rock News

Parents of some special needs children in Ridgewood are in an uproar over the school board's decision to find a new vendor for home programs.

The Ridgewood council voted last Wednesday to simplify the watering schedule residents must abide by - and it means no sprinklers on Mondays during water shortages.

A pair of Glen Rock Democrats announced plans to take on Republican council incumbents Mary Jane Surrago and Michael O'Hagan Friday night at Greek Taverna.

Glen Rock residents will have their chance to have a bigger say in borough education this fall in the upcoming school board election.

Sean Brennan and Amy Martin declared their intention to run at a Democratic party gathering at the Greek Taverna restaurant last week, according to the campaign office of Democratic Sen.

Monday The Ridgewood Planning Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. to discuss the downtown housing developments.

The Bergen baseball committee has shuffled the deck a little this morning. Emerson High School's field held up pretty well under the rain, and all games there will be played with a possible half hour delay.

Ryan and Becky Gatto with their sons, Brandon and Spencer at their house in Glen Rock.

The following was submitted by Glen Rock Public Schools. Five students from the Glen Rock School District were selected for the Second Annual All-North Jersey Elementary Honor Band on May 4. Hamilton School fifth graders Maya Doyle , Jessica Malo , Robert Kim and Glen Rock Middle School sixth grader Shivani Parulekar , along with sixth grader Anand ... (more)

Glen Rock High School leapfrogged Ridgewood High School in the latest rankings of America's best high schools by Newsweek/The Daily Beast .

RIDGEWOOD - The four high schoolers transported to a local hospital after police shut down a raging Rock Road house party early Saturday morning were treated for alcohol poisoning, according to police.

Inside Fair Lawn's Wayne Robbins attended the annual Fair Lawn High School Interact Club's Cut-a-Thon Sunday at Bellezza Salon in Glen Rock .

RIDGEWOOD - Seventeen kids face underage drinking charges and another 14 were taken into protective custody after police broke up a house party this weekend.

After about a decade living in a dull, raised ranch in Glen Rock, Marybeth Hines and her husband had it converted into a lovely Dutch colonial.

After several arrests and stints of sobriety, a baby-faced 22-year-old man vowed last August he was "gettin' straight." A month later, he died of a heroin overdose in his grandfather's Paramus home, Bergen County 's 12th fatal overdose in three months.

RIDGEWOOD - A house party attended by high-school students ended early Saturday morning with 17 teenagers charged with underage drinking and four transported to a local hospital, authorities said.

A large garage sale in Glen Rock on Saturday will benefit disabled families in Bergen County.

At the April 24 Borough Council work session, public works chair Mary Jane Surrago said the evaluation is under way in the Hazelhurst, Oaklynn, Rocklynn and Brookfield neighborhoods, which suffered extensive damage from fallen trees and remain heavily populated with large, aging oaks, among others.

The state apparently wasn't too keen on the phrase "sharing is caring," so Ridgewood officials have moved on - they'll be taking a harder look at relocating its downtrodden municipal garage to property it owns in Glen Rock.

Trillium grandiflorum: This magnificent native plant is very rare in this area but was once abundant in moist woods throughout the Northeast.