Glen Rock News

A Wednesday afternoon collision involving two automobiles and a school bus snarled traffic on Route 208 and landed one motorist in the hospital.

With the end of the school year just around the corner, it's a good time for teens to start looking for their summer jobs.

Welcome back to "Readers' Choice," where each week readers vote on their favorite local business within a Patch-selected category.

The village and borough will be honoring their respective members of the armed forces for Memorial Day ceremonies on Monday.

Average Village Homeowner to See $132 Municipal Tax Increase in 2012 The library won't suffer from any closures in 2012-2013 and there will be no layoffs among village workers as the council instructed top administrators to increase the tax levy by 3.8 percent.

Editor's note - The following look at Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church and its long and illustrious history in Ridgewood was submitted by Brenda Perkins, the event chairperson for their Hero Celebration.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Glen Rock Gazette compiles "Police Blotter" from information provided by area police departments.

This Monday's Memorial Day observation will have special significance, as Glen Rock community leaders, veterans groups and the public note the sacrifice of a previously "unknown soldier" who once hailed from the borough.

The Central School community in Glen Rock is hoping the board's new principal hire on Monday night effectively closes the revolving door of top administrators at the S. Maple Ave.

Fair Lawn High School A made Newsweek's annual list of " America's Best High Schools ," again this year, but it wasn't rated quite as highly this time around.

It's going to be a busy summer for contractors dumping asphalt on the streets of Ridgewood and Glen Rock.

The annual Memoria Day Parade in Glen Rock will cause some bus detours, according to NJ Transit.

The staff of Newsweek find Ridgewood and Glen Rock high schools are among the best 300 in the country , according to the newly-released rankings.

A licensed real-estate appraiser and broker maintained that a larger, taller water tower proposed to replace a water-storage tank on Galloway Terrace would not hurt property values in the neighborhood compared to the existing tower.

FILE This Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009 file photo shows Libyan Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who was found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, center, being helped down the airplane steps on his arrival at an airport in Tripoli, Libya.

New Police Cars Collect Dust As Older Ones Break Down Although police cars frequently break down, the village has for over a month shelved rolling out several brand new cars.

The Citizens Safety Advisory Committee recommended changes to Monroe Street's current speed limits, which in some areas is as high as 35 mph, Village Manager Ken Gabbert said at a recent council meeting.

A group of educators, administrators and parents gathered in Paramus Thursday to advise legislators on school tenure reform.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Glen Rock Gazette compiles "Police Blotter" from information provided by area police departments.

Attorney Joseph Fiorenzo held a press conference at Wyckoff Town Hall on Wednesday, May 16, to reveal the findings of an eight-month investigation which he said showed that the deficit the utility reported to justify a 21 percent increase in 2010 and another 5 percent hike in 2011 was a "complete and utter sham." "[The deficit] doesn't exist and ... (more)