Park Ridge News

Several years ago, I was eating at the tapas bar of a fine-dining restaurant in Philadelphia, along with a few parents and a boy that looked to be about 5. He was quiet and well-behaved but looked a little bored a ' until the chef invited him behind the counter and into the kitchen, and assembled him a special dessert involving dramatically stacked ...

The correct map is above. * A headline on Page L-3 of some editions Wednesday incorrectly identified the towns involved in the possible breakup of the Pascack Valley Regional High School District.

Exasperated Democrats, Republicans and independents who marched to the polls Tuesday seemed to be almost completely united on one issue: New Jersey's taxes are too high.

When Gov. Jon Corzine raised asset monetization from the dead in an interview written up last week by The New York Times, Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie did the obvious: he seized on it and beat the toll hike drum as loud as he could.

Police departments are warning youngsters this year to be on their best behavior for Mischief Night and Halloween or else.

Police arrested two people Thursday for dumping a 22-year-old Park Ridge man outside his house to die in a winter storm after injecting heroin, a report in the Record said.

Reading the Record's endorsement of Governor Corzine reminds me of the old advertising slogan, "Where's the beef?" The editorial fails to mention one concrete accomplishment of the Corzine administration.

The Park Ridge Borough Council is currently comprised of five Republicans and one Democrat.

A borough councilman wants to reduce the starting salary for police officers by $5,000 to $6,000. Democratic Councilman Robert Rosenblatt said last week that the move, if Local 206 of the Woodcliff Lake Patrolmen's Benevolent Association agrees to it, would save the borough thousands of dollars in the long run.

A small research firm piously named Audit Integrity Inc. ventured last month where few financial analysts dare to tread: It declared which of the nation's biggest companies face "the greatest risk of bankruptcy" in the next 12 months.

Park Ridge Sunday, Oct. 11 is Pascack Mental Health Center Phonothon Day. Volunteers will be calling local residents to solicit funds for the center, which has provided a wide variety of professional services to individuals, families and groups since 1971.

Township of Washington "Conversations with the Chef," a program sponsored by the Bergen County Y, a Jewish Community Center in the Township of Washington, will be held at Esty Street in Park Ridge on Tuesday, October 13 at 11:30 a.m. Program participants gather at area restaurants, have private conversations with the chefs, and enjoy lunches.

Park Ridge a ' Stephanie Dutcher was named to the dean's list at the University of Delaware for the spring 2009 semester.

A film initiated and funded by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office is being used to help teach New Jersey students and teachers about the dangers of cyber-bullying, according to a report by The Record .

Merck's appeal of a $4.5 million jury award to a New Jersey man who blamed his heart attack on the company's Vioxx painkiller was dismissed by an appeals court, lawyers for the man's family said.

A fire gutted the basement of a Woodland Court house Friday night, causing extensive smoke damage that forced the occupants to seek temporary shelter, authorities said.

Park Ridge a ' Matthew Del Rosso was named to the dean's list at New England College for the spring 2009 semester.

At its Sept. 29 meeting, the Montvale Mayor and Council put off awarding a contract to Government Strategy Group , a New Providence-based consulting firm specializing in shared services, to perform a study analyzing the feasibility of consolidating the borough's municipal court with those of the two other Tri-Borough towns.

A fire that is believed to have begun in a second-floor bathroom damaged a house at 4 Autumn Lane in Old Tappan this morning.

PARK RIDGE The school district will hold a public hearing Wednesday to discuss its upcoming $10.6 million maintenance referendum.