Ridgewood News

An application to move a restaurant 375 feet has sparked a prolonged battle between two former business partners - one a respectedA former state senator, the other a beloved local business owner.

GLEN ROCK - A two-story ranch house was destroyed Sunday night by a fire that was battled by about 40 firefighters from four towns.

Downtown Ridgewood will be getting a jolt from some new businesses set to open shop in the spring, including yogurt stores, bakeries and some stylish identical twins.

In topA countyA news this week: U.S. Senator Robert Menendez came to Ridgewood this weekA toutingA theA impact a new federal bill would have for state commuters A in clearing congestion and cutting red tape to initiate transit development while preserving and creating jobs.

Stop by at B.F. for the 8 p.m. showing. The following piece is newie Lucy Rieger's experience at the first Jambo night.] Relief! Confidence! Happiness! Hunger! But before all this - Wednesday night's Jamboree dress rehearsal started with the jitters.A I could not eat before the show.

Puccini's "Tosca" is a tragic love story packed with edge-of-the-seat thrills and a melodramatic score.

Valentine's Day is Tuesday, but it's still not too late to get a reservation at some of the most romantic local restaurants.

Just about every week, conductor Sandra Dackow hops in her car and drives three hours to central Pennsylvania, where she presides over a rehearsal with members of the Hershey Symphony Orchestra .

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Bergen County-based State Sen. Paul Sarlo had a message for the state's mayors at a conference in Trenton Wednesday: Don't blame the legislature for inflated sick time payouts.

Citing projected minimal impacts on village services and district schools and suitability of the properties in question, planners for each of the two proposed downtown residential developments testified that the projects would bring overall benefit to Ridgewood .

Sen. Robert Menendez paid a visit to the Ridgewood train station on Monday to spread awareness and support of a new federal transportation bill that, if passed, would add substantial funds to New Jersey's transit funding.

Life in Ridgewood and the surrounding area during the Civil War was decidedly different than it is now.

A proposal to establish a shared dispatch center in the Pascack Valley is no more, but that has not deterred area officials from trying to find new ways to trim budgetary fat.

When the Colucci family in Mahwah heard a Shannon Rose restaurant was opening on Route 17 in Ramsey, they were very excited.

Marwan Amaisse has been waiting years to bring his unique dry cleaning business into Ridgewood.

Former Bergen County Improvement Authority chairman Ronald J. O'Malley was sentenced to two years in prison Tuesday for a mortgage fraud scheme that falsely claimed mortgage borrowers worked at the county's public financing agency, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said.

Senate Democrat Bob Menendez stopped by the Ridgewood Train station Monday morning for a photo op to pitch the Federal Transit Bill Senate Democrat Bob Menendez stopped by the Ridgewood Train station Monday morning for a photo op to pitch the Federal Transit Bill the staff of the Ridgewood blog Senate Democrat Bob Menendez stopped by the Ridgewood ... (more)

Green Kids Program - NJ Audubon Society Animal Tracks, Trails and Trek for Kids The Ridgewood Parks and Recreation Department, in partnership with the Women Gardeners of Ridgewood, welcomes Patrick Scheuer, Director of NJ Audubon's Lorrimer Sanctuary, to teach about winter in the woodlands.

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