Ridgewood News

The New Jersey Department of EducationA released report cards A for the performance of every school in the state during the 2010-11 year Thursday, and not surprisingly the data suggests Ridgewood schools are still among the best in the state.

Ridgewood and Glen Rock frozen yogurt shopsA duked it out in a close battle for fro-yo supremacy , but neither could matchA Let's Yo , a newA self-serve frozen yogurt franchise in Paramus that took homeA this week's Readers' Choice A award.

The "Welcome to Ridgewood" mural that greets commuters may be getting a major makeover, one that's decidedly more commercial.

The auction for this four-bedroom house on East Drive in Oradell is scheduled this month.

"When I was in high school, I used to run the store in Park Ridge when I got out of school," he said.

A pilot program that offered Ridgewood High School students an extra hour of sleep - among other initiatives to put students' health first - will be featured in an upcoming documentary about high schools instituting changes to promote wellness.

A landscaper has been issued two summonses for improperly parking after it was side-swiped by a Midland Park ambulance Thursday morning, according to Ridgewood police.

Ridgewood residents Avinash Chaurasia , a recent graduate of West Point, and David Cunningham, a recent graduate of Citadel Military College, place a wreath at the monument in Van Neste Square during a Memorial Day Service on Monday.

It seems with all the pizza options in Ridgewood, residents weren't keen on having to cook their own pies at home.

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

With Tuesday night's vote, the $45 million Ridgewood municipal budget has formally been introduced though not all members of the council felt it should have been.

Jaime Truscio of Wayne wipes away sweat while working to clear an area to build a handicap-access ramp at the corner of East Ridgewood Avenue and North Walnut Street in Ridgewood.

The store didn't open quick enough for inclusion in our Readers' Choice Poll on the best fro-yo in the area, but no matter - the Bloom family is just happy to see construction nearing conclusion.

An apartment at Seventh and Hudson Streets was burglarized on Saturday, police said.A A $3,000 computer and a $300 iPod were stolen from an apartment, as well as prescription epilepsy medication, according to reports.

The man convicted in the Rutgers spycam case that garnered international headlines said he would accept the terms of Judge Glenn Berman's sentence and apologized for his "thoughtless" actions.

The always talked about Newsweek best public high schools in the country list is out, and Mahwah ranked No.

Several road repaving projects have been scheduled for coming months, including Grove Street and West Ridgewood Avenue, according to a release on the village's website.

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.