Wood-Ridge News

Chartwells School Dining Services, a major provider of dining services for over 550 public school districts and private schools nationwide, recently hosted an Academic Awards and Scholarship Dinner.

Board Demotes School Principal, Transfers Another Parents filed into the high school auditorium to fight to keep Principal Lesa Brinker at the helm of Lincoln School and challenged the new position of assistant superintendent slated for Peter O'Hare, principal of Euclid School.

We're about halfway through another perilous Memorial Day weekend, a time when parades honoring the nation's war dead are often eclipsed by long lines of cars pulled to the sides of roads for the annual Click It or Ticket seat-belt crackdown.

New polls show a virtual dead heat in the race for president. Republicans are narrowing the fundraising gap.

President Obama's senior political adviser, David Axelrod, will join a rally of Rep.

Horace Rattigan, 24, was offered a job in downtown Paterson, tidying up the area and giving directions as cleanup 'ambassador.' Civic organizations in Paterson reached out, asking how they could help.

A Balance Between singer/guitarist Jeremy Hernandez initially thought his Wood-Ridge -based band was too old to win a slot at the Bamboozle Festival.

A Garfield man was arrested by the Paramus Police Department after being found in the parking lot of the Garden State Plaza engaged in sexual activity with a 15-year-old Wood-Ridge female, according to Paramus Lt.

Maybe the lesson to be learned is to be careful where you place control of your money.

The script was set in January: Governor Christie heads down a "Jersey Comeback" trail from Trenton to Tampa, where he would tout the newly inked tax cut to a cheering Republican National Convention in August.

WOOD-RIDGE A controversial proposal to replace a school district study team that's worked with special needs children for years with social workers and therapists from a county agency will be up for a vote Wednesday night.

The towns are restricted from building new houses on the cleared land. Senator Paul Sarlo, , of Wood-Ridge, requested a breakdown from each town on how much of the money is being used for so-called "soft costs"--costs such as engineering, surveying, and demolition.A Some environmental groups do not think that enough money has been allocated.

Municipalities want a bigger share of power generating taxes that the state has usurped over the years from local governments.

Anthony Dappuzzo had a homer and two RBI, and three pitchers combined on a two hitter as the Bulldogs spoiled the Blue Devils first County tournament appearance since 1981.

RAMSEY - About 100 NJ Transit passengers were briefly delayed and traffic on Main Street came to a halt when a commuter train stalled at a crossing near the Main Street station on Monday night, officials said.

In top county news this week: Teacher and Coach Had Sexual Relations With Student, Prosecutor Says Wood-Ridge High School girls' softball coach Jillian Clementi, also a teacher at Immaculate Heart Academy in Washington Township , engaged in improper sexual relations with a male student from Wood-Ridge High School, authorities charged Wednesday.

PARAMUS - Police have identified a suspect in the 2007 heist of more than $79,000 worth of jewelry at the Jewelry Exchange, authorities said.

Going out to eat may mean hundreds of unwanted, extra calories from "free" items that find their way to your plate.

Three lawmakers have announced more than $260,000 in New Jersey Clean Community Grants to help 14 towns support their local anti-littering campaigns.

Nearly $440 million would go to towns struggling to lower property taxes under a bill introduced Thursday that seeks to reroute money from a state aid program funded by energy taxes.