Principal Accused of Bullying, 'Cake Boss' Arrives Top Headlines This Week

A former special education and lunch aide is demanding the Glen Rock school district tell her why she was without warning "fired" two days before school started. Patricia Little believes Coleman Elementary School Principal Dawn Cappadona discriminated against her because of her age, 78.

Despite concerns that the village wasn't being thoughtful in its process to assess a plan to add a large retail space and two garages, the council decided by a 3-2 vote to move forward with a request for proposals on revenue at the major downtown retail component.

Famous television baker Buddy Valastro is opening his second Carlo's Bake Shop location and he's planning for a November opening date at the Playhouse Theater building in Wilsey Square.

One borough senior was scammed out of $90,000 after a man claiming to be her grandson said he was involved in an accident and needed bail money. Authorities were able to recover half the money. But days later another senior was nearly duped by the same scheme.

The vice president of the second-lowest bidder claims contractor Turco Golf has rung up huge change orders and completely bungled the fields project at Glen Rock High School. The fields are not expected to open until late October, if at all this fall, after initially expected to be ready by mid-September.

Of the nearly 40 comments submitted by borough residents on various traffic issues they've noticed in the town, none seemed to generate more frustration than Rodney Street. 

Less than a year after its centennial anniversary, Ridgewood's Willard Elementary School was distinguished as one of the 269 best schools in the country.

Ridgewood is putting out a bid proposal to have a private contractor remove the roughly 60 trees on the list, given the tenuous state of tree maintenance in Ridgewood.