Teacher Agreement, Smash-and-Grab Chinese Takeout Top This Week's Stories

Union leaders and the school board's negotiating committee have agreed to a new contract for the teachers and a vote ratifying the understanding could come as soon as Sept. 10.

Glen Rock school officials think they might be able to salvage school sports at the delayed construction project, possibly playing games as early as Oct. 20.

Numerous homes and cars in the West Side neighborhood of Ridgewood have been hit by burlgars since mid-July and police are asking residents to lock windows and doors to prevent thefts.

Custodians employed by contractor GCA were rebuffed by district officials in their request for them to allocate money toward family health insurance and will have to negotiate with GCA on their own.

A man linked to more than 150 smash-and-grab burglaries throughout North Jersey might be responsible for a $100 theft of Peking Garden in Glen Rock.

Commuters will be inconvenienced Sept. 10-12 for scheduled paving at the Ridgewood Train Station.

The $48 million mega-project to update the village's school facilities could be finished up in time for the 2012-2013 school year, according to Superintendent Daniel Fishbein.

A Supreme Court ruling barring law firms that employee municipal judges from making campaign contributions caused Ridgewood Municipal Court Judge Phillip F. Sheridan to resign after nearly 24 years on the bench.

The firm leading the search to replace David Verducci could very well have the replacement selected by early January. About 20 candidates are in the running.