Week in Review: Prostitution Charge, Ravi Convicted, Verducci Resigns

The man accused of bias intimidation and invasion of privacy was convicted on 15 counts by a Middlesex County jury on Friday. Dharun Ravi, 20, could face up to 10 years in prison and deportation to India. His lawyer said an .

Citing a need to spend time with family, Glen Rock Superintendent of Schools Dr. David Verducci announced his intent to retire at the end of the school year. The district must begin the long search to replace Verducci, and have about on a new superintendent.

Ridgewood Board of Education Vice President Bob Hutton is running for a one-year term on the platform of reaching a new teacher contract to keep down the single largest tax-driver in the village.

Taxes expected to rise between $40-50 on the municipal side in Glen Rock, a 1.7 percent increase. No layoffs are planned and officials say services will remain as they are now.

After months of delays, a cell carrier's application to in a residential neighborhood was delayed again. The application, which has attracted the attention of local TV news outlets, is slated for May.

A Glen Rock teen faces six charges for allegedly hosting a party that led to a foot pursuit between one injured juvenile and several departments in the early morning hours of Sunday, March 11.

We took a peek at how the dormant-but-active issue of may play in the upcoming council elections. In a poll, most respondents said they don't believe it will be a referendum on Valley (53 percent). The most important issues, per the voting, were the , as well as Village Manager .

An unemployed Waldwick man who advertised himself as a prostitute on the Internet was arrested after meeting with an undercover detective he thought was a client, authorities said Monday.

A Wyckoff man is charged with trying to kill two police officers by repeatedly attempting to run them down with his car in the parking lot of a Hawthorne Dunkin' Donuts on Goffle Road, authorities said. The man escaped through Ridgewood and was later apprehended in New York.

Bids to start work on the athletic campus were pushed back but are not expected to impact construction, according to school officials.

With over 50 percent of the vote, popular Irish pub in Ridgewood was selected as the best place to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. The Glen Rock Inn placed second.