Week in Review: School Fire, Food in Flood Plain, New Council

To the surprise of few, top vote-getters Paul Aronsohn and Albert Pucciarelli were named as mayor and deputy mayor of Ridgewood, respectively, at the re-org meeting. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) presided over the ceremony, one that said heartfelt goodbyes to former mayor Keith Killion, Councilman Steve Wellinghorst and the late Anne Zusy. Gwenn Hauck was also sworn in as a council member.

You won't exactly see a Cronk-Vellis-style takedown this year, but the new council did ever-so-slightly knock down former council candidate Jane Shinozuka down a peg.

A worker replacing the roof at The Glen School accidentally lit a squirrel nest on fire, creating a minor fire on Monday.

Rain has been a bother in keeping up with the construction timetable. A group of Glen Rock baseball/softball parents also think they've been left out on the athletic field upgrades.

The chef-owner of Cafe Matisse in Rutherford hopes to create a swanky, upscale restaurant at the corner of Linwood & Paramus avenues but will have some challenges should an application proceed.

Two of the three large housing developments – if approved – could break ground in 2013 and finish by summer of 2014, but pretty much everything has to go right, according to the village planner.

Check out our great shots of the Glen Rock 4th of July Parade (it was held on the 4th this year, by the way).

Commenters seemed to think the musical accompanyment was a distraction and the fireworks were a let down. Agree? Disagree?