Weekly Review: Housing Development, Waterworks Building and Wally Schirra

Plans for a housing development at 230 Kinderkamack Road in River Edge are nearing the conclusion of its site plan review following Thursday night's Planning Board meeting. With testimony by the projects engineer, landscaping engineer, and traffic consultant, a final vote is set to take place on April 5.

With just one week until the Board of Freeholders vote on a  in Bergen County Open Space funding from the Hackensack Waterworks buildings along the Oradell and New Milford border, the governing bodies in each municipality urging the County Board to rethink their decision.

From Schirra Park and Schirra Drive, the community of Oradell prides itself on being the hometown of astronaut Wally Schirra. To continue their dedication to Schirra, the  recently dedicated their  in his honor.

For the ,  turned green for a such as soda bread. To also honor the heritage of the school's namesake St. Joseph, a feast table full of bread, fava beans, wine and pasta were set aside to be blessed by Father Tom Iwanowski.

With a location finalized for the  outside of , PBA Local 201 is now turning its attention to raising funding toward the installation of the . The upcoming will include performances by coverband The Nerds during a beefsteak dinner on April 18, 6pm at . 

are organizing a benefit event for the children of Haiti and help expand the Wings of Refuge Children's Home.

River Edge sees light at end of redevelopment tunnel

Nearly a decade after launching an ambitious redevelopment plan that was expected to reshape and revitalize the borough’s southern corridor, local officials again see hope in the fallow lots along Route 4.

A r of students banded together for this year's annual Science Fair at . With 77 projects approximately 184 students took part in "It's All in the Experiment".