Welcome to Ridgewood-Glen Rock Patch! I'm your editor, James Kleimann. We're here to be your one-stop-shop for all things Ridgewood and Glen Rock.
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Originally from Wyckoff, NJ
A twin
Yankee fanatic with sabermetric leanings (I like baseball math)
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Bio
I've been editor of Ridgewood Patch since summer of 2010 and since have covered everything under the Ridgewood sun – contentious Valley Hospital hearings, Graydon Pool theatrics, zoning and development challenges, crime, education, county politics, the state of the Ridgewood downtown, and much, much more.
For a town of about 25,000 people, Ridgewood sure has a lot of issues up for debate. Between parking problems, downtown vacancies, pedestrian safety matters, budget cuts, rising taxes, development proposals, Graydon Pool, and the unresolved issue of Valley Hospital's expansion aims, there's no shortage of challenges weighing on the minds of residents, and there's often much division on the possible solutions to those challenges.
Incident similar to one reported earlier in the week, in which an 86-year-old borough woman wired $90,000 to a Los Angeles bank under the belief her grandson needed bail for a DWI-related car accident.
Ridgewood took down Kennedy High School last week to open its season 1-0.
Tim Hillmann, of Cellar Door Studio, documented the amazing rides at the 29th annual Chamber of Commerce Car Show held last Friday.
The Ridgewood superintendent believes the district fell in NJ Monthly Magazine's rankings of the state's high schools because students are required to take AP tests. Fishbein says SAT scores and English and math proficiency shows Ridgewood sti
Six qualified for a National AP Scholar Award.
Rally for K-8 football players and cheerleaders at 7 p.m. at Upper Faber Field.
District reports 52 more students enrolled in Ridgewood schools than last September. Twenty-seven new teachers and instructors are also in the village, according to superintendent's report
A burglar suspected of targeting the Ridgewood neighborhood broke into a car on Bedford Road and took a club and balls.
Hoboken's famous "Carlo's Bake Shop" is scheduled to open its second bakery in Ridgewood in November.
Police are hoping the public can identify a heavy-set white man with tattoos who took a woman's wallet from Food Basics in Glen Rock.
A female suspect in Los Angeles is in custody following a scam in which a male caller pretending to be the victim's grandson was wired $90,000 for fictitious bail, according to police.
Patricia Little, employed in the district for 43 years, says Coleman Principal Dawn Cappadona forced her out of her job because she's 78 years old. Now she demands to know why she wasn't rehired this year.
A representative of the second-lowest bidder for the fields work at Glen Rock High School says Turco Golf should have foreseen problems with soil, and isn't experienced enough to perform the work.
School is one of 269 in the country awarded the 2012 title.
The owner of USA Martial Arts College, Byung Cha has been credited with saving lives of law enforcement officers, turning troublesome kids into stars and even keeping marriages strong.
Hoboken's famous "Carlo's Bake Shop" is scheduled to open its second bakery in November — but this time, right here in Ridgewood.
Storm debris from Saturday piled up at curbs, against scheduled pickup times.
Agree with borough "empowering the citizens" to "observe a more personal commemorative experience?"
Check out the biographies of the ten new educators at the high school.
School board to vote on increasing the contract that allows students to park at First Presbyterian Church by $1,000.
