Wood-Ridge News

Members of the Carlstadt Board of Education recently approved several raises for the school district's top administrators.

A controversial 80-foot cellular communications tower has recently arisen behind the CVS/pharmacy on Valley Boulevard in Wood-Ridge, dwarfing trees and complaints, but promising to deliver enhanced cell phone reception.

Following months of anecdotes involving "children coming out of the woodwork" and the district elementary school "bursting at the seams," the Wood-Ridge School District formed a special expansion committee to monitor overcrowding within its aging infrastructure.

The Newark Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Commission wants Mayor Cory Booker to lobby Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Paul Sarlo on marriage equality when he headlines a fundraiser for the Bergen County Democrat tonight in Hackensack.A "We hope that Mayor Booker uses this opportunity to share with Senator Sarlo the importance of backing the ...

Five months after his nomination was first set to be considered, Middlesex County Sheriff Joseph Spiccuzo's was cleared by the Senate Judiciary Committee for a seat on the Sports and Exposition Authority.

A former political consultant to Republican Assembly candidates who tried to unseat incumbents Scott Rumana and David Russo in a bitter 40th District primary has been charged with impersonation and violating the Fair Campaign Practices Act, state Attorney General Anne Milgram said Monday.

VFW Calo-Sass Post 4697, 222 River Road, North Arlington, will hold its next meeting Nov.

ROCKAWAY TWP. -- Elaine and Kenneth Walthour of the White Meadow Lake section of Rockaway Township celebrated their 50th anniversary.

A key New Jersey Senator has said a gay marriage bill will likely not survive out of committee, a move that would postpone gay marriage in the state for at least four years.

In August 1969, Ronald E. Kowalski returned to New Jersey from his second tour in Vietnam.

The Wildcat's took on the Wood-Ridge Blue Devils on Halloween night, Oct. 31. Top photo: Runningback #34 Anthony Viso plows through the Blue Devil defense on his way to a first down.

The all-Democrat governing body in Wood-Ridge will stay intact as a veteran councilman and political newcomer won two three-year seats.

Lopriore WOOD-RIDGE, NJ-Grubb & Ellis Co.'s Fairfield office recently represented Italian-designed kitchen and home comfort products provider De'Longhi in the renewal of its 200,000-square-foot warehouse/distribution space at 24 and 30 Passaic St.

Includes Carlstadt, East Rutherford, Garfield, Lyndhurst, Moonachie, North Arlington, Rutherford, Wallington and Wood-Ridge in Bergen County and Passaic in Passaic County DEMOCRATS Frederick Scalera Age: 51 Hometown: Nutley Family: Married, one son Occupation: Legislator Education: Bachelor's degree in public administration, Fairleigh Dickinson ...

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Hunterdon County Clerk Mary H. Melfi recently was sworn in as president of the Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey at the group's 33rd annual conference.

My friend John remains obsessed with this 2012 End of the World business. Three weeks ago, he lost his job.

Look out, kids a ' something wicked is coming your way this Halloween. Zombies? Nahhhh, they don't scare anyone.

If former Bergen County Democratic Chairman Joe Ferriero is acquitted of the eight corruption charges against him, it is unclear what his future will be in the Bergen County Democratic Organization .

None of the three main candidates for governor is touting any proposal to bring additional gambling options to the Meadowlands Sports Complex - even though the fate of the Meadowlands Racetrack is uncertain, Yonkers Raceway is luring North Jersey slots players across the Hudson River, and the state faces a multibillion-dollar budget deficit.