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Teams Sought For Softball Tournament Benefiting Bergenfield Scholarships Teams Sought For Softball Tournament Benefiting Bergenfield Scholarships
Teams Sought For Softball Tournament Benefiting Bergenfield Scholarships BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- The BHS Community Service Program, along with the Bergenfield Recreation Department and Bergenfield PBA, will be hosting a softball tournament on May 28-30 -- and teams are needed. The event is fundraiser for scholarships, to be awarded to BHS students who demonstrate a commitment to community service. "This is an excellent opportunity for BHS students to partner with staff members, friends and family members to form a team and compete in this fun and worthwhile event," organizers note. The cost per team is $250. Organizers suggest that participants ask local m…
Defining Moments Theatre Company Presents 'The Last Five Years' Defining Moments Theatre Company Presents 'The Last Five Years'
Defining Moments Theatre Company Presents 'The Last Five Years' HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Off Broadway comes to Broadway, Hackensack, with "The Last Five Years," on Friday and Saturday, May 27-28 -- and tickets are available now. Defining Moments Theatre Co. is bringing the off-Broadway hit to the Hackensack Cultural Arts Center. The production is the company's first full-length musical. "The Last Five Years" is a contemporary one-act musical written by Jason Robert Brown. It examines the five-year relationship between Jamie Wellerstein (Zachary Mazouat), a rising novelist, and Cathy Hiatt (Brittany Dolinar), a struggling actress. Unlike…
Bergen County Players Presents 'View From The Bridge' In Oradell Bergen County Players Presents 'View From The Bridge' In Oradell
Bergen County Players Presents 'View From The Bridge' In Oradell ORADELL, N.J. -- The Bergen County Players are presenting Arthur Miller's play, "A View from the Bridge" through May 22. "This universal story of love, hate, jealousy and revenge has been adapted for film, TV and even opera," a news release notes. Eddie Carbone is an Italian-American longshoreman living in Brooklyn with his wife and orphaned niece. "Intertwining and evolving relationships" lead to conflicts, and consequences. Jacqueline McElroy-Poquette is directing the production. Tickets to Friday and Saturday performances are $21; Sunday tickets are $17. …
Lodi Police: Bike Safety Day Coming Lodi Police: Bike Safety Day Coming
Lodi Police: Bike Safety Day Coming LODI, N.J. -- The Lodi Police Department wants to remind the public that its Lodi Police Bike Safety Day will be on Saturday, May 21.The first 100 Lodi participant of grammar-school age will receive a free bike helmet. Parents: bring proof of residency. Some of the event's features include bike and hoverboard safety instruction, theft precautions and techniques, and instructional videos and demos. The rain or shine event will be from 10 a.m. to noon, in the main lot of Lodi Police Headquarters. Call Sgt. Anthony Mobilio at 973-473-7600, ext. 8126, for more information.
Sacred Heart Receives $1.2M For Biology, Math Educator Scholarships Sacred Heart Receives $1.2M For Biology, Math Educator Scholarships
Sacred Heart Receives $1.2M For Biology, Math Educator Scholarships FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Sacred Heart University has received a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation's Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, for math and biology majors considering teaching careers. The Robert Noyce program supports the efforts of colleges and universities to graduate highly qualified science, technology, engineering and math, or "STEM," teachers for high-need school districts. Sacred Heart's Biology and Mathematics Educator Scholarship Program will provide tuition assistance to 18 Robert Noyce scholars in those two subjects, as well as necessary…
Wyckoff YMCA Offers Tribe Lacrosse 'Girls Night Out' Wyckoff YMCA Offers Tribe Lacrosse 'Girls Night Out'
Wyckoff YMCA Offers Tribe Lacrosse 'Girls Night Out' WYCKOFF, N.J. -- The Wyckoff Family YMCA and Tribe Lacrosse are offering a "Girls Night Out" -- well, nights, on July 26-28, for players currently in third through sixth grade.The three-night lacrosse clinic will be from 6-9 p.m. each night, on the Pulis Turf Fields, in Wyckoff. The program will feature experienced coaching staff, in Elizabeth Drehwing, Ana Drehwing, Melissa Mackey and Nicole Maskery. They are all accomplished area lacrosse or multi-sport athletes. The training will include skills and position-specific instruction, games and scrimmages, contests and prizes, and a …
Players Guild Of Loenia Presents 'The Melody Lingers On' Players Guild Of Loenia Presents 'The Melody Lingers On'
Players Guild Of Loenia Presents 'The Melody Lingers On' LEONIA, N.J. -- The Players Guild of Leonia's "The Melody Lingers On: the Music of Irving Berlin" opens this Friday, May 6, for a three-weekend course. The actors, singers, dancers and director are working hard, busily preparing, getting those final pieces in place for their audience. "You're gonna want to sing along and tap your feet as you recognize and love song after song beautifully performed by our talented cast," a news release notes. "It's going to be a joyous, fun, singin', dancin', put a big smile on your face, musical celebration of one of America's grea…
Bergenfield Fifth-Grader Receives Perfect Score In WordMasters Challenge Bergenfield Fifth-Grader Receives Perfect Score In WordMasters Challenge
Bergenfield Fifth-Grader Receives Perfect Score In WordMasters Challenge BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- Franklin Elementary School fifth-grader Ryan Raymundo achieved a perfect score in the third meet of the WordMasters Challenge. So far this year, only 26 fifth-graders in the whole country have achieved this accomplishment. The WordMasters Challenge is an exercise in critical thinking that first encourages students to become familiar with a set of interesting new words -- that are considerably harder than grade level -- and then challenges them to use those words to complete analogies expressing various kinds of logical relationships. Working to solve the analogies help…
PHOTOS: Fifth-Graders Perform Opera At Englewood School PHOTOS: Fifth-Graders Perform Opera At Englewood School
Photos: Fifth-Graders Perform Opera At Englewood School ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- "The True Test" -- a original opera by fifth-graders at Dwight-Englewood School -- entertained a standing-room-only audience of family, friends and alumni on Thursday, April 28. The performance was the culmination of a year-long process. The Creating Original Opera Program is produced at D-E through an educational partnership with New York's Metropolitan Opera Company. "Our production went very well," said public relations team member and fifth-grader Brook Sonkin. "We learned that cooperation can lead to success. "During the rehearsals l…
Ridgewood Infant First Female Child Born Into Her Family Since 1860 Ridgewood Infant First Female Child Born Into Her Family Since 1860
Ridgewood Infant First Female Child Born Into Her Family Since 1860 RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- Eve was the Bible's first woman -- and one Ridgewood family's first girl in 156 years, according to People magazine. The last girl born into the family, prior to Eve, was born in Poland in 1860.Her parents, Christine and Chris Ziobro, also have two sons, who People report have been excited about their sister. "They love it, there's no jealousy there and it's just a different kind of feeling," Christine said. And family members are finally able to buy frillier things. "She has like a thousand bows and headbands," Christine said, as People reported. Read…
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