>PARENTS INVITED TO OCTOBER 27 DINNER DISCUSSION ON TEEN PREVENTION
The Ridgewood Guild and Ridgewood Municipal Alliance invite all parents to Parent2Parent: Alcohol and Our Teens Town Hall Dinner on Thursday, October 27 at 6:30 p.m. in the RHS Campus Center, to share concerns and determine strategies to reduce underage drinking in the community. RHS Principal Jack Lorenz will introduce the panelists, who will speak about the issues facing our teens and which will include Assistant Principal Basil Pizzuto, RHS Crisis Intervention Counselor Lauren DePinto, Valley Hospital Emergency Room Physician Bruce Felsentstein and a Ridgewood police officer. A light dinner will be provided by “It’s Greek to Me.” For more information e-mail David Zrike at dzrike@zrike.com.
The Ridgewood Municipal Alliance has launched a new website at www.ridgewoodmunicipalalliance.org. The new site has information and resources on substance abuse and prevention, including sections on alcohol and drugs, tobacco products and local help resources, links to recent news headlines regarding alcohol and drugs, and FAQs about Ridgewood’s underage drinking ordinance. The site may be accessed via the Parents tab on the district website, or through the Village of Ridgewood website at www.ridgewoodnj.net.
