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December 8,2016
Boyd A. Loving
Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Councilman Jeffery Voigt announced during Wednesday evening’s Village Council Work Session that the Ridgewood Public Library plans to undertake a massive $5 million renovation, and will close for at least one (1) full year to facilitate construction.
The planned renovations will focus on changing the facility to be more in line with the Library’s new focus as a “community center,” this according to Voigt.
Reading programs unite Ridgewood communities
DECEMBER 2, 2015 LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2015, 10:11 AM
BY MATTHEW SCHNEIDER
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THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Two book-related programs have been taking place at village schools recently, as explained at recent Board of Education (BOE) meetings.
The programs, “All School Read-Aloud” and “One School, One Book,” are intended to increase reading among students while also exposing them to literature they may not have otherwise chosen.
All School Read-Aloud
The “All School Read-Aloud” program, which was explained at the Nov. 2 BOE meeting, brings Travell School students together for an assembly, where a story is read aloud to them while the book pages are displayed by projector screen.
After the assembly, the children return to their classes, and often have the book re-read to them by their teachers to keep its message in mind, Travell School Principal Margaret Leininger explained.
“The Travell Home and School has been really great to us,” she said. “They have purchased one book for every classroom so that the teachers go back, reread and discuss them.”
The books, which are carefully selected by staff, have their own sets of queries, adding to the discussion.
“Some of these books are really great because in the back, they have questions that the teachers can ask the kids later,” Leininger said.
Leininger also adds in her own questions and thoughts for the students and teachers to discuss.
“I generally try to put out a little blurb with each book, giving the teachers some questions and ideas of things they can talk about, while making sure they visualize things and create a detailed, vivid image,” she said, adding that she asks students what they learned from the second reading of the book in addition to asking what ideas they think each story contains.
https://www.northjersey.com/community-news/reading-programs-unite-ridgewood-communities-1.1465774
“We voiced concerns sensitive to the African American community. We’re all satisfied with the answers,” said pastor Dr. Darrell Scott about meeting with Donald J. Trump. “Nobody at this meeting came out with negative reaction in any kind of way. Everybody in the room likes Donald Trump.”
Trump insists ‘most’ black pastors endorsing him
Donald Trump is insisting that “most” of the 100 black pastors he met with on Monday are endorsing him for president.
“I thought it was an amazing meeting. I met some fantastic people,” Trump said following the private meeting at Trump Tower.
The GOP presidential front-runner had canceled a planned press conference on Sunday where he was to have highlighted the endorsements of 100 black religious leaders. He did so after several of the pastors denied they were endorsing Trump for president.
Darrell Scott, a pastor at the New Spirit Revival Center in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, stood by Trump’s side on Monday, saying that the meeting was “productive” and “constructive” and that the group of religious leaders are a “united front.”
“We voiced concerns sensitive to the African-American community,” Scott said. “We’re all satisfied with the answers.”
Scott said there were a number of pastors who endorsed Trump, but didn’t have an official number. He said the religious leaders who remain undecided are “praying about it.”
“Nobody at this meeting came out with negative reaction in any kind of way,” Scott said, adding that “Everybody in the room likes Donald Trump.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/261543-trump-insists-most-black-pastors-endorsing-him
Reality star Rosie Pope of Ridgewood partners with Valley Health System
JANUARY 19, 2015 LAST UPDATED: MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 2015, 1:21 AM
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HEALTH: Reality TV star partners with hospital group
Ridgewood resident Rosie Pope, best known for her starring role in Bravo’s “Pregnant in Heels,” has partnered with the Ridgewood-based Valley Health System to promote pregnancy health and wellness.
