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December 1,2015
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, We would like to wish farewell to Ridgewood Detective Douglas Williams who finished up his last day of work today after 29 years. Doug joined the Ridgewood police Department in 1986, prior to working in Ridgewood Detective Williams worked for the New Jersey Department of Parole and the Union County Prosecutors Office. Good luck in your retirement Doug.
JULY 6, 2015 LAST UPDATED: MONDAY, JULY 6, 2015, 10:27 AM
BY MARK KRULISH
STAFF WRITER |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
A longtime public employee has said goodbye to the Village of Ridgewood. Director of Operations Frank Moritz left his post last week for retirement.
A native of Hoboken and a graduate of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Moritz worked for the village for 23-and-a-half years at the Ridgewood Water utility and began in his current role in 2005. He previously spent 19 years working for United Water.
In addition to his work in the village, Moritz has been a member of New Jersey’s chapter of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) for 25 years, where he has served on the Board of Directors as well as chairman for the State of New Jersey. In 2004, he received the highest award given out by the AWWA, the George Warren Fuller Award.
During his time in Ridgewood, Moritz was responsible for the water utility and oversaw the Division of Solid Waste, Division of Recycling and Division of Public Works.
One of the biggest challenges he faced during his tenure was to simply keep the water utility evolving along with technological advances. Over the past few years, the utility’s 20,000 water meters were automated. Moritz also had to make sure the utility consistently met regulatory standards and that the village’s facilities continued to improve.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/longtime-ops-director-retires-from-post-1.1369307
From left: Lisa Stitt, Jim Batura, Joanne Rodland and Neva D. Strom.At Sunday worship on June 1, in honor of Joanne Rodland’s retirement after 45 years at West Side, 140 current and past members of the Chancel and Senior High Choirs raised their voices in song.
West Side longtime minister of music retires
SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2014, 12:31 AM
BY BETSY MURPHY
CORRESPONDENT
“It was a privilege being a part of two such partnerships, Jack and then Debbi, as well as having such a pool of talent and commitment with which to work within the church and most certainly within the community. It has been a gift.”
Her partnership with Jack Rodland, whom she met at Union Theological Seminary, began in 1964.
“He was smart, dedicated, compassionate,” she says.
They worked together at First Presbyterian Church in Rutherford, hired by Melvin Campbell, who claimed “we got two for price of one.” Joanne taught the children’s choir, Jack the adults, before coming to West Side in 1968, with daughters, Cathy, 3, and Carol (Caby), 6 months. West Side let Cathy into nursery school that September, while Joanne brought Carol to church with her. “Jack and I made the decision that this was our family.”
Jack went back to seminary at Union Theological and in 1980 was ordained at West Side becoming associate pastor. During that year, Joanne took on a lot of responsibility, lost both her mother and brother, and also attended Westchester Institution for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis and became a therapist.
– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/arts-and-entertainment/music/west-side-s-longtime-minister-of-music-retires-1.1086446#sthash.usU0076K.dpuf