Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Last year, the awards gave away $150K to NJ residents who make a difference in their communities
Know somebody in RiverDell who did something great in 2012? An annual program at Ramapo College just might make him or her $50,000 richer. The Russ Berrie Foundation announced this month it is now accepting nominations for the 2013 Russ Berrie Award for Making a Difference. The foundation asks residents to nominate “New Jerseyans who have made a significant difference in their communities through a heroic effort or a lifetime of service.” The deadline for submissions is February 15. As many as 11 “unsung heroes” will be recognized at a ceremony this spring, and will receive awards ranging from $5,000 to $50,000. Last year, two Mahwah residents were among 11 winners of the award. The group was collectively awarded $150,000 to help fund the …
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Athletes from around Bergen County recently finished competing in the area's only summer lacrosse league
As the sport of lacrosse continues to gain popularity in Bergen County, several former athletes and coaches banded together eight years ago to create the only high school boy's summer lacrosse league in the county. Since then, Black Diamond Lacrosse has continued to expand with this season featuring over 120 athletes from 13 high schools competing in a six-team league in Oradell. “Black Diamond Lacrosse provides lacrosse players from Northern New Jersey the opportunity to play competitive lacrosse in a controlled relaxed environment and allows them to work on their individual and team lacrosse skills in a real time game setting," head organizer Craig Lapierre said. Lapierre is a former Bergen Catholic coach and currently leads the …
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Jarrod Spector, who plays Frankie Valli on Broadway, will play a concert in Mahwah this weekend
A ‘Jersey Boy’ is taking his act from the Broadway stage to Mahwah this weekend. Jarrod Spector, who currently plays Frankie Valli in ‘Jersey Boys,’ is taking a night off from the bright lights of Broadway to perform at Ramapo College’s Berrie Center Saturday night. Spector says his show, “Minor Fall, Major Lift,” will take the audience through major turning points in his life that landed him where he is now. “The two questions I get asked the most are ‘how’d you get the job starring in Jersey Boys’ and ‘is that your real voice’” Spector told Patch. “This show answers those questions.” Spector said his journey to Broadway was a long one that started as a child actor. Growing up in Philadelphia, he was featured on a local weekly singing …
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Each week Patch highlights some of the top news from around Bergen County
In top county news this week: Ramapo College will hold a remembrance ceremony Monday for a student, Jacob Halle, who passed away Wednesday after sustaining critical injuries from a car accident two days earlier on Route 202 near the college in Mahwah. Prosecutors said Anthony Graziano, the 19-year old Lodi man accused of arson at synagogues in Rutherford and Paramus confessed to the crimes, however his attorney says his client’s admission should not be taken seriously, citing his mental health. Friends and family of a murdered Teaneck resident Robert Cantor rallied outside the Bergen County courthouse in Hackensack this week calling for a special prosecutor to take over the nearly year-old unsolved case. An elderly Ridgewood resident …
