Unitarian Society of Ridgewood

Bergen County – The Ridgewood Choral, an all-women’s chorus founded in 1928, is preparing to begin its 99th season and is inviting women who love to sing to become part of its long tradition of music and service. The chorus welcomes both experienced singers and those who may be returning to choral singing after many years.
Rehearsals are generally held Friday mornings from 10 a.m. to noon, with occasional Wednesday rehearsals, at the Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, 113 Cottage Place, Ridgewood, NJ. The daytime rehearsal schedule is especially appealing to women who prefer not to drive at night, are recently retired, find daytime rehearsals more convenient while children are in school, or simply want to be part of a welcoming musical and social community.
The 2026–27 season will feature holiday concerts in December, followed by the chorus’s annual spring concert in April. The Ridgewood Choral’s holiday concert will feature a festive mix of traditional carols, beloved seasonal favorites and music from Jewish and Yiddish traditions. The spring concert will feature a selection of works written expressly for the Ridgewood Choral, highlighting the chorus’s unique musical heritage and nearly a century of commissioning and performing music created specifically for its singers. Throughout the season, Ridgewood Choral members share the joy of music through performances in the Ridgewood, NJ, and Pearl River, NY, communities, as well as at Van Dyk Park Place in Hawthorne.
No auditions are required to join. The only prerequisite is a genuine desire to sing and to share the experience of making music with others. The chorus is currently particularly interested in welcoming women who sing soprano or alto. If you’re not sure which voice part is right for you, don’t worry—the director will help determine your voice part.
As the Ridgewood Choral approaches its 100th anniversary, the 99th season offers an opportunity for new members to become part of an organization with nearly a century of musical history. Since 1928, the chorus has provided generations of women with opportunities to perform, build friendships, serve the community, and share their love of music.
Women interested in joining can visit ridgewoodchoral.org and complete the membership inquiry form. The chorus director will respond with additional information and answer any questions about membership.

Local Event: Ridgewood Choral Begins 99th Season, Invites Women to Join Its Musical Community

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Ridgewood Choral Begins 99th Season, Invites...

Bergen County – The Ridgewood Choral, an all-women’s chorus founded in 1928, is preparing to begin its 99th season and is...

Ridgewood Choral Begins 99th Season, Invites Women to Join Its Musical Community

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The Unitarian Society of Ridgewood

Calling all men who love to sing!!! The Orpheus Club, NJ's pre-eminent men's chorus begins weekly rehearsals for our Winter season on September 9 from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM at The Unitarian Society of Ridgewood. We have openings in all voices: Tenors, Baritones, and Basses.&nbsp;
For all pieces, sheet music and voice part files are provided.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Contact us at 201.677.8439 or ocmc.ridgewood@gmail.com&nbsp;

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Paramus Borough Hall

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Honoring Charlie Kirk & Commemorate 9/11 

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La Neve's Banquet Hall, 276 Belmont Ave., Haledon

A New Vision for Paterson
A School Where Students Learn to Build Businesses—and Futures
Purchase your tickets for our community luncheon event: <a href="https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/universal-business-academy-charter-high-school-fundraiser-saturday--91226" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Click HERE</a>
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PATERSON — Imagine a high school where students learn to develop a business idea, manage money, work as part of a team, use technology, or turn an invention or passion into a company of their own. That is the vision behind the proposed Universal Business Academy Charter High School — a school centered on rigorous academics, business, entrepreneurship, and technology, designed to give students the practical skills to create their own futures.
At the heart of the effort is Isaiah M. Jefferson, a long-term advocate for expanding opportunities for young people from low-income and underserved communities. His belief is simple but transformative: too many students are taught to prepare for jobs without being shown they can also become the people who create jobs. For Jefferson, entrepreneurship isn't just a subject — it's a pathway to independence, economic mobility, and community change.
A decade ago, Jefferson worked to establish a Universal Business Academy in Englewood, reaching the second phase of New Jersey's four-stage charter approval process. That vision has persisted — and now Jefferson and a group of educators, business leaders, and community members are bringing an expanded version of it to Paterson.
“Our students don’t need us to tell them what they should become,” says Mark Fischer, a Paterson community leader and veteran school district educator. “They need us to expose them to what they can become, help them understand the pathways to get there, and give them adults who believe in them while they’re figuring it out.”
Fischer points to a deeper challenge: “Students need help imagining themselves in successful futures. When young people don’t regularly see professionals, entrepreneurs, business owners, coaches, and community leaders who look like them or come from their city, it can be difficult to envision those possibilities for themselves.”
“A mentor has great impact because it creates guided support from someone who has experience,” says Tonya Bradley, a Paterson native and entrepreneur mentored by Fischer at Eastside High School, and owner of Tonya’s Healing Circles. “Growing up in Paterson has had challenges, but with perseverance and resilience you can achieve anything — our students have that drive.”
The proposed school’s model is built to develop the thinking habits successful entrepreneurs, employees, and citizens need: problem-solving, reasoning, collaboration, creativity, and the ability to apply knowledge in unfamiliar situations. UBA plans to use the Designing Learning Model for Cognitive Impact, developed by Maryann Klaus — a model that, used with a cohort of students over four years, has already produced a 96% achievement and graduation rate in one Paterson high school.
In addition to Jefferson, the founding members include Maryann Klaus, creator of the Designing Learning Model and founder of the Center for Designing Learning; Mark Fisher, Founder of Making it Count with Coach Fisher; Taliah Givens, Senior Director of Student Professional Development Programs at the UNCF; Educator and CGW Institute founder Charles Ray; Attorney Albert C. Asphall; and Malcolm Pope, founder of Music Makers NJ.
JOIN US AND BE PART OF THE MOVEMENT
Date: Saturday, September 12, 2026 | Time: Noon – 4:00 p.m.
Location: La Neve's Banquet Hall, 276 Belmont Ave., Haledon
This is your chance to come together around a bigger vision — a school in Paterson that helps a generation of young people understand they don’t have to wait for someone else to create opportunity for them. The event includes a full lunch buffet, drinks, and entertainment.
Tickets are selling out. Purchase your tickets online to attend the luncheon and learn more about UBA Charter High School: <a href="https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/universal-business-academy-charter-high-school-fundraiser-saturday--91226" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Click this link to purchase tickets</a>. Can’t attend but still want to help? <a href="https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/fundraiser-for-the-future-uba" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Click this link to send a donation.</a>

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Midland Park HS

Join us for an exciting gathering of collectors featuring a wide array of sports cards and collectibles. General admission is only $5, and children 12 years and under can enter for free.

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West Side Presbyterian Church

Parlance Chamber Concerts launches its 19th season with two astonishing masterpieces written by Mozart and Schubert when they were just 19 years old: Mozart’s beloved “Turkish” Violin Concerto and Schubert’s Mozart-inspired Symphony No. 5.
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Concertmaster Benjamin Bowman, praised by The New York Times for his “beautifully singing eloquence,” joins Members of the Met Orchestra under the direction of Parlance Artistic Director Michael Parloff. Together, they reveal the youthful freshness, lyricism, and astounding artistic maturity that announced the arrival of two of music’s greatest creative voices.
Program:
W. A. Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 (“Turkish")
Intermission	
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, D. 485
 
Location:
West Side Presbyterian Church 
6 South Monroe Street 
Ridgewood, New Jersey
Tickets and complete information: 
<a href="https://www.parlancechamberconcerts.org/concert-september-13-2026" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.parlancechamberconcerts.org/concert-september-13-2026</a>
Cost: 
Adults (40–64): $45 
Seniors (65+): $35 
Young Adults (21–39): $25 
Students (12–20): $15 
Children (8–11): Free admission
Contact: 
<a href="mailto:parlance@parlancechamberconcerts.org">parlance@parlancechamberconcerts.org</a>

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Montammy Golf Club

We are excited to announce that on Monday, October 5, 2026, Bergen County CASA will host&nbsp;our&nbsp;<a href="https://casagolf2026.givesmart.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Sixth&nbsp;Annual “FORE” the Kids Golf&nbsp;Classic</a>&nbsp;at&nbsp;the renowned Montammy Golf Club honoring Michael and Toni Ann Edwards!
Spend a day on the course while making a difference in the lives of children in foster care throughout Bergen County. Because every child deserves a fair shot.
This fun-filled day brings together our community of supporters to raise critical funds for the children we serve—abused and neglected youth in Bergen County’s foster care system. Please consider joining us as a sponsor, golfer, or dinner guest. We would love to see you there!
Event Schedule:
Golf:
<ul><li>Registration opens at 9:00 AM</li><li>Brunch at 10:00 AM</li><li>Shotgun start at 12:00 PM</li></ul>
Evening Program (for all guests):
<ul><li>Cocktail hour at 5:00 PM</li><li>Dinner and program to follow</li></ul>
Your participation helps ensure that every foster child in Bergen County has a consistent, caring, and trained advocate by their side. Bergen County Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) is the only nonprofit in the county that recruits, trains, and supervises volunteers to advocate for children in the foster care system. These Advocates visit regularly, monitor well-being, and advocate in court for children’s medical, educational, and emotional needs—helping them heal and thrive.
Please help us continue this critical work by becoming a sponsor, donating to our auction,&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://casagolf2026.givesmart.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">purchasing&nbsp;tickets</a>&nbsp;to attend.

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An Essex County home inspector has built a free website that lets anyone look up the public records behind a New Jersey property &mdash; building permits, flood zones, fire history, property taxes, and more &mdash; by typing in an address.
The site, Permit &amp; Parcel (oprasearch.app), covers all 564 New Jersey municipalities and pulls only from official sources: state and county databases, FEMA flood maps, and the towns' own municipal codes. There's no account, no email capture, and no cost.
"I kept watching buyers fall in love with a house before anyone checked the paper trail &mdash; the open permits, the flood zone, what the town actually requires when a home changes hands," said Leo Betancor, a Certified Master Inspector based in Cedar Grove and the founder of the site. "All of that is public record. It just wasn't in one place anyone could actually use."
Alongside the main lookup, the site includes free single-purpose tools: a lead-safe inspection lookup showing which of the two state-required inspection methods each town uses under New Jersey's lead paint law, a searchable directory of every DCA-certified lead evaluation and abatement contractor sorted by distance, a fire-incident map built from more than 40 years of state fire records, and a radon map covering every municipality.
A companion site, njflood.zone, gives instant FEMA flood-zone answers for any New Jersey address &mdash; built after the federal government shutdown left FEMA's own map site unreliable &mdash; running on the site's own servers with the complete flood map data for the state loaded locally.
The project was recently featured in <a href="https://www.tapinto.net/towns/east-hanover-slash-florham-park/columns/at-home-with-holly/articles/deep-dive-conversations-what-the-house-won-t-tell-you" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">TAPinto</a>'s "At Home with Holly" column. Both sites are free at <a href="https://oprasearch.app" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">oprasearch.app</a> and <a href="https://njflood.zone" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">njflood.zone</a>.

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