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Thursday, June 7, 2012

RHS Alum Serves Country and Team

Pat Kiernan was named the MVP of the U.S. Naval Academy's lacrosse team.

Receiving the biggest honor of his college career, former Ridgewood High School standout Pat Kiernan was recently named the MVP of the 2012 men's lacrosse team at the United States Naval Academy.  "I was surprised,” Kiernan said about the award, which was announced at the annual team banquet. “But I am very grateful to have received the award. It means the most to me that my teammates voted on it." Kiernan, who graduated from Ridgewood High School in 2009, said he cherishes both the recognition and his choice to serve his country. "In high school I was pretty caught in between wanting to be in the Navy and being able to play (NCAA) Division I lacrosse. So when Navy began to recruit me, it was an easy decision to make to come to (Annapolis…

Craig Hueneke

3:23 pm on Thursday, June 7, 2012

Pat and Family. THANK YOU! You are a great role model to all current Ridgewood students. Hell ALL students everywhere! God Bless!   more ›

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Girls Lax Repeats as State Champs; Tax Dollars Rising After Budget Adoption This Week

Villager also pleads guilty in Madoff case; water main breaks, damages Linwood Ave.

It was a hot, hot, hot week in Ridgewood. Sure, that could just mean the 100+ temperatures that sweated out the region but it could also mean the series of hot stories we covered this week. So cool down with our recap of parking, shutdowns to critical county roads in Ridgewood, taxes that are a rising, and all sorts of other good stuff. 1) So you are a student at RHS. You weren't "lucky" enough to shell out the $500 to park at the church, you didn't get any spots on Heermance and Vets wasn't too appealing an option. So you park on Kenilworth. Well, you did. The council tinkered with the "don't park there" ordinance and now RHS students can't park on both sides between East Ridgewood and Spring Aves. – morning 'til late afternoon from …

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Piece of Cake: Nine Top Athletes Honored

Student athletes discuss where they're going to college

For nine Ridgewood students, Wednesday's ceremony honoring them for their athletic accomplishments was a piece of cake. The difficult part was balancing school, sports and many other responsibilities asked of these star student athletes. Matt Beausoleil (The Citadel), Sarah DeVita (University of Virginia), Blair Fuentez (University of Miami), Kaitlin Flood (Delaware), Julia Gould (Holy Cross), InSoo Huang (Brown), Vann Jorgensen (Rutgers), Kayla Polcari (Notre Dame) and Pat Rynkowski (Marist) took photographs signing their letters of intent to college alongside RHS principal Jack Lorenz, as well as their coaches and parents. Of course, each athlete was given a personalized cake featuring an action photo on it. Beausoleil, Huang and …

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