Page 4 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • September 16, 2009 Ridgewood Kathleen Horan, a teacher with the Ridgewood school system at the Hawes School for her entire career of 23 years, resigned over the summer and was not in class this autumn when the school opened. She was the recipient of the Ridgewood Teacher Recognition Award for Hawes School in 2006. Horan began her career with the Ridgewood school system in 1986 as a classroom aide at the Hawes. She was appointed a first grade teacher in 1987, and taught at the third grade level in 1993. In 1995, she became a fourth grade teacher and remained in the fourth grade until the end of the past school year. Hawes School is noted for integrating aviation and space education into the curriculum and using the themes of flight and space travel in an interdisciplinary approach to elementary education. J. KOSTER Hawes School teacher resigns The Ridgewood Police Department arrested and charged 27 teenagers for underage drinking at a house party on Hunter Road on Sept. 5. Sergeant Heath James and Patrolman Kevin McKeon reportedly observed the young people consuming alcohol and attempting to flee when the two police officers arrived. The 27 youngsters were released into the custody of parents or guardians and will face Family Court action for violating ordinance 3065, adopted after considerable controversy a few years ago, which allows police to apprehend underage drinkers on private property if the situation appears to warrant it. In an unrelated incident two days before, police arrested two 18-year-old men from Paramus and charged them with underage possession of alcohol and with having an open container in the vehicle after they were initially stopped for speeding on North Pleasant Avenue. Teens charged with underage drinking The North Jersey Fiber Arts Festival will be held on Oct. 2 and 3 at the Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, 113 Cottage Place, Ridgewood. There will be workshops, demonstrations, lectures, food, and shopping for knitters, crocheters, quilters, weavers, needlepointers -- all fiber and textile-related artisans. Admission is $8 with optional additional fees for workshops. On Friday, Oct 2 the festival will be open from 7 to 9:30 p.m. On Saturday, Oct. 3, hours will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, email Inge@optonline.net or dseymr@optonline.net or go online to: www.uuridgewood.org/njfiberfestival. Fiber Arts Festival set 4 Out of 5 Ain’t Bad! One of my SAT Verbal-Writing tutorial students got into four out of five colleges he applied to…including his target school. College counseling too… 201-445-1343 • $60 per hour.