Villadom Times Weekly Newpaper Online-December 1, 2010 Issue

Page 2 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • December 1, 2010 Villadom Happenings Holiday Boutique set The Academy of the Most Blessed Sacrament will hold its Third Annual Holiday Boutique on Wednesday, Dec. 8 from noon to 9 p.m. in the school gymnasium, 785 Franklin Lake Road, Franklin Lakes. Over 25 area vendors will offer items from fine and costume jewelry to sporting goods, pet items, toys, clothing, accessories for the whole family, candles, stationery, specialty baked goods, chocolates, handbags, and more. Attendees may also bring their gold jewelry for evaluation and receive cash payment from buyers. Northwest Bergen Democrats plan meeting. The Northwest Bergen Democratic Saturday AM Group will hold its monthly meeting on Saturday, Dec. 4 from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Panera Bread, Route 17 North in Ramsey. The group will discuss last month’s election results and the current political climate in Bergen County. There is no charge to attend, and the public is invited. New members are welcome. The Northwest Bergen Democratic Saturday AM Group is a newly-formed group of Democrats who are working together to improve the community and support fellow Democrats. For more information, contact Todd Sherer at (201) 512-1166 or tjs321@aol.com. Visit the group’s Facebook page at “Northwest Bergen County Democratic Saturday Morning Group.” Sharing the Arts event slated Sharing the Arts, a performing arts conservatory for boys and girls with mild to moderate developmental delays, is hosting a its second annual Holiday Boutique and Festival fundraiser on Wednesday, Dec. 1 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 423 Lafayette Avenue in Hawthorne. Vendors will offer jewelry, scarves, purses, cookware, hand painted glassware, and hand decorated live and artificial wreaths. Admission is free and the public is welcome. All proceeds will benefit Sharing the Arts. For information about the conservatory, call (201) 689-2397 or e-mail Info@SharingTheArts.com. Fyke plans Christmas Bird Count Fyke Nature Association will hold its annual Christmas Bird Count on Saturday, Dec. 8. This count is part of the 111th Christmas Bird Count, a continent-wide program organized by the National Audubon Society. Working from dawn to dusk, at least eight teams will cover a 15-mile diameter circle centered on Lake Erskine, counting all the birds they see and hear. The association’s circle includes Ramsey, Mahwah, Allendale, Wyckoff, Franklin Lakes, Oakland, Wayne, Pompton Lakes, Bloom- ingdale, Ringwood, West Milford, Greenwood Lake, Tuxedo, Hillburn, Sloatsburg, and Suffern. The entire group will assemble at 5:30 p.m. at the Allendale Municipal Building, 500 West Crescent Avenue in Allendale to review the day’s results. For more information, call Stiles Thomas at (201) 327-3470, or contact John Brotheron at (201) 327-1483 or at jbro29@optonline.net. Pottery show set The staff at Wortendyke Pottery Studio, 211 Greenwood Avenue in Midland Park, will host its annual pottery show on Sunday, Dec. 5 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the studio. For more information, call (201) 652-5882. Volunteer gift wrappers sought Companion Animal Advocates is seeking volunteers to help wrap gifts at Barnes & Noble in Paramus on Dec. 17 and 20. Volunteers gift wrap customers’ purchases free of charge. Customer donations for these services are voluntary, and all proceeds will benefit some of CAA’s many programs. Volunteers are needed in one-hour shifts between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. For further information, contact Christine at Christine @CompanionAnimalAdvocates.org, visit www.CompanionAnimalAdvocates.org, or call (201) 706-7666. Companion Animal Advocates, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Bergen County, is dedicated to the welfare of companion animals through programs designed to keep pets in their homes and reduce pet overpopulation. Ramapo to host forum on higher education “The Future of Higher Education in New Jersey” will be the topic of a panel discussion at Ramapo College’s Seventh Annual Legacy Society Dinner on Tuesday, Dec. 7 at 5 p.m. in the Trustees Pavilion at Ramapo College, 505 Ramapo Valley Road in Mahwah. Senators Paul Sarlo (D-Essex, Passaic, Bergen) and Kevin O’Toole (R-Essex, Passaic, Bergen), and Ramapo College President Peter P. Mercer will discuss the upcoming release of the Kean Commission on higher education in New Jersey. In May, Gov. 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