September 21, 2011 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • Page 17 Borough services (continued from page 5) communities in Bergen County offer regular pickup of grass clippings, Glen Rock does not. Glen Rock allows residents to drop off grass clippings at the borough’s recycling center, but encourages residents to recycle grass back into their lawns. Some years ago, the borough awarded recycling lawnmowers as auction prizes. The Democratic candidate’s survey also reports that Glen Rock does not offer text alerts, while more than 18 Bergen County communities do. Glen Rock does not offer e-mail alerts, while more than 35 Bergen County communities do. Glen Rock does not offer municipal government forms online, while more than 47 other Bergen County towns do, and the borough does not provide an online newsletter, which more than 28 Bergen County towns do. “Based on the analysis, it is clear we need to ‘upgrade’ the Glen Rock Council with someone who is tech savvy and who has vast experience in gathering and analyzing data like I do,” Fox said. “I have the ability and know-how to implement change.” Fox, the lone Democratic borough council candidate this year, is seeking one of two available seats in the Nov. 8 election, now held by incumbent Republicans Art Pazan and Pam Biggs. Republican Mayor John van Keuren will defend his four-year mayor’s position against Mark McCullough, a former Democratic council member. Once solidly Republican, except for the election of Democratic candidate Howard Bookbinder in the 1980s, Glen Rock went through a change after the controversial 1996 revaluation. Valley hearing First pledge (continued from page 3) the project. Supporters of the Valley expansion include the Ridgewood Residents for Valley, a group that includes doctors and other individuals associated with Valley Hospital. Mayor Killion declined to predict the outcome of the hearings. However, at least two council members, Stephen Wellinghorst and Walsh, ran on platforms opposed to the ordinance that would adopt the planning board’s decision into the zoning code. The mayor said he did not expect a decision out of the meeting scheduled for Sept. 18, but also said that the whole cycle of seven meetings might not be necessary and that a decision in December, if not before, was quite probable. The students in Ms. Vera Schneider’s kindergarten class at Hawes School in Ridgewood are learning to salute the flag.