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On Nov. 5 at 7 p.m., the area’s finest restaurants and caterers will join together at the Indian Trail Club in Franklin Lakes for the 20th Annual “A Fall Night of Fine Dining,” a fundraiser to benefit the programs and services of West Bergen Mental Healthcare. This year, West Bergen is honoring Chuck Russo of Carlo Russo’s Wine & Spirit World in Ho-Ho-Kus for his many years of generous support to West Bergen. Participating restaurants and caterers will include For the Love of Sauce, Ridgewood; Esty Street, Park Ridge; Creative Chocolates, Woodland Park; Indian Trail Club, Franklin Lakes; The Brick House, Wyckoff; A’ La Cupcakes, Glen Rock; Blue Moon Mexican Café, Wyckoff; Clementine Caterers, Midland Park; Bella & Jake’s Ice Cream, Midland Park; Restaurant L, Allendale; Natalie’s Restaurant, Ridgewood; Marc’s CheeseCake, Clifton; Park & Orchard Restaurant, East Rutherford; RõCCA, Glen Rock; Shop Rite of Ramsey; St. Eve’s Restaurant, Ho-HoKus; Carlo Russo’s Wine & Spirit World, Ho-Ho-Kus; The Village Green Restaurant, Ridgewood; and The Village Grille, Waldwick. Beginning at 7 p.m., each restaurant will serve individual portions of their most innovative entrée, enabling attendees to experience a variety of cuisines. Russo, owner of Wine and Spirit World in Ho-Ho-Kus, will select a variety of wines for the occasion. To help celebrate Russo as honoree, there will be an additional selection of special wines to taste. Music for the evening will be provided by Modern Jazz Trio, which will perform classic standards and Broadway favorites by George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, and others. Sponsoring this year’s event is Boiling Springs Savings Bank. Reservations for A Fall Night of Fine Dining can be made on the new website, www.afallnight.com, or by contacting Carol Cohen, director of development at West Bergen Mental Healthcare, at (201) 444-3550. Tickets are $150 per person and are tax deductible. Seating is limited. West Bergen is a non-profit organization providing a wide range of psychiatric and counseling services for all age groups with various levels of need. West Bergen is
West Bergen sets 20th ‘Fall Night of Fine Dining’
Lee Schaeffer, COO, West Bergen; Gabriella Wilday, For the Love of Sauce, Ridgewood; Chef Adam Weiss, Esty Street, Park Ridge; Chrissie Lijoi, Creative Chocolates, Woodland Park; Chef Jimmy Antonakos, Indian Trail Club, Franklin Lakes; Honoree Chuck Russo, Carlo Russo’s Wine & Spirit World, Ho-Ho-Kus; Executive Chef John Marsano, The Brick House, Wyckoff; Executive Chef Jeffrey Habley, CEC, Michael Azbill, CCM, General Manager and Debbie Pagerie, Clubhouse Manager, Indian Trail Club; Michael Tozzoli, CEO, West Bergen.
committed to meeting the psychological needs of each of its clients with sensitivity and responsive, innovative services of the highest quality. West Bergen strives to improve
the quality of life in Bergen County and beyond – one life at a time. For further information about West Bergen, call (201) 444-3550 or visit www.westbergen.org.
On Thursday, Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m., the Mahwah Museum Lecture Series will present “American Civil War Medicine” by Bill Gent. The lecture will be held at Ramapo Reformed Church Educational Building at 100 Island Road, Mahwah. The lecture will provide a look at Civil War period
Bill Gent to present Civil War Medicine program
medicine and practices, the education of physicians, and the transportation and care of the wounded during the war. Medical tools and period bottles and cases will be on display, and Gent will talk about the devastating casualty statistics of the war. A Jersey City resident, Gent has been a historic lecturer
A Civil War soldier receiving medical attention.
since 1997 and has attracted audiences in five states and Washington, D.C. Reservations for the Nov. 8 program are recommended. To reserve, visit www.mahwahmuseum.org or call (201) 512-0099. Admission is $3 for non-members. Members and veterans will be admitted free of charge, and refreshments will be served. The Mahwah Museum, located at 201 Franklin Turnpike, features exhibits “Les Paul in Mahwah” and “New Jersey Fights in the Civil War,” and is open Wednesdays and weekends from 1 to 5 p.m. The museum also features the Donald Cooper Railroad, which has reopened after extensive maintenance. Hours are on weekends from 1 to 5 p.m. For more information about the museum and its events, visit www.mahwahmuseum.org.