October 3, 2012 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • Page 5
Ridgewood
Ridgewood Mayor Paul Aronsohn will be honored at Temple Israel’s Oct. 13 Shabbat. Aronsohn, who is a member of Temple Israel, will be given an aliyah (called to the bimah, or podium, during the reading of a segment from the Torah). He will also be given a m’shaberakh (a special prayer), and will address the congregation. In addition, the kiddush (meal following the Shabbat service) will be in Aronsohn’s honor. All are welcome to attend this event, which is free of charge.
Aronsohn to be honored at Temple Israel Shabbat
Temple Israel and JCC is located at 475 Grove Street in Ridgewood. It is an egalitarian Conservative synagogue with members from over a dozen Bergen County communities. Weekly Shabbat services are held on Fridays at 8:30 p.m. (replaced by a 7 p.m. Family Service on the second Friday of each month) and Saturdays at 9 a.m. During the week minyan takes place on Sunday mornings at 9:30 a.m. and Tuesday nights at 7:45 p.m. For more information, call (201) 444-9320 or e-mail to office@synagogue.org.
Two motorists were injured in collisions with local utility poles, and both drivers were charged with driving while intoxicated and other offenses afterward. The first collision took place at 12 a.m. on Sept. 23 as a motorist leaving the scene of an initial accident then struck a utility pole on Franklin Avenue. The driver was found unconscious in his car and was taken to Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Paterson by the Ridgewood Ambulance Corps. He was subsequently charged with DWI, leaving the scene of an accident, failure to report an accident, driving across the
Two motorists injured in collisions
sidewalk, failure to keep right, and careless driving. At 5:38 p.m. the same day, a different motorist struck a utility pole on Van Emburgh Avenue and was subsequently charged with DWI and failure to maintain lane. In other police business, a Ridgewood High School student reported on Sept. 19 that her iPhone had been stolen from her locker at the school. On Sept. 20, a Ridgewood High School student reported that his iPhone had been stolen from his care while he was at a student car wash.
Ridgewood Mayor Paul Aronsohn
On Oct. 9, the Blue Moon Mexican Cafés at Boulder Run Shopping Center on Franklin Avenue in Wyckoff and on Kinderkamack Road in Woodcliff Lake, will sponsor Community Night fundraisers to benefit Ridgewood’s historic Old Paramus Reformed Church. The restaurants will donate 20 percent of all lunch, dinner, takeout, delivery, or gift card purchases to the church. To participate, members of the community must present
Community Night events to aid church
a Blue Moon Community Night coupon from the website, www.bluemoonmexicancafe.com. Click on the community tab, then click Community Nights, and scroll down to Old Paramus Reformed Church. Coupons are also available from the home page of the church website, www.oldparamus.org. For additional information about the upcoming Community Night events, call the church office, (201) 444-5933, weekdays from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.