There were red ribbons everywhere in the Bauer Center on Friday morning. Ribbons on tables, ribbons on the floor and the completed product of ribbons twisted in a bow piled at one end of the room. M-MAC together with the Friday Friends and the Millburn Middle School REBEL peer leader group were taking the ribbons and folding and twisting them into the bows. The bows will then be hung around town on Oct. 22 in preparations for the annual Red Ribbon Week on Oct. 25-29. Red Ribbon Week is a week to raise awareness of the use and abuse of drugs and alcohol, said Gail Barry, M-MAC coordinator. It'…
If you've driven on Millburn Avenue near Congregation B'nai Israel the last year, you would have noticed the construction project. And now the first phase is nearly finished. The current update is due to be completed by late next spring with work beginning on the east side of the building after the Jewish Holidays, according to CBI President, David Touger, who showed off the new interior. The congregation's Motherwell painting will be re-installed in the building when the project totally comes to a close. The new wing replaces the former CBI library, chapel, religious school and the Nancy …
Twenty-four percent of those diagnosed with pancreatic cancer survive at least 12 months. Just 6 percent last five years. The statistics for the nation's fourth leading cause of cancer death do not leave much room for hope to those afflicted. When Millburn resident Michael Weinstein was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2005, his situation looked bleak. "When I was diagnosed it was like a death sentence," he said. "But my doctor said, 'Even if you're told you have a one in a million chance, you could still be that one.' That kept me going." Today, Weinstein can count himself as a part of …
When Lauren Rothenberg saw Carrie Underwood highlighting the work Save the Children does in Africa, she decided she wanted to do something to help. The rising Millburn High School freshman was with her friends at the corner of Short Hills Avenue and Pine Terrace East on Thursday selling lemonade and baked goods to raise money for the cause. Her goal was to raise $100, and she was at about that much before 2 p.m. when someone drove up and donated $100 to the cause. Many of her friends also were at the lemonade stand helping, some calling out to passing cars to donate money. In addition to the …
The three teams from Glenwood Elementary School excelled this past weekend at the 31st annual Odyssey of the Mind World Finals in East Lansing, Mich. on the campus of Michigan State University. And one team came in second place. The teams earned the right to attend the Finals by finishing in the top two of the New Jersey state competition held this spring. This is the sixth year Glenwood participated in the competition that emphasizes creativity, spontaneous problem solving and teamwork. The Glenwood students joined over 5,000 other participants representing 12 foreign countries, including …
