Englewood Environmental Commission receives 2016 Open Space Stewardship Grant from ANJEC
The Englewood Environmental Commission received $ 1,500 as part of the“ 2016 Open Space Stewardship Grant” to explain the city’ s environmental history. This competitive award comes from ANJEC, the Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions, and is supported by the Sandy Batty Grant Fund.
Dr. Michael J. Passow, a longtime Englewood resident, 47-year career science educator and member of the EEC, will spearhead the project. He will work with the City Manager’ s Office and the Department of Public Works to share Englewood’ s environmental history with the community and others who visit Englewood and are curious to learn more.
Signs will be placed at representative locations to explain the geology, glacial history, and related events. Expanded information will be available on the city’ s website. The project will provide explanations of the sandstones and shales that underlie the west side of the city, and the diabase basalt of the Palisades that form the East Hill. Other topics include the quarrying of the diabase in the early 1900s,“ Glacial Lake Hackensack,” the uncompleted 1850s canal, Flat Rock Brook and other streams in our watershed, preservation of Mackay Park through Green Acres funding, and other interesting aspects of Englewood’ s environmental history.
The grant officially begins in June and will be completed with a year. We are excited to see this project!
Englewood food service establishments earn recognition
PHOTO / CITY OF ENGLEWOOD
Representatives for each business that received a Food Service Recognition Award from the Englewood Health Department are, from left, Sr. REHS, Jennifer Galarza; Health Officer, James Fedorko; Westside Infant / Teen Program, Darlene Serrano; REHS, Priscilla Lewis; Quarles Elementary School, Darkays Pierre; Vincent K Tibbs, Eleda House; Quarles Elementary School, Adriana Castano; Bennies, Ibrahim Hamade; Bergen Family Center, Esther Freire; International House of Pancakes, Rafael Vicioso; Han Ah Reum Sushi Express, Jung S. Chun; Inglemoor Center, Keion Booker; Ben & Jerry’ s, Candace Deosingh; Dwight Englewood School( Upper), Terri Pisack; Dunkin Donuts, Lala Dionisio; Dunkin Donuts, Billy Garcia; Board of Health President, Dr. Ketsia Alerte Sadler. Also awarded but not pictured: AFC Sushi, Aung Zaw Latt; Little Caesars Pizza, Vimal Kumar.
On February 21, the Englewood Health Department recognized the following 13 food establishments for achieving a Satisfactory rating for two consecutive years without any critical violation( s): AFC Sushi, 40 Nathaniel Place Ben & Jerry’ s, 46 E. Palisade Ave. Bennies, 54 E. Palisade Ave. Bergen Family Center, 44 Armory St. Quarles Elementary School, 186 Davidson Place Dunkin Donuts, 70 Rt. 4 E.
Dwight Englewood, 315 E. Palisade Ave. Han Ah Reum Sushi Express, 25 Lafayette Ave. Inglemoor Center, 333 Grand Ave.
International House of Pancakes, 141-147 N. Dean St.
Little Caesars Pizza, 7 Tenafly Road
Vincent K Tibbs Child Development Center, 183 William St.
Westside Infant / Teen Program, 192 W. Demarest Ave.
Business apprenticeship program available to high school juniors and seniors
Englewood residents entering their junior and senior years of high school applied to participate in this summer’ s program funded by the City of Englewood. The program is managed by the Englewood Chamber of Commerce and The Zone of Bergen Family Center.
The summer program is providing students an opportunity to gain valuable skills, work experience and support from mentors. A committee comprised of local business people and nonprofits selected 30 students from over 50 applicants. Apprentices will work 25 hours per week, Wednesday, July 5, through Friday, Aug. 11, including a two-hourlong business skills workshop each Wednesday morning. Each student will receive a stipend of $ 1,200.
Together we can take on summer hunger!
Hunger doesn’ t take a summer vacation. In fact, hunger increases in the summertime when low-income children do not have access to school meals.
During July and August, the Center for Food Action( CFA) works with parents who face a daily struggle to keep up the nutritional needs of their growing children as well as managing the extra cost of childcare.
To meet the extra summertime need, CFA is reaching out to the community to help our neighbors in need keep food on their tables.
CFA will also be adding weekend snack packs to our emergency food packages to help parents during the summer months.
To make it easier to help your neighbors in need, CFA recently launched a Virtual Food Market. You can go to its website: www. cfanj. org.
4 JUNE 2017 MyEnglewood