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