Kinnelon
KINNELON HIGH SCHOOLERS
FORM GIRLS WHO CODE
A group of Kinnelon High School girls is looking to shatter some
ceilings: About a dozen of them meet at the township’s library
regularly for the appropriately named after-school club Girls Who
Code. Student Caroline Balick founded the club after hearing
Reshma Saujani, founder and CEO of the national nonprofit
organization dedicated to closing the technology gender gap,
deliver a talk on technology, entertainment and design. “I looked
for a local coding club, but there wasn’t one,” Balick says. Her
chapter of Girls Who Code meets weekly at the Kinnelon Public
Library, 132 Kinnelon Road, and is open to all high school girls,
including residents outside Kinnelon. Interested? Contact Kim
Christian, library programming specialist, at (973) 838-1321.
Wayne
TWO TALENTED YOUNG CHEFS
TEAM UP FOR A POP-UP DINNER
Two of New Jersey’s rising stars in the kitchen – ROBBIE FELICE, chef and co-
owner of highly regarded modern Italian restaurant Viaggio
in Wayne, and A.J. Capella, chef de cuisine of venerated
The Ryland Inn in Whitehouse – are teaming up for a
SEPTEMBER
“Rising Star” pop-up dinner in Asbury Park. Capella was
named “Rising Star Chef” this year in the first annual
Garden State Culinary Arts Award. Felice was named by
6:30 P.M.
The Record as one of 17 people to watch in 2017. The
multi-course dinner is scheduled for 6:30 p.m., Sept. 9. On
the menu: fluke crudo, duck egg with roasted corn custard, Barnegat Bay tile-
fish, ricotta cavatelli with rabbit and beech mushrooms, bacon-wrapped pork
on a bed of couscous, Manila clams, and peaches and cream. $150 (service
included) per person at Toast, 516 Cookman Ave., Asbury Park. For reservations,
call (732) 776-5900.
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Pompton Plains
EXPANDED CARE FOR KIDS
Wayne
GARDEN CONTINUES
TO GROW
Rock Ledge Garden Center may have closed, but its fans don’t
need to find a new source for its blooms. URBAN FLOWER
MARKET, which opened in the same space last spring, offers “as
much organic non-GMO, non-pesticide product as we can,” says
owner Nick Valenti. The market, which includes a cut flower
department and a large lot full of shrubs, has inherited cus-
tomers and brought in new ones, notes Valenti. 1621 Hamburg
Turnpike, (973) 356-9377, urbanflowermarket.com
Pompton Lakes
POMPTON DAY
SEPTEMBER
3
There’s something for every member of
your family at this celebration, and the fun
starts early. The 5K race begins with regis-
tration at 8:30 a.m. and starts at Hershfield
Park; live bands, DJs, food trucks, a bounce house and more pro-
vide fun until the fireworks over the lake kicks off at 8:30 p.m.
Atlantic Health System’s
Chilton Medical Center
recently kicked off the
construction of the new
CHILDREN’S CENTER
at its Pompton Plains
campus. The planned $4
million, 4,500-square-
foot center will feature
child-friendly private
inpatient rooms with
sleeping accommodations for parents or caregivers, a family and patient lounge,
toys, books, videos and a playroom. A team of doctors and nurses specializing
in pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine will be on hand 24 hours a day,
seven days a week. Creative arts, music therapy and child-life programs will sup-
plement treatment to help foster healing and reduce anxiety. Construction of
the new center is expected to be completed later this year.
Wayne
POWER LUNCH
SEPTEMBER
The Wayne Public Library’s Lunchbox Learning lecture will
be delivered at noon in the Meeting Room by Professor
Dr. Jonathan Mercantini, of Kean University. The topic will
be “Colonial New Jersey from Contact to Revolution.” 461
Valley Road, (973) 694-4272
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