Undefeated WAMS Boys Basketball Heads to League Finals

WAMS girls basketball also wins quarterfinals, and head onto semifinal game against Warren.

With their 18th winning game since the season started, the William Annin Middle School boys basketball team logged a 56-30 win against Montgomery in Wednesday's Central Jersey Junior Basketball League semifinal game at Ridge High School. The win propels the Vikings boys team forward to next Tuesday's league final game against JP Case Middle School of Flemington, scheduled for 5:30 p.m. in Franklin Township. After their own 27-17 win against Montgomery on Tuesday, the WAMS girls play today, Thursday, in a semifinal match-up at 4 p.m. against the Warren Middle School, to be played in the Warren Middle School gym, said Rita Zarabara, athletic coordinator for the middle school. The girls' Vikings basketball team had an upset victory against …

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Moms Talk Q&A

Moms Talk: Should the RHS Dropoff Behind Cedar Hill Continue?

It's now been a week since Ridge High School buses were rerouted for morning dropoff behind Cedar Hill School.

This week, Mom's Talk (also for dads, kids, grandparents and other observers) returns to a timely topic — the school administration's decision to reroute Ridge High School morning buses through the Cedar Hill Elementary School traffic loop in an effort to relieve weekday traffic backups at the entrance to the high school. The change was implemented on a trial basis. The decision is supposed to come up for reconsideration at next Monday night's Board of Education meeting, at 7 p.m. at the William Annin Middle School. School officials have asked for the public's input at that meeting. RHS principal Frank Howlett said today that the rerouting of morning buses will probably continue through that time. So, what do you think? What do your kids …

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paragdhagat

1:09 pm on Thursday, February 9, 2012

We recommend, BOE buy 300 South Finley. A 4 lane road Eastward at 300 South Finley would now serve as the new entrance into the BOE properties. Split the road in its back end into a ‘T’. Two left lanes run North heading towards the high-school buildings main entrance and two right lanes run South into the South-East corner of the parking lot behind the High-school basketball gymnasium. The …   more ›

UPDATE: Undefeated WAMS Basketball Wins in Quarterfinals

UPDATE: Middle school boys basketball team to move onto semifinal match on Wednesday at Ridge High School.

The William Annin Middle School's seventh and eighth grade boys basketball team won the quarterfinals' game for the Central Jersey Junior School Basketball League, held Monday at Ridge High School. The score against the Warren Middle School was 70-58, according to Rita Zarabara, WAMS athletic coordinator. Now, the WAMS Vikings move on to play Montgomery in a semifinal match-up, scheduled for 4:15 p.m. this Wednesday, also to be held at Ridge High School on South Finley Avenue, Zarabara said. On Monday, the WAMS team held a significant lead at halftime, but the score closed during the 4th quarter, Zarabara said. However, WAMS held on for the final victory, she said. The boys WAMS team entered the league playoffs following an undefeated …

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Letter to the Editor

Ridge Student Plans Next 'Uplift Humanity' Trip

Deadline to participate in next trip to India is March 10, Ridge High School senior says.

Editor's Note: Anish Patel is a senior at Ridge High School who has launched an organization that with a group of Indian-American students travels to India in the summer to teach "life skills" to teenagers in detention centers and orphan facilities. Deadline for participation this summer is March 10. To the Editor, Uplift Humanity India is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that I started two years ago, as a sophomore at Ridge High School in Basking Ridge, N.J. Every summer for eighteen days, our organization takes Indian-American high school students to Gujurat, India to teach life-skills to teenagers in detention and orphan facilities. Our programs and curriculum are designed to “uplift” the lives of the detained and …

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Kris Hintz

3:08 pm on Sunday, February 5, 2012

What an incredible organization this young man has created to help humanity. What a great example for other young people to follow!   more ›

UPDATE: Board to Review 'Trial' Ridge Bus Dropoff behind Cedar Hill

School now says new route will be tried on trial basis, and discussed at Feb. 13 board meeting.

As planned, school buses heading to Ridge High School on Wednesday morning began a new procedure of dropping students off at the rear of the Cedar Hill Elementary School in an attempt to alleviate traffic jams that are standard during school days at the high school entrance on South Finley Avenue. However, after concerns were raised by the public, school officials now say on the Bernards Township School website that a discussion of the trial program will be held at the Feb. 13 Board of Education meeting, scheduled for 7 p.m. that Monday night in the auditorium of the William Annin Middle School. School Board president Susan Carlsson said the school administration is responsible for making decisions about bus stops and routing. The board …

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