MAKING IT HAPPEN AT FLAT ROCK BROOK ALPINE • CLOSTER • CRESSKILL • DEMAREST • ENGLEWOOD • ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS • HARRINGTON PARK HAWORTH • NORTHVALE • NORWOOD • OLD TAPPAN • ROCKLEIGH • TENAFLY TENAFLY
Done! Phase I of FRB Nature Center’s streamside renovation project.
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OCTOBER 2025
HOME, TO EDAN WRIC’S QUINE & ALEXANDER WAY CEHOCOLATE NORTHERN VALLEY
A FEAST OF CULTURE THIS FALL AND BEYOND
A highlight: Artist Gwyneth Leech at PCAT on Sunday, Oct. 26
Street renaming marks 584 daysʼ captivity; FUNDRAISER Tenafly son vows return to IDF service
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‘Helping individuals and families create brighter futures’
BY JOHN SNYDER OF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS
From murals and music to movies, poetry, and pageantry, the Presbyterian Church at Tenafly is filling its season with art, spirit, and community. Highlights include a visit from acclaimed New York City artist Gwyneth Leech, a familyfriendly fall music festival, and the return of the Tenafly Community Choir with Orchestra for its Christmas concert. The calendar stretches into early 2026 with nationally known speakers and a Scottish celebration, giving neighbors plenty of reasons to mark their calendars. Meet the Artist: Gwyneth Leech — Oct. 26 The centerpiece of the season arrives Sunday, Oct. 26 at 4 p.m., when Gwyneth Leech brings her celebrated eye for urban drama to the sanctuary. Leech, known for her vivid Manhattan cityscapes and her signature coffee-cup paintings, has exhibited across the U.S. and U.K. In the 1990s, she transformed St. Maryʼs Episcopal Cathedral in Glasgow, Scotland into a swirl of color and movement with a monumental mural scheme. At her Tenafly talk, Meet the
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BY JOHN SNYDER OF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS
Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-5) joins local leaders and the Alexander family in Tenafly on a lovely Sept. 29 to dedicate a street named “Edan Alexander Way.” Alexander, 21, a Tenafly High School graduate and dual U.S.–Israeli citizen, was kidnapped on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas launched its surprise assault on Israel. Via Peter Figueroa.
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BY JOHN SNYDER OF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS
ENAFLY on Monday, Sept. 29 renamed River Edge Road Edan Alexander Way in honor of a borough native whose 584 days in Hamas captivity transfixed the world and whose home-
coming this spring drew cheers from near and far. A smiling Alexander, now 21, stood at the ceremony outside Borough Hall surrounded by family, neighbors, and officials. He said in part, “I knew my family and my town and so many people were fighting for me and
keeping my name alive and pushing for my return,” he told the crowd. “To have a road named here in the place I call home is something I could never have imagined. Itʼs not just my name on a sign. Itʼs a reminder of how powerful a community can be when it refuses to
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Horses, live music, and a slate of sweet-and-savory treats headline Equine & Chocolate, the Womenʼs Rights Information Centerʼs annual fundraiser, set for Sunday, Oct. 12, 2 to 5 p.m., at the Bergen Equestrian Center in Overpeck County Park. The family-friendly afternoon fuels WRICʼs core services—housing assistance, legal advocacy, career counseling, and traumarecovery support—programs the Englewood nonprofit has delivered for more than 50 years to help neighbors build safe, stable, and self-sufficient lives. “At WRIC, we are committed to helping individuals and families create brighter futures,” said Lil Corcoran, executive director. “This event is a chance for our community to come together in support of that mission, and to celebrate the resilience of those we serve.”
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT
B ck in time...
Madison Choo, a junior at NV/Demarest, is set to deliver her first solo performance with a full wind ensemble, in Dance On!
Ninety years ago, actress Joan Crawford was wedin Englewood Cliffs, in the Seventh Street home of Mayor Herbert Jenkins.
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