The Ridgewood Maroon Vol. 4… No. 6
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
“Bringing us all to a place we don't want to lose."
Observer: Edunomix
Macky’s New York: Tape Me Up Before You Go Go
William Peay: Tales From The Wood…
RHS Athletic Hall Of Fame: Made For & Inspired By RHS Alumni
Project Arrow: Creating An Online Home For RHS Arrow Yearbooks
Mark Porro: A Cup Of Tea On The Commode
M + A NYC: Mighty Are We As One
Class of 1977, 40th Reunion: RHS Alumni All-Star Band
Our Classmates: 50th Reunion RHS 1974
Jim Schoneman: Rock Hound
Jack Zerbe: Awesome Challenge
Kathy & Ross Petras: You’re Saying It Wrong
Ridgewood Library Bolger Heritage Center: Happy and Safe Holiday Season!
Observer
Edunomix
“Making Financial Education Accessible For All” is their slogan. But this non-profit collaboration by NJ high school students, including RHS ‘26, Aarav Motivala, is more than aspirational. They are building a collection of research papers, videos & games and simulators.
Note that they are using a free server to host their simulator - please wait about 30 seconds!
Macky’s New York
Matthew Cortellesi Photography
January 16, 2024 - Union Square
Tape Me Up Before You Go Go
As the ice begins to form on the plastic tarp covering the flowers at the corner bodega...a worker puts scotch tape over the cracks hoping to keep his babies warm and dry.
Shot on 18th street and Broadway looking north.
Time 9am.
William Peay
Tales From The Wood…
RHS Athletic Hall Of Fame
Made For & Inspired By RHS Alumni
Visit the RHS Athletic Hall of Fame
Digital Printing for the RHS Hall of Fame provided by Tim Boucher, RHS 1988
Project Arrow
Creating An Online Home For RHS Arrow Yearbooks
A collaborative effort by Ridgewood High School and the Ridgewood Public Library. The Arrow Yearbooks from 1898 through the 1940s are now online.
Digital archiving by Michael Culver ‘02, and his firm 1Row.com
1Row supports organizations across a wide spectrum, both in stage (pre-formation to publicly traded) and structure (non profits, for-profit, governments, and social enterprises).
Clients include large institutions such as the U.S. Soccer Foundation, to growth stage companies such as Coaster Cycles, RMK Capital, and Indeavor, and companies who are still in the seed/concept stage.
Mark Porro
A Cup Of Tea On The Commode
Arrived in bookstores everywhere on Mother’s Day, May 14, 2023.
M + A NYC
Mighty Are We As One
Shop home décor and wearable accessories at www.mplusanyc.com
M + A is a Lifestyle brand known for handcrafted, ethically made, modern home decor and wearable accessories. Artisanal | Small Batch | Designed in NY
Class of 1977 40th Reunion
RHS Alumni All-Star Band
Melissa by The Allman Brothers, July 22, 2017
Our Classmates
RHS Class Of 1974 Reunion
RHS Class of 1974 save the date! We are organizing our 50th Reunion (OMG!) for the weekend of September 20 to 22, 2024. Here is what the Reunion Committee has planned so far:
• Friday, Sept. 20th 6:00 -10:00 p.m….Informal meet-up at MacMurphy’s Irish Pub for those traveling from afar and anybody else who just wants to hang out
• Saturday, Sept. 21st 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m….Tour of Ridgewood High School and lunch in the cafeteria.
• Saturday, Sept. 21st 6:30 – 10:00 p.m….Dinner/dance at the Woman's Club of Ridgewood.
• Sunday, Sept. 22nd 9:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m….Casual send-off breakfast at the Schoolhouse Museum (opposite the cemetery).
If you might conceivably want to attend, please email us at RHS1974Reunion50@gmail.com so we can send you an invitation through RSVPify. No need to commit at this time.
Can you volunteer? We’d love to take advantage of skills that our classmates may have. For example, we still need a professional photographer, a graphic artist, clean-up crew, and people finders. Email us what/how you’d like to contribute at RHS1974Reunion50@gmail.com. This is a grassroots endeavor; our Reunion Committee is composed of 15 RHS ’74 grads. We have not hired AlumniClass or any other third-party to organize our reunion.
Jim Schoneman
Rock Hound
It's interesting how an old photograph, no matter how poor the quality, can bring back such wonderful memories. This is my brother Rob and me fishing for small mouth bass on the St. Clair River as a down bound freighter passes by. We're fishing below the Blue Water Bridge in Sarnia, Ontario, probably around 1966. Dad is taking the picture with his Argus C3 "brick," a camera that would later be handed down to me. I can't recall exactly the moment, but I'm pretty sure Rob is watching me unhook another fish as he is wondering why he can never catch any.
This is a pretty cool spot. The visible currents in that river are incredible, and the huge freighters that are heading upstream (this one's heading downstream) just cut through the water like it's nothing.
Jack Zerbe
Awesome Challenge
Below: me with one of my best Acting 1 students, who not only inspired their classmates, but also me. Thanks, Jane!
Kathy & Ross Petras
You’re Saying It Wrong
Ross & Kathy’s podcast: You're Saying It Wrong is a podcast that looks at what we get wrong—and what we sometimes get right—when it comes to this English language.
Ridgewood Library Bolger Heritage Center
Happy and Safe Holiday Season!
This image is of Allabough & Son Hardware Store's Christmas display window. Franklin T. Allabough bought the storefront in 1922 and ran it with his son Edwin until he sold the business to the Ridgewood Hardware Company in December 1931.