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Wanaque Schools Show Dr. Seuss Spirit
WANAQUE, N.J. -- Dr. Seuss Day is on Friday, Feb. 19, and Wanaque School plans on showing their Seuss spirit on the days leading up to it.
The following events will help celebrate reading, in honor of Dr. Seuss.
Wacky Wednesday -- Wednesday, Feb. 17 -- Everyone should wear something wacky -- though still within dress code. So no PJs, robes or slippers, for example; students wearing these will be sent home.
Suggested possibilities include shirts worn inside out, holiday shirts, mismatched shoes or socks, et cetera.
Oh, the Places You'll Go Day -- Thursday, Feb. 18 -- Folks are encouraged …
Ringwood Fire Companies Celebrate New Equipment
RINGWOOD, N.J. -- Ringwood's Erskine Lakes Fire Company and Engine 243 will host a "dual wetdown" celebration on May 14, to celebrate the arrival of new equipment. The event will feature food and drink, live entertainment, a 50/50 raffle, t-shirts and mugs, and more. It's open to the public, and all fire companies.
The festivities will run from 2-10 p.m., at the Erskine Lakes Fire Department, at 70 Mohawk Trail, in Ringwood.
For more information, call 973-248-6334.
Somers' Werner Hengst, Montessori School Co-Founder, Dies At 79
SOMERS, N.Y. -- Somers resident Werner Hengst -- who with his wife co-founded Our Montessori School in Yorktown Heights and was its administrator -- died on Sunday, Feb. 7. He was 79.
Born in Germany, Hengst's father worked on the rocket program with Wernher von Braun, which brought the family to Cape Canaveral, Florida in 1952. Hengst attended the University of Florida, where he met his wife. When they married in 1963, they took a three-month honeymoon around the world.
He worked at a missile tracking station on Ascension Island, for Pan American in Cape Canaveral, as a systems analyst fo…
