CB Richard Ellis, New Jersey's largest commercial real estate brokerage firm, recently completed a 14,353-square-foot office lease renewal at Park 80 West, Plaza I in Saddle Brook. CB Richard Ellis' First Vice President Cheryl Hardt represented the landlord, L&L Park 80 LLC, in this transaction. GVA Williams New Jersey's Senior Vice President Bryn Cinque and Assistant Vice President Leslie Meril represented the tenant, Rotenberg Meril Solomon Bertiger & Guttilla, P.C., an accounting firm.

Too much TV time is bad for children, even if they're not actively watching the televised program. The results of a recent study revealed that leaving your television on to provide background noise can be distracting and disruptive to young children at play.

The study, published in the July 2008 issue of the scientific journal Child Development, involved 50 children ranging in age from 1 to 3 years old. University of Massachusetts researchers observed the children at play with age-appropriate toys for one hour in two different circumstances.

On July 2nd and July 17th the Paramus Community Orchestra performed FREE Summer Music Series VII concerts thanks to the generous sponsorship of the Paramus Rotary Club.

Pictured at the July 17th “A Celebration Of The Classics” performance is Paramus Rotary Club President Bernie Wilker and Rotary Club Friendship Chairperson Lois Horowitz, with Orchestra Conductor Judy Wilkes and the talented members of the Paramus Community Orchestra in the background.

(Bergen County Executive Dennis McNerney today announced that the county’s Office for Children received national recognition for its high-quality family services and attained Child Care Aware® Quality Assurance.The Child Care Aware® Consumer Education Quality Assurance Program offers national voluntary certification for Child Care Resource & Referral (CCR&R) agencies. It is designed to ensure that families across the country have access to consistent, high-quality services that support them in making informed child care choices.

Bergen County Executive Dennis McNerney and the County’s Department of Parks invite residents to play the bean toss game in the Wild Duck Pond area at Saddle River County Park in Ridgewood. “Bean toss is easy to play, fun for all ages, and a great game for family outings,” said McNerney. “It’s a popular game in the Midwest and a new activity being offered to residents at our county park. All you need is two platforms, eight bean bags, and two people to play.”

Bergen County Executive Dennis McNerney would like to remind residents to take some simple precautions to reduce mosquito annoyance during the summer months. “Our Division of Mosquito Control is working throughout the county reducing mosquito populations every day in all municipalities,” said McNerney. “Residents can help reduce mosquito breeding significantly by reducing the amount of standing water found around their home or neighbor’s property.”

Meeting 21 President Anthony Iacono suggested to Program Director, Liz Mason that we have Joey Rizzolo talk about the Freedom Walk that Joey initiated last year. Liz was in favor of that as is our Honorary Member, Mayor James Tedesco. Along with his mother, Rosa and fellow student Eric Carminio, this 7th grade student shared his goals with us, verbally and with a slide presentation.

Like it or not -- and most of us lean toward (SET ITAL) not (END ITAL) -- the majority of American restaurants rely on their customers to subsidize servers' wages.

We call this subsidy a tip.

By federal law, restaurants are allowed to pay servers as little as $2.13 an hour. Our tips are supposed to bring them up to at least minimum wage.

Chocolate at MyHome Come dip your hands in chocolate and learn some of the chocolate techniques. Patrick Coston, renown dessert chef, author and acclaimed to be one of the top ten Artisanal Chocolatiers in 2002 is the instructor. This offer was issued by Avia Blum, PR for MyHome. A series of four, Sophie Stone and I missed the first one.

(Paramus, NJ) Bergen Regional Medical Center, located at 230 East Ridgewood Avenue in Paramus, NJ, is looking for people who want to make a difference by volunteering at the Medical Center. Bergen Regional Medical Center – the largest medical facility in New Jersey – has a diverse patient and resident population that encompasses three areas of service: Acute Care, Behavioral Health and Long Term Care.