The Atrium at The Allendale Community for Mature Living recently hosted its annual Strawberry Festival & Raffle. Residents and guests of the supportive independent living senior residence came dressed in bright red outfits to celebrate the delicious summer fruit, and dined on strawberry desserts as they enjoyed musical entertainment by Donna Stalker. Atrium resident Learle Van Emburg, at right, really got into the strawberry swing in full costume, shown here with fellow resident Grace Carlson.

FIRST REPORTED RETAIL BUILDING SALE/PURCHASE ON ROUTE 17 & ROUTE 4 IN PARAMUS IN OVER TWO YEARS

Cofinance, Inc., the United States subsidiary of Cofinance Group, a French-owned real estate investment company (Collectively “Cofinance”), has completed the purchase of 556 Route 17 North (“Property”) located on the eastern side of Route 17 immediately proceeding the northern most feeder road (A&S Drive) to the Paramus Park Mall in Paramus, New Jersey. More formerly known as Sprout Brook Shopping Center, the Property, built in 1986, is a multi-tenant retail building totaling 21,899 square feet occupied by national tenants including Vitamin Shoppe, Verizon and Jenny Craig. Cofinance purchased the site with the intent of upgrading the Property’s signage and releasing the former Harvey Electronics’ store, recently closed due to a bankruptcy, at market rents.

On Thursday, July 17th at 7:30pm a concert featuring the Paramus Community Orchestra and Paramus High School groups will take place at the Paramus Bandshell, located behind the Main Library, 116 E. Century Rd. In case of rain, the concert will be moved indoors to the Eastbrook Middle School auditorium, 190 Spring Valley Rd. For directions, go to www.paramuslibrary.org. Please call 201.599-ARTS (2787) for weather information.

The Paramus Board of Health, in cooperation with Accumed Diagnostic Laboratory, will conduct its annual Blood Chemistry Program on Saturday, September 20, 2008. “The purpose of the program” according to John Hopper, Borough Health Officer, “is to identify individuals at risk for coronary heart disease and diabetes, and to prevent the associated premature death and disability associated with these diseases.”

The Fair Lawn Jewish Center/Congregation B’nai Israel “Little Sunshine Day Camp” is off to a "funderful" start as the 2 – 5 year olds are enjoy such activities as yoga with Miss Mona.

Learning to fly Before Sophie and Cassy Stone and myself were allowed to approach the airplane, we were met by our instructor, Sol Solstre and parked in the office to plot our weights and balances. This was part of the www.letsgoflying.com/ParamusPost. program sponsored by the nonprofit Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, the ProjectPilot.org program that works with flight schools across the country to offer intro flights starting at around $99. AirFleet has a $75 Discovery Flight!

Lasik Plus LasikPlus, Vision Center, 351 Evelyn Street, Suite 301, Paramus held an Open House recently. Dr. Simki Shah, a member of the Paramus Sunrise Rotary Club had extended an invitation to attend, even gave her cell phone number if I needed it. I needed it but didn't use it. Mayor Tedesco was invited but he had a previous appointment. I wonder if he knows where Evelyn Street is?

Grand Opening of the New Morton Williams Friday, July 11th will be a big day in Jersey City. It marks the Official Grand Opening of the New Morton Williams Fresh Marketplace at 105 River Drive in Jersey City, NJ. This Morton Williams Fresh Marketplace brings a whole new type of food store to the area. It is so much more than the typical supermarket.

Morton Williams New Supermarket Sophie Stone and I visited the ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Morton Williams Supermarket in the Newport section of Jersey City. We met with Mayor Jeremiah T. Healy, MWS VP Avi Kaner, and Frank Filiatrault, MWS account Coordinator, before the ribbon cutting ceremony.

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 164 has named three members to executive-level positions at its Paramus, N.J., headquarters, announced Richard Dressel, business manager. Thomas Sullivan of Montvale and Thomas Walker of Ringwood were appointed as business representatives while Kevin Marion of West Orange was named an organizer.