Staff. Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey: 2004 Edition, p. 258. Lawyers Diary and Manual, LLC. ISBN9781577411871. Accessed December 14, 2016. "Senator Connors was born in Jersey City April 11, 1929. A graduate of Wood-Ridge High School, he served in the Air Force from 1947 to 1949."
Benevento, Don. "Wildwood ousted in NJSIAA final", Courier-Post, March 17, 1979. Accessed March 2, 2021. "Oh, the Wildwood High School basketball team made it to the door, but the Wizard turned them away. Coming through a long trail of upsets during the entire tournament season, the Warriors finally met the wicked witch in Wood-Ridge which stopped the Wildwood drive by scoring a 74-58 decision to capture the NJSIAA Group 1 championship here Friday in Elizabeth High School.... The 28-1 Blue Devils used a patterned offense to run off to a 6-0 lead and Wildwood (17-8) was never able to get on top after that."
Staff. "Wood-Ridge 4, Saddle Brook 2 (High school Softball scores and results)", The Star-Ledger, May 27, 2010. Accessed March 29, 2012. "Danielle Natoli hit a two-run homer in the third inning and Taylor Timpson drove in Keri Focarino in the sixth to propel Wood-Ridge past Saddle Brook, 4-2, in the NJSIAA/Star-Ledger North Jersey, Section 1, Group 1 final in Saddle Brook."
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"Wilson's late-game heroics lead Wood-Ridge to North 1, Group 1 crown", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, March 5, 2019, updated August 22, 2019. Accessed November 8, 2020. "Wood-Ridge, the fourth seed, was in the midst of completing a fourth-quarter comeback to win its first North Jersey, Section 1, Group 1 title since 2011, but sophomore guard Moshe Wilson couldn't stop looking at the tournament trophy on the stage behind the basket at Paterson Charter."
"Jennifer Velez earns top spot in the NJBIZ Health Care Power 50", NJBIZ, March 24, 2014. Accessed September 27, 2019. "Velez’s teenage years were spent in a Moonachie trailer park. She went to Wood-Ridge High School, where her classmates almost never talked about college. Her neighbor across the street was a prostitute."
Gavin, John A. "Council tells district to lower student estimates", The Record, May 17, 2010. Accessed November 25, 2014. "The Borough Council wants the one-school district to lower estimates of how many students will attend Wood-Ridge High School, its receiving school, and predictions about how many students will be placed in special education programs outside the district.... The school had calculated that 104 students would enroll in the high school, Vaccaro said."
Mattura, Greg. "Small-school NJIC may debut its own league championship", The Record, January 9, 2017. Accessed August 30, 2020. "The small-school North Jersey Interscholastic Conference may debut its own boys basketball tournament this season, one season after introducing its girls hoops championship. The NJIC is comprised of schools from Bergen, Passaic and Hudson counties and the event offered to the 36 boys teams would serve as an alternative to likely competing against larger programs in a county tournament."
Tartaglia, Greg. "GRHS Girls Soccer: Glen Rock gives its all before falling", Glen Rock Gazette, November 20, 2009. Accessed August 28, 2012. "The Panthers (18-3) were making their second straight appearance in the North 1, Group 2 championship game, haven fallen to Hasbrouck Heights/Wood-Ridge in the 2008 finals."
Feldberg, Robert. "Bergen County native shares role with deaf partner in Broadway's 'Spring Awakening'", The Record, September 20, 2015. Accessed October 18, 2015. "Theater is a collaborative art, but rarely do actors form a partnership as unusual as the one created by Alex Boniello, who was raised in Wood-Ridge, and Daniel N. Durant.... Boniello, who got the acting bug at Wood-Ridge High School before going on to study drama at Wagner College, joined the cast after the production had gotten under way in its Los Angeles debut, so, he said, he had to quickly play catch-up."
Cooper, Darren. "Cooper: Sarlo stepping in to clean-up position", The Record, January 23, 2018. Accessed September 27, 2019. "Athletics has always played a big role in Sarlo’s life. He played three sports at Wood-Ridge High School and is a member of that institutions Hall of Fame."
Armonaitis, Chip."Hasbrouck Heights' Ryan, Wood-Ridge's Labenski, Rendzio Inducted Into NJSCA Hall of Fame", TAPinto, March 2, 2019. Accessed November 8, 2020. "Serving as the head baseball coach for 16 years, the Labenski compiled a 227-140 record, with winning the Bergen County title as a Group 1 school in 1972 arguably being his greatest accomplishment. Labenski captured the North 1, Group 1 Championship in 1965, the North Jersey Conference title in 1966 and 1968. In 1968 he doubled up on titles, grabbing his second North 1, Group 1 title in addition to the conference crown."
