The Walpole Island First Nation and Caldwell First Nation are joining groups across the country in mourning the discovery of a mass grave at a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C.
The saga of the Williams Center for the Arts in Rutherford will continue later this month when officials gather to discuss the sale of the historic theater.
Last fall, Bergen County told the center s board of trustees that it plans to put the historic theater up for auction. The building, which opened in 1922, is home to the long-struggling arts center and the movie theater complex that occupies its basement.
Now the County Commission will hold two public meetings to discuss the sale on March 24 at noon and April 7 at 6 p.m.
The Williams Center s president, Evelyn Spath-Mercado, said she and the board have been involved in every step of the process and have attended the virtual planning board meetings to keep track of what has been happening.
An assembly line of double-masked volunteers gathered recently in Hackensack to stuff cookies, apples and water bottles into plastic grocery bags, knot them and add them to a growing pile of meals. The only sign the room used to house the homeless was a lone bunk bed and cot pushed against the wall.
The Bergen County Housing, Health and Human Services Center had operated a homeless shelter in this space since 2009, with 90 beds and room to accommodate 15 more people in the winter months.
But on April 15, 2020, leaders closed the shelter after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19.
So many people living in proximity to each other would have made the shelter a potential breeding ground for the rapidly spreading virus, so the county transported residents to four nearby motels, contracting with Christ Church Community Development Corporation.
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