Autumn Years Summer 2024

Teacher Mark Wright A Student of Lifelong Learning

CEO Audrey Meyers Ever Eyeing the Future

By Kelly Parr Not surprising, someone who is committed to lifelong learning is apt to have a full resume of achievements; in this case, that means spending decades as an honored high school teacher, performing at Preservation Hall in New Orleans with notable jazz musicians and, his latest accomplishment, restoring a church’s grand pipe organ damaged by fire, to name a few

By Emily Kratzer Leading an award-winning health system that serves almost a half million people is a culmination of a career that spans almost 45 years, though challenges continue and this leader has no intention of sitting back; with an eye to the future, she sees the need for the health system to “always change always grow,” and she is there to help make that happen Batter Up! Early Baseball in Bergen County By Tim Adriance Take a nostalgic trip around the bases starting in 1860 when the first baseball team in the county took the field until the opening of the George Washington Bridge when the county’s baseball fans gained easier access to professional teams like the Yankees and Giants; before then, however, most communities had a team, an avid fan base and its own field of dreams

Armenia & Georgia Historic Sites and

Welcoming People By Robert F. Penna, PhD

Bob and Angela Penna of Franklin Lakes share their recent experiences traveling to these two remarkable destinations that are set between Europe and Asia; filled with a wealth of history, these countries offer ancient fortifications and monasteries, narrow winding cobblestone streets, little villages, great food, outstanding wines and warm friendly welcoming people

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