December 16
...serving up your daily dish.
Congressman Bill Pascrell showed up at Mountainside Hospital this morning to announce a $300,000 federal grant for the hospital's new Comprehensive Community Cancer Center.
Among the dignitaries in attendance were Montclair deputy mayor Joyce Michaelson and Glen Ridge mayor Carl Bergmanson, who reminded the congressman (in a joking way, of course) that the hospital is in Glen Ridge -- not Montclair.
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It's actually in both, or so my wife and I were told when our daughter was born there last year.
Posted by: David P. Powell | Dec 16, 2004 11:53:59 PM
In spite of what you might have heard, every square inch of Mountainside Hospital is in Glen Ridge.
Posted by: Carl Bergmanson | Dec 17, 2004 12:48:21 AM
it use to be that the maternity ward was in Glen Ridge--but most of the rest of it was in montclair....i am talking over 40 years ago, when it was just a littler hospital.
Posted by: cshel924 | Dec 17, 2004 5:55:07 PM
Yeah, Carl, but if you google to find the hospital, it says Mountainside Hospital - MONTCLAIR, NJ.
Ed Remsen
Posted by: Ed Remsen | Dec 17, 2004 6:24:11 PM
Touche' Ed! See you in the am.
cshel:
I believe this to be a very local urban myth, the hospital has always been completely in Glen Ridge, if you look at the map, it's clear. I would add that in spite of its precise location, Glen Ridge has always been proud to share Mountainside Hospital with Montclair.
I should also add that the mailing address is in Montclair, as is the parking garage, so is a tiny portion of the nursing school (<10%), and the sign on the corner is probably at least partially in Montclair (I'd have to get the tape measure).
To clarify what was said, the Congressman said "Mountainside Hospital in Montclair/Glen Ridge", then looked at me and asked if it was ok to say that, and I said "sure." Then, looking down, he said "right now I'm standing in..." and I said "Glen Ridge, absolutely", which got a laugh, then he said "I guess you're saying I'm not good at geography", which got a bigger laugh (which is as it should be, he's the congressman).
Posted by: Carl Bergmanson | Dec 18, 2004 2:18:26 AM
Carl,
Well, ya really do learn something new everyday!
As, I grew up in Glen Ridge and have lived in Montclair for the past 25 years---it's all good (as one of my sons always says)
Posted by: cshel924 | Dec 18, 2004 8:39:10 AM
