RIDGEWOOD, N.J. – Happy birthday to Ridgewood’s Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev!Christov-Bakargiev, a native of Ridgewood, turns 60 Dec. 2. She is a writer, art historian and curator who was born Dec. 2, 1957, in Ridgewood. She was the artistic director of dOCUMENTA (13), which opened June 9, 2012 in Kassel. Previously, she was the director of the Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Torino at ...

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. – Happy birthday to former Washington Township's Busari Alamu "B. J." Raji! The former American football nose tackle and NFL player turns 31 Tuesday. Born July 11, 1986. in New York City, he was a three-year starter on both the offensive and defensive lines at Westwood Regional High School, where he earned All-State, All-Conference and All-County ...

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. – Happy birthday to former Franklin Lakes resident and retired basketball player Derrick D. Coleman.Coleman, who played for the New Jersey Nets and the Detroit Pistons, turns 50 Wednesday.He was born June 21, 1967, in Mobile, Ala. He grew up and attended high school in Detroit and attended college at Syracuse University. He was selected first overall in the 1990 NBA ...

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – Happy Birthday to New Rochelle’s Andrea Mitchell.Mitchell, a New Rochelle native, turns 70 Sunday. Mitchell, a journalist, anchor and reporter for NBC News, was born Oct. 30, 1946.She graduated from New Rochelle High School and the University of Pennsylvania. She is the NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent and reports with “Nightly News with Lester Holt,” ...

LEWISBORO, N.Y. – Happy Birthday to Lewisboro’s Bryant Gumbel.Gumbel turns 68 Thursday.A well-known television journalist and sportscaster, he was born Sept. 29, 1948, in New Orleans. He is best known as the co-host of NBC's “The Today Show," for 15 years. He is the younger brother of sportscaster Greg Gumbel.Gumbel's work on “The Today Show” earned him several Emmys. He also ...

TENAFLY, N.J. – Happy Birthday to Tenafly’s Mira Sorvino!Sorvino, who was raised in Tenafly, turns 49 Wednesday. Born Sept. 28, 1967, the American actress is the daughter of actor Paul Sorvino. She won an Academy Award and Golden Globe for best supporting actress for her performance in Woody Allen's “Mighty Aphrodite.” She also is known for starring in the films “Romy and Michele's High ...

RIDGEWOOD, N.J. – Happy Birthday to Ridgefield’s Frankie Jonas!Jonas, who was born in Ridgefield Sept. 28, 2000, turns 16 Wednesday. He is an American actor, who had a recurring role on the Disney Channel sitcom, “Jonas L.A.” His older brothers - Kevin, Joe, Nick – made up the pop group the Jonas Brothers. He starred in his first solo role without his brothers in “Ponyo.”

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – Happy Birthday to New Rochelle’s Gloria Borger.Borger, a New Rochelle native, turns 63 today. Borger, a journalist, columnist and analyst, was born Sept. 22, 1952, in New Rochelle. She previously was a contributing editor and columnist for U.S. News & World Report and currently is the chief political analyst for CNN. She formerly was the National Political ...

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – Happy Birthday to New Rochelle’s Joe Klein.Klein, an American journalist, columnist and author, turns 70 on Wednesday.He was born Sept. 7, 1946, in New York City.He is the political columnist for Time magazine and is best known for his novel “Primary Colors,” based on Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign.In April 2006, Klein published “Politics Lost,” and has ...

PALISADES, N.Y. – The Rockland Business Association will host trivia night with a barbecue on Thursday, Aug. 11 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at HNA Palisades Premier Conference Center in Palisades.Returning for the second time as emcee will be Kerry Potter, WRCR 1700 Radio. Register as an individual or as a team of four players. Questions from a variety of subjects will be asked using several ...