TENAFLY, NEW JERSEY
News Update from the Mayor
December 26, 2025
Hello. This is Mayor Mark Zinna with a Friday news update.
If your recycling pickup is scheduled for Thursday, December 25, there is no pickup because of Christmas, instead that route will be picked up this Saturday, December 27. And even though the Recycling Center is closed Friday, December 26, it will be open normal hours this Saturday and Sunday.
The Recreation Winter Program, Sports & Event Guide is available now. Sign up on Community Pass. Visit the Borough website under Parks & Recreation for more information. Beginning January 12 you can purchase a combined Pool Membership and Recky’s or Teen Camp registration and receive a $150 discount.
Heading into the holiday week, the Nature Center is welcoming volunteers to Forest Defenders on Sunday, December 28 - a great way to give back to our natural spaces. A reminder that TNC’s year-end giving campaign continues, your support makes a real difference. Just text GIVETNC to 44-321 to support their work. A quick reminder that while the Nature Center buildings will be closed on New Year’s Day so staff can enjoy time with their families the trails will be open.
Are you 55 or older? Do you enjoy traveling, exercising, taking art classes, participating in a reading group, attending fascinating lectures, socializing with wonderful people, dancing, listening to live music, cooking classes, and so much more? The Tenafly Senior Center provides all of this and beyond. Our Center is much more than what you might expect from a senior center. Discover why more than 640 individuals have already become members! Make 2026 your year to feel inspired to try something new!
Join Emmy nominated and former Tenafly resident Nora Neus in a conversation about her new book: 24 hours at the Capitol: An Oral History of January 4th. At the Presbyterian Church, 55 Magnolia Avenue on Sunday, January 11 at 4:30 pm. Free of charge.
Join in the Scottish Night in Celebration of Robert Burns – an evening of stories, bagpiping, singing, dancing, poetry, and tastes of Scotland in this tartan-clad highlight of the Tenafly calendar. At the Presbyterian Church on Saturday, January 24 at 5 pm.
A healthy, prosperous and Happy New Year to everyone!
Mayor Mark Zinna
