Fort Lee Education Foundation Recognizes Sponsors of Tour de Fort Lee

Fort Lee Education Foundation recognizes Fort Lee's Strictly Bicycles and Englewood's Benzel Busch for their continued support of Tour de Fort Lee.

Councilman Harvey Sohmer, President of Fort Lee's Education Foundation, and Angela Saurman, its treasurer, presented plaques to Art Agresta, Chairman and CEO of Benzel Busch in Englewood, and Nelson and Joanna Gutierrez, owners of Strictly Bicycles in Fort Lee, in recognition of their support of the Foundation's annual Tour de Fort Lee. The Fort Lee Education Foundation supports programs throughout the Fort Lee Public School System that are not supported with public funds. The Foundation has supplied classrooms with equipment and technology, sponsors lecturers and speakers, and supports Arts programs by hosting workshops in classical, opera and chamber music. The Tour de Fort Lee is the Foundation's largest fundraising event. Having …

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Seventh Annual Tour de Fort Lee [PHOTOS]

The annual event drew hundreds of riders, all to benefit the Fort Lee Education Foundation.

Several hundred riders, spectators and volunteers turned up for the Seventh Annual Tour de Fort Lee Sunday to benefit the Fort Lee Education Foundation (FLEF). The event featured several racing heats with riders of various levels—even professional.   For the recreational rider, there was a five-mile course and a two-mile course for walkers. FLEF provided food and gift bags to participants and raffled off several prizes.

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Tour de Fort Lee 50/50 Winner Receives $2,500, Donates Half For Scholarships

Education Foundation will use the donation for scholarships in memory of the late wife of Charles Knoll

The Fort Lee Education Foundation (FLEF) presented the winner of its Tour de Fort Lee 50/50 raffle with a check for $2,500 at the Judge Moore House in Fort Lee Wednesday evening, and Charles Knoll is giving half of it back for scholarships in his late wife’s name. Knoll, a 1953 graduate of Fort Lee High School and current resident of Mahwah, demonstrated a little school spirit for his alma mater, along with a lot of generosity, when he decided that he would give half of his winnings back to the FLEF, which will use the money for three scholarships in memory of Alice Knoll, herself a 1956 graduate of Fort Lee High School. Fort Lee Education Foundation president Tony Clores was impressed by Knoll’s gesture and pleased to now be able to offer…

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PHOTO GALLERY: Sixth Annual Tour De Fort Lee

Proceeds from the annual 12-mile bike ride and two-mile walk benefited the Fort Lee Education Foundation, which in turn helps fund programs in Fort Lee schools

Fort Lee residents had the opportunity to “tour” the borough by bicycle or on foot Sunday as the Fort Lee Education Foundation once again sponsored the annual "Tour de Fort Lee." Photographer John Fort captured these images.

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Sixth Annual ‘Tour de Fort Lee’ To Raise Money For Local School Kids

All proceeds from the 12-mile bike ride and two-mile walk benefit the Fort Lee Education Foundation, which in turn helps fund programs in Fort Lee schools

Fort Lee residents will have the opportunity to “tour” the borough by bicycle or on foot Sunday as the Fort Lee Education Foundation once again sponsors the annual "Tour de Fort Lee." Foundation president Tony Clores says the event—now in its sixth year—provides support for programs in all six of Fort Lee’s public schools, noting that the foundation “is committed to providing educational opportunities for the children of Fort Lee by supporting innovative programs and services not addressed by public funding.” Clores told Patch what participants can expect on Sunday, starting with the event’s main attraction. “We do a 12-mile ride through town,” Clores said. “We start off at the Fort Lee Community Center, and we do two loops. We go from the…

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5 Things You Need to Know

BOE Meeting, Planning Board, School and Library Events & The “Tour” This Week

A quick look at some of what’s going on in Fort Lee this week

Below is a quick look at five things you should know about this week and/or might not want to miss: Number one: The Fort Lee Board of Education meets Monday at 8 p.m. in the School No. 1 library for its regular business meeting. The agenda for the meeting is highlighted by a resolution that would appoint now Assistant Superintendent of Schools Steven Engravalle as Acting Superintendent of Schools effective November 1. Number two There will also be a regular public meeting of the Fort Lee Planning Board Monday at Borough Hall’s Council Chambers. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. with a work session and continues at 7:30 p.m. with a regular public meeting. The agenda for the meeting includes the following: Memorialization APPROVED Block 5452, …

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