By HARVY LIPMAN, STAFF WRITER Lots of folks head off to Florida when they retire, and so will Dr. John C. McConnell. But the colorectal surgeon at The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood is taking a rather unusual route.

BERGEN COMMUNITY College's star-crossed civility code took aim at a serious problem, as illustrated by recent reports of students abusing teachers at a Paterson high school. The reaction, however, was not especially civil, except in the warfare sense of the word.

By MICHAEL GARTLAND, STAFF WRITER The adults who've crowded into this nursery school to observe young children are students, too.

By PATRICIA ALEX, STAFF WRITER Bergen Community C

By HERB JACKSON, WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT Bergen Community College came out one of the few winners in the federal budget battle that had Democrats in Congress and the White House deadlocked for most of the year.