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>Village Car Wash?
02 years ago
Village Car Wash?the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ- The Village of Ridgewood is looking to get into the car wash business , it all depends on the kind of return on investment the village can get from installing such a facility.
At Wednesday night’s Village Council workshop while [...]
>The Village Council voted 3-2 at a meeting Wednesday to increase water rates by 5 percent in Ridgewood and neighboring towns serviced by the utility.
02 years ago
The Village Council voted 3-2 at a meeting Wednesday to increase water rates by 5 percent in Ridgewood and neighboring towns serviced by the utility.
Ridgewood council approves water rate increaseThursday, December 9, 2010BY MICHAEL SEDONTHE RIDGEWOOD NEWSStaff Writer
The Village Council voted 3-2 [...]
>Merchants, businesses, village officials, residents and the Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce all contributed something to bring the village Christmas tree back
02 years ago
Merchants, businesses, village officials, residents and the Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce all contributed something to bring the village Christmas tree back
‘Community’s tree’ journeys to train station
Friday, December 3, 2010 BY MICHAEL SEDONThe Ridgewood NewsSTAFF WRITER
Returning a tradition [...]
>Village Council Elections :Ridgewood Voters Cautiously Optimistic they wont get "Richied" again
02 years ago
Village Council Elections : Ridgewood Voters Cautiously Optimistic they wont get “Richied” again
There are four candidates competing for the the Village council seat left by the departing of Anne Zusy in the upcoming special election ; Russell Forenza,Louis Lembo, Oliver Train and Stephen [...]
>Valley Renewal: Welcome to VALLEYWOOD
02 years ago
Valley Renewal: Welcome to VALLEYWOOD
Agreed: Just VOTE WELLINGHORST
I see TrainWreck has some friends at Tarvin? Goody for you
9:10 comment- looking for a legacy, right on! maybe even a wing, at Audrey’s Medical Center? Which should renew within it’s current structure or expand in Paramus instead [...]
>Village Council succumbs to “move the tree” e-mail barrage – Additional Christmas Tree to be erected on Broad Street
02 years ago
Village Council succumbs to “move the tree” e-mail barrage – Additional Christmas Tree to be erected on Broad Street
The latest:
Solid estimated costs to erect additional tree currently UNKNOWN; tree may be cut down and trucked in from neighboring Hawthorne
Estimated costs materials (new light [...]
>Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce asks Village Council to move the tree lighting ceremony back to the train station
02 years ago
Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce asks Village Council to move the tree lighting ceremony back to the train station
Chamber asks to move tree back to train station Friday, September 17, 2010 BY MICHAEL SEDONThe Ridgewood NewsSTAFF [...]
>Keith Killion was named the New Mayor
02 years ago
Ridgewood council holds reorganization meeting Thursday, July 1, 2010 BY MICHAEL SEDONThe Ridgewood NewsSTAFF WRITER
http://www.northjersey.com/news/97603459_Ridgewood_council_holds_reorganization_meeting.html
Keith Killion was named the new mayor during the Village Council reorganization meeting [...]
>Valley Renewal :3+ years of rude behavior by the planning board
02 years ago
How about 3+ years of rude behavior by the planning board. Talking to each other while people were making statements. Timing remarks, limiting questions, continuing a meeting when it was obvious that a very large number of residents who wanted to be at the meeting would not be able to get inside.
I [...]
>New Feature : the Inside Scoop …
02 years ago
the Inside Scoop …
First let me start by saying that it rumored that some members of the planning board ,not all conspired with Valley to change the venue in an effort to disenfranchise the opposition and turn public opinion on them by forcing an angry “storm the Bastille” response which in turn [...]
>Valley Renewal: Voters See Riche Betrayal
02 years ago
Voters See Riche BetrayalJust came back from the vote. The taxpayers could not get into GW as the audience was stacked with bused Valley employees. I wonder how many people in that audience pay taxes in this town. My guess is not many. I was busy working and could not get there early. It’s easy to [...]
>It ain’t over ’til the fat lady sings . . ."H" Zone Master Plan Amendments Approved By Planning Board Require Ratification By Village Council
02 years ago
“H” Zone Master Plan Amendments Approved By Planning Board Require Ratification By Village Council
That’s right folks, it ain’t over ’til it’s over.
The Village Council must authorize changes to the Master Plan, via introduction and adoption of a revised ordinance, prior to The Valley Hospital [...]
>Village Council Elections : Looks like money cant buy everything
03 years ago
>Village Council Election Results
Village Council Elections : Looks like money cant buy everything
Cronk/Dowd – $19,439.33
Riche – $3004.31
Walsh – $1738.52
http://www.elec.state.nj.us/
>Environmental attorney’s blog piece: Ridgewood voters favored preservation
03 years ago
Stuart Lieberman, environmental attorney for The Preserve Graydon Coalition, has written a blog piece celebrating the wisdom of Ridgewood, NJ’s voters in electing preservation-minded candidates Tom Riche and Bernadette (Bernie) [...]
>Village Council Elections : postmortem
03 years ago
ok, here’s the postmortem of the election (in my view)….
1. Ridgewood voters will not fall for McGreevey election techniques. They are too smart. Pressuring everyone you know to put signs on their lawn does not guarantee they’ll vote for you.
As I said in an earlier post, from my personal [...]
>Congratulations Bernie and Tom from Concerned Residents of Ridgewood
03 years ago
Congratulations Bernie and Tom from Concerned Residents of Ridgewood
Bernadette and Tom,
Congratulations on your resounding win last night. By winning with such a large margin, the people of Ridgewood have also given you a strong mandate to take with you to the council.
The election fought over:· [...]
>Ridgewood residents overwhelmingly elected the two candidates who had pledged to preserve Graydon. They will take office July 1.
03 years ago
Great news: Bernie Walsh and Tom Riche won the Village Council election last night
Ridgewood residents overwhelmingly elected the two candidates who had pledged to preserve Graydon. They will take office July 1.
Tom and Bernie expressed heartfelt thanks to all members of our Coalition who wrote [...]
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