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>Village Council members unanimously pass a 7.39 percent tax hike
Spending plan to increase taxes in Ridgewood
THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2011
BY KELLY EBBELS
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
With Village Council members unanimously passing a 7.39 percent tax hike on Wednesday, residents now have a complete look at their local taxes for this year: an average increase of $416, rounding out the total 2011 tax bill to an average of $15,510 per household.
The Village Council approved the restoration of $35,000 in funding for the Ridgewood Public Library. The library will still, however, have to close for nine Sundays and two Fridays this summer.
The numbers are based on an average home value of $797,422, which has dipped by about $2,100 since last year.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/123558894_Spending_plan_to_increase_taxes_in_Ridgewood.html
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photos by Boyd Loving
photos by Boyd Loving
Water Main Break Closes Linwood Avenue For Hours
by Boyd Loving
A water main break occurred shortly before 7:00 PM this evening on Linwood Avenue near Sollas Court.
Ridgewood Police and Emergency Services have Linwood Avenue blocked in both directions between Paramus Road and North Pleasant Avenue.
The road is expected to remain closed for several hours as crews from Ridgewood Water repair the break. A large section of the roadway has collapsed and will need to be replaced.
Ambulances have been directed to take alternate routes to reach The Valley Hospital’s emergency room.
photos by Boyd Loving
photos by Boyd Loving
During the summer months, water usage increases dramatically due to lawn irrigation. Water conservation is a fact of life and it is also the law. The State of New Jersey Department of Enviromental Protection requires that each community maintain a water conservation program.
Beginning May 1 and continuing through September 30 of each year, Stage I Water Restrictions are in effect.
Stage I (Normal): Mandatory restriction of irrigation limited to alternate days, as defined below. Irrigation using a hand-held hose shall be allowed at any time.
Stage II (Moderate): Mandatory restriction of irrigation limited to alternate days as defined below. Irrigation using a hand-held hose is allowed on any day except Monday.
Stage III (Moderate – Severe): Mandatory restriction of irrigation limited to alternate days as defined below. Manual sprinklers may be operated between the hours of 7:00 am to 9:00 am and 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Automatic in-ground sprinklers may be operated between the hours of 1:00 am to 4:00 am. Irrigation using a hand-held hose is allowed on any day except Monday. There shall be no irrigation of any kind allowed on Mondays.
Stage IV (Severe – Critical): Prohibits irrigation at any time. The Village Manager may under certain conditions allow irrigation using a hand-held hose.
Alternate Day Irrigation Defined
Irrigation of properties with odd-numbered addresses shall be permitted on odd-numbered days, while irrigation of properties with even-numbered addresses shall be permited on even-numbered days.
>The Ridgewood Historical Society will host its first “Best Burger” Barbecue on Saturday June 11
The Ridgewood Historical Society will host its first “Best Burger” Barbecue on Saturday June 11 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Schoolhouse Museum.
For $7 a person, five Ridgewood restaurants will provide burger samples. The participating Ridgewood restaurants are:
The Daily Treat, 177 E. Ridgewood Avenue
MacMurphy’s, 8 Godwin Avenue
The Office, 32-34 Chestnut Street
The Park West Tavern, 30 Oak Street
Smith Brothers, 51 North Broad Street
There will be two judgings for this event – the “Best Burger” based upon the popular vote of participants, and the “Best Burger” as determined by a panel of judges.
The Judges for this event are Joy Hamburger, cookbook author and Curator of the Schoolhouse Museum; Keith Killion, Mayor of Ridgewood; Joan Groome, Executive Director, Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce; and Drew Nieporent, noted restaurateur and owner of the Tribeca Grill, NOBU and Corton.
NOTE: Only 200 tickets will be sold for this event. Tickets are priced at $7 a person, and can be purchased at the Schoolhouse Museum in Ridgewood on Thursdays and Saturdays from 1:00–3:00 p.m. and Sundays 2:00–4:00 p.m.
To purchase tickets by mail, send a request and self-addressed stamped envelope to The Schoolhouse Museum, 650 E. Glen Avenue Ridgewood, NJ 07450 (make checks payable to the Ridgewood Historical Society.)
Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to sample some of the best burgers in Ridgewood! In addition to great burgers, there will be turn of the century games for children and live music.
The Schoolhouse Museum is open on Thursdays and Saturdays from 1:00–3:00 p.m. and Sundays from 2:00–4:00 p.m. We arrange group tours by appointment. For more information call the museum at 201-447-3242 or send us an e-mail.
>John Adams – “What do we mean by the American Revolution?”, Letter to H. Nile, February 13, 1818
by The Founders, Religion and Government on Thursday, June 9, 2011 at 6:35
“The American Revolution was not a common event. Its effects and consequences have already been awful over a great part of the globe. And when and where are they to cease? But what do we mean by the American Revolution? Do we mean the American war? The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments of their duties and obligations. This radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people, was the real American Revolution.”
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>Garrett Calls On GAO to Investigate SIPC, the Trustee and SEC’s Actions in Madoff Case
>CNN Poll: Obama approval rating drops as fears of depression rise
By: CNN Political Unit
(CNN) – President Barack Obama’s overall approval rating has dropped below 50 percent as a growing number of Americans worry that the U.S. is likely to slip into another Great Depression within the next 12 months, according to a new national poll.
https://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/08/cnn-poll-obama-approval-rating-drops-as-fears-of-depression-rise/
>57% of Likely U.S. Voters see the president as more liberal than they are
Most voters still believe President Obama is more liberal than they are, while just one-out-of-four say they share the same ideological views as the president.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 54% of Likely U.S. Voters think Obama is more ideologically liberal than they are, while only 13% view him as more conservative. Twenty-four percent (24%) say their political views are about the same as the president’s. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
The number who see the president as more liberal than they are stayed at 57% in three-out-of-four previous surveys conducted since August of last year. That number climbed to 61% in late February. The number who view the president as more conservative ranged from nine percent (9%) to 12% in that same period.
>Obamcare : Judges seemed receptive to arguments from critics challenging the health reforms as unconstitutional
Healthcare overhaul fight in pivotal Atlanta court
By The Associated Press
Published: June 08, 2011
ATLANTA (AP) – The latest round in the fight over President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul was held Wednesday in the federal appeals court in Atlanta.
A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on whether to reverse a Florida judge’s ruling that struck down the law. The judges seemed receptive to arguments from critics challenging the health reforms as unconstitutional during the three-hour hearing.
https://www2.alabamas13.com/news/2011/jun/08/3/healthcare-overhaul-fight-pivotal-atlanta-court-ar-1944861/
>President Obama’s phony accounting on the auto industry bailout
By Glenn Kessler
“Chrysler has repaid every dime and more of what it owes American taxpayers for their support during my presidency.”
— President Obama, June 4, 2011
With some of the economic indicators looking a bit dicey, President Obama traveled to Ohio last week to tout what the administration considers a good-news story: the rescue of the domestic automobile industry. In fact, he also made it the subject of his weekly radio address.
We take no view on whether the administration’s efforts on behalf of the automobile industry were a good or bad thing; that’s a matter for the editorial pages and eventually the historians. But we are interested in the facts the president cited to make his case.
What we found is one of the most misleading collections of assertions we have seen in a short presidential speech. Virtually every claim by the president regarding the auto industry needs an asterisk, just like the fine print in that too-good-to-be-true car loan.
>U.S. funding for future promises lags by trillions
The government added $5.3 trillion in new financial obligations in 2010, largely for retirement programs such as Medicare and Social Security. That brings to a record $61.6 trillion the total of financial promises not paid for.
This gap between spending commitments and revenue last year equals more than one-third of the nation’s gross domestic product.
