Ridgewood’s Caytha Jentis “Bad Parents” debuts at Montclair Film Festival
October 5,2012
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ , Ridgewood’s Caytha Jentis premiered her new film “Bad Parents” at the Montclair Film Festival Wednesday night. The film stars Janeane Garofalo and Ben Bailey. Lauren Sudol of Ridgewood plays Garofalo’s daughter in the film.
“Bad Parents” is an off beat black comedy that tells the story of a mother (Garofalo) signing up her 7-year-old daughter ( Sudol) for the club soccer team and quickly becoming immersed in the suburban youth sports life and politics that goes with it before she finally snaps.
The film was shot and produced on location in the Village of Ridgewood. and it pokes fun at the suburban obsession with youth sports ,not entirely unknown in the turf laden Village .
Superintendent of Schools Dr. Daniel Fishbein has announced two public ceremonies marking the completion of district bond referendum projects.
10.02.12: Superintendent of Schools Dr. Daniel Fishbein has announced two public ceremonies marking the completion of district bond referendum projects. Brief ribbon-cutting ceremonies will take place at George Washington Middle School (GWMS) and Willard Elementary School in the upcoming weeks. The public is invited to attend both events.
The ribbon cutting at GWMS will take place on Wednesday, October 10 at 6:30 p.m. The school is located at 155 Washington Place.
On Tuesday, October 16, the Willard Elementary School ribbon cutting will take place at 7 p.m. Willard Elementary School is located at 601 Morningside Road.
The construction projects at GWMS and Willard mark the end of the Ridgewood Public Schools bond referendum work, a $48 million expansion and renovation plan that was approved by voters in December 2009.
For more information, please contact the Office of the Superintendent at 201-670-2700, ext. 10530, or e-mail the Kathy Kiedaisch, Assistant to the Superintendent, at kkiedaisch@ridgewood.k12.nj.us.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2012
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
The Village Council carried the public hearing and proposed adoption of a new leaf removal policy to next Wednesday following a strong opposition posed by several residents this week.
Ridgewood has put forward a new policy that if passed would enact strict enforcement of the existing regulations. The proposal also defines the penalties associated with any violations as well as the proper disposal of leaves, including the appropriate dates, location of leaf piles on property, and the streets that cannot be blocked with leaf piles at any time.
In preparation for the leaf collection season, which is scheduled to begin Oct. 22, the village mailed a “Leaf Collection Guidelines” document to residents with their most recent tax bill. The document provided several reminders and highlighted portions of the proposed ordinance.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2012
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Though Ridgewood’s governing body has yet to see and review all detailed options for a proposed ADA accessible ramp at Graydon Pool, council members expect to formally accept a $55,000 Bergen County grant next week to partially fund the project, estimated to cost a total of $95,000.
The council hoped to receive ramp design plans from the village engineering department for this week’s work session; however, timing and staff illnesses delayed the work, said Village Engineer Chris Rutishauser. He expects the plans will be prepared within two weeks.
The village professional staff met with an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance expert at Graydon Pool in September to evaluate the site. Using the analysis and advice from Jennifer Perry, a specialist from the United Spinal Association, the engineering department produced three preliminary ramp designs.
Last month, the council initially selected what was known as “Option 3” and asked Rutishauser to create renderings of the ramp. Officials have since revisited all the options and asked for additional detail on another proposal.
“After looking at it again, we understood that ‘Option 1’ would have less concrete, shorter [in length], less conspicuous and be in a better position alongside the pool,” Mayor Paul Aronsohn said.
Ridgewood Education Foundation gives fundraising campaign a boost
Thursday October 4, 2012, 4:36 PM
BY LAURA HERZOG
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
The Ridgewood Education Foundation (REF) has provided a grant of $100,000 to the Ridgewood High School (RHS) Home and School Association (HSA) to help the organization fund its proposed library makeover at the high school.
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The single grant of unprecedented size for the REF represents a sizeable portion of the $850,000 that the RHS HSA needs for the project, known as the RHS Learning Commons.
The organization is attempting to raise the remaining funds by this December, allotting time for permit approval so construction can begin this June. If the rest of the funding is not secured by December, the project will have to wait until at least June 2014 to commence..
We are sorry to share the news that our friend and fellow artist, Frank Cannas, died yesterday at about 6pm. He had been ill for a while.
Frank’s wake will be tomorrow night (Friday, October, 5th) from 6 to 9pm at the
Heritage Funeral Home
35 Morrissey Drive,
Putnam Valley NY
845 526 3000
Mass is Saturday October 6th at 10am at North American Martyr Church (around corner from Funeral Home) followed by burial at Gates of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne NY.
Flowers are being accepted (local florist Putnam Valley Flowers 845 526 2500)
Two Summonses Issued In Connection With Crash That Sends Two Victims To The Valley Hospital
October 4,2012
Boyd A. Loving
11:59 PM
Ridgewood NJ, A late Thursday night crash at the intersection of Fairway Road and North Van Dien Avenue in Ridgewood sent the driver and passenger of one vehicle to The Valley Hospital for treatment of non life threatening injuries. Witnesses on the scene reported that the driver of a silver Lexus heading westbound on Fairway Road, ran a stop sign and collided with a green Buick sedan headed northbound on North Van Dien Avenue.
Members of the Ridgewood Volunteer Ambulance Corps transported both occupants of the Buick to The Valley Hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
Paradoxically, both injured parties are employees of The Valley Hospital and were on their way to work at the time of the accident. The driver of the Lexus refused medical attention; she was issued summonses for careless driving and disregard of a stop sign. Both vehicles were removed from the scene by a flatbed tow truck.
Pascack Valley Hospital on track for spring reopening
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2012
BY KIMBERLY REDMOND
MANAGING EDITOR
PASCACK VALLEY COMMUNITY LIFE
Westwood – For nearly four years, “People First” signs stood on lawns in front of houses and hung in the windows of business supporting the need for reopening the old Pascack Valley Hospital as a full-service facility.
The former hospital, located on Old Hook Road in Westwood, closed its doors in 2007 after filing for bankruptcy, and, according to local advocates, left a gap in adequate medical coverage for the Pascack and Northern valley regions.
Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) and its Texas-based partner LHP Hospital Group received good news earlier this year when State Health Commissioner Mary O’Dowd granted a certificate of need to reopen the former hospital as HackensackUMC at Pascack Valley. HUMC and local supporters patiently waited nearly four years to reopen the hospital due to legal challenges brought forth by rival hospitals.
Chad Melton, who was named new chief executive officer of HackensackUMC at Pascack Valley in July, believes the hospital is definitely upgrading in a way that puts “People First.”
RIDGEWOOD CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH , Ridgewood will host a COMMUNITY-WIDE YARD SALE on October 6 from 9 am to 3 pm. The sale will benefit the church’s Barrier-Free Addition.
Items for sale include: furniture, books, household items, clothing, baked goods, food, and crafts.
Donations of items in good condition for sale gratefully accepted. Space is also available for rent at $25.. Spaces are 12-feet by 12-feet; bring your own table. Space is limited, sign up early. Contact the church @ 201.445.1832 or @ergo.therefore@gmail.com.
RIDGEWOOD CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH 271 Lincoln Avenue corner of West End, Ridgewood
Garage Sale (317 Downs Street Ridgewood,NJ)
Saturday Oct.06 Christmas is just afew months away!!!Something for everyone!!!! Furniture in excellent condition: Crate & Barrel coffee Table, wood dresser end table, new with tags women’s designer clothes, books, movies, home deco & more. Very well cared for children’s toys in brand new condition! The kid’s will also be selling donuts & Apple Cider to buy christmas gift’s for the less fortunate. There is also a Fall Festival around our corner in Graydon Parking Lot! Make it a fun filled day of shopping & Fall festivities.Location: 317 Downs Street Ridgewood,NJ it’s NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
HUGE MULTI FAMILY GARAGE SALE – SAT. OCT 6 (10/6) & SUN. OCT 7 (10/7) (RIDGEWOOD)
Date: 2012-10-02, 8:43AM EDT
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429 Albin Court, Ridgewood
(off Banta which is off of Racetrack Road, WEST of Route 17, VERY CLOSE TO ROUTE 17)
Saturday, October 6 & Sunday, October 7
9am-4pm
HUGE Three Family Garage Sale!!!!
Antique dishes and collectibles
Collectible Barbie Dolls in ORIGINAL BOXES!!!!
Tons of Household decorative items
Like new baby items (including jog stroller, swing, car seat)
Beautiful Christmas Decorations
Amazing Halloween Decorations and Costumes (kids, adult and dog)
Small furnishings (end table, coat rack, game table/chairs, upholstered glider w/ottoman, desk w/chair, upholstered zebra print chairs w/nailhead trim, MIRRORS, curtains and upholstered valences, DECORATIVE MOULDINGS,)
Paintings (Beautifully framed)
Kids jewelry, accessories and purses
Womens clothing size 14-18
Womens accessories and purses
Bedding (including ENTIRE Pottery Barn Teen Girl Bedding Set)
Neighborhood Tag Sale – Saturday October 6, 2012
The residents of Mulberry Street and Barnett Place in Ridgewood are having a neighborhood tag sale tomorrow Saturday, October 6, 2012 from 10 AM – 4 PM. Numerous houses on both streets will be conducting tag sales. Rain date is Sunday October 7, 2012 10 AM to 4 PM.
Law & Order ‘s Richard Belzer,October 6th Bookends
Richard Belzer, Saturday, October 6th @ 1:00 pmat Bookends
Actor, author and cast member of Law & Order: SVU
will sign his new book, Dead Wrong: Straight Facts on the Country’s Most Controversial Cover-Ups Book available August 14th.
Appearing authors will only autograph books purchased at Bookends and must have valid Bookends Receipt.Availability & pricing for all autographed books subject to change.Bookends cannot guarantee that the books that are Autographed will always be First Printings.
Autographed books purchased at Bookends are non-returnable.
While we try to insure that all customers coming to Bookends’ signings will meet authors and get their books signed, we cannot guarantee that all attendees will meet the author or that all books will be signed. We cannot control inclement weather, author travel schedules or authors who leave prematurely.
Bookends, 211 E. Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07450 201-445-0726
Senate hopefuls State Senator Joe Kyrillos and Robert “Bob” Menendez to hold first debate tonight
Republican U.S. Senate challenger Joe Kyrillos gets a chance to boost his name recognition in his campaign to unseat Democratic incumbent Sen. Bob Menendez when the two candidates hold their first televised debate tonight at Montclair State University.
The one-hour debate, co-sponsored by The Record and Herald News, starts at 8 p.m. on the state’s public television network, NJTV. It also will be streamed online at njtvonline.org
Photo By Boyd Loving ,Senator Menendez swearing in Mayor Paul Aronsohn
Menendez, who is seeking his second term, leads Kyrillos by 12 percentage points, according to an average of recent public opinion polls compiled by the website Real Clear Politics. Nearly every poll, however, has shown a large bloc of voters do not now enough about Kyrillos to have an opinion of him.
Kyrillos is a state senator from Monmouth County who has been in the Legislature for 24 years. A former chairman of the Republican State Committee, he led Mitt Romney’s 2008 campaign in the New Jersey primary, and the Republican presidential nominee came to New Jersey to raise money for Kyrillos this spring. (Jackson, The Record)
Anti-bullying events at N.J. schools – since 2011, it’s the law
At Moorestown’s South Valley Elementary School, third graders listened Wednesday to author Staci Schwartz read from her new book about a misbehaving goat named Billy who picks on other “kids.”
Earlier this week, in Washington Township, Bells Elementary students made new friends, worked on their manners, and helped out grown-ups.
In schools throughout the region, assemblies have been scheduled, posters made, and discussions held, all on a central theme: Bullying is out and respect in.
This is the second annual Week of Respect for New Jersey children. All public districts and charter schools are required to provide age-appropriate instruction aimed at preventing harassment, intimidation, and bullying.
The week is but one aspect of the state’s far-reaching Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights. Signed into law in early 2011 by Gov. Christie – not long after the suicide of Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi, whose roommate used a webcam to watch him kiss another man – the measure has been called one of the strongest of its kind in the nation. (Giordano, The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Free Checking No More: Thanks, Dodd–Frank!
Kaitlyn EvansSeptember 25, 2012 at 6:23 pm
Free checking accounts, once considered common, are becoming increasingly rare as the enormous costs of new regulations hit banks’ bottom lines.
According to the just released 2012 Checking Survey by Bankrate, Inc., a publisher of financial information, only 39 percent of banks continue to offer free checking accounts, a sharp decline from the 76 percent of banks that offered free checking in 2009—before enactment of the massive Dodd–Frank financial regulation statute.
The Bankrate study, which analyzed about 500 checking accounts, also found that the average minimum balance required to avoid a monthly fee rose 23 percent in the past year, to $723.02 for non-interest-bearing accounts.
The jump in service fees is not surprising, as new regulations cost banks billions of dollars annually. The regulatory culprits include restrictions on overdraft fees and price controls on the fees that banks are allowed to charge retailers to process debit card transactions. The onslaught of hundreds of other Dodd–Frank regulations is also taking a toll. These costs have to be made up somehow.
According to Bankrate, almost every checking fee in the survey has increased, with some rising 25 percent or more. For interest-bearing checking accounts, the average minimum balance necessary to avoid fees has doubled in the past two years to $6,117.80, while the average monthly service fee has risen to $14.75.
Consumer overdraft charges and fees for using out-of-network automated teller machines have also increased. Use of an out-of-network ATM now costs an average of $4.07 per transaction.
Although sold as “consumer-friendly,” the Dodd–Frank statute and other regulations on financial services are actually thinning the wallets of consumers. The loss of free checking is just one more of the many problems of this ill-conceived regulation.
Kaitlyn Evans is currently a member of the Young Leaders Program at The Heritage Foundation. For more information on interning at Heritage, please visit: https://www.heritage.org/about/departments/ylp.cfm
Ribbon cutting at renovated Ridgewood Community Center at the Village Hall
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 3, 2012, 10:54 AM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Unlike relentless flood waters that engulfed the first floor at Village Hall one year ago, the rain subsided just in time for last Friday’s grand reopening of the Ridgewood Community Center.
A subdued ribbon-cutting ceremony and the first program inside the renovated Annie Zusy Youth Center marked the official unveiling of the municipal building’s new main level.
Flooding during Hurricane Irene caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to the entire first floor and temporarily displaced several village organizations that had regularly used the space.
“This area is the heart of the community in terms of activities. It was pretty devastating for the communities, especially for children and seniors, when the flooding destroyed this,” said Mayor Paul Aronsohn. “It’s nice that we can welcome them, and everyone, back here.”
An extensive, months-long rehabilitation project had been ongoing throughout the summer. The work included the installation of two types of waterproof concrete blocks inside the hallways and meeting rooms. Blocks were stacked more than 5 feet off the ground, exceeding the height of the former wallboards that were damaged during the flood.
The Village Council bonded $400,000 to cover the construction costs. This sum did not include the initial clean-up bill, which hovered around the $90,000 mark. Federal assistance from FEMA was expected to help fund the project.
Many Uninformed Viewers in Shock over Presidential debate
October 4,2012
the staff fot eh Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Many viewers who have been inculcated in media talking points leaving them woefully uninformed have never heard the the other side of the argument and nothing made that more obvious than the reaction to the Presidential debate last night .
While economic conservatives heard more details from Mitt Romney on his 5 point action plan to create jobs and were put at ease as Romney drew a stark contrast between his policies of limited government and more personal freedom as opposed to the Presidents big government knows better top down approach
Many were clearly shocked because they had never heard the other side of the story. Most of the main stream media has long since given up on reporting the news and instead become the chief propaganda arm for the big government knows best.
While these “command and control ” policies have proven technologically obsolete and historically an abject failure as seen with the fall of the Soviet Union ,American elites and main stream media has clung to collectivist ideals , embracing them and embellishing them regardless of what the facts are since the early 1960’s . More recently most of the mainstream has been reduced to writing nothing more than press releases for the current administrations failed agenda.
So it came as a shock to many in both the media and the public at large to see Mitt Romney run together a string of coherent arguments against “big government” drawing a stark contrast to the values that made America great and the new collectivist direction to which the President simply had no answer other than to regurgitate stale talking points .
