Construction Due to Hurricane Fees Waived by Local and State Governments
WHEREAS, Hurricane Sandy has created a need for repairs and reconstruction for many homes in the Village of Ridgewood; and
WHEREAS, the Village Council wishes to reduce the impact on owners of single and two family homes in the Village of Ridgewood by waiving permit fees for repairs and replacement necessitated by Hurricane Sandy.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Construction Code Official is hereby advised to waive such fees providing that appropriate documentation of hurricane damage is submitted with the building application; and
Text of the Resolution passed by Ridgewood Village Council to waive fees for construction due to Hurricane Sandy
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Construction Code Official and to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Office of Regulatory Affairs. https://mods.ridgewoodnj.net/pdf/manager/2012Stateltrwaivefee.pdf
Social Service Association of Ridgewood : Thanksgiving food drive
The Social Service Association of Ridgewood and Vicinity (SSA) is collecting food for its annual Thanksgiving Food Drive.
Social Service Association provides basic supplemental financial assistance and case management services to individuals and families.
Social Service Association is a community resource and family service agency helping to preserve the dignity and stability of the individual. It makes every effort to restore the confidence of the individual and to provide ongoing support for adults and children who are in need. It is the goal of the agency to empower individuals in seeking solutions in order to expand their opportunities.
SSA will again be providing holiday meals and food assistance to more than 100 families in need who live in Glen Rock, Ho-Ho-Kus, Midland Park, Ridgewood, Waldwick and Wyckoff.
Donations of non-perishable food items are needed, including hot and cold cereal, stuffing mix, rice, peanut butter, jelly (no glass containers), and canned goods such as fruits, vegetables, pumpkin pie mix, cranberry sauce, stews, tuna and juice (no glass containers).
Items can be dropped off at Ridgewood Village Hall on Monday, Nov. 19 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
or
Open Friday, November 9th-9AM-3PM and November 12th-15th(Monday-Thursday)9AM-3PM
We are closed on Friday, November 16th,Additional hours by appointment.
6 Station Plaza Ridgewood NJ, 07450 (map) •Phone: 201-444-2980 • Fax: 201-444-4987 • ssa6@verizon.net
Representatives from FEMA stopped by Village Hall today as part of their outreach program and provided the following information. They explained that there is a 60-day window for people to register with FEMA for any storm related damage. This includes damage to their
house, cars, property, etc. People can register even if they have insurance. Once you are registered you can wait and make a claim at a later time. Typically people make a claim to their insurance company and then follow up with FEMA if the claim is denied or didn’t cover
the full amount. FEMA can offer relief in the way of grants and low interest loans, depending on the economic situation of the applicant.
Additionally, FEMA has provided NJ with money to use for disaster related unemployment benefits. Anyone who missed work and lost wages as a result of the storm can apply. The application can be done over the phone at 866-487-2365 or online at www.njuifile.net.
FEMA also has a Disaster Resource Center (DRC) set up at 1 Bergen Plaza, Hackensack, NJ. People needing assistance can go there to speak to someone in person or they can call that center at 201-336-6026.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church : FOOD FOR ROCKAWAY, QUEENS:
This will be my last email on how to help those affected by Hurricane Sandy until next week. (If more information becomes available – I will send one out sometime next week.)
I wanted to bring two other ways of helping to your attention. One effort is through one of our parishioners who has been helping those in the Rockaways in Queens, NY and the other is through the Mom’s Group and Academy of Our Lady – our parish school.
If you have any questions, please contact those below for each area.
Glen
P.S. Anyone who sent food for the warming shelter in a crock pot or other container you would like back, please stop by and pick them up! THANK YOU!!!!!
FOOD FOR ROCKAWAY, QUEENS:
Below, is an email I received yesterday from one of our parishioners, Janette Morgan, who has been helping in Rockaway, Queens:
Hi Glen
I am involved with a group of volunteers going out to rockway queens . St Camillus food distribution is desperate. People out there have not had a hot meal in over week. The merchants out there are tapped to the max.
Do you know if any parishioners would be interested in providing trays of ziti, pasta, rice chicken just basic sustenance . I will be going out to queens first thing Saturday morning . Maybe this is a long stretch asking you but if people feel like they need to help this might be something.
God Bless
Janette Morgan
Anyone who is willing to make a tray of food and bring it to Janette please do so!
Janette’s Email: morganj@erols.com
Janette’s Address: 166 N. Pleasant Avenue, Ridgewood
When: Please drop off food from 5:30pm to 8:30pm
She will be leaving Saturday morning by 5am. All deliveries of food need to take place BY Friday evening.
ITEM COLLECTION BY MOMS & ACADEMY OF OUR LADY:
Items collected will be given to St. Helen Parish in Howard Beach & St. Ann Parish in Staten Island.
DROP OFF: Items can be dropped of at Academy of Our Lady School on school days, located at 905 South Maple Ave in Glen Rock (on the grounds of St. Catharine Church) OR at the home of Amy Sardy at 230 Fairfield Ave. Ridgewood.
Amy’s Email: amys1@optonline.net
ITEMS NEEDED:
Non-perishable food items Baby diapers
Mops, Brooms, rakes Buckets, scrub brushes
Peanut Butter & Jelly Deodorant
drinks, juice boxes Milk not needing refrigeration
Cleaning Supplies all kinds C & D Batteries
Battery operated lights Mouthwash & Toothpaste
Wipes Chapstick
Feminine Products Bleach
Toiletries (soap, shampoo)
Do You Trust the Government with Your Computer?
Amy PayneNovember 14, 2012 at 8:42 am(7)
Do you trust the federal government to keep your personal data safe? What about your business’s records and trade secrets?
If you answered “no,” you have good reason—the federal government has had 13 breaches and failures of its own cyber security just in the last six months.
Yet the President and his allies in the Senate are pushing forward to regulate America’s cyber-doings, without any clues about how much this will cost us or how it will work.
It’s become the norm with this President—if Congress fails to accomplish his objectives, he goes around it with executive orders and federal regulations. He’s doing it again. Congress did not pass the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 before the election, so the President has issued a draft of an executive order to put much of that legislation in place without lawmakers voting.
Not to be left behind, though, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) may try to get another vote on the bill before the end of the year—some are saying as soon as this week.
If the idea of cybersecurity—trying to secure all of the country’s sensitive computer networks and data—sounds abstract, that’s because it is. It’s so abstract, in fact, that the legislation and executive order our leaders are pushing offer few details about what they would actually do, other than piling more confusing regulations onto businesses.
When you think about it, the idea of the federal government trying to be on the cutting edge of technological security is pretty laughable. As Heritage’s David Inserra notes:
Simply put, government regulations usually take 24–36 month to complete, but the power of computers doubles every 18–24 months. This means that any standards developed will be written for threats that are two or three computer generations old.
A federal government that stays hopelessly behind the curve and can’t even secure its own networks doesn’t exactly inspire confidence. But oh, it can regulate!
The President’s executive order would give multiple federal agencies new power to regulate businesses. It would work much like Obamacare, which passed with few details but gave agencies like Health and Human Services a blank check to write regulations. One of the incentives it may use to keep businesses in line is favoritism in awarding federal contracts—businesses that met the government’s cybersecurity standards could be moved to the head of the line.
Heritage visiting fellow Paul Rosenzweig will explain in a new Issue Brief due out tomorrow that “this order will likely be very significant and very costly while not providing important cybersecurity solutions, such as effective information sharing.”
How much will it cost businesses to comply with all these new (yet perpetually outdated) regulations?
We don’t know.
Will the standards be voluntary or mandatory?
Also unknown.
Can companies share information about
Do You Trust the Government with Your Computer?
Amy PayneNovember 14, 2012 at 8:42 am(7)
Do you trust the federal government to keep your personal data safe? What about your business’s records and trade secrets?
If you answered “no,” you have good reason—the federal government has had 13 breaches and failures of its own cybersecurity just in the last six months.
Yet the President and his allies in the Senate are pushing forward to regulate America’s cyber-doings, without any clues about how much this will cost us or how it will work.
It’s become the norm with this President—if Congress fails to accomplish his objectives, he goes around it with executive orders and federal regulations. He’s doing it again. Congress did not pass the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 before the election, so the President has issued a draft of an executive order to put much of that legislation in place without lawmakers voting.
Not to be left behind, though, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) may try to get another vote on the bill before the end of the year—some are saying as soon as this week.
If the idea of cybersecurity—trying to secure all of the country’s sensitive computer networks and data—sounds abstract, that’s because it is. It’s so abstract, in fact, that the legislation and executive order our leaders are pushing offer few details about what they would actually do, other than piling more confusing regulations onto businesses.
When you think about it, the idea of the federal government trying to be on the cutting edge of technological security is pretty laughable. As Heritage’s David Inserra notes:
Simply put, government regulations usually take 24–36 month to complete, but the power of computers doubles every 18–24 months. This means that any standards developed will be written for threats that are two or three computer generations old.
A federal government that stays hopelessly behind the curve and can’t even secure its own networks doesn’t exactly inspire confidence. But oh, it can regulate!
The President’s executive order would give multiple federal agencies new power to regulate businesses. It would work much like Obamacare, which passed with few details but gave agencies like Health and Human Services a blank check to write regulations. One of the incentives it may use to keep businesses in line is favoritism in awarding federal contracts—businesses that met the government’s cybersecurity standards could be moved to the head of the line.
Heritage visiting fellow Paul Rosenzweig will explain in a new Issue Brief due out tomorrow that “this order will likely be very significant and very costly while not providing important cybersecurity solutions, such as effective information sharing.”
How much will it cost businesses to comply with all these new (yet perpetually outdated) regulations?
We don’t know.
Will the standards be voluntary or mandatory?
Also unknown.
Can companies share information about cyber-threats they have detected, with confidence that their sensitive information will be protected?
No guarantees.
With so many unanswered questions, the executive order—or the legislation—would create massive headaches for businesses and could hinder innovation. Just what the economy needs.
s they have detected, with confidence that their sensitive information will be protected?
No guarantees.
With so many unanswered questions, the executive order—or the legislation—would create massive headaches for businesses and could hinder innovation. Just what the economy needs.
Christie Warns NJ Residents of Post-Storm Tax Hikes
New Jersey residents already pay the highest property taxes in the country, averaging $7,758 per household
We thought it was FREE like Obamacare
By ANGELA DELLI SANTI | Wednesday, Nov 14, 2012 | Updated 8:47 AM EST
Gov. Chris Christie is warning New Jerseyans living in storm-wrecked towns that they’re likely to see higher local property taxes to help pay for rebuilding.
Christie, dressed in a suit and tie and working in the Statehouse for the first time since Sandy ravaged the state two weeks ago, said an exemption to the state’s 2 percent tax cap law is emergencies like Sandy, which destroyed coastal towns, knocked out rail service and left 2.7 million households in the dark. While municipalities can expect federal reimbursement for most storm-related cleanup costs, residents will most likely foot the bill for rebuilding.
“It’s got to be paid for,” Christie said at a post-storm briefing Tuesday. “No one’s ever happy with higher taxes. But the fact is, what annoys people more than anything else is waste. As long as they know that their money’s being spent in a way that’s helping bring the town back to life, I think people will understand.”
Watch what you search for Big Brother is watching Google: Surveillance ‘is on the rise’
By Jennifer Martinez – 11/13/12 01:50 PM ET
Google received more requests from the U.S. government to hand over user data during the first half of this year than from any other country, according to the search company’s biannual “Transparency Report” released on Tuesday.
From January to June, Google received nearly 8,000 requests for user data from the U.S. government. The search company said it “fully or partially” compiled with roughly 90 percent of them. That’s up from the 5,950 requests for user data that Google received from the U.S. government during the same period a year ago.
More than 16,000 Google accounts were specified in the U.S. government’s user data requests, according to the report.
DOE cheating investigation implicates two more schools
The state Department of Education’s year-long investigation into testing irregularities in a handful of public schools in 2010 and 2011 has leveled serious accusations against two more institutions, including a Newark charter founded by one of the state’s preeminent power brokers.
Christie Administration Extends Initiatives to Boost Retailer Access to Supplies of Gasoline and Diesel Fuel
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Trenton, NJ – Today, the Christie Administration extended two initiatives aimed at increasing access to fuel supplies by New Jerseys fuel retailers. Governor Christie signed Executive Order 115, extending the action taken in Executive Order 110 on November 4 to ease restrictions on fuel sales in New Jersey, removing limitations on the source of fuel particular and branded fuel retailers are allowed to sell.
A copy of Executive Order 115 [pdf 10kB]
Treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff signed an Administrative Order extending from November 7 to November 21 an emergency waiver that allows all fuel merchants to buy fuel from out-of-state suppliers, a measure that will help ensure that New Jersey drivers and truckers continue to have the fuel they need to speed recovery from Hurricane Sandy.
“Fuel merchants say the suspension of the licensing requirement has been a powerful tool for boosting gasoline and diesel supplies to the State’s service stations,” Treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff said. “Continuing this waiver will maintain the rapid progress that New Jersey has made in restoring its fuel network to normal operation.”
This is the second time the waiver has been extended. The original deadline, which was November 7, was extended last week to November 14. When the waiver wasn’t in effect, merchants not licensed to import fuel couldn’t legally buy gasoline and diesel fuel from out of state and import it. The waiver has helped ease storm-related fuel shortages by allowing all merchants temporarily to buy fuel from out of state for their New Jersey customers.
Fuel merchants who buy fuel from out of state who aren’t currently licensed importers must document their purchases and pay required New Jersey taxes. Fuel merchants who import must fill out form MFA-12 available at the following link to register their purchases and calculate taxes: https://www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/pdf/other_forms/motorfuel/mfa12.pdf .
Any questions on the Administrative Order can be addressed to the New Jersey Division of Taxation at (609) 633-8536, or sent to the e-mail address fuel.tax@treas.state.nj.us.
Hundreds of thousands of cars and trucks were flooded, partially or completely, by the monster of a storm known as Sandy that made landfall in New Jersey late last month. Unfortunately, you could be an owner of one of those flood-damaged vehicles someday.
CARFAX, a provider of vehicle history information, issued a warning to used car buyers and sellers – watch out for flooded cars that are cleaned up and resold. (Flammia, 101.5FM)
Montclair State University Mad college professor claims nobody murdered by Stalin
Dr. Grover Furr is an English professor at Montclair State Universit Soviet mass murder denier
Dr. Grover Furr is an English professor at Montclair State University. He is actively engaged in concealing the murder of 150 million citizens by Stalin and other communists. How an accessory to genocide like him is permitted to teach at any American University is evidence of the successful Marxist takeover of academia.
The above exchange occurred on October 25th, 2012 at that university. For an excellent review of two recent books describing Stalin’s murders, see:
New Jersey Choral Society presents “Ring Out, Celestial Spheres”
Bergen and Essex Counties – The New Jersey Choral Society kicks off its 2012/13 season with
“Ring Out, Celestial Spheres,” a joyous holiday concert with inspiration for the season of light. This concert will be presented on Saturday, December 1 at 8:00 pm and Sunday, December 2 at 3:00 pm at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, 30 North Fullerton Ave., Montclair.
A third performance will be presented on Sunday, December 9 at 5:00 pm at the West Side Presbyterian Church, 6 South Monroe St., Ridgewood.
The program, under the direction of dynamic conductor Eric Dale Knapp, features inspirational holiday music such as “O Magnum Mysterium” by Morten Lauridsen, William Walton’s magnificent “Coronation Te Deum” composed for Queen Elizabeth II, David Hamilton’s
uplifting hymn “Gloria,” and “Ring Out, Ye Crystal Spheres” by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Several popular carols will also be featured including “Christmas Day” and “In the BleakMidwinter” by Gustav Holst, Mendelssohn’s anthem “There Shall a Star Come Out of
Jacob,” “Star Carol” and “Joy to the World” by Rutter and “Hark the Herald Angels Sing.” Linda Sweetman-Waters will accompany NJCS on the organ.
Come one hour prior to concert time for The Inside Line, a complimentary lecture that provides an insightful and intimate discussion of the music for all ticket holders.
Tickets are $25.00 for general admission, $22.00 for students, seniors, and patrons with disabilities, and $12 for children 12 and under (add $5.00 at the door). Group discounts are also available. For reservations or more information, visit https://www.njcs.org or call the New Jersey
Choral Society at (201) 379-7719.
In support of the Center for Food Action, the New Jersey Choral Society will be collecting nonperishable food items at each concert. The Church of the Immaculate Conception and West Side Presbyterian Church are both wheelchair accessible. Funding has been made possible in part
by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.
Petitions to secede are filed for 23 states since election
By Valerie Richardson-The Washington Times Monday, November 12, 2012
DENVER — It’s traditional for Americans to threaten to move to France or Canada when their candidate loses, but this year some disappointed voters are implementing a different plan.
In the wake of the Nov. 6 election, petitions seeking to secede from the union have been filed on behalf of 23 states on the White House website, https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petitions. Most of the petitions contain the same wording and ask to withdraw “peacefully” from the United States in order to form independent governments.
Critics describe the effort as a bit of an overreaction. “Anyone who wants their state to secede from the union is someone whose brain has already seceded from their body,” said John Andrews, director of the conservative Centennial Institute at Colorado Christian University.
Still, the White House may have to take the requests seriously. According to the website, any petition receiving 25,000 online “signatures” on the “We the People” page within 30 days of posting will receive a review by the appropriate executive department and a response from a White House staffer.
As of Monday, the Texas petition had already exceeded the 25,000-signature threshold, and the Louisiana petition was fast approaching the cutoff with more than 18,000 signatures. Most of the petitions were posted online Nov. 10, which means they have until Dec. 10 to qualify for a response.
Read more: Petitions to secede are filed for 23 states since election – Washington Times https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/nov/12/petitions-to-secede-are-filed-for-23-states-since-/#ixzz2CCGuRU5R
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The federal government’s flood insurance program is running out of money
WASHINGTON — The federal government’s flood insurance program, which fell $18 billion into debt after Hurricane Katrina, is once again at risk of running out of money as the daunting reconstruction from Hurricane Sandy gets under way.
Early estimates suggest that Hurricane Sandy will rank as the nation’s second-worst storm for claims paid out by the National Flood Insurance Program. With 115,000 new claims submitted and thousands more being filed each day, the cost could reach $7 billion at a time when the program is allowed, by law, to add only an additional $3 billion to its onerous debt. (Lipton/Barringer/Walsh, N.Y. Times)
New Viaje and Hedley Grange In Stock at Tobacco Shop of Ridgewood
Now in stock at
The Tobacco Shop of Ridgewood
New Viaje Cigars
Oro Reserva VOR No. 5
(#2 Cigar of the Year 2010)
Platino Reserva VPR No. 6
Skull and Bones M?stery
Skull and Bones M?stery BP
Skull and Bones M?stery Vintage
New From Crowned Heads:
Headley Grange
Headley Grange was blended by E.P. Carrillo for
Jon Huber of Crowned Heads. The blend was based off of
the drum tracks from the Led Zeppelin song “When the
Levee Breaks” which was recorded in a building named
“Headley Grange”.
Only 1,000 boxes were made
for the 2012 release in one size: 5½ x 52
~Gary, Barbara and Collin
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