Month: December 2012

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Winter Weather Advisory

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Winter Weather Advisory

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
415 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012

…SNOW AND ICE EXPECTED LATE TODAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING…

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 AM EST THURSDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND ICE…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY.

* LOCATIONS…NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT…AS
WELL AS WESTERN BERGEN COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY…AND ROCKLAND AND
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK.

* HAZARD TYPES…SNOW AND ICE LATE TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 4 INCHES…ALONG WITH
AROUND A TRACE TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE.

* WINDS…EAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES…IN THE LOWER 30S THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT.

* VISIBILITIES…ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS…SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS
TRAVEL LATE TODAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. IN
ADDITION…STRONG WINDS COULD DOWN SNOW AND ICE COVERED TREE
LIMBS…POWER LINES AND HOLIDAY DECORATIONS…AND CA– USE MINOR
PROPERTY DAMAGE. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CA– USE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND — USE CAUTION WHILE

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New Jersey Town Plans to Place Armed Guards in Schools

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New Jersey Town Plans to Place Armed Guards in Schools
The mayor of Marlboro Township in New Jersey said Friday there would be armed security guards at the district’s nine schools starting in January
By Andrew Siff |  Saturday, Dec 22, 2012  |  Updated 11:02 AM EST

On the same day the National Rifle Association spoke publicly for the first time since last week’s elementary school massacre in Connecticut, one local school district announced plans to place armed police officers in every school.

The mayor of Marlboro Township in New Jersey said Friday there would be armed security guards at the district’s nine schools starting in January.

“This is not such a major change– we’re not putting in SWAT teams,” said Mayor Jon Hornik.

Hornik, who  has three school-aged children, told NBC 4 New York he was still shaken from the Newtown shooting, and he “hasn’t stopped hugging” his five-year-old.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/marlboro-new-jersey-armed-guards-schools-newtown-nra-reaction-184514471.html

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West Side Presbyterian Church : Christmas Services

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West Side Presbyterian Church : Christmas Services

West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, NJ, Church, Presbyterian.
6 South Monroe Street,, Ridgewood, NJ
(201) 652-1966

Christmas Eve, Monday, December 24, 2012
4:00 p.m. Traditional Christmas Eve
Service of Lessons and Carols
Youth and Senior High Choirs, handbells, and brass;
prelude begins at 3:45 p.m.
10:00 p.m. Sacrament of Holy Communion;
Chancel Choir, handbells, strings;
prelude begins at 9:45 p.m.

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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church: CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE 2012

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CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE 2012

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
Parish Penance Service, Wednesday, December 19th – 7:30pm
Confessions, Saturday, December 22nd 1-3pm
NO CONFESSIONS CHRISTMAS EVE

MASS SCHEDULE CHRISTMAS EVE
Monday, December 24th
4:00pm in Church
4:00pm in Auditorium
5:30pm in Church
5:30pm in Auditorium
7:00pm in Church
MIDNIGHT (Carols begin at 11:30pm)

MASS SCHEDULE CHRISTMAS DAY
Tuesday, December 25th
8:00am
9:30am
11:00am
12:30pm
12:30pm Spanish in Auditorium
THERE IS NO 6:30PM MASS ON CHRISTMAS DAY

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CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Christmas Services

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CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
105 Cottage Place
RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
201-652-2350

Christmas Eve Worship:   4 pm Eucharist with Pageant. All children are invited to participate.

                                       10 pm Solemn Mass (music, incense, candlelight)

Christmas Day:                10 am Holy Eucharist with carols

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Study: Facebook Could Cause Obesity no coloration found by reading the Ridgewood blog

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Study: Facebook Could Cause Obesity no coloration found by reading the Ridgewood blog
December 23, 2012 11:46 AM

ATLANTA (CBS Atlanta) – Researchers at Columbia University have learned that using Facebook may be tied to obesity, due to the negative eating habits that could result from frequent visitation of social networking sites.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, obesity is a problem for approximately 35 percent of all American adults – a number that is reportedly rising with each passing year.

The study, led by Keith Wilcox, Ph.D., surveyed almost 500 people about their Internet use, specifically as it pertained to Facebook, Men’s Health is reporting.

Of the 470 participants asked, those who used Facebook the most had reportedly higher body mass indexes than those who were not as frequently engaged.

Researchers additionally learned that binge eating was commonly associated with high involvement with the social networking site.

https://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2012/12/23/study-facebook-could-cause-obesity/

 

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Clearview’s Warner Quad Movie Time

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Clearview’s Warner Quad Movie Time
190 East Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ – (201) 444-1234

Jack Reacher
‎2hr 10min‎‎ – Rated PG-13‎‎ – Drama‎ – Trailer – IMDb
‎1:15‎  ‎4:15‎  ‎7:15‎  ‎10:00pm‎
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
‎2hr 46min‎‎ – Rated PG-13‎‎ – Action/Adventure/Scifi/Fantasy‎ – Trailer – IMDb – : Rated 0.0 out of 5.0
‎11:15am‎
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in 3D
‎2hr 46min‎‎ – Rated PG-13‎‎ – Action/Adventure/Scifi/Fantasy‎ – Trailer – IMDb – : Rated 0.0 out of 5.0
‎2:45‎  ‎6:15‎  ‎9:45pm‎
Monsters, Inc. 3D
‎1hr 32min‎‎ – Rated G‎‎ – Animation‎ – Trailer – IMDb – : Rated 4.8 out of 5.0
‎2:00‎  ‎4:30‎  ‎6:45‎  ‎9:45pm‎
Parental Guidance
‎1hr 44min‎‎ – Rated PG‎‎ – Comedy‎ – Trailer – IMDb
‎12:15‎  ‎2:15‎  ‎5:00‎  ‎7:30‎  ‎9:50pm‎
Monsters, Inc.
‎1hr 32min‎‎ – Rated G‎‎ – Family/Comedy‎ – Trailer – IMDb – : Rated 4.8 out of 5.0
‎11:45am‎

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Village of Ridgewood Boards and Meetings

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Village of Ridgewood Boards and Meeting 

01/08/13 7:30PM Board of Adjustment Public Meeting
01/09/13 7:30PM Village Council Public Work Session
01/15/13 7:30PM Planning Board Public Meeting
01/16/13 8:00PM Village Council Public Meeting
01/22/13 7:30PM Board of Adjustment Public Meeting
01/30/13 7:30PM Village Council Public Work Session

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Heat Your Home for Less Money this Winter

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Heat Your Home for Less Money this Winter

by Andrea Murad
Published December 21, 2012
FOXBusiness

With many professionals forecasting this winter to be colder than last year, homeowners are going to be feeling the heat on their utility bills.

When the reading on the thermometer drops outside, many dwellers rush to increase the temperature in their homes, which can push energy bills to budget-busting levels. But there are certain home maintenance steps that can help you stay warm and toasty during the cold winter months without pushing up your heating costs.

“There’s a lot of little things you can do to increase the heating efficiency [of your house],” says home improvement expert Bob Vila. Whether it’s a do-it-yourself home improvement project or upgrading appliances, here are expert tips to keep your heating bills low and your home warm and safe.

Read more: https://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2012/12/21/heat-your-home-for-less-money-this-winter/#ixzz2FxkCPTO5

 

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Financial planners: How to survive fiscal cliff

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Financial planners: How to survive fiscal cliff
By Blake Ellis @CNNMoney December 23, 2012: 10:26 AM E
NEW YORK (CNNMoney)

As Congress struggles to avert the fiscal cliff and its tax increases, financial planners are being peppered with questions from confused, worried or angry clients.

Their advice: Prepare for the worst but don’t panic.

Fiscal cliff quiz: How much will taxes go up?

“We’re doing a lot of hand holding,” said Lynn Ballou, Certified Financial Planner and managing partner at Ballou Plum Wealth Advisors. “Clients were really hopeful that Congress would set aside its differences and come to a decision, so most people don’t actually know what it’s going to mean to them if they go over the fiscal cliff. They’re concerned but they’re also just mad.”

Here are a few questions advisers have been fielding from their clients.

1. What’s going to happen to my money if we go over the fiscal cliff?

If the fiscal cliff isn’t avoided, tax rates on income, estates, gifts, capital gains and dividends will increase, and a number of tax breaks will expire.
The average household will face a total tax increase of $3,500, according to the Tax Policy Center.

https://money.cnn.com/2012/12/23/pf/taxes/financial-planner-fiscal-cliff/index.html?iid=SF_PF_Lead

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Why the U.S. Won’t Lose its ‘AAA’ Rating…Yet

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Why the U.S. Won’t Lose its ‘AAA’ Rating…Yet
Published December 21, 2012
Reuters

The stalled progress in the Washington budget battle may be rattling markets but the gridlock among policymakers will not move the rating agencies to downgrade the United States – yet.

The U.S. credit rating is far from safe. All three major agencies have negative outlooks on the United States, which suffered its first downgrade in history last year when Standard & Poor’s stripped it of its triple-A rating.

But the fiscal cliff is only one event in a series of issues that will see ratings agencies looming over Washington for months.

Investors sold off riskier assets such as stocks on Friday and scooped up safe-havens such as the dollar and U.S. Treasuries after Republican Representative John Boehner failed to find enough support from his own party to push a measure raising taxes on millionaires through the House of Representatives.

With Boehner’s leadership as speaker of the House on the line, markets worry he can’t get any tax plan through Congress at all – much less the stricter terms Obama wants in what’s becoming the latest drawn-out political budget debacle.

Read more: https://www.foxbusiness.com/government/2012/12/21/why-us-wont-lose-its-aaa-ratingyet/#ixzz2FxjFZ7DD

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Lawmakers: We’re Likely to Go Over the ‘Fiscal Cliff’

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Lawmakers: We’re Likely to Go Over the ‘Fiscal Cliff’

Top U.S. lawmakers voiced rising fear on Sunday that the country would go over “the fiscal cliff” in nine days, triggering harsh spending cuts and tax hikes, and some Republicans charged that was President Barack Obama’s goal.

“It’s the first time that I feel it’s more likely that we will go over the cliff than not,” Senator Joe Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut, said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“If we allow that to happen it will be the most colossal consequential act of congressional irresponsibility in a long time, maybe ever in American history,” Lieberman added.

https://www.cnbc.com/id/100337304

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Elf’ gives inside look at Winterfest

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Elf’ gives inside look at Winterfest
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2012
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS

I was the student. She was the master.

Last Friday, in preparation for my role as an elf at the Ridgewood Guild’s Winterfest on Dec. 15, I had to call resident Barbara Kiernan.

Kiernan, according to Ridgewood Guild President Tony Damiano, is the premier elf of the three-year-old community event.

Gracious enough to allow me to be an elf and write about it, Damiano spoke gratefully of Kiernan, a member of the Guild’s advisory board, who even made her own elf costume.

“She is like the Energizer Bunny. She has so much energy,” he said. “Her heart and soul is in whatever she does.”

Damiano noted that the event, which took place the past two Saturday afternoons in Van Neste Square, is held to promote downtown shopping and dining and complement the Downtown for the Holidays celebration sponsored by the Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce.

https://www.northjersey.com/community/184378451__Elf__gives_inside_look_at_Winterfest.html