Month: February 2013

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Village Council Special Public Meeting on Budget – Monday, February 25

MEETING NOTICE

VILLAGE COUNCIL

Report of the Finance Advisory Committee (TIGER TEAM) https://mods.ridgewoodnj.net/pdf/manager/2013FinancialAdvisoryReportFINAL.pdf …

Pursuant to the requirements of the Open Public Meetings Act,

Chapter 231, P.L. 1975, notice is hereby given that the Village

Council will hold a Special Public Meeting on Monday, February 25, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. in the Court Room (not the Caucus Room, as previously noticed) of the Ridgewood Village Hall, 131 North Maple Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ.

The purpose of this Special Public Meeting is to discuss and review the 2013 Annual Budget with various Department Directors.

Formal action may be taken by the Village Council at this Special Public Meeting.

All public meetings of the Ridgewood Village Council (Public Work Sessions, Public Meetings, and Special Public Meetings) are always open to members of the general public.

 

Time running out for the Village ?

Planning Board Public Meeting – February 28, 2013 in Ridgewood Public Library

PLANNING BOARD

AMENDMENT TO MEETING SCHEDULE

Work Session & Public Meeting: Thursday, February 28, 2013

In accordance with the provisions of the “Open Public Meetings Act,” please be advised that the Planning Board has scheduled a special public meeting and work session for THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2013, in the RIDGEWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY AUDITORIUM, 125 NORTH MAPLE AVENUE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ beginning at 7:30 p.m.

The Board may take official action during this Work and Public Meeting at which time the Board will have continued discussion regarding multi-family housing and mixed-use developments in and near the CBD.

All meetings of the Ridgewood Planning Board (i.e., official public meetings, work session meetings, pre-meeting assemblies and special meetings) are public meetings which are always open to members of the general public.

Seeking Residents to Volunteer to Serve on the Planning Board – Deadline February 20

The Village Council is also  looking for residents who are interested in volunteering to serve on the Planning Board.

The Planning Board reviews site plans and subdivision applications; prepares, adopts, and amends the Master Plan; and makes recommendations to the Village Council regarding amendments to developmental regulations and the official map.

All interested residents should fill out a Citizen Volunteer Leadership form (found on the Village website under “Forms”), and send it along with a cover letter and a biography or resume to:

Heather Mailander

Village Clerk

Village of Ridgewood

131 North Maple Ave.

Ridgewood, NJ 07451

Deadline for submissions is February 20, 2013

Flooded Paterson library hopes book drive will put city kids on path to literacy
Wednesday February 20, 2013, 10:24 PM
BY  NICK CLUNN
STAFF WRITER
The Record

Cascading floodwaters from Hurricane Irene claimed one of the most cherished institutions on Paterson’s impoverished Northside, the stately two-story branch library on North Main Street and all of its 10,000 books.

Have new or gently-used books you’re not using? Donate them to Paterson children at these drop-off locations.

The building is wrecked, but as the city’s library system readies a smaller replacement, it is teaming up with The Record and Herald News and the libraries of Ridgewood and Fair Lawn on something more — a book drive that aims to give as many Paterson children as possible a book to take home. For many of them, it will be the first book they have ever owned.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/education/books_paterson_children_library.html

Ridgewood REORG ,by Boyd Loving

NJ Voters disapprove of Menendez performance, poll shows

Sen. Menendez, you have some explaining to do.

New Jersey voters disapprove 41 – 36 percent of the job U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez is doing, a 15-point drop in less than a month, and say 44 – 28 percent that he is not honest and trustworthy, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. (PolitickerNJ)

https://www.politickernj.com/63382/voters-disapprove-menendez-performance-poll-shows

Painting by William H Hayes

Valley Purchases State-of the-Art Surgical Imaging System with $1 Million Grant from The Bolger Foundation
February 20, 2013

Ridgewood NJ,  The Valley Hospital is the first and only hospital in northern New Jersey to offer brain and spinal surgery with a state-of-the-art surgical imaging system, purchased through a generous $1 million grant from The Bolger Foundation.

The O-arm® Imaging System is a complete multi-dimensional surgical imaging system that provides detailed, multidimensional images and is optimized for use in spine, orthopaedic and trauma-related surgeries.

During back or spine surgery, precision is everything. O-arm® technology allows the surgeon to view clear, real-time images of the body during surgery.  These images allow the surgeon to see precisely where to place instruments and to make the best decisions during the procedure.  In addition, by integrating O-arm surgical imaging technology with Medtronic’s StealthStation® surgical navigation systems, surgeons are able to perform less invasive procedures and confirm the precision of advanced surgical procedures before the patient leaves the OR.

“I know that the purchase of this new system will greatly enhance the surgical department at The Valley Hospital by enabling the hospital to offer the most advance equipment to patients, which of course only adds to Valley’s end results – outstanding inpatient and outpatient care,” said David Bolger, President of The Bolger Foundation.

photo by Boyd Loving

Ridgewood Police Remind You about Child Safety

New Jersey’s Seat Belt Law: (NJS 39:3-76.2f)

Applies to all passenger vehicles including vans, pickup trucks and SUV’s, that are required to be equipped with seat belts.

Applies to all passengers, who are at least 8 years of age but less than 18 years of age, and each driver and front seat passenger of a passenger automobile, operated on a street or highway. All of these occupants are required to wear a properly adjusted and fastened seat belt system.

On January 18, 2010, legislation was signed into law requiring all occupants to buckle up, regardless of their seating position in a vehicle. A secondary offense, the new law allows police to issue summonses to unbuckled back seat occupants, 18 years of age and older, when the vehicle they are riding in is stopped for another violation. The law,

Makes the driver responsible for proper seat belt use by all occupants who are under the age of 18.

New Jersey’s Child Passenger Law:

Children up to age 8 or 80 pounds must ride in a safety or booster seat in the rear seat of the vehicle. If there is no rear seat, the child must sit in the front seat secured by a child safety seat or booster seat.

Children under age 8 who weigh more than 80 pounds must wear a seat belt anywhere in the vehicle.

Passengers age 8 to 18 (regardless of weight ) must wear a seat belt anywhere inside a vehicle.

Studies show seat belts do save lives and reduce injuries during crashes.

Seat belts work with air bags to protect occupants. Air bags alone are not enough to safeguard occupants.

More than 2,000 unbuckled drivers and front seat passengers died on New Jersey’s roadways in the past 10 years.

Approximately 700 unbuckled drivers and front seat passengers were thrown out of their vehicles during crashes and killed in the past 10 years.

Linemen working in Ridgewood by Boyd Loving

PSE&G Unveils $3.9 billion, 10-Year Proposal to Make NJ “Energy Strong”

Proposal will create 5,800 jobs and reduce the impact of future outages

Customer bills will remain stable – and will be lower than in 2008

When Sandy wreaked its devastation on New Jersey last October and left millions without power, PSE&G was repeatedly asked what it was going to do to prevent outages in the face of increasingly extreme weather.

While we can’t prevent storms, we can prepare for them. We put together a plan, called Energy Strong, that makes our system more resilient. We can make long-lasting improvements that will put people to work strengthening infrastructure without asking our customers to pay more.

We can continue to make incremental improvements and repairs to our electric and gas systems as we have always done. Or, we can be truly forward-looking and make more substantial investments that will help our state be better prepared for the next Irene, Sandy or other catastrophic event.

The cost of inaction is just too high for New Jersey businesses and families to bear.  The costs of outages during Sandy caused hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue that will never be recovered. Investments like those PSE&G are proposing could be an economic differentiator for NJ, making the state more economically competitive and better positioned for growth. And, they’re the responsible thing to do.