Month: May 2013

photo by Boyd Loving

GRAYDON POOL MEMBERSHIPS NOW ON SALE

The Village Council and the Ridgewood Department of Parks and Recreation are excited to announce memberships are now on sale for the upcoming summer season and all are invited to join the Graydon Pool facility as season members for the 2013 summer season. Come enjoy fun in the sun so close to home! Opening day is Saturday, June 1st.

Pool features include a shaded playground, water play fountains, shade kites, Adirondack chairs, picnic area, sheltered pavilion, charcoal grills, and The Water’s Edge Café. Additional amenities include a lending library of reading books, volleyball, basketball, ping-pong tables, shuffleboard, four-squares and hop-scotch. Special programs include “Storytime Under a Tree” for the little ones and swim instruction for children and adults, as well as an adaptive swim class. The Graydon Swim Team welcomes youth members, ages 8 to 14.

Resident fees are $110 per adult, $100 per child (ages 2 through 15) and $20 for seniors (62 and older). Non-resident adults will be charged $175 and children, ages 2 through 15, will be charged $155 for the13 week season.

Badges are now on sale and can be purchased from the comfort of home on Community Pass at www.ridgewoodnj.net/communitypass (Visa and MasterCard are accepted). In person registration assistance will be available Saturdays, May 11 and May 18, 10:00 am to 12 noon, at the Graydon Pool Badge Office, 259 North Maple Avenue. Badges may be purchased daily throughout the operating season, June 1st through Septemer 2nd.

Details are available at www.ridgewoodnj.net/graydon or you may call the Recreation Office at 201-670-5560 with any questions or if special accommodations are needed.

2013 SEASON

Saturday, June 1 – Monday, September 2
Daily – 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Holiday – July 4th, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Moments leading to fatal FBI shooting in Orlando still unclear
Posted: May 23, 2013 7:34 AM EDT Updated: May 23, 2013 9:52 AM EDT

An FBI incident review team from Washington, D.C., is in Orlando today, a day after a Russian man who knew Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was shot dead by an agent.

Federal and Central Florida law enforcement agencies are still collecting and processing evidence from the shooting scene at a condominium complex on Peregrine Avenue, near Kirkman Road and Universal Orlando, where Ibragim Todashev was shot early Wednesday.

Initially, FBI officials said Todashev, 27, became violent and lunged at an agent with a knife while he was being questioned about Tsarnaev and an unsolved 2011 triple murder in the Boston suburb of Waltham. The agent, acting on an “imminent threat,” then shot Todashev, they said.

However, later in the day, some of those officials had backed off that preliminary account, and it’s no longer clear what happened in the moments before the fatal shooting, The Associated Press reported.

Read more: https://www.myfoxorlando.com/story/22403812/fbi-shooting-orlando-moments-before-fatal-shooting-of-ibragim-todashev-still-unclear#ixzz2UCTE9vsZ

Mr. Rogers’s opinion that as long as Councilman Riche does not participate in any vote, there is no issue or problem with his company having the contract

Taken verbatim from the official meeting minutes of VOR Council on 6/13/2012:

THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION, NUMBERED 12-163, WAS CONSIDERED SEPARATELY AND READ IN FULL:

Prior to the vote on Resolution #12-163, Mayor Killion asked Mr. Rogers to explain it to the public. Mr. Rogers said that Councilman Riche brought this to his attention before it became an agenda item. The State contract for the materials and supplies to be purchased is owned by EXTEL Communications, which is Councilman Riche’s company. Therefore, the question is whether this will be an issue for Councilman Riche to participate in these discussions, and if there is an issue with his company being awarded the contract. Mr. Rogers pointed out that this often happens in the State, and as long as Councilman Riche does not participate in any vote on this matter, the State finds no ethical problem or concern with the fact that Councilman Riche’s company has the State contract. Mr. Rogers also checked with the Department of Community Affairs (DCA), as well as the Local Government Ethics Law, and they both concur with Mr. Roger’s opinion in this matter. Therefore, it is Mr. Rogers’s opinion that as long as Councilman Riche does not participate in any vote, there is no issue or problem with his company having the contract, or with the Village awarding this contract to his company.
Councilman Aronsohn said it is his understanding that not only is there no issue regarding Councilman Riche’s company, but that the equipment is badly needed in the Village. Mr. Rogers agreed. Dr. Gabbert also noted that the Village has been in a bit of a bind for the last couple of years because the Village could not utilize the State contract that every other municipality has been able to use, which has forced the Village to solicit other vendors, including some from out of state.

FOR THE RECORD, MR. ARONSOHN VOTED YES TO THE ABOVE RESOLUTION.

Reader says , Mayor Aronsohn , yet another ill conceived attack that’s blown up in your face

Well Paul, yet another ill conceived attack that’s blown up in your face. Even your buddy at Paul’s Patch couldn’t write a story with a slant in your favor.

He tried, but he got caught big time by several of his readers. I guess this just hasn’t been a good week for you, with Andy Maguire back in town and getting ready to run for the congressional seat you so badly want. When it rains, it pours.

Even an umbrella and boots won’t help you now.

Aronsohn, Hauck and Pucciarelli attack on Councilmen Richie Backfires

Reader sayas , To take a quote from the movie Tropic Thunder , “Here we go again, again”

Aronsohn, Hauck and Pucciarelli just can’t help themselves. Once again, gang land tactics with Aronosohn, Pucc and Hauck tag teaming Riche and once again the intended target stayed calm.

Watching in disbelief all I could think was that these three are not nice people. Hauck outright accuses Riche of wrong doing and then when members of the public stand up in protest she blubbers some ridiculous statement to the contrary.

It don’t work that way Hauck. Pucciarelli makes some crazy statement about being in a bunker and out of contact for days. I’m sorry then why didn’t he call Riche and ask him about it and find out the particulars. No instead like the arrogant asshole he is, he castigates him in public.

And Aronsohn, I’d like to know how we can impeach this moron. Ridgewood has sunk to a new low and it’s sad. Thank you Councilman Riche for your service. Thank you for keeping the Village safe. Thank you for behaving like a civilized human being.

Ridgewood councilman pulls business with village
Thursday May 23, 2013, 7:40 PM
BY  DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News

Ridgewood Councilman Tom Riche abruptly pulled his private telecommunications company from any future dealings with the village after he was pressed by his governing colleagues Wednesday night over an $8,000 payment discrepancy.

An anonymous letter sent last week to Mayor Paul Aronsohn alleged that Riche’s firm, North Haledon-based Extel Communications, was paid more than an approved amount by the Village of Ridgewood for services last year. The previous Village Council awarded a contract via resolution to Extel under state contract on June 13, 2012, for communications maintenance, repairs and upgrades in an amount not to exceed $24,000.

The contract was projected to include phone and software upgrades to the Toshiba systems at Village Hall, the water department and fire department headquarters. Extel is the only dealer listed on the approved state contract vendor list for Toshiba systems.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/208743801_Ridgewood_councilman_pulls_business_with_village.html

Holder OK’d search warrant for Fox News reporter’s private emails, official says
By Michael Isikoff
National Investigative Correspondent, NBC News

Attorney General Eric Holder signed off on a controversial search warrant that identified Fox News reporter James Rosen as a “possible co-conspirator” in violations of the Espionage Act and authorized seizure of his private emails, a law enforcement official told NBC News on Thursday.

The disclosure of the attorney general’s role came as President Barack Obama, in a major speech on his counterterrorism policy, said Holder had agreed to review Justice Department guidelines governing investigations that involve journalists.

https://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/23/18451142-holder-okd-search-warrant-for-fox-news-reporters-private-emails-official-says?lite

Valley experts reiterate homes won’t be affected by expansion
Thursday, May 23, 2013    Last updated: Thursday May 23, 2013, 7:52 AM
BY  BARBARA WILLIAMS
STAFF WRITER
The Record

RIDGEWOOD — A homeowner living near The Valley Hospital isn’t buying an expert’s statement that her 100-year-old house is done settling and won’t be affected by proposed construction that would more than double the size of the hospital.

The project would require nearly 11,250 trucks to cart out about 170,000 cubic yards of soil and rock while up to 300,000 gallons of water would be pumped out of the area daily, said Moustafa Gouda, director of Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering Services at Maser Consulting in Red Bank, at the Planning Board meeting Monday night.

Gouda, who was hired by the hospital, said Valley will “control the blasting and dewatering and there’ll be no adverse effects to the homes.”

https://www.northjersey.com/news/208612881_Valley_experts_say_homes_won_t_be_affected_by_expansion.html

Study: Women 40 Percent More Likely To Develop Mental Illness Than Men
May 23, 2013 9:40 AM

ATLANTA (CBS ATLANTA) – There is a gender gap for mental illness, with females being up to 40 percent more likely to develop some type of mental health condition than their male counterparts.

A new study to be published by Oxford University Press finds that women are nearly 75 percent more likely than men to have suffered from depression, and approximately 60 percent more likely to report an anxiety disorder.

The U.K. study was led by Dr. Daniel Freeman, who said his latest research set to appear in the book, “The Stressed Sex: Uncovering the Truth about Men, Women and Mental Health,” sets out to answer a simple but crucial question: are rates of psychological disorder different between men and women?

https://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2013/05/23/study-women-40-percent-more-likely-to-develop-mental-illness-than-men/

Ridgewood Arts Council Pop Up Gallery Friday May 31st
May 23,2013

Ridgewood NJ , Ridgewood Arts Council will host a reception Friday May 31st, 7-10pm at 31 North Broad Street RSVP ridgewoodartscouncil@gmail.com  by May 24th

The Ridgewood Guild is proud to be the parent organization of the Ridgewood Arts Council. This new organization was formed to promote all forms of art .

Painters, Photographers, Musicans, Film and Digital Media creators, writers, and all other creatives can see this organization as a new home and form of support in our town.

We look forward to presenting many exciting events in the future celebrating and promoting both our creative residents and our wonderful town.