>Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce asks Village Council to move the tree lighting ceremony back to the train station
Chamber asks to move tree back to train station
Friday, September 17, 2010
BY MICHAEL SEDON
The Ridgewood News
STAFF WRITER
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Members of the Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce have asked the Village Council to move the tree lighting ceremony back to the train station, sparking questions from one council member and prompting the mayor to call for resident input.
Chamber officials said they raised about $7,500 in three hours Wednesday afternoon to finance the expenses associated with cutting down, transporting and putting up a large evergreen tree in the original spot at the train station, where the tree lighting took place up until two years ago. In 2008, the council made the decision to plant a live tree near the back of Van Neste Square Memorial Park and use that for the annual holiday celebration.
“This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Chamber of Commerce tree lighting ceremony,” said Paul Vagianos, a Chamber board of directors member and business owner speaking as the “voice” of the issue. “As you know, for more than two decades the tree had been located at the train station. We think it’s a good idea to bring the tree home.”
The council would have to include the item on the agenda for its next work session on Sept. 22, and Mayor Keith Killion asked anyone interested in voicing their opinion to contact council members.
“If anybody is listening, please e-mail us … what you feel, because we need the input,” Killion said. “I don’t know any other way of doing it other than sending an e-mail to all of us at the village website so we can get the public reaction.”
The village website, which lists e-mail addresses for council members, is ridgewoodnj.net.
more:
http://www.northjersey.com/news/103113484_Chamber_asks_to_move_tree_back_to_train_station.html
Keith D. Killion kkillion@ridgewoodnj.net
Thomas M. Riche triche@ridgewoodnj.net
Paul Aronsohn paronsohn@ridgewoodnj.net
Bernadette Walsh bwalsh@ridgewoodnj.net
Contact Information:
Phone: (201) 670-5510
Fax: (201) 652-7623
