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Valley’s expansion will face number of Ridgewood regulations.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2011  
BY BARBARA WILLIAMS
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD

RIDGEWOOD — About 22,000 truckloads of soil and bedrock would have to be hauled away from The Valley Hospital site if its plan to expand is approved, according to an expert hired by the village.

To deal with that many construction vehicles, Ridgewood would need to restrict the hours dump trucks can haul excavated soil out of the village and work with the hospital on the traffic routes that will be used, said Christopher Rutishauser, the village engineer.

The 100 daily dump truck trips necessary to remove all the soil and bedrock would have to work around school drop-off and pick-up times, he said.

“There will probably be between 12 and 15 cubic yards per truck — that’s a good amount,” Rutishauser said. “They’ll have to apply for a soil permit from the village and that permit has a lot of conditions.”

https://www.northjersey.com/news/132597843_Ridgewood_engineer_explains_impact_of_Valley_plan.html

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>THOMAS SOWELL :The Media and ‘Bullying’ 
OCTOBER 25, 2011 12:00 A.M.

Privileges are accorded to the minority of the moment.

Back in the 1920s, the intelligentsia on both sides of the Atlantic were loudly protesting the execution of political radicals Sacco and Vanzetti, after what they claimed was an unfair trial. Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote to his young leftist friend Harold Laski, pointing out that there were “a thousand-fold worse cases” involving black defendants, “but the world does not worry over them.”

Holmes said: “I cannot but ask myself why this so much greater interest in red than black.”

To put it bluntly, it was a question of whose ox was gored. That is, what groups were in vogue at the moment among the intelligentsia. Blacks clearly were not.

https://www.nationalreview.com/articles/281153/media-and-bullying-thomas-sowell

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Ridgewood residents clear debris leftover from Irene

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2011
BY KELLY EBBELS
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS

Barbara Ferrante, a member of the Women Gardeners of Ridgewood, was walking her dog with her husband three weeks ago when she came upon a mess at Maple Park: trees and debris lodged between the riverbank and the bridge, roots exposed on the path, silt everywhere.

Concerned, she reached out to her gardening club and to Deputy Director of Parks and Recreation Nancy Bigos, who is a member of the club, to organize an effort to clean up the riverbank.

Last Sunday afternoon was no day off for about 20 Ridgewood residents, who volunteered their time and labor to take on the arduous process of cleaning the area. The effort brought together the Women Gardeners of Ridgewood, the Ridgewood Wildscape Association and the Preserve Graydon Coalition.

“It’s just public-spirited people that have come down here to help,” Ferrante said, rake in hand, as she and the other volunteers busily cleaned up the area with tarps, rakes and ropes. Ferrante’s dog, tied to the wheelbarrow, looked on.

https://www.northjersey.com/recreation/132561578_Ridgewood_residents_clear_debris_leftover_from_Irene.html

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>Super Cellars : starting or maintaining a wine cellar

This week ending October 22, John and company continue to load up for the holiday’s just ahead. Here’s the highlights……

 “When 6pack turn into Wine”

We have a program for those starting or maintaining a wine cellar. Monday we feature wines of a certain standard; collectable, high end, with a history of good numbers, when available, from producers world wide. A fresh selection offered each week. As six-packs, one can build an enviable collection or grow an existing cellar, afford the luxury of tasting as acquired, sample another to monitor development, leaving four bottles for the cellar. The wines are available, as six packs, at a sale price. Great wine, great pricing, great additions to your cellar….a way to collect at a comfortable pace.

Theses Wines will be featured Monday thru Sunday of the current week with a special 6-pack price and will be changed the following Monday. The Special 6 pack price will expire once new wines are put into the group.

Click on the Link or go to the Home Page, www.Supercellars.com

https://www.supercellars.com/r/ItemGroup/Build%20a%20Cellar…6%20pack%20Special?id=qzJCJUIw

CABERNET…..collectables from the 2007 where available, look for Forman, Whitehall Lane, Cade, Howell Mtn, they join Avalon, Mondavi, Joseph Phelps, Oberon, BV’s Napa & Rutherford, Jordan, Liberty School and Mondavi..remember them still good!
Zinfandel…….Getting ready for turkey, start adding a few for the days ahead..or maybe this weekend.. Four vines, Klinker Brick, Predator, a new one from Orin Swift Saldo…very nice, Earthquake, Porque No …now owned by Caymus, and Hartford Court Russian River, rounding it out with Pierano Immortal Zinfandel Old Vines..
PINOT NOIR….Taz…a house favorite, David Bruce, Torii Mor, Elk Cove, and new releases from Ken Wright, Carter & Meridith Mitchel…been following Ken since the 80’s….always good!
REDS TO NOTE…. Peju Cab Franc and David Bruce Petite Sirah Shell Creek….different and good
CHARDONNAY……A few go to types here..Chappellet, Martin Ray, Jordan, Ferrara Carano, Buehler, Clos Du Val and Moro Bay..think the Moro Bay a best value..sur lie aging inexpensive…check it out
VALUE ALERT….This will annoy the net guys but John has done it again…CONUNDRUM…$ 15.99…grab it while we got it!
RHONE…..Perrin family makers of Beaucastel..cote du Rhone, Vacqueras WS90, Gigondas La Gilles WA92, Rasteau WA 90, and a great value Cheauneauf!!!
White Burgundy… Joseph Matrot Bourgogne Blanc, Domain Jacques Prieur Meursalt Clos De Mazeray, Oliver Leflaive Puligny Montrachet AOC, Oliver Leflaive Chassagne Montrachet AOC, Oliver Leflaive Rully 1er cru
Port…..New Additons Taylor Fladgate Quinta De Vargellas, Bogle Petite Sirah Port, Dow Crushed Port, Dow LBV, Dow Trademark Finest Reserve Port
Italy… Renato Ratti….Barbera D’Asti, Barbera, Nebbiolo, Dolcetto, Fonterutoli ,Bertani Secco Valpolicello, Bertani Villa Arvedi Amarone ,Fontanafredda Barbera, Castello del Rampola Chianti…New LOW PRICE..SPECIAL DEAL, Colpetrone Rosso Di Montefalco… NEW LOW PRICE..SPECIAL DEAL, Cantine Povero Roero, Fratelli Povero Roero
375ml… Lageder Pinot Grigio, Alexander Valley Sin Zin, S. Margherita Pinot Grigio, Fonteruta Chianti, Louis Jadot Macon Villages Blanc, Moet Imperial, Taittinger La Francs, Saintsberry Pinot Noir, Saintsberry Chardonnay
Organic: Benziger wines back in stock.., Purato Catarratto/ Pinot Grigio, Purato Nero D’Avola
Kosher: Cantina Gabriele..Chardonnay/ Chianti/ Montepulicano, Gedeon…Cabernet/ Petite Sirah, Manishwitz White Concord/ Blackberry/ Concord..750ml/ 1.5L

John P Gray
“Son”
Patrick & Sons Super Cellars
32 South Broad St
Ridgewood,NJ 07450
(p) 201-444-0012
(f) 201-444-3070
(e) [email protected]

>Don’t tell anyone, but there’s an election in two weeks
Published: Monday, October 24, 2011, 11:29 PM  

The other night, I had a nightmare. I dreamed that there was an election coming up soon in which every seat in the state Legislature was up for grabs. Yet no one was paying attention.

Then I woke up, got my coffee and looked at the calendar. The election’s two weeks from today. That was no dream.
But it may be a nightmare, at least for the New Jersey Republican Party. About this time last year, they were riding high. They had a new Republican governor and they were looking forward to a redistricting process that could give them a fair shot at erasing the dismal memory of the prior decade.
In 2001, the Republicans controlled the state government. Still, they managed to mangle the redistricting process so badly that the Democrats got a map that let them take over both houses of the Legislature.

The GOP didn’t do any better this time around. Perhaps no observer is following the races for 120 seats in 40 legislative districts quite as closely as Patrick Murray of the Monmouth University Polling Institute. I asked Murray if he expects to see the GOP make any major inroads this year.
“Frankly, no,” Murray replied. “It’s as if in April everybody said, ‘Let’s call off the election and everybody can keep their seats.’ ”

April was when the redistricting commission met, setting new legislative districts based on the 2010 U.S. Census. The commission was made up of an equal number of Democrats and Republicans. The deciding vote went to an arbiter chosen by the chief justice after he received nominations from both parties. The Democrats submitted the name of Rutgers professor Alan Rosenthal — and so did the Republicans.

https://blog.nj.com/njv_paul_mulshine/2011/10/dont_tell_anyone_but_theres_an.html

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>Valley Hospital expansion requires major excavation, geological expert says at Ridgewood hearing

MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2011  
BY BARBARA WILLIAMS
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD

RIDGEWOOD — Dump trucks will make thousands of trips to cart off excavated bedrock and soil if The Valley Hospital doubles in size, a geological expert told the Village Council on Monday night.

A half-million gallons of water a day would also have to be removed from the site, Laurence Keller, from Whitestone Associates Inc., told about 75 people who attended the council hearing at Ridgewood High School.

But projects similar in size to Valley’s expansion plan “have been done before and can be done here,” Keller added. “It’s just challenging.”

Keller, who was hired by the village, estimated that it will take more than a dozen trucks an hour, eight hours a day over more than nine months to remove the excavated bedrock and soil. Home foundations in the area may crack, he said, and there may be a change in the area’s aquifer. Nearby residents may be exposed to loud noise over an extended period of time, he added.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/Valley_Hospital_expansion_would_require_extensive_excavation_geologist_says_at_hearing.html

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