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>Pension proposal may be too little too late

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Pension proposal may be too little

Government workers are white-hot angry over a proposal to make them pay more for their pensions and health care. But with the state now facing a $120 billion long-term cost for the unfunded portion of pensions and retiree health benefits, experts say that the measure, expected to be voted on in the full state Senate today, does not go far enough. (Method, Gannett)

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>Assembly looks to reimpose job killing Cap and Trade bill on New Jersey

>Assembly looks to reimpose job killing Cap and Trade bill on New Jersey

Trenton NJ – Governor Christie took the bold step to withdraw New Jersey from RGGI – but now the far left is trying to stop him and keep New Jersey in this job-killing Cap & Trade scheme!

This counter-attack began earlier this week when Assemblymen Upendra Chivikula (D-17) and John McKeon (D-27) introduced a bill and a resolution aimed at keeping New Jersey in RGGI. These measures are an effort to strip Governor Christie of his authority to pull out of RGGI.

This Monday morning at 10:00am, the Senate Environment and Energy Committee led by Bob Smith (D-17) will be trying to do the same.

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>The Ridgewood Fourth of July Celebration Committee is pleased to announce that we have just received 501 (c) 3 status from the IRS.

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The Ridgewood Fourth of July Celebration Committee is pleased to announce that we have just received 501 (c) 3 status from the IRS.

The Ridgewood Fourth of July Celebration Committee is pleased to announce that we have just received 501 (c) 3 status from the IRS.  This means that donations are now fully tax deductible.  Residents whose companies offer matching gifts can double their support.  Our committee will send each donor a letter for their tax records.

It is with great enthusiasm and gratitude that the Ridgewood Fourth of July Celebration Committee recognizes and thanks the following businesses and residents for their role in making it all possible.  Without the generous support from donors like these, our celebration would not happen.  Because of their generous support Ridgewood has one of the best small town Independence Day observations and a Parade that brings 30,000 people into the business district.

Applebee’s; Baumgarts Café; Belmar Spring Water; C.C. Van Emburgh Funeral Home; Columbia Bank; Country Pancake House; Daily Treat Restaurant; Dr. Kevin J. Emery; Fidelity Lodge #113, Free Masons; Hillmann Electric; Home, James LLC; It’s Greek to Me; Susan E. and Edwin P. Kane; Miss Patti’s School of Dance; Dr. Michel Mouravieff; North Jersey Community Bank; Omega Settlement; Park West Tavern; Ridgewood Fire Volunteers; Ridgewood PBA Local 20; Ridgewood Press; Carl Rockermann, DMD; David L. Rutherford, Attorney at Law, Dr. Timothy Santo, Charles and Susan Snyder, Tarvin Realtors, Ulrich, Inc.; Valley Hospital and Washington Elm Post 192.

The Ridgewood Fourth of July Celebration Committee will sponsor its 101st anniversary parade and fireworks on Monday, July 4, 2011. The theme of this year’s celebration is “Celebrate the Constitution”.

It is vital that we have community support.  Please consider helping to “Support the Tradition”.  Because of generous support from the community, we have one of the best small town Independence Day celebrations.  Donations may be made online at www.ridgewoodjuly4th.org or by mailing your check Ridgewood Fourth of July Celebration, Inc., P.O. Box 140, Ridgewood, NJ  07451.  Your donations are now fully tax deductible.

Additional information and answers to many of your questions can be found on the Ridgewood Fourth of July Celebration’s website at www.ridgewoodjuly4th.org.

Thank you for “Supporting the Tradition,”

Margie Downs
President
Ridgewood Fourth of July Celebration Committee

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>Celebrate the Constitution : ~ George Washington, letter to Major General John Sullivan, December 15, 1779

>“A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man, that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of his friends, and that the most liberal professions of good will are very far from being the surest marks of it. I should be happy that my own experience had afforded fewer examples of the little dependence to be placed upon them.”

~ George Washington, letter to Major General John Sullivan, December 15, 1779; “The Writings of George Washington,” [1890] by Worthington Chauncey Ford, Vol. 8, p. 139

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>73% Say Being a Father is Most Important Role for Men in Today’s World

>73% Say Being a Father is Most Important Role for Men in Today’s World
Sunday, June 19, 2011

Today is Father’s Day, and most adults will be doing something for their dad today.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 18% of American Adults consider Father’s Day one of the nation’s most important holidays, while 17% consider it one of the least important. Most (62%) say it is somewhere in between. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

Interestingly, men downplay the importance of Father’s Day as a holiday more than women—women are more likely to say it is one of the most important holidays or somewhere in between, while men are more likely to say it is one of the least important holidays.

Seventy-three percent (73%) continue to believe that being a father is the most important role a man can fill in today’s world. This, too, has changed little over the past several years. 

https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/holidays/june_2011/73_say_being_a_father_is_most_important_role_for_men_in_today_s_world

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>Changing Tides: Research Center Under Fire for ‘Adjusted’ Sea-Level Data

>Changing Tides: Research Center Under Fire for ‘Adjusted’ Sea-Level Data
By Maxim Lott
Published June 17, 2011

NASA Projects Sea Level Rise

In a NASA “what-if” animation, light-blue areas in southern Florida and Louisiana indicate regions that may be underwater should sea levels rise dramatically.

Is climate change raising sea levels, as Al Gore has argued — or are climate scientists doctoring the data?

The University of Colorado’s Sea Level Research Group decided in May to add 0.3 millimeters — or about the thickness of a fingernail — every year to its actual measurements of sea levels, sparking criticism from experts who called it an attempt to exaggerate the effects of global warming.

“Gatekeepers of our sea level data are manufacturing a fictitious sea level rise that is not occurring,” said James M. Taylor, a lawyer who focuses on environmental issues for the Heartland Institute.

Read more: https://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/06/17/research-center-under-fire-for-adjusted-sea-level-data/#ixzz1Pj7POV7E

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Happy Fathers Day

 

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*photo from the Ridgewood Cooperative Nursery School

Father’s Day, a holiday which honors fathers worldwide, is celebrated in the United States on the third Sunday of June. It originated in the United States in 1910, a few years after the country began celebrating Mother’s Day. Father’s Day became an official U.S. holiday in 1972.

Father’s Day, in the United States, is a holiday (third Sunday in June) to honour fathers. Credit for originating the holiday is generally given to Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington, whose father, a Civil War veteran, raised her and her five siblings after their mother died in childbirth. She is said to have had the idea in 1909 while listening to a sermon on Mother’s Day, which at the time was becoming established as a holiday. Local religious leaders supported the idea, and the first Father’s Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910, the month of the birthday of Dodd’s father. In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge gave his support to the observance, and in 1966 President Lyndon B. Johnson officially proclaimed it a national holiday. Observance on the third Sunday of June was decreed by law in 1972.

https://www.history.com/topics/fathers-day

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>Patrick & Sons Super Cellars Tasting Schedule / Upcoming Events

>Tasting Schedule / Upcoming Events
Friday 5pm till 7pm
Harpoon Summer Beer
Cricket Hill Colonel Blides Cask Ale

Saturday- Yet to be discovered but Tim has it covered

Saturday-Food Sampling @ the Wine Sampling

Wickles Pickles :
Using a secret 70-year old family recipe differentiates Wickles products from all others. A custom blend of spices and ingredients makes our products Wickedly Delicious and truly irresistible.

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]

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>Scott Garrett : The “Recovery Summer” that Never Materialized

>The “Recovery Summer” that Never Materialized

Today marks the one-year anniversary of President Obama’s so-called “Recovery Summer.”  Unfortunately, as most Americans know all too well, the “Recovery Summer” never materialized.  The President promised that his economic policies would ensure that the unemployment rate would not exceed 8%, yet we’ve had an unemployment rate well above 8% for 28 consecutive months.  Despite clear evidence that we are headed in the wrong direction, President Obama now tells us this is just a “bump on the road to recovery.”  Rather than make excuses for his failed economic policies, he should be stepping up to the plate to work with Republicans to address our country’s dire fiscal crisis that continues to weigh down economic growth and job creation.

In 2009, the Obama administration promised that his $1.16 trillion “stimulus” bill would bring the unemployment rate down to 6.8% by now.  Fast forward to today and we find an unemployment rate of 9.1% for the month of May.  When accounting for the unemployed, those unable to find full-time work and those discouraged from looking for work, the picture looks even worse – Gallup’s monthly survey places the rate of underemployment at 19.1%.  Furthermore, economic growth was recently reported at an anemic 1.8% for the first quarter when we need to see growth twice that amount to start putting Americans back to work.  Clearly, when Treasury Secretary Geithner wrote his New York Times op-ed, “Welcome to the Recovery,” last August, he failed to consider the millions of Americans still out of work and struggling to make ends meet.

In November 2010, the American people went to the polls to make their voice heard loud and clear that they were tired of fiscal irresponsibility and the failed economic policies of the last two years.  Republicans have answered their call by taking common-sense steps towards setting our economy back on the right path and getting our fiscal house in order.  House Republicans passed a budget resolution for Fiscal Year 2012 that takes serious steps towards balancing our budget in the short-term and enacting economic policies that, according to the Heritage Center for Data Analysis, would create nearly 1 million new private-sector jobs next year and bring unemployment down to 4 percent by 2015. In addition, Republicans have offered a plan to get Americans back to work by promoting private sector growth.  Unlike the failed “stimulus,” this multi-faceted approach gets big government out of the way of job creators by lowering tax and regulatory burdens, promoting innovation and investment, and opening new markets.

We cannot stand by any longer and allow the failed policies of this administration to continue to chip away at confidence in the American economy.  We must get our fiscal house back in order, reform the broken tax code, reduce our dependence on foreign oil, and scale back burdensome regulations.  These are the pro-growth policies that helped make our nation strong in the past and led to robust economic growth.  That is what the American people demand and deserve.  It’s time Washington listens.

Sincerely,

Scott Garrett

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>OUCH: How Miserable? Index Says the Worst in 28 Years

>How Miserable? Index Says the Worst in 28 Years
By: Jeff Cox

When it comes to measuring the combination of unemployment and inflation, it doesn’t get much more miserable than this.

In fact, misery, as measured in the unofficial Misery Index that simply totals the unemployment and inflation rates, is at a 28-year high, reflective of how weak the economic recovery has been and how far there is to go.

https://www.cnbc.com/id/43441924

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>Ridgewood Garage Sales

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RIDGEWOOD MIB HESS AND BEANIE BABIES (600 WELLINGTON ROAD)

Ridgewood, New Jersey
600 Wellington Road, 07450
Three families with upscale household effects, clothing including rock concert tees and hoodies.
8 chair dining room set with custom paint and fabrics 5K now 1K.
MIB Hess trucks and minis from 1988 on
1997 beanie babies
both common and rare
600 Wellington Road
Ridgewood, NJ07450
Friday, June 17
Saturday, June 18
Sunday June 19

9am to 6 pm

1 DAY MOVING SALE -SATURDAY JUNE 18 11AM-3PM (145 Beechwood Road, Ridgewood)

MOVING SALE CASH AND CARRY INCLUDES TWIN BED, DRESSERS, LARGE SECTIONAL GREEN LEATHER COUCH, DINING ROOM BUFFETS MARBLE TABLE AND OTHER HO– USEHOLD GOODS

Multi Family Sale – Sat 6/18 – 5 Houses Starting at 704 Upper Blvd (Ridgewood)

RIDGEWOOD SAT 6/18 MULTI FAMILY SALE!

5 HO– USES starting at 704 UPPER BLVD

9am — 2pm Rain or Shine

Livingroom sofas, Sleeper Sofa, Love seat & ottoman, Office Armoire, Cherry Armoire, Bedroom sets some antique
Office Furniture, Oriental Rugs, Lamps, Art, Mirrors, Home Décor
Housewares, TV’s, Computer Accessories, Media and Electronics, Books
Designer Clothes, Handbags, Accessories, Vintage Dresses, Jewelry
Kids Clothes, Toys

GARAGE SALE (635 delaware avenue, ridgewood)

ONE DAY ONLY, 6/18 9 – 3; 635 Delaware Ave, Ridgewood
Multi family sale. Everything must go

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>Senate committee passes pension benefits legislation

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Senate committee passes pension benefits legislation

After hours of emotional testimony, the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee approved legislation that will sharply increase public employee’s contributions to pension and health benefits.  (Isherwood, PolitickerNJ)

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