>Early vote by mail alters pace of a race
Wonder why those nasty John Adler and Jon Runyan political ads featuring miniature donkeys and grainy photos of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi began airing on television when it was still beach weather?
Credit New Jersey’s increasingly popular vote-by-mail program, which experts predict could be used by as many as 20,000 people in the Third Congressional District this year. (Burton, The Philadelphia Inquirer)
>PJ:
Please place our Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) new website, https://www.vfwdistrict2nj.com/ , on your links panel. This is for all veterans in Ridgewood and all of Bergen County as well as any others that we can help.
Contact me if you have any veterans who would like to join the Washington Elm VFW Post 192 (Ridgewood—Ho-Ho-Kus). We especially need younger men and women who have honorably served our Country in combat to take the helm for our older generation of veterans.
We also have a website that is in progress of being updated now that we have pretty much completed the District 2 one. The Post 192 website is https://www.vfwpost192-nj.com/ and had the original design implemented by a Media Class at Ridgewood High School.
Thanks.
Stan
Stanley A. Kober
([email protected])
Adjutant/Chief of Staff
VFW NJ District Two
https://www.vfwdistrict2nj.com/
Tel: 201-445-1121
HELP SUPPORT OUR VETERANS!
>Helping Parents Understand Cyber-bulling and Cyber-threats October 26th At the Ridgewood Library
West Bergen Mental Healthcare
At the Ridgewood Library, West Bergen is hosting a free special presentation to help parents with cyber bullying and cyber threats. Program held Tuesday, October 26th from 11:30am to 12:30pm. Seating is limited – please call Phyllis Strohmeyer at 201/444-3550 for a reservation.
>N.J. bruised, but not battered, in housing downturn, report says
Leslie Kwoh/The Star-Ledger
https://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2010/10/nj_bruised_but_not_battered_in.html
The housing boom and bust in New Jersey and surrounding areas proved milder than the rest of the nation, with homes here stabilizing at relatively higher prices, according to a report released yesterday by the New York Federal Reserve Bank.
Home values in the Garden State rose higher than the national average during the 2000 to 2006 boom period, but their ensuing decline was cushioned by a mature economy with fewer housing starts, according to the report, which also highlighted the New York and Connecticut markets.
“During this recession, the housing sector contributed less volatility to the regional economy than it did in much of the nation,” said William Dudley, the Fed’s president and CEO, during a quarterly press briefing yesterday.
In particular, Newark, Edison and Ocean City came out as “overperformers,” with home values in those towns soaring 12 percent to 17 percent during the boom years and falling less than 5 percent afterward. By contrast, homes in “boom-bust” cities like Phoenix, Miami, Las Vegas and Modesto, Calif., rose by a similar amount before plummeting 13 to 26 percent.
full story:
https://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2010/10/nj_bruised_but_not_battered_in.html
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Tomorrows Children’s Fund Event at the Office Huge Success
The Office Beer Bar & Grill of Ridgewood is again joining the Bergen County Harley Davidson Buell to raise money for the Tomorrows Children’s Fund in the name of Shayne James Jr. on October 24, 2010 at 12:00 p.m. at the Office Beer Bar & Grill in Ridgewood.
Given the enormous turn out the Ridgewood PD did an excellent job . The Event was well organised ,the crowd well behaved and everyone had a great time . There were many unique custom bikes and yes they can be a bit loud.
>I’m with the Band , RHS Marching Band
(photos by William Thomas )
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Portrait Oil Painting Workshop – November 7, 2010 at the Ridgewood Art Institute, Ridgewood, NJ from 10AM – 4PM in the West Studio.
Working from a live model under north light students will be taught to simplify and compose a portrait painting through the usage of form, composition, color, perspective, planes and light. How to use a prismatic palette will be discussed. Study of massing, values, relationships, edges, progression, atmosphere, mood and prismatic light effects will be strongly emphasized. Beginning and advanced students will benefit from individualized attention. This one-day workshop is appropriate for painters of all levels. Those new to oil painting are especially welcome. A brief portrait painting demonstration will be offered at the beginning of the workshop. For more information please visit https://www.dianakgibson.com/
>CONGRESSMAN SCOTT GARRETT AND ANNA LITTLE MEET AND GREET AT PETERPANK IN SAYERVILLE, NJ
(HIGHLANDS, October 23)- Republican Candidate Anna Little AND Congressman Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government-Sponsored Enterprises for the House Financial Services Committee will hold a meet and greet on MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2010 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM at the Peterpank Diner 967 Rout 9 Sayerville, NJ
WHO: Congressional Candidate Anna Little and Congressman Scott Garrett
WHAT: Meet and Greet
WHERE: Peterpank Diner 967 Route 9 Sayerville, NJ 08872
WHEN: Monday, October 25, 2010 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
DONATION: $25.00
>CRR was directed to the tread over the weekend. Whoever posted this tread implies that this was done on behalf of CRR.
CRR states categorically that this thread was NOT issued or sanctioned by CRR, its Steering Committee or Officers. CRR does NOT condone personal attacks innuendo or slander.
Paul Gould on behalf of Concerned Residents of Ridgewood
Village Council Elections: We feel Steve will look out for the majority of Ridgewood residents
1110, Steve clearly has a platform other than Valley. at least as much as any of the other candidates. read the ridgewood news profile. all of the candidates like graydon more or less in its current form, want to improve the downtown, want to lower taxes somehow, etc.
who’s Steve running against?
Forenza – a Valley shill
Lembo – effectively a Valley shill (he worked there and his wife works there. how do you think he’ll vote?)
Train – has some good ideas but is unelectable
Wellinghorst has proven government experience (no matter how much some foes try to belittle it. just like bernie walsh was belittled for her experience). What the town will gain from Steve’s experience, both as an attorney and with his work as a planning board attorney and on the zoning board, is another perspective on the direction this town is headed. the previous administration totally caved to Valley (changed the laws to let Valley rewrite the zoning and then the PB rubberstamped Valleys recommendations) as opposed to listening to residents about what they want. We feel Steve will look out for the majority of Ridgewood residents. Ridgewood CAN improve without setting forth dangerous precedents regarding the growth of business in this town. And make no mistake about it, Valley is a business.
We’ve said all along that we are not against Valley. We feel that Valley has tried to go to the well one too many times when it comes to its ambition of becoming a truly regional medical center in our town. We fully support modernization within reason and hope that any savings that can be obtained by scaling back expansion in Ridgewood can be channeled into a cooperative agreement with Hackensack or an alternative provider to improve the Pascack Valley facility.
So, please recognize that the CRR does respect Valley’s purpose and mission but insists that Valley’s wants need to be sensitive to the impact on the neighborhood and the Village as a whole. As it stands, Valley has not done a whole lot of compromising on any material issues.
>Zero Credibility : Hudson Tunnel ( Tunnel to Macy’s Basement) Cost May Hit $12.7 Billion, LaHood Says
Tell us when to stop laughing when is the last time the Government got a cost estimate right?
Hudson Tunnel Cost May Hit $12.7 Billion, LaHood Says
October 22, 2010, 5:48 PM EDT
Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) — A commuter-rail tunnel between New Jersey and Manhattan will cost $9.8 billion to $12.7 billion, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said today.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie halted the Hudson River tunnel project known as Access to the Region’s Core on Oct. 7, saying the original $8.7 billion projected cost might have reached $14 billion and the state couldn’t afford it. Christie, a first-term Republican, then agreed at LaHood’s request to delay a final decision.
“Secretary LaHood confirmed today what we knew two weeks ago — the ARC Tunnel project is over budget and puts New Jersey taxpayers at risk of being saddled with billions of dollars in added costs,” Christie’s spokesman, Michael Drewniak, said in an e-mailed statement.
The governor “is not willing to saddle New Jersey taxpayers with a public-works project with such a large, indeterminate cost-overrun projection with no way to fund it,” he said. Drewniak said the governor will decide next week whether to cancel the project.
The low-end range of the cost to build the 8.8-mile (14.2- kilometer) path under the Hudson River is $9.775 billion; the mid-range estimate is $10.9 billion and the high end is $12.7 billion, LaHood said in the statement.
>Just because the CRR has supported successful candidates in the past (one of whom turned on them) the voters should assume they know what’s best?
So, because Steve has dabbled in Government in the past, we should assume he’s more qualified than all the other candidates – one of which has like 19 years of continuous Government work under his belt? Do you really think that?
Just because the CRR has supported successful candidates in the past (one of whom turned on them) the voters should assume they know what’s best?
The only idea I’ve see Steve put forth – in print or online – is the one about his bulk refuse plan. Are there others I have missed? What are your thoughts about that plan? Did Steve develop the plan because of the credentials he has or by some other method?
Why was Steve absent at the meeting with the Village Manager? My understanding is that there was a Council meeting directly after it…did he miss that too?
Why did Steve read CRR’s talking points as his answer to the Valley question at the Candidades Night? All the other candidates had the points, but none of them chose to do that. Does Steve actually have a position about Valley or is he just Shiny-Haired John Edwards-Clone puppet?
>Ridgewood : Just a Me, Me, Me, town; maybe we need a pep rally for the parents
I am always amazed at how little consideration we have for each other in this town. Selfishness seems to rule. There is no empathy, everyone wants what they want and to hell with everyone else.
The HS had a great pep rally last week. The students really enjoyed the sense of unity. Maybe we need a pep rally for the parents. The parents seem to be fighting with each other every day of the week. Usually online, because we would never have the nerve to speak to each other the way that we blog.
No empathy. It is a sad thing. It is the Me, Me, Me, town not at all like it used to be. Parents teach it to the kids and the kids bully, It is a sad statement on the town.
I was born and raised in Ridgewood, still live in Ridgewood. I am 56 years old and have always had great pride about being from Ridgewood. Now things have changed, we are a selfish, all about me town. When did this happen? When we started to hire outsiders to run the town. I don’t know but I don’t really tell people where I am from anymore.
>Montclair scuttles plan to move election day to autumn
Nic Corbett/For The Star-Ledger
MONTCLAIR — A move to change the date of Montclair’s municipal elections from May to November was shot down Tuesday after residents and former township officials urged the governing body to slow down and study the issue first.
“Whether the action is right or wrong, it was sprung on us just several days ago,” Jerry Kapner, a 58-year-old Montclair resident, told the council at a public meeting. “Given that it took over a year to come to our 2010 budget, don’t you think that we all might need more than four days to absorb the implications of what might be considered a seismic shift in our form of government?”
Earlier this year, the state Legislature allowed municipalities to move their nonpartisan races from the spring to the November general election.
Supporters say the change would increase voter turnout and eliminate the cost of holding an election in May, which Montclair’s mayor estimates is $55,000 every four years. But others caution that a national election would likely overshadow local issues and could make the town more partisan.
full story: https://www.nj.com/news/local/index.ssf/2010/10/montclair_scuttles_plan_to_mov.html
>Pharmaceutical Companies pay big bucks for Doctor to speak promoting brand-label drugs
Ridgewood resident, Dr. Susan A. Flanzman (spouse of Dr. Daniel Fishbein), listed among big recipients
Doctors cash in on speeches
Friday, October 22, 2010
https://www.northjersey.com/news/105505658_Doctors_cash_in_on_pharmaceutical_speeches.html
BY BARBARA WILLIAMS AND JAMES M. O’NEILL
The Record
STAFF WRITERS
New Jersey-based doctors received more than $8.3 million in payments from pharmaceutical companies over the past 18 months for speeches promoting brand-label drugs to fellow doctors.
They were among the 17,000 doctors nationwide who were paid a total of $257.8 million by seven companies in 2009 and the first two quarters of 2010, according to data collected by ProPublica, a non-profit investigative news organization.
In Bergen and Passaic counties, 13 doctors who each earned more than $25,000 accounted for a combined $1 million in payments from drug firms. Many other local doctors received smaller payments.
Bergen and Passaic doctors paid more than $25,000 by drug companies for 2009 and the first half of 2010.
Thomas Dayspring Internal medicine Wayne $203,200
Joseph P. Valenza Rehabilitation Saddle Brook $176,118
Les A. Burns Ob/gyn Wayne $136,150
Marc A. Goldberg Rheumatology Clifton $84,950
Nathaniel E. Lebowitz Cardiology Fort Lee $83,900
George Kruse Psychiatry Clifton $73,134
Stanley Waintraub Hematology/oncology Hackensack $62,000
Elizabeth Varas Psychiatry Demarest $50,150
Pritesh Shah Psychiatry Franklin Lakes $42,050
Jack V. Cappitelli Internal medicine Fair Lawn $34,720
Daniel Conroy Cardiology Clifton $32,250
Susan A. Flanzman Internal medicine Ramsey $29,694
Sharad Wagle Psychiatry Oradell $25,560
Source: Database compiled by ProPublica
>Field Lights : neighbors “felt bullied” by the BOE
Ridgewood school board grilled on lights Friday, October 22, 2010
BY KELLY EBBELS
The Ridgewood News
STAFF WRITER
https://www.northjersey.com/news/105505023_Board_grilled_on_lights.html
The Ridgewood Board of Education (BOE) was questioned Monday night by neighbors critical of what they said was an underhanded approach to installing lights at Ridgewood High School (RHS) fields, which began two weeks ago and should be fully connected shortly.
Two residents who live near the school spoke at length at the BOE meeting about what they called an inadequate public consultation process to install permanent flood lights at RHS Stadium Field and Stevens Field.
The award of the bid for the field lighting installation was made at a July 19 BOE meeting; the bid was originally listed as a point of discussion, but trustee Charles Reilly moved to approve the field lighting lease purchase financing to Musco Lighting and the installation to Quality Electric.
Accusing Superintendent Daniel Fishbein of misleading the public into thinking that field lights were only a narrow possibility, resident Jim Morgan, who lives near the field, said that the BOE “played down the lights issue” and sought to “silence opposition to the lights” during conversations about the installation of field turf at meetings for the Ridgewood school district’s bond referendum project.
“There was no attempt to contact neighbors until a Sept. 16 letter was sent to neighbors, after the decisions were made,” Morgan said. “We [neighbors] are very disappointed right now.”
Tom Kossoff, a resident of Heermance Place, said that he and other neighbors “felt bullied” by the BOE.
read the full story:
https://www.northjersey.com/news/105505023_Board_grilled_on_lights.html
