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>The Ridgewood Historical Society Presents Ridgewood resident wins US Supreme Court case

The Monthly Museum Memo: March 2012

March 19, 1895, marked the death of Adam Badeau, a Ridgewood resident and Civil War general, who had to win a U. S. Supreme Court case in order to get paid for his military service.

Adam Badeau is one of the town’s residents most strongly connected to important events in late 19th century American history.

During the Civil War, Badeau served on General Sherman’s staff before serious injury disrupted his military service. While recovering in New York City, he was allegedly cared for by Edwin Booth and his younger brother John Wilkes Booth, whom he had met prior
to the war. Badeau returned to active duty as a member of General U. S. Grant’s staff where he was promoted to General.

After the War Badeau worked for the U.S. State Department and was appointed the U.S. Consul to England and Cuba. During this time Badeau remained friendly with Grant, and for many years wrote about him extensively, but the two had a falling out over Grant’s now-famous memoirs in early 1885.

At about this time, the U.S. Army declared that he was not eligible for military retirement monies. Badeau fought this matter, which eventually went to the U.S. Supreme Court, which on May 9, 1887 dismissed all claims against Badeau.

To learn more about Adam Badeau and the Civil War in New Jersey, visit the Ridgewood Historical Society’s Schoolhouse Museum, on East Glen Avenue. The museum is open Thursdays and Saturday 1-3pm and Sundays 2-4pm. Please visit www.ridgewoodhistoricalsociety.org. for more information

>IT’S RIDGEWOOD SCHOOLS BUDGET TIME

Click here : https://tinyurl.com/6prpe98 to view a presentation on the proposed 2012-2013 school budget, given at the Board of Education meeting on Feburary 27. The budget will be presented to voters in the Annual School Election on Tuesday, April 17.

Click here : https://tinyurl.com/87n4v54 to view Ridgewood comparative statistics on educational spending and staffing ratios from  the May 2011 Comparative Spending Guide from the New Jersey Department of Education.

Any Ridgewood resident who is a registered voter may vote in the Annual Election on Tuesday, April 17. Residents may register to vote through Tuesday, March 27. Full information on registering to vote and mail-in ballots may be found on the Bergen County website or by clicking here. Forms are also available at any Municipal Clerk’s office or other public agency. For further information, please call the Superintendent of Elections office at 201-336-6100 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

> a bridge over troubled water

…the fly has learned that the BOE has its proverbial but in a sling over this one. According to sources at the County looks like there are big problems with the bridge and with the Lax tournament coming up and there is no way to get to the stadium because the bridge is out. The sports people are also not to happy because if you park at Village Hall you have to walk all the way around…

>RHS BANDS CITRUS SALE IS EXTENDED

The RHS Bands’ citrus sale fundraiser is still ongoing, with cases of delectable fresh fruit still available for purchase. The selections include the orange/grapefruit combo (the grapefruit is fantastic this year!) and the orange/apples/pears mix. Each case is $25. Anyone looking to purchase the fruit should contact Carol Gyzander at 201-447-2442 or at [email protected] Proceeds go toward the purchase of new instruments and supplies not included in the Board of Education’s budget and also helps fund scholarships for some graduating seniors.

>Christie: Change the way at-risk students are counted

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>THE ” WEST BERGEN TEA PARTY ” PROUDLY  PRESENTS  
                        
                                 ” TREVOR LOUDEN “
 
                     INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN  AUTHOR
                                    AND SPEAKER
            WHO WILL DISCUSS HIS SPELLBINDING NEW BOOK
                                           titled      
           
                   ” BARACK OBAMA AND THE ENEMIES WITHIN “
                  
                             MARCH 13TH  at 7 PM
                              at the Larkin House
                       280 Godwin Avenue, Wyckoff, NJ
                                
               A BOOK SIGNING WILL FOLLOW THE PRESENTATION
                              EVERYONE WELCOME
 
                        YOU CAN’T AFFORD TO MISS IT!

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Disaster buyouts get mixed response from local officials

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Tyler Clementi : Is Ravi the patsy and poster boy for anti-gay bias


Reader brings up some uncomfrtable points about the Tyler Clementi case

The death of a young man or women is always a tragedy and I know that it’s someone in town and not a day goes by that my heart does not ache for the family but it’s like getting Capone on tax evasion.

First my thoughts on bias crimes are different than most and may run against the norm.

For example – a gay roommate is disgusted that his hetero roommate is having sex in their room with a local divorcee who prefers younger men. He sets up a webcam and plans to broadcast it. The kid finds out and OD’s because he’s ashamed. The media comes out and calls it a prank gone tragically wrong. Would the gay roommate be looking at 10 years for bias? I don’t think so.

Call me crazy but there is something more not being said about this case. What Ravi did was wrong but the other circumstances don’t seem to add up.

·         Why is the prosecutor focusing on Ravi and cut his accomplice a deal?

·         M.B. was supposed to be a twentysomething and turns out to be 32. Had Clementi been 1 year younger, M.B. may have been charged as a predator.

·         Where was the security at the dorm? As a parent, I had to sign in and out of my daughter’s dorm when visiting. Now, it’s OK when some scruffy 30+ y/o drop in?

·         Upon finding out about the webcam, Clementi takes a day, lives his normal life, hops in his car, drives right past Ridgewood and onto Fort Lee to jump. Did he feel that he had no safe haven @ home? The parents said they were upset when he came out to them. Even the parents feel that Ravi should receive no jail time.

·         There are stories of heteros being barged in on, video’ed and pics plastered all over the net that have shamed the victim. I don’t hear an uproar about them.

This is not for publication but I just get the feeling that Ravi is set up as the patsy and poster boy for anti-gay bias. IMHO he should receive some kind of punishment for his violation of Clementi’s privacy but there are complicit parties to his death that will walk off with no culpability.

https://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/twist_in_rutgers_spy_trial_F83qfeBNjZRL5d6W8hyTRP