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Local Small Business to be Put Out Of Business by Ridgewood Water Elks Purchase

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July 27,2017

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Ridgewood NJ, the manager Jennifer Colangelo of One Love Bike+Barre Studio speaks out about the purchase of the former Elks Lodge by Ridgewood  Water .

“To my fellow Ridgewood community please take a minute to read about the recent news regarding the purchase of the former Elks Lodge by Ridgewood Water for $1.6M.

There is absolutely NO mention of the fact that there is a current tenant in the Elk’s building – One Love Bike+Barre. As studio manager, I found it interesting that “an agreement had been reached between the village and the Elks organization” without our knowledge. It is extremely disheartening as a Ridgewood resident and small business owner that we have not been informed of this plan and are just finding this out, much like all of you!

This is not just some abandoned building. We have been tenants for over 3 years now and have been running a successful small business and plan to continue, as stated in our lease. A lease that has 19 months left with a 5 year renewable option. So for all intents and purposes, we would have liked to continue growing our community for the next 6+ years!

So, while nothing is set in stone and much of this could just be in the beginning stages, it sounds like our Mayor, the Elks organization and Ridgewood Water have all started making decisions without us. We are hopeful that the town will take into consideration that their Ordinance 3606 will be putting One Love Bike+Barre out of business with absolutely no regard for the owners or it’s current members!”

https://theridgewoodblog.net/ridgewood-water-to-bid-on-ridgewood-elks-property/

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the Fly has learned the Village of Ridgewood can’t get rid of Healthbarn even though there is an out clause in the lease

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 Interesting. ….. They claim they can’t get rid of healthbarn even though there is an out clause in the lease but they can  do this to a successful Business owned by a Ridgewood tax payer!!!
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New crosswalk warning devices installed on Linwood Avenue in Ridgewood

New crosswalk warning devices installed on Linwood Avenue

photos courtesy of Boyd Loving’s Facebook page

July 27,2017

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, Two (2) new pedestrian controlled, illuminated crosswalk warning devices have been installed at the mid-block, Linwood Avenue crosswalk connecting Graydon Pool and Vets Field.

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Two Car collision at the intersection of Linwood and North Pleasant Avenues Wednesday evening

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photos courtesy of Boyd Loving’s Facebook page

July 27,2017

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood PD, FD, and EMS responded to a two (2) vehicle collision at the intersection of Linwood and North Pleasant Avenues on Wednesday evening, 07/26. The injured occupants of both vehicles refused transportation to a local hospital. Ridgewood FD personnel attended to a minor crash related fluid spill. Both vehicles were removed from the scene by a flatbed tow truck. Ridgewood PD issued one (1) crash related summons.

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See JH.com Invites Ridgewood Blog Readers to Watch the Solar Eclipse live stream from Jackson Hole

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July 26,2017
by SeeJH.com Contributors: Heather Cosby, Jen Bissu, and Jason Vigorito
JACKSON HOLE, WY: On August 21, 2017 the heavens will be putting on a spectacular show, extending from Oregon’s coast to Charleston, SC. And YOU can have a front seat from anywhere on the planet at SeeJH.com! You’ll have prime viewing of this unforgettable total solar eclipse where the moon will be passing in front of the sun, generating a rare opportunity to view the sun’s corona within a darkened twilight sky. By witnessing this event, you will see a complete fading of the sun’s body, leaving a heavenly ring of blazing reds, glowing oranges, and magnificent yellows. Many accounts of total eclipses have been written throughout history, and this is definitely something you want to see. SeeJH.com will have its own eyes on the event with dedicated cameras streaming in real-time in the gorgeous Jackson Hole Wyoming valley.
This August’s eclipse will uniquely span the entire United States, resulting in just over two minutes of twilight in its path. An estimated several million people will travel to watch America’s skies. Traffic forecasts are calling for massive impacts to roads, advising people to arrive at their viewing destination a full two days prior. Hotels and other lodgings are packed solid, and experts advise to arrive as self-sufficient as possible with water, food, and a full gas tank.
SeeJH.com is hosting a world-wide live stream of this epic event, possibly the first of its kind, offering the opportunity for anyone to be a part of it! If you can’t make the pilgrimage, prefer to avoid the traffic, or missed out on a hotel, we’ve got you covered! SeeJH.com serves you with an expert live-stream offering the complete viewing experience from anywhere you have an internet connection.
Stay tuned for more information on viewing the 2017 total solar eclipse at SeeJH. We will see you here! In the meantime, you can become more versed on the eclipse’s history and particulars via several websites, including www.greatamericaneclipse.com and www.mreclipse.com. You can also preview SeeJH.com’s unique camera angles for the historic event and take in the gorgeous backdrop of the legendary Grand Teton mountain range at https://www.seejh.com/webcams/jacksonhole/grandteton/egvb.
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Its Time for summer cocktails !

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July 26,2017

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ,  Time for a little summer adult fun. What’s better than a summer cocktail using the freshest ingredients? As the summer season rapidly approaches, Kings Food Markets has crafted the perfect summer-time cocktails fit for any occasion, including:

At Kings, we offer a wide variety of Kings Sparkling Lemonades, including Original, Pink, Orange and Pomberry, that are bright, refreshing beverages with a light effervescence and smooth, citrus taste, imported directly from France.

We also offer a nice selection of Kings Sparkling Natural Mineral Waters to concoct the above cocktails, or even to enjoy on the patio on that hot summer day. Our Sparkling Waters are produced in the heart of the Italian Alps, naturally filtered for an exceptional crisp and clean tasting water.

Looking for garnishes? Kings Organic Fresh Herbs add nuance and complexity to any cocktail. Whether you are looking for Fresh Sage, Rosemary, Mint or Bay Leaves, Kings offers more than 16 fresh herbs to top off your perfect cocktail

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Alieta Eck, M.D. testifies to Senate about a better way to provide medical care to the poor

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Washington DC , a simple idea to lower healthcare costs continues to be ignored by New Jersey state legislator ,according to Alieta Eck, MD ,”this was a hearing in 2011. Our bill, NJ S239, is still waiting to be heard by the NJ Senate Health Committee. We believe we have enough votes to pass it through, but Senator Vitale refuses to post it. What we are asking, and I fear I did not make this clear enough in the hearing, is that we are asking the state to cover the liability of the PRIVATE practices of physicians who donate 4 hours/week in or through a non-government free clinic. The federal government already protects us for the work we do in the free clinic via the Federal Tort Claims Act. ”

She goes on , “This would improve access to care for the ambulatory Medicaid population, for people who have no insurance or funds to pay for primary care, for people who are undocumented and need medical care– and it would take a huge burden off the taxpayers. If the federal government would block grant those Medicaid dollars back to the states, the states could use the funds to continue to care for the poor and disabled and for indigent nursing home patients– and the state contribution to the Medicaid system would be far less. State budgets would be much easier to balance and taxes would be lower.”

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Reader says its About Time Someone Fights this Mandated Over Development

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THANK YOU Mr. Bramnick. I know chances are minimal that anything will come out of your effort but it is a nice feeling to know that someone really cares.

In the meantime read this article to learn more about this housing bullshit and how nice communities are being screwed up with no mercy. Of course I don’t expect dimwit liberals to read this. The word “conservative” equals “the sky is falling” to them:
https://www.conservativereview.com/articles/why-is-ben-carson-keeping-odious-obama-policies-at-hud

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Reader says Ridgewood Residents should share in all money generated as ‘fines’

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Return all the money generated as ‘fines’ in a year as equal cash payment annually to all residents in that municipality instead of keeping it in the black hole called the municipal budget. It should be a separate equal cash payment and municipalities should not be able to call it a ‘rebate’ against property taxes or tie them together in any way.
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When you take away the ability of those in power to benefit from their misbehavior, the abuses will stop!

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Get ready for New Jersey’s own version of ‘Murphy’s Law’

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By Dennis Malloy July 24, 2017 7:55 AM

It’s almost a forgone conclusion that Phil Murphy will be elected New Jersey’s next governor come this November. So prepare yourself for our version of “Murphy’s Law”.

“Any tax than can go up, will….and at the worst possible moment”.

Our current governor has a dismal approval rating of just below 15 percent. It’s the lowest in the country and maybe of all time. It’s very easy now to deride Governor Christie for any number of missteps and insults to us citizens over the last few years.

No matter who becomes governor, accountants worried about NJ economy

But as I’ve said many times, once “Chubby” pulls his fat little thumb out of the dyke, the torrent of taxes and fees coming our way to pay for what the Democrats want, will drown us all.

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New Jersey Ranks Worse in Fiscal Health then Bankrupt Illinois

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July 26,2017

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, The fiscal health of America’s states affects all its citizens. Indicators of fiscal health come in a variety of forms—from a state’s ability to attract businesses and how much it taxes to what services it provides and how well it keeps its promises to public-sector employees.

The Mercatus Center at George Mason University’s “Ranking the States by Fiscal Condition,”is  now in its fourth year, Eileen Norcross and Olivia Gonzalez calculate indicators of fiscal health for all 50 states. Based on states’ 2015 financial statements, Florida ranks first as the most fiscally healthy state, while New Jersey ranks the lowest.

The study ranks each US state’s financial health based on short- and long-term debt and other key fiscal obligations, such as unfunded pensions and healthcare benefits. With refinements in its methodology, the 2017 edition updates the version that the Mercatus Center published in 2016. It presents information from each state’s audited financial report in an easily accessible format and is the most comprehensive snapshot of state financial health to date.

As usual New Jersey ranked 50th or dead last ,even behind bankrupt Illinois which ranked 49th.  Even Connecticut with its aggressive taxation policies that drove out huge employers General Electric and Aetna  still ranked 37th.

https://www.mercatus.org/statefiscalrankings?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=fbadgeneral&utm_campaign=StateFiscalRankings&utm_term=fb&%3Futm_source=facebook

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New Jersey Drivers Pay the Bulk Road Infrastructure Costs though taxes and tolls

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file photo by Boyd Loving

July 26,2017

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, according to the Tax Foundation Gas taxes are typically used to fund infrastructure maintenance and new projects, but the share of state and local road spending that is covered by tolls, user fees, and taxes varies drastically. It ranges from only 12 percent in Alaska to 76.3 percent in Hawaii.

New Jersey drivers pay the fifth-highest share of the cost to fund roads and bridges, with motorists kicking in 67 percent of the price tag through taxes and tolls, according to the Tax Foundation Study .

New Jersey only ranks behind Hawaii, Delaware, New York and Florida of states where local revenues pay a majority of road costs.

While the study did conclude that , “States should attempt to fund infrastructure through user taxes and fees as much as possible, internalizing the costs associated with using the state’s transportation systems” . Its once again disappointing yet expected that New Jersey continues to lead the nation in all the wrong things .

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Feel like NJ courts are just money-makers? Here are the ideas to change that

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By Michael Symons July 24, 2017 7:03 PM

There’s a growing sentiment to do something about tamping down use of municipal courts to generate fines to support a city or town’s budget.

Committees of the New Jersey State Bar Association and the state Supreme Court are each looking at the issue now, and a state Assembly committee recently did the same. Lawmakers floated ideas such as regionalization, making municipal courts a division of Superior Court and pooling all revenues from fines.

Paul Catanese, who was a judge for 20 years in South Brunswick, Lawrence and Hamilton, said judges need to be freed up to be independent, not worrying about whether they’ll be reappointed if they levy small or no fines in cases when that’s appropriate.

“There’s always this if not explicit this implicit sense that you need more revenues from the court,” said Catanese, who said a few years ago one Middlesex County town switched judges specifically because it wanted more revenue from court fines.

“Judges know what their job is,” Catanese said. “It’s to do individual justice in individual cases. That’s what our role is. It’s not our job to raise revenues for the town.”

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Price Transparency In Medicine Faces Stiff Opposition — From Hospitals And Doctors

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“The hospitals complain that they cannot publish their prices because they would have to ask the insurer in order to state the price up front. What other industry thinks like that? “How much is this dress?” Answer, “What credit card are you using?” Forget the insurer. What is the best CASH, check or credit card price? ” Alieta Eck, MD For Real Health Care Reform

By Rachel Bluth July 25, 2017

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two years after it passed unanimously in Ohio’s state Legislature, a law meant to inform patients what health care procedures will cost is in a state of suspended animation.

One of the most stringent in a group of similar state laws being proposed across the country, Ohio’s Healthcare Price Transparency Law stipulated that providers had to give patients a “good faith” estimate of what non-emergency services would cost individuals after insurance before they commenced treatment.

But the law didn’t go into force on Jan. 1 as scheduled. And its troubled odyssey illustrates the political and business forces opposing a common-sense but controversial solution to rein in high health care costs for patients: Let patients see prices.

Many patient advocates say such transparency would be helpful for patients, allowing them to shop around for some services to hold down out-of-pocket costs, as well as adjust their household budgets for upcoming health-related outlays at a time of high-deductible plans.

https://khn.org/news/price-transparency-in-medicine-faces-stiff-opposition-from-hospitals-and-doctors/

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Lead is a toxic metal that can be harmful to human health even at low exposure levels

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July 25,2017

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, by the looks of some of the comments yesterday , some residents in Ridgewood have clearly been drinking water with with lead in it for far to long.

In April the Ridgewood blog reported on the test results in the Ridgewood school system . The State of New Jersey requires all drinking water in our school facilities to be tested for lead during the 2016-2017 school year.

According to the EPA , “Lead can enter drinking water when service pipes that contain lead corrode, especially where the water has high acidity or low mineral content that corrodes pipes and fixtures. The most common problem is with brass or chrome-plated brass faucets and fixtures with lead solder, from which significant amounts of lead can enter into the water, especially hot water.”
The Safe Drinking Water Act requires EPA to determine the level of contaminants in drinking water at which no adverse health effects are likely to occur with an adequate margin of safety. These non-enforceable health goals, based solely on possible health risks, are called maximum contaminant level goals (MCLGs). EPA has set the maximum contaminant level goal for lead in drinking water at zero because lead is a toxic metal that can be harmful to human health even at low exposure levels. Lead is persistent, and it can bioaccumulate in the body over time.

Young children, infants, and fetuses are particularly vulnerable to lead because the physical and behavioral effects of lead occur at lower exposure levels in children than in adults. A dose of lead that would have little effect on an adult can have a significant effect on a child. In children, low levels of exposure have been linked to damage to the central and peripheral nervous system, learning disabilities, shorter stature, impaired hearing, and impaired formation and function of blood cells.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that public health actions be initiated when the level of lead in a child’s blood is 5 micrograms per deciliter (µg/dL) or more.

It is important to recognize all the ways a child can be exposed to lead. Children are exposed to lead in paint, dust, soil, air, and food, as well as drinking water. If the level of lead in a child’s blood is at or above the CDC action level of 5 micrograms per deciliter, it may be due to lead exposures from a combination of sources. EPA estimates that drinking water can make up 20 percent or more of a person’s total exposure to lead. Infants who consume mostly mixed formula can receive 40 percent to 60 percent of their exposure to lead from drinking water.