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Hall of Fame catcher Ivan Rodrigues at Bookends on July 25th

Hall of Fame catcher Ivan Rodrigues

July 21,2017

the staff of the Ridgewood

Ridgewood NJ, Hall of Fame catcher Ivan Rodrigues ,will sign his new book Tuesday, July 25th @ 7:00pm  at Bookends in Ridgewood .

Rodrigues, played with six organizations but entered the Hall Fame as Ranger. He signed with the Rangers in 1988, made his debut with them in 1991 at the age of 19 and was with them for 12 years before leaving as a free agent.

Ivan Rodrigues will sign his new book: They Call Me Pudge: My Life Playing the Game I Love

Each person attending must purchase one or more books

Due to the popularity of our events, many of which sell out, we require that you preorder your books ahead of time by visiting our website https://mkt.com/bookends or calling the store at (201)445-0726.
As always, Books for our events MUST be purchased from Bookends Bookstore.
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Senior Bus To Kasschau Shell Concert

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Tue, July 25, 2017
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Veteran’s Field, 131 N Maple Ave., Ridgewood, NJ 07450

Ridgewood NJ, The Village of Ridgewood and Age Friendly Ridgewood invite senior citizens to the Kasschau Shell Concerts at 8:30 on Tuesday July 18 (McVey family singing Broadway hits) and Tuesday July 25 (North Jersey Concert Band). Admission is free. To reserve a seat on the Ridgewood Senior Bus please call 201-670-5500 x203. Chairs and bug spray will be provided for seniors with reservations to travel to the concerts on the Ridgewood senior bus.

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Memorial Tree Dedicated To 9/11 Victim Mistakenly Cut Down In New Jersey

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Editors note:  New Jersey in a Nutshell

July 20, 2017 6:40 PM
Filed Under: Huntington Park, Meg Baker, New Jersey

HARRINGTON PARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – Maintenance work mistakenly destroyed a memorial tree dedicated to a September 11th victim from Bergen County.

Now, the community wants to know how this could have happened.

Harrington Park has been getting a few upgrades, but in the process, 10 trees got the ax by accident, CBS2’s Meg Baker reported.

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/07/20/nj-trees-cut-down/

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“The Hater,” the App that lets you find love based on what you hate

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July 21,2017
the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, Its Friday night and you are looking for a date . Let us introduce “The Hater,” the app that lets you find love based on what you hate.

Haters gonna hate,”Hater ” is the first dating app that matches people on the things they hate.  Founded in 2016, Hater is the dating app that matches people based on what they hate. Hater is available for iOS on the App Store, and will be available for Android in Spring 2017.

Hater is making serious online dating more approachable by replacing cumbersome surveys and bios with a fun, alternative way to express your personality.

https://www.haterdater.com/

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Ridgewood Water Celebrates Smart Irrigation Month

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July 21,2017

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, July is Smart Irrigation Month! Ridgewood Water is celebrating Smart Irrigation Month through a public
awareness campaign to promote efficient water use. Smart Irrigation Month is an initiative of the
Irrigation Association, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting efficient irrigation. Focused on
July, traditionally the month of peak demand for outdoor water use, the campaign highlights simple
conservation practices and innovative technologies.
July has been proclaimed Smart Irrigation Month in New Jersey!
Show your support for smart irrigation and consult the following links for conservation ideas and tips:
• Consumer Resources provided by the Irrigation Association
• The Homeowner’s Guide to Landscape Irrigation.
• Improving Irrigation Efficiency in the Landscape Industry
• Ridgewood Water’s Conservation Tips:
o How to be Exempt from Water Restrictions
o Your Yard: The Water Wonder
o Irrigation Systems Pay for Themselves
• Install a smart controller and submit an Exemption Application to Ridgewood Water.

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Reader says Democrats, support terrorist and cop killers in varying degrees of enthusiasm

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It appears to be a case of the support for this killer having morphed from a relatively small number of radical lefties, to the overall umbrella of the Democrat Party. I’m sure there are a few that don’t support her, but I suspect if you asked most Democrats, they would support her in varying degrees of enthusiasm.

Groups who want the public to believe they ‘do good works’ supports a murderer………….. well, that kind of kills the do-good mantra now doesn’t it? We as a society have reached critical mass – murderers are supported, hard working tax payers who want to keep more of their take home pay ridiculed, people who are able but don’t work coddled and given every benefit to scam the system, illegal immigrants given equivalent rights to citizens – these are just a few issues, but they speak to the bizarre world we now live in.

Also, Democrats honored the Puerto Rican terrorist who led the terrorist attacks that killed many in NYC, including a man whose son now live in Glen Rock.

The same terrorist whose sentence Barack Obama commuted in his final days as President. The same terrorist who still refuses to express any remorse for him terrorist activities.

https://nypost.com/2017/06/11/puerto-rican-terrorist-rides-on-parade-float-with-mark-viverito/

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-oscar-lopez-rivera-bombings-clemency-20170119-story.html

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Reader says Ridgewood is going through growing pains

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I agree with the sentiment of the post. Those who say it is “in decline” are just looking for things to complain about. If you are looking for things to complain about, in any situation, you will find them.

Ridgewood is going through growing pains. Many recent stories in the news point to the trend that people, of all ages, want to live in mini-cities. They want a walkable town, transportation to a nearby city, shopping restaurants and cultural events. That is where Ridgewood is heading. Not many towns in Bergen county are ready.

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The Unitarian Society of Ridgewood : Citizens for Swimming needs your help!

Citizens for Swimming needs your help!

Since 1968, Citizens for Swimming has hosted summer day campers from Paterson for 9 days of swim lessons and fun in the water.

2017 will be our 50th year at the pool!

Ridgewood NJ, The children we host have little access to swimming.  C4S provides them with a few weeks respite from the summer heat, and swimming lessons that build water safety skills. Swimming is not just fun in the sun, it is a practical skill that many of these kids have limited access to. African American children ages 5-19 drown at rates more than 5 times higher than their white counterparts. YMCA swim instructors provide Citizens for Swimming kids with skills and experiences that will serve them for a lifetime.

We spend $110 per child for our 9-day swim program.  This includes bus transportation to and from Paterson (by far our biggest expense), discounted Graydon Pool admission, and supplies like bathing suits and beach towels. Some of our kids arrive the first day wearing shorts instead of a bathing suit and carrying one of their mom’s good bath towels.  We provide a bathing suit and a beach towel to every child who needs one

Here’s how you can help:
Make a monetary donation: https://www.youcaring.com/citizensforswimming-850455

Donate supplies! Check out our Amazon Wish List.

Like our Facebook page, and share it with your friends!
Thank you for your support!

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Downed Tree Limb takes out Power ,Internet and Phone Services in Hawthorne

Downed Tree Limb takes out Power ,Internet and Phone Services in Hawthorne

July 20,2017

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Hawthorne NJ, Hawthorne Police and Fire personnel responded to a downed tree limb in front of 124 Maitland Avenue, Hawthorne on Wednesday afternoon, 07/19. The fallen limb blocked the roadway and took out electric, internet/phone, and cable TV service to one (1) home on the street. Hawthorne DPW workers cleared the roadway after a PSE&G troubleshooter cut the dropped electric line. No injuries were reported.

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NJT Weighs Disciplinary action against “No Show” Train Engineers

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photo by ArtChick

July 20,2017

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ,  New Jersey Transit is weighing whether it can pursue disciplinary action against train engineers after a manpower shortage forced dozens of ride cancellations causing further commuter uproar this week amid the “summer of Hell” track work at New York’s Penn Station.

NJ Transit Executive Director Steve Santoro said at a joint Assembly-Senate oversight committee that there were 40 total cancellations Sunday and Monday and that he will meet later this week with union leaders.

The union contract spells out the process for discipline, Santoro said after the Democrat-led hearing. “If it’s appropriate, disciplinary action will occur consistent with the contract,” he said.

At this point it is still unclear how many of the cancellations stemmed from engineers exercising a contract provision that allows them to take two days to report for work when schedule changes are made. But vacations and the summer track work also may have been a factor, Santoro said.

James Brown, chairman of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen disputed the claim that the engineers do  not want to come to work.

Republican state Sen. Joe Kyrillos got into a heated exchange, at one point asking Santoro whether it was true they were “screwing” NJ Transit customers by not working earlier this week.

Once again the hearings have made it all the more abundantly clear that Trenton has not clue what the commute is like to New York City  every day and would explain the media ,obsession with “the bidgegate ” faux traffic delays.
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Reader says Major and Secondary Road Surfaces in Ridgewood are in Shambles

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Major and secondary Road surfaces are a shambles even before the recent PSEG new tunneling projects on RIdgewood avenue and aside the Train station.No plan to fix our roads outside of the inadequate pothole patch and scratch crews.N.PLEASANT and Fairway are a disgrace,RIDGEWOOD Avenue won’t make it through the fall despite PSEG repave process
which we know doesn’t return the street to a normal operating surface.People are moving out.

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Ridgewood Water eyes Elks Lodge for new headquarters at cost of $1.6 million

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Nicholas Katzban, Staff Writer, @NicholasKatzban

RIDGEWOOD — Last week the Village Council passed the first reading of an ordinance that would permit the appropriation of $1.6 million from the water utility capital fund for the purchase of the former Elks Lodge on Maple Avenue.

The ordinance would allow Ridgewood Water to use funds from its existing capital budget for engineering, architect fees and “modernization costs,” associated with a proposed project to develop a single administrative and operational headquarters for the utility.

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/ridgewood/2017/07/19/ridgewood-water-eyes-elks-lodge-new-headquarters-cost-1-6-million/489249001/

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HEAT ADVISORY AND AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT

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HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING…

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southern Connecticut,
northeast New Jersey and southeast New York.

AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM EDT
THIS EVENING…

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has issued an
Air Quality Action Day for the following counties…

Bergen…Essex…Passaic…Union…Hudson.

in effect from 11 AM this morning to 11 PM EDT this evening.

An Air Quality Action Day means that Ground Level Ozone within the
region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards.

For additional information…please visit the New Jersey Department
of Environmental Protection Web site at…
https://www.njaqinow.net

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Reader says The “demand for parking” in Ridgewood is a myth put forward by the previous Council majority

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The “demand for parking” in Ridgewood is a myth put forward by the previous Council majority. I drove past the site where they wanted to build a 5 story parking garage at 8:00 pm on a Saturday night and the lot was about 75% full. Plenty of parking available. For those of us that work in the CBD, we know that there are certain hours of the WEEK that are difficult to find parking but overall there are plenty of spots available.

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Reader says I don’t think Ridgewood is in decline and in some ways is better now than ever

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I have only lived in the village for 40 years so maybe I lack the long term perspective. but if you net it all out I don’t think Ridgewood is in decline and in some ways is better now than ever.

1. CBD has changed–no hardware stores or cute boutiques–many more coffee shops and restaurants. I would say its about a wash.
2. Parking is if anything a bit better than it was in years past. I do not see this as a major problem as CBD has thrived for many decades without a major parking facility.
3. Major Valley Hospital expansion was thwarted–a victory for residents and a validation of grassroots democracy in action.
4. Schools generally remain solid. People move here for the schools–Do you really think they are all “deluded fools buying into over-rated hype”. I don’t think so.
5. Ridgewood is not more congested now. Population has been stable since Lawns were developed. Not a fan of the new high density housing–it was a bad decision but it won’t fundamentally alter the character of the Village as many claim.
6. Graydon is not as popular. that’s because kids today have so many more options. I still enjoy driving past it.
7. There has always been political maneuvering in the village but the Aronsohn crowd seems to have lowered the level of civility and tolerance. Maybe that’s gone forever. in Trump’s America.
8. The Duck Pond bike path, the Library, the Band Shell and Van Neste park, The beautiful tree-lined streets and homes, The many nice people–new and old. These are things that endure and I continue to be grateful for them. I will leave someday for a warmer climate but for now I’m in no hurry.