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Ridgewood Open Houses June 22, 2014

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$405,000 – 249 PROSPECT ST, RIDGEWOOD NJ

$359,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1412117
125 BELLAIR RD, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
2 Bedroom, 1 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, RANCH
Glenn Hefferan, Sales Associate
Weichert Realtors Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 6/22
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$425,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1404867
140 BELLAIR RD, Unit N, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
2 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, CONDO
Donna Dever, Sales Associate
Coldwell Banker, Wyckoff/Franklin Lakes
Open House: 2:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 6/22
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$475,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1415075
318 S VAN DIEN AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
3 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath, RANCH
Christine Aderhold, Broker Associate
Coldwell Banker, Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 6/22
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$550,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1422470
674 MIDWOOD RD, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath, C/C
Christopher Kaufman, Sales Associate
Weichert Realtors Franklin Lakes
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 6/22
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$579,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1419577
365 PONFIELD PL, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Hae Seung Kim, Sales Associate
Realty 7, LLC – Palisades Park
Open House: 2:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 6/22
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$579,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1420231
726 MIDWOOD RD, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
5 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath, COL
Peggy Jung, Sales Associate
Coldwell Banker, Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 6/22
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$579,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1422370
430 FRANKLIN TPKE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath, B/L
Joanne W. Cheng, Sales Associate
Coldwell Banker, Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. Sun. 6/22
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$629,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1422251
3 N VAN DIEN AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
3 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Ann Ewell, Sales Associate
Tarvin Realtors
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. Sun. 6/22
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$649,900 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1423422
526 FARVIEW ST, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath, COL
Alina Nolan, Sales Associate
Coldwell Banker, Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 6/22
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$699,900 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1418631
436 ALPINE TER, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
3 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath, COL
Marylee Mullins, Sales Associate
Keller Williams Village Square Realty
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 6/22
– See more at: https://www.njmls.com/NJ/BERGEN/RIDGEWOOD-open-houses#sthash.SyywpI7B.A4CbnDUw.dpuf


$699,900 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1419723
130 WOODSIDE AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
5 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath, COL
Suanne Ohl, Sales Associate
Coldwell Banker, Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 6/22
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$710,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1412271
691 N MONROE ST, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath, B/L
Ghada Abbasi, Sales Associate
Coldwell Banker, Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 6/22
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$725,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1422698
319 BOGERT AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
3 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Barbara French, Sales Associate
Laura French Spada, Sales Associate
Coldwell Banker, Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 6/22
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$729,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1417711
218 WAIKU RD, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
3 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Maria Shammas, Sales Associate
Tarvin Realtors
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. Sun. 6/22
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$735,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1415452
292 SPRING AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
3 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, TWNHS
Jacques Papanikolaou,
Filippo Papanicolaou, Sales Associate
Weichert Realtors Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. Sun. 6/22
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$735,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1423477
292 SPRING AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
3 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, DUPLEX
Jacques Papanikolaou,
Filippo Papanicolaou, Sales Associate
Weichert Realtors Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. Sun. 6/22
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$770,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1422343
698 ELLINGTON RD, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
3 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Margarita Amezquita Rivera, Broker Associate
Coldwell Banker, Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 6/22
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$899,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1415172
384 HAMILTON RD, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Lynn Scerbo, Sales Associate
Weichert Realtors Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 6/22
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$929,999 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1421904
744 UPPER BLVD, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath, COL
Maryanne Connaughton, Sales Associate
Terrie O’Connor Realtors/Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 6/22
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$965,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1417819
403 COLONIAL RD, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Gina Fierro, Sales Associate
Weichert Realtors Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 6/22
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 1:00 P.M. Sun. 6/29
– See more at: https://www.njmls.com/NJ/BERGEN/RIDGEWOOD-open-houses#sthash.SyywpI7B.A4CbnDUw.dpuf

$999,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1407185
234 PALMER CT, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Ettie Rais, Sales Associate
Coldwell Banker, Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 6/22
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$999,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1417285
449 MEADOWBROOK AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
5 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath, COL
Qizhan Yao, Sales Associate
Realmart Realty, LLC
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 6/22
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$999,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1421514
344 GRANDVIEW CIR, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 4 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Beth Freed, Broker Associate
Prominent Properties Sotheby’s International Realty-Ridgewoo
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 6/22
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$1,095,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1423252
285 RICHARDS RD, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath, COL
Barbara Masarky, Broker Associate
Tarvin Realtors
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. Sun. 6/22
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$1,175,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1423430
366 SHELBOURNE TER, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Melinda Cronk, Broker Associate
Tarvin Realtors
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. Sun. 6/22
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$1,319,900 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1420408
537 SPRING AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
5 Bedroom, 4 Full Bath,
2 Half Bath, COL
Shu-Jen Su, Sales Associate
Werner Realty
Open House: 12:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. Sun. 6/22
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$1,349,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1417485
464 HEIGHTS RD, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
5 Bedroom, 4 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Eileen P. Mullen, Sales Associate
Jennifer M. Parsekian, Broker Associate
Keller Williams Village Square Realty
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 6/22
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$1,395,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1419715
184 BEECHWOOD RD, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
5 Bedroom, 4 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Jennifer Springer, Sales Associate
Tarvin Realtors
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. Sun. 6/22
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$1,399,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1343418
436 FARVIEW ST, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
5 Bedroom, 4 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
David H. Larsen, Sales Associate
Keller Williams Village Square Realty
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 6/22
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$1,695,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1408782
395 HIGHLAND AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
5 Bedroom, 5 Full Bath, COL
Frances Ekblom, Sales Associate
Tarvin Realtors
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. Sun. 6/22
– See more at: https://www.njmls.com/NJ/BERGEN/RIDGEWOOD-open-houses#sthash.SyywpI7B.A4CbnDUw.dpuf

$2,079,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1416735
54 N MURRAY AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath, 
1 Half Bath, COL
Frances Ekblom, Sales Associate
Tarvin Realtors
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. Sun. 6/22
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Open Houses for Sun 6/29
$405,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1409972
249 PROSPECT ST, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
3 Bedroom, 1 Full Bath, 
1 Half Bath, COL
Roy D. Pagano, Broker Associate
Ronald R. Pagano & Company
Open House: 12:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M. Sun. 6/29
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$965,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1417819
403 COLONIAL RD, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath, 
1 Half Bath, COL
Gina Fierro, Sales Associate
Weichert Realtors Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 6/22
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 1:00 P.M. Sun. 6/29
– See more at: https://www.njmls.com/NJ/BERGEN/RIDGEWOOD-open-houses#sthash.SyywpI7B.A4CbnDUw.dpuf

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A Majority of Young Adults Are Having Kids Outside Marriage. Why That Hurts Kids’ Futures.

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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West had a baby together before getting married. (Photo: Judy Eddy/WENN/Newscom)

A Majority of Young Adults Are Having Kids Outside Marriage. Why That Hurts Kids’ Futures.

Rachel Sheffield June 21, 2014

Rachel Sheffield focuses on welfare, marriage and family, and education as policy analyst in the DeVos Center for Religion & Civil Society at The Heritage Foundation.

Among young adults, first comes baby, then (maybe) comes marriage. This increasingly is the new normal.

According to a new study from Johns Hopkins University, 57 percent of mothers between 26 and 31 are unmarried when their child is born

But not all young adults are having kids outside of marriage. Instead, the key factor appears to be whether a young woman has attended college.

Among mothers without a high school degree, 63 percent of births occur outside marriage. But among college educated young women, 71 percent of births occur within marriage.

Unfortunately, these differences have consequences. “The U.S. is steadily separating into a two-caste system with marriage and education as the dividing line,” says my colleague Robert Rector.

“In the high-income third of the population, children are raised by married parents with a college education. In the bottom-income third, children are raised by single parents with a high school degree or less.”

Similarly, the authors of the Hopkins study found that “American society is moving toward two different patterns of family formation and two diverging destinies for children.”

But one of those destinies is far less promising, leaving a significant portion of the nation’s next generation with less opportunity.

Children in single-parent homes are more than five times as likely to experience poverty. That isn’t simply because of their parents’ generally lower education level. Even parents with lower levels of education are at far less risk of poverty if they are married.

Children raised by their married, biological parents have other advantages. They are more likely to graduate from high school or college, less likely to engage in delinquent behaviors and less likely to become single parents themselves.

So why do many young adults then still have children outside of marriage?

It’s not because they’re anti-marriage: Research suggests that young, single mothers are not hostile to marriage. Yet they don’t believe it is necessary to marry prior to having children. Rather than seeing marriage as a step to achieving a stable family and social mobility, they view it as a capstone that occurs after they have arrived.

Still, , young men and women don’t seem to understand the consequences of the breakdown of marriage. Thus, the first step would be to get the message out about the importance of marriage in building stable families and communities, particularly in areas where this stability is not the norm.

Additionally, leaders at every level should engage in finding ways to strengthen and maintain healthy families. Examples of this include high schools in Alabama that have taught relationship education courses to youth, the community healthy marriage initiative in Chattanooga, Tenn., that provides relationship education and other resources to couples and families, or the state healthy marriage initiative in Oklahoma that operates marriage and relationship education programs for lower-income couples.

Restoring a culture of marriage is crucial to today’s generation and to the generations they will raise. The goal for all individuals, families, churches, communities and policymakers should be to give every child–regardless of economic background–the greatest opportunity to be reared by their mother and father in a stable married relationship.

https://dailysignal.com/2014/06/21/majority-young-adults-kids-outside-marriage-hurts-kids-futures/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

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It’s official: You hate the media because we’re stupid

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It’s official: You hate the media because we’re stupid
By Jon Friedman, MarketWatch

Opinion: News companies exploit tragedies and treat celebrities like royalty

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The Gallup polling organization has reported that Americans’ confidence in the media remains frightfully low. If you’re in the news business, this development should shake you to your core.

It boils down to this: What you’re selling, the public ain’t buying.

In fact, its belief in television news, newspapers and news found on the Internet is currently at or tied with record lows in the polling organization’s long-running confidence-in-institutions surveys. This is not a new occurrence.

Those findings build on a decades-long nose-dive. And what about the media industry’s savior, the Web, you ask? The trust in Internet news remains low since the previous survey, conducted in 1999. But that was so long ago that the tech-stock bubble hadn’t even burst yet.

The survey scrutinized Americans’ trust in 17 institutions; and newspapers, television news and Internet news ranked in the bottom third. The only institution all three outpolled was Congress. (That’s something to cheer about, eh?)

The Poynter media organization notes that, according to Gallup, “confidence in newspapers has declined by more than half since its 1979 peak of 51%, while TV news has seen confidence ebb from its high of 46% in 1993, the first year that Gallup asked this question.”

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/its-official-you-hate-the-media-because-were-stupid-2014-06-21?mod=latestnewssocialflow&link=sfmw

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Why Are So Many Young Adults Not Looking for Jobs?

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Why Are So Many Young Adults Not Looking for Jobs?
Stephen Moore

June 21, 2014

Stephen Moore, who formerly wrote on the economy and public policy for The Wall Street Journal, is chief economist at The Heritage Foundation.

Economists are scratching their heads trying to figure out a puzzle in this recovery: Why are young people not working? People retiring at age 60 or even 55 in a weak economy is easy to understand. But at 25?

The percentage of adult Americans who are working or looking for work now stands at 62.8%, a 36-year low and down more than 3 percentage points since late 2007, according to the Labor Department’s May employment report.

This is fairly well-known. What isn’t so well-known is that a major reason for the decline is that fewer and fewer young people are holding jobs. This exit from the workforce by the young is counter to the conventional wisdom or the Obama administration’s official line.

The White House claims the workforce is contracting because more baby boomers are retiring. There’s some truth to that. About 10,000 boomers retire every day of the workweek, so that’s clearly depressing the labor market. Since 2009, 7 million Americans have reached official retirement age. The problem will get worse in the years to come as nearly 80 million boomers hit age 65.

But that trend tells only part of the story. The chart above shows the real problem: The largest decline in workforce participation has been those under 25.

Idle Youth

The percentage of young Americans earning a paycheck or looking for work has fallen by 4 percentage points over the course of the recovery, and those between 16 and 25 have experienced the largest decline.

Those over 65, by the way, are more likely to be working today than five years ago. This shift has cushioned the blow of young people not working.

Why is this trend so troubling? Studies show that teens who start working at a job at a young age have higher earnings later in life. One study found that those who work as teenagers have earnings that are about 10% higher at age 27 than those who did not work.

“When we hold young Americans out of jobs,” explains Michael Saltsman of the Employment Policies Institute, “that makes it more difficult for them to get higher-paying jobs later.”

The federal minimum-wage hikes that started in 2007 didn’t help. Teens were priced out of the job market. The overall teen jobless rate skyrocketed. For black males, it topped 40%.

The teen unemployment rate remains at 19.2% — even with the participation rate down sharply — so it would be hard to imagine a worse time to raise the minimum wage again.

Minimum Wage Impact

Saltsman’s research shows that a 10% rise in the minimum wage could mean a 2% or 3% decline in young Americans working. Seattle is raising its minimum wage to $15 an hour. A $10.10 federal minimum wage is being pushed by the White House. The current minimum wage is $7.25.

“When wages are held artificially high,” says Ohio University economics professor Richard Vedder, “jobs are a lot more scarce. Unemployment is negatively associated with the wage rate.”

High teen unemployment is a big problem in Europe, where wage floors are very high. In nations such as France and Spain, the young delay their entry into the workforce until their mid- or even late 20s. These workers’ wages rarely catch up to those who start working earlier. Europe has traditionally had a much smaller share of young adults in jobs.

“Where have the workers been going in the U.S.?” asks Louis Woodhill, an economist in Houston. “They have been fleeing into the arms of the welfare state.” Since 2007, 2 million more Americans have started receiving Social Security disability payments, and food-stamp rolls have increased by 20 million. This has substituted for jobs.

Student Loans

One possible reason that the young are staying away from the labor force is student loans. Since 2007, student loans have risen by more than $500 billion, a subsidy that may be giving college-age students an incentive to take aid instead of look for work to become financially self-sufficient and acquire marketable skills.

We do no favors to the young by teaching them that they can consume or have a good time without first earning the money they spend. The decline in young workers couldn’t come at a worse time. At the other end of the spectrum, as the 80 million boomers move swiftly out of the workforce in the decade ahead, who will support them? Mick Jagger isn’t going to be playing forever.

Originally posted on Investors.com.

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Bay Area techies ditch phones, tablets at ‘digital detox’ camp

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Bay Area techies ditch phones, tablets at ‘digital detox’ camp
By Christina Farr

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – (This June 19 story has been corrected to change the month from July to June in paragraph 14 and add dropped word ‘with’ in paragraph 4)

Tired of the social media treadmill and hoping to unplug for a couple days? Consider this fast-growing summer camp three hours outside of San Francisco, where the first ritual involves handing over your personal electronics to volunteers in white lab coats.

Camp Grounded, now in its second year, offers hyperconnected attendees a brief respite from the incessant noise of Facebook, Twitter and a plethora of other media relentlessly battling for their attention.

The rules of this “digital detox” camp are clear: No work talk, no alcohol, no first names or discussion of ages, and most importantly, no phones, computers, tablets or watches.

Co-founder Levi Felix, who goes by the nickname “Fidget Wigglesworth,” has stressed it is not just an experience for tech workers, although current and former Facebook Inc, Google Inc and Microsoft Corp employees were represented. This year, campers ranged from hipster college grads to recent retirees, he said in an interview with Reuters at the Navarro, California camp.

The project has gained rapid popularity, reflecting a growing need to unwind from the stresses associated with the Bay Area’s tech boom. From just one weekend in the summer of 2013, this year’s has grown to three consecutive weekends with several hundred people attending each session.

https://news.yahoo.com/bay-area-techies-ditch-phones-tablets-digital-detox-175658009–finance.html;_ylt=AwrBEiLzfaRTVVwAuDLQtDMD

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Hearing Loss can cause short-term memory loss and short-change your life

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Hearing Loss can cause short-term memory loss and short-change your life.
June 21,2014


Ridgewood NJ, Are you having trouble with your hearing? An estimated 36 million Americans do. It is the third most prevalent health concern and is now believed to affect cognitive ability when not caught early.  It can even contribute to short-term memory problems.Need a consultation with an audiologist in NYC? Contact Audio Help Hearing Centers today!

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Planner hired by neighbors criticizes Ho-Ho-Kus project

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Planner hired by neighbors criticizes Ho-Ho-Kus project

JUNE 21, 2014    LAST UPDATED: SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 2014, 1:21 AM
BY CHRIS HARRIS
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD

HO-HO-KUS — A Maplewood planner, hired by a consortium of residents opposing a proposed subdivision, testified on Thursday that he believes there are flaws in the project’s design.

Amid a battery of objections from the applicants’ lawyer, Peter Steck told the Planning Board that, “as proposed, the [subdivision] application warrants a denial.”

Steck provided his overall analysis of the subdivision’s plans, saying the project could do without a devised cul de sac, “because what this does is it produces lots with multiple road frontages.”

The parcel — the site of a large building with some accessory structures — is at West Saddle River Road and Hollywood Avenue, extending to Van Dyke Drive.

Ground is slated to be broken in August on the project.

Plans call for the subdivision of 4 acres of mostly wooded land into 11 single-home plots.

Neighbors of the planned project, known as the Hollows at Ho-Ho-Kus, argue that approving it would fundamentally change the character of their neighborhood while negatively impacting natural drainage throughout the area, creating the potential for flooding.

Nine couples living around the site have hired Ho-Ho-Kus attorney Robert Inglima to represent them before the board.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/planner-hired-by-neighbors-criticizes-ho-ho-kus-project-1.1039251#sthash.mWb69qvi.dpuf

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The Great Ridgewood Duck Derby- July 19th

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The Great Ridgewood Duck Derby- July 19th

The Great Ridgewood Duck Derby

On Saturday, July 19th, Ridgewood Parks & Recreation, in cooperation with Jacobsen Landscape Contractors of Midland Park, will be hosting the Great Ridgewood Duck Derby at Graydon Pool. Come out and embrace the national “Come Alive Outside” campaign and join us for an afternoon of fun family activity. This event will feature an array of different types of entertainment. There will also be a number of different kinds of activities throughout the day such as beach games, a sand sculpture contest, duck decorating, face painting, and ultimately concluding with a rubber duck race. 

Pre-registration is a must and the deadline for advance sales is July 17th. The cost to take part in this fun family event is $10 per person ($15 per person non-residents) which includes a BBQ ticket and one rubber duck. With the BBQ ticket you get a hamburger or hotdog, chips, and a beverage. 

The “Come Alive Outside” campaign started in 2010 by Jim Paluch in hopes of combating the sedentary, indoor lifestyle that is contributing to a multitude of adverse effects in our society. Playing outside has more benefits than just the physical, outdoor play can help children develop social skills, reduce stress, and increase their self-confidence. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, 60 minutes of free play outside daily is essential for a child’s development which is why it is the “Come Alive Outside” campaign’s mission to create opportunities for children to get outside for some good healthy fun. 

To register for the Great Ridgewood Duck Derby you can either stop by The Stable at 259 N. Maple Ave and fill out a registration form or go online at www.ridgewoodnj.net/communitypass. The rain date for this event will be on Sunday July 20th. Please call the Parks & Recreation Department at 201-670-5560 with any questions.

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Michael Feeney’s Best Day Ever – Saturday, June 21 from 10AM to 4PM

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Michael Feeney’s Best Day Ever – Saturday, June 21 from 10AM to 4PM

Bring your family and join the Ridgewood Community in celebrating the 1st “BEST DAY EVER” celebration… June 21st at BF Middle School…Rain date June 22

Enjoy Carnival Games, Face painting, Crafts, Contests, Color Fun Run…and more!

Tickets: Bookends, Backyard Living, Ben & Jerry’s, Leapin’ Lizard… or Community Pass – https://register.communitypass.net/ridgewood

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Reader makes suggestions for the Enclave Development

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The Enclave at 257 East Ridgewood Avenue. Photo credit: 257 East Ridgewood Avenue LLC
Reader makes suggestions for the Enclave Development

The Enclave invites the community to an open exchange of information, pros and cons and all views, on Thursday, June 26 at 7 p.m. at the Ridgewood Library Arts Studio. I’ll certainly be there, and would like to suggest that we review these websites in advance for more background: downtownridgewood.com and citizensforabetterridgewood.com

The website for the developments is interesting. But a few suggestions:

The site should have more continuity. Each development should have its drawing on the first page. Then they should list the number and size of the units, the maintenance and the anticipated taxes.

They claim that they will be self sufficient for parking, but based on what? How many spots per unit?

There is no way that the addition of that many families will not impact congestion in the downtown.

They talk about “1.5 million net tax” but where did they pull that number from? The rumor v Reality section is not very good.

As I mentioned above, if I am going to downsize from a 4+ bedroom house I do not just want a smaller residence. i expect the carrying expenses to be downsized too. Otherwise I can buy a house in Saddle River.

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Ridgewood joins group seeking return of Open Space Trust Fund

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Ridgewood joins group seeking return of Open Space Trust Fund

JUNE 20, 2014    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2014, 12:31 AM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER

Ridgewood has joined a group of municipalities that is seeking restoration of full funding to the Bergen County Open Space Trust Fund.

Members of the Village Council unanimously approved last week a resolution endorsing the change, and a copy of legislation will be forwarded to the county executive and freeholder board.

The open space trust fund is fueled by the county open space tax, which all property owners currently pay at a rate of a quarter of one cent per $100 of real property valuation. Ridgewood, led by the village’s Open Space Committee, has asked the county to increase the rate to a full one cent per $100.

In a May 20 letter from the Open Space Committee to Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan and the freeholders, Chairman Ralph Currey noted that the county’s open space tax had been set at the one cent figure between 2004 and 2009. During that period, Ridgewood and other municipalities received “vital support” from the trust fund for open space purchases and recreation facility improvements.

The county then slashed the tax by 75 percent in 2010, and “in essence dried up the open space money,” according to Tom Riche, the Village Council representative to the Open Space Committee.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/village-joins-growing-group-seeking-return-of-trust-fund-1.1038614#sthash.nHecbzBn.dpuf

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Work at railroad crossings in Midland Park slated to begin July 7

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Work at railroad crossings in Midland Park slated to begin July 7

MAY 29, 2014    LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2014, 3:47 PM
BY LYNN BRUGGEMANN
CORRESPONDENT
MIDLAND PARK SUBURBAN NEWS

MIDLAND PARK — The New Jersey Department of Transportation will be working on improvements to three borough grade-level railroad crossings for three to four weeks starting July 7.

Mayor Patrick “Bud” O’Hagan announced the scope of the project at the May 22 Borough Council meeting and offered his advice to residents.

“If you can take a vacation during this time, I advise you to do so and get out of town,” O’Hagan said. “This is going to be a nightmare.”

The DOT Rail-Highway Grade Crossing rehabilitation project will require 24-hour, multiple-day road closures at the Newtown Road, Sicomac Avenue and Goffle Road/Lake Avenue railroad crossings on the following schedule:

• Newtown Road crossing south of the Wortendyke train station on the Wyckoff border beginning July 7. The complete road closure also will prohibit access to Cedar Hill Avenue at the Newtown Road intersection. Cedar Hill Avenue allows motorists to access Route 208 in Wyckoff.

• Sicomac Avenue crossing near the Kentshire apartment complex at 187 Paterson Ave. beginning July 14.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/nj-state-news/work-at-railroad-crossings-in-midland-park-slated-to-begin-july-7-1.1025973#sthash.eQ8l4HSb.dpuf

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America’s expanding police state

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America’s expanding police state
Neighborhood cops are becoming armed soldiers
By Tammy Bruce
Friday, June 20, 201

With so much happening internationally and the number of scandals, crises and general screw-ups of the Obama administration here at home, it’s worth noting a disturbing development here on the domestic front: a rapidly expanding police state.

On my radio program last week I had the pleasure of speaking with Cheryl Chumley, a reporter for The Washington Times, about her new book, “Police State USA: How George Orwell’s Nightmare is Becoming our Reality.” The title says it all, and aptly describes the shocking transformation of what had been our free society.

We all know about the scope of National Security Agency (NSA) spying. It’s fair to say at this point in our lives that the notion of privacy is all but dead and gone. However, it didn’t start there. In her book, Mrs. Chumley takes us on a ride through history, reminding us of the original intentions of the Founding Fathers versus the assault on the original design by “21st century realities.”

Keep in mind, people in the political class constantly reveal their contempt for regular citizens. That contempt is the inevitable result of a group of people who have convinced themselves that big government is necessary because the little people can’t control their own lives.

These same politicians and bureaucrats then begin to see themselves a genuinely better than everyone else. After all, if they were just like us, then they’d be part of the rabble, and they can’t have that. The solution to their dilemma is a police state.

Mrs. Chumley’s chapters in “Police State USA” provide a treatise on all the elements of society that are under attack as big government seeks to sustain itself through a police state, including aspects of an expanding and increasingly paranoid bureaucratic system that has decided the individual is the problem.

Read more: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jun/20/bruceraising-a-police-state-army/#ixzz35GDNh6iR

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Former Ridgewood High Junior Athlete Mathew Lorenz wins the 53rd Bud Burns Dixie Junior Golf Tournament in Selma Alabam

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Former Ridgewood High Junior Athlete Mathew Lorenz wins the 53rd Bud Burns Dixie Junior Golf Tournament in Selma Alabama
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Mathew is the son of the  former Principle of Ridgewood High School Jack Lorenz..

The tournament was held at Selma Country Club , previous professional golfers that have won the tournament are Stewart Cink and Bubba Watson. 

The tournament coincided with Brad Pitt and Oprah Winfrey being in town to film a new movie.

Consistency was key for sixteen-year-old Matthew Lorenz, carding three consecutive rounds of 73 strokes.

Lorenz told the Selma Times Journal ,” the tournament felt more unpredictable than his scorecard displayed.

“The tournament was a little up and down at points,” Lorenz said. “I even hit a ball into the parking lot at one point.”

Overall, Lorenz said the tournament was enjoyable, and he thanked those involved in the organization.

“I really enjoyed the course. It really suited my game,” Lorenz said. “This is my first overall win, so it’s probably my biggest win so far. It felt good because the hard work finally paid off.” ( https://www.selmatimesjournal.com/2014/06/18/lorenz-edges-manderson-for-bud-burns-title/)

Lorenz will get his name engraved as the 2014 champ of the Bud Burns Dixie Junior Championship .

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‘Synthetic’ ID Theft Emerging As Fastest-Growing Type Of Consumer Fraud

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‘Synthetic’ ID Theft Emerging As Fastest-Growing Type Of Consumer Fraud
June 19, 2014 8:50 AM

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A Marina del Rey man has been convicted on charges related to a rapidly-growing high-tech crime known as synthetic identity theft, according to an exclusive KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO report.

KNX 1070′s Charles Feldman reports the prosecution is believed to be a first for Los Angeles and only the second such prosecution in the nation.

Synthetic identity theft occurs when thieves create new identities either by combining real and fake identifying information to establish new accounts with fictional identities, or create a brand new identity from fake or inaccurate information, according to credit reporting agency Experian.

Since perpetrators of synthetic ID theft will only use a stolen Social Security number – the only piece of information that matches the “real” person – the crime can often go undetected for years.

“It’s almost like a ghost is committing these crimes,” said prosecutor Warren Kato with the District Attorney’s Office.

Synthetic identity theft is the fastest-growing type of ID fraud in the U.S. and has already surpassed “true-name” identity fraud, according to the Federal Trade Commission, which estimated it currently accounts for up to 85 percent of all identity fraud.

https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/06/19/synthetic-id-theft-emerging-as-fastest-growing-type-of-consumer-fraud/