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Ridgewood Open Houses For June 15th

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$2,595,000 – 310 HEIGHTS RD, RIDGEWOOD NJ

Ridgewood Open Houses For June 15th 

$599,990 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1422110
378 STEVENS AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, S/L
Cynthia B Torres, Broker Owner
Discover Real Estate
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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
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Open Houses for Sun 6/15
$449,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1421524
610 ROBERT ST, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 1 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, C/C
Joseph M. Hurley, Sales Associate
Weichert Realtors Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 6/15
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$479,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1422248
564 CLIFF ST, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
3 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath, COL
Melinda Cronk, Broker Associate
Tarvin Realtors
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. Sun. 6/15
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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. 6/15
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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. 6/15
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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. 6/15
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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. 6/15
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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: 1:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. Sun. 6/15
Open House: 12:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. Sun. 6/22
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$1,375,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1421143
219 MADISON PL, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Joanne Delaney, Sales Associate
Tarvin Realtors
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. Sun. 6/15
– See more at: https://www.njmls.com/NJ/BERGEN/RIDGEWOOD-open-houses#sthash.SyywpI7B.Och37Qnd.dpuf

$2,595,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1411204
310 HEIGHTS RD, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
5 Bedroom, 5 Full Bath, 
1 Half Bath, COL
Victoria Wilkinson, Sales Associate
Solutions Realty, LLC
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 6/15
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Open Houses for Sun 6/22
$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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$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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$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: 1:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. Sun. 6/15
Open House: 12:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. Sun. 6/22
– See more at: https://www.njmls.com/NJ/BERGEN/RIDGEWOOD-open-houses#sthash.SyywpI7B.Och37Qnd.dpuf

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CLIMATE MCCARTHYISM CLAIMS YET ANOTHER VICTIM

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CLIMATE MCCARTHYISM CLAIMS YET ANOTHER VICTIM
by JAMES DELINGPOLE 13 Jun 2014

Climate McCarthyism has claimed another victim. Dr Caleb Rossiter – an adjunct professor at American University, Washington DC – has been fired by a progressive think tank after publicly expressing doubtabout man-made global warming.

Rossiter, a former Democratic congressional candidate, has impeccably liberal credentials. As the founder of Demilitarization for Democracy he has campaigned against US backed wars in Central America and Southern Africa, against US military support for dictators and against anti-personnel landmines. But none of this was enough to spare him the wrath of the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) when he wrote an OpEd in the Wall Street Journal describing man-made global warming as an “unproved science.”

Two days later, he was sacked by email. The IPS said: “We would like to inform you that we are terminating your position as an Associate Fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies…Unfortunately, we now feel that your views on key issues, including climate science, climate justice, and many aspects of US policy to Africa, diverge so significantly from ours.”

In the WSJ OpEd entitled Sacrificing Africa for Climate Change, Rossiter argued that Africans should benefit from the same mixed energy policy as Americans rather than being denied access to fossil fuels on spurious environmental grounds by green activists. He wrote: “The left wants to stop industrialization – even if the hypothesis of catastrophic, man-made global warming is false.”

https://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/06/13/Climate-McCarthyism-claims-yet-another-victim

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“What Difference does it Make ” Iraq casts shadow over Clinton

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“What Difference does it Make ” Iraq casts shadow over Clinton
By Alexander Bolton – 06/14/14 06:00 AM EDT

The growing crisis and threat of all-out civil war in Iraq has cast a cloud over Hillary Clinton’s book tour touting her accomplishments as secretary of State.

The release of “Hard Choices” was supposed to remind people of the foreign policy credentials she burnished in the Obama administration.

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On Tuesday, White House spokesman Josh Earnest even said Clinton’s greatest accomplishments at the State Department included ending the war in Iraq and “decimating and destroying” al Qaeda.

But those résumé bullet points are now up for debate as Iraq has erupted in violence and insurgents linked to al Qaeda have captured four cities, including Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest metropolitan center.

“It’s going to be a problem for her starting now,” Republican National Committee spokesman Sean Spicer said of the country’s collapsing stability.

“You have the White House three days ago talking about one of her greatest accomplishment was eradicating al Qaeda in Iraq. One of her greatest accomplishments was winding down war in Iraq. Forty-eight hours later we’re dealing with a situation where we’re talking about how to best help eradicate an al Qaeda offshoot in Iraq,” he said.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/international/209386-iraq-casts-shadow-on-clintons-book-tour#ixzz34dqt5tom 

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US aircraft carrier moves toward Iraq as violence escalates

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US aircraft carrier moves toward Iraq as violence escalates

By Kate Tummarello – 06/14/14 01:05 PM EDT

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is bringing U.S. military forces closer to Iraq as anti-government insurgents gain ground in the fight against Iraqi troops.

On Saturday, Hagel ordered aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush to be moved into the Persian Gulf, bringing it closer to Iraq, Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby said in a statement.

“The order will provide the Commander-in-Chief additional flexibility should military options be required to protect American lives, citizens and interests in Iraq,” according to the spokesman.

The spokesman said the aircraft carrier, currently located in the North Arabian Sea, is being accompanied by a guided-missile cruiser and a guided-missile destroyer and is expected to reach its destination “later this evening.” 

The navy’s movement comes as militants led by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria attack Iraqi troops.

Those troops were trained by the U.S., prompting some to call on the U.S. to reengage in Iraq. 

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/209394-us-aircraft-carrier-moves-towards-iraq#ixzz34doWsBJT

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Obama’s national security team under fire

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Obama’s national security team under fire

By Alexander Bolton – 06/13/14 06:00 AM EDT

President Obama’s team of national security advisers is under attack on Capitol Hill for not foreseeing the collapse of Iraq’s army forces who have been routed by Sunni jihadists.

Republicans are calling for heads to roll, and Democrats have been slow to defend Obama’s national security team after a string of questionable performances.

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Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have second-guessed Obama’s decision to release five senior Taliban commanders from Guantánamo Bay and his handling of the civil war in Syria. Now they’re concerned the insurgent’s lightning war across Iraq has taken the administration by surprise.

Obama even took heat Thursday from the editorial page of The Washington Post, which asserted the “pretense” of Obama’s claim to have ended the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan “is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain.”

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) called for the wholesale resignation of Obama’s national security team, starting with Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

“We need a new national security adviser. We need a new team. We need a new team that knows what America’s national security interests are and are more interested in national security than they are in politics,” he said on the Senate floor.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/international/209262-obamas-national-security-team-under-fire#ixzz34dxVDCI4

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Ridgewood High Softball enjoys first 20-win season since 2010

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Ridgewood High Softball enjoys first 20-win season since 2010

JUNE 13, 2014    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2014, 12:31 AM
BY GREG TARTAGLIA
SPORTS EDITOR

RIDGEWOOD — Teresa Funk got things started, just as she did four years ago.

Senior shortstop Teresa Funk had 47 career RBI in her four varsity seasons with the Ridgewood softball team.

The shortstop has been a fixture on the Ridgewood High School softball team since making the varsity as a freshman. When she and the Maroons’ four other seniors gathered to review the 2014 campaign on Wednesday, it seemed natural that Funk spoke first.

Kelly Skettini led all Ridgewood softball seniors with a .379 batting average and 19 runs scored this spring.

“We really enjoyed this season,” the tri-captain said, speaking for the seniors and underclass players. “Last year, we were a young team. But we knew that we had a lot of people returning, and we just blended really well.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/sports/high-school-sports/girls-softball/maroons-enjoy-first-20-win-season-since-2010-1.1034857#sthash.PQfX2Jlp.dpuf

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Sabotage at Nogales station puts focus on threats to grid

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Sabotage at Nogales station puts focus on threats to grid

The FBI is investigating whether a makeshift bomb placed next to a 50,000-gallon diesel tank at an Arizona power station Wednesday has any connection to a suspicious incident this year at another substation owned by the same company.

New details are emerging from the Nogales, Ariz., attack, which caused minor damage and no injuries.

Contrary to initial accounts, the bomb did not explode. Nogales police Lt. Carlos Jimenez described it as a crude incendiary device that could fit in a person’s hand. It was placed under the valve of the diesel tank and ignited, charring the steel tank.

“They were able to gain access to the facility illegally,” Jimenez said. “They had some working knowledge of what that tank is or how it works.”

The attackers failed to understand that diesel has a high flash point and is difficult to ignite.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/2014/06/12/sabotage-nogales-station-puts-focus-threats-grid/10408053/

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FLAG DAY CEREMONY

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FLAG DAY CEREMONY
SATURDAY, JUNE 14 @ 6PM
AMERICAN LEGION, TEANECK

Flag Day Celebrated June 14  

On June 14, 1777, John Adams spoke about the flag at a meeting of the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. He said, “Resolved, that the flag of the thirteen United States shall be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the Union be thirteen stars, white on a blue field, representing a new constellation.” 

There have been twenty-seven official versions of the flag so far; stars have been added to it as states have entered the Union. The current version dates to July 4, 1960, when Hawaii became the 50th state. Celebrate Flag Day on June 14.

Our generous friends at the American Legion, Teaneck Post have invited NJ Tea Party Coalition Members to celebrate Flag Day with our veterans on Saturday, June 14th.

The festivities will feature appearances from our cherished veterans and more.

If you have a damaged flag you need to dispose, the veterans are burning flags in the parking lot, according to military tradition.

The bar will be open and the event is a wonderful way for us to repay all of the American Legion’s generosity to us and the community.

Bring a friend and celebrate this patriotic holiday with our American heroes.

It’s a good idea to park across the street in the Stop and Shop – near the back of the lot.

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Housing proposal draws protest in Ho-Ho-Kus

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Housing proposal draws protest in Ho-Ho-Kus

JUNE 14, 2014    LAST UPDATED: SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2014, 1:21 AM
BY CHRIS HARRIS
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD

HO-HO-KUS — Residents opposed to a proposal to subdivide nearly four acres of mostly wooded land into 11 single-home plots questioned whether the project will cause flooding in their neighborhood.

The residents spoke at Thursday night’s Planning Board hearing on the planned project, known as the Hollows at Ho-Ho-Kus. Nine couples living around the proposed subdivision have hired Ho-Ho-Kus attorney Robert Inglima to represent them before the board.

The parcel — site of a large single-family house and a number of accessory structures — is located at West Saddle River Road and Hollywood Avenue, extending to Van Dyke Drive.

Those opposed to the project argue approving the subdivision would fundamentally change the character of the neighborhood.

They further predict the project will have a negative impact on natural drainage throughout the surrounding neighborhood.

Many of the residents, who directed questions at the developer’s engineer and planner, Mark Palus, were concerned about water runoff and groundwater recharge, and whether the 22 seepage pits called for in the plans will suffice.

Both Palus and Bruce Whitaker, an attorney representing the applicants, contend the project will improve drainage in the area, and not overburden the borough’s sewage and water systems.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/housing-proposal-draws-protest-1.1035318#sthash.0dJREsno.dpuf

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Reader asks Do you ever get the feeling that Village officials think the public is stupid?

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Reader asks Do you ever get the feeling that Village officials think the public is stupid?

The road improvement project begins. Subsequently, a clay conduit under the roadway collapses. Massive traffic delays occur as a result of the conduit repair work. But the Village Manager says that those traffic delays should not blamed on the road improvement project.

If the road improvment project had not been undertaken, the conduit would not have collapsed. Therefore, the traffic delays should be blamed on the road improvment project, right?

Like I said, they must think that we’re stupid.

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Wilsey Square Project a ridiculous waste of other peoples money

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Wilsey Square Project a ridiculous waste of other peoples money

This whole project seems to be designed around a $146,000 Federal grant that must include a bike lane. It is a ridiculous waste of other peoples money. Now we are spending $350K of the Village Taxpayers money and $146k of Federal Taxpayers money to create an unusable bike lane and choking a 4 lane road to 2 lanes which will result in all day traffic jams and create a safety issue regarding emergency vehicles.

The Village could have repaved the existing road for $150K.Just plain wasteful and stupid.

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Ridgewood students tackle social media issues

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Ridgewood students tackle social media issues

JUNE 13, 2014    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2014, 4:09 PM
BY LAURA HERZOG
STAFF WRITER

When it comes to improving student culture surrounding social media, who better to turn to than students themselves?

Students who participated in the first Ridgewood High School Student Leadership Summit worked on solutions to challenges, including ways to increase school spirit.

That was the thinking of Ridgewood High School (RHS) administrators, who recently consulted with students after a social media crisis this past May was caused by Yik Yak, a localized app that allows people to make anonymous comments. Using the app, a 17-year-old boy made an anonymous gun threat on May 13 that targeted RHS. After an around-the-clock police investigation, the boy was found and taken into custody.

But there were problems with the app even before that event, administrators said.

“Students that I talked to shared that there were just horrendous, horrible things written about other students, about us staff members,” said RHS Assistant Principal Basil Pizzuto. “There were some students really hurt by it, really, really hurt by it, and kind of still struggling with what they went through.”

In order to improve this situation, administrators – including Pizzuto – decided to talk directly to students. “Student leaders” identified by faculty were emailed an invitation to discuss the issue with adults on May 28.

Ultimately, 10 students gave up their monthly sleep-in day to discuss social media and school culture in the RHS Campus Center.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/education/rhs-students-tackle-social-media-issues-1.1035198#sthash.NjbvYhNq.dpuf

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Storm damage, Willard School area, Ridgewood

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Storm damage, Willard School area, Ridgewood
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Ridgewood NJ, A late Friday afternoon thunderstorm felled dozens of trees that blocked streets and cut electric power to many homes in the Willard School area of Ridgewood.  Similar conditions/damage were also reported in sections of Midland Park and Wyckoff.

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IRS Claims to Have Lost Over 2 Years of Lerner Emails…ah yea that’s believable

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IRS Claims to Have Lost Over 2 Years of Lerner Emails…ah yea that’s believable 
Jun 13 2014

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement regarding the Internal Revenue Service informing the Committee that they have lost Lois Lerner emails from a period of January 2009 – April 2011.  Due to a supposed computer crash, the agency only has Lerner emails to and from other IRS employees during this time frame.  The IRS claims it cannot produce emails written only to or from Lerner and outside agencies or groups, such as the White House, Treasury, Department of Justice, FEC, or Democrat offices.

“The fact that I am just learning about this, over a year into the investigation, is completely unacceptable and now calls into question the credibility of the IRS’s response to Congressional inquiries.  There needs to be an immediate investigation and forensic audit by Department of Justice as well as the Inspector General.

“Just a short time ago, Commissioner Koskinen promised to produce all Lerner documents.  It appears now that was an empty promise.  Frankly, these are the critical years of the targeting of conservative groups that could explain who knew what when, and what, if any, coordination there was between agencies.  Instead, because of this loss of documents, we are conveniently left to believe that Lois Lerner acted alone.  This failure of the IRS requires the White House, which promised to get to the bottom of this, to do an Administration-wide search and production of any emails to or from Lois Lerner.  The Administration has repeatedly referred us back to the IRS for production of materials.  It is clear that is wholly insufficient when it comes to determining the full scope of the violation of taxpayer rights.”

Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) added, “In the course of the Committee’s investigation, the Administration repeatedly claimed we were getting access to all relevant IRS documents. Only now – thirteen months into the investigation – the IRS reveals that key emails from the time of the targeting have been lost.  And they bury that fact deep in an unrelated letter on a Friday afternoon.  In that same letter, they urge Congress to end the investigations into IRS wrongdoing. This is not the transparency promised to the American people.  If there is no smidgeon of corruption what is the Administration hiding?”

https://waysandmeans.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=384506