“Ridgewood” Bear shot in New York State
Written by Jim Stabile
Outdoors Columnist
A hunter shot a New Jersey bear Nov. 23, even though our season doesn’t open until Dec. 9.
The legal kill was made in New York, 107 miles from our state, closer to Albany than Ringwood State Park, where the nuisance bruin had been released five months ago after being tranquilized near a Ridgewood school.
New York and Pennsylvania hunters kill dozens of tagged and tattooed New Jersey bears, plus countless more that don’t have identification. They’re killed in neighboring states because of our growing bear overpopulation.
no proof its the bear our former mayor wrestled
Bears cross the Delaware, walk north or go further. One was caught in Connecticut on June 5, 2012. Another went to Maryland’s eastern shore.
They don’t leave New Jersey because there’s not enough food. There’s plenty to eat. Young male bears are forced to leave by bigger, older male bears that don’t want competition for sows during the June breeding season.
Thanksgiving Day store openings siphon Black Friday sales, preliminary figures show
Saturday, November 30, 2013 Last updated: Saturday November 30, 2013, 9:19 PM
BY JOAN VERDON
STAFF WRITER
The Record
Americans spent close to $3 billion holiday shopping on Thanksgiving – nearly three times as much as last year – as widespread early store openings stole sales from Black Friday, according to data released Saturday by retail analytics firm ShopperTrak.
Sales for the two days combined rose 2.3 percent, but store traffic on Black Friday declined 11.4 percent, and sales were down 13.2 percent that day, compared to last year, according to ShopperTrak. Black Friday remains the most important day of the Thanksgiving shopping weekend, with an estimated $9.7 billion spent that day.
While the final dollar and store-traffic breakdowns for each day will not be released until Tuesday, total sales for Thursday and Friday were $12.3 billion, with more than 1 billion store visits by shoppers during the two days.
“The Thursday sales came at the expense of Black Friday,” said ShopperTrak founder Bill Martin. “It was a good two days, but if you only looked at Black Friday you would find yourself in a panic” because of the decline, Martin said.
Stores in the Northeast showed drops in traffic and sales for the combined two days, with traffic in the region down 5 percent and sales down 7 percent. Sales and traffic increased the most in the West.
In God we trust, maybe, but not each other
Nov 30, 9:04 AM (ET)
By CONNIE CASS
WASHINGTON (AP) – You can take our word for it. Americans don’t trust each other anymore.
We’re not talking about the loss of faith in big institutions such as the government, the church or Wall Street, which fluctuates with events. For four decades, a gut-level ingredient of democracy – trust in the other fellow – has been quietly draining away.
These days, only one-third of Americans say most people can be trusted. Half felt that way in 1972, when the General Social Survey first asked the question.
Forty years later, a record high of nearly two-thirds say “you can’t be too careful” in dealing with people.
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An AP-GfK poll conducted last month found that Americans are suspicious of each other in everyday encounters. Less than one-third expressed a lot of trust in clerks who swipe their credit cards, drivers on the road, or people they meet when traveling.
“I’m leery of everybody,” said Bart Murawski, 27, of Albany, N.Y. “Caution is always a factor.”
Does it matter that Americans are suspicious of one another? Yes, say worried political and social scientists.
How Obamacare Discourages Work and Marriage
The Heritage Foundation
11/25/2013
We were told that Obamacare was supposed to be compassionate toward the needy in America.
While President Obama and his fellow liberals may have held the best of intentions while ramming Obamacare through Congress, the law’s policies are far from compassionate toward the uninsured and Americans with low and modest incomes.
In fact, the law perpetuates some of the country’s worst trends that trap people in poverty. It includes disincentives for individuals to marry and for Americans of low and modest incomes to work. Discouraging work and marriage will only perpetuate poverty and income inequality, not alleviate them.
Discouraging Work
The way Obamacare calculates federal premium subsidies and cost-sharing subsidies includes several “cliffs.” A person might qualify for a hefty subsidy at his current income, but if he gets a raise and makes a little more, that Obamacare subsidy disappears.
At these cliffs, individuals and families will actually benefit more by working less because additional earnings could cause them to lose thousands of dollars in taxpayer-funded subsidies.
Families facing these kinds of poverty traps may ask the obvious question: If I will lose so much in government benefits by earning additional income, why work?
Rather than encouraging hard work, initiative, and entrepreneurship, Obamacare instead undermines these essential American values.
Discouraging Marriage
Obamacare contains not one, but two penalties on marriage—one for families with low and moderate incomes and another for families with higher incomes. By continuing failed policies that undermine the institution of marriage, Obamacare will accelerate a root cause of income inequality in the United States.
Here’s an example. A 50-year-old non-smoker making $35,000 per year would qualify for a sizable insurance subsidy, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation’s insurance subsidy calculator. The individual’s premium would be capped at 9.5 percent of income, resulting in an insurance subsidy of $2,065 paid by the federal government.
However, if this 50-year-old is married to another 50-year-old who also makes $35,000 per year, the couple would receive no insurance subsidy at all. This couple would incur a marriage penalty of $4,130 in one year—equal to the $2,065 that each individual could have received if they were not married.
As Urban Institute fellow Gene Steuerle has said: “Our tax and welfare system thus favors those who consider marriage an option—to be avoided when there are penalties and engaged when there are bonuses. The losers tend to be those who consider marriage to be sacred.”
Obamacare sends a clear message that reliance on government is preferable to these traditional American values—work and marriage.
Our health care policy should not be undermining these foundations of society. For a more commonsense approach to health care reform, check this out.
Ridgewood Veterinary Hospital : Having guests at your house for the Holidays?
For some pets, houseguests can be scary. Pets shy or excitable around new people may have a hard time around the holidays when new people may be visiting. If a dog or cat can be overwhelmed when people come over, they should stay in another room or in a crate with a favorite toy so they’re out of the frenzy and feel safe. Boarding may also be a smart option to remove them completely from this upsetting situation. Pets particularly upset by houseguests, should see a veterinarian about possible solutions to this common problem.
For pets who are comfortable around guests, they should be watched closely when houseguests are entering or leaving. While welcoming hungry guests and collecting coats, a four-legged family member may make a break for it out the door and become lost. It’s also a good idea to make sure pets have proper identification, particularly microchip identification with up-to-date registered information.
Open Call, looking for talent (Model’s, actor’s, dancers, singers) (Manhattan)
BIG APPLE FACES OPEN Call: December 3rd & 10th 9am to 5pm
PLEASE READ ENTIRE AD!!!
Hi Ladies & gentlemen my name is Lauren & I am the talent coordinator of Big Apple faces affiliated with Philly Faces. We are a unique casting database of actors, models and performers based in New York City. Our aim is to make talent visible and readily available by any means necessary for the film, theater, and TV industry, as well as for the business community that may need spokes-models, entertainers, or promotional models for events, conventions, and advertisements. (We are not an agency we take no percentage of any work you do. We are a talent management company. We simply make our money by people being intersted in us & coming on board.) I am looking for ALL kinds of talent of all ages & sizes to join our data base. We get all kinds of castings all day everyday from movie roles to extra work to modeling clothes & products etc. Our job is to help expose you to the world & build your resume. That is the only way to make it in this business.
One of the things we offer is a subscription service for our exclusive castings which is a low fee that is paid YEARLY. Do not ask me if there is a fee, no one works for free. This is a business not a charity. The question you should be asking is how much? Yes we have real legit castings & you will only see them through us. We screen all of our castings & weed out the scammers & perves to ensure your valuable time & safety. We also help in providing professional photos IF needed. Our photography/photographers are beyond affordable & super amazing. I also help coach & guide talent that are new & have no experience in the industry. I am on call for all of our talent. What makes me & us credible are that we have years experience in the entertainment industry. I use to model myself & act I have been both in front & behind the cameras & Joe & kristine our photographers have shot people like lady gaga, snooki, LMFAO etc. I am not here to sale you dreams, I am here to help your dreams become reality.
If interested please call me or text me at 201.485.9625 to make an appointment. If you are not professional or aren’t willing to work hard or do what it takes to succeed in this business do not apply. If you intend on not showing up to your appointment don’t waist my time & set one up. I answer all detailed questions at your interview.
Models: bring resume if you have one, portfolio or photos
Actors/Actresses: bring resume if you have one, head shot & a monologue to act out for me
While Black Friday may be over… Small Business Saturday is just starting! Come shop at either of our boutiques today for 25% off ALL sweaters & shoes (Steve Madden, anyone?!)
Ward’s Pumpkin Patch
Come support our local farm stand for Small Business Saturday! Today, Ward Farm is celebrating our second season selling Christmas trees! Enjoy the holidays with us, think small!
SHOP SMALL: SUPPORT THE BUSINESS THAT MAKE A GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
Jeanne Hulit is the Acting Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration
Most Americans know Black Friday and Cyber Monday are big days for holiday shopping. But between the two is another important part of the holiday shopping season –Small Business Saturday, a day that is dedicated to supporting the small businesses that anchor our local communities and strengthen our economy.
From the Main Street shops to the high-tech startups, small businesses are the backbone of our economy and the cornerstones of a diverse and thriving marketplace. These businesses create two out of every three net new private sector jobs, and half of working Americans either own or work for a small business. By shopping small and supporting local business, we all have a role to play in giving millions of families the opportunity to achieve the American dream.
Small Business Saturday is a nation-wide initiative that bring Americans together to support these businesses, with the money you spend going right back into your local economy, and that’s important because we know that half of working Americans either own or work for a small business.
Started in 2010, Small Business Saturday has boosted holiday sales in Main Street businesses around the country. Last year, nearly 70 million people shopped small in their communities for an estimated $5.5 billion in sales to independently-owned small businesses. This year, we can do even more!
Small Business Saturday falls on November 30th and there are a number of ways you can get involved:
If you own a small business, register your business at www.smallbusinesssaturday.com. You can sign up to rally your neighborhood, list your business so customers know where to find you, and receive free Small Business Saturday promotional materials. You can also check out SBA’s tips on how to prepare for the holiday season at www.sba.gov/saturday.
If you are a customer, find events in your community and participating local businesses at www.smallbusinesssaturday.com. Small businesses are listed in communities large and small across the country, and together we can support them with our business.
Ken-Ton Chamber of Commerce wants to make this the BIGGEST SHOPPING DAY of the YEAR for Kenmore Village Businesses!
By starting your holiday season at the coffee shop on the corner or the bakery downtown, you can support all the things that make our communities great.
On November 30th, I know I’ll be shopping small. I hope you will too.
Ridgewood Young Professional Exchange Networking on December 4th At Equinox
Wed, December 04, 2013
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Equinox Fitness, 776 Rt 17 North Paramus NJ 07652
Young Professionals Networking
Wednesday, December 4th, 2013
6:00pm-9:00pm
to be held at
Equinox Fitness
776 Rt. 17 North
Paramus, NJ 07652
*Drinks and Appetizers will be provided by Equinox*
Bring your business cards and enjoy our casual networking atmosphere while promoting for
your business.
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R.Y.P.E. is a group for those 40 years of age and younger, and affiliated with the Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce. We give young professionals an opportunity to get involved with like minded individuals to help create new business relationships!
Do you feel the large networking events seem overbearing because it might be your first time or you are relatively young and/or inexperienced compared to your peers?
R.Y.P.E. is your solution!
This is your opportunity to really get to know others with a similar age who may be potential referral sources.
Not a young professional?
Feel free to send a colleague on behalf of your business!
THE GROUP’S GOALS will be to:
– provide a forum in which
to discuss your business.
– share your business mission and highlight what distinguishes it from other businesses.
-Grow your business and develop networking skills.
RYPE will give you the opportunity to get to know other business owners in a non-formal setting so that you will feel comfortable providing referrals to and receiving referrals from, other young Chamber Members.
We hope you join us!
RSVP by 11/27/13
Allison Beer
201-444-0020 [email protected]
We look forward to seeing you there!
Your Hosts:
Allison Beer
Third Space Medical
Stewart G. Einwohner, Esq.
Stewart G. Einwohner, P.C.
Ridgewood Chamber Annual 28th Downtown for the Holidays
Fri, December 06, 2013
Time: 5:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: East Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, New Jersey
Event Description
Come to Ridgewood to start your Holiday season!
Join us on Friday, December 6, 2013
The merriment begins at 5:30pm –
-Santa will be in the Park to meet & greet with the “wee little ones”.
-“Kids Corner” – arts & crafts for the kids.
-Lots of music and entertainment on
E. Ridgewood Ave.
7:00-8:00pm
7:30pm Tree Lighting Celebration on stage.
On stage-end of E. Ridgewood Ave.-
Enjoy the talented kids on stage, they will entertain you with their happy feet, loveable voices and winning smiles.
8:00-9:00pm
Back onto E. Ridgewood Ave. for more
music, entertainment, SANTA in the Park, and surprises.
Saturday, December 7 –
8:00am-10:00am-Breakfast with Santa at
The Officer Beer Bar & Grill-reservations
required call 201-652-1070.
10:00am Santa will come through Ridgewood on the big red fire truck, waving to all the little kids.
-Santa will be taken to Columbia Bank,
60 S. Broad Street, where all the children will have their picture taken with Santa and receive a beautiful toy.
-2:00-4:00pm Santa will then be at the Park.
Bring your cameras.
Saturday, December 14, 21
8:00am-12N Breakfast with Santa-
The Office Beer Bar & Grill
reservations required 201-652-1070
-12:00N-4:00pm Santa will be in the Park
Bring you list and Santa will check it twice.
You can take pictures with Santa
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SPONSORS WHO HAVE MADE THIS EVENT A ‘TRADITION’…
without them this event would not happen.
Columbia Bank
Valley Hospital
Van Dyk Health Care
Boiling Spring Savings Bank
The Ridgewood News
Atlantic Stewardship Bank
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Janjigian Trading Co., Inc
Parks Wealth Management
Ridgewood AM Rotary Club
Marron Gildea Realtors
Panico Salon & Spa
Ulrich, Inc.
Bookends
Daily Treat Restaurant
Duxiana
West Bergen Mental Healthcare
Adamoli & McGorty MD’s LLC
Country Pancake House and Restaurant
Haagen-Dazs
Life Opportunities Unlimited
Restaurant Memoire
Sullivan Associates
Troast Vision & Hearing Center
CC Van Emburgh
Ridgewood Moving Services
Sakurabana Restaurant
Alex and Ani – special offer on 12/6/13
will be offering a Gift With Purchase of $75 or more shoppers you will receive a candle votive and offering Crystal Color Therapy earrings to the first 50 people to shop.
Support these local businesses, they are supporting the Ridgewood “tradition”.
BOOKENDS: Hey Kids, Comics! – Authors Autographing this Saturday
Forget Black Friday – Small Business Saturday is coming! Come meet Robert J. Kelly, Paul Castiglia and Ed Catto as they discuss and autograph copies of the best holiday gift you can give the comics fan in your life – a copy of Hey Kids, Comics! published by Crazy 8 Press. This discussion and autographing is scheduled at the independent bookstore, Bookends, this Saturday, November 30th at 2PM.
Ridgewood’s Bookends Bookstore is known for having top authors such as Nelson DeMille, James Patterson and Harlan Coben as well as celebrity authors, ranging from Gene Simmons to Billy Crystal. This independently owned and operated shop is located at 211 East Ridgewood Avenue in Ridgewood, NJ (phone : 201.445.0726). And this event is in conjunction with Amex’s Small Business Saturday, so there are savings for American Express Card Holders.
More information is available at www.book-ends.com
Small Business Saturday Sponsored by the Ridgewood Guild
Ridgewood NJ, “Small Business Saturday” will be celebrated today Saturday, November 30. This event encourages shopping in local downtowns -Small businesses are what make a neighborhood your neighborhood. Small Business Saturday is a day dedicated to supporting small businesses across the country.
First there was Black Friday, then Cyber Monday. November 27, 2010 was the first ever Small Business Saturday. Small Business Saturday is the day we celebrate the Shop Small movement to drive shoppers to local merchants across the U.S.
More than 200 organizations have already joined American Express OPEN, the company’s small business unit, in declaring the Saturday after Thanksgiving as Small Business Saturday.
Black Friday less crazy in North Jersey as holiday openings soften the crush
Friday, November 29, 2013 Last updated: Friday November 29, 2013, 11:13 PM
BY JOAN VERDON, KATHLEEN LYNN AND AND REW WYRICH
STAFF WRITERS
The Record
It was a North Jersey Black Friday with a new twist — shoppers saying they went to malls and stores Friday because they wanted to avoid the craziness.
While Black Friday still is expected to draw the most sales and shoppers of the four-day weekend, the madness — the frenzied rush for door-buster deals — largely was pushed forward into Thanksgiving night, when more than a dozen major retailers opened their doors or began offering deals in the early evening.
As a result, the stores that opened on Thanksgiving were quieter and calmer on Friday, although stores and malls in Paramus — which delayed their openings until 7 a.m. Friday because of a borough ordinance restricting all-night shopping — still had lines of shoppers waiting for the doors to open.
Black Friday Spending Spree (in Washington)
11/29/2013
American shoppers aren’t the only ones getting ready to spend big this holiday season.
In Washington, members of the budget conference committee are considering several options that could increase spending by up to an additional $100 billion.
What’s standing in their way is sequestration: the automatic spending cut mechanism President Obama signed into law with the Budget Control Act (BCA). Sequestration enforces spending caps on the discretionary budget, which includes those domestic programs that brought you the infamous IRS Star Trek parody video and the $325,000 RoboSquirrel. The reductions disproportionately fall on defense, and lawmakers should do a better job of prioritizing this core constitutional function while staying within the agreed-upon spending levels.
According to news sources, some budget conference members are considering a compromise deal to bust the sequestration spending caps by up to $100 billion. In an attempt to find offsetting mandatory spending cuts and revenues to entice both sides into such a deal, lawmakers are reportedly considering an increase in “user fees.” This is simply a disguised tax increase.
Raising these fees to cover the cost of providing services is one thing. Increasing them to pay for more spending is just another Washington gimmick. Using gimmicks like this one to get around necessary spending reductions is a destructive habit that has helped fuel the now $17.2 trillion national debt.
What adds even more fuel to the fire is that Congress is not currently restrained by a debt limit.
Lawmakers suspended the debt limit through February 7 in the deal that ended the government shutdown. With no dollar amount to limit their spending, there is little to stop Washington from piling even more spending and debt on taxpayers. Imagine hitting the Black Friday deals with an unlimited credit card at your disposal.
A budget conference “compromise” may sound like progress in this era of congressional gridlock, but when it means higher spending and continuing on the current fiscal collision course, it will do more harm than good. Washington is already on track to spend nearly $150 billion more in 2014 than it did in 2013, largely due to growth in entitlement spending—the key driver of spending and debt.
Instead of spending even more of taxpayers’ money, lawmakers should address future debt by controlling the growth in entitlement spending, sticking to the Budget Control Act, and enforcing lower levels of spending. If the committee fails to begin solving America’s entitlement problem, this means spending and debt will continue to go up and harm the opportunities of all Americans.
The credit card has been maxed out too many times already. This is the season to curb Washington’s spending spree.
Ridgewood beats Paramus but loses fullback Jack Foresman
Friday, November 29, 2013
BY JIM MCCONVILLE
SPECIAL TO THE RECORD
The Record
RIDGEWOOD — With both teams heading to MetLife Stadium next weekend, the final Thanksgiving Day game between Ridgewood and Paramus became an anticlimactic effort.
Paramus elected to keep its starters on the bench. Ridgewood, still pursuing an undefeated season, played its starters into the third quarter before taking them out, but still suffered an injury that will affect it in the North 1, Group 5 final.
Ridgewood now is 11-0 after a 35-7 triumph but it lost fullback Jack Foresman, who suffered his second broken collarbone of the season. It definitely overshadowed the Maroons’ victory.
“It’s a shame,” Maroon coach Chuck Johnson said of the end of the Thanksgiving tradition.
“This is a great rivalry, but the specter of the playoffs has changed the atmosphere of the game. It becomes a distraction in the middle of the playoffs and you run the risk of losing a player like Jack. That really sours the day.”
The game plan for Ridgewood was to get up quick and get the starters out, but the Spartans’ backups didn’t just roll over. Albeit against a somewhat-uninspired Ridgewood side, the Paramus reserves gave a good effort.
