Listed by: Dennis Jaye of Re/Max Real Estate Ltd. in Oradell
On the market: Four months, while under construction
Asking price: $1,268,500
The game plan: The home was newly constructed by a builder on speculation, with extras like an oversized laundry room, parking for four cars and a first-floor bedroom with full bath.
Since the housing bust, most North Jersey builders have held off on building without a buyer already lined up, but Jaye said he advised the builder that building in Ridgewood was a safe bet. He thought the house would attract buyers relocating from out of the area, who are often drawn to Ridgewood for its well-regarded school system, lively downtown and commuter train station.
“The train commute, for Wall Streeters, is a big deal,” he said.
Jaye listed the home on the New Jersey Multiple Listing Service and advertised it on the Internet, with its own website. A buyer relocating from Switzerland made a full-price offer.
The result: Another agent brought in the buyer and the home sold for $1,268,500.
$429,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1331354
19 HIGH ST, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
3 Bedroom, 1 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Rose Hueneke, Broker Associate
Keller Williams Village Square Realty
Open House: 1-4PM Sun. 9/8
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$498,900 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1329139
528 FRANKLIN TPKE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath, C/C
Jenny Lindberg, Sales Associate
Coldwell Banker, Ridgewood
Open House: 1-4 Sun. 9/8
11
$499,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1331797
258 LAKEVIEW DR, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
3 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath, RANCH
Joan Marie Monton, Sales Associate
Terrie O’Connor Realtors/Ridgewood
Open House: 1-4 Sun. 9/8
15
$529,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1331548
660 SPRING AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
3 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath, RANCH
Eileen Krenn, Sales Associate
RE/MAX Elite Associates
Open House: 1-4:00 pm Sun. 9/8
9
$569,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1321495
340 N MONROE ST, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
3 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Filippo Papanicolaou, Sales Associate
Jacques Papanikolaou,
Weichert Realtors Ridgewood
Open House: 1-4 Sun. 9/8
12
$569,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1329267
22 POMANDER WALK, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, DUPLEX
Jay Bouton, Sales Associate
Coldwell Banker, Allendale
Open House: 1-4 pm Sun. 9/8
11
$574,900 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1331271
931 ELAINE TER, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
3 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, RANCH
Hilda Frisco, Sales Associate
Weichert Realtors, Wyckoff
Open House: 1-5 Sun. 9/8
Open House: 1-5 Mon. 9/15
15
$599,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1322071
468 CAMBRIDGE RD, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath, C/C
David H. Larsen, Sales Associate
Keller Williams Village Square Realty
Open House: 1 to 4 Sun. 9/8
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$619,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1331178
293 MEADOWBROOK AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
3 Bedroom, 1 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, C/C
Rose Hueneke, Broker Associate
Keller Williams Village Square Realty
Open House: 1-4PM Sun. 9/8
– See more at: https://www.njmls.com/NJ/BERGEN/RIDGEWOOD-open-houses#sthash.SKzD8eLw.dpuf
$715,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1328720
415 OAK ST, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Nancy Zambelli, Sales Associate
Weichert Realtors Ridgewood
Open House: 1-4 Sun. 9/8
15
$799,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1330303
301 MEADOWBROOK AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath,
2 Half Bath, COL
Cathy Denis, Broker Owner
Century 21 Mainstream
Open House: 1-4pm Sun. 9/8
15
$819,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1331674
619 WYNDEMERE AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath, COL
Kelly Weber, Sales Associate
Keller Williams Valley Realty
Open House: 1:00-4:00 PM Sun. 9/8
15
$848,800 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1326337
88 N HILLSIDE PL, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 1 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Irene Palatucci, Sales Associate
Prominent Properties Sotheby’s International Realty-Ridgewood
Open House: 1-4PM Sun. 9/8
13
$881,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1315529
463 VAN EMBURGH AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
5 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Attilio Adamo, Broker Associate
Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Rand Realty, Harrington
Open House: 1-4pm Sun. 9/8
15
$989,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1331850
53 N MONROE ST, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
7 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Robert Stemple, Sales Associate
RE/MAX Properties-Saddle River
Open House: 1-4 Must See Sun. 9/8
15
$997,500 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1330281
465 HEIGHTS RD, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath,
2 Half Bath, COL
Mary Premtaj, Sales Associate
Prominent Properties Sotheby’s International Realty-Franklin
Open House: 1 to 4 pm Sun. 9/8
15
$1,059,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1318239
812 NORGATE DR, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
3 Bedroom, 4 Full Bath, RANCH
Terrie O’Connor, Broker Associate
Diana R. Leung, Sales Associate
Terrie O’Connor Realtors/Lake St.
Open House: 1-4 Sun. 9/8
15
$1,195,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1328975
210 RICHARDS RD, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath,
2 Half Bath, COL
Christine Frosini, Sales Associate
Special Properties, Division Brook Hollow Group, Inc.
Open House: 1-4 pm Sun. 9/8
14
$1,225,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1319642
776 WOODFIELD CT, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
5 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath,
2 Half Bath, COL
Marisa Traverso, Sales Associate
Coldwell Banker, Ridgewood
Open House: 2-4 PM Sun. 9/8
– See more at: https://www.njmls.com/NJ/BERGEN/RIDGEWOOD-open-houses#sthash.SKzD8eLw.dpuf
$1,249,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1315416
301 WESTGATE RD, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
5 Bedroom, 4 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Jennifer M. Parsekian, Broker Associate
Keller Williams Village Square Realty
Open House: 1-4pm Sun. 9/8
15
$1,249,900 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1328268
366 HEIGHTS RD, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
5 Bedroom, 4 Full Bath, COL
Ghada Abbasi, Sales Associate
Coldwell Banker, Ridgewood
Open House: 1-4 Sun. 9/8
15
$1,275,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1318061
39 CORSA TER, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
5 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Ellen Quinn, Sales Associate
Tarvin Realtors
Open House: 1-4:30PM Sun. 9/8
15
$1,995,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1323171
237 MOUNTAIN AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
6 Bedroom, 4 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Victoria Wilkinson, Sales Associate
Solutions Realty, LLC
Open House: 1 – 4 Sun. 9/8
14
$574,900 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1331271
931 ELAINE TER, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
3 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, RANCH
Hilda Frisco, Sales Associate
Weichert Realtors, Wyckoff
Open House: 1-5 Sun. 9/8
Open House: 1-5 Mon. 9/15
– See more at: https://www.njmls.com/NJ/BERGEN/RIDGEWOOD-open-houses#sthash.SKzD8eLw.dpuf
Open Houses for Sun 9/15
$1,025,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1320568
241 LOTTE RD, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
5 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Lisa Sammataro, Sales Associate
Keller Williams Village Square Realty
Open House: 1-4 PM Sun. 9/15
15
For two years the Village Council, Community, and Village Staff have discussed options to increase accessibility into Graydon Pool.
A ramp allowing direct access into the pool has been designed and was approved by the Council. Based on recent discussions with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), that plan was revised accordingly. We are now waiting for DEP approval.
Full Schedule resumes:
8:30 AM Little Lambs Child Care – Nursery
8:45 AM Chapel Communion Service
9:00 AM Sunday School (Pre-K-Gr 5)
(Note: Adult Groups resume 9:00 AM September 15)
10:00 AM HOMECOMING WORSHIP with Commissioning of Teachers
10:00 AM Sunday School (Pre-K-Gr 7) starts in worship, children excused following Children’s
Message
11:15 AM HOMECOMING CELEBRATION:
There will be a celebration following 10:00 worship. Join us for fun, food and fellowship! Enjoy hot dogs with toppings, cookies, popcorn, a bounce house, face painting, and games as we kick off our new Sunday School year!
NEEDED!
Baked Goods
Volunteers to help with clean up
Please contact Carol at [email protected] to sign up.
Child care for pre-school children is provided in the West Side Nursery, on the 2nd floor of the Christian Education building.
West Side Presbyterian Church Nursery School 6 S Monroe St, Ridgewood, NJ, 7450
file photo Booker campaigning in Ridgewood ,Boyd Loving
Booker made $689K from ex-law firm while mayor
By Michael Gartland and Susan Edelman
September 6, 2013 | 3:11pm
Cory Booker pocketed $689,500 in payouts from his former law firm while he served as Newark’s mayor and the firm pulled down millions in government contracts, he revealed Friday.
Booker, the front-runner in the race for New Jersey’s US Senate seat, received the payments in annual allotments from 2007 to 2011. At the same time, the Trenk DiPasquale law firm held lucrative contracts with several local government agencies over which the mayor had influence — raking in more than $2 million in fees, records show.
When questioned last month by The Post, Booker refused to say how much money he received from the West Orange, NJ. firm, saying only it was a buyout of his equity in the firm, and that he had signed a “confidential settlement agreement.”
After weeks of pressing, Booker’s staff on Friday finally showed his tax returns from 1998 to 2012. Reporters were allowed to view them from 12 pm to 3 pm., but could not get copies.
Since 2007, the law firm collected at least $1,287,639 in legal fees from Newark’s Housing Authority; $554,663 from the Joint Meeting of Essex and Union Counties, a wastewater treatment agency serving Newark and 14 towns; and $212,318 from the Newark Watershed, records show.
Louisiana named most corrupt state in America , New Jersey Comes in 9th
Louisiana convicted 403 public officials in the past decade, according to the Justice Department
The Dakotas, Kentucky and Alaska made it into the top five for corruption
Former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin goes on trial next month for taking $200,000 in bribes and free vacations in exchange for city contracts following Hurricane Katrina
By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 13:23 EST, 5 September 2013 | UPDATED: 08:19 EST, 6 September 2013
Louisiana has emerged as America’s most corrupt state with the highest rate of convictions for people in public office, official figures revealed this week.
The Southern state came top for public corruption convictions with nine per 100,000 population. Overall Louisiana convicted 403 public officials in the past ten years.
The data was compiled by the Justice Department, covering the period from 2002 until 2011.
Booker to relinquish stake in Internet start-up
Friday, September 6, 2013 Last updated: Saturday September 7, 2013, 12:42 AM
BY MICHAEL LINHORST
STATE HO– USE BUREAU
The Record
Cory Booker said he will step down from the board of the Internet venture he co-founded and promised to donate his stock in the company to charity — an asset he had valued at anywhere from $1 million to $5 million.
Eliminating his ties to Waywire was one of several steps Booker, the Democratic mayor of Newark now running for U.S. Senate, took Friday to try to address nagging questions about his personal finances. He also released 15 years of tax returns and, for the second time in two months, amended a U.S. Senate disclosure form that omitted information later revealed by the media.
Booker’s tax returns, which his campaign allowed reporters to examine for several hours on Friday, showed the mayor took in almost $4 million and paid about $1 million in taxes over the 15 years covered by the documents.
He has not yet decided which charity will get his Waywire assets, and it is unclear when he will make the donation.
Booker’s opponents in the race for U.S. Senate have said his involvement in the company, Waywire, raised a variety of ethics and transparency questions.
Booker previously said he would step down from Waywire’s board and put his assets into a blind trust if he is elected to the Senate.
Breaking Bad: Busts in Glen Rock tell a story of drugs in suburbia
Saturday, September 7, 2013
BY REBECCA D. O’BRIEN
STAFF WRITER
The Record
Within two weeks of his June 11 arrest on heroin distribution charges, Tristan Rodas was back home in Glen Rock, drawing the attention of wary residents, neighbors and local police.
Rodas, a muscular, olive-skinned 18-year-old, was often spotted on summer nights in a borough park, police said. Complaints and tips came in to headquarters, along with reports of suspicious activity around Rodas’ Glen Avenue home. Police said they observed Rodas — who was out on bail, awaiting arraignment on the charges stemming from his June arrest — taking taxis to and from Paterson multiple times a day.
On Tuesday, Rodas was arrested on charges that he sold heroin to undercover detectives on multiple occasions. He also has been charged with resisting arrest.
Rodas was being held at the Bergen County Jail in Hackensack in lieu of $50,000 bail.
Rodas’ two arrests, and the events of the summer that separated them, illustrate the power of aggressive local policing and community vigilance in the evolving, controversial war on drugs in the suburbs.
Mumps Outbreak Connected To New Jersey Shore Bar: What To Watch Out For
By Samantha Olson | Sep 6, 2013 12:35 PM EDT
An investigation into a mumps outbreak has shut down a bar on the Jersey Shore. After visiting D’Jais Bar and Grill in Belmar, N.J., 21 people have reported mumps-like symptoms, which prompted health officials to release a statement on Thursday.
Mumps is a viral infection that was common in the United States until vaccination became routine. It primarily affects the parotid glands, one of the three saliva-producing glands that sit just below and in front of your ears. The vaccination was first licensed in the U.S. in 1967. By 2005, childhood vaccination coverage reduced the disease rate by 99 percent. Before the two-dose routine vaccination program was introduced, mumps was a common illness in infants, children, and young adults.
The recent outbreak was first reported on Wednesday, prompting Monmouth County Health Department to step in and investigate.
HOBOKEN — The New York/New Jersey Super Bowl Host Committee last month announced the launch of its “Join the Huddle” tour, the first-ever mobile tour associated with a Super Bowl, which will travel throughout New Jersey and New York and make at least 48 stops throughout the next five months, carrying a unique game-day experience for residents and fans.
Last week, a huddle truck stopped in Hoboken to raise visibility for the big game.
The “Join the Huddle” tour (www.jointhehuddletour.com) began on Wednesday, Sept. 4 in New York City. The tour will end with an extended stay on “Super Bowl Boulevard,” the massive, unprecedented fan event on Broadway in Manhattan, from Wednesday, Jan. 29 through Saturday, Feb. 1.
During the month of September House of DeCicco Salon is having a fundraiser for ovarian cancer. They will be doing teal hair extensions for only $10.00 during the entire month to raise money for “Paint The Town Teal”. They will also be having a FREE event with complimentary teal macaroons EVERY Thursday in September from 6-9pm.
During October they will be doing pink hair extensions for only $10.00 to raise money for Breast Cancer.
For more information:
House of DeCicco Salon
65 N Broad St
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
201-857-4971
The cheat goes on at Harvard
By Sean Piccoli
September 6, 2013 | 4:18am
Cheaters never win — but they get into Harvard!
Nearly half of the school’s incoming freshmen admitted to cheating on homework, exams or other assignments in their young academic careers, according to a survey by the Ivy League institution’s student newspaper.
“Some of the newest members of that community are already guilty of academic dishonesty,” The Harvard Crimson declared in its summary of the findings.
The elite institution is still reeling from a 2012 cheating scandal in which dozens of kids swapped and plagiarized answers during a course called “Introduction to Congress.”
An estimated 70 students were booted when the scandal blew up. And some unrepentant cheaters claimed they merely “collaborated” on the exam, and vowed to sue the university.
If the Crimson’s new findings are any indication, the school could be headed down that dark path again.
Of the 1,300 students surveyed, 42 percent admitted they had cheated on homework, and 17 percent took shortcuts on take-home assignments.
Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, in Boise, laments ‘alarming degree of public ignorance’
Katie Terhune | Idaho Statesman
Two-thirds of Americans cannot name a single Supreme Court justice, former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor told the crowd that packed into a Boise State ballroom to hear her Thursday.
About one-third can name the three branches of government. Fewer than one-fifth of high school seniors can explain how citizen participation benefits democracy.
“Less than one-third of eighth-graders can identify the historical purpose of the Declaration of Independence, and it’s right there in the name,” she said.
O’Connor touted civics education during her keynote address at the “Transforming America: Women and Leadership in the 21st Century” conference, put on by the Andrus Center for Public Policy. She also described being a female lawyer in the 1950s, and challenged her listeners to help the next generation of leaders reach their goals.
O’CONNOR ON CIVICS
“The more I read and the more I listen, the more apparent it is that our society suffers from an alarming degree of public ignorance,” O’Connor said.
That ignorance starts in the earliest years of a child’s schooling, she said, but often continues all the way through college and graduate school.
O’Connor argued that learning about citizenship is just as important for American children as learning multiplication or how to write their names.
“We have to ensure that our citizens are well informed and prepared to face tough challenges,” she said. “If there is a single child not learning about civics or not being exposed to what they must do as citizens, then all our lives are poorer for that.”
To combat what she sees as a dangerous lack of civics in schools, O’Connor founded icivics.org, a website for educators and students. The site uses games, lesson plans and activities to make learning about government and citizenship less boring.
ON PRACTICING LAW AS A WOMAN
After graduating from Stanford Law School in 1952, O’Connor’s husband was drafted and she needed to find a job.
Many of her Stanford classmates went on to high-paying jobs with large firms. But O’Connor quickly learned that her own path to employment would be much harder.
“The problem was, I was female,” she said. “I couldn’t get a job; they all said no when I applied.”
Finally, O’Connor landed a job with the county attorney’s office in San Mateo, Calif. But the office did not hire female lawyers, so they wouldn’t pay her. O’Connor just worked for free.
“Eventually, I did start getting a salary,” she said. “I spent those years working through the problems women had in those years, like getting a job, and having gotten one, getting paid for it. Very few of my male classmates had that experience.”
O’Connor said the experience only strengthened her resolve. She eventually entered politics — including a stint as the Arizona Senate majority leader — before becoming a judge.
“That early experience made me realize that maybe I did have a role to play in helping shape the character of our nation,” she said.
ON A CALL FROM THE PRESIDENT
O’Connor was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1981, just two years after she was named to the Arizona Court of Appeals
She still remembers the shock of the phone call from President Ronald Reagan.
“He said, ‘Sandra, I’d like to announce your appointment to the Supreme Court tomorrow. Is that all right with you?’ ” she said.
O’Connor served on the high court until retiring in 2006. Initially viewed as a conservative, she became regarded as the decisive swing vote in many cases.
ON PAVING THE WAY
O’Connor acknowledged that many of the women and men who came to Thursday’s conference were already in leadership roles, whether in their job, the classroom, or at home.
Those people need to take the lead again and create a better education for the next generation of leaders, she said.
“Everyone is going to grow up to be a citizen,” she said. “Democracy is not a spectator sport.”
Ridgewood School District embraces differences
Friday September 6, 2013, 3:00 PM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
Ridgewood school teachers renewed their pledge to educate the village’s children and vowed the continued celebration of differences each student and staff member offers the district, the latter promise marking the theme of this year’s All-Staff Convocation.
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The Ridgewood High School Maroon Men kicked off the school district’s annual All-Staff Convocation at Benjamin Franklin Middle School on Tuesday. The theme of this year’s convocation was ‘Celebrating Our Differences.’
Held Tuesday morning at Benjamin Franklin Middle School, the annual district-wide assembly brought together all Ridgewood’s instructors, among them many new teachers, under the umbrella of “Celebrating Our Differences.” But while administrators and faculty preached the theme, many teachers believe Trenton’s attitudes toward education and the state’s testing policies create added and unfair pressure on students and staff.
After enduring a separatist age during the early 1900s, the Ridgewood school district underwent a transformation highlighted by the community’s acceptance of and willingness to embrace its own diversity, said Sheila Brogan, president of the Board of Education. In her address, Brogan spoke of the village’s diversity, revealing that Ridgewood “has ancestry from 50 different countries” and is served by approximately 18 religious institutions.
As Obamacare looms, Generation Opportunity releases final Millennial Jobs Report of the summer
Washington, DC – (9/6/13) – Generation Opportunity, a national, non-partisan youth advocacy organization, is announcing its Millennial Jobs Report for August 2013. The data is non-seasonally adjusted (NSA) and is specific to 18-29 year olds:
The effective (U6) unemployment rate for 18-29 year olds, which adjusts for labor force participation by including those who have given up looking for work, is 16 percent (NSA).
The declining labor force participation rate has created an additional 1.7 million young adults that are not counted as “unemployed” by the U.S. Department of Labor because they are not in the labor force, meaning that those young people have given up looking for work due to the lack of jobs.
The (U3) unemployment rate for 18-29 year olds is 11.8 percent (NSA). The (U3) unemployment rate for 18-29 year old African-Americans is 21.6 percent (NSA); the (U3) unemployment rate for 18-29 year old Hispanics is 12.8 percent (NSA); and the (U3) unemployment rate for 18–29 year old women is 10.8 percent (NSA).
Evan Feinberg, President of Generation Opportunity, issued the following statement:
“As the summer draws to a close, young people are no better off than we were three months ago. Practically all of the jobs created this summer were part-time, and precious few even went to young people. Worse, the looming threat of Obamacare offers employers little incentive to transition any of those jobs into full-time positions.
“Young people are recognizing there is little to like about Obamacare and a whole lot that hurts them financially and personally. Once open enrollment starts next month, I’m confident that millions of us are going to opt-out of the law’s doomed-to-fail exchanges; unfortunately, we can’t opt-out of the disastrous job market Obamacare has also created.”
Generation Opportunity is a national, non-partisan organization advocating for economic opportunity for young people through less government and more freedom.
