Storm expenses could spur electricity rate hikes in New Jersey
Saturday August 24, 2013, 11:57 PM
BY DAVE SHEINGOLD
STAFF WRITER
The Record
The winds of Sandy, the floods of Irene and the tree-snapping weight of a freak October snowstorm will likely hit North Jersey residents again in coming years — this time as electricity rate hikes put in place to help pay off more than $1 billion in damage wreaked on the state’s power grid.
Regulators will soon be reviewing paperwork documenting expenses incurred by power companies in those and two other storms from 2011 and 2012 — from wages paid to thousands of repair workers to the cost of tons of replacement parts — to decide how much can be passed along to utility customers.
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Weichert Realtors Ridgewood
Open House: 1pm to 4pm Sun. 8/25
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427 HOPPER AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
3 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath,
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Rachel Libby, Sales Associate
RE/MAX Real Estate Limited
Open House: 1-4 Sun. 8/25
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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. 8/25
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MLS # 1329526
542 NAGLE ST, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath,
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15
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Keller Williams Village Square Realty
Open House: 1-3 PM Sun. 8/25
15
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MLS # 1329486
428 LINWOOD AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath, COL
Jennifer M. Parsekian, Broker Associate
Keller Williams Village Square Realty
Open House: 1-4pm Sun. 8/25
15
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MLS # 1328023
658 ROBERT ST, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath, COL
Barbara Nudelman, Broker Associate
Coldwell Banker, Ridgewood
Open House: 1 – 4 PM Sun. 8/25
15
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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. 8/25
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MLS # 1326026
987 E GLEN AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
5 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath, COL
Janis Fuhrman, Sales Associate
Terrie O’Connor Realtors/Ridgewood
Open House: 1 – 4 PM Sun. 8/25
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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 Park
Open House: 12-3pm Sun. 8/25
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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: 1-4 Sun. 8/25
15
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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. 8/25
15
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MLS # 1324868
201 MELROSE PL, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
5 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Ghada Abbasi, Sales Associate
Coldwell Banker, Ridgewood
Open House: 1-4 Sun. 8/25
15
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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. 8/25
15
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MLS # 1322148
472 OLD STONE RD, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
5 Bedroom, 4 Full Bath, COL
Linda Aktar, Broker Associate
Tarvin Realtors
Open House: 1-3pm Sun. 8/25
15
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MLS # 1330018
373 SHELBOURNE TER, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
5 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Marilyn Nuber, Sales Associate
Keller Williams Village Square Realty
Open House: 1-4PM Sun. 8/25
– See more at: https://www.njmls.com/NJ/BERGEN/RIDGEWOOD-open-houses#sthash.JOygrJEd.iMJI21Jq.dpuf
Gabbert was in over his head and had no clue as to civil service procedure.
If he sought legal advice and was misinformed, the labor attorney should go as well. Gabbert was the last choice of the council at that time, and his initial salary was lowballed with a promise of a good pay raise if things went well.
He is well connected in the republican party which put him at odds with Paul Aronsohn.
It is well known that Keith Killion lost the election because of Gabberts pay raise, if Tom Richie was up for election he would have been sent packing as well.
So know Gabbert had no skirt to hide behind ( so to speak). Lets face it you get what you pay for, he was a bargain basement administrator, and he did a bargain basement job, for a bargain basement salary.
20-somethings jump into super PACs
By ANDREA DRUSCH | 8/24/13 5:09 PM EDT
What’s cool for America’s youth this election cycle isn’t putting an Obama poster on your wall or tattooing the Romney R on your face. It’s starting your own super PAC.
In 2012, groups like Restore Our Future, American Crossroads and Priorities USA spent millions — reshaping the campaign landscape around the chase of big — often older and male — donors. Now, America’s youth are ready and eager to get in on the game.
In the past month alone, four super PACs were formed by people younger than 35 with the intention of advocating for young people. Often, the idea is to push back against political parties they say are drifting off course.
“When we’re talking about people our age, in their mid-20s to 30s, a lot of the candidates don’t represent exactly what we want,” said Sarah Ponn, 25, president of Pass the Torch PAC in Manchester, N.H.
Frustrated with what she sees as parties and politicians that are disinterested in the needs of young people, Ponn, 25, started a super PAC with two of her friends.
She says her group wants to rebrand the message of the Republican Party. They want to see the economy back on track, student loan rates fixed and politicians taking their focus off of social issues. “We’re trying to steer clear of issues like abortion and gay marriage,” she said. “With a lot of candidates … it’s hard to separate out what they really stand for and to get behind them for everything.
“That’s why we went with a super PAC,” Ponn added. “It gives us that ability to step outside the party lines.”
It’s a sentiment young super PACs from both parties share: National candidates either don’t align with their views, or they don’t prioritize the issues that matter to them.
Wednesday, Breitbart News reported that over the last 30 days, Gallup measured a sharp spike in unemployment, from 7.7% to 8.9%. Friday, the Commerce Department released another startling and unexpected statistic: New home sales collapsed in July by a full 13.4%. According to the AP, this is a 9-month low.
The weakest generation?
By Dana Milbank, Friday, August 23, 2:05 PM
In my mother’s telling, I exist because of the March on Washington .
Her account went something like this: In 1963, she was a student at Goddard College, an experimental school in Vermont that attracted the forerunners of the hippies. My father had come to Goddard the previous year, and though my mom first noticed him throwing peas in the dining hall (this seems to be an inherited trait), she didn’t meet him, she said, until that day on the Mall 50 years ago this week, when Goddard students who had arrived separately executed a daft plan to meet near the Washington Monument.
Alas, my father, when I asked him about it this week, had no such recollection. My mother died five years ago, so I’ll never know whether her account — my founding narrative — is apocryphal, or whether memory of it has been clouded by things people did to their minds in the ’60s. Perhaps it doesn’t matter. Whether they first met that day or not, my future parents, 20 years old at the time, were both there for the signal event of their generation.
“I can still see the scene,” my father told me, recalling his spot along the south side of the reflecting pool, from which he could see the speakers at the Lincoln Memorial and hear the speeches clearly. “When people talk about Martin Luther King, that’s my connection. It’s a small connection — no handshake or anything — but I’m proud to have been there.”
I envy him that connection, to a cause that stirred so many Americans and defined a generation. My generation, Generation X, has no equivalent.
Tennis schedule:
Tennis begins at 1:00pm
Drills for one hour with Tennis Pro
Doubles matches seeded by skill level
Dress Code: Tennis whites for playing, Country Club casual for dinner
Healthy drinks and snacks serves at courts
THIS IS FOR YOUR BEST SHOT!!!:
Hole in One Prize
2013 E-Class Mercedes Benz
Sponsored by Prestige Motors, Paramus NJ
Lots of other prizes including:
-longest drive, beat the pro, closest to the hole
-gift bags for all!!
You are invited to participate in the Annual Ridgewood Charity Golf and Tennis Classic on Thursday September 26, 2013 at the renowned Ridgewood Country Club. The Ridgewood Country Club is home of the 1990 US Senior Open, 2001 Senior PGA Championship, 2008, 2010, & 2014 Barclays FedEx Cup. We offer this opportunity for you and your guests to play the same gold course as the champions.
While you are playing your best game ever, know you are also helping children by supporting the chambers RHS scholarship fund – “their future is in your hands”. The Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce is devoted to empowering children through education.
Thursday September 26, 2013 will host a day of not only excellent golf, you will enjoy lunch and a delicious dinner, along with lots of prizes. Hope you make the Hole-in-one and win a 2013 E-Class Mercedes Benz sponsored by Prestige Motors.
If you do not play golf and would like to participate we are accepting donations for prizes. We have dinner reservations, golf equipment, dance lessons, golf apparel, tickets, shirts, golf hats, golf gloves to give away and/or something you would like to donate.
The Golf and Tennis Committee: Jim Parks, Rob Dowling, Craig Weintraub, Jeff Grygier, Yail Shapiro, Ania Bielicka
September is the perfect month for beautiful greens, lots of sun, and excellent golf!!! See you on the greens!!!
For more information contact:
Joan Groome
Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce
27 Chestnut Street
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
201-445-2600 [email protected]
www.experienceridgewood.com
Click download link below to view and printout sponsorship opportunities and details
Proceeds benefit the ridgewood ymca good works programs
September 23, 2013 Knickerbocker Country Club, Tenafly, NJ
Schedule of the day
9:30am – Registration
9:30-10:30am – Driving Range and Putting Green
9:30-10:30am – Continental Breakfast
11:00am – Shotgun Start
4:30pm- Cocktail Reception
5:00pm – Park Avenue BMW Putt-Off Contest
6:00pm – Buffet Dinner, Raffle, Auctions and Prizes
2013 Golf tournament Committee
Chris Brazill (Chair)
Richard Claydon
Roger Gaston
Ted Groesbeck
Gary Imhoff
Kenneth Levitsky
Robert Riseley
Craig Van Doren
Golf tournament sponsors
sponsorship Opportunities
Event Sponsor
PowerPlan, Inc.
Atlantic Stewardship Bank
Boiling Springs Bank
Brazill Brothers Associates, Inc.
Brown & Brown Metro, Inc.
Colliers International LLC
Garden State Orthopedic Associates
Hudson City Savings Bank
Inserra Supermarkets, Inc.
Ivy Rehab
The Kurshan Family
O’Connor Davies, LLP
Park Avenue BMW
Professional Physical Therapy
Radiology Center of Fair Lawn
R2D2, LLC / The Dill Family
The Van Doren Family
Wells Fargo Insurance Services
Wells, Jaworski & Liebman
Zac Group, URBN
Media Sponsor
Ridgewood News
The Good Works Programs
All money raised during the event supports the Ridgewood YMCA’s Good Works Programs.
Through our Good Works Programs, the Ridgewood Y meets community needs and serves everyone, regardless of ability to pay. Most of these programs, thanks to the generous support of community members like yourself, are offered free or for only modest fees to those in need. Examples of our Good Works Programs include:
Living Strong, Living Well – a fitness program for cancer patients and survivors.
Delay The Disease – a program designed to introduce the benefits of exercise to people with Parkinson’s Disease.
Financial support for family memberships and YMCA programs
Camp scholarships
Peer-support and grief recovery
Mentoring program for youths
Autism and special needs programs
Free memberships for families of deployed military personnel
Senior citizens support
Learn to swim programs for underprivileged youths
For more information or to sign up for the Golf Outing, please call Jen Batelli at the 201.444.5600 x320 or email [email protected].
$10,000 Event Sponsor – Includes golf, lunch, and dinner for 8 people, hole sponsorship, and back cover of the ad journal. Banner prominently displayed throughout the event
$3,500 Dinner Sponsor – Includes golf, lunch, and dinner for 4 people. Banner displayed at dinner
$3,000 Cocktail Reception Sponsor – Includes golf, lunch, and dinner for 4 people. Banner displayed at cocktail reception
$2,500 Hole Sponsor + Foursome – Includes golf, lunch, and dinner for 4 people and prominent signage at a course hole
$1,500 Halfway House Sponsor – Includes prominent signage at the course Halfway House
$1,500 Refreshment Cart Sponsor – Includes prominent signage at the course refreshment stand
$1,025 Hole Sponsor + Golf – Includes golf, lunch, and dinner for one golfer and prominent signage at a course hole
$900 Driving Range Sponsor – Includes prominent signage at course driving range
$900 Longest Drive Sponsor – Includes prominent signage at a course hole
$900 Golf Cart Sponsor – Includes prominent signage on all golf carts
$600 Hole Sponsor – Includes prominent signage at a course hole
$250 Ad Sponsor – Includes full page ad in our event program
$150 Ad Sponsor – Includes a half page ad in our event program
You may also support our Good Works Programs by donating an item to our Golf Outing Auction. Donors names are listed in our event program and items can include any kind of product, service, food, travel, gift certificate, etc.
Lastly, you may also help by donating directly to our Good Works Programs. We greatly appreciate all financial contributions.
Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce presents: Annual Fall Car Show!!
FREE to the public.
We welcome you to Ridgewood! Live music by Take 4 will keep the evening lively! There will be trophies for many categories and food from local favorites. So come park your car and enjoy an excellent evening in Ridgewood.
The Car show will be held in and around Memorial Park at Van Neste Square and along East Ridgewood Avenue. Non Pre-registered cars will begin registration at 5:00pm. Enter at 133 E. Ridgewood Avenue & Walnut Street. Parking will be on a first come, first served basis. Spaces are limited. Registration fees are not refundable.
Pre-Registration fee by August 16th is $17.00
August 19th – September 6th fee is $20.00
Sponsorships: to display more than one car and have signage for your company.
$500.00 – The Chamber will designate and reserve location of your cars. All cars must be set up by 5:00pm.
$250.00 – Table ONLY which the Chamber will designate and reserve location for table.
The Valley Hospital’s Consumer Health Information Service is here to help you!
August 22, 2013
Ridgewood NJ, The Valley Hospital’s Consumer Health Information Service can help you access important healthcare literature when you need it. All you need to do is put in a request – by phone, via email, or in person in the Medical Library – and the Library’s trained staff completes a comprehensive literature search, selects and copies all pertinent materials and sends the packet of information to the person who has made the request. The service is both confidential and free of charge.
Although it is easy to use Google to search for medical information, how can you be sure that the information you receive is correct? How do you know if the web site you are on is reputable and the information is correct? Our Medical Library staff are expert researchers who will provide you with medically accurate information from trustworthy sources.
“By providing the public with up-to-date, comprehensive information about conditions and associated treatment options, we help people be better informed and prepared to make decisions about their healthcare,” said Claudia Allocco, M.L.S., Director of Library Services. “Let us do the work for you to relieve your anxiety and stress at a time that may be very vulnerable.”
The Valley Hospital’s Consumer Health Information Service can be reached by calling 201-447-8285, by faxing 201-447-8602 or by emailing [email protected].
You are welcome to visit the Medical Library, which is located in the hospital’s Phillips Building, and is open weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Ridgewood Veterinary Hospital : Give a Gift, Wag a Tail!
Ridgewood Veterinary Hospital’s 7th Adopt-A-Pet Day is Sunday, September 29th from 11am-4pm. We expect to have 25 rescue groups and shelters bringing over 300 pets. Rock & Rawhide will be attending this event to collect donations. They aim to increase adoptions and quality of life for dogs and cats in shelters. Please bring your donations to Adopt-A-Pet Day or you can drop them off at Ridgewood Veterinary Hospital ahead of time.
Thank you for helping the animals and we look forward to seeing you at Adopt-A-Pet Day!
Ridgewood Veterinary Hospital
320 E. Ridgewood Avenue
Ridgewood, New Jersey 07450
Mon: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Tue – Thu: 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Fri – Sun: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Skepticism over Obama’s effort to rein in college costs
Friday August 23, 2013, 11:46 PM
BY PATRICIA ALEX AND LESLIE BRODY
STAFF WRITERS
The Record
For many middle-class families struggling to afford college, President Obama’s proposal to rein in those costs by linking federal aid to a new rating system amounts to little more than an abstraction.
“A proposal’s just a proposal,” said Emily Kerr, 20, of Maple Shade, who has put school on hold to work full time as a medical receptionist while she repays student loan debt she accrued at Burlington County College. “I’m not poor enough to go to school on grants, and I’m not rich enough to pay out of pocket.”
Kerr is looking for a second job that she hopes will provide enough income to allow her to return to school. “When it comes to paying for classes, I get very anxious.”
She is not alone. After a decade of escalating college tuition and fees, the middle-class anxiety is pervasive and immediate.
Michelle Ryan Lauto, 22, who grew up in Bogota and Northvale, has $8,000 in student debt but no college degree. She left Pace University after two years because of the costs. Now she is a nanny.
– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/Skepticism_over_Obamas_effort_to_rein_in_college_costs.html#sthash.VpLcxqbK.dpuf
“What is Cory Booker hiding? Cory Booker pontificates about fairness and transparency, but the people of New Jersey want action, not vapid, hollow rhetoric. New Jerseyans have had enough of liberal politicians who think they are better than everyone else. If Cory Booker really believes in fairness and transparency, he will take the time to make sure that his city complies with the New Jersey Open Public Records Act as soon as possible, and not a day after the special election.”
METUCHEN, NJ – Steve Lonegan, Republican candidate for the United States Senate, spoke out today about the city of Newark’s lack of cooperation with an Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request. A similar request was made for Mayor Lonegan’s records as mayor of Bogota, and was answered promptly as required by law (see attached document).
– OPRA Request to Bogota and Reply from Bogota
– OPRA Request to Newark
– OPRA Reply from Newark
– OPRA Second Reply from Newark
Lonegan said, “When a mayor spends the people’s money, he or she ought to be accountable to the public. New Jersey law requires that these records be available upon request.”
The Lonegan campaign requested seven types documents from the city of Newark, relating to Newark as a whole and Cory Booker’s expenses as mayor. After unilaterally extending the deadline to August 14th, the day after the Democratic Primary, Newark did not even meet its self-granted deadline.
On August 15th, the Lonegan campaign received an email from the city of Newark, complying with the requests about Newark in general but completely ignoring the requests about Cory Booker’s expenses as mayor.
The Lonegan campaign has still not received an answer regarding those documents.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee thought it proper to have Lonegan’s expenses as mayor as potential ammo in this race. A review of the documents led to the following reply from the Bogota Clerk’s Office:
Mayor Lonegan had a tiny office which barely fit a desk and a chair; he had no employees, no per diem expenses, no travel, car, phone, credit card receipts, office expenditures; no cell phones; no computers and for several years, he refused payroll compensation for himself.
“What is Cory Booker hiding? Cory Booker pontificates about fairness and transparency, but the people of New Jersey want action, not vapid, hollow rhetoric. New Jerseyans have had enough of liberal politicians who think they are better than everyone else. If Cory Booker really believes in fairness and transparency, he will take the time to make sure that his city complies with the New Jersey Open Public Records Act as soon as possible, and not a day after the special election.”
Lonegan served as Bogota Mayor for twelve years, winning three times in a town that gave Barack Obama 67.5 percent of the vote in 2012. He served for seven years as state director of Americans for Prosperity New Jersey, where he helped defeat liberal attempts to expand big government. Steve Lonegan is the conservative Republican candidate in the New Jersey special election for the United States Senate. Lonegan stands firmly on the bedrock conservative values of small government, fiscal responsibility and individual liberty.
Opening Day for Students:
Monday, September 9
Minimum Day Schedule
RIDGEWOOD BOE MEETS MONDAY, AUGUST 26
The Board will hold a Regular Public Meeting on Monday, August 26 at 5 p.m. The public is invited to attend the meeting at the Ed Center, 49 Cottage Place, Floor 3. The meeting will be aired live on FiOS channel 33 and Optimum channel 77. Or it may be viewed live via the district website at www.ridgewood.k12.nj.us using the “Link in Live” tab.
Click here to view the agenda for the June 25, 2013 Regular Public Meeting.
Click here to view the webcast of the July 22, 2013 Regular Public Meeting.
NJASK REPORTS UPDATE
State Testing Results
Please note that, based on the most current information from the New Jersey Department of Education, parents/guardians can expect to receive their child’s Individual Student Report for the Spring 2013 New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge (NJASK) no later than September 27, 2013.Click here to view the agenda for the June 25, 2013 Regular Public Meeting.
