Governor Christie stood at the base of the Bayonne Bridge on Wednesday and at the center of a traditional election-season setting – union workers cheering his plans for a major road project.
At the same hour, the U.S. Supreme Court dropped the gnarly issue of same-sex marriage onto the campaign trail in New Jersey, creating a new challenge for Christie as he sets his sights on a second term this November – and, possibly, on the Oval Office in 2016. (Stile/The Record)
Sen. Stephen Sweeney’s attempted coup at Rutgers: Editorial
Senate President Stephen Sweeney’s bill to dismantle Rutgers’ Board of Trustees, if it passes, isn’t likely to survive the inevitable court challenge. The 1956 law that gave Rutgers to New Jersey enshrined the trustees’ power. It’s ironclad, and can’t be undone by anything as simple as a bill.
That makes the debate an academic one, which is appropriate. (Star-Ledger)
Shakespeare in the Park
Sun, July 21, 2013
Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Memorial Park at Van Nest Square, East Ridgewood Avenue
Bring you family, picnic basket and blanket, sit back and enjoy – “Shakespeare in the Park” If it is a sunny day bring you umbrella/suntan location and hat.
FREE FOR ALL AGES!
Porch Light Productions’ presents “As you Like It”
From the Top Music Studio brings you the wonderful music.
Call 201-445-2600 for more info.
Reader says Kudos to the Chief for his continuing efforts at community outreach activities
Kudos to the Chief for his continuing efforts at community outreach activities. John is approachable, down to earth and people relate to him…… and he to them.
He is PRECISELY what we need as a commander, He is tough when he needs to be but he has a good way with people which makes him approachable and compassionate.
The only thing I miss is not seeing him ride around the Village on his police bicycle lately.
Christie disagrees with Westfield’s decision to put armed police in school
Gov. Chris Christie says he disagrees with Westfield’s decision to put an armed police officer in their schools.
Westfield voted on Monday to reinstate the position of school resource officer, which will place a specially trained police officer in the high school full-time at a salary of $100,000. (Wright-Piersanti/Star-Ledger)
Camacho and Room 101 Promotion at Tobacco Shop of Ridgewood
In store promotion going on now on all Camacho and Room 101 cigars! Free cigars, hats, cutters etc. with purchase “Raffle” Limited – good only while supplies last!
~Gary, Barbara and Collin The Tobacco Shop of Ridgewood
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Hours: Monday – Saturday 10:00AM – 5:30PM and Thursday Night 6:30PM – 8:30PM
The Ridgewood Guild is hosting Movies in the Park
July 1,2013
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ,he Ridgewood Guild is hosting Movies in the Park.
Join the Ridgewood Guild in Van Neste Park for family fun and entertainment. The Guild will feature films great for the whole family on a 20+ foot screen and professional sound system.
Bring snacks, a picnic blanket, and get ready for a great evening with your community.
Batman: Dark Knight (PG-13) will be shown in Memorial Park at Van Neste Square at 9PM on Wednesday, July 10. Bring a chair or blanket and enjoy free entertainment under the stars!
Jurassic Park will be shown in Memorial Park at Van Neste Square at 9PM on Wednesday, July 24th. Bring a chair or blanket and enjoy this free movie under the stars!
Popular Betty Davis film “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?” will be shown Wednesday, August 7 at 8:30PM in Memorial Park at Van Neste Square. Bring a chair or blanket to enjoy this FREE movie under the stars!
An Affair to Remember (Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr) will be shown Wednesday, August 21 at 8:30PM in Memorial Park at Van Neste Square. Bring a chair or blanket and enjoy this free movie under the stars!
Refreshments available from local establishments (including the Chestnut Deli)
State Senate Dems look to Reward towns that run Jobs out of New Jersey
Aid bill to towns that lose HQs heads to Christie
A bill that will help towns offset the property-tax loss when a large company relocates won final legislative approval by the Senate Thursday and will now go to Governor Chris Christie’s desk.
The Corporate Disinvestment Property Tax Relief Act, A-3807, was approved 23-15 by the Senate, after passing the state Assembly on Monday. (Moss/The Record)
Reader says NO one should be intimidated by this letter from the lawyer from North Jersey Media
The mayor is very smart. He likely made sure that he was one or two or three people removed from any call to the paper or any tip to the paper. But his hands are dirty, it seems quite certain.
Aronsohn DID talk to Ms. Macnamara at the council meeting, he DID ask her to revise or remove the letter, she DECLINED, and then mysteriously the letter was pulled. These are facts.
NO one should be intimidated by this letter from the lawyer. Of course the newspaper is defending itself. Everyone is on defense here. The mayor is running scared, the Ridgewood News is calling in lawyers to manage damage control, but the facts remain that the paper was tipped after the mayor asked for the letter to be pulled.
Readers Not Buying North Jersey Media Group denial that letter to editor pulled
Letters to the editor are signed and by their nature (like editorials and op-ed pieces) represent opinion. Any reader who identifies a factual error or wants to argue a point can write a follow-up letter; this happens routinely in every publication. Dialog and debate are good.
It is not the editor’s role to make sure that all statements in a letter to the editor are accurate as it is in an article or editorial. In most newspapers the top editor would never see letters to the editor before publication at all.
More fact checking in Ridgewood News articles, which are frequently full of errors that could easily have been checked, would be most welcome. But letters to the editor? No.
the fly sees lots of changes coming Cottage places way
With the retirement Angelo DeSimone and the rumored departure of Manager of Human Resources Gary Hall, the fly wonders how long will it be before Asst. Superintendent, Regina Botsford lands her dream job as a school superintendent in a district yet to be determined?
The end of the school year brings big changes to Cottage place and the fly wonders if the all three departures were to come to pass who would now write the script for Dr. Dan Fishbein and BOE member Michele Lenhard?
Ridgewood High Principal Tom Gorman ill at ease with his new job may jump at the chance to move to cottage place ,can you say out of the fire and into the pan.
Truck Drivers Not Revved Up About New Safety Rules
Published: Sunday, 30 Jun 2013 | 7:00 AM ET
By: John W. Schoen | Economics Reporter
The federal government thinks long-haul truckers like Bryan Spoon need more rest.
But with the Department of Transportation’s new rules forcing drivers to take longer breaks and cut back on hours behind the wheel, Spoon thinks the government has created a solution looking for a problem.
“I wish the government would just quit trying to fix something that’s not broken,” he said on a recent rest stop in Columbia, Mo., after hauling a load of construction materials on the 48-foot Great Dane flatbed behind his 2009 Volvo 780.
“If I get any more breaks out here I won’t be able to make a living,” he said.
Starting Monday, drivers like Spooner will have to stick to a schedule that requires taking a 30-minute break in the first eight hours of driving, cut the maximum workweek to 70 hours from 82, and “restart” those 70 hours with a 34-hour break once a week.
Number of federal wiretaps rose 71 percent in 2012
By Peter Finn, Published: June 28 E-mail the writer
The number of wiretaps secured in federal criminal investigations jumped 71 percent in 2012 over the previous year, according to newly released figures. ( https://www.uscourts.gov/Statistics/WiretapReports/wiretap-report-2012.aspx )
Federal courts authorized 1,354 interception orders for wire, oral and electronic communications, up from 792 the previous year, according to the figures, released Friday by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. There was a 5 percent increase in state and local use of wiretaps in the same period.
US Spying ‘Out of Control’: EU Official Questions Trade Negotiations
By Claus Hecking and Stefan Schultz
Senior European Union officials are outraged by revelations that the US spied on EU representations in Washington and New York. Some have called for a suspension of talks on the trans-Atlantic free trade agreement.
Europeans are furious. Revelations that the US intelligence service National Security Agency (NSA) targeted the European Union and several European countries with its far-reaching spying activities have led to angry reactions from several senior EU and German politicians.
“We need more precise information,” said European Parliament President Martin Schulz. “But if it is true, it is a huge scandal. That would mean a huge burden for relations between the EU and the US. We now demand comprehensive information.”
Schulz was reacting to a report in SPIEGEL that the NSA had bugged the EU’s diplomatic representation in Washington and monitored its computer network (full story available on Monday). The EU’s representation to the United Nations in New York was targeted in a similar manner. US intelligence thus had access to EU email traffic and internal documents. The information appears in secret documents obtained by whistleblower Edward Snowden, some of which SPIEGEL has seen.
NJ Tea Party Coalition will be celebrating the birth of our country by marching in the Ridgewood July 4th Parade with a large float supported by American Patriots, members of NJTPC!
Any veteran who cannot walk can ride on the float. The year’s theme is “Declaration of Independence”
You can be part of the voices being lifted up in opposition to the government trying to run every aspect of our lives, take more of our money in bloated tax schemes, and imposing more regulation upon us, all of which they attempt to do in direct opposition of the Constitution and the taxpayers of America……….. US!
If you would like to march in this year’s parade, expect to arrive by 9:00 AM to queue up. We will meet on Monroe Street and West Ridgewood Avenue. Information will be posted on the website at www.njteapartycoalition.org
The parade should end around noon or shortly thereafter, and thus you will have time for family activities if you leave at that time. Should you choose to stay after the parade, a schedule of the Ridgewood activities AFTER the parade can be found: https://www.ridgewoodjuly4th.org
Tell your friends and bring them with you to march with us or cheer us on from the sidelines- get the word out……let’s all come together in support of this great day, July 4th!
