NOTICE: Planning Board Public Work Session – January 23, 2013
PLANNING BOARD
AMENDMENT TO MEETING SCHEDULE – draft ordinance regarding development standards for multifamily housing
Work Session & Public Meeting: Wednesday, January 23, 2013
In accordance with the provisions of the “Open Public Meetings Act,” please be advised that the Planning Board has scheduled a special public meeting and work session for WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2013, in the VILLAGE HALL COURT ROOM, 4th Floor, 131 NORTH MAPLE AVENUE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ beginning at 7:30 p.m.
The Board may take official action during this Work and Public Meeting at which time the Board will:
Hear testimony regarding application requesting amendment to the Land Use Element/Housing Element of the Master Plan from 257 Ridgewood Avenue, LLC, 253-257 E. Ridgewood Ave., Block 3703, Lots 4, 6, 8.01.
Have discussion regarding a draft ordinance regarding development standards for multifamily housing in CBD area.
All meetings of the Ridgewood Planning Board (i.e., official public meetings, work session meetings, pre-meeting assemblies and special meetings) are public meetings which are always open to members of the general public.
TRENTON – The contentious issue of red-light cameras – safety enhancements or revenue generators (or both?) – will be up for discussion-only in three bills before the Assembly Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities Committee Thursday.
Across North Jersey, police are first to be called to assist seniors
Monday January 14, 2013, 12:11 AM
BY REBECCA D. O’BRIEN
STAFF WRITER
The Record
When 66-year-old Wilbur Primus fell in the bathroom of his Dumont apartment several months ago, local police broke through his locked door to rescue him. In November, Dumont cops twice pushed Primus home after his motorized wheelchair failed him. Another time, it was the local ambulance crew that retrieved him.
“I called the cops, and they sent somebody to get me,” said Primus, who lost his right leg to cancer two years ago and lives alone in a seniors complex. “He got out of his warm car to push me all the way home.”
Primus has resources — friends nearby, a part-time visiting nurse and insurance coverage — but like an increasing number of seniors in Bergen and Passaic counties, he depends on local police when small accidents happen. He is part of a growing population of Americans living longer — well into their 70s and 80s — and living alone.
In Bergen County, 42 percent of residents age 75 and older live alone, according to 2010 census data. In Passaic County, the figure is 41 percent, and statewide it is 44 percent. In some North Jersey towns, the number of seniors age 75 and older living alone increased by 50 percent between 2000 and 2010.
Songs for Playful Children – Kurt Gallagher – February 19
Songs for Playful Children” by Kurt Gallagher
Children’s show at the Community Center
The Ridgewood Parks and Recreation Department is pleased to welcome innovative performer Kurt Gallagher on Tuesday, February 19th, 11 a.m. at the Anne Zusy Youth Center, Village Hall, 131 North Maple Avenue (snow date is 2/21).
Known to many as a most innovative performer, Kurt promises a creative and fun-spirited show to be enjoyed by children and adults alike. You won’t want to miss it!
To learn more about Kurt, please visit his website at www.kurtgallagher.com.
Admission is $5.00, ages 2 and up. It is suggested tickets be purchased in advance, either online at www.ridgewoodnj.net/communitypass or in person at the Recreation Office at the Stable, 259 N. Maple Avenue, weekdays between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
For additional information kindly contact the Recreation office at 201-670-5560.
Hoda Kotb, Co-host of Hoda & Kathie Lee at Bookends Today
Thursday, January 17th @ 7:00pm
Co-host of Hoda & Kathie Lee, Hoda Kotb, will sign her new book: Ten Years Later Books available Jan. 15th
ppearing authors will only autograph books purchased at Bookends and must have valid Bookends Receipt.Availability & pricing for all autographed books subject to change.Bookends cannot guarantee that the books that are Autographed will always be First Printings.
Autographed books purchased at Bookends are non-returnable.
While we try to insure that all customers coming to Bookends’ signings will meet authors and get their books signed, we cannot guarantee that all attendees will meet the author or that all books will be signed. We cannot control inclement weather, author travel schedules or authors who leave prematurely.
Bookends, 211 E. Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07450 201-445-0726
STAFFORD TOWNSHIP – Gov. Chris Christie said the latest Superstorm Sandy aid relief package that was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives shed roughly $400 million in pork spending.
The Second Amendment is about the right of the people to bear arms against an oppressive government
January 14,2013
Vostra Guida
The Second Amendment is NOT about hunting or sporting. It is about the right of the people to bear arms against an oppressive government. We may not have one today, but if you ban guns that can be used to fight against an oppressive government one day, what will you have to stop tyranny if/when that day comes? The attitude that the people could not take on the U.S. military (or whatever portion of it that remains loyal to a future tyrannical government) is not a sound argument. According to the New York Times “at any given time in the past decade, less than 1 percent of the American population has been on active military duty..” That leaves quite a large percentage of the population able to fight (if they are allowed to have guns, of course). And history is repleat with examples of technologically inferior militia defeating an apparently overwhelming and technologically superior force (our own American Revolution for example). In the end, we don’t know what enemy the people might have to face one day, but we cannot voluntarily diarm ourselves and give up the right that the founders saw as fundamental to the survival of the government for the people and by the people:
Americans have the right and advantage of being armed ― unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.” (The Federalist, No. 46 at 243- 244)
“It is not certain that with this aid alone [possession of arms], they would not be able to shake off their yokes. But were the people to posses the additional advantages of local governments chosen by themselves, who could collect the national will, and direct the national force; and of officers appointed out of the militia, by these governments and attached both to them and to the militia, it may be affirmed with the greatest assurance, that the throne of every tyranny in Europe would be speedily overturned, in spite of the legions which surround it.” (The Federalist, No. 46)
“No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government” — Thomas Jefferson, 1 Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334
“They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” — Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.
“Are we at last brought to such a humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our own defence? Where is the difference between having our arms in our own possession and under our own direction, and having them under the management of Congress? If our defence be the *real* object of having those arms, in whose hands can they be trusted with more propriety, or equal safety to us, as in our own hands?” — Patrick Henry, speech of June 9 1788
“To disarm the people… was the best and most effectual way to enslave them.” — George Mason, speech of June 14, 1788
“That the said Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press or the rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United states who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms…” — Samuel Adams, in “Phila. Independent Gazetteer”, August 20, 1789
THE WHOLE DOG GROOMING SALON WANTS TO PAMPER YOUR PETS!
**Watch for a coupon in this Saturday’s Record for $10.00 off your next grooming!**
You may have seen some signs of construction at our Whole Dog Grooming Salon. We just want you to know that the Whole Dog is OPEN and our Pet Stylists are READY TO PAMPER YOUR PETS while we improve our appearance.
For more information about our grooming salon, and important pet care tips for the winter season.
Ridgewood Veterinary Hospital is dedicated to helping pets live long, healthy lives with the people who love them. Our hospitals located in Ridgewood and Midland Park, NJ are accredited by the American Animal Hospital Association. We care for dogs, cats, birds, and exotics.
320 East Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, New Jersey 07450
Office of Emergency Management and Police Department – Volunteer Meeting – February 6
The Ridgewood Office of Emergency Management (OEM) and the Ridgewood Police Department will jointly host an information session and organizational meeting for residents interested in volunteer opportunities to assist OEM and the Police Department.
In light of the tremendous outpouring of support and offers of assistance from residents during Hurricane Sandy, OEM Coordinator Jeremy Kleiman and Police Chief John Ward began exploring the best way to organize, develop and train a pool of residents willing to help the village before, during and after emergencies.
The information session will gauge residents’ interest in volunteering as part of a community response group, and to identify residents with particular backgrounds or skills they are willing to offer in times of emergency to help their neighbors.
If there is enough interest, the joint initiative will likely be formalized into program modeled on the Community Emergency Response Team (“CERT”) concept, and will be customized to meet the needs of the community. For those volunteers with particular interest, additional components may include a Neighborhood Watch Program or other volunteer initiatives modeled after the Volunteers in Police Service (“VIPS”) program.
According to OEM Coordinator Kleiman, “Many residents came forward during Hurricane Sandy and asked how they can help. Some offered equipment, supplies and professional services, some offered to clear trees and brush, some offered to provide food and shelter to neighbors. Others didn’t know how they could help but offered their help nonetheless. Chief Ward and I wanted to harness that enthusiasm and have a formal plan to utilize that help in the future.”
Residents interested in learning more about how they can help the community are encouraged to attend the meeting on February 6th at 6:30 in the Pat Mancuso Senior Center located in the lower level of Village Hall. For more information or for those unable to attend, please call the Office of Emergency Management (201-670-5500 ext. 380) or send an email to either [email protected] or [email protected].
“Bad Parents” Opens at the Ridgewood Clearview Warner Quad for 4 Night Screening Red Carpet event
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I’m That Parent! Ridgewood Filmmaker Caytha Jentis’s film, Bad Parents, is a satirical comedy inspired by her own experiences in North Jersey about the over-zealous parents on an under 8 girls club soccer team. It takes a poke at the world of over-obsessed parents in soccer, though the theme is so universal that any parent of a child athlete may realize “I’m That Parent!” Bad Parents has been premiering throughout the country and is coming home to the Ridgewood Clearview Warner Quad, 190 East Ridgewood Avenue in Ridgewood, NJ for (4) 7:30 pm showings on January 23rd, 24th, 30th and 31st.
An edited version children will enjoy will be shown on January 24th at 5pm. A Special Red Carpet Event will be held on Opening Night only, January 23rd, at 6:30pm in the lobby. Scheduled to appear are: Reiko Aylesworth from Bad Parents (also Hawaii 5-0, 24), Emmy Winning Actress/Producer Martha Byrne, Jaqueline Madden (of VH1) and other special guests.
Tickets are $12 each for the 7pm showings. Prices are $8.00 for children and $10 for adults for the children’s screening. The public is invited to the free Red Carpet Event on opening night, but a ticket will be needed to see the movie. Sponsoring the Red Carpet for Opening Night is Moxie Salon, 57 East Ridgewood Avenue in Ridgewood. Tickets can be purchased with cash at the theater box office from now until the the showings. You can also visit https://www.BrownPaperTickets.com for tickets. Fore more information visit https://www.Badparentsmovie.com, visit Bad Parents on Facebook or contact info(at)foxmeadowfilms. After each evening screening in Ridgewood ticket holders are invited to Park West Tavern, 30 Oak Street in Ridgewood for a meet and greet with discounts on beverages.
In addition to a well-known cast, the film was shot entirely in North Jersey and features actors and soccer players from area. Lauren Sudol, age 7 of Ridgewood, stars as the daughter. The movie also features many local soccer players from Bergen and Passaic Counties. Residents of North Jersey will recognize many of the locations in the film.
The movie features a well-known cast. Janeane Garofalo (Truth About Cats & Dogs, SNL) stars as the the suburban every-mom who signs her seven-year-old daughter up for club soccer. Christopher Titus (Titus, Comedy Central) plays Coach Nick, who helms this young ‘dream team’ and is worshiped by all. Cheri Oteri (SNL), plays the perky, former cheerleader, know-it-all mom. Her fr-enemy “mean mom” Allison is played by Rebecca Budig (All My Children). Michael Boatman (Spin City, Arliss) plays Gary the Assistant Coach, a perpetual outsider longing for his moment of acceptance from everyone including his ever-disapproving wife, Tracy, played by Kristen Johnston (Bride Wars, 3rd Rock From the Sun) Reiko Ayleworth (24, Hawaii 5-0) plays Laurie the social climbing divorcee. Bill Sage (American Psycho, Boardwalk Empire) plays Dan, the college scholarship obsessed husband. Ben Bailey (Cash Cab) plays soccer parent Graham. Real Housewives of NJ Jacqueline Laurita also makes a cameo appearance in the movie.
Writer/Director/Producer Caytha Jentis, with insider authenticity and specificity, shares the absurd yet very real world of the dark side of yourth sports with humor and heart.
“Bad Parents,” based on Jentis’ award-winning play “It’s All About the Kids” is the fourth produced feature film written by Caytha Jentis and her second outing as director. Her directorial debut, “The One” (2011), a romantic comedy starring Jon Prescott, enjoyed sold-out screenings at Cinefest, Frameline, Ridgewood, and Qfest and was released theatrically and on DVD/VOD through TLA Releasing. Jentis’ first produced screenplay “And Then Came Love” (2007) starred Vanessa Williams, Eartha Kitt, Michael Boatman, Stephen Spinella and Ben Vereen. Jentis also executive produced and produced the film, which – after following the festival circuit – opened theatrically and was licensed to Warner Premier Video for DVD/VOD. It continues to enjoy great success airing extensively worldwide on premium cable networks. “Exposed”(2009), a psychological thriller written by Jentis was produced by Media at Large and recently won “Best Suspense Feature Film” at the New York Independent Film & Video Festival in both New York and Los Angeles. The short film, “The Dream House”, written and produced by Jentis is currently out to festivals. Jentis is President of Fox Meadow Films.
Jentis is a Ridgewood resident as is much of her crew and team, which includes Ridgewood Resident and Producer Dorothy Fucito, Line Producer Aimee Denaro, Anthony Savini , Director of Photography and Verne Mattson, Editor.
The movie will also be shown in Clifton on January 28th, Kinnelon on January 31st and Levittown, NY on February 21st. A dedicated movie screening is also available as a fundraiser to soccer organizations and teams. Please contact Caytha Jentis at caytha(at)foxmeadowfilms.com or visit the website for more info. The movie is scheduled to be available on DVD later in 2013.
Aaron Swartz was ‘killed by the government,’ father tells mourners
By Michael Muskal
January 15, 2013, 1:57 p.m.
Aaron Swartz, the 26-year-old Internet genius, was eulogized on Tuesday as a person who wanted to make the world better but was hounded into killing himself by harsh government policies.
Swartz was “killed by the government,” his father, Robert Swartz, said at the service at Central Avenue Synagogue in Highland Park, Ill., according to the Chicago Sun-Times. “He was killed by the government, and MIT betrayed all of its basic principles,” he said.
Facing the possibility of a long prison sentence if convicted of charges that he illegally downloaded millions of academic journal articles, Swartz hanged himself in his New York apartment Friday. The death of one of the founders of news and entertainment website Reddit and a longtime activist for an open Internet has ignited outrage among many in the electronic community who view him as a martyr to government prosecution.
Shoppers thought politicians should put plastic bags over their heads
Bag that bill: NJ voters oppose law charging shoppers for plastic grocery bags
TRENTON — New Jersey voters oppose a bill that would charge shoppers five cents for each plastic grocery bag they use, according to a poll released this morning.
Feds arrest several from North Jersey in waste-hauling Mob sting
Wednesday January 16, 2013, 1:54 PM
BY PETER SAMPSON
STAFF WRITER
The Record
Federal authorities fanned out across New York and New Jersey today and rounded up 30 reputed members and associates of several organized crime families on charges of racketeering and extortion relating to the waste-hauling industry.
Among those charged were Carmine Franco, 77, of Ramsey, once a major figure in the New Jersey trash hauling business; Anthony Cardinalle, 60, of Saddle River; Peter Leconte, 42, of Lodi; and Frank Oliver, 46, of North Haledon.
Also charged from New Jersey were Robert Zarzuela, 38, of North Bergen; Jonathan Greene, 47, of Teaneck; Thomas Giordano, 42, of North Arlington; Anthony Pucciarello, 77, Bloomfield, Joseph Bertolino, 46, Wantage; and Brian Petroll, 47, of Columbia.
In all, 32 people were charged in three indictments returned in Manhattan as part of a multi-year investigation spearheaded by the FBI.
“As alleged, organized crime still wraps its tentacles around industries it has fed off for decades, but law enforcement continues to pry loose its grip,” Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement announcing the charges.
“Here, as described in the indictments, organized crime insinuated itself into the waste disposal industry throughout a vast swath of counties in New York and New Jersey, and the tactics they used to exert and maintain their control come right out of the mafia playbook – extortion, intimidation, and threats of violence,” he said.
State revenues beat projections for December but still $426M short for the year
Tuesday January 15, 2013, 10:30 PM
BY JOHN REITMEYER
STATE HO– USE BUREAU
The Record
For the first time this fiscal year, tax collections have met Governor Christie’s revenue targets, helping to trim a shortfall that now stands at $426 million.
But with six months left in the fiscal year, and with continuing uncertainty about federal funding for the superstorm Sandy recovery, it’s unclear whether the modest tax-revenue gains mark a new, positive trend for New Jersey’s finances.
The state Department of Treasury released tax collection data Tuesday that indicated revenues came in about $25 million over Christie’s budget targets for the month of December, modest growth fueled largely by strong income-tax collections.
Many experts predicted an unusual income tax bump in December as a consequence of the fiscal cliff negotiations in Washington, D.C., and the expectation that federal tax rates would increase for the wealthy in 2013. New Jersey income tax collections ended up besting budget estimates by 14 percent in December, according to Treasury.
But it’s unclear whether state income tax collections will keep the same pace through April or drop off. Democratic lawmakers warned a “substantial” revenue shortfall remains in the Republican governor’s $31.7 billion budget.
