Ridgewood Volleyball racks up milestone win No. 600
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
BY GREG TARTAGLIA
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
RIDGEWOOD — Tuesday’s victory could be summed up in one word: sweet.
The Ridgewood girls volleyball team had plenty to celebrate after gaining its 600th all-time win on Tuesday. The Maroons also beat Paramus in game one of Wednesday’s rivalry match before falling, 2 games to 1.
The Ridgewood High School girls volleyball team went on the road to defeat Memorial of West New York, 25-7, 25-14, and record the 600th victory in program history, becoming the seventh New Jersey team to reach that milestone.
The Maroons’ post-match reward? Bubblegum.
“The kids brought out a blue bag, and I’m wondering, ‘What the heck’s in this thing?’” RHS head coach Ron Knott recalled the following day. “And they pulled out a jar with 600 gumballs in it. There aren’t 600 anymore,” he added with a smile.
Avo 25th Anniversary in stock now at Tobacco Shop of Ridgewood
This year marks the 25th Anniversary of the AVO cigar brand created by cigar icon Avo Uvezian, who began composing cigars in 1987. To celebrate 25 years of ‘Cigars in Perfect Harmony,’ Avo has decided to share with you his two greatest passions, the piano and the cigar. It is this passion for music and cigars that has presented Avo with such happiness throughout the last quarter century. And today, in celebration of 25 years, Avo presents his passions to you..
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More Americans Added to Food Stamps Than Find Jobs
10:30 AM, SEP 21, 2012 • BY DANIEL HALPER
An alarming data point from the minority side of the Senate Budget Committee: More Americans are being added to food stamps than are finding jobs. The data is detailed in this chart, provided by the committee:
As the chart shows, between April-June 2012 (the most recent three month block for which government data is available), only 200,000 jobs have been created while 265,000 individuals have been added to the food stamp rolls. Additionally, in that time period, 246,000 workers were awarded disability.
Another chart shows that the last three month block is part of a larger trend. The chart, also from the minority side of the Senate Budget Committee, shows that “Workforce Shrinks Since January 2009 While Millions Sign Up For Disability And Food Stamps.”
Facebook bill advances without employer-backed amendment
A bill that would bar employers from asking employees for information about their accounts on social media sites like Facebook was released by a Senate committee today.
While employer groups back much of the bill, they were unsuccessful in convincing the committee to remove a provision allowing workers to sue employers for violations. The committee also passed a similar bill barring colleges from requiring students to provide their social media passwords.
The bill affecting employers was passed by the Senate Labor Committee by a 4-0 vote, with Sen. Anthony R. Bucco (R-Denville) abstaining Business groups said creating a new cause of action to bring lawsuits against employers would prove costly even in cases where the employer did nothing wrong. (Kitchenman, NJBIZ)
Parents troubled by bill to tighten up immunization exemptions
Legislation that would clarify what constitutes a legal exemption under the New Jersey’s school immunization law was approved by the state Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee Thursday after nearly three-hours of contentious testimony. The bill now goes to the full Senate for a floor vote.
The legislation, S1759, with amendments, was approved by 6-2 vote after about a dozen people spoke, mostly against the bill saying parents have a right to opt out of child immunization. The law would require documentation when a parent wants to exempt a student from mandatory immunizations for either medical or religious reasons. The bill to strengthen New Jersey’s existing immunization policy was introduced after an outbreak of whooping cough this year. (Kalet, NJ Spotlight)
Ridgewood High School library upgrade campaign ramped up
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 2012, 4:44 PM
BY LAURA HERZOG
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
The Ridgewood High School (RHS) Home and School Association (HSA) will soon launch an aggressive fall fundraising campaign to pay for the transformation of the RHS library into a space better suited for 21st century learners. The renovation will potentially cost $850,000.
a preliminary design of what the Learning Commons at Ridgewood High School might look like.
The new RHS Learning Commons would replace a library that has not been renovated since it was originally designed in 1963. Among other improvements, it would include new conference rooms, printers, TV monitors, a café and moveable bookshelves to allow for doubled seating capacity, according to a preliminary floor plan drafted this summer by the architecture firm LAN Associates.
A proposed addition, to include two new conference rooms and a lounge seating area, would utilize space from a server room and part of a classroom, according to David Zrike, co-chair of the association’s development committee. The TV monitors would broadcast news stations, he noted.
According to the RHS HSA, the proposal will be discussed at next Monday’s Board of Education (BOE) public meeting, scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
Morning Crash Slows Route 17 Southbound To A Crawl Through Ridgewood
September 21,2012
Boyd A. Loving
8:31 AM
Ridgewood NJ, A two car crash on Route 17 southbound near East Glen Avenue slowed morning rush hour traffic to a crawl on Friday. One person was slightly injured in the mishap and one vehicle was unable to proceed on its own power and had to be towed from the scene. The injured party refused medical treatment. Ridgewood PD, FD, and EMS responded promptly and professionally, as always.
Ridgewood council introduces communications upgrade
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 2012, 4:44 PM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
After months of debate, Ridgewood is moving forward with a communications plan that will meet a federal mandate.
If an ordinance introduced on Wednesday is approved on Oct. 10, the village will appropriate a total of $1,067,935 to purchase and install each piece of a radio communications upgrade.
Ridgewood will then bond for the first part of the multi-tiered and multi-town project, which will cost the village nearly $700,000, and subsequently comply with the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) narrowband directive.
At this point, village officials said they are willing to pay a total of $693,750, Ridgewood’s portion of an $895,282 narrowband upgrade project. The Borough of Glen Rock, which pays to use Ridgewood’s dispatch center, will pick up the remaining balance.
The Glen Rock Borough Council, like Ridgewood, is expected to introduce a similar ordinance appropriating specific funds for the its portion of the project.
“We’ve been meeting with Glen Rock’s emergency services. Until the Village Council decides which direction to go, then Glen Rock will be paired in,” Village Manager Ken Gabbert said earlier this month.
Ridgewood officials question aspects of parking proposal
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 2012, 5:04 PM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
The Chamber of Commerce will hold at least one open forum with village residents to discuss what has been described as an innovative and ambitious parking proposal for Ridgewood’s Central Business District (CBD).
It’s Greek to Me owner Paul Vagianos announced the Chamber of Commerce’s invitation during the Village Council’s work session this week, with times and location of the public forum still to be determined. The logistics of the open meeting will be announced within the next month.
In the meantime, Vagianos fielded questions from members of the governing body.
Vagianos, one of the seven Ridgewood businesspeople who drafted the parking plan, urged the council to consider filing for a request for proposal (RFP), specifically to determine the outside interest in developing the parking lot between The Gap and Gilsenan Realtors on East Ridgewood Avenue.
According to the initial plan, a successful land lease between the village and a private developer will ultimately fund the construction of parking facilities at the corner of South Broad and Hudson streets and another along Walnut Street and Franklin Avenue.
With the proposal in hand, the village’s next steps came into question on Wednesday night.
$1.8 trillion shock: Obama regs cost 20-times estimate
September 20, 2012 | 8:51 am
Current federal regulations plus those coming under Obamacare will cost American taxpayers and businesses $1.8 trillion annually, more than twenty times the $88 billion the administration estimates, according to a new roundup provided to Secrets from the libertarian Competitive Enterprise Institute.
And it could grow, warned the author of the report, Clyde Wayne Crews, a CEI vice president.
Complying with Health and Human Services Department requirements alone, he revealed, costs $184 billion a year, yet regulators are still drafting the rules for the 2,400-page Obamacare law that kicks into gear in 2014.
Crews has made a working project of his “Tip of the Costberg” report which he regularly updates. In it, he compares the cost of regulations estimated by federal agencies to a much broader list of estimates from multiple federal and independent sources. And even then, he said, it doesn’t include hard-to-calculate costs associated with antitrust intervention, regulation of electricity networks, or the cost of constrained access to natural resources.
“While OMB officially reports amounts of only up to $88.6 billion in 2010 dollars,” said Crews, “the non-tax cost of government intervention in the economy, without performing a sweeping survey, appears to total up to $1.806 trillion annually.”
Huge Garage Sale Saturday October 22nd 9 -4PM. Desk, Chairs, portable dishwasher, oven, jewelry, designer mens and womens clothes, kitchen appliances, antiques and much more. Coach, Juicy, Worth, Polo, RL
235 Walthery Ave, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
Huge Multi Family Yard Sale Saturday, 9/22 (Ridgewood)
Huge Multi-Family Yard Sale
Saturday, 9/22 from 9 to 1
493 Eastbrook Road, Ridgewood, NJ
Tons of baby gear ,Strollers, Swings, , toys
Books,Household goods,Electronics
And more!
No early birds please.
MULTI FAMILY YARD SALE!!! SAT. 9/29 (RIDGEWOOD,NJ)
135 S.VAN DIEN AVE. RIDGEWOOD NJ
Multi family yard sale selling baby joggers, pack n play, high chair, toddler bike seat, various pieces of furniture, lamps, electronics, assorted toys for all ages,
books, luggage, entertaining accessories and decorations, misc. items for the kitchen, bikes, curtain rods, and many other treasures!
See you Saturday 9/22 9am-3pm (Rain date: Sunday 9/23 12-4)
What Are the Fiscal Costs of Nonpayers? :Shrinking Pool of Taxpayers Linked to Greater Government Spending, Debt
Washington, D.C., September 20, 2012—As of 2010, 41 percent of tax filers—some 58 million in all—had no income tax liability after taking their credits and deductions. When one adds the number of Americans who do not file a federal return, about half of all households pay no federal income tax, more than at any time since 1940, according to a new study from the Tax Foundation.
Aside from the revenue impact of so many Americans not paying income taxes, economists worry about the social and political effects of having so many people disconnected from the cost of government—a phenomenon known as “fiscal illusion.” When individuals perceive the cost of government to be cheaper than it really is, they tend to demand ever more government benefits.
“We find that the growth of nonpayers is strongly associated with increases in spending on federal transfer payments,” said Tax Foundation economist Willian Freeland. “A one percentage point increase in the share of tax filers who are nonpayers is associated with a $10.6 billion per year increase in transfer payments. Since the number of nonpayers has increased by 20 percentage points over the last two decades, our model indicates that in 2010 alone, over $213 billion in transfer payments are associated with this increase in nonpayers.”
The increase in nonpayers may also be affecting the national debt. The Tax Foundation’s analysis finds that for every one percentage point increase in the share of tax filers who are nonpayers, the debt as a percentage of GDP increases by 0.7 percentage points. For example, if the percentage of nonpayers increased from 40 percent to 41 percent, the debt held by the public to increase from 70 percent of GDP to 70.7 percent of GDP. This means that the debt ratio has increased by 14 percentage points since 1990 due to the increase in nonpayers.
The fiscal cost of dropping millions of Americans from the income tax rolls are now being seen in the form of record levels of federal transfer spending and national debt. As lawmakers consider proposals for tax and entitlement reform, they should take into account the fiscal impact of exempting a majority of Americans from the largest source of federal tax revenue.
“The dire fiscal straits we are now in, and which much of Europe is struggling with as well, can only be responsibly addressed through a more balanced tax burden,” said Tax Foundation Chief Economist William McBride. “In particular, so long as income taxes fund the largest part of government spending, exempting half the population from income taxes is not a sustainable fiscal model. Debt accumulation and eventual default await those democracies that fail to connect a majority of voters to the cost of government spending.”
Tax Foundation Special Report 203, “The Fiscal Costs of Nonpayers” by William Freeland, William McBride, and Ed Gerrish is available online.
The Tax Foundation is a nonpartisan research organization that has monitored fiscal policy at the federal, state and local levels since 1937. To schedule an interview, please contact Richard Morrison, the Tax Foundation’s Manager of Communications, at 202-464-5102 or [email protected].
Six million will pay health law penalty maybe even you
By Russ Britt, MarketWatch
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Six million Americans, or roughly 2% of the current population, will end up paying a penalty for failing to have health insurance when the full effect of the 2010 health-care overhaul law is felt in 2016, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
The CBO on Wednesday said the penalty of $695 or 2.5% of household income under the law formally known as the Affordable Care Act increases the number of those facing the penalty than originally was projected in April 2010, shortly after the law’s passage. The law contains an individual mandate requiring all Americans to have insurance or pay a penalty.
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Now, 2 million more people will be penalized and pay an additional $3 billion in fines than originally projected, according to the report, conducted by the CBO along with the Joint Committee on Taxation.
“Most of the increase — about 85% — in the number of people who are expected to pay the penalty tax stems from changes in CBO and JCT’s baseline projections since April 2010, including the effects of legislation enacted since that time, changes in the economic outlook (primarily a higher unemployment rate and lower wages and salaries), and other technical updates,” the report says.
Proving the wisdom of building things in flood zones N.J. Senators announce funding for flood-prone area buyout
U.S. Senators Frank R. Lautenberg and Robert Menendez, both D-NJ, announced Wednesday more than $3.3 million in federal funding for voluntary home buyouts for a flood-prone senior citizen housing complex in Monmouth County’s Ocean Township.
The funding, provided through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), will be used to purchase and remove eight sections of a seniors apartment complex that has been repeatedly damaged by floods, according to a press release. Built in 1970, the housing complex will be entirely demolished and the area will be restored to its natural environment. (Bonamo, NJ.com)
