Author: James

Kasschau Memorial Shell Concerts wrap up
FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS

Concerts wrap up

To The Editor:

The final performance of the Kasschau Memorial Shell Concerts was held on Aug. 2. It was a glorious night with a full moon and a warm breeze. Marlene VerPlanck was the performer that night. We are so fortunate to have a performer in Ridgewood who has sung with Frank Sinatra and Mel Tome and performed all over the world.

Other Kasschau Memorial Shell artists have performed at Carnegie Hall, the Oak Room at the Algonquin, the Garden State Arts Center and on the Tonight Show and have been seen on Broadway in Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables. The music performed at the various concerts is eclectic covering jazz, calypso, pop standards and Broadway Show Tunes.

These outdoor concerts begin in June and end in early August and our thanks go to the enthusiastic audiences that have ranged up to more than 600 a performance. Volunteer members of the Kasschau Memorial Shell Committee give of their time to arrange for these musical presentations and the Recreation Department of Ridgewood facilitates their work. Greg Gallo and his assistant John Gilmore are responsible for the excellent and professional sound and lighting.

It is through the generosity of our sponsors that we are able to have musicians of such a high level of professionalism entertain at these free concerts. We wish to acknowledge and thank the following sponsors:

Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill, Boiling Springs Savings Bank, Clemente Orthodontics, Care One at the Cupola & Care One at Pine Rest, Caldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Corp., Columbia Bank, Daily Treat Restaurant, Feeney Funeral Home, Hudson City Savings Bank, Keller Williams – Ridgewood, Kings Supermarkets, Park West Tavern, Rotary Club of Ridgewood AM, Ridgewood Dentistry – Warren Boardman DMD, The Ridgewood News, Tarvin Realtors, TD Bank, Ulrich, Inc. The Valley Hospital, Valley National Bank and Van Dyk Health Care.

These sponsors truly understand the importance of community support and we salute their generosity. Anyone interested in supporting these exceptional concerts can contact [email protected].

Jo Delaney

Chair

Kasschau Memorial Shell Committee

https://www.northjersey.com/news/opinions/166505556_Letter__Kasschau_Memorial_Shell_Concerts_wrap_up.html

Congratulations : Ridgewood 9U, 10U, 11U AND 12U – Little League District 4 CHAMPS!!!
Way to go Ridgewood !!!!

Ridgewood 11U

https://www.rbsa.us/

Top Row, from left to right: Coaches Will Seitter, Head Coach Marc Favieri, Craig Frisina, Dave Wang & Brian Lewis Players, from left to right, Brett Thompson, Kevin Seitter, Andrew Olson, Ben Geraghty, Ethan Suh, Trey Lewis, Calvin Wang, Luke Conenello, Alexander Facini & Sam Favieri Not pictured: Tommy McCormack & Michael Thurlow

Ridgewood 9U

https://www.rbsa.us/

Left to right: Michael Bussinelli, George Hadfield, Jack Meyer, Dan Kennedy, Cole Patel, Joseph Bussinelli, Edward Chanod, Reed Darienzo, Donn Patrick Joseph, Brian Chan, Collin Feeney Coaches: Left to Right: Andrew Meyer, Guy Darienzo, Guido Bussinelli

Ridgewood 12U

https://www.rbsa.us/

12U Players (L to R): Chris Symington, Jake Dowson, Michael Dyrhaug, Bobby Sullivan, Timmy Conklin, Drew Granski, Matteo Conn, Charlie Cardew, Jack Neilson, Patrick Cummings, Davis Weil, Parker Scott Coaches (Lto R): Terry Cardew, Head Coach Chip Conklin, Chris Dyrhaug, Bob Sullivan

Ridgewood 10U

https://www.rbsa.us/

Senator Joe Kyrillos : Raising Revenue the Smart Way: Lowering Taxes

Let’s be clear: there’s a big difference between increasing revenue by raising taxes and increasing revenue from lowering taxes while closing special interest loopholes. Raising tax rates continues to be Bob Menendez’ solution, but after voting in favor of higher taxes more than 70 times it has yielded nothing but higher unemployment and crushing debt placed squarely on the shoulders of small businesses and middle class families. Throughout my career, I have never voted for a broad-based tax increase, and in fact have saved New Jerseyans $11.9 billion in new or higher taxes.

My position continues to be what I outlined in my comprehensive jobs plan – cut income tax rates for every family and small business, reduce our job-killing corporate tax and close the special interest tax loopholes favored by Bob Menendez’ lobbyist pals, including management fees that get treated as capital gains rather than personal income. A simpler, more efficient tax code will reward hard work, boost job creation, and raise revenue by growing the economy.

Record NJ Unemployment and N.J. politician pushes for law requiring pets buckle up on car rides

This one could have some Jersey canines howling with discontent.

If a lawmaker has her way, those carefree rides in cars with their heads out the window will be long gone. Instead, dogs — and cats — will have to be buckled up for safety, just like humans.

The measure is the brainchild of Assemblywoman Grace Spencer (D-Essex) who said she got the idea from a fourth-grade class at a Newark charter school and started pushing it after her veterinarian mentioned a small pooch who had broken a leg after its owner made a sudden stop.

If enacted, New Jersey would have the nation’s toughest seat belt law for pets.  (Friedman, The Star-Ledger)

https://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/08/nj_lawmaker_pushes_for_pets_to.html

N.J. investigating 27 possible security breaches in administration of standardized tests

FRIDAY AUGUST 17, 2012, 12:42 AM
BY LESLIE BRODY
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD

At a time when test scores are poised to play a more significant role in evaluating teachers, New Jersey education officials are reviewing reports of 27 security breaches from the administration of state tests this spring.

While that number involves a small share of the roughly 850,000 standardized tests that New Jersey public school students take each year, testing experts say the state Department of Education is right to take the breaches seriously.

John Fremer, president of Caveon Consulting Services, which advises states on preventing cheating, said it would be impossible to have no irregularities, and a couple of dozen incidents is a small number for an entire state. Even so, he said, there is cause for concern.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/bergen/NJ_investigating_27_possible_security_breaches_in_administration_of_standardized_tests.html

No One Will Charged With a Crime for the MF Global Collapse
By Dashiell Bennett | The Atlantic Wire

Authorities are winding down their criminal investigation of the failed brokarage firm, MF Global, and despite the lack of oversight and the loss of more than $1 billion in customer funds, it now seems unlikely that anyone at the firm will face criminal charges.

The New York Times is reporting this morning that after ten months of investigation by federal prosecutors, sources say there isn’t even enough evidence to charge any of the firm’s executives in a criminal probe. The company may have failed spectacularly when it came to oversight and risk management, but the losses cannot be chalked up to outright fraud.

The company placed a grossly outsized bet (more than $6 billion worth) on the health of the European debt market last year and when it went south, the firm “borrowed” money from the accounts of its customers to try and salvage its own losses. Most of the blame for those trades fell on its CEO (and ex-New Jersey governor) Jon Corzine, and while his reputation and firm are ruined, it seems he will escape any legal sanction. He could still face massive civil lawsuits or fines from regulators who have a lower standard than a criminal prosecution, but jail isn’t in the cards.

https://news.yahoo.com/no-one-charged-crime-mf-global-collapse-111056124–finance.html?_esi=1

Moving sale (Ridgewood)

Rain or shine, from 9 to 3, this Fri and Sat, Aug 17 & 18
121 Doremus Ave, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
(about one block off Godwin Ave)

We are making a big move and need to sell a lot of stuff. We have furniture, antiques, small appliances, teenage girls clothes, womens shoes (7-8), crafts and sewing, potting bench, collectables ….. and so much more

CLOTHING & STUFF Sunday August 19 RIDGEWOOD NJ (Ridgewood Bergen NJ)

a lot of nice CLOTHING FOR SALE and other stuff, brick and bruck, baby stuff, copper items, decorations, etc…

DATE: SUNDAY 19
TIME: 1 to 4 PM
318 Willow court (off Grove st)
Ridgewood NJ

COME, CHECK IT OUT!!!

Ridgewood Estate/Moving Sale – $1 (Ridgewood)

This beautiful Ridgewood home is full of quality furniture and so much more…not to be missed!

Friday, August 17th – 9 am – 4pm
Saturday, August 18th – 9 am – 3pm

110 Madison Place, Ridgewood, NJ

FOR PICTURES CLICK HERE – https://www.estatesales.net/estate-sales/325140.aspx
More pictures coming Wednesday! (see link below)

king sleigh bed , tempurpedic mattress ,bedroom furniture
changing table & crib , glider w/ ottoman
bedroom furniture, dining room set, living room furniture
desk with hutch & chair,bar stools,kitchen table
leather recliners from Domain, slipper chairs
sofa, little tykes, doll house, rugs,mirrors
children’s & women’s clothing, books
computer, household, and more

Ridgewood Guild Free Movies – Adventures of Tin Tin August 22 – Breakfast at Tiffany’s August 29

“Movies in the Park”

The Ridgewood Guild features a complimentary movie  for your enjoyment!!! Pack a picnic basket, bring the family and pull up some turf in Van Neste Square!!! We start rolling when the sun goes down approximately 9:00

Postal Service Finances: Yes, It Can Get Worse
James Gattuso and Emily Goff
August 9, 2012 at 3:30 pm

It is becoming hard to keep the billions of dollars in missed payments and recorded losses by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) straight. Today, tack another multibillion-dollar chunk of change onto the list: The USPS reported a third-quarter net loss of $5.2 billion, bringing year-to-date losses to $11.6 billion.

But increasingly, the focus of concern is when the USPS will run out of cash. With less than $500 million on hand, that day may come as early as October.

In a conference call today, postal management downplayed the cash-flow problem—pointing out that they may be able to delay a payment due to the Labor Department for worker’s compensation costs—and held out hope that election-year mailings will give them a boost. At any rate, they said that priority will be given to payroll obligations and suppliers in the event the tiller is emptied.

Most likely, the postal officials are right: Some way to fudge the shortfall will be found, pushing the day of reckoning into next year—assuming that Americans send Christmas cards liberally. But it’s never a good sign when a firm has to talk about making deals with creditors and prioritizing debts. It’s just more evidence that the USPS needs to change; if it doesn’t, it will die.

Postal officials, to their credit, recognize this. “This is no way to run a business,” said USPS CFO Joe Corbett, pointing out the need for swift action to address the problem.

Exactly. And that action needs to come from Congress, which has hamstrung USPS’s ability to make the restructuring and cutbacks that will be needed to give it a fighting chance at survival. But so far, Congress seems more interested in adopting “reforms” that simply give the USPS temporary infusions of cash while continuing or tightening statutory restrictions on real change. Real reform—such as that being pushed by Representative Darrel Issa (R–CA) and others—is a castor oil that Members don’t want to swallow.

No way to run a business, indeed.

https://blog.heritage.org/2012/08/09/postal-service-finances-yes-it-can-get-worse/?utm_source=FMF081512A&utm_medium=Email

Facebook hits new low as IPO lock-up ends and shares flood market
August 16,2012
PJ Blogger

Ridgewood NJ, Facebook’s IPO lockup ended to day only to the see the stock plunge to new all-time lows . Today , Thursday marked the expiration of a lock-up period that has provided some early investors and insiders with an opportunity to exit.

The end of the lock-up period freed up 60% or an additional 271.1 million shares that could hit the market for trading and has weighed heavily on the stock since it went public.

The stock has not seen the sunny side of it’s IPO price since the first day of trading . This is the first of a series of expirations that could result in almost 2-billion shares being released to the public over the next two years.

The smart money has for sometime become very skeptical of Facebook’s long term prospects ,thinking the huge social media site maybe well past it peak.  With sky high exceptions there is no place to go but down .Leading to an old Wall Street adage ,  “if it cant get any better than this it can only get worse ” .

Various sources were used to compile information for this post ; Bloomberg News, Yahoo Finance and AP .

US Budget and Taxes- In Numbers We Can Understand
Posted By Ziad Abdelnour

This brilliantly cuts through all the political doublespeak we get. It puts things into a much better perspective.

– U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000
– Fed budget: $3,820,000,000,000
– New debt: $1,650,000,000
– National debt: $14,271,000,000,000
– Recent budget cuts: $38,500,000,000

Let’s now remove 8 zeros and pretend it’s a household budget:

– Annual family income: $21,700
– Money the family spent: $38,200
– New debt on the credit card: $16,500
– Outstanding balance on the credit card: $142,710
– Total budget cuts so far: $385

Stop talking about taxes and start talking about spending!

NJ Transit shuts off key commuter tip in feud with web developer

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2012
BY KAREN RO– USE
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD

For nearly four months, roughly 300 NJ Transit rail customers literally held in their hands a piece of insider information that gave them an advantage in the evening rush out of New York Penn Station.

They knew which track their North Jersey-bound train would arrive on first — as much as 20 minutes before it appeared on the departure screens.

But now these subscribers to CleverCommute.com’s “Insider Track” premium service — who had gotten used to taking a leisurely walk to the tracks instead of making a mad scramble — find themselves “going through withdrawal.”

That’s how commuter Mike Kornstein described the impact after NJ Transit cut off Clever Commute founder Joshua Crandall’s access to the live track data he was supplying to his “Inside Track” subscribers. They pay $3.99 per month, or $39.99 for an annual plan, which has a dozen other features including notice of schedule changes or sales on monthly passes.

NJ Transit Spokesman John Durso Jr. said that after a months-long feud with Crandall, the agency blocked access — starting on Aug. 3 — because the data weren’t always accurate.

The “website now has access to the same free and accurate information we provide to everyone else,” Durso said.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/166221076_NJ_Transit_shuts_off_key_commuter_tip_in_feud_with_web_developer_lose_their_rush_hour_heads-up.html