Category: Village of Ridgewood

March is Youth Art Month at the Education Center

YOU “ART” INVITED: March is Youth Art Month and the district is displaying artwork at the Education Center representing every school building. Please stop in.

The public is also invited to join the artists and their families at the Youth Art Month Reception on Thursday, March 7 from 6:30 – 8 p.m. at the Education Center, Floor 3. Don’t miss this great opportunity to see our students’ talent showcased.

25th SUPER SCIENCE SATURDAY

Sponsored by Valley Hospital and Ridgewood Education Foundation

Ridgewood NJ, Largest science extravaganza in Northern New Jersey designed to introduce students and the community to the exciting world of science. Super Science Saturday appeals to everyone from the casual observer to the aspiring acientist. The goal is to spark an interest in science and to connect adults and organizations with with whom you you can further explore your passions.

Held Saturday, March 9th at Ridgewood High School from 9AM to 1:30PM SCHEDULE 9 to 1pm Hall of Science 9 to 1pm Science Expo 9:30AM Franklin Institute Presents: LIFE IN SPACE 11:15am; 12:15pm; 1:15pm Incredible Egg Drop 12:30pm Paper Airplane Contest 1:30pm Live Rocket Launch OTHER DETAILS AND HOW TO BECOME A PRESENTER – Go to www.SuperScienceSaturday.org

2013 Reassessment Nearing Completion

Valuation letters have been mailed to all residential properties. Commercial letters should be mailed by March 8th. If you would like to meet with a representative of ASI to discuss your new assessment please follow the instructions on your value letter. Upon completion of the hearings the values will be finalized and the assessment notices (postcards) mailed.

For additional information click here to be redirected to the Division of Assessments webpage:https://www.ridgewoodnj.net/department_detail.cfm?dept_id=2

Americans Feel Most Connected to A Local Religious Group
Sunday, March 03, 2013

Most Americans feel connected to a local church or religious organization, and nothing else comes close. Government and politics are near the bottom of the list.

Generally, people feel that they are connected and play a positive role in some organizations but not others. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 54% of American Adults feel at least somewhat connected to their local church or religious organization, with 34% who think they are Very Connected.

https://tinyurl.com/cpf5hr2

68th Annual Antiques Show and Sale March 8th and 9th

Christ Episcopal Church will once again host this Show, which is one of the few remaining local shows of this type in the area. Held on March 8th and 9th there is an admission cost of $7.00, which will give you access to 35 dealers of quality furniture and accessories, both formal and country of English, French and American collections.

An appraiser will be on hand during the Show on both days. While touring the show you may stop at our Cottage Café for some lunch, dinner or desserts — all delicious homemade selections. There is a free shuttle service from nearby parking to and from the church. Christ Church is located at 105 Cottage Place in Ridgewood. For more information or to purchase an advance discounted ticket, please call the church office at 201-652-2350.

Americans renouncing citizenship to become British thanks to tax rise
By David Barrett, Home Affairs Correspondent
9:30PM GMT 02 Mar 2013

The number of people giving up their US citizenship to become British has surged thanks to complex tax rules introduced by the American tax authorities.

London-based American lawyers, who specialise in tax and immigration, report a threefold increase over the last five years in the number of American citizens who are giving up their citizenship – a process known as “renunciation”.

Across the world 1,781 Americans renounced their citizenship in 2011 compared with just 231 in 2008, when US tax laws changed, although it remains unknown how many are adopting British rather than any other nationality.

Many decide to give up their American citizenship after tiring of the lengthy US tax return process, which requires them to pay tax on their total income regardless of where they live.

“There’s no question that the number of people renouncing their US citizenship is increasing,” said Diane Gelon, a US tax and immigration lawyer based in London.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/9904314/Americans-renouncing-citizenship-to-become-British-thanks-to-tax-rise.html

10 Things to Know About The Valley Hospital
Written by Kathleen Roney | November 08, 2012
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-profiles/10-things-to-know-about-the-valley-hospital.html

The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, N.J., is part of Valley Health System, also based in Ridgewood.

Here are 10 things to know about The Valley Hospital.

1. Audrey Meyers serves as CEO of Valley Health System and The Valley Hospital.

2. Richard Keenan serves as CFO.

3. The Valley Hospital has 451 beds.

4. More than 800 physicians, 3,000 employees and 3,700 volunteers constitute the hospital’s staff.

5. In 2011, 51,730 individuals were admitted to Valley, 73,932 people were treated in the emergency department and 3,085 babies were born.

6. In 2011, the hospital recorded $1.86 billion in gross charges and $46 million in net income, according to the American Hospital Directory.

7. The Valley Hospital was one of 41 acute-care hospitals with the highest percentage of patients who reported their pain was “always” well controlled from January 2011 through December 2011, according to the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey.

8. In 2012, the hospital was named to the “100 Great Community Hospitals” list by Becker’s Hospital Review.

9. According to the most recent statistics available, Valley is the second busiest hospital in the state of New Jersey, based on admissions, according to its website.

10. The Valley Hospital is affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System in New York City.

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-profiles/10-things-to-know-about-the-valley-hospital.html

”Sniping under anonymous will do nothing.”

Sorry Paul, I don’t agree with the statement,”Sniping under anonymous will do nothing.”Although I would like nothing more than to sign my name to a comment on this subject, I have three very good reasons not to… and would be a complete fool if I did !

Unfortunately, there are legitimate reasons some in this dialogue will have to not sign their name. Something is better than nothing, at least in this particular case.

Although I certainly applaud what the CRR (and other opponents) has done, and continues to do, I am certainly in the camp that speaks to “improve,don’t expand.”

Funny that the mayor mention anonymity , just after the Fly article on CRR the Ridgewood blog was bombarded by spam comments from hoast provider BCM Netco Solutions a proxy server used to make anonymous threats toward people, a known spam site and an internet scam site

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2013: the first year of the rest of my life
by Paulo Coelho on December 31, 2012

No one can go back, but everyone can go forward.

And tomorrow, when the sun rises, all you have to say to yourselves is:
I am going to think of this day as the first day of my life.

I will look on the members of my family with surprise and amazement, glad to discover that they are by my side, silently sharing tha little understood thing called love.

I will pass a beggar, who will ask me for money.
I might give it to him or I might walk past thinking that he will only spend it on drink, and as I do, I will hear his insults and know that it is simply his way of communicating with me.

I will pass someone trying to destroy a bridge.
I might try to stop him or I might realise that he is doing it because he has no one waiting for him on the other side and this is his way of trying to fend off his own loneliness.

Instead of noting down things I’m unlikely to forget, I will write a poem.
Even if I have never written one before and even if I never do so again, I will at least know that I once had the courage to put my feelings into words.

I will keep smiling, because it pleases me to know that people think I am mad. My smile is my way of saying: ‘You can destroy my body, but not my soul.’

https://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/12/31/2013-the-first-year-of-the-rest-of-my-life/

$1 Trillion Obamacare Tax Hike Hitting on Jan. 1

On January 1, regardless of the outcome of fiscal cliff negotiations, Americans will be hit with a $1 trillion Obamacare tax hike.

Obamacare contains twenty new or higher taxes. Five of the taxes hit for the first time on January 1.  In total, for the years 2013-2022, Americans face a net $1 trillion tax hike for the years 2013-2022, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

The five major Obamacare taxes taking effect on January are as follows:

The Obamacare Medical Device Tax:  Medical device manufacturers employ 409,000 people in 12,000 plants across the country. Obamacare imposes a new 2.3 percent excise tax on gross sales – even if the company does not earn a profit in a given year.  In addition to killing small business jobs and impacting research and development budgets, this will increase the cost of your health care – making everything from pacemakers to artificial hips more expensive.

The Obamacare Flex Account Tax: The 30-35 million Americans who use a pre-tax Flexible Spending Account (FSA) at work to pay for their family’s basic medical needs will face a new government cap of $2500. This will squeeze $13 billion of tax money from Americans over the ten years. (Currently, the accounts are unlimited under federal law, though employers are allowed to set a cap.)

There is one group of FSA owners for whom this new cap will be particularly cruel and onerous: parents of special needs children.  There are several million families with special needs children in the United States, and many of them use FSAs to pay for special needs education. Tuition rates at one leading school that teaches special needs children in Washington, D.C. (National Child Research Center) can easily exceed $14,000 per year. Under tax rules, FSA dollars can be used to pay for this type of special needs education. This Obamacare tax provision will limit the options available to these families.

The Obamacare Surtax on Investment Income: This is a new, 3.8 percentage point surtax on investment income earned in households making at least $250,000 ($200,000 single).  This would result in the following top tax rates on investment income:

Capital Gains      Dividends               Other*

2012                  15%                            15%                35%

2013+ (current law)     23.8%                 43.4%              43.4%

The table above also incorporates the scheduled hike in the capital gains rate from 15 to 20 percent, and the scheduled hike in dividends rate from 15 to 39.6 percent.

The Obamacare “Haircut” for Medical Itemized Deductions: Currently, those Americans facing high medical expenses are allowed a deduction to the extent that those expenses exceed 7.5 percent of adjusted gross income (AGI).  This tax increase imposes a threshold of 10 percent of AGI. By limiting this deduction, Obamacare widens the net of taxable income for the sickest Americans.  This tax provision will most harm near retirees and those with modest incomes but high medical bills.

The Obamacare Medicare Payroll Tax Hike:  The Medicare payroll tax is currently 2.9 percent on all wages and self-employment profits.  Under this tax hike, wages and profits exceeding $200,000 ($250,000 in the case of married couples) will face a 3.8 percent rate instead. This is a direct marginal income tax hike on small business owners, who are liable for self-employment tax in most cases. The table below compares current law vs. the Obamacare Medicare Payroll Tax Hike:

First $200,000 ($250,000 Married) Employer/Employee stays the same

All Remaining  Wages Employer/Employee
Current Law                    1.45%/1.45%       2.9% self-employed
Obamacare Tax Hike       1.45%/2.35%      3.8% self-employed

Read more: https://atr.org/trillion-obamacare-tax-hike-hitting-jan-a7393#ixzz2GQyer3N0
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Photo credit: Boyd A. Loving

“Marcia the Musical Moose” Holiday Children’s Show at Ridgewood Village Hall
December 27,2012
Boyd A. Loving
10:15 AM

Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Parks and Recreation Department invited Marcia the Musical Moose to entertain preschool and early elementary children during the holiday recess, Thursday, December 27th, 11 a.m. The show was held in the Anne Zusy Youth Center, 131 North Maple Avenue.

Photo credit: Boyd A. Loving

In a nutshell (as Marcia’s friend Sally the Squirrel puts it), this variety show was filled with audience participation and included music, sing-a-longs, silly magic, and puppets.

 

10 Facts on the Fiscal Cliff, Debt, and Spending
Romina Boccia
December 27, 2012 at 8:37 am

Budget policy in 2012 was characterized by deficit spending, major increases in the national debt, and a heated debate over the “fiscal cliff.”

With just days left for President Obama and lawmakers in Congress to avert a major tax hike, sequestration, and other major policy changes, today we bring you a list of the top 10 facts on federal spending in 2012:

Four years of trillion-dollar-plus deficits. Fiscal year 2012 concluded with a $1.1 trillion deficit, marking the fourth year of trillion-dollar-plus deficits. Too much spending is the root cause of the federal government’s deep and sustained deficits. At 23 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2012 and on track to rise further, federal spending is growing at a dangerous pace.
National debt hit $16 trillion. On September 4, the U.S. national debt hit the $16 trillion mark. We owe more on the national debt than the entire U.S. economy produced in goods and services in all of 2012. Sixteen trillion dollar bills stacked one on top of the other would measure more than 1 million miles high, which would reach to the moon and back more than twice.
The debt limit was raised by $1.2 trillion. On January 30, the federal government raised its debt limit from a staggering $15.194 trillion to an even bigger $16.394 trillion. This increase was the last one of three granted in the Budget Control Act of 2011, a result of that summer’s debt ceiling negotiations, which allowed for a total debt limit increase of $2.1 trillion.
The $650 billion fiscal cliff distracted from the $48 trillion looming fiscal crisis. Much of 2012 was spent arguing over tax rates in the fiscal cliff debate while lawmakers ignored the much more dangerous looming fiscal crisis. As large and as major a concern as federal budget deficits are today, they stand in the shadow of $48 trillion in long-term unfunded obligations in Social Security and Medicare. Even with President Obama’s originally proposed tax hikes in his budget, the federal debt would still rise by more than $7.7 trillion in the next 10 years.
Social Security ran a deficit for the second year in a row. According to the 2012 trustees report, Social Security spent $45 billion more in benefits in 2011 than it took in from its payroll tax. This deficit is in addition to a $49 billion gap in 2010 and an expected average annual gap of about $66 billion between 2012 and 2018. Social Security’s deficits will balloon yet further. After adjusting for inflation, annual deficits will reach $95 billion in 2020 and $318.7 billion in 2030 before the trust fund runs out in 2033 and a 25 percent across-the-board benefit cut occurs.
Three years of spend-as-you-go policies without a federal budget. The last time both chambers of Congress agreed on a budget was on April 29, 2009. Since then, Congress has operated on a spend-as-you-go basis, characterized by incoherent, ad hoc budget procedures. The House passed budget resolutions each of the past two years, but the Senate failed to do its part.
The government spent nearly $30,000 per American household. The average American household’s share of federal spending in 2012 was $29,691, or roughly two-thirds of median household income. The government collected $20,293 per household in taxes in 2012, resulting in a budget deficit of $9,398 per household in 2012.
Obamacare will spend $1.7 trillion over 10 years. After the Supreme Court decision on Obamacare, the Congressional Budget Office did an update of its scoring of the law. The result: Obamacare will spend $1.7 trillion over 10 years on its coverage expansion provisions alone, including a massive expansion of Medicaid and federal subsidies for the new health insurance exchanges. This means that Obamacare will increase federal health spending by 15 percent.
Social Security was the biggest federal spending program. In 1993, Social Security surpassed national defense as the largest federal spending category, and it remains first today. The top five biggest spending programs, in order, are 1) Social Security; 2) national defense; 3) Medicare; 4) Medicaid, CHIP, and other government health care; and 5) interest on the debt.
More than 40 percent of Americans are on some government program. According to Census Bureau data and Heritage Foundation calculations, 128.8 million people in America depend on a government program for basic (or not so basic) needs, such as rent, prescription drugs, and higher education.

https://blog.heritage.org/2012/12/27/morning-bell-10-facts-on-the-fiscal-cliff-debt-and-spending/?roi=echo3-14100902112-10770483-e1b81425796edf82a800bba691f909ca&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Morning%2BBell

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“Cake Boss” Now looks to Open in January
December 20, 2012
the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, Looks like Ridgewood Residents will have to wait just a little bit longer for the grand opening of Carlo’s Bakery in Ridgewood: “Cake Boss” Buddy Valastro’s bakery is now planning to open after the holidays in mid-January opening in the village, according to spokeswoman Daniela Guernica . The bake shop had previously hoped to open durring the month of december . www. carlosbakery.com

source : https://www.northjersey.com/shopping/184219251_New___Noteworthy__Carlo_s_Bakery_in_Ridgewood_delayed__Beckham_s_son_a_model__and_more.html