Ridgewood Knights of Columbus to Host Annual St. Patrick’s Dinner Dance.
Ridgewood-NJ-March 2, 2015: The Ridgewood Knights of Columbus are once again proud to be sponsoring their annual St. Patrick’s Dinner Dance on Saturday, March 21st, beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Mount Carmel gymnasium at 52 Passaic Street in Ridgewood. The St. Patrick’s celebration this year is particularly meaningful, as the Knights begin their second century in service to the Ridgewood community.
Guests will first be greeted by bagpipers. The Best of Everything will cater a full-course of traditional Irish fare including corned beef and cabbage. The renowned Willie Lynch Band will be playing Irish classics and great dance music, along with a special appearance by the Irish Step Dancers from the McLoughlin Dance School. There will also be a grand prize raffle drawing for a trip to Ireland.
Tickets are $50 per person. Payment can be mailed to:
Come enjoy this annual celebration as the Knights of Columbus continue the tradition that the People of Ireland started over a thousand years ago. And what better way to celebrate the life of Saint Patrick then to gather with friends and family, enjoy a fine meal, and dance to great music!
Come out and celebrate St. Patrick’s with the Ridgewood Knights !
FEBRUARY 6, 2015 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2015, 12:31 AM
BY MARK KRULISH
STAFF WRITER |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Over the course of two evenings, Ridgewood residents had the chance to speak their minds about the proposed amendment to the master plan currently being sought by three developers who wish to build apartment complexes in the village’s downtown.
Citizens brought a variety of concerns before the Planning Board, with some favoring the high-density development and others calling for a scaled-back proposal decreasing the amount of units per acre currently being entertained.
Three separate developments are being proposed: the Dayton, a 106-unit luxury development in the old Brogan Cadillac lot; Chestnut Village, a 52-unit luxury development slated for Chestnut Street near the village’s central garage; and the 52-unit Enclave proposed for the intersection of East Ridgewood and North Maple avenues (the site of the old Sealfons building).
While very few of the more than 50 residents who spoke at the two meetings were completely against development, the idea of tripling or quadrupling the housing density in the Central Business District did not sit well with the majority of those who came to the podium to oppose the changes.
“It’s time for a compromise,” said resident Frank Schott. “Going from 12 units per acre to 50 is not a compromise, it is a surrender. Let’s make a generous offer of settling for doubling the permitted density to 24 units per acre.”
Ridgewood should have preserved elements of old building
JANUARY 9, 2015 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 2015, 9:54 AM
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Building elements should have been preserved
To the editor:
I’m writing about your recent article “Ridgewood debate at Hudson Street lot was ‘past versus parking'” (The Ridgewood News, Dec. 26, page A1).
I’m a former Ridgewood resident who was too young in 1993 to be civically minded and involved in the parking garage debate.
In retrospect, my question for the town is why weren’t elements of the old fire house preserved? Even after the structure was torn down, parts of the original building could have been preserved, even if just a piece of a brick wall or the building’s cornerstone. Imagine how a dull, boring asphalt lot would look if cars passed through the building’s original arches to reach parking spaces.
I think there was a failure on the part of town leaders to think outside the box. If there is any follow-up article I would love to see similar questions asked.
recent bear visit to Ridgewood School , if your kid was eaten ,some folks may have a different view
Animal-rights activists blast Ridgewood Councilman Mike Sedon over his bear hunt remarks
JANUARY 2, 2015, 8:56 PM LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 2015, 9:02 PM
BY CHRIS HARRIS
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
RIDGEWOOD — Animal-rights activists have launched an online salvo against Councilman Mike Sedon, following remarks he made in an email this week concerning the recent state-sanctioned black bear hunt.
Sedon was among the hundreds of municipal officials to receive an email Wednesday from Vernon resident and anti-bear hunt activist Susan Kehoe.
An avid hunter, Sedon was elected last spring to a four-year term on Ridgewood’s council.
Kehoe’s email called on all local officials to publicly object to the documented killing of bear cubs in this season’s hunt, held Dec. 8-13. The same message also was delivered to the inboxes of Mayor Paul Aronsohn and the rest of Ridgewood’s governing body.
The email contained a graphic picture showing two lifeless and bloodied bear cubs strewn across a truck’s flatbed.
Since the Ridgewood Christmas tree fiasco the Ridgewood blog has not celebrated Festivus . While some blog critics would argue the the blog is the very embodiment of Festivus ,because readers are constantly posting grievances we noticed some of the politicos in DC took to the occasion of Festivus to air their grievances about their peers .
What is Festivus, the holiday ‘for the rest of us’?
10 things you may not know about the oddball holiday and the ‘Seinfeld’ episode that spawned it
By Dylan Stableford Yahoo News
“Seinfeld” fans around the world gathered to air their grievances on Tuesday in celebration of Festivus, the holiday created by Frank Costanza on the popular 1990s sitcom, which has since become real annual tradition for thousands of people.
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul was one of them.
“Christmas is a time for joy,” the Republican senator wrote on Twitter. “It is not a time to air grievances. That’s what #Festivus is for.”
The alternative gathering calls for a metal pole instead of a tree, the airing of grievances(“You gather your family around and tell them all the ways they have disappointed you over the past year,” Frank Costanza explains) and the “feats of strength” — a father-son wrestling match that concludes the oddball holiday, dubbed a “Festivus for the rest of us.”
Like Frank Costanza, Paul has “a lot of problems with you people,” at least in Washington.
In honor of Festivus, here are 10 things you may not have known about the holiday and the“Seinfeld” episode that spawned it.
Sir James Galway poses with the group.Sean Marron of Ridgewood performed a solo at the concert.Sir James Galway and Nancy Horowitz share a love for the flute.
Ridgewood flutist plays Carnegie Hall with Sir James Galway
DECEMBER 19, 2014 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2014, 12:31 AM
BY GLORIA GEANNETTE
MANAGING EDITOR |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Nancy Horowitz, a Ridgewood resident for many years, is well known as a flutist. She is often seen locally playing with the Ridgewood Symphony and the Waldwick Band. In addition to teaching private flute students, she also teaches in the Paterson school system where she has introduced innovative programs and raised many donated instruments for her students. Through the years she has developed a friendship with the world-renowned flutist Sir James Galway and his wife, Jeanne. Needless to say, she was thrilled when the opportunity presented itself to have her students from Paterson and her private student, Sean Marron from Ridgewood, perform with the Galways at Carnegie Hall.
How did your participation in the concert start?
Just around Halloween, Lady Jeanne Galway called and asked if my School 24 students in Paterson would be able to play on stage at Carnegie Hall for Tim Janis’s “An American Christmas Carol.” I’ve known her and Sir James for a while, and keep in touch on Facebook. I had recently posted a photo of my school’s Concert Band and Jeanne wanted them all to participate. I explained that they don’t all play flute, but I would be able to bring around six flutists plus my private student from Ridgewood, Sean Marron. Jeanne said that Sir James wanted 100 kids on stage with them for the performance.
FEMA reimburses Ridgewood $830,000 for Hurricane Irene, Sandy repairs
December 11, 2014 Last updated: Thursday, December 11, 2014, 5:18 PM
By Laura Herzog
Staff Writer |
The Ridgewood News
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Ridgewood has received a total of $1.2 million from the federal government in reimbursement for emergency damage and other costs of past large-scale storms.
The village received a few big checks – totaling more than $830,000 – in the past two weeks.
According to Village Manager Roberta Sonenfeld, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently provided Ridgewood with checks for Hurricane Irene and Sandy, respectively, amounting to $448,500 and $382,900.
The $382,900 check came in last Friday, Sonenfeld said this week.
“We have not collected all of the FEMA monies, but we have collected the preponderant amount of it,” Sonenfeld said in an email on Tuesday. “We still have some close-out activity that must be done for Sandy and Irene; we are also waiting for monies for the Halloween Nor’easter.”
Ridgewood has received approximately $1.168 million for all three storms.
According to Sonenfeld, these reimbursements include operating expenses, like “staff expenses that were incurred for removal of trees, cleaning up of roads, managing street closures and managing traffic.”
But the majority of the funding reflects “capital expenditures,” she said.
Developers eyeing Ridgewood’s North Walnut Redevelopment Area
December 8, 2014 Last updated: Monday, December 8, 2014, 10:47 AM
By Laura Herzog
Staff Writer |
The Ridgewood New
Hope for a North Walnut Street parking garage, plus some area beautification, remains.
In the past few months, more than 30 copies of the village’s request for proposals (RFP) for the North Walnut Street Redevelopment Area were distributed.
Last Monday, when the responses were due, four developers returned proposals.
These developers are: Kensington Senior Development, Langan, M&M Development and D&R Ridgewood LLC, according to Village Manager Roberta Sonenfeld.
And all have offered mixed-use options.
“We have taken a very rough look at the proposals – there are about six or seven options from the four developers. Each proposal has a significant parking component – we required this in the RFP. The proposals are mixed use with either residential coupled with retail and/or office, assisted living coupled with retail or retail alone,” Sonenfeld said in an email last week.
According to Sonenfeld, the team now reviewing these proposals includes herself, Village Engineer Chris Rutishauser, Village Planner Blais Brancheau, Councilwoman Gwenn Hauck and one or more members of the Financial Advisory Committee.
Love love love ….Ridgewood Police , Charlotte Samuels , Congressman Garrett ,and Roger Wiegand attacked by the very same fake IP poster
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Submitted on 2014/09/24 at 12:43 pm
I hope they block those laptops form logging onto this stupid blog.
Our kids don’t need any more exposure to Foytlin and him minion of Morons!
Ridgewood High School handing out 1,700 laptops
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Submitted on 2014/09/23 at 11:58 am
Then that makes you a super MORON James!
Ridgewood Board of Education honors record-setting swimmer Charlotte Samuels
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Submitted on 2014/09/23 at 11:03 am
#16 when you figure out how to prove something didn’t happen let me know, until then we have to rely on what we can prove did happen!
Ridgewood seeks new way to collect coins from parking meters after massive theft
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Submitted on 2014/09/23 at 11:01 am
Hero? How is she a Hero?
Yes, I admit she did something worth recognizing but calling her a hero is a bit much don’t you think?
Ridgewood Board of Education honors record-setting swimmer Charlotte Samuels
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Submitted on 2014/09/22 at 1:52 pm
Oh I forgot to type LOL
Ridgewood High School Box Scores
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Submitted on 2014/09/22 at 1:51 pm
You really are a moron James.
Ridgewood High School Box Scores
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Submitted on 2014/09/18 at 6:39 pm
If you have any information relating to the theft of money relating to the Village of Ridgewood meter revenues please contact John L. Molinelli, Bergen County Prosecutor at:
10 Main Street Hackensack, NJ 07601 Mon-Fri (201) 646-2300 After Hours (201) 646-2700
All information received will be held in the strictest confidence.
Parking Meter Scandal : he could not have acted alone
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Submitted on 2014/09/18 at 8:11 am
The average property tax per household is $16,179.00.
The total amount of tax paid per average household for Police, Fire and EMS Professionals is: $1,241.00 ($3.40 per day)
County and School Tax: $101,472,248.00
Municipal Tax: $33,324,376.00
Census data show poverty up, incomes down as NJ economic recovery lags
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Submitted on 2014/09/17 at 4:57 pm
Stop playing the martyr Dom.
Stop being an ASSHOLE #3
Internet outage enters it’s 4th hour. Western civilization ends as we know it. Story at 11 (as long as you don’t have cable), just kidding
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Submitted on 2014/09/14 at 5:46 pm
Why would the Congressman call this blog and not Charlotte herself?
This sounds a bit suspicious to me.
Congressman Scott Garrett Issues a Congratulations thru the Ridgewood Blog to Charlotte Samuels completion of the open water triple crown
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Submitted on 2014/09/14 at 5:14 pm
BULLSHIT!
Congressman Scott Garrett Issues a Congratulations thru the Ridgewood Blog to Charlotte Samuels completion of the open water triple crown
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Submitted on 2014/09/14 at 1:21 pm
James, once again your comments prove you are a moron!
Ridgewood plans to outsource some leaf collection work
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Submitted on 2014/09/14 at 10:24 am
So was Wilbur Edwards, Art Actar, Gerald Boyle and Thom Fitzgerald to name a few others who regularly attended council meetings and were true advocates for Ridgewood and we don’t have any plaques for them in town. Why was Rodger different?
A true advocate for Ridgewood
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Submitted on 2014/09/12 at 5:10 pm
The ones I voted for are doing fine so far its the other three that I have a problem with.
The ones you voted for haven’t been here long enough, give them time they will screw up like all the rest.
Reader says As long as we continue to let our elected officials off the hook, they will continue to lie, cheat and steal
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Submitted on 2014/09/12 at 3:50 pm
#1 How come whenever anyone posts anything about the obvious inadequacies of Ridgewood’s elected officials they are told to either run for office or paint the senior center by the Council members or their apologists that post here…….
Of course you are only talking about the obvious inadequacies of Ridgewood’s elected officials you didn’t vote for not the ones you did vote for right…..
Reader says As long as we continue to let our elected officials off the hook, they will continue to lie, cheat and steal
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Submitted on 2014/09/12 at 2:29 pm
James said non , NTJ wanted to build a monster garage on the Ken Smith Property , witch like the one on 17 in Ramsey
Hey moron don’t you mean which?
Finally – A parking solution that makes sense
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Submitted on 2014/09/12 at 12:11 pm
How about a new moderator for this lame blog while we are looking for solutions.
Parking solutions sought as former bank building in Ridgewood gets new tenant
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Submitted on 2014/09/12 at 8:55 am
#1 it looks like Rev Al is back at his keyboard
Buzzzzz, WRONG! Would you like to try to guess again dumbass?
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Submitted on 2014/09/12 at 8:47 am
The moron who moderates this blog doesn’t have much support either.
Reader says Gilsenan/Gap property Garage never had much support except from chamber insiders
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Submitted on 2014/09/12 at 7:23 am
You mean like the moderator of this stupid blog who is a liar, cheater and can’t spell worth a damn?
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NOVEMBER 7, 2014 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2014, 1:21 AM BY CHRIS HARRIS STAFF WRITER | THE RECORD
RIDGEWOOD — Parking in the village may have gotten a little easier this week, depending on where you live.
Considerable debate regarding Ridgewood’s parking dearth — and how best to address it — resulted in determined action Wednesday night, as the council approved several ordinances and a resolution updating the village’s various parking standards.
The council’s focus in recent months has turned toward improving parking for Ridgewood’s residents and village visitors.
Recently, the council adopted regulations permitting valet parking at certain businesses, and orchestrated a deal securing space at the former Ken Smith Motors site on Franklin Avenue for parking by employees of village businesses.
Council members have also been working with county officials to secure funding to build a parking garage downtown.
But this week’s moves by the council standardized meters throughout Ridgewood, changing 12-hour meters to three-hour meters, with meters in effect from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The council also amended its parking permitting process.
Gruesome Halloween eve discovery – man found dead in parking lot
October 31,2014
Boyd A. Loving
Ridgewood NJ, A Linwood Avenue resident was found dead in the parking lot of a local shopping center on Halloween night, less than 45 minutes after being reported missing by his frantic wife.
After the man didn’t arrive home from work on time, his wife called the security office of his Mahwah based employer. When she was told that there was no trace of him in either his office or the company parking lot, she called Ridgewood PD.
Acting on location information supplied by the man’s cell phone carrier, Ridgewood police officers searched a several square block area beginning at around 9:30 PM and located the man’s 2002 Nissan Sentra parked in front of Kings Supermarket on North Maple Avenue.
Responding officers found the man unresponsive inside the vehicle. He was pronounced dead shortly after 10:00 PM by Dr. Robert Lahita, MD, Medical Director, Ridgewood Emergency Services.
Bergen County PD and the Bergen County Medical Examiner’s Office assisted with Friday night’s investigation. The man’s vehicle was impounded as evidence for further examination; it was removed by a flatbed tow truck. His body was taken to the Bergen County Medical Examiner’s Office for autopsy.
On Saturday, the Medical Examiner’s office issued a preliminary report – the victim died of natural causes. When she called Ridgewood PD, the victim’s wife advised them that her husband’s only known medical problem was high blood pressure.
As a side note, the family’s permanent home in Ridgewood was heavily damaged by fire in June of this year. They were living temporarily in a rental house on Linwood Avenue.
The use of marijuana candy has been increasing in New Jersey and nearby states. This poses serious health risks to users, especially children during Halloween. It is possible that children could accidently receive marijuana candy. Adults should check for strange odors in candy received by children. Currently there is no information indicating that anyone would intentionally give out marijuana candy. While there have been no specific incidents reported in our community we felt it important to provide our parents with the latest safety awareness information. For additional information please see;
Ridgewood Police Officers will be handing out Glow Sticks to Trick or Traeaters tomorrow while on patrol. The Glow sticks help increase visibility of pedestrians. You can also stop by the Police Desk and pick up glow sticks.
As children take to the streets on Halloween to trick-or-treat, their risk of being injured by motorists increases greatly. In fact, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that Halloween is consistently one of the top three days for pedestrian injuries and fatalities, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that children are four times more likely to be struck by a motor vehicle on Halloween than any other day of the year. Because excited trick-or-treaters often forget about safety, motorists and parents must be even more alert.
Here are some tips for helping keep young ones safe on Halloween:
Motorists
• Slow down in residential neighborhoods and obey all traffic signs and signals. Drive at least 5 mph below the posted speed limit to give yourself extra time to react to children who may dart into the street.
• Watch for children walking on roadways, medians and curbs. In dark costumes, they’ll be harder to see at night.
• Look for children crossing the street. They may not be paying attention to traffic and cross the street mid-block or between parked cars.
• Carefully enter and exit driveways and alleys.
• Turn on your headlights to make yourself more visible – even in the daylight.
• Broaden your scanning by looking for children left and right into yards and front porches.
Parents
• Ensure an adult or older, responsible youth is available to supervise children under age 12.
• Plan and discuss the route your trick-or-treaters will follow.
• Instruct children to travel only in familiar areas and along established routes.
• Teach children to stop only at well-lit houses and to never to enter a stranger’s home or garage.
• Establish a time for children to return home.
• Tell children not to eat any treats until they get home.
• Review trick-or-treating safety precautions, including pedestrian and traffic safety rules.
• Make sure Halloween costumes are flame-retardant and visible with retro-reflective material.
Trick-or-Treaters
• Be bright at night – wear retro-reflective tape on costumes and treat buckets to improve visibility to motorists and others.
• Wear disguises that don’t obstruct vision, and avoid facemasks. Instead, use nontoxic face paint. Also, watch the length of billowy costumes to help avoid tripping.
• Ensure any props are flexible and blunt-tipped to avoid injury from tripping or horseplay.
• Carry a flashlight containing fresh batteries, and place it facedown in the treat bucket to free up one hand. Never shine it into the eyes of oncoming drivers.
• Stay on sidewalks and avoid walking in streets if possible.
• If there are no sidewalks, walk on the left side of the road, facing traffic.
• Look both ways and listen for traffic before crossing the street.
• Cross streets only at the corner, and never cross between parked vehicles or mid-block.
• Trick-or-treat in a group if someone older cannot go with you.
• Tell your parents where you are going.
Tips courtesy of AAA
Contact your local AAA club for more tips and information about Halloween safety.
I have some very strong concerns that my town, Ridgewood, and Bergen County are in the process of spending valuable money to build a parking garage in an attempt to attract more shoppers and ease the crunch for residents.
I don’t know what the crunch is. I moved into Ridgewood in 1952, have lived in the general area since then and am a resident of the village once again. I have never had a problem finding a parking spot except in extreme cases like on the Fourth of July.
My primary concerns can be easily observed by spending a short amount of time in town on a Saturday evening. Cars are speeding through town and not paying attention to pedestrians in crosswalks. There are also arrogant jaywalkers galore, cars making illegal turns and cars illegally parked. There is no police presence.
The Ray Rice children’s Halloween costume you won’t believe
By Kelly Wallace, CNN updated 4:02 PM EDT, Mon October 27, 2014
(CNN) — There aren’t too many times when I’m speechless about what I consider an outrageous example of parenting. This is one of those times.
An Instagram photo surfaced over the weekend of a child wearing a Ray Rice costume and dragging a doll ostensibly meant to symbolize the wife of the embattled former NFL star, Janay Rice. (The person who posted the photo with the caption “Greatest costume ever” appears to have since taken down their Instagram account.)
As most of us sadly know by now from the surveillance video that has been seen around the world, Rice dragged his then-fiancee out of an elevator after knocking her out in February. And so a kids’ costume of Rice dragging his wife?
Are you kidding me?
Ebola seeps into pop culture Is this Halloween costume offensive?
Thankfully, some parents across the country have the words I can’t seem to find.
Halloween costumes to avoid this year
“Utterly disgusting!” is what Mike Heenan, a father of two young daughters and organizer of the SF Dads Group, called “the seemingly celebratory suggestion of domestic violence in dragging around a Janay Rice doll.”
“Not just insensitive. Idiotic! Dangerous! Disgraceful!” said Heenan, who is also the founder of the blog At-Home Dad Matters.
On Facebook, Alison Bucalo, a mom of two boys in Ridgewood, New Jersey, said she would never let her little guys wear something “so tasteless.”
“What’s the purpose? To be funny? To shock? To show zero class? What is the lesson here?” she asked.
This Ray Rice costume for kids is just the latest example of what seems to be a trend in wildly inappropriate children’s Halloween costumes, with selections ranging from meth dealers Walter White and Jesse Pinkman from TV’s “Breaking Bad” to a baby cigarette to serial killer Hannibal Lecter.
