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Ridgewood NJ, The 14U boys beat Paramus 5-0 & 4-1 to win District 4. Cheer them on as they move on to play in the Sectionals next Thursday in Sparta.
L-R Mike Staiano, Coach Mikita, Jack Foerch, Dane Mikita, Thomas McCarthy, Jay Wittmaack, Bobby Kuenzler, Daniel Weaver, John Gardner, Lucas Barker, William Taylor, Coach McCarthy, Chris Baney. Not Pictured: Coach Foerch.
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Ridgewood Nj, Ridgewood Public Library ,by participating in Adult Summer Reading Club you could win a Crystal Facial Experience from Beauty & Skin by Monika.
After you sign up for Adult Summer Reading Club, win raffle tickets by reading books and filling out the reading log, completing book bingo, borrowing Museum Passes and attending ASRC programs. https://buff.ly/2KqYKW
photos courtesy of Boyd Loving’s Facebook page
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Ridgewood NJ, Who do you call on a summer Sunday when you cat crawls into a storm drain and disappears? Who else but Ridgewood Fire Department.
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Ridgewood NJ, today from 3 pm – 5 pm, stop by the Butterfly Garden at The Stable to celebrate Midsummer & National Pollinators Week with games, songs & fun for all.
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the fly has heard a rumor today that the water department is paying parks department $100,000 to trim bushes at some of their sites and maintenance I thought that supposed to go to bid…..
Look at what’s “common” behind these five names. Then follow the money. This has nothing to do with BOE. This is a bigger operation with deep pockets (same connections to last two council candidates .. who ran within a couple of years after moving to the town)..and same connections with the other guy who ran within a couple of years after moving here in 2008.
This is a bigger Nexus.
MUNICIPALITY: Ridgewood
VICINAGE: Bergen Vicinage
POSITION TITLE: Municipal Court Administrator – F/T
POSTING DATE: June 10, 2019
DEADLINE DATE: June 24, 2019
SALARY RANGE: COMMENSURATE WITH EXPERIENCE
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Ridgewood NJ, just to clear up a few misconceptions the Ridgewood Fourth of July Celebration is organized by the Ridgewood Fourth of July Celebration, Inc., an all-volunteer, non-profit community group.
All aspects of this annual celebration including fireworks, bands, evening performers, insurance, police and fire personnel are funded by voluntary contributions from local businesses and individuals.
That is the way it has always been , always not just this year but as long as we can remember and that is the early 1960’s.
So get those chairs ready and support the tradition .
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Ridgewood NJ, Earl “The Pearl” Monroe will be appearing at Bookends in Ridgewood on Saturday, June 15th @ 2:00pm .The former New York Knick Star, will sign his new book: Earl “The Pearl” Monroe: My Story.
Vernon Earl Monroe (born November 21, 1944) is an American retired professional basketball player. He played for two teams, the Baltimore Bullets and the New York Knicks, during his career in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Both teams have retired Monroe’s number. Due to his on-court success and flashy style-of-play, Monroe was given the nicknames “Black Jesus” and “Earl the Pearl”. Monroe was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1990.
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Ridgewood NJ according to Steve Kim on the Facebook page ,” It Takes a Ridgewood Village” Kim points out that in Library minutes excerpts from 2015 there is no mention of user survey. The library went straight to architects and Gisolfi was chosen. What are the chances they back up and incorporate resident input?
“Why are the neighbors, who opposed the original project are supporting this new project?”
How is this a representation of the neighborhood? Schedler AdHoc Committee: Ramon Hache, Michael Sedon, Michael Winograd, Nancy Bigos, Matthew Cunningham, Dan Cramblitt, Tim Cronin, Manish Shrimali, Nick Whitney, Phil Dolce, Paul D’Arpa, Ellie Gruber
Neighbors are not supporting this project. Council hand picked and created a bogus AdHoc committee and claimed the 5 appointed members are the voice of neighbors. The Council completely ignored procedure and the hundreds of public statements given at the Public Meetings. Instead of creating a plan based on required public comments, they went with a plan created behind closed doors-by a hand full of pro field people. FACTS
Here is just one evening of meeting minutes. There are many more.
https://www.ridgewoodnj.net/clerk-minutes/1328-village-council-public-work-session-minutes-20151028
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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Moms and Dads Facebook page ; a page censored by its Admin had an interesting conversation.
Deputy Mayor Knudsen decided to correct the misinformation that’s being propagated by the One Village One Vote group, she pointed out the inaccuracies in Matt Lindenberg’s post that > 2% annual increase in Budget automatically calls out the budget vote and clarified that use of exceptions/ exemptions the BOE budget can exceed 2% without a November vote, Dan Creed further clarified that the exception items can easily hit the 10% increase without an actual Budget vote, he also explained that through ‘Bank the difference’ any year where the budget doesn’t increases 2%, the Difference can be reserved for next year, essentially the tax payers have no control on this perpetual increase without the budget vote.
Village One Vote group that is looking to take away Ridgewood residents right to vote on the Ridgewood School budget. Using a ruse claiming non November elections are low turnout and therefor expensive . The group omits to mention that to eliminate the April vote would eliminate the school budget vote . The Ridgewod School budget currently stands at $111,000,000 and accounts for over 60% of your tax dollars
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Come out to Steel Wheel Tavern, located at 51 N. Broad Street in Ridgewood on Wednesday, June 19 where 20% of all proceeds from their sales for the day will be donated to the Ridgewood Fourth of July Celebration! 50/50 tickets and fireworks tickets will also be available for sale!
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“Does it make sense that the Elk’s Club was purchased via the Ridgewood Water utility (100% owned by the Village) for $1.2 million, and now it will cost another $3 million to redevelop? When the original cost proposed by the Village Council majority was under $2 million? Given the likely change orders, and the fact this Village couldn’t manage running a lemonade stand, we’re talking $5+ million for a building to house 30 Ridgewood Water employees right in the CBD. One that doesn’t even have parking for their trucks. How does this make any sense to taxpayers when there so much empty Class A & B office space to lease in Bergen County? It only makes sense to a Council majority that has promised space in Village Hall to the police department”
VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD
COUNTY OF BERGEN, STATE OF NEW JERSEY
NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP)
FOR PROFESSIONAL PLANNER (VILLAGE, PLANNING BOARD, ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT)
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