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Ridgewood NJ, NCYC – National Catholic Youth Conference is held every two years and is a gathering of Catholic teenagers from all over the country.
Join Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church for the information night for all those interested in attending.
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VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD VILLAGE COUNCIL SPECIAL PUBLIC MEETING
MARCH 27, 2019
7:30 P.M.
1. Call to Order – Mayor
2. Statement of Compliance with the Open Public Meeting Act
MAYOR: “Adequate notice of this meeting has been provided
by a posting on the bulletin board in Village Hall,
by mail to the Ridgewood News, The Record, and by submission to all persons entitled to same as provided by law of a schedule including the date and time of this meeting.”
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Ridgewood NJ, when it come to parking its all about the data . Recently the council has once again moved to reconfigure the parking in the Central Business District .
The Council has altered rates, times , who can park where and for how long. Yet with each change comes a whole new set of problems . We went from too much employee parking to not enough, too little commuter parking to too much back to too little then too much again. Every change seems to present itself with a whole new set of issues .
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Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus at its April 2018 concert. Music Director John J. Palatucci is at far right. Pianist/Accompanist Ron Levy is third from left
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Ridgewood NJ, Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus presents its annual Spring Concerts on April 6-7 in Ridgewood, NJ, with music for every taste, from classical to show tunes and pop.
Our spring concert will feature music of the immigrant experience coming to America. Highlights include the music of Copland, Porter, Gounod, Berlin, Miranda, and more, as well as a rendition of Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in G Minor by our pianist, Ron Levy. Additional music is listed on our website (www.ridgewoodorpheusclub.org). The recipient of the Roland L. Meyer Orpheus Club Scholarship, a high school senior who will study music in college, will also perform.
Ridgewood NJ, this week the Village Council looked at the Village of Ridgewood budget . The presentation was given by
Heather Mailander Village Manager , Bob Rooney Chief Financial Officer and Steve Sanzari Treasurer .
Click Here for PDF of the 2019 Budget Presentation from the 3/13/2019 Council Meeting.
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Ridgewood NJ, Looking for something new to read? Fill out our Book Match form for personalized reading recommendations from the Ridgewood Library staff.
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Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Health Department and the CDC remind you that Measles is more than just a little rash. Measles can be dangerous, especially for babies and young children.
Measles symptoms typically include:
• High fever (may spike to more than 104° F)
• Cough
• Runny nose
• Red, watery eyes
• Rash breaks out 3-5 days after symptoms begin
THE RIDGEWOOD VILLAGE COUNCIL’S PUBLIC WORKSHOP AGENDA
MARCH 6, 2019 at 7:30 P.M.
Mayor: “Adequate notice of this meeting has been provided by a posting on the bulletin board in Village Hall, by mail to the Ridgewood News, The Record, and by submission to all persons entitled to same as provided by law of a schedule including the date and time of this meeting.”
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Ridgewood NJ, something for New Jersey low wage workers to look forward too. In response to public pressure and increasing scrutiny over the pay of its warehouse workers, Amazon enacted a $15 minimum wage for all its employees on 1 November, including workers at grocery chain Whole Foods which it purchased in 2017.
All Whole Foods employees paid less than $15 an hour saw their wages increase to at least that, while all other team members received a $1-an-hour wage increase and team leaders received a $2-an-hour increase.
But since the wage increase, Whole Food employees have told the UK Guardian that they have experienced widespread cuts that have reduced schedule shifts across many stores, often negating wage gains for employees.
“My hours went from 30 to 20 a week,” said one Whole Foods employee in Illinois.
photo courtesy of Jeopardy
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Ridgewood NJ, David Madden won $1 million after he and his team won the first-ever “Jeopardy!” All-Star Games tournament Tuesday. Madden was a member of Team Brad, which was captained by Brad Rutter, the show’s all-time money winner with more than $4.4 million. Madden got a $1,000 daily double in the Jeopardy! round .
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Ridgewood NJ, Age Friendly Ridgewood in partnership with the Village of Ridgewood invite you to attend our
Universal Design Forum
How To Make Your Home a Better Place in Which To Grow Older
Wednesday, March 6th
7:00pm-8:30pm
Ridgewood Public Library
Guest Speaker: Thomas M Yotka
Come Learn About Universal Design History, Design Concepts, Safety Innovations and Zoning Impacts
Please RSVP to AgeFriendlyRidgewood@gmail.com
by March 1 so that we can plan our refreshments.
AgeFriendlyRidgewood.com
201-632-1554
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Ridgewood NJ, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced today that Wells Fargo has begun a consumer redress review program through which customers who have not already been made whole through other remediation programs can seek to have their inquiry or complaint reviewed by a Wells Fargo escalation team for possible relief.
The consumer redress review program was a key component of Wells Fargo’s overall $535 million settlement with New Jersey, 49 other states and the District of Columbia in 2018 to resolve claims that the bank violated state consumer protection laws through multiple unlawful actions.
Those actions included (1) opening millions of unauthorized accounts and enrolling customers into online banking services without their knowledge or consent, (2) improperly referring customers for enrollment in third-party renters and life insurance policies, (3) improperly charging auto loan customers for force-placed and unnecessary collateral protection insurance, (4) failing to ensure that customers received refunds of unearned premiums on certain optional auto finance guaranteed asset/auto protection (GAP) products, and (5) incorrectly charging customers for mortgage rate lock extension fees.
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Ridgewood NJ, according to Ridgewood Water , “We have a responsibility to protect our drinking water supply from exposure to and contamination with toxic PFAS, and yesterday’s filing is just one step of many that we are taking towards fulfilling that responsibility. The companies that knowingly sold and promoted these products – despite recognizing that they would impact our drinking water – must be held accountable for the costs we will incur to remove them, and that is what this lawsuit is all about.
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file photo by Boyd Loving
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Ridgewood NJ, Prior to Monday’s voting session,Assembly Republican Leader Jon Bramnick released the following statement on the Trenton Democrat’s plan to tax parking (A5070).
“Another voting session in Trenton, another new tax on hard-working New Jerseyans. Today it’s another new tax on parking your car. Last month it was the rain tax. The Democratic majority is tone-deaf to the financial burden place on average citizens.”
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Ridgewood NJ, NJGOP Chairman: Democrats In Trenton Have Been Driving Resident Satisfaction Drop For Years
Trenton, NJ – Yesterday Monmouth University released polling data that New Jersey’s quality of life index was at a record low.
In the release, pollster Patrick Murray noted “New Jerseyans seem to separate their views of the state as a whole from how they feel about their own neighborhoods.”
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