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Readers Not Buying North Jersey Media Group denial that letter to editor pulled

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Readers Not Buying North Jersey Media Group denial that letter to editor pulled

Letters to the editor are signed and by their nature (like editorials and op-ed pieces) represent opinion. Any reader who identifies a factual error or wants to argue a point can write a follow-up letter; this happens routinely in every publication. Dialog and debate are good.

It is not the editor’s role to make sure that all statements in a letter to the editor are accurate as it is in an article or editorial. In most newspapers the top editor would never see letters to the editor before publication at all.

More fact checking in Ridgewood News articles, which are frequently full of errors that could easily have been checked, would be most welcome. But letters to the editor? No.

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Valentine’s Day Speed-Dating Event

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Valentine’s Day Speed-Dating Event
Thu, February 14, 2013
Time: 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Dos Cubanos, 282 Rte. 4 East, Paramus, NJ 07652

Meet your Valentine on Valentine’s Day!
Why sit home alone? You can meet other
Single Professionals in New Jersey.
Go on many mini-dates all in one night.

Special pricing for AVConnexions Members and Ridgewood Rewards Card Holders. $40 or $45 for non-members.

For more information call 201-632-5991

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Stuck with McGreevey’s White Elephant Christie: ‘Disappointed’ in Giants, Jets over suit vs. American Dream “Xanadu” expansion

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Stuck with McGreevey’s White Elephant Christie: ‘Disappointed’ in Giants, Jets over suit vs. American Dream “Xanadu” expansion

Governor Christie on Tuesday expressed his displeasure with the recent filing of a lawsuit by the Giants and Jets to try to stop a planned expansion of the American Dream Meadowlands project.

 

https://www.northjersey.com/news/Christie_says_hes_disappointed_in_Giants_Jets_for_filing_suit_to_stop_American_Dream_expansion.html

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Sports authority will take lead on tourism, marketing for N.J.

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East Rutherford NJ, The New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority will become the state’s lead tourism and marketing agency, as it absorbs the Division of Travel and Tourism and the Motion Picture & Television Commission, under a plan unveiled today.  (Burd, NJBIZ)

Continue reading Sports authority will take lead on tourism, marketing for N.J.

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>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
554 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011

NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-
SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-
WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-
WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
554 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011

…HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT…
…FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT…

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT…NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.

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>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
258 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2011

NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-
SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-
EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-
EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
258 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT…NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE…TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

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>N.J. energy policy receives another revision

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N.J. energy policy receives another revision

New Jersey is overhauling its energy policy for the second time in three years as states make rewrites to keep up with technology changes and ideological shifts.

Northeastern states have been responding lately to the abundance of natural gas drawn from the Pennsylvania section of the Marcellus Shale, a geologic formation in the Appalachian basin. It has dropped gas prices to a third of 2008 peaks.  (Jordan, Gannett)

https://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20110808/NEWS02/108080316/N-J-energy-policy-receives-another-revision?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|State
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>Offshore backbone developer foresees huge wind industry along Jersey coast

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Offshore backbone developer foresees huge wind industry along Jersey coast


While New Jersey is moving to develop 1,100 megawatts of offshore wind power, Bob Mitchell envisions a much more audacious industry springing up off the coast of the Eastern Seaboard — one he claims could lower steep energy bills for consumers and create tens of thousands of jobs.

Mitchell is the chief executive officer of Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC), a company seeking to build an offshore electric backbone transmission system capable of supporting up to 7,000 megawatts of offshore wind, a $30 billion industry that would strengthen the reliability of the nation’s largest power grid.  (Johnson, NJ Spotlight)

https://www.njspotlight.com/stories/11/0731/1820/
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>New Jersey tells Federal Energy Regulatory Commission new capacity is desperately needed

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New Jersey tells Federal Energy Regulatory Commission new capacity is desperately needed

New Jersey is not the only state struggling to find a way to convince power suppliers to build new generating capacity, a problem that has spiked electric bills here and elsewhere and heightened concerns about whether there is enough juice to keep the lights on.

At a technical conference before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), New Jersey officials and others told the agency a new rule adopted this spring could make it virtually impossible to develop new generating capacity in areas along the eastern seaboard where it is desperately needed.  (Johnson, NJ Spotlight)

https://www.njspotlight.com/stories/11/0728/2204/
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N.J. Bar Association backs judges, government lawyers in their bid to avoid health and pension benefit hikes

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N.J. Bar Association backs judges, government lawyers in their bid to avoid health and pension benefit hikes

New Jersey’s judges and government-paid attorneys want to see the recently approved increase in the cost of health and pension benefits as it affects them repealed by the Legislature and the governor and the New Jersey State Bar Association on Thursday announced it plea has its support.

The judges and Bar Association argue the legislation threatens the independence of the judiciary and will impair the ability of courts and the government to fulfill their duties to the public.  (Hester, New Jersey Newsroom)

https://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/state/nj-bar-association-backs-judges-government-lawyers-in-their-bid-to-avoid-health-and-pension-benefit-hikes
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>EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT

>URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
355 AM EDT THU JUL 21 2011

…PROLONGED PERIOD OF HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY…

.A LARGE DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL RESULT IN A VERY HOT AND
HUMID AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION.

WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-
EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-
EASTERN UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHERN QUEENS-
SOUTHERN QUEENS-

355 AM EDT THU JUL 21 2011

…EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

…EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING..


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>Welcome to the third world

>Welcome to the third world 

A U.S. default isn’t a matter of “if” but “when,” David Murrin, chief investment officer at Emergent Asset Management, told CNBC.  “It’s inevitable that the U.S. will default-it’s essentially an empire which is overextended and in decline-and that its financial system will go with it,” he said.

The question is: Does the U.S. default when it is forced to by the outside world, probably the Chinese, or does it take the option to default on its own terms in such a way that it may have a strategic advantage, Murrin said.

Republicans and Democrats are currently locked in a debate on how to cut the U.S. budget deficit, and on whether the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling should be raised. Both parties need to come to a consensus by Aug. 2, otherwise the country will be in a state of technical default.

In his book “Breaking the Code of History,” Murrin argues that the balance of power has shifted away from the West, with America as the superpower, towards the East, led by China.

He believes the U.S. cannot afford to compete with the rise of Eastern powers.
Read more here….  https://m.cnbc.com/us_news/43721270 

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>Heat Advisory Today

>Heat Advisory Today 


URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
408 AM EDT TUE JUL 12 2011

…HIGH LEVELS OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY TODAY FOR THE NEW
YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA…

SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-
EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-
EASTERN UNION-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-
408 AM EDT TUE JUL 12 2011

…HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM EDT
THIS EVENING…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A HEAT ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND
HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 100 TO
104 DEGREES FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE HOURS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF
YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE…RESCHEDULE
STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS
AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT
WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY…CALL 9 1 1.

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>Ridgewood offering kayak lessons

>Ridgewood offering kayak lessons
Thursday July 7, 2011, 7:20 AM
Ridgewood Suburban News

The Ridgewood Parks and Recreation Department is offering kayaking sessions to Village residents at Graydon Pool this summer.

Instruction for adults and teens will be led by Betty Wiest, a member of the Hackensack River Canoe and Kayak Club. Classes will include the basics of kayaking: various types of boats, equipment and proper use, technique of entry, paddle strokes, and safety. All equipment, including kayaks, paddles and PFDs, will be provided by Eastern Mountain Sports in Paramus.

Sessions will be offered rain or shine on Saturday, July 9 and Saturday, Aug. 13 from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. A trip to Monksville Reservoir will be held on Saturday, Sept. 10, with details to follow.

https://www.northjersey.com/community/125124923_Ridgewood_offering_kayak_lessons.html

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Revamped Energy Master Plan casts shadow on solar

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Revamped Energy Master Plan casts shadow on solar

 

Gov. Chris Christie yesterday scaled back the state’s renewable energy goals, releasing a revamped Energy Master Plan (EMP) that questions New Jersey’s aggressive targets for solar energy, while pushing for more nuclear power and a bigger dependence on natural gas.  (Johnson, NJ Spotlight)

 

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