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Car Takes Out Fencing at Ridgewood School Ball Field

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Ridgewood NJ, fortunately no injuries were reported after a Ford SUV crashed front first through a chain link fence and rolled down an embankment before coming to a stop on a school baseball field in Ridgewood early Sunday afternoon, 04/05. Damage to the vehicle was light; the fence was destroyed. Fortunately, the mishap occurred several hundred feet away from a small group of children who were playing on the school grounds. Ridgewood Police Patrol Officer Colin Donnelly assisted the SUV’s adult female driver in getting her vehicle off the field and back into a nearby parking lot.

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British American Tobacco Announces Potential vaccine for COVID-19 using new, fast-growing tobacco plant technology

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Ridgewood NJ, BAT’s US bio-tech subsidiary, Kentucky BioProcessing (KBP), is developing a potential vaccine for COVID-19 and is now in pre-clinical testing. If testing goes well, BAT is hopeful that, with the right partners and support from government agencies, between 1 and 3 million doses of the vaccine could be manufactured per week, beginning in June.

While KBP remains a commercial operation, the intention is that its work around the COVID-19 vaccine project will be carried out on a not for profit basis.

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New Bergen County COVID-19 Drive-Thru Test Site: BERGEN NEW BRIDGE MEDICAL CENTER

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Paramus NJ, Bergen County COVID-19 Drive-Thru Test Site at BERGEN NEW BRIDGE MEDICAL CENTER , New Bergen Bridge Medical Center is located  at 230 East Ridgewood Avenue, Paramus, NJ. This is an APPOINTMENT ONLY site. Please note that this is a County operated site and is separate from the FEMA site located at Bergen Community College in Paramus.

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Hackensack Meridian Health Recruiting Recovering COVID-19 Patients

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Hackensack NJ, As of late last night, HMH has been approved by the FDA to recruit recovered and recovering COVID-19 patients to assess their blood and test it for antibodies in response to the virus. These antibodies may help other patients who are infected with COVID-19. Patients with promising antibodies will be asked to come back to donate an additional blood sample which may be helpful for sick COVID-19 patients. This convalescent plasma therapy is still pending approval from the FDA which we hope to receive soon.
If you, or someone you know, have recovered or are recovering from COVID-19, you may be eligible to donate. If you are interested, please contact our coordinator [email protected].
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Its Not Economic Benefits Over Human Life ,Economic Benefits are Human Life

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Ridgewood NJ, a recent article on NJ Insider attempting to quell the push to get the economy going promoting the false dichotomy that some how “Ranking Economic Benefits Over Human Life is Offensive ” . Life  is a functioning economy end of story . Only someone who lives at the charity of others would  not understand this.

Funny but the politicians in Trenton see fit to simultaneously raise the fuel tax and tolls on the NJ Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway  so apparently “Ranking Economic Benefits Over Human Life ” is ok for them . So if we can raise taxes , we can go back to work.

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Court Forced Over development and High Density Housing in the Eye of Coronavirus Pandemic Storm in Bergen County

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Upper Saddle River NJ , for over 2 years the Ridgewood blog has tracked the continuing saga of the Toll Brothers Apple Ridge development in Upper Saddle River .  We have chronicled the rampant over development being rammed  down the throats of taxpayers by the courts under the guise of “Fair Share Housing”, the remediation problems , the run off issues , and the infrastructure ,transportation  and educational shortfalls .

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Bolger Heritage Center New Feature looking back at the 1920 census to see who lived in Ridgewood

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Ridgewood NJ, from the Bolger Heritage Center, at the Ridgewood Public Library , by now, you should know it’s 2020 “census time.” We at Bolger Heritage Center thought we’d start a new feature—occasionally looking back at the 1920 census to see who lived in Ridgewood at the time of that century-old census.

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UPDATED Village of Ridgewood : List of Businesses Operating in the Central Business District

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Ridgewood NJ, from the Ridgewood Guild  a list of businesses operating in the Central Business District :

We are going to try to keep this updated . Are you wondering what businesses are open in town? Here you go!

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Ridgewood Public Library’s 3D printer making face shields to donate to Valley Hospital

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Ridgewood NJ, Charles  at the Ridgewood Public Library put the Library’s 3D printer to work this week making face shields to donate to Valley Hospital’s Drop Off in response to a request for donations of personal protective equipment (PPE). These shields are crucial for medical workers in protecting the facial area and associated mucous membranes (eyes, nose, mouth) from splashes, sprays, and spatter of body fluids.

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NJ State Police Remind Drone Operators of Flight Restrictions Around US Naval Hospital Ship Comfort

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New York NY , The New Jersey State Police Office of Target Hardening would like to inform all drone operators of the current “Special Use Airspace” restriction in place around the US Naval Hospital Ship Comfort, which is currently docked at Pier 90 in Manhattan and providing medical support to New York City during the current coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic.

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Social Security Beneficiaries will Automatically Get Economic Impact Payments

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Ridgewood NJ, according to the Social Security Administration , the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) announced on April 1 that Social Security beneficiaries who are not typically required to file tax returns will not need to file an abbreviated tax return to receive an economic impact payment. The IRS will use the information on the Form SSA-1099 to generate $1,200 economic impact payments to Social Security beneficiaries who did not file tax returns in 2018 or 2019.

Treasury, not Social Security, will make automatic payments to Social Security beneficiaries. Beneficiaries will receive these payments by direct deposit or by paper check, just as they would normally receive their Social Security benefits.

For updates from the IRS, visit www.irs.gov/coronavirus.

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No Serious Injuries Reported following the late Saturday morning Crash in Twp of Washington NJ

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Twp of Washington NJ, amazingly there were no serious injuries  reported following the late Saturday morning, 04/04, crash of a Jeep SUV into a utility pole at the intersection of Colonial Boulevard and Washington Avenue, Washington Township. Traffic was detoured around the crash site for hours to allow utility crews safe access to the work zone. Washington Township Police, Washington Township Fire Department, and Washington Township EMS responded to the incident scene. Westwood Police provided traffic control assistance.

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IRS: Economic impact payments

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Ridgewood NJ, The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service today announced that distribution of economic impact payments will begin in the next three weeks and will be distributed automatically, with no action required for most people :

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CDC Now Recommends Wearing Cloth Face Coverings in Public Settings

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Ridgewood NJ, CDC continues to study the spread and effects of the novel coronavirus across the United States.  We now know from recent studies that a significant portion of individuals with coronavirus lack symptoms (“asymptomatic”) and that even those who eventually develop symptoms (“pre-symptomatic”) can transmit the virus to others before showing symptoms.  This means that the virus can spread between people interacting in close proximity—for example, speaking, coughing, or sneezing—even if those people are not exhibiting symptoms.  In light of this new evidence, CDC recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies) especially in areas of significant community-based transmission.

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