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Van Dyk’s Ice Cream, is open once again !

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Ridgewood NJ, Van Dyk’s Ice Cream, is open once again. On February 29th one of our favorite ice cream shops reopened its doors for the season in Ridgewood .  The current hours are 11am -9pm .

Many insist its best ice cream in Bergen County if not all of the northern new jersey area. Van Dyk’s Ice Cream is home made, old school ice cream.  The Portions are large and plentiful. Van Dyk’s Ice Cream is an institution in Ridgewood .

Van Dyk’s Ice Cream
145 Ackerman Ave
Ridgewood, NJ 07450

open every day 11am -9pm

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NJ Transit Police: Never Try to Retrieve a Dropped Item off the Tracks

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Photo: A commuter left a thank you note with customer service commending officers Raps and Maseda. The officers retrieved the commuter’s ear pods that had fallen onto the tracks.

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Ridgewood NJ,NJ Transit Police remind you that if you drop an item on the tracks, NEVER go after it! Let us know and we’ll be glad to help. ⁣ Your valued items (no matter how big or how small) are important to you. Your safety is important to us! Don’t hesitate to call us. We’re ready to help no matter how big or how small your need may be.⁣

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CDC : Most people in the United States will have little Immediate risk of Exposure to the Coronavirus

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Ridgewood NJ, Outbreaks of novel virus infections among people are always of public health concern. The risk from these outbreaks depends on characteristics of the virus, including how well it spreads between people, the severity of resulting illness, and the medical or other measures available to control the impact of the virus (for example, vaccine or treatment medications). The fact that this disease has caused illness, including illness resulting in death, and sustained person-to-person spread is concerning. These factors meet two of the criteria of a pandemic. As community spread is detected in more and more countries, the world moves closer toward meeting the third criteria, worldwide spread of the new virus.

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Sen. Robert Menendez visits Hackensack Meridian Health’s Center for Discovery and Innovation to Discuss Coronavirus Preparedness

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Hackensack NJ, Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey’s largest and most comprehensive health network, hosted U.S. Senator Robert Menendez at the network’s Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI), where leading researchers are developing a rapid response test to diagnose the coronavirus known as COVID-19 , which is sweeping the globe and has reached California.

Sen. Menendez (D-NJ) toured the CDI with Hackensack Meridian Health experts who are also preparing for potential cases in New Jersey. The virus has spread to 48 countries and federal health authorities have warned Americans to prepare for major disruptions in the U.S. while President Trump this week appointed Vice President Mike Pence to oversee the nation’s response to a potential outbreak.

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Did Ridgewood Board of Education Members Carry on Budget Discussions in Secret ?

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Ridgewood NJ, according to Saurabh Dani Ridgewood BOE members circumvented the quorum to discuss Ridgewood School budget in secret .

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Ridgewood Real-estate : a noticeable weakness in the sales of higher priced homes

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Ridgewood NJ, Over the past several years, there has been noticeable weakness in the higher priced homes.
In Ridgewood, about 14 percent of house are assessed at over $1 million.  These homes pay about a quarter of aggregate property taxes.

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Ridgewood Village Council Special Public Budget Meeting

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VILLAGE COUNCIL
SPECIAL PUBLIC BUDGET MEETING
MARCH 2, 2020
5:00 P.M.

1.   Call to Order

  1.  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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NJ.COM to remove comments from site

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Ridgewood NJ, NJ.COM has announced that on Thursday morning, NJ.com will remove comments from the site. NJ.COM says ,”Archived stories also will have comments eliminated. We understand this will be upsetting to some of the people who read and post comments, but our editors will continue working to find the best ways to engage and hear your voice.”

The Ridgewood blog currently has no plans to eliminate comments anonymous or otherwise at this time or in the foreseeable future. We feel strongly that it is important to know what your neighbors really think and as we all know sometimes its just not pretty .

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New Jersey Department of Health Testing Finds Individual Negative for Novel Coronavirus

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Trenton NJ, Test results have come back negative for the person in New Jersey who was under investigation for novel coronavirus.

There are no other persons in New Jersey who are currently approved and awaiting testing for the virus that causes COVID-19.

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Ridgewood Water asks you to please don’t flush your unused meds

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Water asks you to please don’t flush your unused meds. New state law will require health care professionals to inform patients of the proper disposal of unused drugs.

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CDC: Ditch the Facemask Already !

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Ridgewood NJ, There is currently no vaccine to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The best way to prevent illness is to avoid being exposed to this virus. However, as a reminder, CDC always recommends everyday preventive actions to help prevent the spread of respiratory diseases, including:

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Increase State School Aid,Time for a Taxpayer Refund

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Ridgewood NJ, the group administrator of the Facebook group ,”it takes a Ridgewood Village”  Saurabh Dani  offered the following information , ” Ridgewood is going to get 654,822$ more in state aid this year compared to last year – this is an increase of 16.9%.

To pay for this increased aid, the state is going to increase tolls, corporate tax and other state taxes, including income tax on many of Ridgewood residents. The state’s goal is to reduce property taxes with this added “aid / state tax increase”.

Our BOE has decided to use up the increase in state aid in their operating budget and not adjust this 655K towards proposed 2% increase of property tax.
Should the BOE reconsider it’s decision and reduce property tax increase of 2% and change it to “2% – minus- 654K”? “

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Ridgewood New Master Plan Time Table

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Ridgewood NJ ,from  the  website “Our Village Our Future”  the  new master plan time line in detail:

Tuesday, March 3: Planning Board Meeting. Highlights of the Preliminary Draft will be presented by the consultant, followed by a discussion with the Planning Board about the Preliminary Draft.

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Police Traffic Officers Association of Bergen County says, ” look both ways before you cross”

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Ridgewood NJ,Police Traffic Officers Association of Bergen County has launched a campaign In conjunction to keep pedestrians safe , ” In conjunction with the Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey ,New Jersey Pedestrian Safety Coalition, the Police Traffic Officers Association of Bergen County is geared toward educating everyone the importance of pedestrian safety. It’s important for pedestrians to look both ways, but it’s equally important to wait for the WALK signal when crossing at a controlled intersection.”

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Glen Rock School Administration Consolidation

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Glen Rock NJ, a new proposal to unite the borough’s middle and high schools under one principal and add half a dozen other administrators .The plan, which would take effect at the beginning of the next school year, would appoint one person to lead grades 6 through 12 and approve the hire of up to five content-area supervisors during the next two years.

School officials say they could fund the extra staff within the state’s 2% school tax levy cap, which keeps districts from raising property taxes without seeking voter approval via a referendum or ballot question. The proposal was promoted as budget neutral.

The proposal has been met with resistance by some parents, teachers and former officials who said the district is barreling toward restructuring without considering the consequences.