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Water contract vote in Hawthorne postponed

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BY KRISTIE CATTAFI
STAFF WRITER |
THE GAZETTE (HAWTHORNE EDITION)

A water supply contract between the borough and Ridgewood was postponed until Aug. 17 until additional information could be found per a councilman’s request.

Hawthorne is currently one of Ridgewood’s water suppliers. They currently have a contract, but the Department of Environmental Protection has requested that Ridgewood extend the contract for 10 years.

https://www.northjersey.com/community-news/water-contract-vote-postponed-1.1639697

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Tree Falls Knocking Out Power in Hawthorne

Tree Falls Knocking Out Power in Hawthorne
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July 31,2016
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Hawthorne NJ, Localized power outages occurred when a large evergreen tree fell in front of 70 Watchung Drive, Hawthorne on Saturday morning, 07/30. Portions of Watchung Drive were impassable for over two (2) hours. Electric power was restored by PSE&G crews after a tree service removed the fallen tree. There appeared to have been no damage to the home at 70 Watchung Drive. Hawthorne PD responded to the incident.

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Village of Ridgewood sanitation truck struck on Lincoln Avenue, Hawthorne

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April 17,2016

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Ridgewood NJ, A Glen Rock Police Department uniformed patrol officer administered Narcan to the adult male driver of a Toyota Corolla following a head on collision between the Toyota and a Village of Ridgewood sanitation truck in front of 522 Lincoln Avenue, Hawthorne late Friday morning, 04/15. The Toyota driver, who was headed northbound on Lincoln Avenue, reportedly overdosed on an unknown substance just prior to the crash. An adult female driver of a BMW sedan stopped at the scene to assist the victim prior to the arrival of police officers. The occupant(s) of the sanitation truck, which was headed southbound on Lincoln to dump a load in Paterson, were not injured in the crash. The Toyota was removed from the scene by a flatbed tow truck. Damage to the sanitation truck was minimal. The overdose victim, otherwise uninjured, was transported by ambulance to The Valley Hospital. Hawthorne PD is investigating the incident.

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TD Bank Branch Held Up in Hawthorne

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TD Bank Branch Held Up in Hawthorne 
February 18,2016
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Hawthorne NJ, The TD Bank branch located at 617 Lafayette Avenue, Hawthorne was held up shortly before 4:30 PM on Wednesday, 2/17. Hawthorne PD responded to the incident. A description of the perpetrator and his getaway vehicle was obtained and provided to surrounding area law enforcement agencies.
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Home Renovation Severs Gas Line in Hawthorne

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Home Renovation Severs Gas Line in Hawthorne
December 31,2015
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Hawthorne NJ, A late afternoon interior gas main break at a home under renovation, located at 275 Warburton Avenue, Hawthorne, forced the evacuation of eight (8) nearby homes as workers from PSE&G struggled to shut off gas to the affected residence. No injuries were reported in the incident, which drew response from Hawthorne PD & FD personnel. The gas line was reportedly severed by workers performing renovations on the home.

PSEG reminds us that If you smell gas, open a window, leave the building and call 1-800-880-7734 (PSEG) to report the problem.

Natural gas is a colorless, odorless hydrocarbon that’s nearly 100% combustible. A distinctive odor, like rotten eggs, is added to natural gas to help assist in the detection of leaks, though it should not be solely relied upon to provide warning.

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If you smell gas in your home:

Put out all open flames. No smoking.  Do not attempt to light any appliances.
Don’t touch electric switches, thermostats, appliance controls or electric panel breakers. These items may cause sparks that could lead to an ignition.
Do not use an automatic garage door opener.
Do not start your car if it is in the garage or close proximity to the house.
Open windows and outside doors for ventilation.
If the odor is strong, don’t use your telephone or cell phone inside the house.
Leave the premises on foot and call 1-800-436-7734 (PSEG) from a neighbor’s home and remain outside until PSE&G arrives. PSE&G provides 24-hour emergency service every day of the year.  PSE&G technicians are expected to respond to leak emergencies within 60 minutes.
Do not assume someone else will report the condition.
PSE&G does not charge customers for responding to gas leak emergencies.

 

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Underground Gas Leak – Warning Signs:

You smell natural gas outside. Natural gas smells like rotten eggs.
You hear a hissing sound coming from the ground.
You see dirt blowing from a hole in the ground.
You see water bubbling in a puddle or around a valve box.
You see a ring or circle of dead grass or vegetation in a lawn area.

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Hawthorne Bar Robbed at Gun Point

Hawthorne Bar Robbed at Gun Point
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Hawthorne Bar Robbed at Gun Point
December 26,2015
the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Hawthorne NJ, At approximately 7:30 PM on Friday, 12/25, Hawthorne PD responded to a reported armed robbery of the R.D. Benders bar located at 589 Lafayette Avenue, Hawthorne. Five (5) Hispanic males under the age of 25 reportedly entered the bar and robbed the owner of $185 and a cell phone. Police said that two (2)black handguns were shown along with one (1) knife.

A witness in a nearby apartment building said two (2) vehicles fled the scene headed southbound on Lafayette Avenue. One (1) vehicle was reported to have been black in color, the other white in color. No information was available at the scene as to whether the bar is equipped with security cameras.

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Hawthorne zoners reject housing development of Wagaraw Road property

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Ridgewood’s VC needs to follow Hawthorne’s lead.  If every town builds high-end or affordable housing there will be a glut of housing to fill.  The only ones benefiting from all these projects are the developers.  What a scam! Ed

Hawthorne zoners reject housing development of Wagaraw Road property

NOVEMBER 23, 2015, 9:12 PM    LAST UPDATED: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2015, 9:12 PM
BY MINJAE PARK
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD

HAWTHORNE — The zoning board on Monday night rejected a plan to build high-end apartments on Wagaraw Road, concluding an 11-month application to develop a long-vacant property that was once proposed as the site of a Walmart supermarket.

Board members said they weren’t persuaded by the case made by the property’s owner, the Bedrin Organization, that apartments designed for New York City commuters suited the site, which lies in an industrial and commercial zone, next to a beverage distributor. The vote was 6-1 against.

“While we are certainly disappointed, the real losers here are the hardworking taxpayers of Hawthorne,” said Gerald Bedrin, a partner in the organization.

The 8.6-acre property on the southern end of the borough remains the borough’s largest undeveloped property. Walmart planned to build a 42,000-square-foot supermarket there until lawsuits by borough residents delayed the development, and the retailer withdrew.

At last month’s zoning board meeting, about 20 residents spoke out in support of the project, many showing up with blue “Rivergate YES!” stickers.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/hawthorne-zoners-reject-housing-development-of-wagaraw-road-property-1.1461486

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Child falls into Hawthorne Swimming pool

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Child falls into Hawthorne Swimming pool
August 31,2015
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Hawthorne NJ, At approximately 2:45 PM on Monday, 08/31, Hawthorne PD received a 911 telephone call reporting that a 1-year old had fallen into a swimming pool located in the rear of 225 Washington Avenue.
The caller further reported that the infant was not breathing. The infant’s mother began CPR and first arriving Hawthorne PD officers deployed a defibrillator. The child was transported by a Hawthorne EMS ambulance to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson with assistance from a paramedic unit based at the Medical Center. The ambulance was escorted to the hospital by a marked Hawthorne PD unit.
An investigation into the nature of the incident is now underway. The victim’s current condition is unknow
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Fallen Ridgewood Tree Limb takes out Power Hawthorne

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Fallen Ridgewood Tree Limb takes out Power Hawthorne
July 11,2015
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Ridgewood NJ, On 7/10/2015: Police and fire department personnel in two (2) neighboring municipalities responded to separate reports of fallen tree limbs that blocked roadways and disrupted electric service late Friday afternoon.
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Ridgewood public safety teams were dispatched to a home on Oak Street, where a Village owned tree limb had fallen on the front lawn, knocking out electric, phone, and cable TV services. In neighboring Hawthorne, police and fire units converged on Minerva Avenue, where a limb from a privately owned tree had crashed to the ground, destroying a back yard shed and taking down several wires. No injuries were reported in either incident.
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Hawthorne sets a new era of smaller-scale business development along two thoroughfares

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Hawthorne sets a new era of smaller-scale business development along two thoroughfares

MAY 7, 2014, 8:17 PM    LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014, 8:24 PM
BY MINJAE PARK
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD

HAWTHORNE — The door was already shut on Wal-Mart coming to town, but borough officials — at the urging of opponents of the planned supermarket — locked it for good measure on Wednesday night.

Wal-Mart announced in March 2013 it would scrap plans to bring a supermarket to Wagaraw Road after its application was met with fierce resistance from some residents, who argued the supermarket undercut community aspirations for a better development suitor.

On Wednesday night, the council — which had argued Walmart would bring in much-needed tax ratables — unanimously adopted a zoning ordinance that forecloses the possibility of any big-box developments returning to a stretch of Wagaraw Road, including the 8.6-acre lot where Wal-Mart planned to locate.

The vote follows a series of public hearings on the ordinance that borough officials and Walmart opponents alike said were productive.

“This new ordinance was negotiated with extensive public input and without a pending project to shape it,” said Joe Osborne, president of Hawthorne Deserves Better, the non-profit that led the charge against Wal-Mart. “That’s how it should be. We’re very pleased.”

Mayor Richard Goldberg said, “I don’t know anybody who’s not happy with what we’re doing.”

“All in all, it should be a win-win for all the residents in the borough,” he said.

The ordinance is aimed at making it “a little easier for businesses to open up,” Goldberg said, by establishing two new business districts on parts of Goffle and Wagaraw roads. Officials hope the districts will attract bakeries, electronics stores, grocery stores, restaurants, offices, health clubs and other businesses.

The new ordinance is expected to end the lawsuit against the borough, the developer and the Planning Board brought by Hawthorne Deserves Better, which had claimed previous zoning ordinances, dating to 2000, had been adopted without public notice, and that a 2011 ordinance was adopted to benefit the Wal-Mart project.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/hawthorne-sets-a-new-era-of-smaller-scale-business-development-along-two-thoroughfares-1.1011111#sthash.prpzv4cs.dpuf

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Ridgewood employees’ holiday party to be held in Hawthorne

 

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Ridgewood employees’ holiday party to be held in Hawthorne
Wednesday November 27, 2013, 11:22 AM
BY  DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News

The annual village employee holiday party will once again take place outside of Ridgewood, a notion that has been a growing sore spot in the minds of some elected officials and residents who had hoped to keep the celebration local. As they have done in previous years, village staffers will venture into Hawthorne next month for their workplace gala.

“I don’t understand how we’re not able to do this party in Ridgewood, with all the restaurants that we have,” Mayor Paul Aronsohn said during a council meeting earlier this month, further stressing his ongoing penchant to patronize a village business with the partially taxpayer-subsidized event.

After sending out a questionnaire to 15 Ridgewood establishments, officials at Village Hall received only three responses from those interested in hosting the holiday get-together, according to acting Village Manager Heather Mailander. The manager’s office opened up the search to village restaurants and non-profit groups with rental halls, but none of the proposals that were delivered entirely fulfilled Ridgewood’s needs and requests.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/233623321_Ridgewood_employees__holiday_party_to_be_held_in_Hawthorne.html#sthash.QDbkZMCf.dpuf

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Court orders Hawthorne Mayor and Developer to be deposed by July 29th

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Court orders Hawthorne Mayor and Developer to be deposed by July 29th
6/13/13

A Sign of things to come in the Village ?

Superior Court Judge Anthony J. Graziano has ordered the depositions of Mayor Richard Goldberg and developer Gerald Bedrin by Hawthorne Deserves Better to be completed by July 29th. A complaint challenging ordinances passed in 2011 was consolidated with a separate case challenging ordinances from 2000 and 2008.

Hawthorne Deserves Better has claimed that the Borough illegally adopted ordinances in 2011 to benefit a single developer proposing to build a Walmart supermarket on Wagaraw Road in Hawthorne. Walmart has since decided to back out of the deal, but the ordinances written for the developer remain on the books.

A New Jersey Appellate Court agreed with a Superior Court Judge that Hawthorne Deserves Better’s challenge to two ordinances furthers the interests of justice and is in the best interests of the public and should not be dismissed. The Borough wasted taxpayers’ dollars in filing appeals which lacked merit and which were denied by both the Superior Court Law Division and the Appellate Division.

Hawthorne Deserves Better looks forward to exposing what really happened with the adoption of these ordinances. HDB advocates for zoning laws that reflect input from the community, provide badly needed tax relief and preserve our quality of life.