Allendale Woman’s Club Fashion Show
Tuesday, April 25, 2017 6:30 to 11:00 PM
SEASONS, 644 Pascack Road, Twp. of Washington, NJ
Healthy Mind, Hopeful Future: A Benefit for West Bergen Mental Healthcare
Cocktail Hour, Dinner, Open Bar, Basket and 50-50 Raffles, Fashion Show by Fig Leaf of Maywood
$80 per person, deadline April 4, 2017.
Allendale Woman’s Club 201-694-6805
awcfashionshow@gmail.com
• Business Website – www.allendalewomansclub.org
DECEMBER 24, 2015 LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2015, 11:25 AM
BY BY DIANA OLIVEIRA
STAFF WRITER |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
When discussing her hobbies, 8-year-old Chloe Fernandez appears no different from any other girl her age, but she has already accomplished more than some people do in a lifetime.
With the help of Make-A-Wish and the Macy’s Believe Campaign this holiday season, she is a published author who just had her first book preview.
The precocious 8-year-old loves being active. She plays dress-up and often pretends to be Rowan Blanchard from Disney Channel’s “Girl Meets World,” putting on a show in the living room for her dolls. She rides her scooter around the house, even though it “drives Mom crazy,” she said. She also swims and plays the piano and harmonica.
But when Chloe swims, she can only go to the pools at HackensackUMC Fitness & Wellness Center in Maywood because they contain filtered salt water as opposed to chlorine. And Chloe attends harmonica lessons at Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck; she took up the activity because it’s been proven to help lung function.
Suddenly, the normal 8-year-old image is skewed. Chloe is afflicted with a rare genetic condition called primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD), a disease that attacks the cilia or “the natural hairlike extensions on the mucus membrane that help us clear our secretions,” according to Dr. Donna Lee, Chloe’s pulmonologist at Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital at HackensackUMC.
Another reminder this morning of the dangers and the quick decisions NJ police sometimes have to make. This gun was being held by a man on Route 17 in Rochelle Park. It’s a BB gun, but the Bergen County prosecutor says the orange tip had been painted over. Is there any realistic way for the officers involved not to have believed that was a real gun? The man was shot and is at the hospital
DECEMBER 14, 2015, 7:46 AM LAST UPDATED: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2015, 6:43 AM
BY RICHARD COWEN AND JOHN C. ENSSLIN
STAFF WRITERS |
THE RECORD
Why a Maywood man had a BB gun whose orange tip had been painted black is one of the questions detectives were investigating Monday after the man crashed a car outside the Bergen County Board of Social Services office and was shot by two Rochelle Park police officers.
The shooting occurred at 3:27 a.m. after police were called to the building at 218 Route 17 north by security officers, Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli said via his Twitter account.
The driver remained inside the Toyota sedan after he crashed it in a driveway, the prosecutor said. The officers’ shots struck him in the lower body.
Molinelli identified the driver as Matthew S. Chaseman, 46, of 14 Marlboro Court in Maywood, and said his injuries did not appear to require surgery.
Chaseman was being treated Monday at Hackensack University Medical Center. The officers were not injured in the incident, which delayed operations at the Social Services office for several hours.
As of late Monday afternoon, authorities had not provided a detailed explanation of what had prompted the shots, which also shattered the rear window on the driver’s side of the car.
A Teaneck couple who identified themselves as Chaseman’s parents pulled into the driveway of their home shortly before 3:30 p.m.
The woman said she had called the hospital. “He’s going to be fine,” she said. “We’re not at all concerned.”
DECEMBER 14, 2015, 7:46 AM LAST UPDATED: MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2015, 2:06 PM
BY JOHN C. ENSSLIN AND RICHARD COWEN
STAFF WRITERS |
THE RECORD
Two Rochelle Park police officers shot a man who was armed with a BB gun outside the Bergen County Board of Social Services Monday morning, Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli said.
Police were called to the building at 218 Route 17 North in Rochelle Park by security after the man crashed his car and remained inside it, the prosecutor said on Twitter.
The officers’ shots hit the suspect in the lower part of his body and shattered the driver’s side rear window of his Toyota sedan, authorities said. Molinelli said the injuries were not life-threatening and did not appear to require surgery.
The prosecutor identified the suspect as Matthew S. Chaseman, 46, of 14 Marlboro Court in Maywood. Chaseman is being treated at Hackensack University Medical Center. The officers were not injured.
Molinelli said that it wasn’t immediately clear whether Chaseman had a real gun. The orange tip of the gun had been painted black, the prosecutor said. He said he did not know whether Chaseman pointed the gun at any of the officers.
About 11 a.m., half a dozen detectives from the offices of the Bergen County Prosecutor and Sheriff entered Chaseman’s apartment at Hammel Gardens and removed several bags of his belongings. The evidence included a bow and arrows.
NOVEMBER 8, 2015, 3:26 PM LAST UPDATED: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2015, 3:26 PM
BY LINDA MOSS
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
PARAMUS — Borough police, using a plan that was modified in the aftermath of a shooter entering the Westfield Garden State Plaza here two years ago, held an emergency-response drill at the mall Sunday morning.
The exercise kicked off at 10 a.m., and lasted less than an hour, involving about 100 police officers, said Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg. The participating police departments included not only Paramus but the Bergen County Sheriff’s Department regional SWAT team as well as ,Maywood, Hackensack, Rochelle Park, Fair Lawn and Ridgewood.
“It went well,” Ehrenberg said.
The drill was to test how quickly officers were able to respond to the mall in keeping with the plan that’s in place for any police emergency that occurs, including an active-shooter situation, Ehrenberg said. He described it as a “staging drill,” in which police reported to one of the shopping center’s parking lots.
“All we were doing was practicing and exercising our ability to call in mutual-aid towns to the Plaza,” Ehrenberg said. “It was more of a staging drill: how we could get people there and just practice our emergency-response time. … Even though it was at Westfield, the drill is to cover all our shopping-center infrastructure. … It’s a test of our reaction in case of a police emergency at one of our shopping centers.”
Local police have “enhanced” their emergency-response plan from the lessons learned from two incidents at the mall, according to the chief. In November 2013, 20-year-old gunman Richard Shoop entered Garden State Plaza and fired six rounds with a rifle, sending shoppers fleeing. He then killed himself. And in May last year, shoppers panicked and fled in cars and on foot when there were reports of gunfire inside the mall. It turned out that there was a car fire in a parking lot, and reportedly the sounds of the vehicle’s tires popping was mistaken for gunshots.
AUGUST 22, 2015, 5:50 PM LAST UPDATED: SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2015, 5:54 PM
BY CHRISTOPHER MAAG
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
Approximately 300 protesters crowded the sidewalks on both sides of Main Street in Hackensack on Saturday for a two-hour anti-abortion demonstration outside the offices of Planned Parenthood, one of hundreds that were to take place around the country, including four in New Jersey
The protests were in response to undercover videos released by anti-abortion groups that advocates say show that Planned Parenthood is profiting off the sale of aborted fetuses for medical research. Planned Parenthood has denied that, saying payments they’ve received for fetal tissue merely reimburse their costs and that the statements of the Planned Parenthood officials captured on the videos were taken out of context.
Among the protestors in Hackensack on Saturday was Marjorie Cox, 71, who said she had never before demonstrated or spoken up about her anti-abortion beliefs until she watched the videos.
“I can’t believe this is happening anywhere in the world, let alone in the United States. It’s barbaric,” said Cox, of Maywood. “This is my first time to a protest. Now I’m going to get involved.”
The videos were created by the Center for Medical Progress, an organization founded in 2013 three long-time anti-abortion activists, according to a filing with the California Attorney General.
So far the group has released eight videos. The latest, released Friday, is two minutes long and has been described as a “teaser,” indicating that more videos may be released in the future. The first recording was released in July. Edited down to nine minutes, it shows a secret recording from a two-hour lunch between Dr. Deborah Nucatola, Planned Parenthood’s senior director of medical services, and two people pretending to be buyers of fetal tissue.
“What would you expect for intact tissue?” asked one of the people posing as buyers.
NEWTON, NJ – Rep. Scott Garrett (NJ-05) announced the winners of the 2015 Congressional Art Competition. This year’s top honor went to Norwood resident and Academy of the Holy Angels student Na Young Lee for her piece, “Crammed.” This year’s competition featured 95 student entries and was hosted at Sussex County Community College in Newton. Meagan Khoury and Sherry Fitzgerald, both of Sussex County Community College, judged the competition. The winners were announced at a ceremony on Saturday, May 16th.
“Congratulations to the winners and participants of the 2015 Congressional Art Competition,” said Garrett. “I am amazed at the quality of work produced by these students. Each student should be very proud of their efforts, and I want to thank their parents and teachers for encouraging and cultivating such exceptional talent.”
The Congressional Art Competition is an annual event held in congressional districts across the country. The first place winner from each congressional district will have his or her artwork displayed for one year in the U.S. Capitol alongside winning artwork from other high school students across the country. The second, third, and fourth place winners will have their submissions displayed in Congressman Garrett’s Glen Rock, Newton, and Washington, D.C. offices. Click here for more information about the nation-wide contest.
Below is a complete list of this year’s winners and participants. Names without a corresponding link were unable to attend the May 16th ceremony.
2015 Congressional Art Competition Winners
1st Place
Student: Na Young Lee
Title: “Crammed”
School: Academy of the Holy Angels
Residence: Norwood
2nd Place
Student: Cindy Lee
Title: “Bakekujira the Ghost Whale”
School: Northern Valley Regional High School – Old Tappan
Residence: Norwood
3rd Place
Student: Haley Fletcher
Title: “Covetous”
School: Lakeland Regional High School
Residence: Ringwood
4th Place
Student: Yubin Lee
Title: “Bounded”
School: Bergen County Academies
Residence: Haworth
5th Place
Student: Alessandra Ferrari-Wong
Title: “Investigation”
School: Bergen County Academies
Residence: Westwood
6th Place
Student: Laura David
Title: “Looking Ahead”
School: Wallkill Valley Regional High School
Residence: Hamburg
7th Place
Student: Kara Kovach
Title: “Hot and Beardy”
School: Wallkill Valley Regional High School
Residence: Franklin
8th Place
Student: Anna Kristofick
Title: “True Colors”
School: Indian Hills High School
Residence: Wyckoff
Honorable Mentions
Student: Hannah Kim
Title: “Yin and Yang”
School: Northern Highlands Regional High School
Residence: Upper Saddle River
Student: Melanie Rosenblatt
Title: “Zoe”
School: Northern Highlands Regional High School
Residence: Upper Saddle River
Student: Julia Grace Shea
Title: “Indecisive”
School: Northern Highlands Regional High School
Residence: Ho-Ho-Kus
Student: Nico Tolinkski
Title: “Mutilation”
School: Northern Highlands Regional High School
Residence: Allendale
Student: Anna Allen
Title: “Emotion in Full Color”
School: Wallkill Valley Regional High School
Residence: Stockholm
Student: Nicole Spangenburg
Title: “Dead End”
School: Wallkill Valley Regional High School
Residence: Hamburg
All Participants
Student: Na Young Lee*
Title: “Crammed”
School: Academy of the Holy Angels
Residence: Norwood
Student: Lydia Chen
Title: “The Road”
School: Bergen County Academies
Residence: New Milford
Student: Haine Cho
Title: “Parent”
School: Bergen County Academies
Residence: Northvale
The premier road race in northern New Jersey. One of the longest running races in the tri-state area. There is something for everyone: 10K, 5K, Road Mile, Fun Run – the must-run event for all!
THE 2015 RACE REGISTRATION IS OPEN
Please join us on Memorial Day in 2015 we hope to make the race better than ever. It will be our 40th running!
Register now by mail in form or online at Race Forum.
Online registration closes on THRUSDAY!
“All ages, all abilities, all welcome!”
The Fred d’Elia Memorial Day Ridgewood Run is a family-focused day of events that provide a fun environment in a festive open-park atmosphere. Seven distinct events provide the center of activity. They start at 8:15 AM and continue until after the conclusion of the Fun Run at noon. The road races are run through the tree-lined streets of the Village of Ridgewood NJ. Ridgewood is located in Bergen County bordering Rockland, Westchester, and New York counties.
The Fred d’Elia Ridgewood Run was created by Manfred (Fred) d’Elia and his wife, world-class runner Toshiko d’Elia, in 1976. Tired of driving his wife into Manhattan for competition with the New York Road Runners, Fred decided to create his own race to attract serious runners to their hometown. The inaugural Ridgewood Run took off with runners sporting hand-made bib numbers with Fred acting as race director, course certifier and timer. “With no money to put on a race, we all had our tasks,” recalls Toshiko d’Elia. “I hand-delivered all the race applications around town to save on stamps and our daughter Erica, was handed a black dri-marker to make race numbers.”
Since its inception, this homespun race which is always held on Memorial Day has grown to 3,500 nation-wide participants who compete for prize money in the 10K, 5K, masters mile, and elite mile events. There is also a Fun Run/Health Walk for children and walkers. The Henry H. Kessler Foundation Wheelchair 10K was introduced in 2001 with an outstanding field of 23 athletes and in 2002, 40 athletes attended, including world record holder in the 10K, Krige Schabort from South Africa, who set a new course record of 19:56 in 2006.
The evolution from hand-made bib numbers includes time clocks at every mile, ChampionChip scoring and online registration. Despite these state-of-the art devices, the event remains runner-friendly. It is truly a community-driven event. The North Jersey Masters Track and Field Club, started by the d’Elias’ in 1976, are the organizers of the race.
Park Ave BMW of Maywood has been the major sponsor since 1996. The Ridgewood YMCA is the perfect sponsor for the Fun Run/Health Walk, and the Valley Hospital is the proud sponsor of the Elite and Masters Mile races. All sponsors have a very strong commitment to the community.
Proceeds of the Ridgewood Run provide donations to support local charities and organizations. Main beneficiaries in past races were the Special Olympics New Jersey, the Ridgewood YMCA, the Kessler Foundation, the Village of Ridgewood Parks and Recreation, Social Service Association, College Club. Assistance is also give to other local charitable organizations and scholarship recipients.
The close proximity to New York City gives families from the NY Metropolitan area a chance to celebrate the holiday by spending a fun-filled weekend that concludes with a day of healthy exercise. At the Ridgewood Run, one spouse might run the 10K, the other the 5K, and then accompany the children in the Fun Run.
The Ridgewood Run has established itself as the must-run road race in the NY-NJ-Connecticut area on Memorial Day. The North Jersey Masters (NJM), the premier running club in Northern NJ, has been the organizer of the race since it’s inception in 1976. In those years NJM has built a reputation for hospitality and the ability to put on a quality day for all participants (see Race History).
Race Amenities in 2015 are:
commemorative made in the USA high-tech performance T-shirt – a real keeper!
a Flat & Fast USATF certified course;
B-tag Timing;
Mile Clocks
Water Stops
a Family Team competition in the 5K;
Photography by Sports Memories.
Awards and Prizes are plentiful: 1) Prize money to the top three finishers in the 1-Mile races, top 3 finishers in the 5K and 10K. 2) New Balance Gift Certificates and trophies to the top three finishers in each five-year age-group bracket. 3) Finisher’s Medal to all registered finishers of the Ridgewood YMCA Fun Run/Health Walk, 10 years and younger.
Mark your calendar to celebrate Memorial Day 2015 at the
Fred d’Elia Ridgewood Run!
Monday, May 25, 2015.
JANUARY 17, 2015, 4:32 PM LAST UPDATED: SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2015, 11:36 PM
BY CHRISTOPHER MAAG
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
As talk heats up again about building tunnels under the Hudson River, Amtrak is hanging its hopes on constructing a new station that will consume more than a block of midtown Manhattan, a site already rejected by other planners who thought the land would be prohibitively expensive.
Proponents of the new station say that whatever the cost, it’s the only way to complete a project that officials on both sides of the river say is needed.
The number of commuters using Pennsylvania Station is growing every year, and the current pair of century-old tunnels face a protracted shutdown for repairs to ensure they don’t become unsafe. While the new tunnels and station are years from opening, under Amtrak’s plan they would carry hundreds of thousands of commuters into Manhattan daily, relieving pressure on the region’s aging bridges and motor vehicle tunnels.
If new tunnels are built without a new station, Amtrak officials say there will be no room at Penn Station to place the additional trains.
“You cannot take advantage of the additional capacity of new tunnels without expanding the physical capacity of Penn Station,” said Drew Galloway, Amtrak’s deputy chief of planning for the Northeast Corridor.
But to get that done, the nation’s rail agency may have to spend more than $1 billion just to buy the land.
“They’re delusional. I don’t think they can build it,” said David Widawsky, who directed the planning to build the Access to the Region’s Core, or ARC, tunnel from New Jersey to New York. The project was killed by Governor Christie in 2010.
Widawsky’s team had considered building a train station at the same site, now called Penn South, but almost immediately realized the property was so expensive that the project could not be done.
“It was eliminated in the first cut,” Widawsky said. “The real estate on that block is just prohibitively expensive.”
The price of land — and getting Congress to pay for it — isn’t Amtrak’s only hurdle. The agency also must deal with two notable, longstanding buildings on the block, including a church. And it must assemble and maintain political support for a 20-year project that will outlast nine sessions of Congress and cover terms of at least three presidents.
Amtrak’s leaders say they understand the high costs of Penn South, but with money from Congress, they believe it can be built.
“We all know it is a huge challenge,” said Galloway. “But there is recognition that some investment in capacity is necessary, and nowhere is that more critical than Penn Station.”
At today’s prices, Amtrak would spend somewhere from $769 million to $1.3 billion just to buy the block bounded to the north and south by 31st and 30th streets, and to the east and west by Seventh and Eighth avenues. That figure is based on development guidelines from the New York City Planning Commission, recent nearby sales figures provided by Ariel Property Advisors, and a rough estimate of the block’s buildable square footage.
Costs are rising fast, however. In just the last three years, the neighborhoods around Penn South went from ghost town to boomtown. Real estate prices are 2½ times higher now than they were just three years ago, said Bob Knackal, chairman of New York investment sales for Cushman & Wakefield.
By the time Amtrak is finally ready to buy land, prices will be even higher, real estate experts said.
“Clearly, values in the area are skyrocketing, and many of the properties are underbuilt relative to their potential,” said Knackal, a Maywood native. “People are selling these properties more for the value of the land potential, as opposed to the value of the existing bricks on the site. So that makes it very, very expensive.”
Whatever is eventually built, all sides agree that Amtrak and Congress must act quickly. The two existing Hudson River tunnels are 104 years old, and both suffered extensive flood damage during Superstorm Sandy. At most, the tunnels can operate only until 2034 before one must be shut down and entirely rebuilt, Amtrak officials said in October. Unless new tunnels are built and operating by then, trans-Hudson traffic will drop from 24 trains an hour to six, causing massive congestion across the region, officials said.
Timing is also important because Penn Station is full. Opened in 1910 to serve 200,000 travelers a day, the station now handles half a million a day, according to Amtrak, and that number is growing 2.5 percent to 3 percent every year.
“If you continue that growth into the future, it’s a pretty sobering number,” Galloway said.
Others saw the same problems looming two decades ago and came to different conclusions about the solutions.
The ARC project originally included planners from all three major transportation agencies in the region: NJ Transit, New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The MTA pulled out of the project in 2001.
For that project, planners decided to build a new station under 34th Street. The station was so deep underground that it had only limited pedestrian access to Penn Station and no capacity for trains to transfer between the two stations. The plan eventually was dubbed the “tunnel to Macy’s basement” by Christie, who cited the station’s depth as one of his reasons for canceling the project in 2010.
But the tunnel to Macy’s basement had two big advantages: It was cheap and would have been relatively quick to build. By fitting the entire station inside 34th Street’s wide right-of-way, planners said they knew they could avoid paying top-dollar for prime Manhattan real estate and also avoid protracted legal battles with landowners and tenants.
“We were looking under 34th Street because you can do it without taking a lot of properties,” said Tom Schultz, who ran the planning process for NJ Transit for five years after Widawsky retired.
But for Amtrak, the issue of connecting the new and old stations is paramount, Galloway said. That’s why the agency’s planners decided to go the more expensive, time-consuming and risky route — bulldozing an entire city block to build a station at ground level.
“Unlike some of the other programs that looked at standalone facilities, we think an integrated campus is the right idea for this location,” Galloway said.
Deputy Mayor takes on Bergen Blue Laws
December 7th 2014
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Deputy Mayor Albert Pucciarelli has scheduled another CBD Panel Discussions – January 21, 2015 at 7:30PM.
One of the topics the Deputy Mayor has decided to tackle are Bergen County’s blue laws .
Deputy Mayor Albert Pucciarelli has scheduled another CBD Panel Discussion for January 21, 2015 from 7:30PM to 9PM. It will be held in the Village Hall Court Room. The two topics for discussion will be – CBD Parking and Blue Laws.
County Executive Elect Tedesco on Blue Laws referendum
A: “I believe that everyone has the right to express themselves. Do I
want to see the Blue Laws go? Emphatically not.
“As a matter of fact, your paper and many news organizations published
stories back in 2010 when the Republican governor wanted to eliminate
the Blue Laws and came up with some fuzzy math that said we’re going
to make all this money.
“And I went on TV and did a press conference along with my partners in
Maywood and told them, ‘Over my dead body Governor.’
my passion for cooking started when i was still a young girl, watching my lovely grandma in the kitchen. i tried to learn all of her secrets and follow her advice… i still have her notebook with all her recipes.
i continued to develop my passion in cooking with our family restaurant in italy until i got married and i started a family, then i became our home cook.
in august 2013 i moved to the usa, and wanted to share my passion with others. i continue to have a desire to share all the flavours and smells that characterize the mediterranean kitchen to those who love good and healthy food!!
with each new year i’ve learned that the best things in life come from the heart and good food starts right there!!!
what we offer
we offer a seasonal menu sourcing only the best local, organic ingredients. our chicken comes from goffle road farms, we use mediterranean sea salt and organic extra virgin olive oil in all our dishes, and limit our use of pepper so that your children will also enjoy the meals.
unfortunately, we cannot offer gluten free or nut free dishes, as the kitchen we cook in is not a nut free environment.
you can order your meal for same day delivery up until 8:00am monday thru friday, since we need to ensure enough time to go to the local farms and markets to get the ingredients to cook your meal.
currently we are delivering to the following bergen county, nj towns:
ridgewood
glen rock
midland park
ho ho kus
wyckoff
franklin lakes
mahwah
maywood
wayne
ramsey
hawthorne
fair lawn
hillsdale
westwood
paramus
if you do not see your town on the list, please contact us at (201) 986-6316 or email us so we can work to accommodate your request.
servesafe
our dinners are prepared in a state inspected kitchen and our chef is certified in servsafe food protection and is a certified food safety manager – to ensure you and your families safety.
we believe that you will love our food once you try it, so much so, that you’ll want more. that’s why we are also offering additional services to the local community.
private dinner parties
we will work with you to plan a fresh, delicious meal for a dinner party hosted at your home for up to 8 people. contact us to find out how you can schedule this.
special events
is it someone’s birthday? anniversary? another reason to celebrate? we can create a fresh, healthy and delicious meal for you. contact us to find out how you can reserve your date.
corporate lunches
did you know that we can cater your next corporate lunch meeting? we’ve worked with local businesses to create fresh, healthy menus for their lunch meeting. they love the flavor, presentation, and menu choices we offer. we will work with you to ensure that every menu detail is taken care of and meets your budget. contact us today to learn more about how we can cater your next corporate lunch event.
kid’s birthday parties
does your child love to cook? are you looking to do something different for their next birthday party? think about a kid’s culinary creation party. we’ll plan the menu with you based on your child’s love of food, and bring everything with us – making it easy for you.contact us today to discuss the number of people and the menu options available.
culinary party
would you like to have a ladies night (like the one below) and learn how to make a delicious meal? we will teach you how to make a meal of your choice at your home. contact us today to learn how you can get started.
specials
don’t forget to look for special menus or unique plates that we may have for a limited time only. they will always be posted to our blog, so be sure to check back often, we wouldn’t want you to miss out on these special offers!
NJ gay couples celebrating at tax time, but married status also brings challenges
APRIL 12, 2014, 11:10 PM LAST UPDATED: SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2014, 11:44 PM
BY STEPHANIE AKIN
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
Tax time has been described as anxiety-inducing and unnecessarily confusing, and its inescapability has even been equated with death. Now, it’s being pointed to as a reason for celebration — at least by same-sex couples who for the first time can check off the box that says “married” on their 1040s.
Tim Eustace and his husband, Kevin, marked the occasion by going out to dinner in downtown Maywood, where they live. Jeff Farlow, 30, of Pine Hill posted his refund on Facebook. And Jeff Gardner, 45, of Hawthorne described a visit to the accountant with this incongruous adjective: “Momentous.”
Sure, filing as a newly married couple entails its own set of headaches, and filing for the first time as a same-sex married couple comes with an assortment of questions. But many said the symbolic significance is worth the hassle — at least this time around.
“It’s another act that points out that the government legally recognizes us as a legitimate couple,” said Charles Cumpston, a retired publishing executive from Fort Lee. “That’s pretty incredible.”
Readers Remain Skeptical over potential Change in “Blue Laws”
Ridgewood stores are dying more from the lack of parking than the lack of Sunday shopping. 20 years and counting on a parking garage solution!!!! Paul……How about fixing that, instead of prioritizing the grandiose condo plans that will ruin our village.
Rte 17 will be at stand still on Sunday too? Drivers using Ridgewood local streets as a short cut. Can’t wait. Residents of Ridgewood, Maywood, Rochelle Park, Saddle Brook, River Edge and Oradell can look forward to pay more for Sunday police coverage while receiving none of the tax benefits that Paramus residents enjoy.
Enduring the red-light contagion
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
By JOHN CICHOWSKI
ROAD WARRIOR COLUMNIST
“Why is everybody honking at me?”
This noisy distraction was occurring so frequently, especially when she was stopped at traffic lights, that Toni Trobiani thought she might be committing some terrible driving faux pas.
“First, I thought other drivers didn’t like my car,” said the Maywood reader. “I even checked to see if there was some sticker on my bumper that I wasn’t aware of.”
But there wasn’t. The problem wasn’t Toni’s taillights, either. The problem was the attitude of the drivers behind her.
“There’d be … a pedestrian with a stroller crossing the street in front of me and some idiot behind me will blast the horn!” she said. “It’s obnoxious!”
It took a while, but Toni finally figured out what was happening. So did Bergenfield’s Roy Contiliano, who had experienced the same thing.
“People don’t want the driver ahead of them to stop at red lights before making right-hand turns,” said Roy. “It’s a travesty!”
Marc Brown calls it an “epidemic” that’s spreading from town to town. He even sent me a list that tracks this “disease.” He diagnosed two of the most virulent cases at Highland and East Ridgewood avenues in his hometown of Paramus and another on Wyckoff Avenue in Waldwick, where signs prohibit right turns on red. Marc said people make a right there anyway.
Marc’s list also included another intersection in Paramus at Chadwick Road and East Ridgewood Avenue. In Ridgewood, a problem spot is the train underpass eastbound at Linwood Avenue and Garber Square.
On Saturday, April 13 and Sunday, April 14 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office and Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office will partner with local law enforcement to host a countywide Gun Buyback at various places of worship across the county.
The 2013 Gun Buyback is being held in conjunction with local law enforcement in light of the recent acts of gun violence that have taken place across our nation. Funded by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office with money seized from criminal activities, the initiative will take place at the following places of worship conveniently located all across the county:
April 13 – 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Garfield
Our Lady of Mount Virgin
St. Joseph’s Center
188 MacArthur Avenue
Hackensack
Mount Olive Baptist Church
260 Central Ave
Hackensack
Rhema Worship Center Church
156 Passaic Street
Maywood
First Presbyterian Church
401 Maywood Avenue
Park Ridge
Our Lady of Mercy Church
46 Pascack Road
April 14 – 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Englewood
Mt. Calvary Baptist Church
90 West Demarest Avenue
Hackensack
Trinity Baptist Church
218 Passaic Street
Hackensack
New Hope Baptist Church
214 Berdan Place
New Milford
Saint Matthew’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
225 Center Street
Teaneck
First Baptist Church
1592 Teaneck Road
Individuals can turn in firearms to receive up to $300 for each firearm surrendered. Compensation varies by firearm type: $20 for non-operational weapons, $80 for rifles and shotguns, $100 for handguns, and $300 for automatic assault weapons and machine guns.
On April 13 and 14, BCSO firearms experts and officers will examine and secure all firearms upon arrival at each surrender site. An officer will assist each individual in completing a voluntary surrender form that includes a general description of each firearm, time and date of surrender, and amount of compensation provided. Complimentary trigger locks and gun safety information will also be provided at each location.
All firearms should be carried unloaded and contained in a closed and fastened case, gun box, securely tied package, or locked in the trunk of the automobile in which they are being transported. Ammunition should be transported in a separate container. Officers will be on hand to assist individuals with carrying weapons safely into each Buyback location.
For more information about the Bergen County Gun Buyback, please contact BCSO’s Community Outreach Unit at 201-336-3540.
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