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>Payouts for unused sick days vary in North Jersey towns

>Payouts for unused sick days vary in North Jersey towns


Here’s a breakdown of data provided by Christie’s office for the obligation in each town in Bergen County:

Allendale – no obligation

Alpine – total obligation, $850,523.00; obligation per taxpayer, $1,169.46

Bergenfield – total obligation, $701,579.00; obligation per taxpayer, $83.44

Bogota – total obligation, $398,360.00; obligation per taxpayer, $162.76

Carlstadt – no obligation

Cliffside Park – total obligation, $100,000.00; obligation per taxpayer, $13.27

Closter – total obligation, $1,704,092.00; obligation per taxpayer, $549.02

Cresskill – total obligation, $319,192.00; obligation per taxpayer, $107.24

East Rutherford – total obligation, $1,101,518.00; obligation per taxpayer, $172.98

Edgewater – total obligation, $1,480,618.00; obligation per taxpayer, $266.69

Elmwood – total obligation, $2,004,685.00; obligation per taxpayer, $324.27

Emerson – total obligation, $400,926.00; obligation per taxpayer, $148.38

Englewood – total obligation, $5,353,655.00; obligation per taxpayer, $576.40

Englewood Cliffs – total obligation, $2,150,583.00; obligation per taxpayer, $793.98

Demarest – no obligation

Dumont – no obligation

Fair Lawn – total obligation, $1,635,758.00; obligation per taxpayer, $132.70

Fairview – total obligation, $1,473,045.00; obligation per taxpayer, $444.53

Fort Lee – total obligation, $9,225,587.00; obligation per taxpayer, $706.40

Franklin Lakes – no obligation

Garfield – total obligation, $2,692,885.00; obligation per taxpayer, $373.63

Glen Rock – total obligation, $1,004,087.00; obligation per taxpayer, $238.49

Hackensack – total obligation, $18,875,368.00; obligation per taxpayer, $1,030.51

Harrington Park – total obligation, $594,486.00; obligation per taxpayer, $356.08

Hasbrouck Heights – total obligation, $237,175.00; obligation per taxpayer, $55.77

Haworth – total obligation, $489,559.00; obligation per taxpayer, $370.61

Hillsdale – total obligation, $201,417.78; obligation per taxpayer, $56.48

Ho-Ho-Kus – total obligation, $1,283,024.58; obligation per taxpayer, $847.04

Leonia – total obligation, $551,626.93; obligation per taxpayer, $195.06

Little Ferry – total obligation, $227,896.00; obligation per taxpayer, $66.81

Lodi – no obligation

Lyndhurst – no obligation

Mahwah – total obligation, $2,033,561.94; obligation per taxpayer, $175.99

Maywood – total obligation, $140,840.00; obligation per taxpayer, $40.81

Midland Park – no obligation

Montvale – total obligation, $468,626.00; obligation per taxpayer, $129.63

Moonachie – total obligation, $552,913.00; obligation per taxpayer, $272.68

New Milford – total obligation, $2,738,820.00; obligation per taxpayer, $578.04

North Arlington – total obligation, $80,000.00; obligation per taxpayer, $17.53

Northvale – total obligation, $847,361.00; obligation per taxpayer, $402.78

Norwood – total obligation, $282,132.00; obligation per taxpayer, $135.63

Oakland – no obligation

Old Tappan – no obligation

Oradell – no obligation

Palisades Park – total obligation, $1,591,795.00; obligation per taxpayer, $328.29

Paramus – total obligation, $575,800.00; obligation per taxpayer, $38.45

Park Ridge – total obligation, $772,804.00; obligation per taxpayer, $230.36

Ramsey – total obligation, $2,425,192.27; obligation per taxpayer, $373.12

Ridgefield – no obligation

Ridgefield Park – total obligation, $678,973.00; obligation per taxpayer, $157.71

Ridgewood – total obligation, $7,203,566.23; obligation per taxpayer, $861.41

River Edge – total obligation, $733,050.20; obligation per taxpayer, $197.51

River Vale – total obligation, $1.00; obligation per taxpayer, $0.00

Rochelle Park – no obligation

Rockleigh – no obligation

Rutherford – total obligation, $3,620,854.00; obligation per taxpayer, $569.54

 Saddle Brook – total obligation, $1,295,495.00; obligation per taxpayer, $202.96

Saddle River – total obligation, $412,800.00; obligation per taxpayer, $318.05

South Hackensack – total obligation, $539,525.00; obligation per taxpayer, $320.47

Teaneck – total obligation, $4,379,922.16; obligation per taxpayer, $335.08

Tenafly – no obligation

Teterboro – total obligation, $94,299.77; obligation per taxpayer, $42.01

Upper Saddle River – total obligation, $986,895.00; obligation per taxpayer, $338.73

Waldwick – total obligation, $1,214,624.00; obligation per taxpayer, $324.61

Wallington – no obligation

Washington – total obligation, $567,071.00; obligation per taxpayer, $162.59

Westwood – – total obligation, $1,060,665.00; obligation per taxpayer, $247.79

Woodcliff Lake – no obligation

Wood-Ridge – total obligation, $1,417,724.00; obligation per taxpayer, $425.22

Wyckoff – no obligation

https://blog.northjersey.com/thesource/1768/payouts-for-unused-sick-days-vary-in-north-jersey-towns/

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>Shop Ridgewood : Cupcakes by Carousel

>Cupcakes by Carousel
192 East Ridgewood Avenue
Ridgewood, NJ
(next to the movie theater)
201-389-3090

Ridgewood Hours:
Monday: 10 to 6
Tuesday: 10 to 9
Wednesday: 10 to 6
Thursday: 10 to 9
Friday: 10 to 9
Saturday: 10 to 9
Sunday: 11 to 3:30

After selling 7″ and 10″ cakes wholesale for almost 30 years, we decided that it’s time to branch out from the family bakery business, founded by our father in 1965, and open a sister company, Cupcakes by Carousel in Ridgewood, New Jersey to sell mini-versions of our 7″ and 10″ cake creations.

Carousel Cakes has a long history of making fine desserts; we sell our cakes to more than 700 restaurants in the tri-state area. Local restaurants and gourmet grocers include Zeytinia Fine Food Marketplace in Oakland and Englewood, Aldo & Gianni Ristorante in Montvale, Valentino’s of Park Ridge, the Clinton Inn Hotel in Tenafly. Manhattan customers include Zabar’s, the private Friars Club, EJ’s Luncheonette and the American Museum of Natural History.

Ridgewood is a wonderful town, and we are so happy to be here right next to the movie theater. We offer a full range of cupcakes for kids of all ages. We have mousse-filled cupcakes, baby cakes sold by the dozen and tons of flavors to choose from. Also, traditional frosted cupcakes and those piled high with crumbled cookies or candy. We have cupcake versions of Carousel’s different lines of white, mousse and chocolate cakes and the red velvet cake that made it onto Oprah Winfrey’s “O” list!

Our family warmly welcomes you to our little cupcake shop. Our goal is to bring a big smile to everyone who comes to visit us, and keep you coming for many yummy years to come.

https://www.cupcakesbycarousel.com/about.html

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>Glen Rock, Ridgewood police report luring incidents

>Glen Rock, Ridgewood police report luring incidents
Monday November 28, 2011, 11:58 AM
BY RICHARD DE SANTA
STAFF WRITER
Glen Rock Gazette

The Glen Rock Police Department reported four new instances of males in vehicles approaching and in some cases propositioning females walking or jogging alone.

The Saturday, Nov. 26 incidents, occurring in Glen Rock and Ridgewood, were reported to the respective police departments between 9:30 and 11 a.m.

In a weekend advisory released to local school district officials and the Glen Rock Gazette, Police Capt. Jon Miller stated that the department’s detective bureau does not presently believe the new incidents are related to three recent cases of drivers accosting young girls walking in Glen Rock, Allendale and Montvale.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/134608108_Glen_Rock__Ridgewood_police_report_luring_incidents.html

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>Important Notice from Ridgewood Public Schools

>Important Notice from Ridgewood Public Schools

Dear Ridgewood Parent or Guardian,
The attached notice from the Ridgewood Police Department regards two incidents that occurred recently in Allendale and Montvale. Although no such incidents have been reported in Ridgewood at this time, I am bringing this report to your attention as a precautionary measure. The safety of the children is the top priority of Ridgewood Public School officials. As always, please do not hesitate to report any suspicious activity to your school principal or to the Ridgewood Police Department, and please encourage your children to do the same.

 Daniel Fishbein, Ed.D.Superintendent of Schools

https://tinyurl.com/8acyxlc

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>Many "STEP UP" for Bergen freeholder

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At least 9 Republicans file to run for Bergen freeholder

Midnight marks the deadline for potential freeholder, county executive and sheriff candidates to file letters of intent with the Bergen County Republican Organization. With less than seven hours to go before the deadline, nine have filed to compete for the party nod for three freeholder seats, two for sheriff and just one for the county’s top post.

“I personally have never seen this kind of number,” said Bergen County Republican chairman Bob Yudin. “It’s very good – it’s encouraging. Its shows how vibrant the BCRO is now. It shows a rekindling of interest. It’s an excellent number of people, many of them elected or former elected officials.” Republicans, fresh from picking up two freeholder seats in November, can take control of the freeholder board if they win all three seats that are up this year.

Competing for a chance to run for freeholder are John Felice, a former River Edge councilman and son of former Assemblyman Nicholas Felice; John Mitchell, an independent consultant who has run unsuccessfully for council in Cliffside Park several times; Raymond Herr, a former Fairview councilman and a candidate for Bogota council last year; Jeff Bader, a councilman from Woodcliff Lake; Rosina Romano, the former mayor of South Hackenack; Frank Valenzuela, the mayor of Rochelle Park; John Criscione, a former Fort Lee councilman; Maura De Nicola, the mayor of Franklin Lakes; and Ken Tyburczy, the chairman of the Bergen County Young Republicans. A tenth candidate, Montvale resident Arthur Lavis – who ran for freeholder in last year’s primary on gubernatorial candidate Steve Lonegan’s line – has also submitted a letter of intent. But Yudin said that he has not yet filled out a statement naming Yudin as the campaign manager for the purposes of bracketing – a precondition to run in the convention. “As far as I’m concerned, my position is that he hasn’t completed his application,” said Yudin. (Friedman, PolitickerNJ)

https://www.politickernj.com/matt-friedman/36512/least-9-republicans-file-run-bergen-freeholder

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>A non-binding ballot question in November about the reopening of Pascack Valley Hospital?

>My questions: WHY our Council hasn’t done so as the other Councils did? Isn’t Ridgewood, va the Valley, directly linked to this??

The REQUEST DEADLINE IS TOMORROW AT 10 AM!!

Votes set on reopening of hospital
Thursday, August 20, 2009
The Record

Many towns in northeastern Bergen County will have a non-binding ballot question in November about the reopening of Pascack Valley Hospital.

Councils in 11 towns — River Vale, Park Ridge, Montvale, Oradell, Hillsdale, Washington Township, Old Tappan, Northvale, Harrington Park, Emerson and Westwood — have approved resolutions asking for the ballot question. Closter was to hold a special meeting about it Wednesday night.

The question asks whether voters favor the expenditure of “resources through the attendance and participation at public hearings or other proceedings by municipal officials in support of the application” by Hackensack University Medical Center to reopen the Westwood site as a 128-bed community hospital.

The deadline for the towns to request the addition to the ballot is Friday at 10 a.m.

— Lindy Washburn

https://www.northjersey.com/news/health/hospitals/53759887.html

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>Cupcakes by Carousel Opens in Ridgewood, N.J.

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https://lizjohnson.lohudblogs.com/2009/07/08/cupcakes-by-carousel-opens-in-ridgewood-nj/

The new cupcake shop by Carousel Cakes of Nanuet opened on July 1 at 192 East Ridgewood Ave., Ridgewood, N.J. 201-389-3090. Hours: Open every day at 10AM, late nights Tuesday, Friday and Saturday.

Taking a chance on a new business in a recession takes a lot of confidence. But Carousel Cakes is sure that their new venture, Cupcakes by Carousel, will be a big success.

After selling 7” and 10” cakes wholesale for almost 30 years the owners of Carousel Cakes Nancy and David Finkelstein and Nancy’s brother Howy Lefkowitz never thought they’d become a retail enterprise. The family decided that it’s time to branch out from the family bakery business, founded by their father in 1965, and open a sister company, a cupcake shop in Ridgewood, New Jersey to sell mini-versions of their 7” and 10” cake creations.

Coming Soon to Ridgewood, NJ. Our new Cupcakes by Carousel store!
“Cupcakes are hot!” says Nancy Finkelstein, co-owner and director of sales and marketing for Carousel Cakes “There are no retailers in Bergen County that just sell cupcakes, and many of our cupcakes customers will be converted into cake customers. Cupcakes will provide customers an entrée into our cake business. Buying a cupcake is an easy and inexpensive way to sample a Carousel Cake, once they’ve tried our cupcakes they’re sure to come back to purchase one of our 7” or 10” cakes for those special occasions, weddings, birthdays and holidays. Cupcakes by Carousel is a natural extension of our wholesale cake business.”
Carousel Cakes has a long history of making fine desserts; they sell their cakes to more than 300 restaurants in the tri-state area. Local restaurants and gourmet grocers include Zeytinia Fine Food Marketplace in Oakland and Englewood, Aldo & Gianni Ristorante in Montvale, Valentino’s of Park Ridge, the Clinton Inn Hotel in Tenafly. Manhattan customers include Zabar’s, the private Friars Club, EJ’s Luncheonette and the American Museum of Natural History.

There will be a cupcake version of Carousel’s red velvet cake, one of Oprah’s “O” List favorites
Cupcakes by Carousel now offering a full range of cupcakes. We have mousse-filled cupcakes, mini-cupcakes sold by the dozen and jumbo cupcakes for two. Also traditional frosted cupcakes and those piled high with crumbled cookies or candy. We have cupcake versions of Carousel’s different lines of white, mousse and chocolate cakes and the red velvet cake that made it onto Oprah Winfrey’s “O” list of her favorite things in her magazine’s February 2007 issue. The company became famous after the Oprah Winfrey magazine placement, receiving 1,500 orders that month for its new red velvet cake, a mild chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting.
By sampling the mini-versions of Carousel Cakes’ 7” and 10” cakes, there’s no doubt that the cupcake customers will come back again for cakes.

Grand Opening Cupcakes by Carousel Ridgewood, NJ

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https://lizjohnson.lohudblogs.com/2009/07/08/cupcakes-by-carousel-opens-in-ridgewood-nj/

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the Best of Bergen from 201 Magazine

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https://www.201.net/resources/Best+of+Bergen+2009

Best of Bergen 2009

Best Downtown Shopping
Ridgewood
Many of Bergen’s 70 communities have bustling downtown shopping districts, but Ridgewood, with its long avenue of boutiques, restaurants and parks, was chosen the favorite. The downtown, notes Tara Diamond-Kule of Glen Rock, “mixes ‘mom-and-pop’ with nationwide-chain shopping in a great balance.” Diamond-Kule also praises the diversity of food offerings to suit every palate. “Every age group can find something to do, eat or buy in downtown Ridgewood, from going to the movies, getting their hunger sated, or buying a new outfit for a night out.”

Runners-Up: Englewood, Westwood

Best Fireworks
Ridgewood Fourth of July
Whether viewed from Vets Field, Van Neste Square Park or the west side of the railroad tracks, Ridgewood’s fireworks continue to delight for this annual Independence Day tradition. “When our children were young,” recalls Barbara Baum of Montvale, “our family’s 4th of July celebration included a drive into Ridgewood to watch the town’s spectacular fireworks.” Way to light up the faces of young and old!

Best Homemade Ice Cream
Van Dyk’s Ice Cream, Ridgewood
Tucked away in a residential neighborhood of Ridgewood, Van Dyk’s continues to draw ice cream lovers throughout the seasons. Sensational scoopers pile cones and cups high with favorite flavors of choice. Village resident Randy Carson screams for his Van Dyk’s ice cream, which he calls “an outstanding product.” And, like many in this age of the franchise, Carson says he prefers to support family businesses like this one, whose roots on Ackerman Avenue date back more than a century.

Best Chinese Food
Baumgart’s, Edgewater, Englewood and Ridgewood locations
A surprise win this year for Best Chinese Food is Baumgart’s. A three-time winner for Best Kid-Friendly Restaurant, Baumgart’s has, increasingly, captivated the attention of Chinese-food lovers across Bergen. Renee Missbach of Ridgewood waxes eloquent about the homemade noodles (not to mention the homemade ice cream). “Baumgart’s has the most fresh and delicious Chinese food around. Whether it be a quick dinner or a special occasion celebration, it’s our family’s favorite place to eat!”

Best Coffeehouse
Ridgewood Coffee Company, Ridgewood
While ownership of this popular coffee house has changed over the years, there’s certainly no discontent brewing about the quality and popularity of the offerings. Java junkies still flock to the downtown Ridgewood gathering spot for a consistently good cup of joe and some lively conversation. “What it lacks in room or atmosphere, it makes up for in its great coffee,” says Caryn Starr-Gates of Fair Lawn. “The beans are roasted to perfection,” adds Starr-Gates, who also likes the dessert selections. And village resident Jeanette LaRocco applauds the “wonderful small-town feel of a place where they get to know their customers personally and make you feel like they do – even if you’re not a regular.”

Best Gift Shop
Happy Tuesday, Ridgewood
The owners of this eclectic gift shop will be mighty happy to learn that they have reclaimed the top spot in this competitive category. Andrea Glanz of Ho-Ho-Kus calls Happy Tuesday “the kind of store that you can always find something in – I never leave empty handed. Whether it’s holiday decorations, a hostess gift, new baby, teacher, wedding or birthday, they have the perfect thing for every occasion,” she says. “I love shopping there!”

https://www.201.net/resources/Best+of+Bergen+2009

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>Teaneck fires township manager in late-night vote

>THE RECORD

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

BY JOSEPH AX

TEANECK — The Township Council fired Township Manager Helene Fall in a surprise move Tuesday, faulting her leadership style and reluctance to listen to other viewpoints.

The vote to fire Fall came at 11:29 p.m., after a lengthy closed- session discussion.

Fall took part in some of that discussion about her job, but left the building before the vote was taken without commenting.

Mayor Kevie Feit, Deputy Mayor Lizette Parker, Councilwoman Barbara Toffler, Councilman Mohammed Hameeduddin and Councilman Elie Katz voted to fire Fall. Councilman Adam Gussen and Councilwoman Monica Honis voted against the move.

The resolution to fire her stated that the council had “lost confidence” in Fall, who “has been unwilling” to try new ideas.

Municipal Clerk Lissette Aportela will serve as acting manager until the council hires Fall’s replacement.

Fall will be suspended with pay for 30 days until the effective date of her dismissal. After that she will be paid three months’ salary.

The decision comes just weeks after the town was hit with a $4.1 million jury verdict in the latest of a string of harassment lawsuits in recent years. It also comes just two days before the town’s first public meeting on the 2009 budget, which Fall put together.

Mayor Kevie Feit said the decision was a difficult but necessary for the future of the town.

“From my perspective, it’s definitely been something that’s been brewing,” he said. “It goes to the issue of, are we going to keep doing things the same way and expect different results?”

Gussen criticized the majority of the council for letting Fall go just as the budget season begins.

“To take this action leaves us without the person that put together the budget, and that troubles me,” he said.

But Feit said the council could attend to the budget without Fall.

“It’s never the right time,” he said of the decision to fire a manager. “But we can handle it.”

Three weeks ago, John Shouldis, a former police officer, won a $4.1 million judgment in a 2006 lawsuit that alleged he had been harassed after he testified for a fellow officer in her own harassment suit.

That officer was Diane Mancini, who eventually received a $1.1 million settlement in 2004 after years of legal wrangling.

The Shouldis verdict led the town to establish an investigative committee last week with subpoena power to examine potential ongoing discrimination and harassment issues.

The committee, the second in three years tasked with looking into the town’s employment practices, consists of Feit, Parker and Katz.

Other recent cases include a series of lawsuits from firefighter Bill Brennan, who agreed to an $800,000 settlement in 2005, and a racial discrimination lawsuit from former firefighter Harold Harmon, who received a $750,000 settlement in 2007.

Last week, former firefighter Matthew Vogelman claimed to be the victim of a hostile work environment and anti-Semitic remarks as a result of his support for Brennan in a federal lawsuit filed in Newark.

While noting that he is legally barred from discussing the specific reasons for Fall’s firing, Feit said that the lawsuits were part of the discussion.

Fall, the town’s first female manager, was born and raised in Hackensack. She first worked in Teaneck in the 1980s as an assistant to the longtime manager Werner Schmid.

She returned in 1998 after stints in Bernards Township in Somerset County and in Montvale and served as the deputy manager under Gary Saage for two years before taking over the town’s day-to-day operations. The council did not interview other candidates and praised Fall for her professionalism.

“What I’ve been most impressed with is her level of integrity and knowledge that the town will be hard-pressed to replace,” Gussen said Tuesday.

Fall has said that she hoped to finish her career in Teaneck, where she lives with her husband.

In her early years as manager, she clashed repeatedly with the police and fire unions, leading the council in 2006 to appoint an investigative committee to look into accusations of retaliation and harassment.

Fall received support from a number of supervisors and department heads, who defended her job performance. The committee made some recommendations but did not fund all of them.

Fall and Tiernan said they were never told of the specific allegations against them nor given an opportunity to defend themselves.

Tuesday’s resolution was not part of the agenda but was added by special vote at the end of the meeting’s regular agenda.

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>Change of Use

>Proposed Ordinance – Site Plan Approval for Change of UseThe proposed ordinance regarding Site Plan Approval for Change of Use would require site plan approval for any change of use. A change of use is a material change in the character or intensity of a use, such that there is the potential for different impacts to the site, neighborhood or community. For example, a restaurant that originally serves dinner only, but later changes to add live entertainment, could be considered a change of use, since it would create issues related to traffic and parking, noise impacts, etc.This type of ordinance has been implemented in Allendale, Montvale, Oakland, Teaneck and Westwood. Click here for the draft ordinance.

the Fly on the Wall has told the Ridgewood blog that this ordinance could damage property values in down town Ridgewood as well as merchants .

Readers sound off……

So who cares if 5 other nearby municipalities have similar ordinances? What’s the real issue here? What happened, or does the Council think will happen, if this ordinance isn’t adopted? Property owners will suffer tremendously if this ordinance is passed. However, the Village’s land use planner and local attorneys will gain – more billable hours! It’s frustrating enough now to get through the zoning process. Why add yet another layer of bureaucracy? What a way to run a Village!

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>Update: No More Banks

>The Planning Board is recommending to the Village Council that a new ordinance be considered. It would require site plan approval for any change of use. A change of use is a material change in the character or intensity of a use, such that there is the potential for different impacts to the site, neighborhood or community. For example, a retail clothing store being converted to a bank could be considered a change of use, since it would create issues related to traffic and parking, noise impacts, etc.This type of ordinance has been implemented in Allendale, Montvale, Oakland, Teaneck and Westwood. Click here <https://www.ridgewoodnj.net/pdf/manager/DraftOrd51106.pdf> for the draft ordinance.