Ho Ho Kus NJ, Train traffic on NJ Transit’s Main and Bergen Lines was halted in both directions through Ho-Ho-Kus on Sunday evening, 12/25 after the adult female driver of a 4-door Acura sedan became disoriented and drove her vehicle onto the tracks just north of the Ho-Ho-Kus train station platform. The vehicle was removed from the tracks by a flatbed tow truck. There was no damage to the tracks and following removal, the vehicle was able to be driven away on its own power. Ho-Ho-Kus PD, Ridgewood PD, and NJ Transit PD officers responded to the incident.
Marc Lightdale , Staff Writer, @MarcLightdale6:12 p.m. EST December 22, 2016
HACKENSACK — A state Superior Court judge denied a motion without prejudice to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a former Northern Valley Regional High School District board member against a Harrington Park couple she says “mischaracterized” her comments on social media.
LAWSUIT: Ex-Northern Valley Regional board member sues couple.
Ridgewood NJ, Hailed as an emerging young talent, Maestro Steven Fox, the 38-year old Music Director of Bergen County’s acclaimed Pro Arte Chorale and other musical organizations has received critical praise in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe and more. Now, as Artistic Director of New York’s Clarion Music Society, he has been nominated for a 2017 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance of the Year, for their recording of Maximilian Steinberg’s Passion Week.
Steven and The Clarion Choir recently travelled on a State Department sponsored tour to St. Petersburg and Moscow for the Russian premiere performances of Steinberg’s long-hidden 1920s liturgical masterwork.
The Pro Arte Chorale congratulates Steven on this significant musical achievement, and is honored to share his talent with our local communities in Bergen County and Northern New Jersey through our concert programs.
Founded in 1964, the Pro Arte Chorale is one of New Jersey’s foremost volunteer choruses and is considered one of the top-ranked regional choruses in America. The Chorale has appeared at such major concert venues as the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and Carnegie Hall, and has performed with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and American Symphony Orchestra.
Pro Arte is committed to supporting local education endeavors and to enriching the lives of its audience and the broader community by exploring a variety of classic musical traditions over more than six centuries, up to and including Opera Choruses, American Spirituals and even Broadway Show Tunes.
To find out how you can become a supporter of Pro Arte or to learn more about its upcoming schedule of performances, visit www.ProArteChorale.org.
Pro Arte Chorale is a nonprofit volunteer chorus of about 50 auditioned members, committed to the public performance of classic choral music in Northern New Jersey and the New York Metropolitan Area. Now in its 53rd consecutive annual concert season, Pro Arte is supported by its operating income and by contributions from individuals, corporations, foundations, and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
By Sara Jerde | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
on November 20, 2016 at 12:24 PM, updated November 20, 2016 at 8:42 PM
RIVER VALE — The mayor of River Vale said he’ll research ways to control the town’s deer population, but he won’t consider a hunt for them, NorthJersey.com reported.
Mayor Glen Jasionowski told the publication that he’d form an advisory committee to research solutions.
“Under my administration, there will never be a hunt in my town,” Jasionowski reportedly said.
The Northwest Bergen Central Dispatch in Ridgewood, NJ, is searching for a Dispatch Center Director. Manage operations and administration of the communications center serving Ridgewood and Glen Rock, as well as other public safety jurisdictions.
Responsible for employee hiring, training, evaluation and disciplinary issues. Oversees all operational features of the Dispatch Center, including maintenance of equipment and records; develops and oversees center’s annual budget.
Minimum of a B.S. in Criminal Justice, Business Administration, Electronic Engineering, or other related field. 2 years prior experience in public safety dispatching, valid CPR cert., Emergency Medical Dispatcher Cert. and Basic Telecommunicator Cert. required. Previous supervisory experience required.
Ridgewood and Glen Rock are both EOE Employers
Send cover letter and resume, including salary requirements to:
Heather Mailander, Acting Village Manager/Village Clerk
Ridgewood Nj, the Bergen County boys lacrosse tournament final is today at 5pm at Mahwah High School featuring Northern Highlands vs. Ridgewood. Ridgewood is the top ranked team in the county with Northern Highlands seeded number 2.
Ridgewood defeated 16-Paramus Catholic in the first round , defeated 8-Ramsey in the quarterfinals
and defeated 4-Bergen Catholic in the semifinals while Northern Highlands defeated 15-Old Tappan in the first round,
defeated 10-Pascack Valley in the quarterfinals,defeated 3-Ramapo in the semifinals.
Ridgewood Players to watch ,Cooper Telesco, Kevin Mollihan, Jack Kiernan, Brett Kennedy, Dylan Peabody, Griffin Peene, Zack Feagles, Patrick Holland, Ted Murphy, Ben Pounds.
North Bergen is poised to file a lawsuit challenging the tax exempt status of Palisades General Medical Center and The Harborage nursing home, whose 8.6-acre campus overlooking the Hudson River is some of the most expensive real estate in the world.
The filing, which the township’s Board of Commissioners approved Wednesday, comes on the heels of a precedent-setting Tax Court decision last summer in which a judge ruled that the non-profit Morristown Medical Center was not entitled to its property-tax exemption because its operations were little different from those of a for-profit company.
The ruling, and a subsequent $15.5 million settlement between Morristown and the hospital, raised the specter of a flood of legal challenges by cash-strapped municipalities seeking property taxes or payments in lieu of taxes from the 63 non-profit hospitals statewide. The state Legislature passed a bill in early January that would have circumvented more lawsuits by requiring non-profit hospitals to contribute financially to their hometowns based on the number of beds they have, but Gov. Christie vetoed it later that month without explanation.
OCTOBER 15, 2015 LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2015, 12:31 AM
BY RODRIGO TORREJON
STAFF WRITER |
FRANKLIN LAKES – OAKLAND SUBURBAN NEWS
Oakland — When leaving home and traveling to an unknown land, there often are myriad reasons why. Freedom. Opportunity. Even survival.
For Sandy Khabbazeh, it was all of the above. Leaving her home in Aleppo, Syria, and her parents and older brother was by no means an easy decision, but it had to be made.
“I would consider myself a strong person because I had a lot of difficulty when I got here,” said Khabbazeh at a panel discussion on the Syrian refugee crisis, held at Ponds Reformed Church on Oct. 6.
The panel discussion was organized so area residents could hear firsthand the dangers and difficulties of being a refugee. Its goals were to elicit their feelings about the crisis and ascertain what they and the government could do to help the refugees.
Khabbazeh is one of the estimated 9.5 million Syrians who have been displaced by the civil war that broke out in 2011. As many as 6.5 million remain internally displaced. Arriving in 2014 on a student visa, Khabbazeh is being hosted by Rev. Nathan S. Busker of Pond’s Church, who moderated the discussion.
“It was about a year ago this month that Sandy knocked on the side door here, where our offices are located, and asked just to come in and pray,” recounted Busker. “From that moment, we began to befriend Sandy and get to know her. In January, she moved in with my family and she’s been there since.”
Upon hearing Khabbazeh and Busker’s story, religious leaders such as Minister Nolan Psalma of Upper Ridgewood Community Church, Imam Mahmoud Hamza of the Muslim Society of Ridgewood and Imam Mohammad Moutaz Charaf of the Elzahara Education Foundation in Midland Park expressed solidarity across religious lines and hoped to help housing refugees through their respective clergies just as Busker has.
The church leaders looked to panelist Robert Pettet, district director for Rep. Scott Garrett (R-5th District), for answers on ways they and their clergies could help, citing the government roadblocks often faced in the sponsorship process.
“If there are folks that come here and are brought here in more than one sponsorship where there’s a group of individuals, it’s not the government’s responsibility, is it?” said Pettet. “It’s ours. Because we are the people.”
While most agreed with personal accountability, no direct answers on the individual sponsorship procedure were offered. Pettet acknowledged his own lack of preparation and emphasized community accountability for the issue. Residents and church leaders pressed the issue, reiterating that their churches are already willing to help.
“I agree with that 100 percent, but if the government doesn’t allow refugees to come, we cannot help,” said Psalma.
HACKENSACK – The whole of New Jersey might be embroiled in casino controversy chaos, but to Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco, the case is clear: any future North Jersey casino should be built in the Meadowlands in his own Bergen County. (Bonamo/PolitickerNJ)
Northern Bergen office vacancies skyrocket as companies flee New Jersey’s Anti Business Climate
MARCH 29, 2015 LAST UPDATED: SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2015, 1:21 AM
BY LINDA MOSS
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
* Shifting preferences are likely to alter the look of many now-empty large corporate campuses
Northern Bergen County, once a magnet for corporations, has lost some of its luster as a number of companies leave the area, sending its office vacancy rate soaring to nearly 40 percent, according to one real estate firm.
In the first quarter so far, the northern corridor of the county, including towns like Montvale and Park Ridge, had 2.25 million square feet of its total 5.8 million square feet of office space unoccupied, according to JLL, a real estate firm with offices in East Rutherford.
That translates to a 39 percent vacancy rate in the quarter, up 70 percent from the year-ago period’s 23 percent, JLL reported.
The Hertz Corp.’s former headquarters in Park Ridge, a 226,000-square-foot property, is on the block after the auto-rental giant’s relocation to Estero, Fla. And Pearson Education’s exit a few months ago from its leafy campus in Upper Saddle River added 475,000 square feet of vacant office space.
“You’ve got almost a million square feet just in Montvale,” said JLL Managing Director Tom Reilly.
Vacancy rates could rise even higher when Mercedes-Benz USA moves its U.S. headquarters from Montvale, where it has three buildings, to Atlanta over the next couple of years. That relocation, announced in January, would add as much as 310,300 square feet of vacant space in the region.
Grand jury indicts North Bergen woman on charges she fatally struck cyclist
February 9, 2015, 2:34 PM Last updated: Monday, February 9, 2015, 2:39 PM
By KIBRET MARKOS
Staff Writer |
The Record
A Bergen County grand jury indicted a North Bergen woman on Monday on charges that she fatally struck a bicyclist in Edgewater last year while driving drunk.
Siobhan Stokley, 40, was arrested after a crash in which she is accused of hitting 61-year-old Tony Tyson of Jersey City with her 2007 Hummer H2 while he was riding his bike along River Road. The crash occurred around 11 p.m. on May 9, 2014, while Tyson was riding his bike in the right lane, authorities said.
Authorities said Tyson was hit from the back and thrown to the pavement, and suffered injuries that left him in critical condition at the Hackensack University Medical Center. Stokley was arrested at the scene and charged with drunk driving and assault by auto, but the charge was upgraded to death by auto when Tyson died two days later.
The indictment returned Monday charges Stokley with one count of death by auto, a second-degree offense that carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison.
North Jersey transportation agency targets efforts to rebuild Bergen, Essex drawbridge
The authority voted Monday to add the Kingsland Avenue Bridge, which connects Lyndhurst and Nutley, on its priority list. It also recommended using $750,000 to fund a study to determine how to rebuild the bridge, which is used by more than 40,000 vehicles daily. (Hayes/The Bergen Record)
Trump protégé’s 100 Mile Fund assists two North Bergen businesses
JULY 27, 2014 LAST UPDATED: SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2014, 9:54 AM BY LINDA MOSS STAFF WRITER THE RECORD
Developer and Donald Trump protégé William “Billy” Procida has for the past few years been mainly focused on financing real estate ventures not far from his home turf. Procida, born and bred in Bergen County, is involved in projects as varied as the rehabbing of apartment buildings in Paterson’s worst neighborhood, redeveloping a landmark hotel in Philadelphia and building hundreds of town houses at the Jersey Shore.
The 52-year-old founder and president of Procida Funding & Advisors LLC in Englewood Cliffs has owned several companies during his career and estimates that he’s been involved in $2 billion worth of projects. He’s now managing the 100 Mile Fund, which lends to middle-market real estate ventures.
The Divine Lorraine Hotel in Philadelphia. A developer is seeking a $31 million loan from Procida to redevelop the hotel, which has been vacant since 1999.
Procida has done well for the fund’s 58 investors — many from Bergen County and even a former Grateful Dead member — and he personally has the biggest chunk of money in the pot. Last week, the fund, which he started in 2011, said second-quarter earnings, which are not audited, rose 16.5 percent on an annualized basis. The fund has lent $51.5 million in the first half of this year. That rate of return and lending to date already surpasses the 100 Mile Fund’s performance for all of last year.
– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/business/lender-thinks-like-builder-1.1057808#sthash.GpR9bgzW.dpuf
Northwest Bergen Central Dispatch May Be In Trouble
July 15,2013
Ridgewood NJ, Well it’s summer 2013 and still things up at Northwest Bergen Central Dispatch located on Garber Square in Ridgewood have been in a downward spiral. Sources say that for starters at least 7 full time employees have resigned in the last 2 months. With staffing levels at minimum / below minimum I was told no one is able to take off. Reasons for the mass exodus has to be the pay rate of low 30s a year for full time employees with no pay structure to follow. It’s been known that the director had to fill in shifts because no one wants to work anymore.
For such a serious and professional place of business something needs to change. I was told the air conditioning hasn’t been working for at least 4 weeks for the current employees and its been between 78-82 degrees inside the call center. They were told to come in shorts and t shirts until it can get fixed. I’m thinking its one thing for the employees to be hot but the hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars of equipment that can overheat in that center, it’s scary to even think about. You would think Ridgewood and Glen Rock who own Central Dispatch would help them out with portable ac units or something to withstand the heat.
Over and over again I hear complaints about this agency and it would be nice for the people to realize how the hero on the other end of the 911 telephones are getting treated. Maybe it’s time to switch up the head staff and get a manager in that place that knows how to function a business!
Northwest Bergen County History Day Tour on May 19 from 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m
May 19, 2012 The Coalition of Northwest Bergen Historical Organizations will host its second Northwest Bergen County History Day Tour on May 19 from 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Eight historical homes and museums will be open to tour and enjoy that day. In honor of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, each historical site will feature a special Civil War era exhibit. Visitors will enjoy learning more about the rich history of NW Bergen County as they stop at the following:
The Schoolhouse Museum in Ridgewood (650 East Glen Avenue)
The Hermitage in HoHoKus (335 North Franklin Turnpike)
The Fell House in Allendale (475 Franklin Turnpike)
The Hopper-Goetschius House Museum in Upper Saddle River (363 East Saddle River Road)
The Old Stone House in Ramsey (538 Island Road)
The Mahwah Museum in Mahwah (201 Franklin Turnpike)
The Van Allen House in Oakland (3 Franklin Avenue)
The Zabriskie House in Wyckoff (421 Franklin Avenue)
Tickets for admission to all eight sites are $10 a person; children under 12 admitted free. Starting April 16, tickets can be purchased through the Coalition’s historical organizations. They will also be on sale at the Schoolhouse Museum in Ridgewood on Thursdays and Saturdays from 1:00–3:00 p.m. and Sundays from 2:00–4:00 p.m. and at Abma’s Farm Market in Wyckoff Monday through Saturday from 8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
To purchase tickets by mail, send a request and self-addressed stamped envelope to The Schoolhouse Museum, 650 E. Glen Avenue Ridgewood, NJ 07450 (make checks payable to the Ridgewood Historical Society.)
Proceeds from the ticket sales will be equally divided among the eight historical homes and museums on the tour. The Coalition will be selling grilled hotdogs and soda at the picnic area at the Hopper-Goetschius House Museum in Upper Saddle River.
Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to learn more about Northwest Bergen County’s history through our wonderful and interesting historical sites. For more information about the day e-mail us info@ridgewoodhistoricalsociety.org.
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