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Insurance can ease stress, and cause it, for property owners struggling to rebuild lives

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Insurance can ease stress, and cause it, for property owners struggling to rebuild lives
SATURDAY DECEMBER 22, 2012, 11:40 PM
BY KAREN SUDOL STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD

Dan and Gina McDonnell have been told that their insurance will cover replacement of the floors in their Seaside Heights summer home that was filled with as much as 4 inches from Sandy’s surge.

But the torn fence outside their nearby rental apartment? Not covered. Improvements mandated post-Sandy to storm-proof their air conditioning system? Also not covered.

Navigating the often-frustrating and time-consuming maze of their flood and homeowners’ policies is proving to be a job in itself for the couple, said Gina McDonnell, whose main residence is in Oakland.

“Even though we don’t have as much to do as rebuilding an entire house, there is a lot of red tape to go through and it’s stressful,” she said.

The storm left the couple’s ranch-style summer home on Sumner Avenue in Seaside Heights with as much as 4 inches of brackish water in various rooms. Carpets from three bedrooms and the enclosed front porch were removed and furniture cleared. Many waterlogged items could not be salvaged and were placed curbside.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/Insurace_can_ease_stress_and_cause_it_for_property_owners_struggling_to_rebuild_lives.html

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Fiscal Cliff Tax increases could factor in MLB negotiations

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Fiscal Cliff Tax increases could factor in MLB negotiations
By RONALD BLUM

Team executives and agents wandered into the Agave Sunset lounge at the resort where the general managers’ meetings were held in Indian Wells, Calif. Four of the six flat-screen televisions were showing election coverage, with the other two turned to sports.

President Barack Obama’s victory over Mitt Romney was of as much interest to baseball’s money men as the game scores, given the millions of dollars routinely guaranteed in player contracts these days.

As free agents negotiate deals this offseason, tax policy is an area that comes up along with the usual issues. Some players are wrangling for as much money as they can get before the end of the year to avoid a take hike in 2013.

“Front-loading would make sense if at all possible as tax rates will definitely go up on January 1st on all high-income taxpayers,” agent Greg Genske said in an email. “The only question is HOW MUCH will the rates increase????”

This much is known for now: Starting Jan. 1, there is an additional 0.9 percent Medicare tax on wages above $200,000 for individuals and $250,000 for married couples filing jointly under the federal Affordable Care Act, a rise to 2.35 percent.

In addition, the Bush tax cuts are scheduled to expire at the end of the year, which could raise the highest marginal federal tax rate from 35 percent to 39.6 percent — although a deal between Obama and Congress could change that.

Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane figures agents will be on top of the changes — but the results of negotiations about the so-called fiscal cliff are unpredictable.

Read more: https://www.myfoxny.com/story/20169524/tax-increases-could-factor-in-mlb-negotiations#ixzz2D9J9Drwe

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The county’s two Democratic freeholders have scheduled a trio of dates on their “listening tour”

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The county’s two Democratic freeholders have scheduled a trio of dates on their “listening tour” to hear from residents on the controversial proposal to merge the county police department with its sheriff’s office
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At the meeting in Oakland last evening, we understand there were few attendees, some of who said that they didn’t even know about this and didn’t know the issues ???*How do they know of the event but not the subject??? *There is concern that there is a side agenda to these meetings;
* No meetings are scheduled in the southern end of Bergen – why is that???? * Is this a real listening tour and who is listening to whom?

BERGEN COUNTY – The county’s two Democratic freeholders have scheduled a trio of dates on their “listening tour” to hear from residents on the controversial proposal to merge the county police department with its sheriff’s office.

David Ganz (D-Fair Lawn) and Joan Voss (D-Fort Lee) had announced their intentions to embark on the tour last month, prior to a vote on whether the county should hold a non-binding referendum on the consolidation in November.

Ganz and Voss been among the most vocal backers of the referendum and the proposed merger, both of which have caused a deep divide between officials in the county – including the freeholders and County Executive Kathleen S. Donovan.

The ballot question, authorized by a 4-2 vote by the board earlier this month, remains scheduled to coincide with Election Day Nov. 6.
However, Donovan has filed a lawsuit that claims the board overstepped their authority by authorizing the merger earlier this month, and aims to stop the referendum before any ballots are cast.

Today, Ganz and Voss announced that the tour will kick off on Aug. 27 at the Oakland Senior Center.

That will be followed by dates at the
Northvale Borough Hall on Aug. 30.
Each of the meetings is scheduled for 6 p.m.

“We have already heard from the Sheriff, the County Police, the Prosecutor, the County Executive, and some of our colleagues on the Freeholder board,” Ganz said in a statement. “It’s time to hear what the people of Bergen County have to say.

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Northwest Bergen County History Day Tour on May 19 from 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m

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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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>Garrett Announces 2012 Service Academy Nominees

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Garrett Announces 2012 Service Academy Nominees
Apr 5, 2012

MAHWAH, NJ – Rep. Scott Garrett (NJ-05) is proud to announce the nomination of 39 5th District high school students to United States service academies, including the Military Academy at West Point, the Naval Academy at Annapolis, the Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point and the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs. This year’s nominees were honored by the Congressman at a ceremony at Ramapo College in Mahwah on Saturday, April 1st.

“I want to congratulate this year’s nominees and commend them for their hard work, perseverance and dedication during this year’s nominating process,” said Garrett after honoring the nominees. “If admitted, our prestigious service academies will develop these young men and women into some of our country’s greatest leaders.  No matter what the future holds, I am proud of their selfless dedication to serving our great country.  I wish the applicants all the best as they continue with the application process.”

Applications to the Military Academy, the Naval Academy, the Air Force Academy and the Merchant Marine Academy require a nomination by a Congressman or a Senator, however, the Congressional nomination does not guarantee acceptance.  To assist with the nomination process, Congressman Garrett established an esteemed committee of military and civic leaders that interviewed potential nominees, reviewed their applications and made recommendations.  Click here for more information about Congressman Garrett’s nomination process.

Below is a complete list of the nominees by academy:

United States Military Academy at West Point      
Brian Bandstra – Midland Park, Midland Park High School
Christopher Bascomb – Oradell, River Dell Regional High School
Kaitlin Gaffney – Oakland, Indian Hills High School
Kristen Gray – Park Ridge, Park Ridge High School    
Michael Killian – Hillsdale, Pascack Valley High School
Insoo Kim – Demarest, Northern Valley Regional High School
James M.  Lee – Ridgewood, Ridgewood High School                        
Grant Mallalieu – Midland Park, Academy for Business and Finance
Tara Mastriano – Saddle River, Northern Highlands Regional High School
Hope Yi – Allendale, Academy for Business and Finance

United States Naval Academy at Annapolis                              
Zachary Hirsch – Wyckoff, Ramapo High School            
Jody Lamb – New Milford, Hawthorne Christian Academy                          
James D. Lee – Franklin Lakes, Indian Hills High School    
Elizabeth McCarty – Ringwood, Immaculate Heart Academy                                  
Francis Paleno – Ridgewood, Ridgewood High School      
Samuel Redwood – Hamburg, Pope John XIII High School    
Jack Smith – Phillipsburg, Phillipsburg High School              
Rebecca Skovira – Park Ridge, Park Ridge High School                
Dong Jin “David” Suh – Ridgewood, Ridgewood High School
William Zoeller – Allendale, Northern Highlands Regional High School          

United States Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs                        
Eric Almberg – River Edge, River Dell Regional High School          
Andrew Bell – Wyckoff, Ramapo High School
Andrew Boman – Montvale, Don Bosco Prep      
Kevin Chmiolek – Wyckoff, Don Bosco Prep
Thomas Darragh – Hamburg, Wallkill Valley Regional High School                      
Gregory Geuecke – Columbia, North Warren Regional High School  
Ryan Kowal – Waldwick, Waldwick High School
Sean Lindenau – Dumont, Dumont High School            
Grant Van Orden – Wyckoff, Don Bosco Prep      
Mark Vaccarro – Allendale, Northern Highlands Regional High School

United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point                      
Jake Aronson – Upper Saddle River, Pascack Hills High School                      
Andrew Boman – Montvale, Don Bosco Prep                      
Christopher Dykes – Wyckoff, Don Bosco Prep
Joseph Galica – Sussex, Pope John XIII High School
Glenn Gavan – Newton, Pope John XIII High School
Hanna Jansson – Haworth, Academy of the Holy Angels
Nichlas Picache – Upper Saddle River, Northern Highlands Regional High School
Gordon Pisani – Phillipsburg, Belvidere High School
Christopher Sarao – Sandyston, Pope John XIII High School
Tyler Symons – Harrington Park, Northern Valley Regional High School

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>Cupcakes by carousel in Ridgewood : Big Sweet JUMBO Cupcake

>Big Sweet JUMBO Cupcake

Happy New Year!!!

Both cupcakes by carousel in Ridgewood and in Englewood, NJ and Carousel Cakes in Nanuet retail outlet are starting out the new year with a big, sweet JUMBO cupcake cake. This JUMBO cupcake will be in stock in 3 flavors chocolate, vanilla, and red velvet cake, or can be special ordered for birthday parties, etc. in custom colors and fillings. The cupcake feeds 14-20 people.

Cupcakes by carousel in Ridgewood
192 E Ridgewood Ave  Ridgewood, NJ 07450
(201) 389-3090

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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>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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>Riot police fire projectiles, arrest dozens of Occupy Oakland protesters

>Riot police fire projectiles, arrest dozens of Occupy Oakland protesters

Riot police from a number of Bay Area departments fired tear gas and other projectiles early Thursday and arrested dozens of demonstrators to break up Occupy Oakland protests that had drawn thousands of participants Wednesday.

Officers moved in near the City Hall encampment where tents re-sprouted after officials last week ordered them razed. The police action came after a predominantly peaceful day of protest that attracted more than 7,000 people of all ages and left-leaning political stripes.

The evening appeared to be winding down peacefully when protesters declared victory at the Port of Oakland at 9 p.m.  Wednesday — after authorities confirmed that a shift scheduled to start work at 7 p.m. had been canceled. But as demonstrators amassed again at the City Hall plaza, the situation devolved.

https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/11/occupy-oakland-tear-gas-arrests.html