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Rep. Scott Garrett Announces 2014 Congressional Art Competition Winners

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Rep. Scott Garrett congratulates Old Tappan Resident Soyoung Park for taking first place in the 2014 Congressional Art Competition with her piece, “Seeking For True Happiness.”

Rep. Scott Garrett Announces 2014 Congressional Art Competition Winners
May 14, 2014

MAHWAH, NJ – Rep. Scott Garrett (NJ-05) announced the winners of the 2014 Congressional Art Competition.  This year’s top honor went to Old Tappan resident Soyoung Park of Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan for her piece, “Seeking For True Happiness.”  This year’s competition, which boasted 79 entries from 33 Fifth District towns, was hosted by the Ramapo College in Mahwah and was judged by Eva Fazzari from Ramapo College, Gregg Biermann from Bergen Community College, and Meagan Khoury from Sussex Community College. The winners were announced at a ceremony on Saturday, May 10th.

“Congratulations to the winners of the 2014 Congressional Art Competition, this year’s work is both creative and inspired,” said Garrett.  “I commend the students, teachers and parents for encouraging these wonderful pieces of art, and I thank Ramapo College and the group of volunteers who helped to make this year’s competition one of the best we’ve ever had.  I’m looking forward to seeing the winning piece hanging in the U.S. Capitol.”

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.

2014 Congressional Art Competition Winners

1st Place
Student: Soyoung Park
Title: “Seeking For True Happiness”
School: Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan
Hometown: Old Tappan

2nd Place
Student: Laura David
Title: “Alex”
School: Wallkill Valley Regional High School
Hometown: Hamburg

3rd Place
Student: Mark Bastidas
Title “My Mother”
School: Bergenfield High School
Hometown: Bergenfield

4th Place
Student: Kamille Gomez
Title: “Easy Breezy”
School: Bergen County Academies
Hometown: Teaneck

5th Place
Student: Sofia Mirante
Title: Untitled
School: Northern Highlands Regional High School
Hometown: Allendale

6th Place
Student: Julianna Scionti
Title: “Self Portrait”
School: Northern Highlands Regional High School
Hometown: Allendale

7th Place
Student: Adrian Dela Cerna
Title: “Midnight Winter Walk”
School: Bergenfield High School
Hometown: Bergenfield

8th Place
Student: Alyaa Elsaadany
Title: “Jane Doe Thinks Liberty Is Dead”
School: Newton High School
Hometown: Andover

Honorable Mentions

Student: Rachel Young Seo Yoon
Title: “A Thirst for Beauty”
School: Saddle River Day School
Hometown: Norwood

Student: Hannah Kim
Title: “Portrait”
School: Northern Highlands Regional High School
Hometown: Upper Saddle River

Student: Emma Brennan
Title: “Torched”
School: Bergen County Academies
Hometown: Ridgewood

Student: Haine Cho
Title: “Lovebirds”
School: Bergen County Academies
Hometown: Northvale

Student: Jessica Zhu
Title: “Kiss of a Dolphin”
School: Bergen County Academies
Hometown: Montvale

Student: Nico Tolinski
Title: “Whisper”
School: Northern Highlands Regional High School
Hometown: Allendale

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R.H.S. Boys Track & Field: Ridgewood repeats at County Relays

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R.H.S. Boys Track & Field: Ridgewood repeats at County Relays

APRIL 18, 2014    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2014, 12:31 AM
BY MATTHEW BIRCHENOUGH
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

RIDGEWOOD – In its first major test of the young season, the Ridgewood High School boys track and field team responded by taking home the Division A championship at last week’s Jack Yockers Bergen County Relays.

The Maroons matched the lofty expectations placed on them prior to the season by finishing in the top four in 15-of-16 events to score 112 out of a possible 160 points and edge second-place Old Tappan by 11 points for the title.

“What excited me about the team was that we rose to expectations,” said RHS head coach Josh Saladino. “We were the No. 1 team in North Jersey in The Record’s rankings going into it, so the pressure was on our guys and they responded.”

The victory marked the second straight year the Maroons won the meet.

“We were the defending champions, and the kids went into this meet with the expectation and the goal to defend their County Relays championship,” Saladino said. “The kids have been through it before. They knew what to expect.”

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/schools/rhs-repeats-in-division-a-1.998917#sthash.2TVejbqv.dpuf

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Reader says the Ridgewood municipal is budget is well managed and the BOE budget is where the runaway spending is

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Reader says the Ridgewood municipal is budget is well managed and the BOE budget is where the runaway spending is

Do you want to base your conclusions on the faulty FAC report and ignore the fact that the Village provides more services at a lower municipal mil rate than all of the other towns I referred to in my post as #20 that is fine. None of the towns listed there provide garbage pickup, fully staffed fire services, recreation services for kids and seniors or a sewage treatment facility for their residents, that is a fact, and. How that is a union talking point is beyond me.

You claimed that I am only providing half of the story and I am leaving out the property taxpayer’s perspective,” I am a taxpayer, and have been a taxpayer in Ridgewood for many years. If anything is only providing half the story it’s your FAC report. It only tells half the story since it does not even consider the cost to the residents for the Board of Education (BOE). If your report included the BOE then I would have to agree that the largest portion of the Village Tax bill (BOE) has been increased at an alarming rate and is not sustainable.

How do I arrive at that conclusion? Here is the 2011 Bergen County property tax data showing the town – County – total tax levy – % County Taxes – % School Taxes % – Municipal taxes. This is the latest year available on the NJ.com by the numbers web site. There are 70 Municipalities in Bergen County. Below are 18 municipalities that have an equal or greater percentage of their municipal taxes dedicated to the school budget like Ridgewood. The other 51 municipalities have a lower percentage than Ridgewood dedicated to their school budget and a higher percentage number dedicated to their municipal services. Ridgewood’s municipal tax levy is lower than the other 51 Municipalities in Bergen county and is even below the state calculated average of 29%. You can draw your own conclusions from this data however this data clearly shows that the Village municipal budget is very well managed as contrasted with other Bergen County Communities and the overall state average. It also indicates that BOE budget is out of control and unsustainable.

Town – County – tax levy – % County – % BOE – % Municipal

Ridgewood Village Bergen $130,248,198.77 10% 65% 25%

Closter Borough Bergen $42,254,879.89 11% 65% 25%

Demarest Borough Bergen $27,942,242.71 10% 68% 21%

Franklin Lakes Borough Bergen $62,617,871.06 14% 69% 17%

Glen Rock Borough Bergen $59,596,958.87 9% 70% 21%

Harrington Park Borough Bergen $21,819,633.46 10% 69% 22%

Hillsdale Borough Bergen $41,482,921.52 10% 70% 20%

Midland Park Borough Bergen $27,063,090.79 10% 65% 25%

Oakland Borough Bergen $54,044,047.52 9% 65% 26%

Old Tappan Borough Bergen $29,120,723.48 13% 71% 16%

Park Ridge Borough Bergen $35,601,710.17 10% 66% 24%

Ramsey Borough Bergen $72,773,675.42 11% 67% 22%

River Edge Borough Bergen $43,666,177.86 9% 65% 26%

River Vale Township Bergen $43,739,302.11 10% 68% 22%

Tenafly Borough Bergen $86,534,847.47 10% 65% 25%

Upper Saddle River Borough Bergen $46,413,818.76 13% 69% 18%

Waldwick Borough Bergen $37,118,536.98 9% 68% 23%

Westwood Borough Bergen $40,321,173.87 11% 60% 30%

Woodcliff Lake Borough Bergen $38,129,520.22 12% 66% 22%

Statewide total $25,643,843,500.01 18% 52% 29% of 567 municipalities

https://www.nj.com/news/bythenumbers/

This information confirms that the Ridgewood municipal is budget is well managed and the BOE budget is where the runaway spending is since the Ridgewood BOE takes a higher percentage of the total tax bill than 51 other Bergen county municipalities. The FAC report ignores this fact, and therefor is even more faulty than I originally thought.

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YWCA Vacation Day Program – January 20, 2014

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YWCA Vacation Day Program – January 20, 2014

January 20 – Martin Luther King Holiday
YWCA Bergen County January Vacation Day Program Includes Trip to FunPlex in East Hanover, NJ Ridgewood, NJ—December 11, 2013 – YWCA Bergen County is offering its Vacation Day program for children in grades K-6 on January 20, 2014. Trip includes transportation, unlimited foam frenzy & bumper cars, 20 game tokens, pizza and soda. The YWCA Vacation Day program provides full day care from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on designated school holidays. Based at the YWCA’s 112 Oak Street, Ridgewood facility, the program is supervised by the YWCA’s trained child care staff. The fee is $55 per child per day for families that are currently participating in YWCA Before or After School programs, and $75 for non-participating families. Advance registration is required. To register call 201-444-5600, ext. 352 or visit www.ywcabergencounty.org for details and registration forms. YWCA Before and After School Programs are offered at schools in seven Bergen County districts: Allendale, Cresskill, Dumont, Old Tappan, Oradell, Ridgewood, and Westwood. An after kindergarten program is available in Oradell. All programs are licensed by the State of New Jersey, Department of Children & Families.
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Even North Jersey wealthy hit by foreclosures

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Even North Jersey wealthy hit by foreclosures
Sunday, December 1, 2013    Last updated: Sunday December 1, 2013, 3:29 PM
BY  KATHLEEN LYNN
STAFF WRITER
The Record

Nine years after spending millions to build their dream home in Franklin Lakes, Kevin and Cheri Schmidt lost it recently to foreclosure.

The Schmidts have sued their bank, saying it’s to blame for their trouble. The bank declined to comment, saying it doesn’t discuss pending litigation.

Although foreclosures mostly affect lower- and middle-income households, the Schmidts’ story shows that families in upscale towns have also felt the pain of losing a home as the economy and housing market cratered. A check of upcoming foreclosure auctions in Bergen County found properties in Saddle River, Old Tappan and Ridgewood, among other more affluent towns.

According to RealtyTrac, a California company that tracks the foreclosure market, about 4 percent of Bergen County’s current foreclosure cases involve properties valued at over $1 million.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/realestate/233965691_Even_wealthy_hit_by_foreclosures.html#sthash.Qs2PJXtf.dpuf

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In Ridgewood, Park West Tavern’s bartender is reinventing cocktails

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In Ridgewood, Park West Tavern’s bartender is reinventing cocktails
Monday, November 18, 2013
BY  ESTHER DAVIDOWITZ
FOOD WRITER
The Record

Asked what is needed to be a good bartender, Andrew McIntosh, the 35-year-old Old Tappan native, who has been making and pouring drinks at the Park West Tavern in Ridgewood for the past two years and at other bars for a decade, answered, “When I started bartending, you needed four good jokes, to know every sports score, and to perform as a makeshift therapist.” And today, some 12 years later?

“You still need to tell good jokes,” McIntosh said. But a really good bartender nowadays has to have a tad more than a winning personality, he noted. He or she needs to take the profession seriously.

“This is a craft,” the Nanuet, N.Y., resident declared on a recent afternoon before his 8- to 10-plus hour evening shift was to begin. “If you are going to make drinks, make them correctly, the way they should be made. Treat the craft with respect.”

McIntosh certainly does. Watch him behind Park West’s 30-foot-long bar, which he shares with one to two other bartenders depending on the night, and the words “intense” and “methodical” come to mind. “I always say, You are not just making a drink,” said McIntosh. “You’re making a drink with meticulous attention to detail.” He adds, “Make drinks as if you’re making it for yourself or your mother, assuming, that is, you like your mother.”

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/food_dining/232300291_In_Ridgewood__Park_West_Tavern_s_bartender_is_reinventing_cocktails.html#sthash.WYQ1irmH.dpuf

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High-Income Whites Put Booker Over the Top

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High-Income Whites Put Booker Over the Top
By Rick Shaftan | The Save Jersey Blog

It’s not often that a Republican wins Wallington, South Hackensack, Lyndhurst, Ridgefield and Rochelle Park and loses Oradell, Old Tappan, Norwood, Woodcliff Lake and Northvale but that’s what happened in this month’s U.S. Senate election.

Comparing the 2013 special with the 2012 presidential reveals some interesting comparisons.

Statewide, Lonegan ran 4 percent ahead of Mitt Romney – enough to have elected Romney had he run that much better nationwide.  But Bergen County was one place where Lonegan actually ran behind Romney.

That’s news to people South of Route 4 where the former Bogota Mayor exceeded the 2012 Romney percentage by 10 points in Ridgefield, 11 points in Palisades Park, 12 points in Bogota and 16 points in South Hackensack.

But go North of 4 to the traditionally Republican part of the county and there’s a different story.  Lonegan dropped 14 points behind Romney’s 52 percent in Booker’s home town of Harrington Park, 13 points behind Romney’s 63 percent in Old Tappan and 10 points behind Romney’s 57 percent in Woodcliff Lake.

Lonegan’s drop from 28 to 17 percent in Teaneck is heavily caused by a major drop in the GOP vote share among Orthodox Jews. Mitt Romney won 58 percent of the vote in the four big Teaneck Orthodox districts (9, 10, 11 and 12) compared with just 28 percent for Lonegan, turning a 514 vote Obama deficit into a 749 vote Booker margi

– See more at: https://savejersey.com/2013/10/booker-lonegan-bergen-county-results/#sthash.SpE0sR2y.dpuf

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YWCA School Vacation Program – October 14 Children K to 6 Grade

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YWCA School Vacation Program – October 14 Children K to 6 Grade

YWCA’s October Vacation Day Program Includes Trip to Lentini Farm The YWCA Bergen County is offering its Vacation Day program for children in grades K-6 on October 14, 2013. Kids will enjoy a trip to Lentini’s Farm in Newton, NJ. Day’s events will include a corn maze, hay maze, hay ride, apple cider, pumpkins, tire crawl and petting zoo, supervised by YWCA’s trained child care staff. Event is open to families already enrolled in YWCA Before & After School Programs as well as to those who are not.

The YWCA Vacation Day program provides full day care from 7:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on designated school holidays. Based at the YWCA’s 112 Oak Street, Ridgewood facility, the program is supervised by the YWCA’s trained child care staff. The fee is $55 per child per day for families that are currently participating in YWCA Before or After School programs, and $75 for non-participating families. Advance registration is required. To register call 201-444-5600, ext. 352 or visit www.ywcabergencounty.org for details and registration forms. YWCA Before and After School Programs are offered at schools in seven Bergen County districts: Allendale, Cresskill, Dumont, Old Tappan, Oradell, Ridgewood, and Westwood. An after kindergarten program is available in Oradell. All programs are licensed by the State of New Jersey, Department of Children & Families.

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Rep. Garrett Announces Winners of 2013 Congressional Art Competition

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Rep. Garrett Announces Winners of 2013 Congressional Art Competition
Jun 13, 2013

Ridgewood NJ,Rep. Scott Garrett (NJ-05) is proud to announce the winners of the 2013 Congressional Art Competition.  This year’s top honor goes to Teaneck resident and Bergen County Academies senior Shannon Levin.  In total, seventy-seven pieces of art, from students who reside in 32 different towns across the Fifth District, were submitted for this year’s competition.

“Congratulations to the winners and to all the participants of this year’s competition!  Each student submitted excellent pieces and can be very proud of their quality work.  I want to thank the parents and teachers for encouraging these young artists to develop their talents.  I hope all of this year’s participants keep pursuing their dreams and goals, both in art and in every area of life.”

The Congressional Art Competition is an annual event held in every congressional district throughout 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 Building alongside winning artwork from other high school students across the nation.  The second, third, and fourth place winners will have their submissions displayed in Rep. Garrett’s Washington, D.C. and New Jersey offices.

Complete List of Winners:

1st Place
Student:  Shannon Levin
Title:  Crown of Thorns
School:  Bergen County Academies

2nd Place
Student:  Al Weitz
Title:  Doused
School:  Wallkill Valley Regional High School

3rd Place
Student:  Soyoung Park
Title:  Stigma
School:  Northern Valley Regional High School of Old Tappan

4th Place
Student:  Julia Bauer
Title:  Seven Forty-Three
School:  Mahwah High School

5th Place
Student:  Minha Lee
Title:  Mild Melancholia – Portrait of a Clown
School:  Ridgewood High School

6th Place
Student:  Joseph Iovino
Title:  Telephone Pole
School:  Bergen County Academies

7th Place
Student:  Kim Verost
Title:  Classroom Vignettes
School:  Wallkill Valley Regional High School

8th Place
Student:  Kristen Vandenberghe
Title:  Dangerous Journey
School:  Wallkill Valley Regional High School

Honorable Mentions:

Student:  Vanessa Gurski
Title: Lovers Lane
School:  Wallkill Valley Regional High School

Student:  Erica Oh
Title:  Red
School:  Bergen County Academies

Student:  Joanne Son
Title: Deep Breaths
School:  Bergen County Academies

Student:  Logan Moyer
Title:  Untitled 13F
School:  Hackensack High School

Student:  Yang Tian
Title:  Silence
School:  Pope John XXIII Regional High School

Student:  Jacquelyn Elio
Title: Peace In War
School:  Pope John XXIII Regional High School

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Bergen County prosecutors increase pressure in war on heroin with death charges

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Bergen County prosecutors increase pressure in war on heroin with death charges
Wednesday June 12, 2013, 7:42 PM
BY  KIBRET MARKOS AND REBECCA D. O’BRIEN
STAFF WRITERS
The Record

In a clear escalation of the war on the heroin trade and the growing epidemic of overdoses, authorities on Wednesday charged two Bergen County men with causing the “drug-induced death” of an Emerson woman by supplying her with the drugs that led to a fatal overdose.

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From left, Jessie Kurzweil and Christopher Benvenuto appear in court Wednesday.

The decision by Bergen County prosecutors signals a move to go after small-time dealers, using a decades-old law that equates suppliers with killers if the drugs that they placed on the street end up causing a user’s death.

Christopher Benvenuto, 27, of Old Tappan and Jessie Kurzweel, 26, of Closter, were the latest to be charged with “strict liability for drug-induced death” by prosecutors across North Jersey over the last few months. Doreen Leach, 47, of Emerson, died Tuesday of a suspected heroin overdose.

“The local street dealers who think they can get away with probation because they are dealing in small amounts have to understand that, every time they do that, they are risking a substantial amount of prison time,” Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said Wednesday.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/closter/Bergen_County_prosecutors_increase_pressure_in_war_with_heroin.html#sthash.xAYwcti4.dpuf

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Rep. Scott Garrett’s 2013 Service Academy Nominees

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Rep. Scott Garrett’s 2013 Service Academy Nominees
May 29, 2013

Ridgewod NJ,  Rep. Scott Garrett (NJ-05) is proud to announce the nomination of 35 Fifth 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 Congressman Garrett at a ceremony at Ramapo College in Mahwah last month.

“Congratulations to this year’s nominees.  I want to commend each one of these fine, upstanding individuals for their hard work, perseverance, and dedication.  If accepted, I expect 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 for these men and women, I am very proud of their selfless dedication to serving our nation.  I wish each of the applicants all the best.”

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.  The Congressional nomination, however; 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

Austin Bajc—Hackettstown, Seton Hall Preparatory School

Rachel Colvin—Vernon, Vernon Township High School

Kenneth Ehrenberg—Paramus, Paramus High School

Sung Ju Ha—Demarest, Northern Valley Regional High School

James Kim—Norwood, Northern Valley Regional High School

Ryan Kowal—Waldwick, Waldwick High School

Christian Sloan—Allamuchy, Pope John XXIII Regional High School

Kiersten Spencer—Mahwah, Mahwah High School

Alexander Webb—Blairstown, North Warren Regional High School

Andrew Yim—River Edge, River Dell Regional High School

United States Naval Academy at Annapolis

William Bourque—Ho-Ho-Kus, Northern Highlands Regional High School

Caroline Braunstein—Montvale, Pascack Hills High School

Michael Bussow—Layton, Kittatinny Regional HS

Juni Kim—Glen Rock, Bergen County Academies (A.A.S.T.)

Jonathan Lin—Tenafly, Tenafly High School

Aaron McAvey—Ridgewood, Don Bosco Preparatory School

Michael Sagan—Columbia, North Warren Regional High School

Christopher Sarao—Sandyston, Pope John XXIII High School

Brandon Schultz—Andover, Pope John High XXIII School

Shaine Timmins—West Milford, West Milford High School

United States Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs

Kevin Chung—Ridgewood, Ridgewood High School

Matthew Devlin—Ringwood, Morris Catholic High School

Nathaniel Shannon—Midland Park, Midland Park High School

Scott Vande Vrede—Belvidere, Netherlands Reformed Christian High School

Kenneth Ehrenberg—Paramus, Paramus High School

Gregory Geueke—Columbia, North Warren High School

John Hwang—Cresskill, Cresskill High School

Ryan Lee—Demarest, Northern Valley Regional High School

Karl Meier—Washington, Warren Hills Regional High School

Kiersten Spencer—Mahwah, Mahwah High School

United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point

Aaron Brown—Phillipsburg, Phillipsburg High School

Michael Bussow—Layton, Kittatinny Regional High School

Mathew Devlin—Ringwood, Morris Catholic High School

Dong Han Kim—Old Tappan, Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology

Nicholas Gioino—Columbia, North Warren High School

Jack Lippin—Westwood, Bergen Catholic High School

Tara Mastriano—Saddle River, Northern Highlands Regional High School

Brandon Schultz—Andover, Pope John High School XXIII

Brian Vogel—Upper Saddle River, Northern Highlands Regional High School

Vincent Young—Ridgewood, Ridgewood High School

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10 Bergen County schools on list of highest performing in state

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10 Bergen County schools on list of highest performing in state
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
The Record

Ten Bergen County schools are among 57 that New Jersey has deemed to be “Reward Schools,” meaning they were among the highest performing in the state last year, or saw the greatest student gains in passing state tests.

Most of the schools winning the new designation — which the state Department of Education posted online last week with little fanfare — are in affluent communities or are selective magnet schools, such as the Bergen County Academies in Hackensack and Bergen County Technical High School in Teterboro.

The others in the high-performance category include Alpine Elementary School, Lyncrest Elementary School in Fair Lawn, Richard E. Byrd School and Central School in Glen Rock, Charles DeWolf Middle School in Old Tappan and Sicomac Elementary School in Wyckoff. The state said these schools had the highest rates of proficiency on state tests last spring — schoolwide and in various racial and ethnic groups.

Two Bergen schools, Hillside Elementary in Closter and Orchard Elementary in Ridgewood, were deemed to have shown especially high growth for three years.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/197719311_10_Bergen_County_schools_on_list_of_highest_performing_in_state.html

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Ridgewood surges to wrestling tournament championship

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Ridgewood surges to wrestling tournament championship

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2012
BY BRIAN FARRELL
SPORTS EDITOR
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS

FLANDERS — The season got off to a great start Saturday for the Ridgewood High School wrestling team.

Through excellent performances from many individuals in the Maroons’ first year of participation in a tough Mount Olive High School Christmas Tournament, Ridgewood captured the championship of the 13-team field, marking the first time since 2001 that a RHS wrestling team had won a tournament title, last copping the crown at the Mahwah Holiday Tournament.

The other teams in the tournament were host Mount Olive, Middletown North, Madison, Bernards, Mendham, Newton, Kinnelon, Pequannock, Butler, Bloomfield, Old Tappan and New Fairfield, CT.

The Maroons were led by champions Joe Oliva, who pinned in the finals at 126 pounds, Nick Saglimbeni (132) and Stephen Gerdner (145), both of whom prevailed by 1-0 decisions.

https://www.northjersey.com/sports/184378711_Ridgewood_surges_to_wrestling_tournament_championship.html
Congratulations to the RHS Wrestling Team

2012 Mt. Olive Tournament

TEAM CHAMPIONS

2012 Mt. Olive Tournament Varsity Medalists

1st place

Joe Oliva – 126 lbs.

Nick Saglimbeni – 132 lbs.

Stephen Gerdner – 145 lbs.

3rd Place

Kenny Hayes – 138 lbs.

Austin Purritano – 170 lbs.

Michael Antosiewicz – Hwt.

4th Place

Tyler Giovanetti – 106 lbs.

Andrew Moras– 195 lbs.

Sukmin Yoon – 220 lbs.
2012 Mt. Olive TOURNAMENT JV MEDALISTS

1st place

David Park – 126 lbs.

Will Montgomery – 132 lbs.

Robert Rigoglioso – 152 lbs.

2nd place

Joe Regina – 138 lbs.

3rd Place

Joe Sclafani – 126 lbs.

Robby Tarvin – 145 lbs.

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Former Mayor David Pfund is the new Ridgewood Municipal judge

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Former Mayor David Pfund is the new Ridgewood Municipal judge
September 26,2012
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Ridgewood NJ, Its official Phund is the new Ridgewood Municipal judge. In a 3 to 2 vote the Village Council chose former Mayor David Pfund.  He will be sworn in on Monday in Hackensack by a Superior Court Judge.

Here are all of those who were considered:

Warren Clark – now serving as judge in Hillsdale and Old Tappan and currently VOR temporary judge
Richard Joel – no experience; sits on our Planning Board or Board of Adjustment
David Pfund – no experience; former councilperson and mayor
Russel Teschon – now serving as judge in Glen Rock and Wyckoff
Stephen Wellinghorst – former councilperson; previous experience as judge in Woodland Park

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A long-distance move: Relocating to Bergen County

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A long-distance move: Relocating to Bergen County
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2012
BY VIOLET SNOW
SPECIAL TO THE HERALD NEWS
THE RECORD

“This is the sixth move my family has made,” says Steve Klipstein, who recently relocated from Leesburg, Va., to Old Tappan with his wife, Julie, and three children. “This one was probably the most challenging because of all the different towns in Bergen County. It was hard to get a sense of where would be the right place for us.”

A long-distance move can be difficult not only because of the buyer’s unfamiliarity with the new locale but also because past expectations may have to change. Luckily, the Klipsteins had both their own strategy and professional assistance.

Working in the automotive industry, Klipstein says, means that “relocation is standard fare.” He has been bounced from Baltimore to Detroit to Dallas to Virginia, and he began working at Volvo’s North American headquarters in Rockleigh this May, commuting to Virginia on weekends.

https://www.northjersey.com/realestate/169936456_A_long-distance_move__Relocating_to_Bergen_County.html