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Attempted luring of two eight year old girls in Old Tappan

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Attempted luring of two eight year old girls in Old Tappan
May 11, 2012
the staff of the Ridgewood blog

( Ridgewood NJ) In a letter dated May 10 2012 Superintendent of School Daniel Fishbien reported that the district had received notice of an attempted luring of two eight year old girls in front of their elementary school in Old Tappan .

The Tappan police are seeking for questioning a tan Caucasian male or possible a dark-skinned Hispanic male in his late 30’s early 40’s driving a dark colored or possible black sedan with Jersey license plates .

Dr. Fishbien went on to emphasize that at this time no similar incidents have been reported in Ridgewood . To steal a phase if you see something say something by calling the Ridgewood Police at 911 or (201)652-3900 and encourage your children to do the same .

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>Ridgewood YWCA Vacation Day program

>Ridgewood YWCA Vacation Day program

The YWCA Bergen County is offering its Vacation Day program for children in grades K-6 from April 2-5 and April 9-13, 2012. Kids will enjoy trips and activities including Planet 301, Giggles, Bounce U, Color Me Mine, movies and bowling, with most trips including lunch.

The YWCA Vacation Day program provides full day care from 7:30 AM to 7:00 PM 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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>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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>AT&T Expands Mobile Broadband Wireless Capacity in Bergen and Essex Counties

>AT&T Expands Mobile Broadband Wireless Capacity in Bergen and Essex Counties

Additional Spectrum Expected to Improve Connectivity and Performance of Mobile Broadband Data and Voice Connectivity

MAHWAH, N.J. and NEWARK, N.J., Sept. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Customers in Bergen and Essex Counties are expected to experience improved mobile broadband coverage and voice performance as a result of continued investment and innovation by AT&T*. The company announced today that it has completed another key initiative in its ongoing efforts to enhance the wireless capacity and performance of its mobile broadband network.

New areas of enhanced network capacity in Bergen County include Allendale, Bergenfield, Emerson, Fairlawn, Franklin Lakes, Glen Rock, Mahwah, Midland Park, Oakland, Old Tappan, Park Ridge, Ramsey, Ridgewood, River Edge, Tenafly, Upper Saddle River and Westwood and also along the Garden State Parkway, Routes 287, 17, 208, and Franklin Turnpike.

New areas of expanded capacity in Essex County include Belleville, Bloomfield, Glen Ridge, Harrison, Irvington, Maplewood, Montclair, Newark, Nutley, and the Oranges. The network was also enhanced in these areas along the Garden State Parkway, Routes 280 and 21, and Springfield Avenue.
AT&T invested more than $400 million in its New Jersey wireless and wireline networks in the first half of 2011.

“Delivering dependable wireless coverage for consumers and businesses needing to stay connected is our ultimate objective,” said J. Michael Schweder, AT&T President New Jersey. “In addition, our recently announced agreement to acquire T-Mobile USA will strengthen and expand our network across New Jersey. If approved, this deal means that we’ll be able to expand the next generation of mobile broadband – 4G LTE – from our current plan of 80 percent of the U.S. population to more than 97 percent.”

The network enhancement adds new layers of frequency, also known as “carriers,” to 124 cell sites in Bergen and Essex Counties to more efficiently manage available spectrum and increase mobile broadband capacity. The expansion helps manage ever-growing demand for mobile broadband services by allocating more network resources for AT&T’s mobile broadband network.

“Our goal is for our customers across the Garden State to have an extraordinary experience. As part of the communities in Bergen and Essex Counties, we’re always looking for new opportunities to provide an enhanced customer experience and our investment in the local wireless network is just one way we’re accomplishing that,” said Tom DeVito, vice president and general manager for AT&T in New Jersey and New York.

AT&T’s mobile broadband network is based on the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) family of technologies that includes GSM and UMTS, the most widely used wireless network platforms in the world. AT&T has the best international coverage of any U.S. wireless provider, providing access to voice service in more than 220 countries and data service in more than 200 countries.

AT&T also operates the nation’s largest Wi-Fi network** with nearly 27,000 hotspots in the U.S. and provides access to nearly 190,000 hotspots globally through roaming agreements. Most AT&T smartphone customers get access to our entire national Wi-Fi network at no additional cost, and Wi-Fi usage doesn’t count against customers’ monthly wireless data plans.

For more information about AT&T’s coverage in New Jersey or anywhere in the United States, consumers can visit the  AT&T Coverage Viewer.

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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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>Editorial: This is a test

>Editorial: This is a test

Monday, March 3, 2008IT’S EVERY student’s fantasy: The teacher who conveys relevant information all semester, guides meaningful class discussion, reinforces learning through regular reviews – and then never forces the issue of how much education is actually occurring by imposing a test.

That’s the dream that Northern Valley Regional High School officials dashed last year when they joined a growing number of North Jersey districts requiring that students in Advanced Placement classes take standardized exams to get credit.

They expected the change to be difficult, and they haven’t been disappointed. With the end of the school year approaching, a crowd of more than 50 students and parents packed a meeting in Demarest last week to protest the change, which affects many of the affluent district’s graduating seniors. Previously, students could take the courses without taking the exams, which are prepared by the College Board in New York.

Parents don’t appreciate the cost – $84 per test – which can mount quickly when a top-achieving senior is enrolled in three, four or more AP classes. Students, not surprisingly, aren’t reveling in the prospect of an extended exam period in the final throes of the school year. And both generations question the value of the test itself, since some competitive colleges no longer grant college credit for AP work.

Fortunately, Northern Valley officials haven’t backed down from their decision: Students who don’t take the AP exam fail the course. Draconian as it may seem, it is the only way districts can validate the merit of AP programs.

What’s been lost in the discussion is that it’s not just the students taking the exam who are being tested. It’s the entire education system, and standardized tests provide a tool for measuring success.

College officials need an objective standard for judging high school performance. As New Jersey’s annual school report cards demonstrate, not all high schools are equal, and the grades given locally are often unsound barometers for judging students from different districts.

Likewise, the national ranking of a district can’t be adequately defined without a common standard for assessment. That’s an issue of vital importance to students at Northern Valley’s high schools in Demarest and Old Tappan, almost half of whom were accepted to the nation’s most competitive colleges last year.

It’s just as critical to residents of eight towns who foot the bill for the high schools and deserve to know whether the 20-plus expensive AP courses are succeeding.

All of this is undercut by a laissez-faire system that allows students to choose whether to take an exam. The number of Northern Valley students enrolled in AP courses has risen to almost 28 percent of the student body, but last year less than half of them took the exams. It’s easy to see how results can be skewed without a requirement that all students – best and worst – take the tests.

Especially in a time of budget shortfalls and increased demands for educational accountability, we can’t wait a lifetime to see how our students are performing. We need to know now, and tests are the best indicators available.