“As the only statute cited on the original OVOV petition was from Title 40, governing the initiative petition process, the Village Clerk was only compelled to cite concerns within that law in her response. It was not her responsibility to address the requirements of the Title 19 statutes governing the moving of school elections until the petitioners chose to cite N.J.S.A. 19:60-1.1 on their amended petition. The judge chose to ignore that.”
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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood schools are reporting that two individuals from George Washington Middle School have tested positive for COVID19 on November 4th, no other details are available about the individuals . In a letter the District says ,”The District is coordinating closely with public health officials and following CDC, state, and local health department guidance in order to assure the health and safety of our community. Upon conclusion of the investigation, all close contacts were identified and notified. If you have not been notified then your child has not been determined to be a close contact. We clean and disinfect our schools daily. The district is also taking precautions to prevent the introduction and spread of viruses and other germs and is cleaning frequently touched surfaces daily. The status of this situation is fluid, and we are monitoring it closely.”
RIDGEWOOD MUNICIPAL QUESTION Village of Ridgewood Vote For 1
TOTAL (Unofficial total)
YES 7,143
NO 5,055
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By Charles Stampul
It’s been a singular obsession for four years, stopping the reelection of Donald J. Trump by any means necessary. Destroy the ship, sicken the crew, deplete provisions, pollute the ocean… just get that whale!
Those who shared this obsession were happily surprised Wednesday morning, when a seemingly clear victory for Trump turned into a possible loss. But do they understand how this near defeat was achieved and what has been given up? Do they want to know? Can they avoid learning?
Continue reading Congratulations Captain Ahab, Moby Dick is Wounded
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Ridgewood NJ, Can someone please explain why Superior Court Judge Estela M. De La Cruz ordered Village Clerk Heather Mailander to add the One Village One Vote group’s petition to November’s ballot when the petition clearly didn’t include the number of registered voter signatures required by law (NJSA 19:60-1.1)?
Continue reading “One Village One Vote” Petition Issues Return
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Ridgewood NJ, at Monday’s Ridgewood Board of Education meeting Jeff Nyhuis, Assistant Principal of Guidance, Curriculum, and Instruction at Ridgewood High School, presented the Senior Focus program. This is the second year that the high school is running Senior Focus. The goal of this program is to provide consistent information about the college application process to all students and eliminate the need for a private counselor. The high school has a strong guidance department, and our counselors have visited over 400 colleges. Another goal of this program was to increase instructional time. Senior Focus has been built into the schedule so that students are pulled out of their free periods. Finally, Senior Focus is a way to reduce the stress that students experience.
Continue reading Ridgewood High School Senior Focus Program Targets College Application Process
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Ridgewood NJ, Monday night Ridgewood Board of Education meeting presented the Superintendent Search Firm Interviews :
Continue reading Ridgewood Board of Education Superintendent Search Firm Interviews
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Ridgewood NJ, Somerville Elementary School has met the rigorous requirements to achieve Sustainable Jersey for Schools certification. This school forms part of a group of 147 schools that achieved the Sustainable Jersey for Schools certification in 2020.
Continue reading Somerville Elementary School Achieves Sustainability Certification
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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood High School was recently awarded a Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam grant in the amount of $8500.00 to create a “Solar Aqua Tech” portable reusable water-sanitizing bottle. Ridgewood High School is one of 13 high schools nationwide to be selected as an InvenTeam this year.
photos by Boyd Loving
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Ridgewood NJ, In July 2018, after a fire occurred in a classroom at the district’s Willard Elementary School. A subsequent inspection of a “smart plug” installations identified other similar devices at Willard and Orchard Elementary School that exhibited heat damage leading the district to promptly remove the devices in August 2018.
Continue reading Ridgewood Schools Sues Electrical Contractors Over Faulty “Smart Plugs”
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Ridgewood NJ, Fourteen Ridgewood High School students have ranked nationally in the 85th annual event of Le Grand Concours, according to Lisa Narug, National Director of Le Grand Concours. In addition to the medals awarded,
40 students earned honorable mention certificates.
Continue reading Ridgewood High School Students Ranked Nationally in Le Grand Concours
cicero statue
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Ridgewood NJ, The 43rd annual National Latin Examination was administered to over 127,000 students, and Ridgewood High School Latin students garnered 75 awards across the various levels. Several students were also
recognized for noteworthy achievements.
October 26, 2020
To the Editor of The Ridgewood Blog:
Vote NO on Question 4!
Those who proposed this question of combining our Council and Bd of Ed elections have used false reasoning, let alone false facts.
The editorial you ran today regarding Shelia Brogan is a distortion of the facts. It demonstrates that the Ridgewood Blog is unable to be a constructive voice in Village issues. Specifically, you said:
