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Ridgewood NJ, Looks like more slanted coverage of the culture wars by the NJ press corps. This time it’s InsiderNJ’s Fred Snowflack. We’re starting to see a pattern.
Continue reading NJ Press Corps and Its Slanted Coverage of the Public Education Culture Wars
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Ridgewood NJ, this has come up at several Ridgewood Board of Education meetings recently and has been a periodic point of contention over the last 20 years as to the size of the Ridgewood school board.
Continue reading Should the Ridgewood Board of Education Be Expanded ?
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Madison NJ, at the League of Women Voters of Ridgewood candidates forum on several occasions during the evening the audience was told that the school board was not the place to debate state education policy .
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Ridgewood NJ, the League of Women Voters of Ridgewood will host a candidates forum for the Ridgewood Board of Education on Wednesday October 18th.
Continue reading The League of Women Voters of Ridgewood Gets it Right
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Ridgewood NJ, the Ethics Policies of the New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA) include the fact that any board member with an immediate family member or relative who is employed in the district may not participate in any aspect of negotiations, nor may that board member vote on the approval of the MOA (Memorandum of Understanding). To do so would amount to a violation of N.J.S.A.18A:12-24(b) and (c). According to the NJSBA definition, a domestic partner is considered to be a relative. A domestic partnership is a relationship, usually between couples, who live together and share a common domestic life, but are not married (to each other or to anyone else).
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Ridgewood NJ, the League of Women Voters of Ridgewood will host a candidates forum for the Ridgewood Board of Education on October 18th. Questions from the audience can be accepted at the Forum that evening, or sent to [email protected]. up to 48 hours prior (7:00 p.m. 10/16/23). There are seven candidates running . Questions are important , the Village seems to always get bit by the questions no one asks . The other issue for many Ridgewood residents was the Leagues efforts to help eliminate the “School Budget Vote ” ,taking away one of the key corner stones of community involvement in the Ridgewood School System . This effort would seem to have invalidated the purported purpose the League of Women Voters of Ridgewood’s existence.
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Ridgewood NJ ,the transition from the “one village one vote” referendum, shifting the school board election from April to November, presented a unique challenge. Following the advice of the school board attorney, the board decided to skip the November 2022 election. However, an unintended consequence emerged as all three members who had run in November 2021 were elected for three-year terms, instead of having one member serve a one-year term to maintain the required annual school board election cycle under New Jersey law. To rectify this, there is a proposal to hold an election in November 2024, with one seat for a one-year term and two seats for three-year terms, thereby reestablishing a more balanced 2-2-1 election cycle, which aligns with the state’s requirement for annual school board elections. This adjustment aims to ensure a fair and consistent election process for the school board moving forward.
Men’s High School 1x gold-medal rower William Nasr (photo courtesy of M. Riedel)
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Lyndhurst NJ, on their home course, Ridgewood Crew rowers powered to nine podium finishes at Sunday’s Head of the Passaic Regatta, a 4,150-meter head course meet co-hosted by the Passaic River Rowing Association and Nereid Boat Club. Ridgewood’s final medal tally included two golds, three silvers, and four bronzes.
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Ridgewood NJ, on Saturday, October 14, 2023, the Ridgewood Varsity Boys Football team secured a thrilling victory against Montclair High School with a score of 30-24 in overtime. Despite the rainy weather, the Maroons orchestrated a remarkable comeback. Turnovers played a pivotal role in the game, as Montclair’s errors, including key interceptions and fumble recoveries, allowed the Maroons to regain momentum, thwart Montclair’s drives, and ultimately seal their opponent’s fate. It was a remarkable display of resilience and strategic play that led to Ridgewood’s well-earned triumph.
Continue reading Interception Leads to Stunning Overtime Comeback Victory for Ridgewood
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Ridgewood NJ, With the first “early decision” college-application deadline looming on Nov. 1, and tuition and room and board at a four-year college costing $27,940 – $57,570 per year, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its 2024’s Best College & University Rankings report, as well as expert commentary, in addition to separate rankings for colleges and for universities.
Continue reading WalletHub Study: 2024’s Best Colleges in New Jersey
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Ridgewood NJ, while the Village of Ridgewood Council meeting have become a circus . Meetings have been characterized by bullying , lack of transparency, limited citizen input , total disfunction and a “my way of the highway” attitude .The Ridgewood Board of Education has avoided much of the same acrimony.
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Ridgewood NJ, Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office reminds everyone to use social media safely as our Cyber Crimes Unit has seen an uptick in sextortion scams. If you are a victim, report the crime to your local police department. The FBI has seen a huge increase in the number of cases involving children and teens being threatened and coerced into sending explicit images online—a crime called sextortion.
photos courtesy of Ridgewood Village Manager Keith Kazmark
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Ridgewood NJ, according to the Ridgewood Village Manager Keith Kazmark the Ridgewood Fire Department, Fire Prevention Bureau hosted an educational lunch and learn regarding our fire alarm pull system in the Village and in our schools.
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Ridgewood NJ, Leftists across the country predictably took the side of terrorists. Nothing to see here,well maybe not , just standard psyco “yay genocide” college stuff. But as the the discourse surrounding Hamas’ massacre has evolved — a national conversation far different today than even yesterday — Ryna Workman, president of the NYU Law Student Bar Association (SBA), penned an open letter in apparent defense of Hamas. Within hours of the viral story, the major law firm she was set to land a job at publicly rescinded her offer.
