Reader Questions Banner Ads at Vets Field
Reader questions whether the placement of these banners/signs at Vets Field constitutes advertising and as such, should require approval by resolution from the Village Council (and until such approval is received, should the banners/signs be removed?).
Also, if this is considered advertising, who is receiving the advertising revenue?
As many of you no doubt recall, the Council opposed placement of advertising on the scoreboard at Vets. Now this?
Readers say state worker entitlement promises have been too generous and that concessions need to be made
Interesting that municipalities across the country continue to file for bankruptcy protection after over-promising to their retirees. This is despite taxing our middle class to death. Middle income in the US is not keeping pace with growth in Canada, Britain and Sweden. The WHOLE story would also include admitting that entitlement promises have been too generous and that concessions need to be made to taxpayers going forward.
Candidates Night for Municipal Election – Tuesday, April 29th at 7:30PM
Meet the 3 candidates for Village Council and hear their views!
The League of Women Voters is holding Candidates Night for the Village Council on Tuesday, April 29 at The Village Hall , Fourth Floor, 131 North Maple Avenue at 7:30.. There are three candidates vying for two open Village Council seats: James Albano, Susan Knudsen and Michael Sedon. There will also be television coverage on Channel 77 for Cablevision users and Channel 34 for Fios users. The League of Women Voters of Ridgewood is a NON PARTISAN, yet political organization whose members become active and informed participants in government.
The Ridgewood Municipal Election will take place Tuesday, May 13.
Readers continue to question Gail Prices Objectivity
On top of this conflict of interest, she is clearly not impartial and has allowed Valley and its disgraceful attorney to call all of the procedural shots.
It’s time to demand better.
Reader says Planning Board Proceedings are a “Sham”
NY Liberal Tells Glen Beck What CNN/MSNBC Won’t Let Her Say
Joy Brighton is a self-described New York liberal. Glenn Beck is a Texas conservative. But on Thursday, the two found themselves “strange bedfellows” in the quest to distinguish Islam the religion from what Brighton has termed “Sharia-ism.”
“I’m sitting with you because I wasn’t invited by CNN or MSNBC, because something about what I’m saying today, they don’t want said,” Brighton remarked. “Which is symptomatic [of] the problem.”
The author has recently published a book titled Sharia-ism Is Here: The Battle to Control Women and Everyone Else. She said her book separates Islam from the controlling and abusive politics on top of it.
https://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/04/24/new-york-liberal-opens-up-about-what-cnn-or-msnbc-havent-invited-her-to-say/
A Double Canonization for Popes John XXIII and John Paul II
Pope Francis Declares Sainthood for Two Beloved Predecessors
By
LIAM MOLONEY
Updated April 25, 2014 10:44 p.m. ET
VATICAN CITY— Pope Francis on Sunday will preside over a pomp-filled ceremony to declare Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII saints—an event that commemorates the legacies of two of the Catholic Church’s most popular popes, both instrumental in shaping the current pontiff’s groundbreaking reign.
The rite in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, canonizing two of the Catholic Church’s most popular popes, is likely to be a history-making event, given the strong possibility that Pope Benedict XVI, who resigned last year, will also be in attendance. That would mark the first time in the church’s 2,000-year history that two popes would honor the memory of two previous ones. (See their lives in pictures and video in an interactive timeline.)
Over 1 million people are expected to descend on the Vatican this weekend as Pope Francis prepares to canonize Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII. The event, however, is not without controversy. Father James Martin discusses. Photo: Getty.
Pope Francis chose to hold a single ceremony to canonize the pair, bringing together two popes who are closely associated with the Second Vatican Council of 1962-65, which led to significant reforms in the church. Pope John XXIII, who reigned from 1958 to 1963, launched Vatican II, as it is commonly known, while John Paul II’s nearly 27-year papacy, which lasted from 1978 until his death in 2005, oversaw the implementation of large parts of the reforms.
“To carry out a double canonization is a message to the Church: These two are good people,” Pope Francis told reporters on the papal plane back from celebrating the World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro last summer.
https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304788404579523802070217962?mod=WSJ_hp_RightTopStories&mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304788404579523802070217962.html%3Fmod%3DWSJ_hp_RightTopStories
file photo a sing of things to come ?
New Jersey gas prices move higher
April 26,2016
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Motorists are seeing sharply higher prices at the pumps in North Jersey.
According to AAA Mid-Atlantic the average price of a gallon of regular gasoline in the state on Friday was $3.53, up 8 cents from last week. That’s also much higher than the price from a year ago, when motorists were paying $3.29.
AAA says the the national average price was $3.69, up 3 cents from last week. That’s much higher than the national average from a year ago, when motorists were paying $3.51.
While many analysts say the rising prices are due in part to higher crude oil prices spurred by ongoing tensions in the Ukraine.
Others see a colder than normal winter , higher gas taxes , environmental regulations as well as global tensions as the chief culprit .
Michael Parloff’s Parlance Chamber Concerts
Music stars to appear in Ridgewood
APRIL 25, 2014 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2014, 12:31 AM
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Editor’s Note – Michael Parloff’s Parlance Chamber Concerts’ final event of the 2013-2014 season will take place this coming Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. at West Side Presbyterian Church. The concert will feature 10 artists from the Metropolitan Opera, including the celebrated mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe and co-reciter Raymond Menard, pianist Warren Jones, and seven principal players from the Met Orchestra. Here Michael Parloff gives us a behind-scenes look.
Raymond Menard
RN: Can you give us an overview of what we can expect on Sunday?
Stephanie Blythe
MP: I’ve been looking forward all season to this fun, unusual concert. The featured work of the afternoon will be William Walton’s 1923 “Façade Entertainments,” a gem of musical humor. Inspired by the sophisticated, often subversive poetry of his friend and patroness, Edith Sitwell, Façade brought overnight success to Walton, as well as a reputation as the enfant terrible of modern English music.
The program will also include four Roaring Twenties instrumental solos inspired by the sounds of the Jazz Age.
RN: Please tell us more about Sunday afternoon’s performers.
– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/arts-and-entertainment/music/stars-to-close-parlance-chamber-concerts-season-1.1002993#sthash.fS2maDOz.dpuf
Parlance Chamber Concerts
Featuring 1920 instrumental solos inspired by Jazz Age
April 27 at 4PM at West Side Presbyterian Church, 6 South MOnroes Street, Ridgewood. Tickets available at the door: Adults $40; Seniors $30; Young Adults $30; Students $30. www.ParlanceChamberConcerts.org
file photo by Boyd Loving
U.S. electricity prices may be going up for good
Experts warn of a growing fragility as coal-fired plants are shut down, nuclear power is reduced and consumers switch to renewable energy.
By Ralph Vartabedian
April 25, 2014, 8:47 p.m.
As temperatures plunged to 16 below zero in Chicago in early January and set record lows across the eastern U.S., electrical system managers implored the public to turn off stoves, dryers and even lights or risk blackouts.
A fifth of all power-generating capacity in a grid serving 60 million people went suddenly offline, as coal piles froze, sensitive electrical equipment went haywire and utility operators had trouble finding enough natural gas to keep power plants running. The wholesale price of electricity skyrocketed to nearly $2 per kilowatt hour, more than 40 times the normal rate. The price hikes cascaded quickly down to consumers. Robert Thompson, who lives in the suburbs of Allentown, Pa., got a $1,250 bill for January.
“I thought, how am I going to pay this?” he recalled. “This was going to put us in the poorhouse.”
The bill was reduced to about $750 after Thompson complained, but Susan Martucci, a part-time administrative assistant in Allentown, got no relief on her $654 charge. “It was ridiculous,” she said.
https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-power-prices-20140426,0,6329274.story#ixzz304sGYz00
Bergen prosecutor opposes parole bid by Ho-Ho-Kus Killer
APRIL 27, 2014 LAST UPDATED: SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2014, 1:21 AM
BY ABBOTT KOLOFF
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
The Bergen County prosecutor has asked the state to deny parole to a former Ho-Ho-Kus man who killed his parents in their home 30 years, saying he did so because he resented their rules and once said he would make his mother pay for trying to have him committed for psychiatric treatment.
Richard J. Spillane, 52, told The Record in an interview this year that he heard voices at the time of the 1984 murders, believed the CIA wanted him to kill his parents, and was afraid they would have him committed to a psychiatric hospital. He said he now believes his mental illness is under control with the aid of medications he is taking in state prison.
His first parole hearing, before a two-person panel, is set for Monday. If that panel recommends him for parole, he would go before the full state Parole Board for a hearing to determine whether to release him. The earliest he could be released is May 5.
Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli wrote to the Parole Board on April 9, saying that a detective once witnessed Spillane threatening his mother, Jeanne Hamilton, after a judge signed an order to have him committed. Spillane said he would sue police and his mother for violating his civil rights, Molinelli wrote, and pointed at his mother and said: “You’ll pay for this.”
– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/crime-and-courts/prosecutor-says-reject-parole-bid-for-killer-1.1003964#sthash.tSZbdWrL.dpuf
Amendments to the redevelopment plan for the North Walnut Street Redevelopment Area.
PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE/AGENDA
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Village Hall Court Room – 7:00 P.M.
(all timeframes and the order of agenda items below are approximate and subject to change)
1. 7:00 p.m.- Call to Order, Statement of Compliance, Flag Salute, Roll Call – In accordance with the provisions of Section 10:4-8d of the Open Public Meetings Act, the date, location, and time of the commencement of this meeting is reflected in a meeting notice, a copy of which schedule has been filed with the Village Manager and the Village Clerk, The Ridgewood News and The Record newspapers, and posted on the bulletin board in the entry lobby of the Village municipal offices at 131 North Maple Avenue, and on the Village website, all in accordance with the provisions of the Open Public Meetings Act.
Roll call: Aronsohn, Bigos, Pucciarelli, Nalbantian, Hurley, Reilly, Joel, Dockray, Peters
2. 7:05 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. – Public Comments on Topics not Pending Before the Board
3. 7:15 p.m. – 7:20 p.m. – Correspondence Received by the Board
4. 7:20 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. – Mr. & Mrs. George Halwagy, 313 West Glen Ave., Block 1607, Lot 3 – Minor Subdivision application (Underlying Remand Proceeding) – Continued from April 15, 2014
5. 9:15 p.m. – 9:45 p.m. – Scherrer Enterprises, LLC, 160-166 S. Broad St., Block 3905, Lots 4 & 5 – Clarification of conditions of approval and timing of permits and certificate of occupancy.
6. 9:45 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. – Discussion re: Referral of Ordinance #3411 – Amendments to the redevelopment plan for the North Walnut Street Redevelopment Area.
7. 10:00 p.m. – 10:05 p.m. – Approval of Minutes – October 29, 2013
8. 10:05 p.m. – 10:15 p.m. – Executive Session if needed
9. Adjournment
In accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, all meetings of the Ridgewood Planning Board (i.e., official public meetings, work sessions, pre-meeting assemblies and special meetings) are public meetings, which are always open to members of the general public.
Members: Mayor Paul Aronsohn, Nancy Bigos, Councilman Pucciarelli, Charles Nalbantian, Morgan Hurley, Kevin Reilly, Richard Joel, Wendy Dockray, Michele Peters
Professional Staff: Blais L. Brancheau, Planner; Gail L. Price, Esq., Board Attorney; Christopher J. Rutishauser, Village Engineer; Jane Wondergem, Board Secretary
Ridgewood Planning Board Continue public hearing on the proposed H-Hospital Zone amendment
PLANNING BOARD AMENDMENT TO MEETING SCHEDULE
Special Public Meetings: Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Note Village Calendar says 12 noon the announcement says 730pm
In accordance with the provisions of the “Open Public Meetings Act,” please be advised that the Planning Board has scheduled a special public meeting for Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium at the Benjamin Franklin Middle School, 335 North Van Dien Ave., Ridgewood, NJ.
The Board may take official action during this Work and Public Meeting at which time the Board will:
Continue the public hearing on the proposed H-Hospital Zone amendment to the Master Plan.
Continue the public hearing concerning a proposed amendment to the Land Use Plan Element of the Master Plan which would recommend changes in zone district classifications and boundaries within the Central Business District and surrounding area including AH-2, B-3-R, C-R and C Zone Districts.
All meetings of the Ridgewood Planning Board (i.e., official public meetings, work session meetings, pre-meeting assemblies and special meetings) are public meetings which are always open to members of the general public.
Jane Wondergem
Secretary to the Board
$1,349,000 – 384 HIGHVIEW TER, RIDGEWOOD NJ
$625,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1408522
102 CIRCLE AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
3 Bedroom, 1 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
John Vaughan, Sales Associate
Weichert Realtors Ridgewood
12
$799,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1412221
214 FAIRFIELD AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Barbara Adams, Broker Associate
Better Homes Realty, LLC/UMntclr
Open House: 2:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. Sun. 4/27
18
$999,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1410756
403 COLONIAL RD, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Gina Fierro, Sales Associate
Weichert Realtors Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. Sun. 4/27
19
$1,149,900 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1414112
372 GRANDVIEW CIR, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath, COL
Mariam Chahin-Cabrera, Sales Associate
Weichert Realtors Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 4/27
21
Open Houses for Sun 4/27
$349,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1412311
862 AUBURN AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 1 Full Bath, C/C
RayAnne Hammoud, Sales Associate
Marron Gildea Realty, Inc. Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 4/27
9
$399,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1412117
125 BELLAIR RD, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
2 Bedroom, 1 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, RANCH
Glenn Hefferan, Sales Associate
Weichert Realtors Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 4/27
10
$425,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1404867
140 BELLAIR RD, Unit N, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
2 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, CONDO
Donna Dever, Sales Associate
Coldwell Banker, Wyckoff/Franklin Lakes
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 4/27
24
$499,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1403679
426 VAN BUREN ST, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
3 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath, COL
Pam Christian, Sales Associate
Keller Williams Village Square Realty
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 4/27
10
$540,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1413565
388 S PLEASANT AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath, C/C
Ghada Abbasi, Sales Associate
Coldwell Banker, Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 4/27
16
$589,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1414205
23 CHRISTOPHER PL, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
3 Bedroom, 1 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Pam Christian, Sales Associate
Keller Williams Village Square Realty
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 4/27
– See more at: https://www.njmls.com/NJ/BERGEN/RIDGEWOOD-open-houses#sthash.2Wng8Pyr.dpuf
$595,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1414309
420 FRANKLIN TPKE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath, B/L
Joanne W. Cheng, Sales Associate
Coldwell Banker, Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. Sun. 4/27
20
$629,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1412136
209 STEILEN AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
3 Bedroom, 1 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Jane Vander Plaat, Sales Associate
Coldwell Banker, Wyckoff/Franklin Lakes
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 4/27
13
$649,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1414206
511 N MONROE ST, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
3 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Maria Shammas, Sales Associate
Tarvin Realtors
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. Sun. 4/27
18
$675,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1411723
41 KIRA LN, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
3 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, TWNHS
Susan Bai, Sales Associate
Prominent Properties Sotheby’s International Realty-Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 4/27
15
$728,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1412271
691 N MONROE ST, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath, B/L
Ghada Abbasi, Sales Associate
Coldwell Banker, Ridgewood
Open House: 2:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 4/27
19
$749,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1414170
126 CLAREMONT RD, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
3 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, S/L
Janis Fuhrman, Sales Associate
Terrie O’Connor Realtors/Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 4/27
20
$750,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1407927
130 WOODSIDE AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
5 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath, COL
Suanne Ohl, Sales Associate
Coldwell Banker, Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 4/27
23
$799,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1412221
214 FAIRFIELD AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Barbara Adams, Broker Associate
Better Homes Realty, LLC/UMntclr
Open House: 2:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. Sun. 4/27
18
$859,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1414450
396 GODWIN AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Filippo Papanicolaou, Sales Associate
Jacques Papanikolaou,
Weichert Realtors Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. Sun. 4/27
25
$879,900 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1413782
102 N WALNUT ST, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath,
2 Half Bath, COL
Lisa Sammataro, Sales Associate
Keller Williams Village Square Realty
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 4/27
– See more at: https://www.njmls.com/NJ/BERGEN/RIDGEWOOD-open-houses#sthash.2Wng8Pyr.dpuf
$975,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1412231
730 UPPER BLVD, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Charlie Delman, Sales Associate
Coldwell Banker, Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 4/27
15
$999,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1410756
403 COLONIAL RD, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Gina Fierro, Sales Associate
Weichert Realtors Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. Sun. 4/27
19
$1,029,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1414284
630 WELLINGTON RD, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 4 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Frances Ekblom, Sales Associate
Tarvin Realtors
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. Sun. 4/27
25
$1,074,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1411271
344 GRANDVIEW CIR, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 4 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Beth Freed, Broker Associate
Prominent Properties Sotheby’s International Realty-Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 4/27
14
$1,095,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1407185
234 PALMER CT, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Ettie Rais, Sales Associate
Coldwell Banker, Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 4/27
20
$1,149,900 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1414112
372 GRANDVIEW CIR, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
4 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath, COL
Mariam Chahin-Cabrera, Sales Associate
Weichert Realtors Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 4/27
21
$1,175,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1400092
197 LINCOLN AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
5 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Mary E. Soriano, Sales Associate
Coldwell Banker, Saddle River
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 4/27
19
$1,199,999 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1402281
706 HILLCREST RD, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
6 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Jennifer Brito, Sales Associate
William F. Gilsenan Jr, Broker
Gilsenan & Co.
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 4/27
22
$1,295,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1403356
546 HIGHLAND AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
5 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath,
2 Half Bath, COL
Marilyn Nuber, Sales Associate
Keller Williams Village Square Realty
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 4/27
15
$1,345,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1413981
261 BELLAIR RD, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
5 Bedroom, 4 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Beth Freed, Broker Associate
Prominent Properties Sotheby’s International Realty-Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 4/27
– See more at: https://www.njmls.com/NJ/BERGEN/RIDGEWOOD-open-houses#sthash.2Wng8Pyr.dpuf
$1,349,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1409956
384 HIGHVIEW TER, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
5 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Mary Tarvin Passaro, Broker Associate
Tom Tarvin, Broker Associate
Tarvin Realtors
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. Sun. 4/27
22
$1,399,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1343418
436 FARVIEW ST, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
5 Bedroom, 4 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
David H. Larsen, Sales Associate
Keller Williams Village Square Realty
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 4/27
21
$1,499,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1405414
269 LOTTE RD, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
6 Bedroom, 4 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Nancy Slott, Sales Associate
Marron Gildea Realty, Inc. Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 4/27
23
$1,675,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1411067
220 GREENWAY RD, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
5 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Elizabeth Fernandez, Sales Associate
Marron Gildea Realty, Inc. Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 4/27
25
$1,895,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1414289
237 MOUNTAIN AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
6 Bedroom, 4 Full Bath,
1 Half Bath, COL
Victoria Wilkinson, Sales Associate
Solutions Realty, LLC
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 4/27
15
$2,249,000 in RIDGEWOOD
MLS # 1407897
330 BEDFORD RD, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
5 Bedroom, 5 Full Bath,
2 Half Bath, COL
John Vaughan, Sales Associate
Weichert Realtors Ridgewood
Open House: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sun. 4/27
– See more at: https://www.njmls.com/NJ/BERGEN/RIDGEWOOD-open-houses#sthash.2Wng8Pyr.dpuf
More renounce US citizenship but deny stereotype
By ADAM GELLER
Inside the long-awaited package, six pages of government paperwork dryly affirmed Carol Tapanila’s anxious request. But when Tapanila slipped the contents from the brown envelope, she saw there was something more.
“We the people….” declared the script inside her U.S. passport — now with four holes punched through it from cover to cover. Her departure from life as an American was stamped final on the same page: “Bearer Expatriated Self.”
With the envelope’s arrival, Tapanila, a native of upstate New York who has lived in Canada since 1969, joined a largely overlooked surge of Americans rejecting what is, to millions, a highly sought prize: U.S. citizenship. Last year, the U.S. government reported a record 2,999 people renounced citizenship or terminated permanent residency; most are widely assumed to be driven by a desire to avoid paying taxes on hidden wealth.
The reality, though, is more complicated. The government’s pursuit of tax evaders among Americans living abroad is indeed driving the jump in abandoned citizenship, experts say. But renouncers — whose ranks have swelled more than five-fold from a decade ago — often contradict the stereotype of the financial scoundrel. Many are from very ordinary economic circumstances.
