Pedestrian Struck, Franklin and Chestnut on Wednesday by Boyd Loving
(RIDGEWOOD- NJ) A pedestrian was struck at the intersection of Franklin Avenue and Chestnut Street at approximately 5:20 PM on Wednesday. The adult male victim was in a crosswalk when he was struck by a Honda minivan.
The victim was alert and conscious upon the arrival of Ridgewood PD, Ridgewood Fire and Ridgewood EMS units. Also responding were paramedics from The Valley Hospital.
Ridgewood Police Chief John Ward was at the scene interviewing witnesses and assisting with the accident investigation.
>FDU POLL: Majority of New Jersey hurting financially SUNDAY, 02 OCTOBER 2011 22:02 BY TOM HESTER SR.
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
New Jerseyans’ are feeling distinctly worse off financially and their outlook on the housing market has soured, according to a quarterly consumer survey by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s College of Business made public Monday.
A majority of New Jerseyans (51 percent) say they are worse off financially than they were a year ago, a six-point increase since April. About a quarter (26 percent) say they are about the same as a year ago, and about a quarter (23 percent) say they are better off.
Adding to consumers’ anxiety is the prospect of losing a job: 37 percent of workers say they are somewhat or very concerned with losing their job in the next 12 months. That figure is up 5 percent from April and up 7 percent since January. Workers in households making less than $50,000 per year are most worried about the possibility of losing their job, with 46 percent saying they are somewhat or very concerned. More than three in five of all adults (63 percent) continue to report that relatives or friends have lost a job in the past year.
People who own their house are more likely than renters to say they are worse off financially (53 to 42 percent), and much less likely than renters to say they are better off (19 to 35 percent). Looking at the year ahead, 38 percent say their financial well being will improve, while half (49 percent) think they will be the same or worse off.
One reason for consumers’ grim outlook is housing prices. Half (49 percent) say they expect housing prices in their area to go down in the next 12 months. That is a huge turnaround from just six months ago when half (49 percent) said they expected housing prices to rise, and only 30 percent said they thought housing would decline.
>Occupy Wall Street Protesters Call For Totalitarian Government, Re-Election Of Obama There is something very wrong with this picture Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com Sunday, October 2, 2011
Despite their honest intentions, many of the Occupy Wall Street protesters are being suckered into a trap and calling for the very “solutions” that are part of the financial elite’s agenda to torpedo the American middle class – higher taxes and more big government. Watch the clip below in which journalist Adam Kokesh talks to Occupy Wall Street protesters.
The ignorance displayed in this interviews knows no bounds. These protesters just don’t get it. They are calling for the government to use force to impose their ideas, all in the name of bringing down corporations who they don’t realize have completely bought off government regulators. Corporations and government enjoy a mutually beneficial relationship – getting one to regulate the other is asinine and only hurts smaller businesses who are legitimately trying to compete in a free market economy that barely exists.
>No Surprise here Democrats push tax hikes first in deficit talks
(Reuters) – Democrats want tax hikes to be the first item negotiated in “super committee” deficit-reduction talks, trying to force Republicans to confront an issue at the heart of this year’s budget fights, sources told Reuters.
The tough stance by Democratic members of the powerful 12-member congressional panel reflects the party’s wariness that Republicans might try to sideline the issue of revenue increases in the negotiations.
“They’ve raised the idea of doing taxes first,” a Republican aide involved in the discussions said on Friday on condition of anonymity.
The panel has the task of finding ways of cutting the deficit by at least $1.2 trillion over 10 years. If it fails to agree on a plan by November 23, automatic spending cuts will be triggered, beginning in 2013.
At 3:30 pm on 9/30/11, 10/1/11, 10/3/11 3:30 PM a non-low impact pesticide will be sprayed directly outside Ridgewood high School near entrance to turret clock tower at Little Theater. This is being done to dispose of stinging insects that could pose a threat to students and faculty.
The pesticide is considered harmful if absorbed through skin, and/or may cause moderate eye irritation. Avoid contact with skin, eyes, or clothing. Wash thoroughly with soap and water after handling. The pesticide is considered toxic to insects and fish.
For more information refer to the RBOE IPM Emergency Notification: https://tinyurl.com/
Reading many comments made directing such mean spirited thoughts towards cats and dogs, the reality is, its not the cats or dogs fault for doing what is simply natural for them being a domestic pet, rather its their Owner’s fault for not training their pets and simply showing disregard for their neighbors, whether it be due to the owner’s lazyness, ignorance or out right lack of respect towards other people. Some people don’t care and put their pets annoyances over people.
Some commentors claim to be pet owners themselves and vow they love all other critters.
If the owners have no regard towards others, by letting dogs bark endlessly, roam free unleashed, not ‘curb’ and ‘pick up’, some breeds are very noisy, there are town ordinances to remind them. Ordinances can be updated. Some people use pet doors, as those encourage unsupervised freedom to the outdoors. Not a good idea cause wild critters can get indoors that way too.
Love both cats and dogs and natures critters. Cats are quiet and sweet. Dogs are your companion. Most people are responsible pet owners, its unfortunate there are a few who are not. Thats life.
I see an announcement on Village web – Blessing of the Animals, Oct. 8, 11:AM celebrating the Feast of St. Francis, at Christ Church , Cottage Pl. (across Stop&Shop). All pets are welcome.
Blessing of the Animals – Bring Your Favorite Pet – All Are Welcome!
Celebrating the Feast of St. Francis At Christ Episcopal Church 105 Cottage Place Ridgewood (across from the Stop & Shop) 11:00 AM on Saturday October 8, 2011 Everyone is invited to bring their favorite pets: dogs, cats, rabbits, goldfish, stuffed animals . . .any beloved “creatures” who share your home. A short service celebrating all animals will be followed by individual blessings of each animal. Some orphaned animals from the Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge who are eligible for adoption will be joining us. Please consider bringing a donation of one or more of the items from the RBARI “wish list,” which is printed on the back of this page. The service will be at the outside altar, by the entrance to the Nursery School on Franklin Avenue. In the event of rain, the service will take place inside the church. Refreshments will be provided. EVERYONE IS WELCOME – all breeds, all creeds! Questions? Call the church office at 201-652-2350, or visit our web site at https://www.christchurchridgewood.org
New legislation would require resident notifications of sewer system overflow
The leader of the state Senate’s environment committee Wednesday said he will introduce legislation that would require cities and towns to tell residents when outdated sewer systems overflow and spill a dangerous brew of raw waste into New Jersey’s waterways.
In addition, lawmakers plan to hold a hearing this fall on how to fix antiquated systems that dump more than 23 billion gallons of waste into rivers and the ocean each year.
“The public has a right to know when these sewer overflows occur if for no other reason than to protect themselves,” said Sen. Bob Smith (D-Middlesex), who chairs the upper house’s environment panel. (Baxter, The Star-Ledger)
I need to get this off my chest in regard to free roaming cats. They kill everything I love – they are hyperpredators, often killing for sport – not food. Whole nests of baby cardinals and baby robins (including one of the parent birds) were killed in just our yard alone – just killed, their heads ripped off, their wings broken – not eaten. This has happened to whole nests of baby bunnies,too. To hear their death screams is like listening to children getting brutally murdered. It’s horrible. Steven King could take a lesson.
I was once told by Tyco Animal Control that this is “the cycle of life”. Maybe for the cats, but certainly not for the helpless, fragile animals and birds they senselessly torment, totture, skin alive, then kill. Keep your G- Damn cats inside. I am sick of listening to death screams and cleaning up bloodied, mutilated bodies. The hearts of our dwindling birds and wildlife have just as much right to beat as your nasty, murderous, hateful cats’. Keep cats indoors only PLEASE. Keep them leashed and under control when out!Animal Control please do your job! If this is not the very definition of out of control I don’t know what is!Please.
Greenwich CT has a hospital set right in a residential area of town. Houses on all 4 sides of the building. Pull it up on Google Maps – 5 Perryridge Road, Greenwich CT 06830.
From the Greenwich Hospital website: Greenwich Hospital is a 174-bed regional hospital, serving Fairfield County, Connecticut and Westchester County, New York. It is a major academic affiliate of Yale University School of Medicine and a member of the Yale New Haven Health System.
Since opening in 1903, Greenwich Hospital has evolved into a progressive medical center and teaching institution with an internal medicine residency.
We represent all medical specialties and offer a wide range of medical, surgical, diagnostic and wellness programs. High quality care, coupled with Greenwich Hospital’s convenient location, are reasons many patients choose to be treated here.
As for additions, Greenwich Hospital just recently completed a 150,000 sq ft expansion.
However according to US News and World Report (https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals) Greenwich Hospital is substantially smaller and less busy than Valley Hospital. Perhaps that is why it fits in so well. If Valley were to reduce to Greenwich’s size by letting Pascack reopen and scaling back their size, I’d be delighted to support reconstruction to switch to all one-patient rooms.
Valley Hospital 446 beds. 30,878 admissions latest year 8,276 annual inpatient surgeries9,629 outpatient surgeries. 72,085 emergency room visits.
Question: Would you call Greenwich a “city” or “town”? I’d call it one of the most beautiful, exclusive and respected towns in the whole country. Guess the whole idea of Hospitals and exclusive towns being mutually exclusive is bunk.
>Ridgewood was more about real community back then same size Village and actually far more kids in school than there are currently
That was always a busy intersection. Fact is quite a few years ago there was a big white dot in the middle of it.
And if you were to have looked back then, for several years you would have found ME standing in the middle of that “dot”, directing traffic and helping other kids cross. Also some other longtime Village folks did same.
That intersection was “covered” back then by the kid-staffed safety patrol.
A paid retired officer covered Van Dien further down, near what was then the main entrance to Travell, which back then you went to for K through 4. It was about 1/2 of the current BF site – the part closest to Valley.
Then for 5&6 you went around the corner to Travell Annex, no longer there, which was on the site of what’s now the field for current Travell (the Glen Ave side).
Most of the traffic there back then was not Valley traffic though. It was parents. The entire Valley plant back then was what’s now the doctor parking lot on Linwood. There was a big curved driveway in and out of Linwood.
The oldest Valley building still there now is Phillips. It was built during the time I went to Travell and BF and greatly increased the size of the hospital, but it was still very much a community facility in the real meaning (to me) of the word.
Kurth Cottage was the only part of Valley not right off Linwood. And it was… a cottage on Van Dien.
Us safety patrol folk had to show up early to help kids cross, but we did get out of school a little early too – to cover that and several other intersections.
You got a big flag, a whistle (really!) and short training by the police. And off you went to help other kids cross.
Though the Glen and Van Dien spot was about the busiest the little unit covered, this simple plan actually worked.
Ridgewood was more about real community back then, and for that matter, so was Valley.
Yet, same size Village, roughly same population.. and actually far more kids in school than there are currently.
Leaner and more focused overall, and much friendlier at same time. You got things done in a much simpler way and the offcials at Village Hall and the BOE were a lot more responsive in ways that got things resolved, not just run-arounds. They didn’t go off on turf, light, Village Hall and similar “adventures” either.
Gee, must sound like Mayberry, huh? Or perhaps, Ho Ho Kus? Yet, same size, more kids in school, and roughly 25,000 population. Less layers of administration and loads less baloney though.
That’s a Friday afternoon’s trip in the wayback machine, hope y’all enjoyed it.
I hope the Village can find some new donors for Schedler. I would guess that anyone who donated to the Maple Field project will in no way financially support a Schedler project after watching in disgust as the Village has let a million dollar gift disintegrate in such a short period of time.
I think that we need to pause and reflect before we develop another field. We need to identify our “needs” and “wants”.
We also need to look at all the resident push back on this type of development. Don’t start another fight for no reason. I doubt that people who contributed in the past will be looking to contribute again. Maybe the land should be left as open space with walking paths.
I don’t think that they will be able to raise any money for more fields. The residents are tapped out and tired of the wasteful spending on the last projects. There is no one competent enough to do a good job. Look at maple, Stevens and the stadium. Some money was raised and the village taxpayers are on the hook for most of the expenses.
>Dr. Guy Margolin presents – The Way of Wellness Workship Thu, September 29, 2011 Time: 6:45 PM Location: Ridgewood Chiropractic, 172 Franklin Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
Are you looking for the path to true wellness? Nutrition Exercise Sleep Relaxation and Stress Management Positive Mental Attitude Setting and Achieving Wellness Goals
This workship will explore the different factors necessary to get you on your path to wellness!
Dr Guy Margolin’s unique philosophy of health is base on over 20 years in the health and fitness profession. He earned his doctorate in chiropractic from the distinguished Palmer Chiropractic College in 1991. Dr. Margolin believes that the strength of a community greatly depends on the health of its residents. Through Ridgewood Chiropractic’s community outreach program, area residents are educated on the healing power of the body and overall benefits of health and wellness.
Ridgewood Chiropractic 172 Franklin Ave. Suite 4A Ridgewood, NJ 07450 201-857-5770 for more information guymargolin@optonline.net www.ridgewoodchiro.com
09/27/117:30PMBoard of Adjustment Public Meeting 10/05/117:30PMVillage Council Work Session 10/12/118:00PMVillage Council Public Meeting 10/13/117:00PMVillage Council Special Public Meeting – Valley Expansion 10/24/117:00PMVillage Council Special Public Meeting – Valley Expansion
>Webcast Now Available: BOE Meets tonight Monday, September 26, 2011
The next regular meeting of the Ridgewood Board of Education will be held on Monday, September 26, 2011, starting at 7:30 p.m. The Board meets on Floor 3 of the Education Cener, 49 Cottage Place. The public is invited to attend and also to make comments at two portions of the meeting: typically at the beginning of the meeting and again around 9 p.m. Meetings are broadcast on FiOS channel 33, Optimum channel 77 and may also be viewed live via the “Live BOE Meeting” link on the RPS website.
Click here to view the agenda for the September 26, 2011 Regular Public Meeting : https://tinyurl.com/3t9df9p
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