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Posted on February 22, 2015February 21, 2015 by James — Leave a comment

Pro Arte to Present “Celebration! Love is in The Air” Concert Friday March 13

Pro Arte to Present “Celebration! Love is in The Air” Concert Friday March 13

Pro Arte Chorale’s second concert of the 2014-2015 Season, Celebration! Love is in The Air will be presented on Friday, March 13, 2015 at the West Side Presbyterian Church in Ridgewood, NJ beginning at 8pm. Join Pro Arte in celebrating the arrival of spring with music of renewal and romance. You’ll be charmed by Elgar’s musical scenes of the mountains of Bavaria, and share the joy of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ inspired setting of Epithalamion, a 16th century poem by Edmund Spenser, revealing the adventure of love and marriage.

Spring is upon us, and brings to mind songs filled with love,joy and dance! Elgar wrote The Bavarian Highlands, a cycle of six songs celebrating dance and love, as a remembrance of a holiday he had enjoyed in Upper Bavaria with his wife. Parry’s I Was Glad is an introit commonly used in the Anglican church, and was performed at the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton as well as Prince William’s parents, Prince Charles and Lady Diana. An epithalamium is a poem written specifically for the bride on the way to her marital chamber. Perhaps no poem of this class has been more universally admired than the pastoral Epithalamion of Edmund Spenser (1595). Vaughan Williams’ Epithalamion, consisting of 11 movements, is based on Spenser’s poem. As he often did, Vaughan Williams incorporated the flavor of English folk songs into these songs.

There will be an intermission lecture regarding Epithalamion. Come and explore the wonderful details of this fabulous piece. Musical ideas and development will be explained as well as detailed information regarding the text. Steven Fox, the Musical Director of The Pro Arte Chorale,is also the artistic director of Clarion Music Society in New York, and the music director for Musica Antiqua St. Petersburg in Russia. The Pro Arte Chorale, a 60- member volunteer chorus based in Ridgewood, is committed to enriching the lives of its members and its audience by exploring many musical traditions. For more information about Pro Arte Chorale or to join the mailing list, visit www.proartechorale.org or send an email to [email protected]. Phone: 201-497-8400 •

Posted on February 22, 2015June 27, 2021 by James — Leave a comment

The New Jersey Choral Society presents its Pops Spectacular — “A Disney Salute”

The New Jersey Choral Society presents its Pops Spectacular — “A Disney Salute”

The New Jersey Choral Society’s annual Pops Spectacular, “A Disney Salute”, turns the spotlight on the iconic Disney sounds from Silver Screen, Stage and Main Street USA. At this family-friendly event, NJCS singers, special guests, and a cast of colorful characters present music from cherished Disney productions of the past 80 years, from Snow White to Frozen.

Three special performances will be held in The Patricia Sollitto Performing Arts Center at Immaculate Heart Academy, 500 Van Emburgh Avenue, Washington Township — Saturday,March 7 at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm and Sunday, March 8 at 3:00 pm.

Special guests include dancers from Ridgewood’s Art of Motion, Lynn Needle and Olivia Galgano, artistic directors, and the NJCS Festival Youth Chorus, Noelle Dachis, director.Christopher Vehmas, a 14-year-old music enthusiast from Hawthorne, NJ, will be making his choral conducting debut. The chorus will be accompanied by pianist Linda Sweetman-Waters and the NJCS Spectacular Band, and performances will be hosted by Britt and David Cryer. The
program also features songs from Cinderella, Mary Poppins, The Lion King, Tarzan, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and many other unforgettable Walt Disney productions. NJCS is proud to support Give Kids The World by providing tickets to GKTW alumni wish families. Donations for Give Kids The World will be gratefully accepted at all “A Disney Salute” performances.

Advance tickets are $25.00 for adults; $22.00 for students, seniors, and patrons with disabilities and $12 for children 12 and under. (Add $5.00 at the door). Discounted group and subscription pricing is also available. Come one hour prior to performance time for The Inside Line, a complimentary lecture for all ticket holders that provides an intimate and entertaining preview of the music. For reservations or more information, visit www.NJCS.org or call the New Jersey

Choral Society at (201) 379-7719.

Established in 1980, the New Jersey Choral Society is one of the state’s most prestigious choral groups, well-known for presenting outstanding and unique programs. Under the direction of Eric Dale Knapp, NJCS performs three major concerts annually in Bergen and Essex counties. They have performed at Carnegie Hall and the White House and have toured internationally in Austria,the Czech Republic, Germany, China, Australia, England, and this past summer in France.Immaculate Heart Academy is wheelchair accessible. Funding has been made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Posted on February 22, 2015February 21, 2015 by James — Leave a comment

ALTAR BOYZ VISIT PORCH LIGHT THEATRE IN GLEN ROCK

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ALTAR BOYZ VISIT PORCH LIGHT THEATRE IN GLEN ROCK
Sun, February 22, 2015
Time: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Porch Light Theater, 555 Broad St., Glen Rock, NJ 07452

Porch Light Productions, an award-winning theatre specializing in live shows and professional performing arts training presents ALTAR BOYZ, as part of it’s 2014/15 Main Stage series, February 20-28. Showtimes are held Fridays and Saturdays at 8PM and Sunday, February 22 at 2PM.

This hip-hoppin’ tuneful musical with book by Kevin Del Aguila, music and lyrics by Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker, conceived by Marc Kessler and Ken Davenport features the brilliant cast: Peter Fournier (Matthew), Nick Riccardi (Mark), Bobby Allan (Luke), John Hannigan (Abraham) and Alexander Rivera (Juan). Porch Light’s production will be directed and choreographed by Alex Perez with musical direction by Charles Santoro.

‘Altar Boyz’ is a foot-stomping, rafter-raising, musical comedy about a fictitious Christian boy-band on the last night of their national ‘Raise the Praise’ tour. The Boyz are five all-singing, all-dancing heartthrobs from Ohio: Matthew, Mark, Luke, Juan and Abraham. The show features tight harmonies and spectacular choreography, performed through the band’s signature hits such as ‘Rhythm In Me,’ ‘The Calling,’ and ‘I Believe,’ the Boyz question their loyalty to each other and ask whether or not faith is really holding them together. They finally deliver a message of unity, that ‘there is no star as bright as its constellation, no harmony in a single voice.’

“This amazingly talented cast will definitely have audiences having a great time. It was important to be faithful to the book while poking fun at the boy band craze and making the show accessible to all generations,” says Perez. “Every generation has a favorite boy-band, so I thought it was important to pay homage to all. From Jackson 5, New Kids on the Block, N’SYNC and One Direction – this show satirizes all the moves – all the swagger and all the winks a musical can embrace.”

Tickets are $25 for adults & 22 for students and seniors (60+). General seating. Advanced ticket purchase recommended. For tickets, visit www.porchlightproductions.org, call (201) 857-3520 or visit the theatre at 555 Broad Street, Glen Rock NJ.

Posted on February 22, 2015June 27, 2021 by James — Leave a comment

Rudy Giuliani clarifies Obama comments by claiming the President has been influenced by communism, socialism

Rudy Giuliani clarifies Obama comments by claiming the President has been influenced by communism, socialism

BY Celeste Katz
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Friday, February 20, 2015, 8:50 PM

Trying to explain his controversial comments that President Obama doesn’t love America, Rudy Giuliani said Friday that he believes the President has been influenced by communism and socialism.

“Look, this man was brought up basically in a white family, so whatever he learned or didn’t learn, I attribute this more to the influence of communism and socialism” than to his race, Giuliani told the Daily News.

“I don’t (see) this President as being particularly a product of African-American society or something like that. He isn’t,” the former mayor added. “Logically, think about his background. . . The ideas that are troubling me and are leading to this come from communists with whom he associated when he was 9 years old” through family connections.

When Obama was 9, he was living in Indonesia with his mother and his stepfather. Giuliani said he was referencing Obama’s grandfather having introduced him to Frank Marshall Davis, a member of the Communist Party.

Wayne Barrett: What Rudy Giuliani knows about love — a response to his ‘doesn’t love America’ critique of Obama

The former mayor also brought up Obama’s relationship with “quasi-communist” community organizer Saul Alinsky and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

Giuliani, a 2008 presidential hopeful, set off a national firestorm when he told an exclusive gathering of conservatives, pols and media figures on Wednesday night, “I know this is a horrible thing to say, but I do not believe that this President loves America.

Mark Wilson/Getty Images The former mayor also brought up Obama’s relationship with ‘quasi-communist’ community organizer Saul Alinsky and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

“He doesn’t love you. He doesn’t love me. He wasn’t brought up the way you were brought up and I was brought up: To love this country,” Giuliani said of Obama at the Manhattan dinner, which was arranged for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.

https://www.nydailynews.com/giuliani-claims-obama-influenced-communism-article-1.2123541

Posted on February 21, 2015February 21, 2015 by James — Leave a comment

Department of Homeland Security stumped that employees don’t like their jobs

Department of Homeland Security stumped that employees don’t like their jobs
February 21,2015
Greta Van Susteren

You won’t believe this one — actually, you will because this kind of stupid stuff by our government does not stop. You just paid for a study as to why Homeland Security employees have low morale. Really? taxpayer money for a study why government employees don’t like their jobs?

But it gets even worse….Department of Homeland was stumped by the FIRST study and did TWO more of the same! Who authorizes this stuff???

“Afflicted with the lowest morale of any large federal agency, the Department of Homeland Security did what comes naturally to many in government.
It decided to study the problem. And then study it some more.
The first study cost about $1 million. When it was finished, it was put in a drawer. The next one cost less but duplicated the first. It also ended up in a drawer…” [Washington Post today]

But it gets worse:

“…So last year, still stumped about why the employees charged with safeguarding Americans are so unhappy, the department commissioned two more studies….”

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/…/f626eba8-b15c-11e4-886b-c22…

Posted on February 21, 2015February 21, 2015 by James — 1 Comment

Jury Selection To Begin In Bergen Democrat Racketeering Trial

Jury Selection To Begin In Bergen Democrat Racketeering Trial
By staff
Friday, Feb 20, 2015

Jury selection is set to begin on Tuesday for the trial of former Bergen County Democratic leader Joseph Ferriero. Ferriero is accused of running the Bergen County Democratic Organization through a pattern of racketeering including bribery, extortion and mail fraud.

U.S. District Judge Esther Salas denied Ferriero’s request to have U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman and his office removed from the case. Ferriero’s lawyers alleged that Fishman has a conflict of interest because, as a private lawyer, he represented James Dausch, who is expected to be a witness for the prosecution.

There is “no evidence beyond conjecture that Mr. Fishman received any information from Mr. Dausch during the course of representation that would prejudice Ferriero in this case,” Salas said. “In fact, there is no evidence that Ferriero was ever mentioned in the presence of Mr. Fishman during the course of representation, or that Mr. Fishman knew of any relationship between Ferriero and Mr. Dausch,” she added.

https://www.bergendispatch.com/articles/35762154/Jury-Selection-To-Begin-In-Bergen-Democrat-Racketeering-Trial.aspx

Posted on February 21, 2015February 21, 2015 by James — 5 Comments

Ron Paul: “Good News” That Secession Is Happening

“The good news is it’s gonna happen. It’s happening.”

Former Republican presidential candidate and congressman Ron Paul says secession is happening and it’s “good news.” Paul later predicted the states would stop listening to federal laws.

“I would like to start off by talking about the subject and the subject is secession and, uh, nullification, the breaking up of government, and the good news is it’s gonna happen. It’s happening,” Paul, the father of potential Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul, told a gathering at the libertarian Mises Institute in late January. The event Paul was speaking at was titled “Breaking Away: The Case for Secession.”

Paul said secession would not be legislated by Congress, but would be de facto, predicting “when conditions break down…there’s gonna be an alternative.”

https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/ron-paul-good-news-that-secession-is-happening#.bbK0Oqd4d

Posted on February 21, 2015February 21, 2015 by James — Leave a comment

EX Democrat Boss Ferriero’s corruption trial will go ahead; judge sees no conflict for U.S. attorney in case

EX Democrat Boss Ferriero’s corruption trial will go ahead; judge sees no conflict for U.S. attorney in case

FEBRUARY 20, 2015, 2:43 PM LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2015, 11:04 PM
THE RECORD

A federal judge on Friday rejected claims that U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman has a conflict of interest that would deny former Bergen County Democratic leader Joseph Ferriero a fair trial on racketeering charges.

In a decision delivered just days before jury selection, U.S. District Judge Esther Salas refused Ferriero’s request that she either dismiss the racketeering indictment or remove Fishman and his office from the case.

The conflict of interest claim was based on the fact that Fishman, before he became U.S. attorney in 2009, represented James Dausch, a real estate executive who is expected to testify as a prosecution witness at Ferriero’s trial.

“In fact, there is no evidence that Ferriero was ever mentioned in the presence of Mr. Fishman during the course of representation, or that Mr. Fishman knew of any relationship between Ferriero and Mr. Dausch,” Salas said. “Ferriero has not been deprived of his due process right to a full and fair trial.”

Ferriero, 57, of Hackensack, was indicted in 2013 on charges that he ran the Bergen County Democratic Organization through a pattern of racketeering that included paying kickbacks to a public official, soliciting and accepting bribes as a party official, and extorting a developer. He is also charged with conspiring to promote bribery and to distribute bribe proceeds, and committing mail and wire fraud.

Ferriero’s lawyers had argued that Fishman had an “irreconcilable conflict” because he once represented EnCap Golf Holdings, a real estate developer that proposed to transform Meadowlands landfills into residential golf communities, and Dausch, a former EnCap executive. Prior to joining EnCap, Dausch was an executive of the Virginia-based Mills Corp., which was seeking to develop a proposed retail and entertainment complex on land owned by the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/judge-refuses-dismissal-of-ferriero-s-racketeering-indictment-1.1275417

Posted on February 21, 2015February 21, 2015 by James — 2 Comments

Officer allegedly bared butt Police files in Glen Rock suit mention photos

Officer allegedly bared butt Police files in Glen Rock suit mention photos

FEBRUARY 21, 2015 LAST UPDATED: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2015, 1:21 AM
BY CHRIS HARRIS
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD

GLEN ROCK — A police officer suspended for allegedly deleting photos from the department’s computer server is shown baring his buttocks in both pictures, according to internal affairs documents contained in a lawsuit against the borough.

This latest suit, filed Friday by Officer Christopher McInerney in state Superior Court in Hackensack, features several exhibits, including copies of disciplinary notices that he was served with four months ago by police officials. Those documents provide more detail into the formal charges facing the officer.

The disciplinary notice characterizes the pictures as “explicit” and alleges that the behavior contributed to the harassment of a gay officer who was fired last year.

A Glen Rock cop since 1998, McInerney was demoted from the rank of sergeant on Dec. 6. He was suspended more than 20 days later, along with Officer Bryan Scott, a nine-year member of the Police Department.

According to the suit, the pictures were shot in the Police Department’s locker room before a 2005 retirement bash of a colleague.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/crime-and-courts/officer-allegedly-bared-butt-police-files-in-glen-rock-suit-mention-photos-1.1275619

Posted on February 21, 2015February 21, 2015 by James — 5 Comments

Police investigating possible link between Glen Rock bank robber and heist in Connecticut

Police investigating possible link between Glen Rock bank robber and heist in Connecticut

FEBRUARY 20, 2015, 7:11 PM LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2015, 7:17 PM
BY CHRIS HARRIS
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD

GLEN ROCK — Borough detectives are looking into a possible connection between Wednesday’s stick-up at the Glen Rock Savings Bank by an androgynous robber and a similar hold-up reported last month in Connecticut.

Glen Rock Detective James Calaski acknowledged on Friday that investigators “are aware of the similarities between Wednesday’s robbery and a job in Connecticut,” and that they were “looking into those similarities.”

The wig-sporting suspect from the Glen Rock heist, who made off with $100,000 in cash, wore women’s sunglasses, a black coat, white boots, and black gloves while brandishing a paintball gun, authorities said.

The robber tossed the gun and rose-colored wig as he or she fled, police said.

On Jan. 30, police claim a woman with short dark hair in a black coat with white boots and wearing sunglasses robbed the Greenwich Bank and Trust Co. in Greenwich, Conn., wielding a large handgun.

An article in the Greenwich Times quotes a police spokesman in that city who said detectives there were also actively looking into Glen Rock’s caper and a possible link.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/police-investigating-possible-link-between-glen-rock-bank-robber-and-heist-in-connecticut-1.1275495

Posted on February 21, 2015February 21, 2015 by James — Leave a comment

N.Y. man injured in Ridgewood construction accident

N.Y. man injured in Ridgewood construction accident

FEBRUARY 20, 2015, 7:38 PM LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2015, 7:38 PM
BY CHRIS HARRIS
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD

RIDGEWOOD — A 31-year-old man from Rockland County suffered a broken collar bone and shoulder in a construction accident Friday morning, according to a village police spokesman.

The police spokesman said the incident occurred inside a McKinley Place home, where crews were working to install drywall.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/n-y-man-injured-in-ridgewood-construction-accident-1.1275502

Posted on February 21, 2015February 21, 2015 by James — 2 Comments

Ridgewood’s priority should be securing money

file photo Boyd Loving

Ridgewood’s priority should be securing money

Securing money should be priority

To the Editor:

Re: “1.5 million more quarters are missing,” The Ridgewood News, Feb. 13, A1:

Thomas Rica was arrested over two years ago for stealing several hundred thousand dollars worth of unsecured quarters from a storage room at Village Hall.

However, I was shocked to learn that village officials still routinely store thousands of dollars worth of quarters in the same storage room for two-week intervals. This despite the massive theft, and their full awareness of a NJ State law requiring municipalities to deposit all cash within 48 hours of receipt.

Furthermore, although it was apparent to village officials from the onset that Mr. Rica’s crime was facilitated by lax coin collection, handling, and storage procedures, a secure coin collection and handling system has not yet been implemented.

Current village officials seem very eager to quickly cast blame for the “coin caper” on those who preceded them. Ridgewood’s taxpayers would be better served if these same officials would dispense with efforts to preserve their respective public images, and instead focus on taking whatever steps are required to ensure that every last cent of cash collected by village employees is safely secured and accounted for.

It’s been over two years since the fox sneaked into the hen house and the hen house still hasn’t been completely secured. Time’s a-wasting.

Boyd A. Loving
Ridgewood

Posted on February 21, 2015February 21, 2015 by James — Leave a comment

Muslim Mayor: ‘I Cannot Accept that Poverty Leads to Terrorism,’ ‘If You Do Not Like’ Western Values, ‘F*** Off,’ Leave!

Ahmed Aboutaleb, the Muslim mayor of Rotterdam,not everyone is a coward

Muslim Mayor: ‘I Cannot Accept that Poverty Leads to Terrorism,’ ‘If You Do Not Like’ Western Values, ‘F*** Off,’ Leave!

By Barbara Boland | 5 hours ago

“I cannot accept that poverty leads to terrorism,” Ahmed Aboutaleb, the Muslim mayor of Rotterdam, told CNN Wednesday, taking issue with the Obama administration’s claims. “I know how it is to live in poverty. I spent 15 years in Morocco on one meal a day, walking without shoes… I know how it is to be a product of poverty.”

The mayor made headlines in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks when he said on a Dutch television program:

“It is incomprehensible that you can turn against freedom. But if you do not like freedom, in Heaven’s name pack your bag and leave. There may be a place in the world where you can be yourself. Be honest with yourself and do not go and kill innocent journalists.

And if you do not like it here because humorists you do not like make a newspaper, may I then say you can f*** off.

This is stupid, this so incomprehensible. Vanish from the Netherlands if you cannot find your place here.”

He told Michael Holmes on CNN that what he’s received thousands of emails praising his courageous words.

https://www.mrctv.org/blog/muslim-mayori-cannot-accept-poverty-leads-terrorism-if-you-do-not-western-values-f-and-leave#8CZNGa:ViO

Posted on February 21, 2015February 20, 2015 by James — Leave a comment

Three missing London schoolgirls ‘travelling to Syria to join Isil’

Shamima Begum at the airport, your daughter could be next?

Three missing London schoolgirls ‘travelling to Syria to join Isil’

Metropolitan Police ‘extremely concerned’ about three teenage girls from east London school believed to be attempting to travel to Syria via Turkey

Police are appealing for help to find three schoolgirls who have gone missing and are thought to have travelled to Turkey with the intention of crossing the border into Syria.

They are Shamima Begum, 15, who could be using the name Acklina Begum, and 16-year-old Kadiza Sultana. The third girl, 15, is not being named at the request of her family, Scotland Yard said.

Police fear the girls, all pupils at the Bethnal Green Academy, in east London, might be heading to join terror group Isil – Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as Islamic State.

They travelled from their homes on Tuesday, February 17 and boarded a Turkish Airlines flight to Istanbul.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11424884/Three-missing-British-schoolgirls-travel-to-Syria.html

Posted on February 20, 2015February 20, 2015 by James — Leave a comment

Italy Prepares for Potential ISIS Air Attack

Italy Prepares for Potential ISIS Air Attack

According to recent reports, the Italian Secret Service fears an air attack by ISIS, compounding the already existent danger of terrorist infiltration among with throngs of immigrants coming to Italy by boat from neighboring Libya.

Several days ago, the air defense system went into high alert after the secret service sent a notice.

The notice spoke of aircraft prepared to take off from Sirte and able to strike the Italian peninsula. Though this has not yet occurred, tensions remain high because of the strong risk of an attack carried out by “lone wolves” as occurred in Paris and in Copenhagen.

The State official responsible for the Secret Services, Marco Minniti, said that ISIS has what he called both “symmetric and asymmetric” capabilities, in that it can execute “both military and terrorist campaigns.” According to Minniti, this means that the ISIS threat holds the “maximum unpredictability,” which is “unprecedented.” Minniti also said that the dynamics of the situation makes necessary “comprehensive data collection.”

Specifically, Minniti has called for the immediate implementation of a Europe-wide sharing of Passenger Name Records (PNR) on all flights, exchanging pertinent information especially regarding n passengers that trigger suspicions, because though the Schengen open treaty should not be suspended, “it is essential to maintain control of who moves in or out of the theaters of war.”

Meanwhile, the Egyptian journalist Mustapha Bakri has released details on the Egyptian special forces strike on Derna yesterday. According to Bakri, Egyptian forces “killed 155 terrorists and captured 55 others before returning safely to Egypt.”

https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/02/19/italy-prepares-for-potential-isis-air-attack/

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