Category: Village of Ridgewood

>(Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives is likely to vote to block funding for President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare overhaul when it takes up a budget plan next week, House Republican Leader Eric Cantor said on Tuesday.

“I expect to see one way or other the product coming out of the House to speak to that and to preclude any funding to be used for that,” Cantor said at a news conference, referring to an effort to block implementation of the health-care law.

House Republicans aim to pass a spending measure next week that would immediately cut at least $32 billion from the government’s $3.7 trillion budget in an effort to trim budget deficits that could hit an estimated $1.5 trillion this year.

https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/08/us-usa-congress-healthcare-idUSTRE7175I120110208

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Dads Day at The Co-op

Ridgewood NJ- The Cooperative Nursery School of Ridgewood held its annual Dads Day on Saturday, February 5, 2011. This special day gives dads, or other special people, a chance to see what a day at the co-op is like. The children get chance to show off their school and introduce their dads to their friends and teachers. The day is an abbreviated school day. The kids also work on a Valentine themed craft and finish off the day with a special snack.

Dads Day is just one of the many events held throughout the year that give parents an opportunity to share in their children’s education. Please call the school at (201) 447-6232 for more information or to schedule a visit to the school. The school is located at 100 Dayton Street in the center of Ridgewood.

>New Jersey coastal waters designated wind energy area

With the aim of expediting development of offshore wind farms, the federal government yesterday designated 417 miles of coastal waters in New Jersey as Wind Energy Areas, a move that should tighten the timeframe for approval of projects. (Johnson, NJ Spotlight)

https://www.njspotlight.com/stories/11/0207/2336/

>State releases new school data

New Jersey’s high school scores are improving. Middle school scores took a dip. And take your pick on the direction of elementary school achievement, which often depended on the grade. (Mooney, NJ Spotlight)

https://www.njspotlight.com/stories/11/0208/0004/

>Christie: Unions need to give

Gov. Chris Christie said Monday a proposed countywide police and fire service in Camden County was not ideal, but indicated intransigent unions were forcing government’s hand. (Roh, Courier-Post)

https://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20110208/NEWS01/102080354/Christie-Unions-need-to-give

>Report from Tampico, Illinois on Reagan’s 100th birthday

It was an inauspicious start to February 6, 2011–the 100th birthday of the greatest president of the 20th century, Ronald Wilson Reagan. Snow–just five days after the third-worst blizzard in northern Illinois history. Driving on rural interstates and highways is challenging when it snows, but luckily, the flakes stopped falling in the middle of the morning and I left Morton Grove for Tampico–127 miles away in Whiteside

https://marathonpundit.blogspot.com/2011/02/report-from-tampico-illinois-on-reagans.html

>New Jersey hopeful for 2014 Super Bowl business

As sports fans prepare for Sunday’s Super Bowl just outside Dallas, New Jersey is looking ahead to 2014, when it will play host to football’s biggest game. (Henry, Bloomberg)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-04/new-jersey-hopeful-for-2014-super-bowl-business.html

>New Jersey Pension Reform : Skipped payments fueled pension crisis, actuary says

New Jersey’s pension crisis will get worse in the next several years, even if state officials add $500 million to the pension systems as planned, a state actuary testified last week. (Method, New Jersey Press Media)

https://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20110206/NEWS01/102060345/Skipped-payments-fueled-pension-crisis-actuary-says

>Replace government incompetence with real charity

If you think government is a competent solver of social problems, think again. The Star Ledger reported (“N.J. tax to help low-income people pay cable TV bills was instead used to plug budget hole,” Feb. 6) that a fund established in 2006 by the Corzine administration to help low income and disabled New Jerseyans pay their cable bills has never been used as it was intended. (Sabrin, PolitickerNJ)

https://www.politickernj.com/murraysabrin/44655/replace-government-incompetence-real-charity

>Debate rages on Online Only legal notices

Not that there is ever a good week for the newspaper industry these days, but this last one was especially difficult for the Gannett New Jersey family. (Roh, Couroer-Post)

https://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20110206/NEWS01/102060350/Debate-rages-on-legal-notices

>NJ Schools brace for another round of budget cuts

The election isn’t until April but school districts already have been planning their budgets for the 2011-12 fiscal year. (Loyer and Bichao, Gannett)

https://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20110206/NJNEWS/110206001/0/njnews/Schools-brace-another-round-budget-cuts-?odyssey=nav|head

>New Jersey senators try to revive tunnel plan

Seeking to revive the idea of a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River, New Jersey’s two senators and Amtrak officials are planning to study the feasibility of building a tunnel that could carry commuter trains and high-speed intercity trains in and out of Manhattan. (McGeehan, The New York Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/07/nyregion/07tunnel.html

>Who are you rooting for in the Super Bowl ?

Green bay Packers
61%
Pittsburgh Steelers
39%

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JWOWW
Tuesday, February 8th @ 7:00pm
Star of MTv’s The Jersey Shore, will sign her new book: The Rules According to JWOWW. Books available: Feb. 8th

Chris Jericho
Tuesday, February 15th @ 7:00pm Former WWE Champion will sign his new book Undisputed.
Book Available Feb. 15th

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