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Ridgewood Art Institute is Announces two Recipients of their Members’ Scholarship this year!

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Art Institute is happy to announce two recipients of our Members’ Scholarship this year, Sophia Mchedlishvili and Viancha Antonucci.

Sophia is the recipient of a $1500 scholarship. Sophia is graduating from Ridgewood High School and will attend the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and majoring in Industrial Design. She has been a student at RAI for 8 years, primarily a student of Joel Popadics but had also taken classes with Laura Paray and Rebecca Leer. She has won many awards at RAI throughout the years and has expressed that RAI has always been an important part of her life and that our classes provided valuable skills that will help her in college as well as beyond. Congratulations to Sophia and best of luck in college and your future art career!

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5 Tips To Keep Mosquitoes Away

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Dr. Craig Stoops ,LCDR (ret.) MSC USN, is a retired U.S. Navy Medical Entomologist and chief science officer at Mosquito® Authority, a mosquito control company.

Ridgewood NJ, Summer is on its way, which means so are mosquitoes. The flying pests invade neighborhoods like an army, but they aren’t just a backyard nuisance with bites that itch. They also can carry dangerous diseases, including West Nile virus and Zika.

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New Jersey’s Department of Health Issues Safety Guidelines for Summer Youth Camps Beginning July 6th

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Ridgewood NJ,  New Jersey’s Department of Health today issued COVID-19 health and safety guidelines for summer youth camps following Governor Murphy’s executive order allowing operations beginning July 6.

The opening of youth day camps will provide New Jersey families who are in need of childcare services with a viable option in addition to traditional childcare centers. The guidelines provide procedures for camp operators to implement health and safety standards for staff and campers such as screening, hygiene, social distancing and staff/camper ratios.

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Non-essential Retail Begins to Open but Ridgewood Village Hall Remains Closed

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Ridgewood NJ, Non-essential retail establishments may open their doors to allow the public inside beginning June 15. However, Ridgewood Village Hall remains closed to public access indefinitely.  What sense does this make, if any?  We  can buy a pair of sneakers, but I cannot go into Village Hall for essential services like engineering, health, building/zoning, and tax payments?

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Enforcement of metered parking in the Ridgewood Central Business District will resume on June 15th

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Ridgewood NJ, Enforcement of metered parking in the Central Business District will resume on June 15th. Time limit restrictions in residential zones remain suspended.

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VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD VILLAGE COUNCIL REGULAR PUBLIC MEETING JUNE 10, 2020 8:00 P.M.

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VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD
VILLAGE COUNCIL
REGULAR PUBLIC MEETING
JUNE 10, 2020
8:00 P.M.

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Ridgewood Art Institute Exhibition Moved to the Internet

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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Art  Institute still stands empty, after 3 months. This beautiful building was originally a carriage house, built during the time of Lincoln’s Presidency. If those walls could speak, the amazing stories they would be able to tell. The building was gifted to RAI, by the owners of the home directly across the street. For 85 years it has been a veritable sanctuary to those committed to the pursuit of excellence in creating Art, more specifically the study of Classic Realism for both children and adults. Our banner “Art Show Today” has greeted many new visitors, who have subsequently become Members, Patrons and Family.

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COVID19 Lock Down Proved it’s all About Books for the Ridgewood Public Library

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Ridgewood NJ, we have said it from the beginning and after all this , it’s all about books. COVID-pandemic created a massive need to e-books while people were sheltering at home :

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FOOD DRIVE FOR THE FR. ENGLISH FOOD PANTRY

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Ridgewood NJ, THE PANTRY HAS GONE FROM SERVING 7,000 PEOPLE PER MONTH TO 21,000 PER MONTH!
WHEN: Tuesday, June 9th 9am to 12noon
WHERE: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Youth Center, 1 Passaic Street, Ridgewood, NJ 07450

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Are the apps your children use illegally marketing to them?

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Ridgewood NJ, Kids love to play video games — in apps, on mobile devices and online with friends. And when kids play games, it is unlawful to collect their personal information without parental consent.

According to a complaint announced today by the Federal Trade Commission, HyperBeard Inc., a mobile app developer, offered free apps to children under 13-years-old and unlawfully collected their personal information to direct targeted advertising to them, in violation of the Children’s Online Privacy and Protection Act (COPPA).

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UPDATE : Man Killed Falling from a Tree in Ridgewood

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Ridgewood NJ, a tragic work related accident claimed the life of a tree service employee who was working at a home near the intersection of Carlton Terrace and Waiku Road, Ridgewood on Thursday morning, 06/04. The victim reportedly fell from a tree, and then had a limb land on top of him while he was on the ground. He was pronounced dead at the scene by a paramedic team from The Valley Hospital. Multiple news media reports identified the victim as a 35-year old male from Bergenfield. Personnel from Ridgewood Police, Ridgewood Fire Department, the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office Bureau of Criminal Identification, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, and the Bergen County Medical Examiner’s Office also responded to the incident. The victim’s co-workers stood by in shock and disbelief as they watched authorities remove the deceased employee’s body from the scene. The accident’s cause has not yet been made public. No information was made available as to whether OSHA was notified of the sorrowful incident.

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First Free Fishing Day Is Saturday, June 6

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Ridgewood NJ, Haven’t fished in a while, or maybe never fished? Have a friend or family member who hasn’t either? Or an out-of-state fishing friend who hasn’t fished here? Tomorrow is Free Fishing Day, the perfect time to try fishing the state’s public waters without a license or trout stamp.

After discovering or rediscovering the joys of fishing you and the others will need a license – so why not get Buddy Licenses together? These heavily discounted licenses go easy on your budget and let you enjoy all the fishing New Jersey offers, from small ponds to major rivers, from panfish to trophy muskellunge.

Click the links below for more information, and remember to maintain a 6-foot distance from one another (and wear face masks or coverings) to prevent the spread of COVID-19 while fishing.

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How to have a successful career changing attitude to it

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How to take the job, your boss and yourself to make your career vibrant and inspiring? Well, first of all, set a goal for yourself and take small steps to achieve it.

It is very important to present your career in detail in the future and have a step-by-step plan for achieving what you want. Follow the plan and evaluate how efficiently you are progressing and what you have to do the next day, month, year.

Write down your career goal. Make a written plan. Define short, medium and long term goals. Describe the desired result or criteria by which you understand that you are moving in the right direction, achieve your goals. Taking inspiration from industry leaders like Casey Bloys who shared his journey during a dialogue at Northwestern, can help you develop the mindset needed for a successful career.

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Over 700 Ballots Rejected in connection with the May 12, 2020 Board of Education, Board of Education Budget, and Village Council General Election

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by Boyd Loving

Ridgewood NJ, In response to an Open Public Records Act request I recently submitted to the Bergen County Clerk’s Office, I have just received a list containing the last name, first name, middle initial, and street address for every Ridgewood voter whose mail in ballot was REJECTED in connection with the May 12, 2020 Board of Education, Board of Education Budget, and Village Council General Election.

The list contains the names of 710 voters. That is, 710 of the ballots submitted for the aforementioned election were rejected/not counted. The reasons for rejection are not specified in the document I received. However, many appear to have been received after the specified cut off date of Thursday, May 14, 2020.If my calculations are correct, approximately 15% of the total ballots submitted were rejected/not counted. Wow! That’s alarming, to say the least. I do not know whether the County Clerk’s Office has a notification process in place for rejected ballots. Thus, some of these voters may not know that their ballot was rejected.

 

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Village of Ridgewood Department of Parks and Recreation Graydon Pool

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Ridgewood NJ,  In an attempt to safely operate the Graydon Pool recreational swimming facility to the public during this COVID 19 health crisis, many changes must occur. The facility will operate and look differently than it has in the past as we continue to adhere to social distancing safeguards and the CDC direct specifications.

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