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Ridgewood NJ, Governor Phil Murphy and Superintendent of the State Police Colonel Patrick Callahan today announced an Administrative Order which permits libraries to allow curbside pickup, beginning at 6:00 a.m. on Monday, June 15. The order also clarifies rules affecting a number of different businesses.
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Ridgewood NJ, Updated Primary Election information: The Primary Election will be held on July 7, 2020 and will be conducted by mail-in ballot and by voting in a few polling places for those with disabilities. If you have a disability and need an accessible ballot, please contact the County at (201) 336-7020 or you may go to your assigned polling place, which will provide access to an in-person accessible voting device on Primary Election Day. If you do not have a disability and you choose not to vote on a Mail-In Ballot and show up to one of the limited number of Polling Places on Election Day, only Provisional Paper Ballots will be available to cast your vote. The ADA compliant Voting Machine is only for voters who have a disability.
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Ridgewood NJ, Garbage pickup will remain curbside, through July 10, 2020 with rear yard garbage pickup resuming on July 13, 2020. Please remember that curbside garbage must be placed in a covered barrel, to prevent access to the garbage by animals, keep the streets clean, and protect our employees. Please check your garbage pickup schedule in the Village calendar or by going onto the Village website (www.ridgewoodnj.net) and clicking on “My Services Lookup”.
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Ridgewood NJ, All Village offices and departments will continue to be closed to the public, until further notice. We have ordered items to provide a safe environment in our Village offices for both Village employees and the public, and once those items are received and installed, we will be able to open to the public.
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Ridgewood NJ, Parking kiosks/meters will be back in use on June 15, 2020. As a reminder, the rates are $1/hour in the lots and $1.25/hour on the street. Kiosks take credit cards or coins. Parking kiosks have replaced most of the meters, but there are still 15 minute meters at the beginning of each side street, off of East Ridgewood Avenue. Parkmobile may also be used at parking spaces, by downloading the app.
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Ridgewood NJ, After three months of serving our Frontline and First Responders and knowing how difficult a time it was putting their life in jeopardy for our families who were affected with this virus.
Lisa’s Mediterranean Cuisine appreciates all their hard work , and they are dedicating the reopening on June 20 to our Valley Hospital frontline workers . They will be serving lunch and dinner from 11:30 AM to 8 PM, to our heroes with no charge. At Lisa’s Mediterranean cuisine family we thank all our patrons, volunteers and media representatives for the support and kind words. Please come and celebrate our frontline workers on June 20th.
28 Oak St, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
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Ridgewood NJ, at the Graydon Badge Office you can also pick up Tennis and Pickleball badges for more local summer fun.
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Ridgewood NJ, Come and enjoy Graydon Pool for another wonderful summer season. Seasonal memberships are available for sale on Community Pass. The Water’s Edge Café at the pool will also be open this summer.
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Ridgewod NJ, On June 15, 2020, the “Welcome Back to Ridgewood” event will begin. All retail businesses will be able to place their products on tables outside of their business (once they obtain a permit from the Village). All food places will be permitted to have outdoor dining (once they obtain a permit from the Village). Food will also still be available for pickup at the dining establishments. Beginning on June 20, 2020, every Saturday through Sunday at 10:00 p.m., the Central Business District from North Walnut Street to Broad Street will be closed to vehicular traffic along East Ridgewood Avenue, including the side streets of Oak Street, Prospect Street, and Chestnut Street, which will create a pedestrian mall. The retail businesses and outdoor dining in this area will be moved into the streets. Pedestrians will walk on the sidewalks in one direction (the same direction as vehicular traffic-arrows are painted on the sidewalks as a reminder) in order to maintain social distancing (with white painted dots placed 6 feet apart). All of our businesses and restaurants have signed a pledge to adhere to the CDC guidelines, so customers can shop and dine with confidence in Ridgewood’s Central Business District. Masks are strongly encouraged at this event and are always required to enter any businesses.
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Ridgewood NJ, Sixteen University of Pennsylvania students and alumni have been awarded Fulbright grants for the 2020-21 academic year, including nine undergraduates and one graduate student in the Class of 2020. They will conduct research or teach English in Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Indonesia, Jordan, Laos, Malaysia, Russia, Spain, South Africa, South Korea, and Ukraine. But for our purposes and perhaps more importantly one from Ridgewood NJ.
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Ridgewood NJ, New Jersey is the only state that prohibits the sale of fresh baked goods made in private kitchens, but Senator Kip Bateman has been working to change that for more than 10 years.
Bateman’s legislation that would bring the state more in line with the rest of the country advanced today when the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee passed S-73.
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Trenton NJ, Governor Murphy saved Home Depot, Target and other Wall Street sponsored companies and he destroyed businesses earning 60K per year. The economists and historians will be writing about this for next hundred years to come.
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Ridgewood NJ, The New Jersey Business Coalition released the following joint statement today urging the faster reopening of businesses that can currently meet safety protocols.
“We are at a pivotal time regarding the livelihoods of New Jerseyans and their ability to provide for themselves and their families.
“Thousands of our businesses are struggling to survive, and are clinging to every last resource they have attempting to make it to their prescribed reopening date, with many not having one yet. And even then, they’ll face great challenges due to smaller capacities in which they will be required to operate.
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photo courtesy of Ridgewood Professional Firefighters FMBA Local 47
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Ridgewood NJ, on Wednesday Ridgewood Fire Department, “B” Shift was called in for a fire in a detached garage in the early morning. Later that day Firefighters from “C” Shift rushed to fire inside of a garbage truck. No injuries were reported at either fire.
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