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Ridgewood NJ, The Village’s Parks Department employees are cutting up the trees which they take down into logs, and offering them to Ridgewood residents for free at the Recycling Center. This saves the Village money, because we don’t have to pay to dispose of the trees which are cut down, and it also provides residents with free firewood for their homes. You may pick up the logs at the Recycling Center, during their regular business hours.
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Ridgewood NJ, There are a number of upcoming events in the Village, including welcoming in the holiday season compile by Heather A. Mailander the Village Manager .
November 11, 2018 – 2:00 p.m. – Veterans Day Service in Memorial Park at Van Neste Square
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Ridgewood NJ, Since turning back the clocks, there have been some home burglaries in the Village. These typically have occurred during the hours of 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., when it is dark and no one is home. There have also been burglaries from vehicles parked in driveways.
Please be aware that Public Safety is the Village of Ridgewood’s #1 priority, and our Police Department is giving their full attention to uncover every detail and piece of information, so that they can identify those involved in the burglaries. In addition, there are extra Police patrols on the streets. If you are aware of a burglary which has occurred near your home, and have home security cameras or a Ring doorbell camera, please contact the Ridgewood Police Department, at 201-652-3900, and let them know. The videos obtained from these cameras will assist the Ridgewood Police Department in their investigation.
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Ridgewood NJ, All residents have received a yellow postcard with the leaf collection program requirements. A copy of the postcard is attached to this E-Notice, so that you can print it out if you wish to do so. The leaf collection areas are based on yardwaste areas (A-D), with certain exceptions listed for Area D, during leaf season only. The leaf collection is currently on schedule. The schedule will be updated on the Village website, www.ridgewoodnj.net, as needed. Please click on the swirling leaf icon for more information. All areas have been picked up once and some are putting out their leaves for their second leaf placement, at this time.
Continue reading VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD LEAF COLLECTION PROGRAM
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Ridgewood NJ, Our Village, Our Future: Visioning for Ridgewood’s Next Master Plan – Add your voice and vision to the future of the Village of Ridgewood – visit www.VisionRidgewood.org
What should the Village be like in 5, 10, or 20 years? What trends do you think might have a significant impact on the Village in the future? What is your vision for the future of the Village?
It must be the same few people that have misquoted figures for the restoration time and again! There is a saying “you are entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts” The cost has been quoted from the Council time and time and time again and the County has publicly listed its grants to the town.
Maybe the author doesn’t care that across 17 is an area of thousands of taxpaying Ridgewood residents who have been marginalized. First they were cut off by the “improvements” on Route 17, which took away their ability to cross directly to Ridgewood; second their school was taken away; and third the only large parcel of land, 7 acres, was to be a 90 foot baseball field and a historic house torn down. Finally they gathered together and showed the town that they deserved better. They deserved a park; they agreed to a small playing field; they deserved a meeting place which will be the house; and someday maybe they will actually get their school back. The house which the author maligns is listed on the NJ Register of Historic Houses. The author and others keep coming to the mic at public meetings and ask for “proof”, which they have received time and again. Is one taxpayer more equal than others? Is his/her tax money more important than that of a resident of the East Side? Why doesn’t the author and his compatriots who seem to criticize everything, take his/her ire somewhere else? With all that is going on in this world, guns, nationalism, bombs, fires, why keep criticizing the restoration of one house. And I will sign my name, unlike the author.
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Ridgewood NJ, Holiday Crafts in Ridgewood, the best-kept secret in Bergen County, you can shop hand-made crafts for the holidays with prices to suit every budget. Items include jewelry, pottery, hand-made cards, children’s items, baskets and functional woodenware to name a few. The event is held at the Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, 113 Cottage Place, Ridgewood, NJ 07450 on Friday, November 16th with reception from 7-9:30 pm and Saturday, November 17th from 10 am – 5 pm. The two-day event is a fund-raiser with free admission benefiting the Youth Development Program C.A.M.P. in Paterson, NJ.
For information, call 201-444-6225.
Contact: Marcy Cagan
[email protected], 201-825-7264
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Ridgewood NJ, Veterans Day Wreath Laying – November 11, 2018, Sunday. Meet at Van Neste Square, Ridgewood at 2 pm.
Each year the Bergen County Historical Society raises awareness of different monuments throughout the County to raise awareness of these important sites and to remember the men and women who have served. This year join us in Ridgewood, NJ as we participate in American Legion Post #53’s Veterans Day Service on Sunday, November 11th at 2:00 p.m. in Memorial Park at Van Neste Square.
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the drug addicts see our suburban towns as pansies…ripe for the picking …train in break and enter and haul ass out..all they need is any empty fed ex box and everyone thinks they belong on your front porch to scan your locks and window reinforcements .Then kick in your backdoors then party on your jewelry and cash..Police should be stopping strangers walking with flyers and Boxes
In the neighborhoods ..it’s dark late afternoons now,,
The restoration of a house (maybe not even historical) which is a piece of junk is not merely a joke, it’s a crying shame. Have the voters in Ridgewood been offered any place to express their desire not to have this forced down their throat? It could even have been on yesterdays ballot but that might have revealed that barely anyone in Ridgewood wants this. Where is the proposed funding grant? Still lost in someone’s mind? What are we going to use it for? It’s not in “a desirable location” according to realtors about the surrounding development. West Saddle River Road is such a narrow street that it cannot be striped into 2 halves. Cars ARE going to park on the street. That will immobilize all traffic going there. How did this get authorized without the village having a say in the useless expenditure of even more money and lack of thoughtful preparation?
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Ridgewood NJ, Today Mayor Hache will be hosting my monthly ‘Meet The Mayor’ session at Village Hall from 9 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (4th Floor, across from the courtroom).
Mayor Hache holds “Meet the Mayor” every 2nd Saturday of the month, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. in the Caucus Room, on the 4th floor of Village Hall. Please call the Village Clerk’s Office, at 201-670-5500 ext. 206 to make an appointment. You may also drop in, however, if you do so, you will be taken after those with appointments.
According to Mayor Hache ,” These sessions are very valuable to me since they give me the opportunity to hear from residents directly.”
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Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Police Department is currently investigating 2 burglaries and an attempted burglary that occurred 11/7/18 and 11/8/18 in the area of Fairfield Ave, Shelton Rd and South Irving St. The Police department is asking residents to be extra vigilant and report any activity they feel is suspicious. The department is also requesting residents to review their private video systems between the hours of 4p-8p on the above dates and bring anything out of the ordinary to the attention of the police. As a reminder make sure your doors and window are locked and reset the timers on interior and exterior lights that may have been effected by the daylight savings time change.
If you have any information that can assist with the investigation please contact the Ridgewood Police Detective Bureau at 201-251-4536
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Ridgewood NJ, The Valley Hospital is proud to have been recognized with an “A” grade for patient safety for the thirteenth time from The Leapfrog Group‘s Fall 2018 Hospital Safety Grade. Valley was one of 855 hospitals to receive an “A,” ranking it among the safest hospitals in the United States.
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Ridgewood NJ, Join the Jewish Community of Ridgewood, Temple Israel & JCC, and the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey for the 6th annual Chanukah Menorah Lighting.
Sunday, December 2nd, 2018 at 5:30pm.
Memorial Park at Van Neste Square in Ridgewood. There will be music and refreshments. Come and celebrate this joyous occasion!
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Ridgewood NJ, Several Ridgewood Police uniformed Patrol Officers and members of the Ridgewood Signal Department used hand tools to free a buck who became impaled on a fence at 207 Prospect Street, Ridgewood on Friday morning, 11/09. The injured animal stood up and ran away shortly after police officers removed a cut section of fencing from his leg.
