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Ridgewood NJ, YMCA invites you to celebrate their new transformation- sept. 4th, 2018 at 6:30pm- rsvp required , on Tuesday, September 04, 2018 at Time: 6:30 PM ,
Ridgewood YMCA, 112 Oak Street, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
rainbow flag at Ridgewood High School
Constitutional Law 101. Municipalities are certifiably insane if they imagine that it could be in any way appropriate to dance this particular two-step: 1) Evaluate in a legislative body the substance of a third-party message proposed for public display on public property; and 2) Approve such public display on municipal property because said legislative body loves that message and darn well wants to signal its approval of same.
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Why did our well-paid village attorney not put the Kibosh on this? Regardless of what one thinks of the particular message that received approval and (by now) two month’s free advertisement from our elected village legislative body, how (constitutionally speaking) can that body now legitimately say “no” to a similar-situated month-long display containing, say, an opposite message, or even any other message for that matter!?! Why did the Village’s legal counsel not lay out this easily-predicted problem in stark enough terms to persuade our illusurious council members of the utter folly of their planned course of action?
by Jim O’Connor
Two problems:
1. Business owners do not understand the law.
2. People exploit the loopholes.
Continue reading Reader Comments on Service Dogs Denied Access in Ridgewood
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Ridgewood NJ, Glen Rock, Wyckoff and Midland Park have been stepping up their calls for a multi-town water commission to set water rates.
file photo by Boyd Loving
Friday, September 7, 2018
Memorial Park
at Van Neste Square and
along E. Ridgewood Ave.
6:00-9:00pm
last year we had over 400 cars,
ran out of room, need to sign up and show up early!
weather permitting
Continue reading 2018 Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce Annual Car Show
RIDGEWOOD PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Village Hall Court Room – 7:30 P.M.
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photo courtesy of the Ridgewood Police Department
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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Police have issued a Traffic Alert East Ridgewood Ave Paving 8/30/18 -8/31/18.
East Ridgewood Ave will be closed between North Maple Ave and Van Dien Ave. Thursday 8/31 and between Van Dien and Paramus Road Friday 8/31 for paving.
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Westwood NJ, a Westwood man wants to fly anti-abortion flag at Borough Hall. The borough resident and anti-abortion activist is requesting the display, citing the rainbow flag flown at Borough Hall for LGBT Gay Pride flag.
In April 2017 , Jan Phillips attempted to strong arm the Ridgewood council in the name of civility by pushing them to hang a Gay Pride flag over Village Hall ,at the time it was rejected for various reasons and many readers suggested ,if the council flew the pride flag over Village Hall , that would open the door to flying all kinds of other flags .
Continue reading Westwood man wants to fly anti-abortion flag at Westwood Borough Hall
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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood blog has received reports of CBD customers being denied access with their service dog several times in several different restaurants in the village.
Service animals are defined as dogs that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities. Examples of such work or tasks include guiding people who are blind, alerting people who are deaf, pulling a wheelchair, alerting and protecting a person who is having a seizure, reminding a person with mental illness to take prescribed medications, calming a person with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) during an anxiety attack, or performing other duties. Service animals are working animals, not pets. The work or task a dog has been trained to provide must be directly related to the person’s disability. Dogs whose sole function is to provide comfort or emotional support do not qualify as service animals under the ADA.
Continue reading Reports of Customers With Service Dogs Denied Access in Ridgewood
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Trenton NJ, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal today released new guidance addressing the scope and appropriate use of prosecutorial discretion in municipal court prosecutions of marijuana-related offenses. The guidance reaffirms that municipal prosecutors are not permitted to adopt their own policies to decriminalize marijuana. Instead, prosecutors handling marijuana cases may appropriately exercise prosecutorial iscretion on a case-by-case basis, as they would when prosecuting any other type of criminal offense.
Continue reading AG Grewal Releases New Guidance on Municipal Court Prosecutions of Marijuana Offenses
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Ridgewood NJ, the National Weather Service has issued a …HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING…
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Ridgewood NJ, “County parks budget being used for something else? This is the first thing many people see when driving westbound into Ridgewood. Council, can you complain? ” , readers continue to express their dissatisfaction with the condition of the Bergen County Wild Duck Pond.
The dog run formerly referred to as ‘bark park” seems to be popular despite claims of nasty aggressive dogs , but the over all condition of the pond has many residents very concerned . Crossing from Paramus heading up Ridgewood Avenue , the Bergen County Wild Duck Pond is the first impression any one gets of Ridgewood and what they see is a dilapidated ,rundown park.
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This event is FREE to the public – view some of the oldest and newest cars ever made from all over the world, Friday September 7th , 6-9pm .
The Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce presents their….
ANNUAL 25TH CAR SHOW
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Ridgewood NJ, Sherma Andrews Live at the Ridgewood Library September 9th . “Sherma Andrews produced a fantastic show, featuring songs from a selected group of legendary lady singers such as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston and many more! The Legendary Lady Singer Show creates a truly magical and memorable experience worth seeing over and over again. What a voice! What a woman! What a Lady Singer! Sherma Andrews is not just a phenomenal talent, she is an experience to remember.”
Continue reading Sherma Andrews Live at the Ridgewood Library September 9th
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Ridgewood Senior Shopping Day
Tuesday, August 28
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Continue reading Today is Ridgewood Senior Shopping Day -Special Offers Available for Older Adults
