Ridgewood NJ, Three (3) Ridgewood PD uniformed patrol officers responded to investigate a reported assault that took place in the rear of a Franklin Avenue restaurant late Saturday afternoon, 06/10. An adult male restaurant worked alleged that workers at a nearby auto repair shop threw water or water bottles at him for an unknown reason. No one was taken into custody at the scene of the alleged attack, however, a “simple assault” report was filed by a responding officer.
photo courtesy of Carol Tyler ,Tyco Animal Control, “Another great job by New Jersey Department of Fish and game, Fair Lawn Police department, Fair Lawn Fire department, the Fair Lawn department of public works. Every time I take a picture with the bear in my hair gets whiter LOL”
June 10,2017
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Fair Lawn NJ, on Friday a bear climbed a tree in the backyard of a residential area, and would not come down.
For several hours, the 130-pound bear plopped on the tree branch, right in the middle of homes and office buildings near the very busy Fair Lawn Avenue.
Fair Lawn residents first reported it around 7 30 a.m. , as the word got out the tree bond bear drew quite a crowd .Dozens of staff members from animal control, New Jersey Fish and Wild Life, plus Fair Lawn Police and firefighters all teamed up to get him down safe and sound.
The reported 2-year-old bear was smarter than the average bear ,commuted from New York down Saddle River Trails. Several day ago the Ridgewood blog reported he was spotted Valleau Cemetery in Ridgewood .
Finally, a wildlife expert loaded up the dart gun with tranquilizer then shot the bear as it slowly crawled down the tree and fell a few feet into a net. Animal control will be taking the bear to western New Jersey and releasing it back into the wild.
Ridgewood NJ, Former Speaker of the House & New York Times Bestselling Author, NEWT GINGRICH, will sign his new book: Understanding Trump ($27.00).
*Each person attending must purchase a copy of the book*
*Books must be purchased from Bookends Bookstore*
Tuesday June 13th at 7 PM – 8 PM
Bookends Bookstore
211 E Ridgewood Ave, Ridgewood, New Jersey 07450
Appearing authors will only autograph books purchased at Bookends and must have valid Bookends Receipt.
Availability & pricing for all autographed books subject to change.
First In Line Certificate use is the the discretion of Bookends. Blackout dates may apply.
Bookends cannot guarantee that the books that are Autographed will always be First Printings.
Autographed books purchased at Bookends are non-returnable.
While we try to ensure that all customers coming to Bookends’ signings will meet authors and get their books signed, we cannot guarantee that all attendees will meet the author or that all books will be signed. We cannot control inclement weather, author travel schedules or authors who leave prematurely.
Bookends, 211 E. Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07450 201-445-0726
Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Guild has release the schedule for their 7th season of Movies in the Park! This is a free program that takes place in Memorial Park at Van Neste Square every other Wednesday during the months of June, July & August! The movie begins when the sun goes down (approximately 9pm in June & July, and 8:45pm in August). If the weather doesn’t look good, please be sure to check our Facebook page, and come back here to our website to see the scheduled rain date!
Bring a blanket and/or chair, and enjoy a movie under the stars!
chasing more tax payers out of the state , here is a clue you dont have to live in Jersey to run a hedge fund
JOHN REITMEYER | JUNE 9, 2017
Performance fees earned by hedge fund managers are taxed at a far lower rate than personal income. The difference to NJ: as much as $100M annually
Lawmakers in the state Assembly gave their final approval yesterday to a bill that would establish a new tax in New Jersey to make up for what many consider to be a federal loophole that delivers a huge break to Wall Street fund managers.
Portrayed by supporters as an issue of basic fairness, the legislation would levy a hefty new tax on performance fees earned by managers of hedge funds and private-equity funds that are commonly referred to as “carried interest.”
The performance fees, under current federal rules, are generally taxed as capital gains instead of as individual income. The difference can provide huge savings for fund managers because of the higher tax rates that the federal government levies on personal income compared with the rates on capital gains.
New Jersey could generate $100 million or more in new revenue according to some estimates by establishing a state tax on the performance fees. The legislation, however, would also need to be passed in several other neighboring states to go into effect in New Jersey. If it were enacted only in New Jersey, it would be an open invitation for fund managers to move to a nearby state with a friendlier tax environment.
“However, we believe the actual reason is that grant money was used to construct the bike lane to nowhere and rules associated with the use of grant funds would require the Village to give the money used back if the project were removed.”
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At the time, we were told that (a wondrous) grant would pay for (most?) of the fabulous Bike Lane and it would be a win for everyone and that the grant money must be used for this purpose (traffic easing – aka stealth population control to force a socialist agenda driven by the master plan known as “Agenda 21” – look it up). It’s a big F U sugar coated in feel good language and yes, we are stuck with it.
. I think that ANY Garagzilla project needs to INCLUDE FUNDING to rip out the idiotic Bike Lane to nowhere AND INCLUDE FUNDS TO PAY BACK THE GRANT – otherwise no garage gets built.
Ridgewood NJ, the New Jersey Department of Transportation will again weigh options on the Glenwood Road Rail Road Crossing at the Ho Ho Kus Train Station .
MEMORANDUM OF RECORD
Click Here for Memorandum of Record DOT Docket No. 06-2017CM; Ho-Ho-Kus Train Station Pedestrian Crossing DOT Docket No 1702016 CM
Click Here for Memorandum of Record DOT Docket No. 06-2017CM Warren Ave (Brookside Avenue)
Click Here for Memorandum of Record Ho-Ho-Kus Train Station Pedestrian Crossing
Ridgewood NJ, Surprise, surprise, surprise – apparently, Ridgewood taxpayers were once again lied to by a Village official.
During Wednesday evening’s Village Council Work Session, Village Engineer Christoper Rutishauser told Council members that it would NOT be possible alter the current pavement/road conditions of Garber Square/Franklin Avenue approaching and underneath the NJ Transit train trestle to permit two (2) lanes of traffic to flow freely in both directions (again).
Many of us remember when former Village Manager Roberta Sonenfeld promised that if things didn’t work out with the bike lane to nowhere, we could “go back to what we had before.” Well, that ain’t happening folks.
Rutishauser told Council members that the size of NJ Transit’s buses (a required turning radius) is what’s preventing a return to sanity. However, we believe the actual reason is that grant money was used to construct the bike lane to nowhere and rules associated with the use of grant funds would require the Village to give the money used back if the project were removed. So, we’ve been lied to twice? Wow.
Ridgewood NJ, Lower level bathroom facilities at The Stable, 259 North Maple Avenue, will be accessible from 6:30 AM through 10:00 PM daily during Spring, Summer, and Fall seasons as per Ridgewood Village Manager Heather Mailander. This is the same schedule applicable to bathroom facilities on Vets Field.
Taxpayers had previously been informed that renovations to The Stable were required due to the need for new bathroom facilities. But more than 1 year after the renovations were completed, the new bathrooms were still not made accessible from the lower level’s outer door. Blame had been cast to the Village’s Network IT administrator, who reportedly failed to install the software and hardware necessary to automatically open & lock the outer door on a scheduled basis. All seems to be in order now, thankfully.
Ridgewood NJ, Village Engineer Christopher Rutishauser told Council members at last night’s meeting that suggested renovations to bathrooms at Graydon Pool would likely cost $180k-$240k, not including architectural fees.
Deputy Mayor Mike Sedon voiced concern about signing off on another “golden toilet “.
Hold onto your wallets folks because you know what typically happens to Rutishauser’s estimates – they double.
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In the letter Mr Weitz once again demonstrated the lack of professionalism that permeates the Financial Advisory Committee or FAC. If Mr Weitz or any other members of the FAC had ever had a job in Finance he would understand that every single communication is monitored by corporate compliance department.
In the late 90’s I was working for a firm called Dean Witter and in the coarse of business each week you would make hundreds of phone calls . One month I was called into compliance who promptly showed me a printout of phone numbers I had called that month ,yes everyone and singled out a certain number I had called once everyday . The number was my grandmother’s who was dying and I would just check in on her. The compliance officer simply apologized and added the number to the OK to call list .
Mr Weitz goes on to say ,”Shortly thereafter, the Deputy Mayor filed an open record request for any email Voigt received that contained my last name. Even more disturbing, several private individuals filed open records requests for any emails sent from my private email address to Voigt.”
Mr.Weitz that statement alone disqualifies you from serving on any financial board or being involved in any Municipal business . Any professional would know that there is no such thing as “private emails” in finance and no such thing as private emails doing the peoples business in politics .
OPRA requests are a legitimate part of Municipal operations. Questioning OPRA’s leaves many to question validity of committees like the FAC and raises further questions as to the motivations of certain politicians.
Ridgewood NJ , Recently hired Ridgewood FD Career Firefighters Dane Knudsen and Shelby Taylor were sworn in by Ridgewood Mayor Susan Knudsen during a ceremony held at Ridgewood Village Hall on Wednesday evening, 06/07.
Firefighter Taylor, a former member of the United States Marine Corps, is the first female Career Firefighter in the Department’s history, and is also believed to be the first full-time, paid female firefighter to serve a Bergen County municipality.
We have just held a primary election for governor in New Jersey, as well as for many legislative, county and local seats.
This is a time to reflect upon the property tax problems of the state of New Jersey, and I felt it would be a good time to write about some of my thoughts in this area.
I have my own view of what makes government so expensive in New Jersey versus other states from the bottom up.
I’ve had the opportunity to look extensively at municipal government services and costs, as well as those of county government. I’ve had the opportunity also to compare municipalities and counties here in New Jersey against those in other states in a benchmarking sense.
I preface these comments with the reminder that about 70 percent or 75 percent of your local property taxes are school taxes. I do not have significant experience in this area, so my comments are focused on municipal and county government structures and costs.
If you think about it, property taxes are by their very nature an anachronism. Most persons living on a piece of land today do not produce revenue from the land itself, as we did when we were an agrarian society in the 1600s and 1700s, when this system was created. Yes, it is that old. In fact, I think feudal societies worked similarly as well.
#11 Ridgewood | $11,179 County: Bergen Avg. total residential property tax: $17,180 Property tax breakdown: County 11% | School 65% | Municipal 24%
These 30 towns have the highest school tax bills in N.J.
Updated June 07, 2017
Posted June 07, 2017
By Kelly Heyboer | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
TRENTON — If your property taxes are high in New Jersey, chances are a good chunk of your annual bill is going to your local public schools.
New Jersey residents paid nearly $15 billion in school taxes as part of their property tax bills last year, according to data released by the state Department of Community Affairs.
Most residents’ property tax bills are made up of three parts: a county tax, a municipal tax and a school tax. Last year, school taxes accounted for about 52 percent of the average New Jersey property tax bill, according to the data.
In most cases, the money directly funded a local school district. In some smaller communities without their own schools, including Loch Arbour in Monmouth County, the money was used to pay tuition to send local students to neighboring public school districts.
The towns that have the highest average school tax bills are usually wealthier communities where property values are the highest. These towns generally fund a large share of their school expenses because they don’t receive significant state aid.
Here are the 30 New Jersey towns where residents paid the highest average school taxes in 2016:
