Well this is off subject but I do not know where else to post it. The Ridgewood News today has a great article about the high density housing fight. A lawsuit indicates that Pucciarelli should have recused way earlier than he did. When asked by the reporter to comment Mr. Pucciarelli declined. Love it. Mr. Big talker who could not shut up ever when he was on the dais now has his mouth shut. Have a crappy weekend Big Al the Developers Pal.
photos courtesy of Boyd Loving
September 24,2016
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood PD, FD, and EMS units responded to a reported “pedestrian struck” at the intersection of Godwin Avenue and Sherman Place on the evening of Saturday, 09/23. EMS & FD personnel, with the assistance of a paramedic team from The Valley Hospital, attended to an adult male who was critically injured in the incident. He was transported by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center’s (HUMC) main campus. A second patient, a young female, sustained only minor injuries, but was also transported by ambulance to a hospital. Godwin Avenue between West Ridgewood Avenue and Ackerman Avenue remained closed as of 2130 hours due to an on-going accident investigation in connection with the incident.
We know there are two or three people who troll the blog and hate every word. A former deputy mayor. The husband of a former councilwoman. A former fire chief who sent an ANONYMOUS threatening letter to a subordinate. The husband of a former village manager. A dapper little gnome who uses big words to compensate for the total lack of content in his diatribes.
For the few of you it is a simple solution, just don’t log into the blog (but….we know you cannot help yourselves!)
For the rest of us, the blog provides an open forum where we can say what we really feel. And I appreciate that James keeps vulgar language off.
• Rockin’ Fall Fashion Runway Show
• October 1 Noon to 1pm
• Little Skye Children’s Boutique, 171 East Ridgewood Avenue
• Everyone is invited to watch your friends’ and neighbors’ kids rock the runway wearing the trendiest fall fashions.
Join us on October 1, from noon to 1pm at the Little Skye Children’s Boutique. All attendees will be treated to scrumptious baby cakes courtesy of Cupcakes by Carousel. Panico Salon will transform the children — making them runway ready. The boutique is offering an exclusive 15% off all non-sale merchandise that day only.
Little Skye has distinguished itself with a carefully curated selection of fashions at all price levels from over 60 independent international designers. Designers include Mim Pi, Joah Love, Chaser, Splendid, Miki Miette, Appaman, Mayoral, Egg Baby, Siaomimi and Anthem of the Antscan. Little Skye is located at 171 East Ridgewood Avenue in Ridgewood, NJ. More information about the boutique and clothing can be found athttps://littleskyechildrensboutique.com or by calling (201) 645-3132.
• Little Skye Children’s Boutique
• 201.645.3132
• [email protected]
• https://littleskyechildrensboutique.com/
September 24,2016
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Don’t miss the second annual Good Life Ridgewood- Wellness Festival 9.25.16 in Van Neste Square! For more information [email protected]
The Mayor’s Wellness Festival. The program goal is to bring attention to Ridgewood as a destination for healthy living and wellness.
Come for the free yoga, stay for the great performances and the best wellness vendors in Ridgewood and beyond! The Good Life Ridgewood Wellness Festival has it all! Join us this Sunday 11-3 in Memorial Park at Van Neste Square
11:00am Yoga Flow with Active Life Fusion
12:00 – 12:30 Art of Motion – Dance Ensemble
12:30 – 1:00 Musical Performers from Ridgewood
1:00 – 1:30 The Jig Factory – Ridgewood Irish Dance Academy
1:30 – 2:00 Ridgewood High School Students – Musical Soloists – Vocals & Guitarists
2:00 – 2:30 Taekwondo All In – Demonstration
2:30 – 3:00 Ridgewood High School Varsity Cheer Squad
Through the Good Life Ridgewood Festival, local businesses will connect with residents to foster long-lasting relationships, while energizing and empowering our community.
The event will be held Sunday, September 25, 2016 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Van Neste Square Memorial Park. The first of its kind to be held in Ridgewood, this festival will bring residents, visitors, businesses, and professionals together to show off what our community has to offer: social services, health lifestyle businesses, healthy places for kids, mental health services, alternative medicine, local medical/dental specialists, nutritionists, and much, much more.
Good Life Ridgewood is self-funding—meaning no Village of Ridgewood funds are being spent to bring this exciting event to our town.
If you are interested in sponsorship/participation Do not hesitate to email the executive committee at [email protected].
September 24,2016
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Many retirees and those nearing retirement express a common fear.
They worry about running out of money; finding their bank account drained with years of life still ahead of them.
“The reality is that a large percentage of Americans simply don’t have the kind of savings they need,” says Chuck Price, president of Price Financial Group Wealth Management Inc. (www.pfgwm.com) and author of “Investing Simplified: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You.”
“When that’s the case, there are other strategies they’ll need to consider.”
His suggestions for stretching retirement dollars as much as possible include:
• Work longer. Nothing says you have to stop working at a particular age. You can continue in your career, find a new one or just work part-time. Even temporary employment can help keep the cash flowing so you don’t have to tap into your savings too much.
• Cultivate alternative income streams. You can reduce your reliance on your retirement portfolio by cultivating income streams. “This could be done through a side business or maybe by making investments outside your retirement portfolio that pay dividends,” Price says. “There are a number of ways you might be able to come up with some extra income.”
• Cut costs. Are there expenses you can get rid of if money becomes too tight? Maybe you don’t need to play golf every day or dine out so often. Are you paying for insurance on an extra car that you really don’t need anymore or for a motorcycle you rarely ride? “Retirement is supposed to be fun, I know, but in tough economic times you’ll have to make decisions,” Price says. “If your situation improves, you can add some of those luxuries back later.”
• Reconsider the financial help you give others. Older people often want to help their children and grandchildren financially, but you might need to cut back on your charity. “If your own survival and financial situation is being threatened, you need to pull back a bit,” Price says. “You’re trying to make your money outlive you, so it might be necessary in times of economic turmoil to reduce how much you provide to others.”
On the upside, Price says, it’s worth noting that expenses in retirement might not end up being as much as you think.
“Most people spend less money as they get older because they stop driving, traveling and buying clothes,” Price says. “The main exception is if there’s a need for long-term care, which can be very expensive.
“But most of my clients in retirement, usually after about age 80, aren’t spending anywhere close to what they planned for.”
About Chuck Price
Chuck Price (www.pfgwm.com) is president and wealth manager for Price Financial Group Wealth Management Inc. He also is author of “Investing Simplified: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You.” Price has more than 40 years of financial experience and hosts a popular radio show, “Investing Simplified,” that airs on Freedom 970 in Portland, Ore.
(Pictured from left): Nancy Barrett-Fajardo, Director, Medical/Surgical Services, The Valley Hospital; Martin Kafafian, CIANJ Chairman
Valley Receives Best Practice Award from CIANJ and COMMERCE Magazine
September 24,2016
the sstaff of the Ridgewood bog
Ridgewood NJ, The Valley Hospital was recently recognized with a Best Practice Award by The Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey (CIANJ) and COMMERCE Magazine. The award winners were chosen from a total of 100 submissions from chief-executive-officers, managing partners and business owners. The award’s focus is on leadership and collaboration and the submissions were judged based on which were the most clever, extraordinary and innovative.
Valley’s winning submission was one of a select few chosen by a panel of judges including Dennis Bone, Director, Feliciano Center for Entrepreneurship at Montclair State University; Rob Field, Former Commander, U.S. Navy Blue Angels flight squad; Bill Hanson, President, NAI James E. Hanson; Debbie Hart, President, BioNJ; Dean Paranicas, President and CEO, Healthcare Institute of New Jersey; and Siamack Shojai, Dean, William Paterson University.
Ridgewood Police Alzheimer’s patient was found
September 24,2016
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Yesterday marked Alzheimer’s Action Day and with September being World Alzheimer’s Month, it comes as no surprise that millions of people are joining together in the global fight to raise awareness and end stigma surrounding the disease. With Alzheimer’s being the 6th leading cause of death in the United States and 5.4 million Americans currently battling the disease, volunteers and advocates alike are tirelessly pushing for the critical medical support, research, and developments needed to prevent and cure Alzheimer’s. One company working towards achieving these much-needed neurological breakthroughs is Posit Science with its flagship brain-training program BrainHQ.
Created by world-renowned scientist, Dr. Michael Merzenich – a UCSF professor emeritus in neurophysiology, member of the National Academy of Sciences, co-inventor of the cochlear implant, and Kavli Prize laureate – and an international team of top neuroscientists, Posit Science’s plasticity-based software is being used to treat people with a multitude of severe neurological disorders, mental illnesses, and brain injuries, changing the way we think about medicine in the process. Dr. Merzenich is one of the few scientists who, in the past 30 years, has dedicated his life to transforming the field of neurology through disproving the conception that the brain is fixed and unmalleable. Cognitive impairments and neurological maladies – dementia, schizophrenia, strokes, autism, and traumatic brain injury – are commonly seen as untreatable, however, Dr. Merzenich’s comprehensive and long-term studies have proven otherwise.
In fact, just this summer, the Alzheimer’s Association highlighted a landmark study on cognitive training that used a brain-training exercise developed by Dr. Merzenich – the longitudinal study tracked older adults over 10 years and showed a 50% decrease in risk of dementia among those who used a particular type ofcognitive exercise that trains visual processing speed. The study additionally showed several other cognitive benefits of speed training, including improved cognitive function, better health and mood, more self-confidence, and even fewer car accidents. It’s worth noting that this is the very first time that any intervention – brain-training program, physical exercise, diet, or drug – has been shown to reduce the risk of dementia.
We’re transforming neuroscience-based software into medicine. Drugs are an extremely primitive method to treat the neurology. [With drugs] We’re manipulating machinery that is controlled by dozens of variables, by powerfully distorting one particular chemical. What we’re doing instead is replacing that chemical approach with strategies that actually correct the neurological underpinnings of these problems. And the only way is to have the brain correct itself. — Dr. Michael Merzenich
If you are interested in discussing the developments and breakthroughs being made in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease, the future of medicine, and how technology is creating new medical breakthroughs, please let me know – I would be happy to arrange an interview with Dr. Merzenich or provide you with written commentary and additional information.
Best,
Laura Viglione
More About Dr. Michael M. Merzenich (Full Bio Here)
Dr. Merzenich has published more than 150 articles in leading peer-reviewed journals (such as Science and Nature), received numerous awards and prizes (including the Russ Prize, Ipsen Prize, Zülch Prize, Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award and Purkinje Medal), and been granted nearly 100 patents for his work. He and his work have been highlighted in hundreds of books about the brain, learning, rehabilitation, and plasticity. Dr. Merzenich’s work is also often covered in the popular press, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Time, Wired, Forbes, Discover, and Newsweek. He has appeared extensively on television and is the scientific consultant for the Discovery Channel show “Hack My Brain.” His work has also been featured on four PBS specials: “The Brain Fitness Program,” “Brain Fitness 2: Sight and Sound,” “The New Science of Learning,” and “Brain Fitness Frontiers.”
The Ridgewood Public Library has no business getting involved in a performing arts center. They are not the village Entertainment Center.
They are trying to build up their numbers by hosting book clubs, cooking clubs and other hobby clubs. What is the purpose of a library? They need to evolve to electronic information – if that even makes sense.
A performing Arts Center should use private funds. Create a nonprofit and give it a go. Government should not be in the entertainment business. And opera and ballet are entertainment.
September 24,2016
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, After six long years of battling Hodgkin’s lymphoma, native villager Anthony Daniels is now cancer-free.
Daniels was 19-years-old and a sophomore at Fordham University in New York City when he was diagnosed with the blood cancer.
Despite four relapses and 30 rounds of chemotherapy, Daniels never gave up trying to find a bone marrow match . Daniels struggle was well documented on this blog.
Daniels whose ongoing battle against Hodgkin’s lymphoma was the focus of a documentary film, and his fight against Hodgkin’s lymphoma even got the attention of actor Bradley Cooper.
Daniels, who never found his perfect match, was told that his final shot at surviving would be to get an alternative stem cell transplant. On March 25th he took his chances heading to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas .With less than a 30% chance it would work it did and now he is in complete remission.
Today Traffic Alert for Saturday 9/24/16
September 24,2016
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, On Saturday morning the Railroad underpass on West Glen Ave will be closed from 7am until 4pm to all vehicular traffic due to utility work. A detour will be in place at Oak Street and North Monroe Street. Police officers will be stationed at intersections around the detour to assist with keeping traffic flowing.
file photo by Boyd Loving
Gotta give credit to the Ridgewood police. They are well trainied professionals who know how to perform their duties with a level of respect and restraint they deem appropriate to the situation and in so doing they are often able to defuse what otherwise could have turned into a confrontation. Just look at the pic.Seemingly friendly and non-confrontational…..but backed up by officers from two other departments just in case things went bad. Consummate professionals !! We are so lucky to have them.
7. Audrey Meyers, Valley Hospital: $2.2 million
By Susan K. Livio | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
on September 22, 2016 at 7:15 AM, updated September 22, 2016 at 5:02 PM
TRENTON — Ask hospital leaders whether New Jersey’s nonprofit hospital CEOs earn too much money, and they will confidently say no. Their compensation packages are based on what other CEOs are making in a highly competitive market.
But a tax court judge last summer sharply disagreed with that assessment, describing this method of comparison as a “wholly self-serving” justification.
State Tax Court Judge Vito Bianco ruled Morristown Medical Center should lose its tax-exempt status — in part because of its parent company CEO’s $5 million-a-year pay package.
photo courtesy of Boyd Loving’s Facebook
September 23,2016
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, A telephone call from a citizen to Ridgewood PD regarding two (2) adult males who were sitting on a curb smoking cigarettes after abandoning their vehicle in the middle of a busy intersection resulted in police making two (2) arrests, impounding a vehicle, and calling upon the services of Midland Park PD and the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office K9 Division to assist in effecting the arrests and conducting the subsequent investigation. The incident began at 1824 hours at the intersection of South Maple Avenue and Dayton Street. No information was available at the scene as to the nature of charges associated with the arrests, however police officers were observed administering a field sobriety test to the individual suspected to be the vehicle’s driver.
“You DID NOT originally say that “everyone can make their points without the use of foul or derogatory comments” (which btw who is the arbiter or what is and is not ‘foul’ and ‘derogatory’ – you?). Nor did you originally say that this language is a “part of free speech and legally permitted”. Nor did you ASK that people use language that doesn’t deliberately attack other people.
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What you DID say was:
1. A comment “should be deleted“ to “Do the right thing
2. Using the blog to “display discriminatory comments is not a justified use“
3. People can “say the worst things about people without using language that should be banned“
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These statements are very clear and very specific –
– DELETE comment
– NOT justified
– should be BANNED
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For someone who is so keen on language use (and has established herself to be the arbiter in this area), to come back with revisionist language: (” Of course they are part of ‘Free Speech” and are legally permitted”; ” I’m just asking that people use language that doesn’t deliberately attack other people) is disingenuous at best and reveals you to be someone who is quick to criticize and judge others but is above criticism and error and not to be held to your own standard.”
