Ridgewood NJ, Memorial Park at Van Neste Square is used for many events during the summer . Both the Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce and the Ridgewood Guild host events there . The Park is across from the Ridgewood bus station and on most days a Ridgewood police cruiser is parked near the Ridgewood avenue intersection.
Recently residents have reported that the park has become increasingly garbage strewn . Folks its up to every single one of us to keep Ridgewood a beautiful place .
We have eliminated large swaths of wooded areas. When I was a kid, about 100 years ago, my dog ran free with me. Didn’t bother anyone. Now with our limited parks, they should be saved for walkers and kids playing games, etc. But maybe we could have one park for dogs and their owners. Not all of them.
But really let’s save the parks for walkers and runners who want to exercise without stress and enjoy the parks without worry about dogs approaching them.
I mean even crossing a street is stressful now with all the traffic and the way people drive. . It is imperative to keep the parks dog free. Dogs do run up to strangers, or walk up to sniff and it is stressful. Parks are for people to enjoy. People need some place to walk without worry about cars or dogs.
I love it when I have the opportunity to babysit a family dog; I even feel sorry that the dog can’t run and explore in a park; but people come first. Again, maybe one park. Maybe not.
No, let’s NOT give up a park to dogs! Imagine how well that would turn out! Our parks are for people. They have already been given up to sports diamonds and fields and fences, and when that particular sport isn’t in season, the place is a waste. Speaking of waste, what would be the criterion indicating that such an experiment had failed? Lawsuits from dog bites (inevitable)? Dog litter all over the place (laughably inevitable)? Are we really expecting any follow-up at all from the town for this when we get it for nothing else? People who merely felt intimidated or uncomfortable or allergic regarding the omnipresence of canines would not complain, but probably just stop going to the park. Is that fair? Dog owners are not uniformly respectful of other people and do not consistently keep their dogs in tow. I would hate being sniffed at, run after, leg-humped, and slobbered on or to watch it happen to others, or to have to extricate myself from a long leash–that happens already. Dogs smell, shed, and trail menstrual blood. And bark. Sorry, people, dogs are not people! Some towns may allow this, but plenty forbid dogs in parks. If we changed our ordinance, people from those towns would all come here with their dogs! This is NOT far fetched (to coin a phrase).When a reasonable ordinance is not respected, you don’t rewrite the ordinance–you enforce it. That’s the real answer: give tickets to dog owners outside the dog runs, which they are lucky to have. NO DOGS.
The reality is that there are dogs in all the town parks every day, ordinance notwithstanding. Look at Habernickel, dogs run up there on and off leash. People walk their dogs through Van Neste and people congregate at Brookside field to let their dogs run loose and at any given ball game parents are on the sidelines with the family dogs. The ordinance is completely ignored just like so many of the stupid laws that exist in this town. No need to change the ordinance, just keep bringing your dogs like you already are doing only please remember to clean up after them. And oh by the way throw away your soda cans and candy wrappers in garbage cans while you are at it.
NOTICE: ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT – SPECIAL PUBLIC MEETING – JULY 12
ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
AMENDMENT TO MEETING SCHEDULE
SPECIAL PUBLIC MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
In accordance with the provisions of the “Open Public Meetings Act,” please be advised that the Zoning Board of Adjustment will hold a special public meeting on Tuesday, July 12, 2016, in the Village Hall Court Room, 131 North Maple Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ. The purpose of the meeting is to hold the Annual Reorganization Meeting beginning at 7:30 p.m. A regular business meeting will follow.
All meetings of the Ridgewood Zoning Board of Adjustment (i.e., official public meetings, work session meetings, pre-meeting assemblies and special meetings) are public meetings which are always open to members of the general public.
Ridgewood NJ, Click Here for the Quarterly Health Barn Report. The report is divided into a couple of sections. On-site programs are delineated in the first section including number of students and percentage of Ridgewood students.
Section 2 speaks to field trip visits. The details of these are in the separately attached bus report.
The third section details capital investments that Health Barn has made at Habernickel. Health Barn has already exceeded its $60,000 capital commitment.
The fourth section lists other community outreach, partnerships and sponsorships.
And, finally the fifth section speaks to any relevant issues.
Appeal, yes, but the town may also wish to obtain a stay the part of the ruling that requires the Council to adopt the specified ordinance. The latter is no mean feat. Final judgments and orders from New Jersey Superior Court trial court judges are extremely difficult to “dislodge”. Appellate Division judges have to practically be charmed to within an inch of their lives before agreeing to block implementation of a trial court’s judgment pending final appellate disposition. The whole system is more or less designed to front load power at the trial court level rather than at the apellate level. Hard to see why things must be arranged this way but thems the facts and Ridgewood must deal with them squarely.
Location: Memorial Park at Van Neste Square, E. Ridgewood Ave.-Walnut-Van Neste
Event Description
The is FREE to the public.
Shakespeare in the Park July 17th
(weather permitting)
Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce and Porch Light Productions proudly presents a
Th Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Abridged”
It’s a super fun comedy and sure to be an audience pleaser !
All 37 Plays in 97 minutes ! An irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard’s plays. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Abridged was London’s longest running comedy having clocked a very palpable nine years in London’s West End at the Citerion Theater
Bring your umbrella-hat for shade, blankets-chairs to sit on, cold drinks to stay cool and your listening ear for some of Shakespeare’s best words.
for more details and weather reports
201-445-2600 or email – [email protected] for updates.
Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Police Department officers used a hand held forcible entry tool to break a crashed Volvo SUV’s passenger side window in order aid a driver who collapsed after suffering an undisclosed medical condition. The incident occurred at approximately 6 PM on Thursday, 07/07, at the intersection of East Ridgewood Avenue and Heermance Place, Ridgewood. A passerby called 911 to report seeing a vehicle with no driver careen off of East Ridgewood Avenue, up a curb, over a sidewalk, and into a line of shrubbery.
First arriving Patrol Officer Salvatore D’Amico spotted the SUV and immediately observed a driver slumped behind the wheel of the locked vehicle. While D’Amico kept the adult male victim in plain view and tried to engage him in conversation, backup officers arrived and broke the passenger side window and unlocked all doors. Ridgewood FD and EMS crews attended to the victim along with a paramedic team from The Valley Hospital. The victim, a Ridgewood resident, was transported by ambulance to The Valley Hospital. The Volvo was removed by a flatbed tow truck.
Ridgewood NJ, The governor’s office released a list of transportation projects that will shut down today due to a lack of funding after legislators and the Governor failed to come to agreement on a gas tax increase to fuel the state’s Transportation Trust Fund.
The road work shutdown follows an Executive Order by Gov. Chris Christie, who last week pledged work would be halted if legislators didn’t approve a 23-cent gas tax to fund the state’s Transportation Trust Fund, which expired Friday.
The temporary shutdown of $3.5 billion worth of projects will impact both Department of Transportation (DOT) and NJ Transit initiatives. Work on projects funded by the TTF will stop by 11:59 p.m. on Friday for at least seven days, according to the governor’s office .
The temporary shutdown of $3.5 billion worth of projects will impact both Department of Transportation (DOT) and NJ Transit initiatives. Work on projects funded by the TTF will stop by 11:59 p.m. on Friday for at least seven days, according to the governor’s office .
Three local Ridgewood DOT projects are affected ; North Van Dien Avenue: $149,000
Morningside Road: $149,000 and also a $300,000 maintenance project for the Ridgewood Train Station .
RIDGEWOOD – Superior Court Judge Lisa Perez Friscia issued an opinion last Thursday, which gives the village 90 days to adopt an ordinance consistent with The Valley Hospital 2016 master plan amendment adopted in April by the Planning Board.
Valley Hospital, which is surrounded by homes in an otherwise residential neighborhood, plans to nearly double in size, from 565,000 square feet to 961,000 square feet, which will create 451 one-patient rooms.
The summer weather has led to a surge in water use for irrigating. Ridgewood Water implemented Stage II restrictions almost 2 weeks ago. Stage II limits the use of water for irrigation to two days per week. If your street address is an odd number, you may irrigate on Tuesdays and Saturdays only. If your street address is an even number, you may irrigate on Wednesdays and Sundays only. A hand held hose may be used at any time. No irrigation is allowed on Mondays, Thursdays, or Fridays except for a hand held hose.
Many people water their lawns more than necessary for healthy, drought resistant turf. Experts agree that ½ inch of water twice a week will sustain an established lawn within the Stage II limitations. Ridgewood Water technicians can help you reset your automatic irrigation system if needed. Please call our Customer Service Center at 201-670-5520 for assistance.
Our Fire Department is in the process of distributing a Notice of Water Restrictions flyer to every house in the Village. Enforcement has increased significantly. Fines start at $65 for the first offense, and increase for additional offenses. We have a team of personnel who are watching for violations in the act or evidence of violations at various times of day and night. If evidence of watering is found or they respond to a property based on a tip, a notice of non-compliance will be left with the homeowner as a warning. If you have any questions or concerns about watering, you can email it to [email protected]
Your cooperation in observing Stage II restrictions is appreciated and will help us avoid more stringent levels this year.
Best,
Roberta Sonenfeld
Village Manager
201-670-5500, ext. 203
As you know, PSE&G is working in Ridgewood on a significant effort to replace gas mains enhancing service to our residents. (Please see attached PSE&G flyer for more details and explanation of the project.) The recent work that has been done on and around Glen Ave. to date has involved partial shutdown of streets and detours that have resulted in some traffic delays.
Starting tomorrow – Friday, July 8th – W. Glen Ave. will be closed between Oak St. and Upper Blvd. from 7am to 4pm Monday through Friday for approximately 2 weeks. This will have an impact on traffic traveling west and east through Ridgewood (see map below). Traffic will be diverted to the Franklin Ave. underpass for cars. Trucks will be diverted to Wyckoff Ave. in Waldwick due to height restrictions.
It is very possible that we will see some significant delays in the Garber Square area including the feeder streets of W. Ridgewood Ave., Franklin Ave. and Godwin Ave. area due to this detour. I would encourage residents to try alternate routes, for example using the underpass near the intersection of Ackerman Ave./Broad St.
Approximately six police officers, hired and paid for by PSE&G, will be deployed to critical intersections to assist the traffic flow. Thankfully, we are in the midst of summer where traffic is generally lighter, but I wanted to give you this heads-up so that perhaps you can plan around this construction work. I appreciate your understanding and patience while we get through this public utility improvement.
Best,
Roberta Sonenfeld
Village Manager
201-670-5500, ext. 203
