Ridgewood NJ , after 35 years Ridgewood Police Chief John Ward is leaving the village for the private sector.
John Ward, who was the chief of police in the Village the past six years, will become director of public safety at Queensborough Community College starting June 27.
The official announcement came at Wednesday night’s Village Council meeting.
According to sources Capt. Jacqueline Luthcke will likely become officer in charge of the department while village officials decide how to proceed.
The Chief have been very active promoting public education through various events in the Village ,he has taken a decidedly lower profile in recent months.
Ridgewood NJ, The League Of Women Voters Of Ridgewood wishes to remind registered voters who have de-
clared affiliation with a political party (currently only Republican and Democratic parties qualify for primary elections) of the upcoming New Jersey Primary Election on Tuesday, June 7.
If you are an unaffiliated voter, you may declare a political party at the polls the day of the primary election. It is now however too late to change from one party to another.(must be done at least 55 days before the primary election) Polls are open from 6:00am-8:00pm.
Ali Stroker says that her life took a radical turn the summer she was 7. Her next-door neighbor decided to direct a backyard production of Annie and cast Stroker as Annie. “It was a really special summer. I remember my life beginning,” says Stroker. From the time she was 2, a car accident left her paralyzed from the chest down. “I felt like my identity was around my wheelchair for so long” she says. “Once I started performing I was someone else. I could be an actress and singer and not just a girl in a wheelchair.”
From that Annie production, Stroker was hooked. Playing different roles, becoming a variety of people was healing. Performing bolstered her confidence. “It served different purposes not only in my career, but also helped me become the person that I am today,” she says. She also took voice lessons finding singing to be totally liberating. “Being paralyzed my body doesn’t necessarily always do what I want it to do,” Stroker explains. “But with my voice there are no limitations. It’s not held back by anything.”
When she was 11, she was cast in a professional singing group, the Kids for Kids Project, and toured the country talking about inclusion and raising awareness for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. “I was working with other professional kids, and it made me really realize that I wanted to do this as a career,” says Stroker.
Ridgewood NJ, Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher Jim Palmer will be appearing Wednesday at Bookends in Ridgewood. James Alvin “Jim” Palmer (born October 15, 1945) is a retired American right-handed pitcher who played all of his 19 years in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Baltimore Orioles (1965–67, 1969–84) and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990. Palmer was the winning pitcher in 186 games in the 1970s, the most wins in that decade by any MLB pitcher. He also won at least twenty games in each of eight seasons and received three Cy Young Awards and four Gold Gloves during the decade. His 268 career victories are currently an Orioles record. A six-time American League (AL) All-Star, he was also one of the rare pitchers who never allowed a grand slam in any major league contest.
Palmer appeared in the postseason eight times and was a vital member of three World Series Champions, six AL pennant winners and seven Eastern Division titleholders. He is the only pitcher in the history of the Fall Classic with a win in each of three decades. He was also the youngest to pitch a shutout in a World Series at age 20 in 1966. He was one of the starters on the last rotation to feature four 20-game winners in a single season in 1971.
Since his retirement as an active player in 1984, Palmer has worked as a color commentator on telecasts of MLB games for ABC and ESPN and for the Orioles on Home Team Sports (HTS), Comcast SportsNet (CSN) Mid-Atlantic and the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN).
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, On Thursday, June 2, the RHS Symphonic Band, Concert Band and Wind Ensemble will officially open the Kasschau Memorial Shell’s 2016 Summer Season with “Tunes in June,” a concert of light and popular music. The concert will begin at 8 p.m. and will also feature a ceremony to honor graduating seniors from the band program. Click here for full details.
Enjoy music under the stars on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the summer. No fee. June 2nd 8pm all other programs start at 8:30 pm.
Tue, June 07, 2016
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce, 27 Chestnut St., Ridgewood, NJ 07450
Ridgewood NJ, Meetings of the Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce’s Brown Bag Lunch Bunch — a woman’s networking event — are held on Tuesdays. This networking is designed to place real value on the advice and wisdom of today’s business women organizers note.
The meetings have alternating times of 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., in the Chamber Office, at 27 Chestnut St.
For more information, call the Chamber office at 201-445-2600. For more info about the Chamber generally, visit its website or Facebook page.
Ed says , “High rents are an issue from the past. Commercial rents have declined precipitioulsy since the last recession. Rents and house prices are not determined solely by landlords or home sellers they are determined by prevailing market conditions at the time a transaction is contemplated. The entire process is driven solely by supply and demand. If demand for a particular real estate product is high then the cost of that product will be priced to reflect the current market demand. Conversely when demand is weak prices will fall …..and .sometimes they will fall rather quickly …..and dramatically. Generally speaking at any given time rents are a fairly accurate reflection of either current or anticipated conditions in the specific market to which the property relates. The problem is if a business cannot attract enough customers ANY RENT THEY PAY IS TOO HIGH TO SUSTAIN THEIR BUSINESS. The problem in Ridgewood is a dearth of customers. On the retail side people increasingly prefer to buy goods online at incredibly good prices and they enjoy the added benefir of having the goods delivered right to their door.. A conventional retailer can’t beat that type of competitor.”
Ridgewood NJ, Stage I will be in effect starting today June 1st and will continue through August 31st. If conditions warrant, irrigation will be prohibited on additional days of the week up to and including a total ban on irrigation.
Compliance with the initial restrictions will reduce the likelihood that more severe controls will be needed. Your cooperation is appreciated.
Stage I (Moderate) – Mandatory restriction of irrigation to Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays for properties with odd-numbered addresses and Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays for properties with even-numbered addresses. Irrigation using a hand-held hose shall be allowed at any time. No irrigation shall be allowed on Mondays except for the use of a hand held hose.
Stage II (Severe) – Mandatory restriction of irrigation to Tuesdays and Saturdays for properties with odd-numbered addresses and Wednesdays and Sundays for properties with even-numbered addresses. No irrigation shall be allowed on Mondays, Thursdays, or Fridays except for the use of a hand held hose. Irrigation using a hand held hose shall be allowed at any time.
Stage III (Pending/Critical) – Mandatory restriction of irrigation to the use of a hand held hose on Tuesdays and Saturdays for properties with odd-numbered addresses and Wednesdays and Sundays for properties with even-numbered addresses. No irrigation of any kind shall be allowed on Mondays, Thursdays, or Fridays.
Stage IV (Critical) – Irrigation is prohibited at any time. Exceptions for irrigation using a hand held hose may be allowed under conditions prescribed by the Village Manager of the Village of Ridgewood.
Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Police, FBI, and Bergen County Sheriff’s Office personnel working on the scene of a reported Tuesday afternoon, 05/31, bank robbery at the 133 Franklin Avenue, Ridgewood branch of TD Bank. The robbery was reported via a silent alarm at approximately 4:30 PM. A lone, adult male perpetrator reportedly fled the scene on foot.
As kids and families prepare to pour into amusement parks nationwide, even the most eager thrill-seeker has to wonder: How do you know you’re safe?
For the most part, you can’t — and the parks won’t tell us.
The American amusement parks that are teeming with towering, terrifying rides are immune to federal investigation — and the industry has largely failed to be transparent about its potential problems — even while touting its own safety record summer after summer.
Amusement parks report more than 1,000 injuries every year, and barely a summer goes by without a ride-related death or maiming making headlines.
Ridgewood NJ, Every year, we hear from Parks & Rec that lifeguards trained to work at a sand-bottom facility are in short supply. Lifeguarding at Graydon requires a higher level of skill than is required at a concrete pool.
This summer, young people ages 15 and up may take the requisite course right at Graydon and become eligible to apply to be a lifeguard there. (Recertification for current lifeguards is offered separately.)This is an excellent and unusual opportunity.
All classes will be held at Graydon in July. A prerequisite fitness and endurance test will be held on Thursday, June 30. Details are in the yellow section of the flier reproduced below.
Please pass this information to any young person you know who may be interested. Ridgewood residency is NOT required. The prerequisite test is on June 30.
Questions? Contact the Village Department of Parks & Recreation at 201-670-5560 (8:30am–4:30pmMonday–Friday).
Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood kids keeping the entrepreneurial spirit alive . Patrolman Anthony Mormino keeping cool on a hot day with a refreshing glass of lemonade from some young entrepreneurs on Van Buren Street.
Problem solving, creative thinking , learning from failure and hard work will build there confidence pretty much taking them anywhere in life and are skills sorely lacking in today environment .
While agree with your point about making clearer distinctions between opinions and actual quotes, (Shakespearean tragedy in Ridgewood ) in this case the quoted item seems to represent Ms. Price’s general attitude in the Valley meetings.
If you do not support Valley’s expansion and you’ve been to one or more meetings you have witnessed this firsthand. Ms. Price’s mishandling of the Valley matter goes back years now and this isn’t even the first time the CRR has filed suit based on her procedural mis-steps. She has shown a certain hubris over the years that seems to be getting worse and not better. Remember she is paid by the tax payers to represent the best interests of the Village.
During the campaign, she removed any doubt that she’s a Valley supporter. Valley’s suit against the Village claims that the adverse impact of their expansion on the surrounding neighborhood is outweighed by the benefit to surrounding towns. Given that, there has been a conflict of interest with her from the start and any rulings to this point in favor of Valley should be thrown out.
I think that the grass roots effort to elect an independent council and to petition a new garage vote have confused some people.
The annual “I want a cement pool” has begun. A woman posted on Facebook about the “filthy” water and the chorus joined in. They are demanding a cement pool. (And full day K)
They are unaware that the water is tested and their opinion is not fact. They think that clear pools are always sanitary. When they use words like disgusting and filthy they forget that other people actually swim there. They are insulting the Graydon swimmers knowingly or unknowingly. Lots of kide enjoy the swim team and summer camp.
Coxsackie disease is very contagious and spread from person to person. WASH YOUR HANDS. Cover your cough! Swimmers ear is not caused by Graydon, it occurs when water remains in the ear canal. I come from a family of competitive swimmers, many have had ear infections, none ever swam at Graydon. Anecdotal evidence does not point to cause. My peditrician thought that it was silly to blame Graydon for these illnesses
I brought my three children to Graydon for years. They loved it. Al of their friends were there and they made new friends every day.
Just because you want something different does not mean that the village must provide it. You can join another pool, go to a neighbors pool or even build your own. The options are there.
We do not need to turf and pave every green space in town.
Dominick Nizza passed away at the age of 94. A long time resident of Ridgewood the self-proclaimed “Mayor of Robert Street,” had quite a life even before landing in Ridgewood where he purchased his home in the “Lawns” back in 1948.
Born in Jersey City in 1922 to Italian immigrants some of Dominick’s earliest memories revolve around music, a lifetime passion he has carried throughout his many careers. His father was a shoemaker who once traded shoe repairs to a customer in exchange for singing and violin lessons for Dominick at the age of 10.
He graduated from Union City High School where he played in the marching band. During WWII Dominick entered into service with the U.S. Army as a mechanical engineer and worked for Bell Laboratories in New York.
Dominick learned to dance before entering the service, which would come in handy later in life when he opened up three Arthur Murray dance studios in New York City and then three of his own studios in New Jersey.
Dom became an “unofficial matchmaker” for his fellow servicemen while in Texas. When they left the base to unwind in local taverns he would dance with women and then introduce them to his friends. He would dance with a gal, and say “’Well, I want you to meet Joe and so it went. Then back in the barracks he would start to teach the guys some simple steps, the Lindy Hop and various basic dance moves. That’s when he came home one day and figured, “Gee, I could make money in the dance business”. Dominick opened up Antoine Studios, which then changed to Dale Studios when he began teaching dance instructors.
As a dance instructor he met his wife of 56 years, Mary, and six months later they were married and lived in North Bergen for a short period. They moved to “The Lawns” section of Ridgewood. He bought one of the 450 homes built for $10,250, a price far less than what the average village homeowner now pays in Ridgewood’s annual taxes.
Tapping into his background as a dancer and tumbler, Dominick Nizza and Tony Napier started a gymnastics program at Ridgewood High School. He helped to raise money in 1969 to purchase the school’s basic gymnastic equipment, and arranged to hold a gymnastics open house with professional gymnasts.
Dominick was involved with the Frank Thorne Chapter of barbershop singers, and would regularly put out a newsletter for barbershop news well before computers became widespread. He worked with the Public Relations Officers Bulletin Editors (PROBE) to send out information on barbershop groups and activities.
After working in a machine shop and owning his own personnel agency Dom began another career as a clerk in the County Courthouse in Hackensack. He would serve there for 25 years and became president of the Bergen County Superior Court Clerks Association.
He raised four sons with his wife Mary who passed away in 2001. Dominick was active in local politics and was an avid gardener who loved to giveaway tomato plants and flowers to everyone.
He is survived by four sons: Phil. Tom, John and Chris and four grandsons.
Funeral service will be held Friday, June 3 2016 at 8:00 PM at the C C Van Emburgh Funeral Home, 306 E Ridgewood Ave, Ridgewood, NJ 07450. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 & 6 to 8 PM
Dominick Nizza passed away at the age of 94. A long time resident of Ridgewood the self-proclaimed “Mayor of Robert Street,” had quite a life even before landing in Ridgewood where he purchased his home in the “Lawns” back in 1948.
