This is a busy time of year as we are all getting ready for the summer – making plans for family activities and to enjoy the outdoors! In fact, you are hearing from the Acting Village Manager as Roberta is enjoying a well-deserved vacation.
The Ridgewood Water Department is making summer plans for water distribution during this season of high demand and wants to remind all customers of the rules so they can comply. We have learned from past experience that mandatory restrictions actually benefit everyone so we can provide enough water to meet the residential demand as well as needed reserves and water pressure for public safety.
Please review the annual plan below that will go into effect Wednesday, June 1st. I cannot emphasize enough the importance of following the rules at each stage so we can use our water resources to everyone’s best advantage.
Summer Water Restrictions Village Code Chapter 269, Article IV
Stage I will be in effect each year starting on 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.
With everyone following the water restrictions from the beginning of the season, hopefully we will all benefit with less severe restrictions during the later months of summer. As in the past, there will be Village staff supporting our compliance efforts.
If you have any questions about the water restriction plans, please feel free to contact me at [email protected].
We appreciate your support.
Thank you.
Richard Calbi, Jr.
Director of Operations
For Roberta Sonenfeld, Village Manager
Ridgewood NJ, A swarm of bees gathered on the side of a large oak tree near a sidewalk 1/2 block away from the Willard Elementary School in Ridgewood attracted the attention of Ridgewood PD patrol officer Jeffrey Kay just prior to 12 noon on Wednesday, 5/18. Officer Kay deployed yellow caution tape to block the sidewalk near the tree, then remained on the scene to ensure the safety of parents and students until the bee swarm was safely removed by Frank Mortimer, President of the Northeast New Jersey Beekeepers Association. Mr. Mortimer, who lives in Ridgewood, had been delivering a presentation to students at the Ridge Elementary School in Ridgewood at the time he received a telephone call that his services were required by Officer Kay. The bees were carefully swept from the tree into a box, which was then placed in Mr. Mortimer’s station wagon for transport to a nearby hive.
Ridgewood NJ, In the wake of Prince’s death, it has been called “the worst estate planning sin a wealthy artist could commit: leaving no will at all.”
Rather than providing a clear plan for dividing his assets among loved ones, Prince may have created a situation where there could be decades of legal fights within his family. And, without a will, Prince’s legacy misses out on a huge concern he’d confronted during his career – to be an example, illustrated in a will, of freeing artists from restrictive recording contracts.
Why? The reason may never be clear. Perhaps the fact that his toxicology report found large traces of the painkilling drug Percocet has something to do with it.
“Consciously or otherwise, some people simply do not deal well with addressing after-death legacy,” says attorney Hillel Presser of the Presser Law Firm, P.A., which specializes in comprehensive asset protection, which includes wills.
“I have no idea whether Prince had some other principle at work, but the lack of a will clearly lays the burden on the living, who are left with an abundance of guesswork.”
Presser’s recommendations for those who don’t want to follow in Prince’s footsteps include:
• If you don’t have a will, get to work on one. Eighty percent of American adults have something in common with Prince – they have no will. That’s a mistake; even more so if you have a family. Your heirs could end up feuding over your possessions, maybe even taking each other to court. If you have children who are minors, what would become of them if you and your spouse both died? In a will, you could give clear instructions on who you would want to appoint as their guardian. • If you have a will, consider updating it. An old estate plan can be worse than none at all. Maybe you are now divorced. Maybe your financial situation has changed significantly enough that you want to make other plans for what you leave behind. If you have assets now that you didn’t have when you drew up the original will, you will want to add them so that there’s no confusion after you die. • Find a good estate planner. This is particularly important if you have a taxable or complex estate. A good estate planner can save you a fortune in estate taxes and help you achieve other estate-planning objectives, including some you might have overlooked.
“Find attorneys you can trust,” Presser says. “If you have legal claims against you after death, then an asset-protection attorney should work with your estate-planning attorney so that your heirs get as much of your estate as legally possible – creditor-free.”
About Hillel L. Presser, Esq., MBA
Hillel L. Presser’s firm, The Presser Law Firm, P.A., represents individuals and businesses in establishing comprehensive asset protection plans. He is a former adjunct faculty member for law at Lynn University and offers complimentary copies of his book “Financial Self-Defense” through www.assetprotectionattorneys.com.
Ridgewood NJ, Announcing the 2nd annual Good Life Ridgewood Festival- September 25, 2016 11am-3pm!
If you participated last year- you already have your registration email- If you are looking to participate this year, email [email protected] to get the registration info ASAP as spots are going fast!
See you in September!
How Healthy is Bergen County? 2016 Rankings of NJ’s Healthiest Counties Bergen Surprised Us!…...
According to the the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute annual rankings of New Jersey’s healthiest counties, Bergen County is ranked fourth out of the state’s 21 counties. Hunterdon County is the top ranked healthiest county for the seventh consecutive year.
Rankings are created by collecting current data on 35 factors that measure quality and “quantity” of life and the percent of the population that lives to 75 and older. Education, income levels, crime rates, proximity to grocery stores, parks and community recreational facilities, the availability of health care, and tests that monitor water and air quality are also factors.
Complete 2016 List of New Jersey’s Healthiest Counties
1. Hunterdon County
2. Morris County
3. Somerset County
4. Bergen County
5. Sussex County
6. Middlesex County
7. Monmouth County
Visit countyhealthrankings.org for more information about the 2016 New Jersey Healthiest County rankings.
Ridgewood leaders hold ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate premium workspace’s first New Jersey location
May 18,2016
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
RIDGEWOOD, N.J., Local leaders cut the ribbon on New Jersey’s first Serendipity Labs coworking location at 45 North Broad Street in Ridgewood. The three-story, 8,500-square-foot premium workspace – with vibrant, upscale lounges, ideation studios, work bars, event venue space and a café – is located in the iconic, totally renovated Lincoln building.
“Independent professionals, entrepreneurs, remote and mobile workers in the Ridgewood area will now have a premium workplace and meeting venue offering a level of hospitality that rivals boutique hotels,” says Brian M. Stolar, CEO of The Pinnacle Companies, an award-winning leader in urban redevelopment and the exclusive Serendipity Labs area franchisee for Northern New Jersey.
Serendipity Labs offers workplace memberships that include part-time and full-time coworking, as well as day passes to its network of worklounges. Corporate memberships are also available for companies that want to access multiple Serendipity Labs locations.
“We are very excited that Serendipity Labs has set up shop in Ridgewood. It’s smart, innovative and aligned with many of our residents’ preference to work remotely,” says Paul Aronsohn, Mayor of Ridgewood.
Serendipity Labs in Ridgewood will produce a full schedule of daytime and evening seminars and networking events designed for entrepreneurs, mobile workers and corporate members. The Lincoln building, located across from Ridgewood’s New Jersey Transit train station stop, has been upgraded with a new lobby, modern elevator, new windows and HVAC systems.
“Serendipity Labs supports the way people want to work today. The option to reduce commute time or move out of a home office allows our members to improve worklife balance,” says John Arenas, CEO of Serendipity Labs Coworking. “Established companies are beginning to realize that the right kind of coworking environment can meet their need for remote offices and team meetings, while increasing employee satisfaction. We are thrilled the Pinnacle Companies are bringing Serendipity Labs to Ridgewood.”
Part of a rapid national expansion of more than 80 locations, Serendipity Labs is the only coworking network serving the New York tristate area in Ridgewood, NJ, Westchester, NY and and Fairfield County, CT.
Ridgewood Nj, readers begin to question the political favoritism that seems to flow with Bergen Leads municipal appointments in Ridgewood . ” Does anyone thinks it’s a coincidence the human resource and village manager are both from Bergen leads and this residency requirement is being changed when the hr person isn’t from ridgewood. Old friends from the bergeb county program . Ridgewood owes a debt of gratitude to councilwoman knudsen for standing up for ridgewood residents when aronsohn, pucc and hack don’t care about the people they represent. What’s wrong there’s no one from ridgewood to fill these jobs. Anyone watching the meeting wouldn’t think this article is even about Wednesday meeting.”
“The Village Manager seems to try to help her fellow Bergen Leads graduates. Isn’t her HR hire a Bergen Leads graduate? Preferring local residents for municipal hiring does not make it easy for a VM to favor friends from different parts of the county.”
“Non-Alumni of Bergen Leads (NABL) hereby object to the fact that the municipal workplace is being invaded by a clique of self-appointed “elites” showing an troubling amount of interest in scratching each others’ backs, and nobody else’s backs but their own!”
But the landslide election loss by the mayor and his cronies may signal the end of Village Managers playing favorites. “Roberta’s days of political favors are coming to an end. It is absolutely no coincidence that a friend of hers got the lease for a business in a residential neighborhood. Antine has absolutely no right to be running her business in a residential neighborhood and Sonenfeld pushing her highly contested lease application through is unethical. And unscrupulous. And right in character for our soon-to-be-ousted VM”.
If there is ever another property like the horse farm or Schedler, the Village should learn its lesson and refuse to buy the land. Let a developer buy it and build whatever they can get zonned. I have had enough of ungrateful neighbors who use my tax dollars to buy millions of dollars of land which is not not taxed and then whine about getting rid of dead trees and having a couple buses drive through their neighborhood. Enough is enough. The experiment has failed. The neighbors beg us to pay millions for the land to avoid it becoming condos, strip malls or whatever and then 5 years later obstruct any attempt to make the land useful. From now on, let the market decide what happens to any future properties. The village has to get out of this businesses.
Councilwoman Hauck claimed on Facebook that all of the Village Council unanimously wanted her to serve on the mediation team. She wrote that “all five” of them wanted her to serve. This proved to be inaccurate. She asked to be on the mediation team so she could “learn about the litigation.” Susan Knudsen did not want her to be, Mike Sedon was interested but had childcare issues, Albert was recused from the discussion, and Aronsohn wanted Gwenn to serve. According to public comments by Councilman Sedon, the four of them “conceded” to allow Mrs. Hauck to serve. Valley got exactly what they wanted. A friend and generous donor served on the mediation team that was in place to help the residents of Ridgewood. And who won? Surprise, surprise, The Valley rode herd on us.
And oh, by the way, Councilwoman Hauck violated the confidentiality of the Closed Session meeting on December 2nd by announcing on social media how the discussion went. Not only did she violate the closed session meeting confidentiality, but what she said was also grossly inaccurate.
Ridgewood NJ, For adults who crave candy and ice cream almost as much as their children, the bad news on sugar continues to pour in.
Earlier this year, research into sugar’s deleterious effects showed a connection to cancer, heart disease and diabetes. More recently, the American Dental Association reminded parents just how bad sugar is for their children’s teeth.
“We think we’re so advanced in 2016, yet when it comes to health and a nutritious diet, many of us have a long way to go,” says nutritionist and juicing pioneer Cherie Calbom, who is known as “The Juice Lady.”
The good news for parents is they can ferret out the sugar-laden products that may be hidden in their and their children’s diets, and dedicate themselves to a healthy, sugar-free lifestyle, says Calbom, author of “The Juice Lady’s Sugar Knockout.” She offers her Sugar Addiction Quiz atwww.juiceladycherie.com/Juice/the-sugar-knockout.
Below is Calbom’s solution: a 10-step detox plan that parents can work on with their children to eliminate sugar in both their diets.
1. Avoid all sugar. If you can do it for 30 days, you can change your lifestyle. During this time, avoid even healthy sweeteners like honey, and substitutes, which overwhelm the taste buds. 2. Cut caffeine intake. There are multiple benefits to cutting back on your caffeine, including the temptation to use sugary creamers and accompanying sweets along with actually causing sugar cravings. 3. Skip foods that turn to sugar easily. This includes wheat and other grains, alcohol and starchy foods like white potatoes. 4. Enjoy healthy smoothies. Healthy smoothies that include dark leafy greens like kale or chard make you feel good in the long term and can help eliminate the urge for sugary snacks and excessive caffeine. 5. Power up with protein. Eggs, nuts, fish and other meats balance blood sugar and insulin. 6. Eat your veggies. Non-starchy vegetables provide your body with much-needed vitamins that also will cut your urge for unhealthy, sugary snacks. 7. Drink eight glasses of water a day. Sufficient pure water keeps you hydrated, reduces headaches and constipation, and flushes out toxins. 8. Supplement your diet. GTF chromium, L-Glutamine, B vitamins, Zinc, Magnesium and Vitamin C assist your body in various ways to overcome sugar cravings. 9. Sleep well; sleep enough. Lack of sleep messes with your hormonal balance and contribute to feelings of hunger. 10. Fight sugar cravings with fat. Healthy fats like avocados and fish make you feel full and satisfied.
“Beware of sugar in places you might not have expected, like tomato sauces, salad dressing and marinades,” Calbom says. “Make a habit of studying labels.”
About Cherie Calbom, MSN (a.k.a. The Juice Lady)
Cherie Calbom holds a Master of Science degree in whole foods nutrition from Bastyr University. Known as “The Juice Lady” (www.juiceladycherie.com) for her work with juicing and health, she is author of 31 books, with millions of copies sold worldwide. No stranger to healthy diet trends, Cherie joined George Foreman as nutritional spokesperson in the Knockout the Fat phenomena that forever changed grilling in America.
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Ideally, people investing for retirement always should have been able to feel confident that their financial advisors were giving them unbiased advice and recommending what was best for them.
That wasn’t necessarily the case, though, which prompted the Department of Labor to issue new fiduciary rules in April designed to ensure that financial professionals put their clients’ interest ahead of their own when it comes fees and investment advice on retirement accounts.
Investors weren’t the only ones applauding the move.
“We welcomed this change since our firm was already acting as fiduciaries,” says Lou Desepoli, president of Desepoli Wealth Management (www.desepoliwealth.com).
“This might be able to weed out a lot of people who were giving the business a bad name.”
Mike Desepoli, Lou’s son and a wealth adviser at Desepoli Wealth Management, says people need the right advice because the United States is in the middle of a retirement crisis.
“Statistics show that, by and large, Americans aren’t prepared for retirement,” he says. “In fact, there have been surveys that show one-third of Americans haven’t saved anything for retirement. Meanwhile, few people have pensions anymore.”
With their retirements looking so sketchy, people should be flocking to financial advisors for help. But there is also skepticism about the financial-services industry, with a Harris Poll this year revealing that most Americans don’t hold the industry in high regard.
The Desepolis are among those hoping that the new fiduciary rules will help to change that as financial professionals put their clients first.
Lou Desepoli, who’s fond of saying that most Americans spend more time shopping for a car than a financial advisor, says a little research and a few well-planned questions can help in the search for the right advisor.
It’s important to know, for example, how the advisor is paid. Some earn commissions for investments or products they sell, but it’s best if they are paid fees based on the value of the assets they manage for you because that gives them an incentive to make those assets grow, he says.
Other topics an investor should ask about include:
• Communications. How frequently does the advisor communicate with clients? Does he or she proactively send out the reasons for buy-and-sell decisions that are made in a client’s account? • Client service. Ask the advisor to explain their client-service philosophy and what steps they take to ensure that each client receives personal and professional experience. • Succession. Find out what happens to your money if your advisor dies or retires. There should be a succession plan in place so that the advisor’s accounts are passed onto someone else, but you also need to make sure you are comfortable with that successor.
For investors concerned about retirement, having the right advisor concentrating on the right investments is critical.
“How you retire tomorrow,” Mike Desepoli says, “depends on how well you plan today.”
About Lou Desepoli
Lou Desepoli is the president and founder of Desepoli Wealth Management (www.desepoliwealth.com). He has more than 30 years’ experience in investment management, financial planning and tax consulting. He is also a CPA.
Those suffering from cancer, dementia and mental health problems can benefit from gardening, according to health thinktank
Doctors should prescribe gardening far more often for patients with cancer, dementia and mental health problems, the NHS has been urged in a new report.
Outdoor spaces including gardens can reduce social isolation among older people as well as help patients recover and manage conditions such as dementia, according to the influential King’s Fund health thinktank.
Jane Ellison, the public health minister, backed the plan, which could see GPs in particular advising patients to spend more time outside as a way of alleviating their symptoms. “[Gardening] is profoundly good for you … [it] is a great way of keeping people active, of keeping them outside and keeping their sense of wellbeing very high,” she said. “There are things we can do around physical activity in particular that bring immediate payback … I’m trying to put this right across the agenda of dementia and cancer.”
Parts of the country are already investing in this more social approach to health at primary care level and in some places, such as the Bromley by Bow Centre in London, GPs are already prescribing gardening. Such schemes have been proven to reduce patients’ need to see a GP or attend A&E, enhance wellbeing and even promote better sleep.
Ridgewood NJ, Bergen LEADS class of 2010 picture. Stacy Antine and Roberta Sonenfeld. Classmates, friends, united in their efforts to stick it to Ridgewood. Perhaps this explains why Healthbarn is asking Ridgewood residents to forward there emails to Village Manager Roberta Sonenfeld?
From the Healthbarn website ; Stacey Antine is a registered dietitian who holds a Master’s of Science in Food, Nutrition and Dietetics from New York University. Alarmed by the long list of lifestyle diseases (obesity, heart disease, diabetes, etc.) faced by children today, she founded HealthBarn USA to connect children to natural foods and where they come from. Expanding her commitment to help families eat healthier, she started HealthBarn Foundation and it’s first project Healing Meals, a food gifting program for ill children with cancer and serious blood disorders and their families.
Ridgewood NJ, file this under you cant make this stuff up. Nancy Bigos email has an away message saying she will be back on April 12. A month ago. Tim Cronin has an away message on his email that he will be back November 30 and please contact Nancy Bigos. And Roberta Sonenfeld is away now until May 31. Ok, Roberta’s makes sense, because she wants to use up her time before she gets the boot. But the other two?????
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Nancy Bigos
Thank you for your most recent email.
Please know that I will be away from my office beginning Friday evening, April 1, and returning Tuesday, April 12th, 2016.
Feel free to contact Administrative Assistant, Marge Anderson, 201.670.5560 [email protected]. for assistance with day to day operations or for further information. For urgent matters please use my cell phone 201.407.0076.
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Tim Cronin
I will be out of the office on vacation, returning Monday, November 30th. Should you need immediate assistance, please contact Deputy Director Nancy A. Bigos [email protected] or by telephone to the Recreation Office at 201-670-5560.
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Roberta Sonenfeld
Dear Residents, Businesses and Village Staff,
I will be out of the office beginning Tuesday, May 17th, returning Tuesday, May 31st. Rich Calbi ([email protected]) will be my deputy.
Beth Spinato (201-670-5500 ext. 203) can also address any issues you may have.
Ridgewood NJ, despite all the hullabaloo about parking Tuesday 17 10:15 am , the central business district remained a ghost town . The Cottage place lot teachers ,administrators and store office workers parking has plenty of spaces.
CRR Alleges 2016 Master Plan Amendment to Allow Valley’s Expansion Was An Improper Settlement of Valley’s Lawsuit Against the Planning Board; Cites Conflict of Interest of Board Attorney; and Finds Fault with Prior Planning Board Processes.
May 16,2016
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ. Concerned Residents of Ridgewood, Inc. (CRR), a New Jersey not-for-profit corporation, filed a Complaint on May 12 th, in the Superior Court of New Jersey against the Planning Board of the Village of Ridgewood and Valley Hospital Inc., demanding that both the 2016 and 2010 Master Plan Amendments tailored to Valley Hospital’s immediate and long-term growth plans be declared null and void. CRR is represented by Michael B. Kates of the law firm of Kates Nussman Rapone Ellis & Farhi, LLP, of Hackensack.
On April 5, 2016, the Planning Board reversed itself and voted to settle the lawsuit that Valley Hospital had filed against the Board in 2014 for rejecting a proposed Master Plan Amendment that would have allowed Valley to more than double in size at the Ridgewood site. The “settlement”reduced Valley’s proposed development from 1,240,000 square feet to 1,206,000, whichrepresents an insignificant 3% reduction in the size of the proposed expansion that was denied in 2014.
CRR’s Complaint questions the motivation behind such a capitulation on principle and sets forth several flaws and improprieties in both the process and reasoning the Board used in arriving at that settlement. Pete McKenna, CRR President, commented, “It is astounding that our Planning Board would capitulate to Valley Hospital for this almost immaterial reduction in the immensity of Valley’s proposed expansion. Neither this settlement, nor the manner in which it took place andwas enshrined as a Master Plan Amendment, are in accordance with the Municipal Land Use Law.”
In another Count of its Complaint, CRR asserts that the process culminating in the settlement was compromised by a conflict of interest, stemming from the fact that the Planning Board’s attorney, Gail Price, did not recuse herself and her firm from advising on the settlement at the same time that her husband, Richard Brooks, was a candidate for Village Council and was expounding in public on his positions on the Valley litigation. This conflict was brought to the Board’s attention by a resident attorney (not CRR), in a letter and during hearings on the settlement, calling for the appointment of outside counsel to replace Ms. Price’s firm, Price, Meese, Shulman and D’Arminio PC. But the Board disregarded the conflict, failed to investigate it, and made no public announcement as to its position following closed session discussions. CRR asserts that the failure to disclose what transpired in closed session, in and of itself, is a violation that should render the settlement null and void. CRR president McKenna contends there may be more to the issue, saying “the conflict issue raises other serious questions about how this settlement process was handled by the Board, and we intend to get some answers in this lawsuit.”
In a further Count of the Complaint, CRR asserts that the Board, at the direction of attorney Price, committed major procedural errors during the Board’s consideration of Valley Hospital’s proposed Master Plan Amendments, dating back to 2006. The Complaint focuses particular attention on how Ms. Price applied Ridgewood’s Ordinance 3066 in a way that severely restricted the participation of CRR and the residents, created prohibitively narrow standards for evidence to be put forth by the community, gave disproportionate control of the proceedings to Valley, and ultimately, in CRR’s words, “turned the master plan process upside down”. As set forth in the Complaint, the Planning Board attorney wrongly precluded any modification of the Amendment proposed by Valley, stating that such a narrow approach was “in contravention of the Municipal Land Use Law’s vesting of absolute discretion in the Planning Board to craft a Master Plan according to the Board’s understanding of the public interest and not according to the narrower interest of any property owner.” In sum, Ms. Price’s handling of the Master Plan Amendment hearings pervasively skewed the process in Valley’s favor.
Regarding the conflict of interest issue, CRR believes Mr. Brooks’ pursuit of public office to be laudable, and in fact recognizes his considerable contributions to our Village. The fault here, CRR contends, lies with the candidate’s spouse who is a government official and who does not recuse herself or her law firm from concurrent mediation and settlement discussions that concern the largest single development project in Village history. CRR also stated that it resolved to take this action during the first week of May, but did not want it to appear to unfairly influence Mr. Brooks’ candidacy or the municipal election; therefore, the organization purposefully delayed filing its Complaint until the election had ended.
“Concerned Residents of Ridgewood does not take legal action lightly, and realizes such action incurs an unfortunate expense to Village taxpayers and even more to those residents who will donate to CRR to fund our legal effort; however, due to the continued mismanagement of the Master Plan process and the potentially dire and irreversible consequences of the Master Plan Amendment of 2016, we feel bound to take this action to protect the character of the Village and the wellbeing of the community, and most importantly, the welfare of children attending BF Middle School who would have to endure more than six years of construction during phase one of the expansion,” Mr. McKenna further stated.
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