>Lightgate: Despite numerous requests by neighbors of Ridgewood High School (RHS), the Board of Education will not ask the Planning Board for another courtesy review of the lighting plan
Ridgewood BOE will not seek another review of field lights
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
BY KELLY EBBELS
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Staff Writer
Despite numerous requests by neighbors of Ridgewood High School (RHS), the Board of Education will not ask the Planning Board for another courtesy review of the lighting plan for the school’s two athletic fields, first approved in July.
“We’ve been there, done that, thank you very much,” said Bob Hutton, a Board of Education (BOE) trustee, who introduced the motion at Monday’s BOE meeting to close the discussion. BOE members voted unanimously on the motion.
With nearly 20 residents in attendance, many detailed the indignities brought by the bright lights and increased field usage, particularly at Stevens Field, including unauthorized use by out-of-towners, urination by football players in the Ho-Ho-Kus Brook, parking issues, and garbage, among others.
Jim Morgan, a Beverly Road resident who has spearheaded discussions on the lights and helped launch the RHS Neighborhood Association, also underscored that Superintendent Daniel Fishbein misled the Planning Board at its Oct. 5 courtesy review of the field lights, when Mayor Keith Killion asked Fishbein if he had alerted the residents about the meeting.
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