I completely agree with the comment regarding the teacher at BF posting all over Facebook. Inappropriate, to say the least. You don’t want her for a teacher anyway. There is a reason why she teaches electives……..
I will also be voting “NO”. Work within the budget. If we are going to spend money anywhere it should be at the high school. Can’t imagine the horror of these toddler parents when their kids get to RHS and they discover their kids coming home with xeroxed copies of books, no subs, and no place for their kids to eat lunch other than the hallways or gym bleachers. They will then understand why their pleas have been met with such resistance.
During Monday’s Board of Education (BOE) meeting, Assistant Superintendent Stacie Poelstra made a presentation about the performances of Ridgewood students in the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) tests.
She noted that Ridgewood did very well, explaining that the district’s students “far exceeded the cross state (the eight states that still partake in PARCC testing) and New Jersey’s passing grades.”
The floor of John Ward’s office is littered with boxes of medals, plaques, framed certificates and memorabilia. Ward is nearly one full month into his tenure as Stroud Area Regional Police, and he’s still not sure what from his 36 years of work should hang on the walls of his corner office.
The hope for the former police chief of Ridgewood, New Jersey, is that he could cover the walls with his work in the Poconos.
Ward was announced as the new SARPD chief in late September, ending a half-year long absence from the position after William Parrish took the position of campus police chief at East Stroudsburg University. Ward was put through an interview process with four different groups — members of the police commission, community leaders, local officials and current SARP staff.
Those supporting it on Facebook probably are surprised that there are few coming forward against it. I am not gong to argue with anyone on Facebook and I am voting NO.
I admire Martin Walker for clearly articulating his views on issues. I agree with him 100% about full day K. I just can’t be bothered arguing with neighbors about this. There is a middle school teacher posting about this all the time. How would you like to go on record against full day K and then get her for a teacher?
VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD is seeking an individual to fill the Civil Service position of P/T Assistant Personnel Technician. The Professional will assist in reviewing and making recommendations for establishment and improvement of HR policies, procedures and practices; must have exp. as HR professional in public sector as well as knowledge of Civil Service; a SPHR or PHR certification is pref’d. Send detailed cover letter and resume to: Heather Mailander, Acting Village Manager, Village of Ridgewood, 131 N. Maple Ave., Ridgewood, NJ 07450. Application deadline: 11/14/16. Village of Ridgewood is EOE.
JOB POSTING – ASSISTANT WATER SUPERINTENT
The Village of Ridgewood is seeking an Assistant Water Superintendent for the Water Distribution Facility. Qualified individual must minimally have current NJDEP W-2, and the ability to advance to W-3 or higher licenses in the future. Strong leadership skills required, as well as at least 5 years’ experience in water distribution maintenance, repair, upkeep, and operation, and at least 2 years’ supervisory experience. Please send resume and salary requirements to Sharyn Matthews, HR Director, 131 N. Maple Ave., Ridgewood, NJ 07450 [email protected]
JOB POSTING – ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Administrative Assistant to Director of Northwest Bergen Central Dispatch, located in Ridgewood, NJ. Perform fiscal responsibilities including payroll, purchasing, processing invoices, bank statement reconciliation, and budgeting. Experience with QuickBooks preferred. Provides clerical and administrative support including preparing mailings, entering data, preparing routine documents, correspondence, spreadsheets, and reports, creating and maintaining personnel files, maintaining office supply inventory. Must possess excellent communication skills (both verbally and in writing), strong interpersonal skills, maintain confidentiality, be well organized, and able to handle several projects simultaneously. Thorough working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel required, as well as excellent keyboarding skills. Northwest Bergen Central Dispatch is EOE. Send resume and cover letter, to Heather Mailander, Acting Village Manager, Village of Ridgewood, 131 N. Maple Ave., Ridgewood, NJ 07450 by 11/10/16.
JOB POSTING – DISPATCH CENTER DIRECTOR
The Northwest Bergen Central Dispatch in Ridgewood, NJ, is searching for a Dispatch Center Director. Manage operations and administration of the communications center serving Ridgewood and Glen Rock, as well as other public safety jurisdictions.
Responsible for employee hiring, training, evaluation and disciplinary issues. Oversees all operational features of the Dispatch Center, including maintenance of equipment and records; develops and oversees center’s annual budget.
Minimum of a B.S. in Criminal Justice, Business Administration, Electronic Engineering, or other related field. 2 years prior experience in public safety dispatching, valid CPR cert., Emergency Medical Dispatcher Cert. and Basic Telecommunicator Cert. required. Previous supervisory experience required.
Ridgewood and Glen Rock are both EOE Employers
Send cover letter and resume, including salary requirements to:
Heather Mailander, Acting Village Manager/Village Clerk
Ridgewood NJ, NJ TRANSIT is stepping up its annual battle against Mother Nature and fallen leaves on the rails. Based on the success of its original leaf-clearing unit, NJ TRANSIT is deploying a second AquaTrack machine throughout the fall season.
The equipment is a high-pressure power-washing system which removes leaves and oily residue from the tracks in an effort to prevent train delays caused by “slippery rail” conditions.
The second AquaTrack unit will allow the cleaning process to maintain a larger coverage area in helping to prevent delays.
“While there is no way to completely eliminate the effect Mother Nature has on the railroad, the AquaTrack unit has had great success in prior years when it comes to managing leaf-related slippage on our rails,” said NJ TRANSIT Executive Director Steve Santoro. “By utilizing these two highly specialized pieces of equipment, we can keep the rails free and clear of fallen leaves, which increases safety and keep trains running on time.”
Fallen leaves left on rail tracks can cause a condition known as “slippery rail” – a challenge facing all railroads in the Northeast and other parts of the world where deciduous trees are prevalent. The decaying leaves create an oily residue that coats the rails and causes poor traction. The decreased train speeds, in turn, create delays.
The AquaTrack system has been in use by NJ TRANSIT since October 2003. It consists of two 250-horsepower diesel-engine units mounted on a flat car with an operator control cab. Two pressure-pump units dispense water up to 20,000 pounds-per-square-inch directly to the top of the rail. The process uses 17 gallons of water per minute.
Traditionally, the original AquaTrack operated primarily on the M&E and Montclair-Boonton lines, which are particularly challenged including the hilly areas around Glen Ridge and Summit stations, washing the rails twice a day Monday through Friday—once overnight and again during midday hours. On weekends, the Pascack Valley and Main/Bergen County lines are usually covered. The addition of a second unit will add cleaning on the Raritan Valley and North Jersey Coast Lines.
In addition to AquaTrack, NJ TRANSIT also strategically spreads sand on the rails in front of peak-period trains to increase traction. NJ TRANSIT also trims trees to help stem the amount of leaves on the tracks. The leaf clearing operation runs from mid-October through mid-December.
Planning and accident prevention are not brain surgery, yet we just can’t do it. Here’s hoping you will approach the council, BOE, Parks-Rec-Conservation Board, Streets Dept head, and anyone else who can control this before winter sets in and it becomes increasingly difficult for tree work to be done. They can always find money for their pet projects. For my increasing number of tax dollars I’d much rather have had an arborist identify potential problems and have the town pay to deal with it, even if it involved bringing in temporary workers, than lighting up Van Neste, say. Do we always have to wait until someone is hurt? Or a BMW?
Ridgewood NJ, Emmanuel Baptist Church, founded in 1891, is celebrating its 125th Anniversary Year with special festivities being planned for the weekend of November 12th and 13th.
The Dedication Ceremonies for the Chapel and newly renovated Peace Lounge as well ,as the Anniversary Tree plantings are open to the public on Saturday, November 12th at 2:30 pm.
The public is invited to the “Emmanuel through the Years” Concert at 3:30pm and a brief reception in the Pastor’s Lounge at 4:30pm after the concert on Saturday, November 12th. Organist Linda Sweetman-Waters, instrumentalist Dave Dallon, soloists Dr. Edward Schmiedecke and Liz Ludwig, and Emmanuel’s Artistic and Music Director John Giresi will perform at the concert.
Saturday Night Supper on November 12th and the luncheon on November 13th is for congregation and invited friends. The public is invited to 10:30am Sunday Worship Service.
Emmanuel is located at 14 Hope Street, at the corner of Hope Street and East Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ. Emmanuel has offered several events, such as the participation in the Ridgewood 4th of July Parade, the Community Pasta Dinner, and the opening of the 1999 Time Capsule to acknowledge the anniversary year, according to Marilyn Clark, Anniversary Chairperson.
Ridgewood NJ, the big local question for Ridgewood voters on November 8th will be to expand to a full-day kindergarten .
Detractors of the idea feel it’s nothing more than socialized babysitting at taxpayers expense , with little or no long-term benefit for students ,particularly in a town like Ridgewood where there are so many activities for young people and what many perceive as a need for more family time .
Proponents feel the current half day Kindergarten is more like a 1/4 of a day , and it is far too short to accomplish much of anything and even the proposed full-day kindergarten is still a short day leaving plenty of time for family activities . Proponents also feel a change in the current inconvenient hours
The reality seems to be somewhere in the middle ,with a change in current inconvenient hours lessening the financial pressure on families , balanced by a healthy skepticism over the idea of children spending far too much time with one point of view and not nurturing them with a diversity of experiences .
Full-Day Kindergarten: Public Vote is Election Day, November 8
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Funny because a neighbor to habernickel has emailed over and over again about a dead tree that needs to be removed before someone is seriously hurt and the date she was given was 12/27. Crazy yet our children play fall ball there and marroons soccer. But 12/27 is acceptable???
Yet the village managed to add commercial lighting to the parking lot within a month of a private non profit sharing business start date to allow this business to hold late night restaurant style living but cannot remove a dead tree that may injure a child until 4 months after tha fact. Crazy!!! Why can an excess of village tax payers dollars be used to assist a private business , but cannot be allocated until December to remove a tree that could seriously hurt someone?
Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood PD Patrol Officers Anthony Mormino and John Ward, Jr. ensured the safety of participants and distributed goody bags with glow sticks at the Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce’s annual “Haunted Harvest,” held in Van Neste Memorial Park, on Saturday, 10/29.
The Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce’ s Haunted Harvest, Memorial Park at Van Neste Square, was Saturday, October 29 from 1 – 4pm.
Guests could walk through the haunted grave yard, hide in the hay maze, jump through the pumpkin patch. There was also a Halloween parade and contest , for adults, children and pets.
Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Emergency Services Volunteers will be out in the Village starting at 530 PM on Halloween distributing 600 Glow Sticks to Village Ghosts and Goblins.
Ridgewood NJ, there will be limited seating available for the Davidoff Yamasa Tasting at the Tobacco Shop of Ridgewood.The event is November 2nd in the Davidoff Lounge so call today to reserve your spot – $20.
The Tobacco Shop of Ridgewood was established in 1979 as a full line tobacco shop. They carry over 700 pipes, the finest cigars, and a wide selection of humidors and accessories.
The Tobacco Shop of Ridgewood is located on 10 Chestnut St ,Ridgewood, New Jersey 07450, phone number 201-447-2204 .|
Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Maroons savor a sweet victory over Passaic Tech to remain undefeated this season . Ridgewood ranked is No. 16 in the NJ.com Top 20, and the Maroons got at least some small measure of revenge on Friday night, as they topped Passaic Tech, 14-7, in a rematch of last year’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 5 final.
Last year they beat the Passaic Tech Bulldogs in the regular season,only to lose to them in the sectional final, 27-0, a few weeks later.
Ridgewood’s win puts their regular season record to 8-0 and almost guarantees a spot as the top seed heading into this year’s playoffs.
The win leaves Ridgewood with just one game left at home against Paterson Eastside next week and one win shy of a perfect regular season.
