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Ridgewood NJ, rumors continue to spread that the Saddle River County Park Wild Duck Pond could be the new home of “Swamp Thing” . Over grown with algae, a breading ground for mosquitos and ticks the Duck Pond has continued to fall into disrepair since 2016 .
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Ridgewood NJ, Two (2) Ridgewood Police patrol vehicles collided at the intersection of East Glen Avenue and North Van Dien Avenue, Ridgewood on Sunday afternoon, 09/02. The two (2) drivers, uniformed Ridgewood Police officers, were transported to The Valley Hospital for evaluation and possible treatment. Both officers were conscious and alert following the crash and exited their respective vehicles without assistance. Ridgewood Fire Department, Ridgewood EMS, and Ridgewood Emergency Services personnel also responded to the incident.
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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Chamber Annual Farmer’s Market, Sun, June 24, 2018 – Sun, November 18, 2018 , Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
at the Train Station Parking Lot, Godwin Ave and W. Ridgewood Avenue.
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Ridgewood NJ, There will be many events in September in the Village of Ridgewood, including the Car Show, Music Fest, the Fall Arts, Crafts, and Food Street Fair, Good Life Ridgewood, and Gold Star Mother’s Day. Please consult your Village calendar for dates and times of these annual events.
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Ridgewood NJ, All Village offices will be closed on September 3, 2018, in observance of Labor Day. There will be no garbage or recycling pickup and the Recycling Center will also be closed. The Police Department, on the second floor of Village Hall, will be open on this holiday. All offices will open again on September 4, 2018 at 8:30 a.m.
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Ridgewood NJ, Car Show Street Closings, Friday, Sept. 7th 4-9pm
2018 Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce Annual Car Show-Below is the Car Show street closing schedule:
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Ridgewood NJ, YMCA invites you to celebrate their new transformation- sept. 4th, 2018 at 6:30pm- rsvp required , on Tuesday, September 04, 2018 at Time: 6:30 PM ,
Ridgewood YMCA, 112 Oak Street, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
RIDGEWOOD PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Village Hall Court Room – 7:30 P.M.
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Ridgewood NJ, Parents & guardians: It’s the countdown to the start of school! Have you completed your online registration yet? Cross it off your list before Labor Day weekend!
Parents and guardians, just a reminder to complete your online registration in Skyward by midnight, September 4. All households must complete this process through the Skyward Family Access service, a password-protected site that provides parents access to information on courses, grades, homework, attendance, classroom messages, food service and fee management. The information in Family Access will aid in current and continuing communication between you and your child’s teachers to promote student success. Each parent has their own Skyward login ID connected with their email on record.
Here’s the scoop: https://www.ridgewood.k12.nj.us/UserFiles/Servers/Server_207516/File/Announcements/2018-2019/OnlineRegistrationPostcard2018-19.pdf
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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Police have issued a Traffic Alert East Ridgewood Ave Paving 8/30/18 -8/31/18.
East Ridgewood Ave will be closed between North Maple Ave and Van Dien Ave. Thursday 8/31 and between Van Dien and Paramus Road Friday 8/31 for paving.
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Westwood NJ, a Westwood man wants to fly anti-abortion flag at Borough Hall. The borough resident and anti-abortion activist is requesting the display, citing the rainbow flag flown at Borough Hall for LGBT Gay Pride flag.
In April 2017 , Jan Phillips attempted to strong arm the Ridgewood council in the name of civility by pushing them to hang a Gay Pride flag over Village Hall ,at the time it was rejected for various reasons and many readers suggested ,if the council flew the pride flag over Village Hall , that would open the door to flying all kinds of other flags .
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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood blog has received reports of CBD customers being denied access with their service dog several times in several different restaurants in the village.
Service animals are defined as dogs that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities. Examples of such work or tasks include guiding people who are blind, alerting people who are deaf, pulling a wheelchair, alerting and protecting a person who is having a seizure, reminding a person with mental illness to take prescribed medications, calming a person with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) during an anxiety attack, or performing other duties. Service animals are working animals, not pets. The work or task a dog has been trained to provide must be directly related to the person’s disability. Dogs whose sole function is to provide comfort or emotional support do not qualify as service animals under the ADA.
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Ridgewood NJ, “County parks budget being used for something else? This is the first thing many people see when driving westbound into Ridgewood. Council, can you complain? ” , readers continue to express their dissatisfaction with the condition of the Bergen County Wild Duck Pond.
The dog run formerly referred to as ‘bark park” seems to be popular despite claims of nasty aggressive dogs , but the over all condition of the pond has many residents very concerned . Crossing from Paramus heading up Ridgewood Avenue , the Bergen County Wild Duck Pond is the first impression any one gets of Ridgewood and what they see is a dilapidated ,rundown park.
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Ridgewood NJ, it was is starting to seem like a regular thing the Ridgewood teachers’ union plans to conduct a “walk-in” on the very first day of school to protest working without a contract. The Contract between the district and the Ridgewood Education Association expired on July 1.
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Ridgewood NJ, To accommodate the lane closures necessary as part of the New Jersey Department of Transportation’s (NJDOT) rehabilitation of the Route 495 Bridge over Routes 1&9 and Paterson Plank Road in North Bergen, several NJ TRANSIT local bus routes will require detours.
The Exclusive Bus Lane (XBL) will be maintained weekday mornings (6 a.m. – 10 a.m.) throughout the construction.
