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Grand Re-Opening of Apricot Lane Boutique in Ridgewood

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Ridgewood NJ, Apricot Lane Boutique is inviting everyone to celebrate their Grand Re-Opening on Saturday, June 10th, now located at 158 East Ridgewood Avenue. See you there! Shop and Received a Free Gift and Tote Bag!

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Time to Repurpose the Hudson Garage in Ridgewood into a Pickleball Center

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Ridgewood NJ, converting unused parking garages like Hudson Street into alternative spaces can be a creative way to repurpose existing infrastructure. Here are a few ideas for converting unused parking garages:

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Village Resident Thanks Ridgewood Fire Fighters For 2020 Rescue

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Ridgewood NJ, Thursday 5/25/2023: Susan, a village resident, approached “B” shift while conducting our daily platoon drill in the Central Business district to say thank you. This was a special moment as this resident was rescued from a second story apartment during a well involved fire back in 2020. Fire Fighter’s McLaughlin, T. Bombace and Rohrman were assigned to Ladder 36 that day and successfully made the rescue. Little did Susan know that Fire Fighter. McLaughlin was in fact working today and we were able to capture that moment. FF. McLaughlin and his fellow firefighters were very appreciative of her kind words and impromptu thanks!

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June Kicks off the Summer Season in the Village of Ridgewood

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Ridgewood NJ, the Pedestrian Plaza in the Village of Ridgewood’s Central Business District will be on Saturdays and Sundays from June 3-October 9, 2023 – Streets will be closed to vehicular traffic from Walnut Street to Broad Street, along East Ridgewood Avenue. There will be music and entertainment in Memorial Park at Van Neste Square on Saturday night and Sunday. Each month will be culturally themed, and there will be special activities for children. Please plan to come and shop, dine, and enjoy the entertainment this summer.

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Despite budget crunch, Ridgewood Village Council continues plan to purchase & develop vacant auto repair shop property

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Ridgewood NJ, “No money; no money; no money!” “Forget about it!” “It isn’t going to happen this year!”

Those are the responses Ridgewood’s taxpayers pleading for safety improvements (e.g., sidewalks and a pedestrian bridge repair/replacement) have been getting from Village Council members for the past few months.

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Ridgewood Guild’s “Music in the Night” Starts May 26th

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Ridgewood NJ, the 14th Annual Season of the Ridgewood Guild’s “Music in the Night” – There will be music in various locations on Friday nights, starting May 26th through Labor Day.

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Ridgewood’s Project Pride Planting Day – May 21, 2023 – 7:45 am

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Ridgewood NJ, Project Pride Planting Day – May 21, 2023 – 7:45 am. – Come to volunteer and assist the Project Pride Committee by planting flowers in the planters in the Central Business District. This is a 2 – 3 hour commitment. You will be able to enjoy what you have planted all summer! Please email Councilmember Lorraine Reynolds at [email protected] to sign up or if you have any questions.

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Spring “Sidewalk Sale Days” in Ridgewood

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Ridgewood NJ, the Spring “Sidewalk Sale Days” in Ridgewood is a Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce Event  featuring these Participating Businesses:

Paris Jewelers, Coco Interior Design Studio, Town & Country Apothecary, Shoe Inn, Everything Bagels, Hustle & Heart, World Flats, Olive R Twist Olive Oil Co., Arthur Murray, Dance Studio, Envy by Melissa Gorga, The Junkluggers, Wostbrock Home, Book Nook Enrichment, Cenia Design, Remodeling Construction, Nature Sparkle, Treat Me Sweet, All Things Neat by Hope, Eat Your Spinach, Femmebot, Fox’s, Racefaster, Just our Shoes, Apricot Lane, Town Home & Garden, Bookends, Duxiana, Suite 201, Venture Studios, Gardiner & Co., Hot Jewelry Box, Mt. Everest Ski Shop, Fleet Feet, Borobabi/Many Moons, Bella & Love, Victor’s Men’s Clothing.

Parking is available in the Hudson Street Parking Garage on Hudson and S. Maple Streets.

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New Jersey’s Red Tape & Fees Continue to Hurt Small Businesses and Destroy New Jersey’s Business Climate

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Morristown NJ, New Jersey ranks near the bottom or at the bottom, depending on the source considered, for overall business climate due to taxes and regulatory hurdles. The factors behind those rankings directly impact the ability of our state to foster the development of small businesses and retain those businesses as they grow. It is important to want small businesses to exist and thrive in your state. Small businesses are a way for new innovations to come to the market and for New Jersey residents to accumulate wealth.

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Visitors to Ridgewood’s Central Business District Prefer “Free Parking”

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Ridgewood Nj, looks like the Benjamin at 1 Franklin avenue in Ridgewood has a parking problem . The problem being that visitors to the central business district have been grabbing up the assigned spots instead of paying for parking on central business district streets or in the parking garage on Hudson Street . Gee wiz would would have thunk it? Just another ancillary issue created by poor Village planning and please don’t blame it on “climate change” .

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Sunrise Assisted Living coming to Ridgewood?

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Ridgewood NJ, several members of our staff have noticed these advertisements that have recently popped up on line. Our mayor and council have been mum, of course, about any plans to bring Sunrise Assisted Living to Ridgewood.  So much for the governmental transparency they continue to boast about.

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