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Pedestrian Hit in the Village on Friday Night

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Ridgewood NJ, according to the Ridgewood Police Department a 27-year-old woman suffered head and leg injuries when she was hit by a Toyota in Ridgewood around 6:15 Friday Night .

The Glen Rock woman was crossing in the crosswalk on North Maple Avenue near the old Elks Club building when she was hit by a Toyota driven by 51-year-old woman from Washington Township.

The driver stayed on the scene and the women was rushed to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson.

 

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Ridgewood Chamber Restaurant Week 2020 Starts January 12th

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Ridgewood NJ, Join us in 2020 for Restaurant Week The Valley Hospital and the Ridgewood Chamber are partnering to bring you

RESTAURANT WEEK WINTER 2020

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Reader says , “I love all this congestion” , “More people more cars more shopping more spending”

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“I love all this congestion. There’s going to be so much more traffic from all these new condos being built. More people more cars more shopping more spending yes. And more of the things we never think about or talk about. Just think about 1000 more people living in the CBD. Think about all these people need supplies food services it’s going to be interesting. I wonder how much the town is receiving in taxes at all these locations being built. And what are we providing them in return just interesting just curious just a thought anyone now.”

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Readers says , “This $15/hr, more than anything else going on, will break our CBD permanently”

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“This $15/hr, more than anything else going on, will break our CBD permanently. Our CBD businesses are all getting by on thin margins now: restaurants & retail. Now the state will reduce those margins even more. Look for more empty storefronts. The No-Math crowd behind $15 in the village [Library/Hospital Cabal, Apartments, Garage] are also Murphy Voters. So as all the new parking [proven that we don’t need] comes online and the $20m bill comes due this year, there will be fewer businesses to pull shoppers who will pay to park to pay the loan. How do you imagine that it will be paid for [hint: your highest-in-the-area property taxes/fees are going up, Way Up]. Also, as businesses shorten hours to cover the artificially forced higher cost of labor, less need for employee-only parking as there be fewer people working in the CBD. All these facts were known before Ramon/Jeff/Bernie pushed the garage and the Library Glamificiation. None of this is all that hard to understand unless you are a Socialist like a Murphy voter or our VC.”

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Its Not a Parking Problem in the Village It’s a Traffic Congestion Problem

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Ridgewood NJ, on the Facebook page ,”It takes a Ridgewood Village “Steve Kim points out what the Ridgewood blog has continued to point out to no avail for so many years ,more pressing than parking is the problem with traffic congestion in the Village of Ridgewood.  The problem has been so ignored that the Village has over the years exacerbated the situation with so called “traffic easing” ie turn 2 lanes into one under the trestle and install a suicide bike lane  .  Place “valet” parking eating up street parking and of coarse approving massive high density housing in the central business district .

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Ridgewood Library Hosts Buffy the Vampire Slayer Trivia Night at Park West Tavern

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Ridgewood NJ, There’s still time for you to register for Buffy the Vampire Slayer Pub Trivia on Monday January 6, 8pm at Park West Tavern. Teams of 2-6 players can register online at www.ridgewoodlibrary.org. Any questions contact 201-670-5600 x130 or email [email protected].

The irony may be too good to miss.

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Reader says, “Thankfully there are some civic minded residents that hold elected and appointed officials accountable”

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“Thankfully there are some civic minded residents that hold elected and appointed officials accountable.  Valley thought they’d cut a back room deal with then Mayor Pfund to double the size of the building.  Residents got wind of it and ultimately won.  On the other side, the apartment developers made friends with the Aronsohn regime and got their way.  Residents should have acted more quickly and decisively.  Now the BOE and the Library cabals (many of the same people behind Valley and the apartments) are coming at us again.  Thanks to the residents who take it upon themselves to expose these pet projects and call bullshit.”

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Reader suggests, “people in ridgewood who have too much time on their hands”

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“There are people in ridgewood who have too much time on their hands and spy and stalk others. Or spend countless hours reading every proposal from the schools, village, library, garage, hospital and debating their intention, values and cost and spreading negativity on social media. If they don’t trust any leadership then perhaps they should…”

 

FYI :A recent survey conducted for the Garden State Initiative and Fairleigh Dickinson University found:

44% of New Jersey residents are planning to leave the state in the not-so-distant future
One in four residents, or 28 percent, plan to depart the Garden State within five years

As to why they plan to leave, many cited high property taxes and overall cost of living as the main reasons.

 

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Reader asks ,”does anyone else notice that even as Hudson is closed, CBD parking is still abundant?”

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“The garage will lose $1mm a year, the village CFO confirms that. Only monstrous increases in rates on the street and lots can close that. The VC has no choice but to raise the rates on the surface lots and meters… the question is the strategy to do so. If a surface lot and a street meter are close to the same price when the garage is built… what’s the incentive to park in the garage? People circle 1 block radius’ now, and studies prove if you don’t have a significant price difference between the two, they will just keep circling.. The lack of fiscal common sense in the VC with an eye to protecting taxpayers is frightening. Now add in the library-glamification which has $0 return to taxpayers. Behind all the taxpayer-funded goodies? The same people who led the push for the new hospital and high-density housing. Saraceno and the Library Cabal also led the housing push and the hospital push. They have no regard for the fiscal future of the village and her taxpayers. Oh, does anyone else notice that even as Hudson is closed, CBD parking is still abundant? Often on weekend nights, whole rows of the train lot are empty. Hmmm, funny…just what garage critics said was true now *proven* true…we have a CBD parking surplus.”

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Do as I Say and Not as I do in Ridgewood Central Business District?

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Ridgewood NJ, Tony Damiano , has literally made a career out of complaining that there is not enough parking in town, regularly going to Council meetings and stomping his foot declaring that town is dying because shoppers cannot find parking.  And yet, this shop owner apparently feels that HE is entitled.  Here is his car on Broad Street taking up a prime spot that a shopper could use – on the day after Christmas, which is one of the heaviest shopping days of the year.  And his car is in a top-tier spot on Broad Street almost every single day.  Without fail.  We have numerous such pictures from all four seasons.  Let’s add to the outrageousness of this scenario that Damiano lives on Broad Street and could easily walk to his place of business.  You cannot make this stuff up.

 

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Village of Ridgewood Parking Permits Are On Sale Now

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Ridgewood Nj, 2020 parking permits are now on sale !

The 2020 Annual Commuter (Ridgewood Parking Permits – RPP) will go on sale on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at 8:30 a.m. at the Reception Desk in the lobby of Village Hall, and will continue to be sold Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except holidays.  All applicants must bring their driver’s license and vehicle registration(s) for car(s) they wish to list on their permits, as the RPPs allow up to 3 cars on each hang tag. Click Here for application.  The RPPs allow commuters to park in designated Ridgewood parking lots without having to pay the parking meters.  The following is a summary of the Ridgewood Parking Permits (RPPs) and their prices:

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Reader Points Out the Obvious , “voter who moves into high density has different objectives than one buying a single family home”

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“What no one talks about but the type of voter who moves into high density has different objectives than one buying a single family home. In Ridgewood we had a mayor who had run twice for Congress and lost twice in part because single family homeowner types didn’t buy off on his program. So once in Ridgewood the push began for high density housing, large garages, bike paths… all things that appeal to the kind of voter who would support him in another run for Congress. Things blew up before he got his wish but the move to making Ridgewood a different kind of community had already gone too far.would be surprised if Teaneck was not similar. “

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Reader Says , ” Kiosks and increased the rates before approving the garage. Thereby having confidence in sufficient revenue to pay for the garage”

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“They should have installed the Kiosks and increased the rates before approving the garage. Thereby having confidence in having sufficient revenue to pay for the garage. In addition it would have been interesting to see the opposition and the likely reduced parking demand in advance.
Some may actually believe another garage will be built in another section of the CBD. To fund a second garage, meter rates will likely need to be $3+per hour. Too bad only a few nearby restaurants will actually benefit from the Hudson Street garage. “

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Reader suggests:Businesses should in the CBD should Pick up the Shortfall on the Garage

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“The present council is at fault for passing parking garage not knowing the financial facts. Kiosks should have been installed First to see if they indeed were profitable. The current council did not have to pass the garage. I was not for it. They increased the spots at the train station; and could have increased spots at Hudson Lot . They did it carelessly. If it was their own money they would have installed kiosks first to see. They play fast and loose with my tax dollar The present council should personally pay for any shortfall along with the business owners like Damiano and Vagianos who begged for the parking garage. A contract could have been made with the business owners that they would make up any shortfall that kiosks didn’t produce. But no, the council rushed to build on uncertainly. What stupid, ignorant vain people. “

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Ridgewood Could face Staff and or Service Cuts to Fund Hudson Garage

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Ridgewood NJ, Is possible that Ridgewood services will have to be cut, or taxes be raised to pay for the garage.  The Village Councils’ former financial projections were erroneous, it turns out. They are shocked that they made such a glaring error.

The council is not certain that raising rates to $1.25 an hour would deter people from parking in Ridgewood.  They are considering three different options for raising rates; in some places 75 cents an hour and $1.25 in other places.

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