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Zabriskie-Schedler Soil Remediation Plan Unveiled Next Week

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Ridgewood Community Meeting Set for NJDEP-Submitted Cleanup Plan Details

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood residents, mark your calendars! The highly anticipated soil remediation plan for the controversial Zabriskie-Schedler property is officially finalized and ready for public review.

Matrix New World Engineering, the firm tasked with the cleanup, has completed its detailed plan and submitted it to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). Now, the community gets its chance to see exactly how this critical piece of Ridgewood land will be made safe.

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Village of Ridgewood Claims “no concerns expressed” by Former or Current VOR Employees Regarding Contaminated Soil at Schedler

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Ridgewood NJ, as posted on the Village’s website, here are two questions that were submitted about contaminated soil at Schedler, along with their respective responses:

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The Heartbreak of Ridgewood’s Schedler Park: A Call to Action

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Ridgewood NJ, what once stood as a lush, thriving ecosystem in Ridgewood’s Schedler Park has been reduced to a barren, fragmented landscape. A green canopy that once offered shade, purified the air, and supported wildlife has been destroyed—intentionally—by our local government. What’s left is not just a park stripped of its natural beauty but also a dumping ground for contaminated soil.

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Questions Arise Over Ridgewood Water Soil Removal Contracts: Where Did the Contaminated Soil Go?

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Ridgewood Nj, while reviewing Ridgewood Council meeting minutes, several questions have surfaced regarding the Ridgewood Water (RW) soil removal contracts, particularly related to the handling of contaminated soil.

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Small amount of contaminated soil discovered at Habernickel Park in Ridgewood

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Ridgewood NJ, an environmental testing firm has discovered a small area of soil is contaminated with arsenic at the Irene Habernickel Family Park.

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NJDEP regulations say capping contaminated soil is not permitted – All soil must be removed

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Ridgewood NJ, Village of Ridgewood officials received this advisory from NJDEP in late 2023:

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BREAKING – Sources of contaminated soil at Schedler revealed to Ridgewood Village Council

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Ridgewood NJ, representatives of the environmental testing company hired by the Village of Ridgewood informed Village Council members during Wednesday night’s Work Session where the contaminated soil dumped at Schedler came from.

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Village of Ridgewood Public Workshop and Special Public Meeting

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Village Council Public Workshop Agenda

THE RIDGEWOOD VILLAGE COUNCIL
PUBLIC WORKSHOP AGENDA
APRIL 1, 2020
7:30 P.M.

1.         7:30 pm – Call to Order – Mayor

2.         Statement of Compliance with Open Public Meeting Act

Mayor: “Adequate notice of this meeting has been provided by a posting on the bulletin    board in Village Hall, by mail to the Ridgewood News, The Record, and by submission      to all persons entitled to same as provided by law of a schedule including the date and          time of this meeting.”

3.         Roll Call – Village Clerk

4.         Flag Salute/Moment of Silence

Pursuant to Chapter 3-19 of the Code of the Village of Ridgewood, Manner of Addressing Council, and Chapter 3-20, Decorum, the Village Council meetings shall be conducted in the following manner:

 

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Ridgewood Water Catches Contractor Dumping Contaminated Soil on its Wyckoff Property

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Ridgewood NJ, Northjersey.com has reported that .,”Ridgewood Water says its water supply is safe after catching a contractor dumping contaminated soil on its Wyckoff property.”

Northjersey goes to state in the article that , “A utility employee saw a local contractor on Aug. 20 dumping between four and six loads of soil at the Ames wellfield. According to a statement by Ridgewood Water, the Wyckoff Police Department was immediately notified and is investigating. At the same time, the Ames well was shut down as a precaution.” Interesting when the Ridgewood blog checked the Wyckoff Police blotter , there was no mention of the incident on that or any other date and when we went to the Ridgewood Water website it was off line on September 27th in the evening .We do know how that feels but it seemed an odd coincidence .

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