Ridgewood NJ, It was band camp week at Camp Timberlake! The RHS Marching Band is hard at work learning this year’s show and having a great time. The RHS Band Program is celebrating its 100th year, which inspired this special show! Stay tuned for opportunities to see the show this fall! The RHS Marching Band is warped up a great week of camp! Leadership…team building…drill…sectionals…and so much more!
Ridgewood NJ, with gas prices soaring, energy policy is likely to be a major issue in the midterm election campaign, and voters strongly favor a policy of promoting domestic petroleum production.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 70% of Likely U.S. Voters believe the U.S. government should encourage increased oil and gas production to reduce America’s dependence on foreign sources of oil and gas. Only 18% oppose a policy of encouraging U.S. energy independence, while 12% are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Ridgewood NJ, Rather a quiet meeting but we did get a bit of a lecture from our council pilot, Albert. Residents both in Ridgewood and surrounding towns are concerned about the change in flight routes in and out of Teterboro that will increase the number of planes flying over our area and will bring increased noise. Albert who loves planes explained how this change was for the greater good and well, planes make noise.
It looks as though the council is due in court on May 9th as they were also sued by Valley along with the Planning Board. The PB settled as per the vote on Tuesday. A trial is expected to last anywhere from a few days to 2 weeks. Not sure this is this another chance to stop Valley?
It is interesting that a new council will be elected on May 10th. Also, we will be going to trial against Wyckoff, Glen Rock and Midland Park for improper use of funds by Ridgewood Water. That case should be decided in the next week or so. Nothing was mentioned at the meeting. In all, nothing of consequence was mentioned.
Regarding the Valley Hearings, the lawyer for Valley, Mr. Drill, used Sheila Brogan’s testimony of 2013- 2014 to contradict the statements made by the people regarding construction hazards for several years in the area when she said that she saw no problems because they have had construction projects at several of the schools in the past and all was manageable. People were so upset when she said this because it was like comparing apples and oranges. But her cavalier statement became a big part of Valley’s deflection of any concerns about its close proximity to Benjamin Franklin.
