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Football under the lights at the new Hudson Street Athletic Field in Ridgewood ?

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Ridgewood NJ, several Ridgewood police cars were observed rushing into the Hudson Street Parking Garage shortly before 10 PM on Wednesday night, and heading up the ramps to the top floor.  Bystanders looking on from the sidewalk in front of Mt. Carmel wondered if there was a serious crime in progress, or worse yet, a distraught person threatening a jump from somewhere on the top floor.

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Damn the open space; we need more parking! – Really Mr. Vagianos?

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Ridgewood NJ, Paul Vagianos is a candidate for election in November to fill the unexpired Village Council. term of Bernadette Walsh (who resigned due to a pending relocation out of state).  Mr. Vagianos is a past president of the Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Village’s Central Business District Advisory Committee (CBDAC).  He owns and operates the It’s Greek to Me restaurant on East Ridgewood Avenue and owns a commercial property on South Broad Street that houses the Pearl restaurant.

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Paul Vagianos Controversial Owner of “It’s Greek to Me” Running for Ridgewood Village Council

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Ridgewood NJ, Paul Vagianos the controversial owner of “It’s Greek to Me” is throwing his hat in the ring for a run at the Village Council slot left open by the sudden departure of Bernie Walsh .

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Village of Ridgewood Hopes Better Signs Boost Parking Revenue

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Ridgewood NJ, in the quest to get more people to park in the Hudson Garage the Village has posted several nifty new signs.  During the August 4th Village of Ridgewood Council meeting several avenues were explored in an effort to to better utilize the empty parking garage on Hudson street :

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The Hudson Street Parking Garage keeps on giving – $103K for a new street sweeper!

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Just when you thought you’d heard it all, Village CFO Robert G. Rooney just revealed that a $103K Kubota “mini street sweeper” will be purchased for the Hudson Street Parking Garage because neither of the Village’s existing street sweepers will fit inside the building.
This begs the question, is the Village sure that its existing fire trucks and ambulances will fit inside?
The garage that keeps on giving . . .
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Hudson Parking Garage One Step Closer

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photos by Ridgewood Professional Firefighters FMBA Local 47

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Ridgewood NJ, on Thursday 9/3/2020: “C” Shift practicing Standpipe Operations at the new Village Parking Garage. Fire hydrants work by tapping into a pressurized system.  In addition, a fixture called a standpipe facilitates firefighting within buildings and works like an overhead sprinkler system.

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Heading to the Ridgewood Central Business District Don’t Forget to Feed the Meter

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Ridgewood NJ, Parking kiosks/meters are in use now.  As a reminder, the rates are $1/hour in the lots and $1.25/hour on the street. Kiosks take credit cards or coins. Parking kiosks have replaced most of the meters, but there are still 15 minute meters at the beginning of each side street, off of East Ridgewood Avenue.  Parkmobile may also be used at parking spaces, by downloading the app.

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Police Traffic Officers Association of Bergen County says, ” look both ways before you cross”

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Ridgewood NJ,Police Traffic Officers Association of Bergen County has launched a campaign In conjunction to keep pedestrians safe , ” In conjunction with the Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey ,New Jersey Pedestrian Safety Coalition, the Police Traffic Officers Association of Bergen County is geared toward educating everyone the importance of pedestrian safety. It’s important for pedestrians to look both ways, but it’s equally important to wait for the WALK signal when crossing at a controlled intersection.”

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Ridgewood’s “If you don’t like it Move” types Go Silent on Garage Protest

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Ridgewood NJ, yesterday in Ridgewood at the official groundbreaking ceremony of the Hudson Street Parking garage . the event was greeted with a protester .

Which begs the questions where are all the critics of residents Steven Kim and Saurabh Dani , all the “if you don’t like it move” and how dare you question the great and powerful Ridgewood Public Library or Ridgewood Board of Education ?

Where are the big mouths? Where are the know-it-alls? And lets not forget all the “you should pay higher taxes, so I can move out of here” types?

Once again emphasizing the , it is OK to bully certain people for certain ideas but not others .

And of course if you in the in crowd , you have carte blanche even if you come off as an ignorant bigot?

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Ridgewood’s Master Plan Visioning Workshops

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Ridgewood NJ, Mark Your Calendars for Ridgewood’s Master Plan Visioning Workshops

When: September 21 – 9:30am to 12:30pm and September 28 – 9:30am to 12:30pm (attend one or both)

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Ridgewood CBD Faces Parking-apocalypse on Monday

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Ridgewood NJ, looks like Ridgewood’s Central Business District is facing a parking-apocalypse this week when both the Hudson lot and Cottage Place lot are closed as of Monday August 19th. Resident should brace for longer parking times and more congested road ways .

HUDSON STREET PARKING LOT CLOSING AUGUST 19, 2019
-Parking deck construction starts.
-Pedestrians must use the sidewalk along the church side of Hudson Street.
-Hudson Street will be open to vehicles during the beginning of the construction…as the project proceeds…there will be weeks that the street might be closed.

Cottage Place Parking There will be milling and paving of
COTTAGE PLACE PARKING LOT ON August 19, 2019
weather permitting it should be done by August 23, 2019…

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The Hudson Street parking lot will be closed beginning on Monday

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Ridgewood NJ, The Hudson Street parking lot will be closed beginning on Monday 8/19/2019 through June 2020 for the construction of the Hudson Street Garage.  During the construction, the sidewalk along the parking lot will be closed.  All pedestrians must use the sidewalk along the church side of Hudson Street.  Hudson Street will be open to vehicles during the beginning of the construction, but will be closed for a period of 6-8 weeks, during the day, in late 2019/early 2020.  When the Village has definite dates of the closures, residents will be notified via E-Notice, and they will also be posted on the Village website. 

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Ridgewood Needs Real Parking Data to Solve Parking Problems

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Ridgewood NJ, when it come to parking its all about the data . Recently the council has once again moved to reconfigure the parking in the Central Business District .

The Council has altered rates, times , who can park where and for how long. Yet with each change comes a whole new set of problems . We went from too much employee parking to not enough, too little commuter parking to too much back to too little then too much again. Every change seems to present itself with a whole new set of issues .

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“Smart Meters “Are Coming to a Town Near You

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Ridgewood NJ, you think parking is difficult in Central Business District now, just wait. A bill is now before the Senate to make “smart meters”  which are now part of a pilot program in Palisades Park legal throughout the Garden State.

The “smart meters” work by snapping a picture of the license plate and the car after their meter runs out. Weeks later, a ticket is delivered to their front door.”We now can free up traffic officers time to do other stuff like drink coffee talk on their cell phones while driving and visit dunkin donuts ” , just kidding guys . 

Officials say the parking meters will become a tool for law enforcement. With cameras on the back and front, the meters could be able to pull video evidence should something happen on the sidewalk or street. No need to hire up Police and those costly benefit packages .

Palisades Park officials say there’s an increase in parking tickets because of the 30 meters they have installed.