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Fact Check Friday is Back: Ridgewood Manager Debunks Rumors on Flood Dams, Wetlands, and Green Acres

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Ridgewood Village Manager Keith Kazmark Issues Fact Check on Village Hall Flood Dams, Schedler Wetlands, and Kings Pond Playground

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Ridgewood NJ, in an effort to promote transparency and combat misinformation circulating online, Ridgewood Village Manager Keith Kazmark has released the second edition of “The Manager’s Fact Check Friday.” The latest update addresses three contentious issues currently dominating local discussions: flood mitigation at Village Hall, the environmental status of the Zabriskie-Schedler property, and the progress on a decades-old Green Acres issue.

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WETLANDS COVER-UP? Explosive New Documents Suggest Ridgewood Officials KNEW About Schedler Wetlands Amid Public Denials

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BOMBSHELL EVIDENCE: Official Emails Prove Ridgewood Officials KNEW About Wetlands on Schedler Site Despite Public Denial

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood’s long-running saga over the Zabriskie-Schedler property has taken a dramatic turn. New details from official records, including explicit communications between the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) and the Village’s engineering firm, strongly suggest that wetlands were confirmed on the site months before Village officials publicly minimized or denied their existence.

The core issue: Was the public deliberately misled about a crucial environmental factor while the Village Council signed off on contracts that explicitly referenced the wetlands?

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