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Ridgewood NJ, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has issued an Air Quality Action Day for the following counties: Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex, Union. until midnight EDT Thursday Night.
Continue reading AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT THURSDAY NIGHT
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Ridgewood N J, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has issued an Air Quality Action Day for the following counties: Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex, Union until midnight EDT Wednesday night.
Continue reading UPDATE: AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT
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Ridgewood NJ, in less than 90 days, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is expected to enact new rules that could cost manufacturers, businesses, public schools, and apartment complexes millions of dollars to convert boiler systems to electric.
Continue reading Murphy Energy Mandates , “nothing short of a man-made economic disaster”
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Ridgewood NJ, AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM EDT THURSDAY…
Continue reading Temperatures will Remain Dangerously High in New Jersey Over the Next Few Days
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Ridgewood Nj, its going to be a very hot weekend . Today look for Sunny sky’s, with a high near 97. Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph in the afternoon. On Sunday mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 100. Heat index values as high as 103. Light south wind becoming southwest 8 to 13 mph in the morning.
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Ridgewood NJ, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has issued an Air Quality Action Day for the following counties:
Continue reading AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM EDT WEDNESDAY JULY 20th
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Ridgewood NJ, the RHS Applied Engineering’s FireGone Team competed in person in the Thomas Edison Pitch Contest held at the Thomas Edison National Historical Park in West Orange on Wednesday, May 18. The team was chosen as one of three finalists in the high school division. Approximately 800 students forming 300 teams from 26 states and four countries participated in the contest. The FireGone Team – juniors Alex Mueller, Michael Ip, Zahir Syed, and Praket Nigam – pitched their Wildfire Assessor prototype to an expert panel of judges consisting of education professionals, Edison scholars, and technical/business experts. The team was awarded second place, winning science kits for the high school!
Continue reading RHS Applied Engineering’s FireGone Team Takes Second at Thomas Edison Pitch Contest
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West Milford NJ, Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that a New York man was indicted by a state grand jury for allegedly illegally collecting solid sewage waste and discharging it into a storm drain that emptied into West Milford Lake in West Milford, NJ in March 2021.
Continue reading Man Indicted for Allegedly Dumping Raw Sewage into a West Milford Lake
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Ridgewood NJ, the Village of Ridgewood has contacted the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Green Acres Program, proposing to legalize an after-the-fact diversion of roughly 100 square feet of Maple and Graydon Parks (Block 3209, Lots 1 and 3; 259 N Maple Avenue and 200 Northern Pkwy) in connection with the past installation of a wellhead necessary for the continued functioning of the Village’s water system. Additionally, Ridgewood requested a .029-acre subsurface diversion to allow for the connection of the new well to the existing water lines.
Continue reading Ridgewood Water Well Head Public Scoping Notice
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Midland Park NJ, as deer mating season is approaching the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Fish and Wildlife and the New Jersey Department of Transportation are reminding motorists to drive with extra caution and watch for white-tailed deer.
Continue reading Midland Park Police : The deer mating season known as the “Fall Rut” is upon us
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Ridgewood NJ, this is an Air quality alert is in effect from 11 AM Thursday until 11 PM Thursday. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has issued an air quality action day for the following counties ,Eastern Bergen, Eastern Essex, Eastern Passaic, Eastern Union, Hudson, Western Bergen, Western Essex, Western Passaic, and Western Union.
Air Quality Alert
Ridgewood NJ, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has issued an Air Quality Action Day for the following counties: Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex, Union from 11 AM to 11 PM EDT Sunday. An Air Quality Action Day means that Ground Level Ozone within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards.
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Ridgewood NJ, the National Weather Service has issued a “Hazardous Weather Outlook” an approaching cold front will bring potential for scattered strong to severe thunderstorms this afternoon into this evening. Strong to damaging wind gusts will be the main threat. Hail and even an isolated tornado is also a possibility.
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Ridgewood NJ, Governor Phil Murphy today delivered to the Legislature a list of proposed projects for the first round of funding from the Library Construction Bond Act (LCBA). The Library Construction Bond Act authorized $125 million in state bonds to fund critical improvements to New Jersey public libraries. The bond issuance was approved by New Jersey voters in November 2017 and all applicants were required to identify a 50 percent match to fund their proposed projects.
Continue reading First Round of Funding from the $125 Million Library Construction Bond Act Awarded
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Ridgewood NJ, As New Jersey enters the peak of West Nile Virus (WNV) season, the New Jersey Department of Health and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection are urging residents to take precautions to protect themselves from mosquito-borne diseases by taking simple steps to reduce populations of the insect on their properties.
New Jersey now has two human cases of WNV. The first case was found in a male in his 40s from Essex County, which was reported earlier this month. A second case was confirmed in a male in his 70s from Monmouth County.