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Ridgewood NJ, PSE&G has completed the gas system upgrades in your neighborhood to ensure continued safe, reliable gas service. Now that the ground has settled, we will restore roads with permanent paving. Continue reading PSE&G Back to Work Paving Starting Monday April 17th in Ridgewood
Deploys team to Philadelphia to help with clean up and security
February 27,2017
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Ridgewood NJ, The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA stands in solidarity with Jewish Americans this weekend as the second Jewish cemetery in the last week was vandalized. Reports indicate that over 100 tombs were broken or destroyed at the Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA.
“We are deeply troubled by these rising and ongoing attacks on our Jewish sisters and brothers and members from our Philadelphia chapter are in route to assist in clean up,” said Dr. Nasim Rehmatullah, national vice president for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA. “We call upon all Americans to stand united against this hatred and extremism.”
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community issued a statement on January 19th expressing deep concern over the waves of bomb threats at Jewish centers around the country. Sadly, these bomb threats have since continued. We stand ready to serve and protect our Jewish sisters and brothers against these acts of intolerance and hatred, and pray for our nation’s safety.
About Ahmadiyya Muslim Community: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is a dynamic, reformist and fast-growing international movement within Islam. Founded in 1889, the Community spans over 200 nations with membership exceeding tens of million. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, established in 1920, is among the oldest American-Muslim organizations. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is the only Islamic organization to believe that the long- awaited messiah has come in the person of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835-1908) of Qadian, India. Ahmad claimed to be the metaphorical second coming of Jesus of Nazareth and the divine guide, whose advent was foretold by the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad. The Community believes that God sent Ahmad, like Jesus, to end religious wars, condemn bloodshed and reinstitute morality, justice and peace. Ahmad’s advent has brought about an unprecedented era of Islamic revival and moderation. He divested Muslims of fanatical beliefs and practices by vigorously championing Islam’s true and essential teachings
New Jersey commuters passing through the Port Authority Bus Terminal have a champion: John Degnan. The Port Authority chairman has become a powerful and effective ally for the most ignored commuter in the metropolitan region. Last week, Degnan restated his unabashed support for a new bus terminal in midtown Manhattan. The Record Read more
Port Authority to launch design contest to replace bus terminal; we have some ideas of our own, so please submit your design to the Ridgewood blog onlyonesmallvoice@gmail.com
The Port Authority Bus Terminal in midtown Manhattan.
BY PAUL BERGER
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
The Port Authority will push ahead with a design competition for a new Midtown Manhattan bus terminal even as agency commissioners remain divided about where and how big it should be — and whether they should build a second terminal in New Jersey that would transfer bus commuters to trains for the trip to New York City.
Pat Foye, the Port Authority’s executive director, announced the launch of the competition at an agency board meeting on Thursday, saying that designers will be expected to submit concepts that are “scalable and modular and made to fit whatever location and size the agency decides.”
a disco themed port authority ,with disco balls and blinking floors
The agency is being deliberately vague because of a split among board members about how best to replace the 66-year-old terminal at 42nd Street. That station, which serves about 30,000 Bergen County commuters every weekday, is operating over capacity and is in dire need of repair. Engineers say it will need to be knocked down in about 20 years because of structural problems.