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Ridgewood Village Council Reorganization Meeting Love Fest

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Ridgewood Nj, at the Monday night Ridgewood Village Council Reorganization Meeting, significant transitions marked the start of a new chapter for the community. Newly elected councilmembers Paul Vagianos, Pam Perron, and Frank Mortimer were officially sworn in, while the Village bid farewell to outgoing Councilmember Lorraine Reynolds.

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Behind Ridgewood United: Hidden Ties, Questionable Contributions, and the Influence Machine Shaping Local Politics

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Ridgewood NJ, in a stunning revelation, recent findings shed light on the political machinations surrounding Mayor Paul Vagianos and his running mates. As Ridgewood gears up for local elections, new evidence suggests that the political group known as Ridgewood United—led by Paul Vagianos, Pam Perron, and Frank Mortimer—may have deeper, previously unexamined affiliations and interests.

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Readers Continue to Question the Objectivity of “Tapinto Ridgewood”

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Ridgewood NJ,once again readers questions of the objectivity of “Tapinto Ridgewood”. In a comment on a Ridgewood blog post a reader said :

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Private citizen reportedly sending emails “on behalf of” Mayor and Deputy Mayor in Ridgewood ?

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Ridgewood NJ, here we go again. Seemingly another communications blunder, possibly an unlawful one at that, made by the members of the “normal” Village Council.

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Reader Blows Off Steam on Tap into Ridgewood

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Tap into Ridgewood was created at the end of March 2021. Jason DeAlessi (aka “Sleek Media, LLC) is the franchise owner (and up until a few days ago, he was the editor of record. . . still trying to figure out who is his replacement (or, realistically, not)). Every single piece they write bashes the anti-Arohnshon crowd, guts Susan Knudsen, supports JOLTS. 

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Tapinto Places Disclaimers on Some Articles After Conflict of Interest Story on the Ridgewood blog

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Ridgewood NJ, after the post on the Ridgewood blog pointing out obvious conflicts of interest with the Tapinto “news” site , the Tapinto began placing disclaimers on some of their articles .

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Paul Vagianos Promoted a Candidates Forum Requiring a Pledge to Support Construction of a Massive Five Level Parking Garage on Hudson Street

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Ridgewood NJ , in 2016 business owner Paul Vagianos, on behalf of Progress for Ridgewood, inviting candidates for Village Council  to participate in a candidate forum at the Park West Tavern . The price of admission to the forum, was a signed pledge to support the immediate construction of a massive five level parking garage at the Hudson Street site.

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Tap into Ridgewood Editor Democratic Operative and Former Paul Vagianos Campaign Manager

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Ridgewood NJ, many readers of this blog have remarked over the recent interest of “Tap into Ridgewood”  news source . The publication seems extremely biased again the current Village of Ridgewood Mayor  Susan Knudsen and seems to promote all things Councilwomen Pam Perron and candidate  Paul Vagianos . While the Perron love fest seems to have died out ,the nonstop promotion of Vagianos has not.

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Candidate Paul Vagianos Promotes More Urbanization for Ridgewood

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Ridgewood NJ, Urbanization it is predominantly the process by which towns and cities are formed and become larger as more people begin living and working in central areas.

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League of Women Voters of Ridgewood to Host Candidate Forums Ahead of the November Election

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Ridgewood NJ, the League of Women Voters of Ridgewood will be hosting two candidate forums ahead of the November 2nd election.

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An Open Letter to Paul Vagianos – Owner of Its Greek to Me who is running for Ridgewood Village Council Election

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An Open Letter to Paul Vagianos – Owner of Its Greek to Me who is running for Ridgewood Village Council Election
As we all know that Paul Vagianos, who is running for Ridgewood Council Elections, is also listed as an organizer for the “feed the front lines” initiative, and his own restaurant was one of the recipients of this award (conflict of interest as an organizer? may be not).

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Former Ridgewood Councilman Jeff Voigt publicly endorses Paul Vagianos for Village Council – a “kiss of death?”

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Ridgewood NJ, the most controversial and despised member (former, thankfully) of the Village Council in decades has just publicly endorsed Paul Vagianos’ campaign for election in November to fill the unexpired Village Council term of Bernadette Walsh (who resigned due to a pending relocation out of state).  The endorsement came by way of a letter to the editor of a local newspaper.

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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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Ridgewood Deputy Mayor Michael Sedon to Run For State Senate

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Ridgewood NJ, The word is that Ridgewood Deputy Mayor Michael Sedon (Democratic ) will run for State Senate in the 40th district against incumbent Kristin Corrado.

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