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photo courtesy of Mahmoud Hamza of the Village Shade Tree Commission
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Ridgewood NJ, according to Mahmoud Hamza of the Village Shade Tree Commission , “The municipal 2020 fall shade tree planting was completed and another 200+ trees were added to our street tree inventory! We are now looking forward to the 2021 budget vote to continue the necessary funding for shade trees.”
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Informal proposals will be received by the Village of Ridgewood, in the Village Hall Level Three Conference Room, 131 North Maple Avenue, Ridgewood, New Jersey 07450, on Friday, September 27, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. prevailing time, and then publicly opened and read aloud for the following project:
“Tree Planting Various Locations,
In the Village of Ridgewood”.
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Ridgewood to Participate NJ Tree Recovery Campaign
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Ridgewood NJ, New Jersey will be giving out free trees , in partnership with the NJ Tree Recovery Campaign, the state will be handing out up to 5 free tree seedlings per resident in Ridgewood : Sat., May 7, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Memorial Park, Van Neste Square
The New Jersey Tree Recovery Campaign is providing some 102,000 free tree seedlings to state residents. The effort is a joint public-private venture between the New Jersey State Forest Service’s Community Forestry Program and State Forest Nursery, New Jersey Soil Conservation Districts, Sustainable Jersey, Arbor Day Foundation, Brothers International, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Wyndham Vacation Resorts, and FedEx.
“Trees serve many important functions, including creating habitat for wildlife, stabilizing areas that are prone to erosion, conserving energy use, and beautifying our communities,” Commissioner Martin said. “The State Forest Nursery in Jackson is providing seedlings from more than 38 different tree species for the campaign, including a wide range of trees native to New Jersey such as oaks, dogwoods and maples.”
Although forests are the greatest land use in New Jersey, every county in the state is declared “urban.” As developed areas encroach on forested areas, we see an increase in land conversion, fragmentation, and parcelization. Development may degrade water, reduce wildlife habitat, increase disturbance, and even encourage invasive plants. Development also impacts the habitat of threatened and endangered plant and animal species. We protect our forest land from conversion to urban development to maintain the sustainability of our forest resource. (https://www.stateforesters.org/forest-action-plans/new-jersey )
Ridgewood : Sat., May 7, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Memorial Park, Van Neste Square
file photo by Boyd Loving
April 14,2016
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Ridgewood Nj ,The Village Council introduced a $47.7 million budget Wednesday, which according to the PATCH would result in the average homeowner’s municipal tax bill going up $67.40, or 1.6 percent, if the $31.8 million tax levy is approved. Whats happened to the 0% ??
The Village council meeting on April 13th produced several proclamations .Of the several proclamations this evening, two are of interest.
April is Tree Planting Month in the Village. There was no mention of any plantings by the village, just that residents should consider planting a tree. Also that we should be mindful of our wooded areas. No mention of clear cutting the Schedler woods which would be a great place to begin.
May 1-7 is Drinking Water Week.Once again no mention of the contaminated sites which should have been remediation 8 years ago.
The Budget Presentation: We will have a Qualified Purchasing Agent on the payroll. No mention of how this job has been handled in the past and what the salary will be. There will be a tax increase of 1.6 percent ( I believe that is correct) and a budget hearing in May.
Public comment: Ellen McNamara spoke to the democratic process and the success of the petitions that have postponed the garage project with the possibility of reducing its size. Lorraine Reynolds brought up how the petitioners were maligned and treated as malcontents when in actuality they were able to inform us all about the 12-18 foot encroachment on Hudson Street and other details that would have made the garage a huge disaster for the area/ CBD not to mention that they have saved us money! Rurik Halaby chastised the petitioners as liars and against any parking garage what so ever. He prattled on and on Boyd Loving said,” Enough is enough!). As usual Mr. Hallaby’s entire statement was full of hyperbole, inaccuracies and untruths.
And of course Ordinance 3523 ( Albert’s ordinance regarding video taping at public meetings) brought about some discussion as the proper wording and ordinance # was not available to the public. Ellie Gruber stated in Public Comment that she was against the ordinance in general as it is not enforceable and it addresses a non issue since all public meetings are in the public domain and can be shared on social media, etc.
