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Ridgewood NJ, heavy rain fell over North Jersey on Thursday night, leading to flooding and water rescues as high water levels still trouble the region. Ridgewood experienced the usual issues along the Ho-Ho-Kus Brook . Both the Ridgewood High School field and Veterans Field along with the Ridgewood Municipal complex flooded . No word on damages yet and no injuries reported .
Continue reading Heavy Rain Leaves Parts of Ridgewood Underwater
Continue reading Highlights of the Ridgewood Floodplain Education Seminar
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Ridgewood NJ, a Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southern Connecticut, northeast New Jersey and southeast New York.
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Ridgewood NJ, once again flash flooding is being reported across the county . In the Village of Ridgewood just weeks after tropical storm IDA caused heavy damage along Ho-Ho-Kus brook and Saddle River the Ridgewood High School Turf Field is once again flooded .
Continue reading Ridgewood High School Athletic Field Floods Again
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Ridgewood NJ, after Damon Pallatto ran for his third touchdown of the game, Union City could have opted for the extra-point and a second overtime period, but instead, they went for the win and on the two-point conversion. Again to Damon Pallatto, who ran around left tackle and into the end zone to give Union City a 22-21 victory over Ridgewood in Ridgewood.
Continue reading RHS Athletic Field Officially Reopens with Friday Night Football
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Ridgewood NJ, the national Weather Service has issued a FLASH FLOOD WATCH. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING.
Continue reading FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING
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Ridgewood NJ, there is nothing more ridiculous than claiming “climate change” as a reason for poor planning . Forced over development, including turf fields in floodplains is a function of greed , and stupidity . Everyone, living or dead, knew the Ridgewood high school field flooded every time it rained . This has been documented since the school was built in 1895.
Continue reading “Climate Change ” Can No Longer Be and Excuse for Poor Planning in Bergen County
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Ridgewood NJ, Frankly, enough is enough when it comes to flooding along the Ho-Ho-Kus Brook in Ridgewood. Damaging, expensive flooding seems to be occurring every 5 years (or less) instead of every 100 years.
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Ridgewood NJ, according to sources storm damage during Hurricane Ida to the synthetic turf at the RHS Stadium and Stevens Field will cost taxpayers $150,250.00 to repair. The damage at Brookside Field (natural turf) will be repaired for a mere $3,489.86.
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Ridgewood NJ, in 2019 the Ridgewood blog reported that the Ridgewood Board of Education voted to again install a rubber crumb based field turf at RHS Field Stadium . In the usual method the Board made its decision without open discussions with residents, vendors ,students and healthcare and environmental professionals. Crumb Rubber fill is basically ground up car tires .
Continue reading Turf Field in a Floodplain , Not Getting Any Smarter all these Years Later
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By Colleen Maguire, NJSIAA Chief Operating Officer NJSIAA
Ridgewood NJ, During the past five months, the lives of our student-athletes have changed drastically. Last March, NJSIAA made the difficult decision to shut down high school sports. That decision was necessary to slow infections and to allow for mitigation efforts to be established. However, cancelling high school sports has come at a significant cost – the emotional and social well-being of our student-athletes. We need to return to sports this fall.
The Ridgewood Board of Education is proposing more artificial turf for Stevens Field,a district owned field, despite mounting evidence that it presents significant health and safety concerns for those using the fields and to the environment. A recent article in the NJEA Review Magazine ,” Use it? Ban it? quotes the following statements from Dr. Philip Landrigan, a Public Health and Pediatrics Professor at Mount Sinai :“ The companies that are marketing the fields don’t talk about the heat hazards, they don’t talk about the chemical hazards, they don’t talk about the costs that are going to be associated with dismantling the fields when they reach the end of their natural life span, when they must be treated as hazardous waste ….. a better solution is to build fields that are properly drained and are planted with tough species of grass that do not require pesticides.”
Continue reading Feds to Investigate Safety of Crumb Rubber Turf Fields
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Notice about Ridgewood High School Fields
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Ridgewood NJ, Due to repairs at the RHS Stadium Field, both fields at RHS — Stevens and Stadium Fields — will not be available for 4th of July fireworks viewing. There will not be access to the fields. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Board of Education will hold its next Regular Public Meeting on Monday, June 3, 2019. The Board meets at the Education Center, 49 Cottage Place, Floor 3 at 7:30 p.m.
The public is welcome to attend the meeting, or to watch from home on Fios channel 33 or Optimum channel 77. Meetings are also streamed via the “BOE Webcast” tab on the district website at www.ridgewood.k12.nj.us.
Meeting webcasts are immediately available on the district website.
