Sun, December 17, 2017 Time: 3:00 PM Location: West Side Presbyterian Church, 6 South Monroe Street, Ridgewood NJ 07450 Cost: 40
Ridgewood NJ, Parlance Chamber Concerts presents the pianistic partnership of Alessio Bax and Lucille Chung. Their musical marriage has been described as one “of wondrous colors and dextrous aplomb, subtly balanced to make a musical performance sound as one.” Their virtuosity, passion, and artistic chemistry will be on display in glittering duets by Mozart, Shostakovich, Lutoslawski, and Rachmaninoff.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata in C, K. 521 for piano 4-hands Program Notes
Dmitri Shostakovich Concertino in A minor, Op. 94 for two pianos Program Notes
Witold Lutoslawski Variations on a Theme of Paganini for two pianos Program Notes
Sergei Rachmaninoff Suite No. 2, Op. 17 for two pianos Program Notes
Parlance Chamber Concerts:
Duo Pianists Alessio Bax & Lucille Chung
Sunday, December 7, 2017 at 3:00pm
West Side Presbyterian Church
6 S. Monroe Street, Ridgewood, NJ
Adults $40, Seniors $30, Young Adults $20, Students $10.
for more info call 800-838-3006
https://www.parlancechamberconcerts.org/2017-2018-season/december-17-2017. https://www.parlancechamberconcerts.org
Ridgewood NJ, The members of Bethlehem Lutheran Church invite everyone to spend Christmas at Bethlehem. Please join us for any of the services listed below in our sanctuary located at 155 Linwood Ave. in Ridgewood, NJ. We will be celebrating the blessed birth of the Christ child and the love of family and friends. What better place than Bethlehem to spend Christmas! Bethlehem Lutheran Church invites you and your family to join us for Christmas worship.
We don’t care how you are dressed, how you look or who you voted for. We are a church of imperfect people. Just come as you are.
Our Kids Church will present their Christmas program on December 17th at 9am.
On Christmas Eve–Sunday, December 24th we will host Happy Birthday Baby Jesus at 4:00 p.m. for pre-school children. Bethlehem’s Christmas Eve services will be a candlelight service of festival worship at 6:00pm and 8:00 p.m. with pre-service music at 7:30.
Please note that there will be no Sunday morning worship on Christmas Eve.
We will hold our Christmas Day service at 10am.
We truly hope to see you and wish everyone a joyous Christmas season and a beautiful finish for 2017. The members of Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgewood want you to know that God has a plan for you and he loves you. Our faith is in Christ. Our guide is in the Bible. Our love is for all. Come celebrate with us.
Our regular worship schedule is Sunday service at 9am & 10:45am. Nursery Care & Kid’s Church available during both services. Please join us at 155 Linwood Avenue, Ridgewood. For your information, please see our website, www.BethlehemChurch.live.
RIDGEWOOD YMCA OFFERS SCHOOL VACATION CAMP DECEMBER 26-29
Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood YMCA will be offering School Vacation Camp from Tuesday, December 26 through Friday, December 29 from 9:00am to 5:00pm with extended hours of 8:00-9:00am and 5:00-6:00pm also available. The camp is open to all children ages 5 to 12 years old and no YMCA membership is required.
School Vacation Camp at the Ridgewood Y offers kids the opportunity to enjoy daily recreational and educational activities including swimming, arts and crafts, STEM activities and special theme days. For parents, the camp offers an affordable daycare alternative during the December school break.
The cost for camp is $60 per day for Ridgewood YMCA members, $75 per day for non-members.
For further information, please contact Michelle Burke at 201 444 5600, ext 337 or email [email protected]. Additional information can be found on the website ridgewoodymca.org.
The Ridgewood YMCA is located at 112 Oak Street in Ridgewood.
So either the fix or cover up is underway or a real investigation shall begin..
Notifying the vendor of non continuation nor extention is just a negotiation
ploy ;a valid starting point , but not an end.Who knew what and when?
What the hell is being done to hold those responsible for this misrepresentation ,,meantime the commuters got screwed over and over again on rates and cash was moving under the gunwhales as standard operating fiasco..who is being held responsible for this misgovernance..
who in the previous administration approved this vendors withholding of village revenues ,,how long was this fact known perhaps over a year? and covered up?Tip of iceberg..full VOR AUDIT NEEDED…
Ridgewood NJ, we are sad to announce the café closed up shop at the Ridgewood Public Library. It is unclear why the café closed , but some suggest ,”Because there is no parking garage at the Hudson street” others had no idea it closed is most likely the problem
While Libraries attract certain kind of value oriented visitors. Business at drive through Starbucks on the other hand is booming. Especially after kid drop-offs in the morning.
The valet was worth a try. The fact that whining store owners like Vagianos and Damiano were unwilling to participate tells me that they wanted it to fail. They are unwilling to help,at all. They just want the taxpayers to fund a gigantic garage that benefits them and only them. How do they stand themselves. They are despicable.
Ridgewood NJ, Gen Sushi & Hibachi, formerly located at 15 East Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, closed its doors permanently within the last few weeks. Anyone know why? It seems it closed within the past 30 days after 10 years of operation.
They were closed last weekend during the tree lighting , some speculate over the Thanksgiving weekend .
Ridgewood NJ, As previously reported by the staff of The Ridgewood Blog ; Earlier this year, the Village’s CFO, Robert G. Rooney, became aware that a portion of the Village’s Parking Utility revenues associated with use of the Parkmobile smart phone application at Village owned and operated parking facilities (said to be 21 cents of every 1 dollar), were being withheld from the Village by Parkmobile USA, Inc.
Upon further investigation, Mr. Rooney determined that a 2-year contract, with an option for a 2 year renewal, signed by former Village Manager Roberta Sonenfeld entitled Parkmobile USA, Inc. to retain this revenue. The total amount of Parking Utility revenue withheld from the Village by Parkmobile USA, Inc. since the contract’s inception is reported to be over $200K.
Following discussions with Mr. Rooney and Village Manager Heather Mailander, Ridgewood Mayor Susan Knudsen requested a review of all Village Council meeting minutes and Village Council approved Resolutions associated with discussions and approval of the Village’s relationship with Parkmobile USA, Inc.
During the aforementioned review process, it was determined that at no time had a public discussion taken place concerning any monetary obligations on the Village’s part in connection with integration of Parkmobile USA, Inc.’s smart phone application into the Village’s Parking Utility system.
Furthermore, Resolution #15-52, approved unanimously by Village Council members on February 11, 2015 specifically states: “. . . there is no additional service or contract fee for the Village of Ridgewood; and WHEREAS, Parkmobile USA , Inc. will provide this service at no cost to the Village of Ridgewood, and shall not charge the Village of Ridgewood any costs for the integration of its system(s) or for the management of the project and services;.”
At a public meeting of the Village Council held on Wednesday, December 6, 2017, Village Council members directed Village Manager Heather Mailander to formally notify Parkmobile USA, Inc. that the Village would not be renewing its contract with them.
The staff of The Ridgewood Blog will keep you informed of any further developments in this matter as related information is made public.
Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood resident Saurabh Dani challenged the bidding process “Display Advertising at the Train Station” . On Facebook Dani said , “Our village is going to sign a contract next week for 5 years (FIVE YEARS) for “Display Advertising at the Train Station” – where there was ONLY ONE BIDDER for our bid notice – and the revenue is divided at 60-40 with NO MINIMUM commitment / no retainer / no control by the village on the advertising rates. Is that how this industry works? i.e. 5 year long contracts, no minimum retainers? We have a chronic problem of ONLY ONE BIDDER for most of our bids – don’t know why no one wants to do business with our village except the repeat vendors, but still – 5 years contract based on ONE bid response?”
Ridgewood NJ, Village of Ridgewood Councilmen Ramon M Hache thanked the Central Business District Advisory Committee and Ridgewood Signal Department for the new additions to downtown , “Thank you Central Business District Advisory Committee for the snowflakes and continuing the beautification of our Downtown. Also a big thank you to our Ridgewood Signal Department and to Gary Cirillo at Gary’s Village Landscaping. Truly a team effort.”
Speaking of nonsense, isn’t about time the village fixes the leaf collection problem….? I drove to the Y tonight and it was laughable trying to sneak around piles before the driver on the other side of the road tried to take the middle of the road before me. Maybe I don’t know my ass from my elbow but why can’t we buy 2 of those leaf trucks with the vacuum hoses attached to the back and suck the leaves up all day long ? There has to be a better way….
…..We have met the enemy to the village pocketbooks and he is US. In summary ,a village still out of control on spending and fees/taxation and rule harassment..leaves are a complete Joke in Somerville Walthery zone. But two weeks back ticket hacks out 2weeks ahead of the planned SCHEDULED missing VOR leaf lifters..they can be late ,but we can’t lay a leaf in the street..Tyranny…
So if Vagianos and other CBD stakeholders wont invest in solving their own problem, the notion of funding a garage becomes a non-starter. Clearly parking garage is not all that urgent unless it is to support an application for unrelated high density housing
Ridgewood NJ, Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino and the Division of Consumer Affairs today announced that the state Board of Medical Examiners (“the Board”) has permanently revoked the license of a Bergen County psychiatrist who was convicted of illegally distributing the prescription drug Adderall.
Dr. James Cowan, Jr., who practiced from a home office in Ridgewood, agreed to forfeit his license to practice medicine in a Consent Order signed immediately after he pleaded guilty in Bergen County Superior Court last week.
Cowan’s criminal conviction comes a year and a half after his medical license was temporarily suspended by the Board amid allegations he indiscriminately prescribed Controlled Dangerous Substances (CDS) to patients; failed to keep proper patient records; and aided and abetted the unlicensed practice of medicine by allowing his wife to use his pre-signed prescription blanks to dispense drugs like Adderall and Xanax to his patients. Cowan has been barred from practicing since agreeing to the temporary suspension in June 2016.
“Instead of doing his part to help fight the scourge of addiction, Dr. Cowan exacerbated the problem by dispensing habit-forming drugs to patients without justification,” said Attorney General Porrino. “There is absolutely no place in the medical profession for doctors who abuse their prescription writing privileges to traffic in the illegal sale of highly restricted drugs.”
Adderall is an amphetamine used to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Narcolepsy.
“Dr. Cowan’s egregious behavior breached the most fundamental standards of his profession and proved him unfit to practice,” said Sharon Joyce, Acting Director of the Division of Consumer Protection. “By permanently revoking his medical license, the Board of Medical Examiners has ensured that Dr. Cowan will no longer pose a risk to his patients or the public at large.”
In May 2016, the state filed allegations that Cowan allowed his wife, a clinical social worker, to continue running his medical practice when he became too ill to work. While confined to a hospital, and then a nursing home, the 72-year-old Cowan allegedly pre-signed prescription blanks for his wife to dispense highly addicting drugs to his patients, many of whom exhibited signs of drug seeking behavior. Cowan’s wife, who was also prosecuted for her misconduct, has since died.
According to the State’s allegations, Cowan’s office manager told investigators that Cowan’s patients exhibited drug seeking behaviors and were often aggressive. Patients wandered into the upstairs private bedroom area to find Cowan, instead of waiting in the basement office area to be seen, and Cowan routinely left prescriptions for patients in an outside mailbox for after-hour pickups, according to the office manager.
Cowan agreed to the temporary suspension of his license pending further action by the Board. Under the terms of the Consent Order, Cowan was required to surrender all prescription pads, and any CDS in his possession, except for those lawfully prescribed for his own use.
On March 1, 2017, Cowan was arrested in Bergen County on charges related to the distribution of CDS.
The charges stemmed from an investigation that began in February 2016 when detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, in an undercover capacity, visited Cowan’s office, posing as new patients. During these office visits, the undercover officers received prescriptions for medications from Cowan in exchange for cash payments. The undercover detectives were not physically evaluated by Cowan or anyone else at his office, but instead were issued prescriptions for Xanax and Adderall.
On November 30, Cowan pleaded guilty to one count of knowingly or purposely distributing a controlled dangerous substance, namely Adderall; a third degree crime.
Under the terms of the plea agreement, Cowan was required to permanently forfeit his license to practice medicine. The state will recommend that Cowan be sentenced to non-custodial probation for a term to be determined by a judge when Cowan is sentenced on January 12, 2018.
Patients who believe that they have been treated by a licensed health care professional in an inappropriate manner can file an online complaint with the State Division of Consumer Affairs by visiting its website or by calling 1-800-242-5846 (toll free within New Jersey) or 973-504- 6200.
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