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Goats May be Deployed to Control Invasive plants at Twinney Pond in Ridgewood

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Twinney Pond is undergoing a rapid, visible transformation, and a growing number of residents are concerned that the Village is letting a piece of local history slip away

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Councilperson Siobhan Winograd publicly announced at Wednesday night’s Village Council Public Work Session that the Village is considering deploying goats to control invasive plants at Twinney Pond. Ms. Winograd indicated that the City of New York currently has goats “on staff” performing similar tasks at several of their open space/park properties.

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Ridgewood Village Council: No tree for me?

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Ridgewood NJ, recently, Ridgewood Councilperson Siobhan Winograd publicly revealed that approximately 40% of residential property owners living in area of West Saddle River Road who were selected to have shade trees planted on Village owned property in front of their respective properties refused those plantings.

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Ridgewood Councilperson Siobhan Winograd offered sound, Motherly Advice to Selected Student Interns

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Councilperson Siobhan Winograd offered sound, motherly advice to selected student interns , and that advice, as reported publicly by an intern during Wednesday night’s Village Council meeting, was – “what bag [handbag] to buy.” Yep. You read it right.

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BREAKING: Follow Ridgewood Councilperson Siobhan Winograd on social media now via her secondary accounts

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Ridgewood NJ, if you’re experiencing life threatening withdrawal symptoms because Councilperson Winograd’s primary Facebook account is disabled, a cure is at hand.

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Take a trip on a magic swirling ship (Schedler Park) with Ridgewood Councilperson Siobhan Winograd

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Ridgewood NJ, yet another gem from the self-proclaimed squirrel exterminator Ridgewood Councilperson Siobhan Winograd, and her seemingly uncontrollable brain/mouth combination. This absolutely outrageous remark was also made during this past Tuesday’s Fields Committee meeting, which was thankfully audio & video recorded only because Boyd Loving publicly questioned why it was initially scheduled to be an in-person meeting only (thank you Boyd).

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BREAKING: Squirrels are again in the Crosshairs of Ridgewood Councilperson Siobhan Winograd

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Ridgewood NJ, first, she publicly expressed her worry about squirrels jumping out of trash cans onto ladies’ handbags in Ridgewood’s Central Business District. Now, Ridgewood Councilperson Siobhan Winograd is worried about those same little furry creatures breaking into the Schedler House and “chewing things up?” Check out the video of this week’s meeting of the Fields Committee if you don’t believe us.

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Photos of identifiable children posted on Village Manager’s Facebook page

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Councilperson Siobhan Winograd has vehemently opposed posting photographs of identifiable children on publicly accessible social media accounts and on the Village’s website.

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Despite diatribes from Councilperson Siobhan Winograd, no evidence exists that anyone from Ridgewood falsified an application to NJDEP

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Councilperson Siobhan Winograd went on endlessly during two recent Village Council meetings about the issue of an allegedly falsified application to the NJDEP.

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