Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Public Library continues with its oral history project. 2016 may be coming to an end, but our oral history project Storytellers @RPL will continue on. We’ve added two more recordings for you to listen to on ridgewoodlibrary.org/storytellers. Learn about Ali’s Broadway debut and Gwenn’s family ties to Ridgewood. You can also read the transcripts of Roberta’s stories and Bob’s experiences.
We’ll continue to add oral histories to the website, so make sure to check in to hear the different voices that make up Ridgewood’s rich history. If you’re interested in sharing your story, please contact Sarah Kiefer at 201-670-5600 x135 or [email protected]
Ridgewood Nj , you know that real winter weather is coming and the Ridgewood Professional Firefighters FMBA Local 47
reminds us that now would be a great time to review cold weather safety.
Snow-buried hydrants present unusual fire hazards across North Jersey . The responsibility for keeping hydrants clear of snow varies from town to town.
If you have a fire hydrant in front of your house, help yourself and help your neighbors by keeping it clear of snow. Ridgewood Police and Fire Departments urge resident to clear a path around the hydrant of 3 feet by 3 feet .
Top Ten Red Cross Cold Weather Safety Tips
Protect yourself, your loved ones and your home with these cold weather safety tips!
Posted February 18, 2015
As temperatures drop this winter, the American Red Cross offers ten steps people can take to stay safe during the cold weather.
1. Layer up! Wear layers of lightweight clothing to stay warm. Gloves and a hat will help prevent losing your body heat.
2. Don’t forget your furry friends. Bring pets indoors. If they can’t come inside, make sure they have enough shelter to keep them warm and that they can get to unfrozen water.
3. Remember the three feet rule. If you are using a space heater, place it on a level, hard surface and keep anything flammable at least three feet away – things such as paper, clothing, bedding, curtains or rugs.
4. Requires supervision – Turn off space heaters and make sure fireplace embers are out before leaving the room or going to bed.
5. Don’t catch fire! If you are using a fireplace, use a glass or metal fire screen large enough to catch sparks and rolling logs.
6. Protect your pipes. Run water, even at a trickle, to help prevent your pipes from freezing. Open the kitchen and bathroom cabinet doors to allow warmer air to circulate around the plumbing. Be sure to move any harmful cleaners and household chemicals out of the reach of children. Keep the garage doors closed if there are water lines in the garage.
7. Better safe than sorry. Keep the thermostat at the same temperature day and night. Your heating bill may be a little higher, but you could avoid a more costly repair job if your pipes freeze and burst.
8. The kitchen is for cooking. Never use a stove or oven to heat your home.
9. Use generators outside. Never operate a generator inside the home, including in the basement or garage.
10. Knowledge is power. Don’t hook a generator up to the home’s wiring. The safest thing to do is to connect the equipment you want to power directly to the outlets on the generator.
COUNCILMAN VOIGT’S ACCUSATIONS AGAINST MAYOR WERE FALSE!!!
December 28,2016
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
In regards to Councilman Voigt’s accusation against Mayor Knudsen, “Based on the facts and circumstances presented, there was no violation of the law/Faulkner Act.”
During closed sessions, in November, Mayor was cleared of all wrong doing. In December, Councilman Voigt publicly accused Mayor Knudsen of breaking the law. At the time he made this accusation he knew it was untrue. With malice and intent he stated it loudly, clearly, and rudely during a public meeting. A week later, in a room full of firefighters waiting to be promoted, he blew his top again. This time, Councilman Voigt had a message for residents about his ruthless attacks, “I can’t and won’t apologize. I don’t intend to and I just want to make sure people know that.” As if that wasn’t enough, he then turned to social media to expand his smear campaign and started a movement to talk about Mayor Knudsen, behind closed doors, with residents.
We now have documentation that Mayor Knudsen did not break the law. What we do not have is any sort of explanation, apology, motivation, or contrition from Councilman Voigt regarding this malicious character assassination. Why is he so loud when lying, and so silent when faced with the truth?
The question now is, why did Councilman Voigt lie and stoop to such levels; slander, libel, defamation and intentional malice? Why is Mayor Knudsen his target?
Document posted to Facebook, on “It Takes a Ridgewood Village” group, December 28.
Ridgewood NJ, If you receive a bill for services provided by The Valley Hospital, DO NOT PAY THE BILL without thoroughly checking its validity.
I received a $5,900 bill for services rendered at The Luckow Pavilion only to find out that an employee of The Valley’s accounting department failed to provide the correct authorization code to my health care insurance provider. It took three (3) in-person visits to The Valley’s offices in Paramus over a four (4) month period before I was able to straighten the matter out.
My attempts to quickly resolve the issue were stymied when a representative from the accounting department told me that I was “personally responsible” for contacting a supervisor at The Luckow Pavilion to gather information. Seems as though the accounting department will not initiate communication with other hospital departments by phone or e-mail. And, when a supervisor from Luckow did write to accounting, the e-mail was not opened for 30 days – it was opened only after the accounting department’s director was called by phone.
In retrospect, I’m now left wondering if all of this was a disguised attempt on the part of someone at The Valley to extract $5,900 from me instead of accepting the $4,800 agreed upon payment from my insurance company. I’m also wondering how many people just wind up paying these “bogus” bills instead of putting up with the hassle involved in challenging them.
If I had a dollar for every housewife how admitted AfTER the election that the REAL reason they wanted it was because they then wouldn’t have to pay for daycare, I’d be able to pay my tax increase and yours. Lazy parenting. Entitled short sighted half brains.
The parking enforcement crew will be licking their chops as they rack up more tickets .lf they lose more new business and visitors every week than any perceived lack of peak parking .its by design ..a canard…mismanagement run amuck..god forbid a visitor to the town doesn’t park nose in…they fix their wagon…big fat welcome to parking hell.. Fines …and don’t let the door hit you on your A…
The Voigt matter is not to be left alone or forgotten. His integrity and character are shot.His attacks and lies are escalating to new heights. This level of deceit is intentional malice. BOE also needs to be addressed. The public needs to get out from behind their computers and stand up against all of it. We are losing battles because the mass majority sits around doing nothing while the BOE/Voigt remain active and launch campaigns to get what they want.
…the Council and the citizens should be made aware of plans before they are finalized. Maybe having someone look over the Library Board’s shoulders might not be such a bad idea. This should not be like our garage Taj Mahal where tons of money was spent before any general consensus occurred. Jeff might have accidentally let the “Cat out of the bag”, but that might prove very advantageous in the long run.
Here we go again. I can just picture the scenario in my mind – Nancy Greene standing before the Village Council and asking that funds be approved for this project, otherwise the monies spent on the planning and design phase will be wasted. Didn’t we hear the same arguments from Roberta Sonenfeld about the proposed Hudson Street parking deck (GARAGE)?
Ridgewood NJ, during the past years there has been a noticeable decline in the reliability of cash machines ie ATM machines for Bank of America customers in Northern New Jersey. While the Ridgewood CBD Branch often has outages, both Oradell and Pamaus are also plagued by frequent downtime.
For the purposes of this article, the Ridgewood blog has defined frequent as at least twice a week.
While bank customers who commute to New York City have a plethora of cash machines available, New Jersey customers are not so lucky. The unlucky Bank of America customer could end up being forced to drive all the way to Hillsdale from Ridgewood due to the fact that the few local cash machines are all down at the same time. Or they are forced to use a different institution’s ATM and suffer higher fees.
Some readers have suggested that this is a blatant attempt by the bank to force debit card purchases in order to better monitor customer movements, while others say cost cutting is to blame.
Out of order cash machines are an extremely rare event in New York City but have become all to common for north jersey residents.
Just rec’d an email with convoluted parking instructions for various locations throughout town; spaces marked by special symbols for various uses – shoppers, commuters, employees…. Do they really expect us to remember all of these rules and symbols? I’m sure it looks like a perfect solution for the bureaucrat that designed it but to us regular folks it’s ridiculous and too complicated to be effective. We should have built the garage and voters only have themselves to blame. I went into town the other night at 4:30 for the first time probably all year, had to drive around half a dozen times to find a parking space, traffic was backed up, cars double parked, it was a mess. It will be another year before I return.
This pedestrian vs. motorist argument is tiresome
Really?
Sounds like someone so used to not taking personal responsibility they don’t even realize when this attitude puts their life in physical danger.
All of the “technology” and supports are useless… what about those orange flags… they were hailed as a cure… now all I see are dirty empty plastic eyesores (boxes) nailed to telephone poles at crosswalks.
At the end of the day it is up to the pedestrian to keep himself safe, but you can try to “fix” this via laws and crutches, but you will ultimately fail.
I will agree with the OP, however… the drivers are also at fault (and no one said they are deliberately targeting pedestrians – get off the ledge there) … unfortunately for the pedestrians the drivers will fell bad after an accident, but the pedestrian will just “feel” dead…
We cannot expect all pedestrians to wear bright clothing… however those who want to live will voluntarily wear it if they venture into a dangerous situation… just look to cyclists… they make themselves visible.
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Life is risks… It is up to the individual to assess how much risk they wish to take and take as many precautions as they see fit.
The questions still remains who gave the Mayor the false information which lead the Mayor to make her statement. Will the person or persons be revealed by the Mayor at the next public meeting? Will this person if an employee be disciplined for lying to the Mayor and the public? If not and employee will this committed member be removed? How much did these studies cost and who authorized the payment. Well this information be reveled at a public meeting or will citizens have to opera this information. Who the hell is running this town?
Ridgewood NJ, A pedestrian was struck and seriously injured at the corner of East Ridgewood Avenue and Oak Street, Ridgewood on Sunday evening, 12/25. The victim was transported by a Ridgewood EMS ambulance to a local trauma center. Ridgewood PD, FD, and EMS members, along with a paramedic team from St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, all responded to aid the victim. The adult female driver of the vehicle involved stayed at the scene and was cooperating with police officers. The vehicle, a 4-door Volkswagen, had visible damage on the front left fender and bumper, and the front windshield was shattered. It was removed from the scene by a flatbed tow truck. Police at the scene would not say if the victim was in a crosswalk when hit, nor whether any summonses were issued in connection with the incident.
Ridgewood NJ, A rollover crash on Lincoln Avenue near Godwin Avenue in Ridgewood on Saturday afternoon, 12/24, resulted in personnel from Ridgewood PD, FD, and EMS being dispatched to the crash location. The adult male driver of a Ford Explorer was trapped in his vehicle until he was freed by Ridgewood FD personnel, and then transported by a Ridgewood EMS ambulance to a hospital for treatment of a hand injury. The flipped vehicle was removed from the scene by a flatbed tow truck. Glen Rock PD units provided traffic control during the incident. The driver apparently lost control of his vehicle, which mounted a curb, and then rolled over after hitting a utility pole guy wire.
Ridgewood NJ, Hanukkah begins tonight on Christmas eve. The Jewish winter holiday, which is also spelled Chanukah, begins this year on Dec. 24 and lasts eight days until Jan. 1, 2017. It is celebrated, in part, by the lighting of a menorah each night. Doing so represents the eight nights a small supply of oil miraculously lasted for a small group of Jewish people in 165 B.C. fighting to defeat the Greek army.
Hanukkah, the annual Jewish Festival of Lights, overlaps with Christmas this year for the first time since 1978 and won’t take place again until 2027
Celebrants also often mark the occasion by eating fried foods like latkes, playing children’s games, including the dreidel, and exchanging gifts.
