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Hiker Breaks Ankle at Irene Habernickel Family Park in Ridgewood

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood firefighters used a truck mounted winch to assist in the Saturday morning, 03/16, rescue of an adult male who broke an ankle while hiking in the Irene Habernickel Family Park. The individual was conscious and alert when firefighters arrived on scene, but stranded on a trail located at the bottom of a steep incline. After being extricated from the trail, the victim was loaded into a waiting ambulance and transported to The Valley Hospital. No firefighters were injured during the rescue operation. Ridgewood Police also responded to the incident.

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Ridgewood Fire Department Awarded a $75,000 Grant

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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Fire Department has been awarded a $75,000 grant to help ensure our fire fighters have proper fire protection, cleaning and sanitization equipment through the American Rescue Plan. This is the highest award municipalities received. The Ridgewood Fire Department has made securing grant funding a priority, which helps off set costs to our taxpayers.

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Ridgewood Police and Ridgewood Fire Departments Get Autism Awareness Training

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Ridgewood NJ, on Thursday, Gary Weitzen, the Executive Director of POAC Autism Services gave his first of three training sessions to members of the Ridgewood Police and Ridgewood Fire Departments. Gary gives specific training to first responders who deal with residents in our community who are on the Autism Spectrum.

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Village of Ridgewood Swears in Two New Firefighters

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Ridgewood NJ, the Village of Ridgewood swore in two new Firefighter recruits, both of whom will transfer from other Village departments to join the Ridgewood Fire Department.  The two recruits are Thomas Malone and Tyler Biagi who are to begin their Fire academy training.

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AT&T Suffers Nationwide Cellular Phone Outage

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Twp. of Washington NJ, AT&T experienced a widespread network outage on Thursday morning, affecting many customers across the United States. Users were unable to make calls, send texts, or access the internet. By late morning, AT&T reported that most of its network had been restored.

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Ridgewood Fire Shares Public Safety Techniques with Police

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Ridgewood NJ, on February 8th, Ridgewood’s Finest learned basic forcible entry or breaching techniques from Ridgewood Bravest.

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Driver Arrested After Ridgewood Crash

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Ridgewood NJ, a Friday afternoon, 02/02, two (2) vehicle collision in the 300 block of Linwood Avenue, Ridgewood heavily damaged a Toyota Camry and resulted in the arrest of its driver for suspected DUI following the administration of a field sobriety test. A Jeep Cherokee was the other vehicle involved; it sustained moderate damage when the Camry slammed into its rear end. A flatbed tow truck removed the Toyota from the scene. The Jeep was driven away on its own power. Ridgewood Police officers transported the DUI suspect to Ridgewood Police headquarters for processing. Ridgewood firefighters attended to a crash related fluid spill.

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Storm Topples Huge Tree on Monroe Street in Ridgewood

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Ridgewood NJ, no one was injured and property damage was minimal when a towering tree toppled from the property of a single family home onto North Monroe Street, Ridgewood just after 12 noon on Wednesday, 01/10. Ridgewood Police, Ridgewood Fire Department, Ridgewood Emergency Services, and Village of Ridgewood Shade Tree Division personnel responded to the incident.

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Alleged Sleep Deprived Driver Slams into Parked Car at Exxon Station on Route 17 in Ridgewood

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Ridgewood NJ, a 4-door Honda Accord traveling at a high rate of speed careened off of Route 17 southbound in Ridgewood early Sunday morning, 01/07, and completely rolled over at least once before slamming into an Acura SUV parked at a gas station. The Honda’s driver was transported by ambulance to The Valley Hospital with injuries said to be non-life threatening. The Acura SUV parked at the Exxon gas station was also damaged in the incident; both vehicles were towed from the scene. Unconfirmed reports are that the victim may have fallen asleep while driving.

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Ridgewood Residents are required to clear snow and ice on abutting sidewalks within 24 hours after the storm has passed

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Ridgewood NJ, The Village has an extensive snow emergency program which helps residents travel safer and easier in snowy weather.

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Ridgewood Firefighters Quickly Subdue a Dumpster Fire on New Years Eve

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood firefighters quickly snuffed out a New Years Eve, 12/31. dumpster fire at 17 South Walnut Street, Ridgewood. A Ridgewood Police patrol officer had attempted to extinguish the blaze with a dry chemical fire extinguisher, but was unsuccessful at doing so. No injuries were reported in the incident, and damage appeared to have been confined to the dumpster’s contents.

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Happy New Year from the Ridgewood blog !

Happy New Year

Wishing a happy, healthy and safe New Year!

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the Ridgewood blog will be resting up from our New Year festivities today with intermittent posts , but we will be up and running  on Tuesday January 2nd 2024

thank you for all your overwhelming support !!!

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False Alarm at the Schedler Property

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Ridgewood NJ, the Schedler Neighborhood had a bit of a scare today when a false alarm sent Ridgewood Police and Firefighters to the Schedler Property .

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