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Accused Embezzler Well Known In Ridgewood

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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood blog previously reported that a Charles Gallo, 34, of Hawthorne, was charged  in connection with his role in embezzling approximately $2.9 million from an elderly couple.

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Ridgewood’s Annual Touch-A-Truck Event May 18 from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm at Memorial Park at Van Neste Square

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Ridgewood NJ, annual Touch-A-Truck Event – May 18, 2023 – 9:00 am – 2:00 pm – Memorial Park at Van Neste Square – This annual event allows pre-school aged children to take a seat behind the wheel of a real police cruiser, climb aboard a shiny fire truck, and explore up close a fleet of the other emergency and public works vehicles which are usually only seen at a distance. There will also be a Safety Town Kiddie-Car Driving Track, hosted by the Ridgewood Police Department and Little Ivy Learning Center, and a truck story time hosted by the Ridgewood Library. There is no rain date for this event.

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Retiring Ridgewood Library Director Nancy Greene Honored

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Ridgewood NJ, the Village Council honored Ridgewood Library Director Nancy Greene with a proclamation  that declared December 14th, Nancy Greene Day in the Village of Ridgewood, in honor of the library director’s upcoming retirement. Greene announced her retirement as of January 1st after dedicating 27 years of service to what is often ranked as the best public library in Bergen County .

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Ridgewood Library Covid Policy Unchallenged By Community

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Posted at the entrance of the Ridgewood library and the top of ridgewoodlibary.org:

“Masks are required for unvaccinated visitors and strongly encouraged for all. Masks are required for all in the Children’s Center.”

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SUNDAY PREVIEW: “Night at the Opera” with the Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra at the Ridgewood Library

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Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra’s artistic director, Kyunghun Kim, and the group’s president, David Nussenbaum, return to the Ridgewood Library on Sunday, Nov. 14 at 2 p.m., to discuss the RSO’s all-opera concert at West Side Presbyterian Church on Nov. 19. Maestro Kim will discuss and perform from the keyboard highlights of the Nov. 19th program, featuring some of opera’s most beloved arias. The two will also delve into the life and times of Mozart, Verdi, Bizet and Puccini.

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Second Round of Applications for Library Construction Bond Act

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Ridgewood NJ,  Governor Phil Murphy today announced the launch of the second round of grant solicitations for the Library Construction Bond Act (LCBA), allocating $37.5 million in grants. This allocation is subject to change pending grant agreements from the first round of grant solicitations. The LCBA, which authorized $125 million in state bonds, was passed by New Jersey voters in November 2017 to improve public library facilities across the state in order to ensure the well-being and success of New Jersey residents.

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Amazing Things You Can Do Because of 3D Printing

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Technology has changed almost everything, including how we print. Before then, printing was just in plain paper, black and white color. The technology then changed to 2-dimensions before recently evolving to 3D. 3D printing has become a game-changer since it has led to printing so many things, which seemed impossible to many. It lets you print the full object in height, length, and even width. Manufacturers are being used to create a replacement for their machines and other amazing things, as discussed in this article. Here is the list of these things.

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Curbside Pickup for Public Libraries

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Ridgewood NJ, Governor Phil Murphy and Superintendent of the State Police Colonel Patrick Callahan today announced an Administrative Order which permits libraries to allow curbside pickup, beginning at 6:00 a.m. on Monday, June 15. The order also clarifies rules affecting a number of different businesses.

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The National Honor Society Inducts 77 Ridgewood High School

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Ridgewood NJ, The National Honor Society is the nation’s oldest, largest, and most prestigious student recognition program. Our chapter is proud to have been inducting new members since 1965, and Ridgewood High School inducted 77 new members this spring. Throughout the year, members of our chapter serve as role models and leaders for their peers. In addition to their strong academic records which established eligibility for membership, our chapter members have been leaders in many student organizations and serve and give back routinely to Ridgewood High School and the community of Ridgewood.

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Ridgewood Library to Close in the Interest of Public Safety

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Ridgewood NJ, In the interest of public and staff safety, the Village of Ridgewood has decided to close the Ridgewood Library to the public effective
9pm on Thursday, March 12.
We will reassess conditions on Friday, March 20.

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Efficient Ways to Teach Your Kid to Read

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Every milestone that children achieve is celebrated and applauded by both teachers and parents alike, especially now that technology provides easy and simple means to document these events through videos and pictures. The same technology could help in aiding and assisting eager parents and teachers in teaching children how to read. 

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Ridgewood Library Re-Imagines the Re-Imagine

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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Library presented an updated plan for renovating the village’s public library would decrease Ridgewood’s contribution to the project by $500,000, dealing a 20% cut to the portion taxpayer dollars would fund according to library presentation at Wednesday nights Village Council meeting.

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Bolger Heritage Center Creates Searchable Data Base for All things Ridgewood

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Ridgewood NJ, Bolger Heritage Center, Ridgewood Public Library fun, fun, fun, coming for researchers of all things Ridgewoodian!!! The Bolger Heritage Center is shipping out a dozen boxes of old Ridgewood News and Ridgewood Herald microfilm to be digitized by ancestry.com, and which will then be SEARCHABLE by name, keyword, etc. at the Ridgewood Library (through the website newspapers.com). In other words, if you’re searching for great-great-grandpa’s obituary who died sometime in the 1890s—-all you’ll have to do is enter his name in the “newspapers.com” search box and voila! No more tedious searching through reels and reels of microfilm. No dates yet on when we’ll be “digitized”.

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