Ridgewood NJ, Train traffic on NJ Transit’s Bergen County and Main Lines was temporarily halted through HoHoKus on Tuesday morning, 11/29, while a HoHoKus PD uniformed patrol officer safely recovered an uninjured dog that had wandered onto the tracks after escaping from a yard on Hillcrest Road in Ridgewood. The dog ran after a deer and never looked back; this according to its adult female owner. Tyco Animal Control Services also responded to the incident. HoHoKus PD had received multiple 911 calls from train passengers who saw the dog wandering the tracks and dispatched two (2) patrol units to the area to recover it. The dog was wearing a collar with a tag bearing the cell phone number of its owner.
Ridgewood NJ, New Jersey State Senator Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg has released her 2016 Women’s Power List, an annual compilation of the most powerful and influential women in New Jersey. Valley Health System is proud to announce that Audrey Meyers, President and CEO of The Valley Hospital and Valley Health System, has been named to this prestigious list for the second consecutive year.
Stated Senator Weinberg, “A big thank you to all the strong and successful women in Trenton and around the state — far too many to name — who continue to add cracks to the glass ceiling, and who I know will contribute to the effort to finally shatter it.”
“I congratulate all the women named to Senator Weinberg’s Power list, and am proud to be included among them,” said Meyers.
Judge a person by the company they keep. Aronsohn and the League of Women’s Voters President Anne Burton Walsh were hanging out together that day. Anne Burton Walsh…..not impressed with your choice of companion. Not at all.
Aronsohn is going to run for something else, which of course will give all of us the opportunity to vote against him and for sure to campaign against him. What the hell reason did he have to be at the event on Saturday? Come on, get real. He does not have little kids. He does not have a business in the CBD. He is not in the Ridgewood Guild or the Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce. He does not believe in Santa. He is not an elected official. If he was there, and apparently he was, then it was to advance his own devious agenda.
Ridgewood NJ, RHS Graduate 2011 Michael Anthony Mancini, Ridgewood, N.J., 23, died in Baltimore, MD. on Thanksgiving day Thursday Nov. 24th, 2016.Michael was born at Valley Hospital and also raised in Ridgewood. Michael graduated from University of Maryland in 2015.
Michaels Facebook page is flooding with comments of shock at his passing.
Michael is survived by his mother and father, Ginger and Michael, and his brother Jake. He is also survived by his maternal grandmother, Virginia Curatola, nine cousins, and many aunts and uncles.
A memorial gathering was held on Sunday, November 27th, 2016 at Park West Tavern, 30 Oak Street, Ridgewood, N.J. from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Funeral arrangements have not been disclosed. In lieu of flowers, please donate to: https://michaelanthonyfund.mydagsite.com/ .
Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Mayor Susan Knudsen chatted with resident Boyd Loving during Saturday’s “Winterfest” event at Van Neste Memorial Park, guess who was watching them intently from several feet away,former mayor Paul Aronsohn.
Ridgewood NJ, Two (2) persons were injured during a crash in which a Jeep traveling southbound on Northern Parkway in Ridgewood struck a vehicle backing out of a driveway at 576 Northern Parkway on Sunday evening, 11/27. One (1) person was transported by a Ridgewood EMS ambulance to The Valley Hospital, the other victim refused medical aid at the scene. Both vehicles were heavily damaged, however only the Jeep was removed from the scene by tow truck; the other vehicle remained disabled in the driveway from which it was backing out. Ridgewood PD, FD and EMS personnel were all dispatched to the scene.
Ridgewood NJ, The annual trip to the Dominican Republic is fast approaching. RHS Baseball players and their dads will be heading down to play some ball, but more importantly, to bring donations of new or used baseball gear to the children of the village and much needed supplies to the local orphanage. We are looking for baseball clothing, gloves, cleats, batting gloves, diapers, wipes, cans of tuna, and vitamins. All donations are greatly appreciated. The deadline is 1/20/17 and drop-off locations are 519 Fairfield Avenue or 226 Phelps Road. Thank you in advance for your continued generosity.
Hi Ridgewood,
I’m helping with a Holiday event at Bergen Regional hospital. Many (sadly most) of the elderly residents have no family and very few comforts. I’m collecting items to bring to make life a little better.
I spoke to the manager, we could really use these items for residents, male and female, ages 60-90:
NEW:
Socks
Underware
Bras (many female residents have none)
Throw blankets for the beds
Make up
Jewelry (can be dollar store stuff)
Headphones
Hairbrushes
Sweatpants/sweatshirts
Nightgowns
Are you upgrading your TV? Consider donating your old one, the facility supplies cable but residents need their own TV, many residents have nothing to watch in their rooms.
My address is 365 Gilbert St. I’ll put a rattan box on the porch or will come pick up stuff. Please share, and thank you!!
(I’m happy to do the shopping if anyone wants to donate gift cards as well).
Christopher Maag , Staff Writer, @Chris_Maag4:19 a.m. EST November 27, 2016
Parking spot No. 24 in Ridgewood is an excellent spot for parking. It sits across Walnut Street from Memorial Park, smack in the middle of the downtown shopping district, next to the Alex & Ani jewelry shop and close to popular places like Starbucks, the Warner movie theater and the Country Pancake House.
Spot No. 24 is so good, in fact, that it’s nearly impossible to park there.
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Yesterday was the Ridgewood Guild’s Winterfest 2016 and shop locally small business Saturday to celebrate the season in Van Neste Square.
Ridgewood NJ, The Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus will present its annual Holiday Gala Concerts on Saturday, December 17, 2016 at 7:30 pm, and on Sunday, December 18, 2016 at 4:00 pm at the Ridgewood United Methodist Church, 100 Dayton Street, Ridgewood, NJ.
This year’s concerts will feature a diverse selection of carols and songs including While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks, the Pop hit: Text Me Merry Christmas, Gesu Bambino, Duke Ellington’s Mood Indigo, Schubert’s Ave Maria, selections from Fiddler on the Roof, The Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth, and many others. This year’s concerts also feature trumpet soloist, Daniel Minogue, and the West African Drum Ensemble of Montclair State University accompanying the Chorus in the Nigerian carol, Betelehemu.
Tickets for the concert are $15 in advance and $25 at the door. Seniors and students under 17 years of age may purchase tickets at the door for $18. Advance purchase may be made online at the Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus website www.ridgewoodorpheusclub.org and at any of the following local businesses: Daily Treat Restaurant, Wine Seller and Town and Country Apothecary in Ridgewood; Lewis Drug in Westwood; Perry’s Florist and Rock Ridge Pharmacy in Glen Rock; Wine and Spirit World in Ho-Ho-Kus; and Benny’s Luncheonette in Fair Lawn.
The Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus has been a keystone of the cultural life of the tri-state region for 107 years. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest cultural institution in all of Bergen County and the premier men’s chorus in all of New Jersey. Fifty voices strong, it is directed by John Palatucci and accompanied by pianist Ron Levy.
Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood celebrates Small Business Saturday .The Ridgewood blog encourages readers to support your local businesses today . Many local businesses are your neighbors.
Small Business Saturday is an American shopping holiday held on the Saturday after US Thanksgiving during one of the busiest shopping periods of the year. First observed on November 27, 2010, it is a counterpart to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, which feature big box retail and e-commerce stores respectively.
Yes, thank you James. Your huge effort in developing, nurturing, marketing, and when appropriate, crowing about the impact and popularity of this forum is a big thing that local individuals and groups who have taken the time to learn about civil society, and who now realize its vital importance as a counterweight to the nanny state zealots who are seemingly all around us, gravely appreciate. Is it too much to say that you have played a significant part in cleaning up our local politics? That you opened the eyes of Village residents to the many virtues associated with our Faulkner Act-inspired tradition of non-partisan decision-making, enough to prompt local voters to take out so much trash in one fell swoop during the most recent round of Village Council elections? If it’s true that all politics is local, then your genuinely local focus is an excellent example to other true patriots operating in your slice of the publishing industry. Please keep doing what you’re doing!!!
Money represents first to come from stable source of funding approved by voters in 2014
Credit: newsworks.org
For the first time in two years, the state is looking to award up to $67.4 million in funding to municipalities, counties, and nonprofit groups to acquire open space and develop recreational projects.
The state Department of Environmental Protection is accepting applications for the first chunk of money to be doled by a new stable source of funding approved by voters back in the fall of 2014 for Green Acres projects.
A dispute between the Christie administration and the Legislature that lasted months derailed the annual disbursement of grants and loans to towns and other groups for park development, land acquisition, and, for the first time, stewardship of protected land.
