The Old Ken Smith Property one of the key CBD properties involved in the “Sunshine law” dispute
Readers, Council Meeting Raised More Questions about Meeting between Developers and selected Council members
I just watched the meeting. The public needs to see the emails in question. How many meetings did Albert Pucciarelli and Paul Aronsohn have with terminal construction, what did they promise terminal? Looks bad. Maybe cause for an official investigation.
The behavior of Mayor Paul Aronsohn and Deputy Mayor Albert Pucciarelli is an embarrassment for all the town. They were rude and unprofessional in their discussion with Councilwoman Walsh. I was proud to see that Mrs. Walsh maintained a calm, professional manner. Despite their repeated attacks, she never lost her cool. Thanks Bernie.
Its no secret that Deputy Mayor Albert Pucciarell has had it in for Walsh ever since she did not support him for Planning Board President. His ego could not except that and has said as much. No doubt thats why he ran for council to get even.
Last night was Ms. Walsh’s finest hour. It was Mr. Pucciarelli’s and Mr. Aronsohn’s worst performances ever. They were an embarrassment to all of us. Imagine such unprofessional, name-calling behavior from our elected official. At least Ms. Walsh is a shining example of how to lead. She is a class act.
Paul Aronsohn could not control the meeting because he is probable just involved as BIG AL. He did not have his consultants there to help him. Typical of his style of politics he went on the attack Walsh intimating that she tried to fix a ticket and when she had the answer for that he brought in the old standby Gabbert’s raise. How many time are we going to hear that line?
I’ve posted this before: if I’m a 20 something IB analyst at Citi working all hours, I am not going to commute to Ridgewood.
Reason #1: NJ Transit thinks that everyone works Fred Flintstone hours and has scheduled their express trains to Ridgewood (even before Sandy) accordingly.
Reason #2: The Office, Park West and Mac Murpheys are terrible places to try to get laid.
Reason #3: Ridgewood cops don’t tolerate the kind of stuff NYC and Hoboken cops will tolerate.
It doesn’t add up. Maybe it would be a great place for divorced Dads who want to stay close to their kids in town, kind of like the place where Millhouse’s Dad had to live in the Simpsons.
The Hermitage, a National Historic Landmark and house museum
Special Exhibit: Valentines and Victorians
January 25-February 28, 2013
In 1847, Esther Howland of Worchester, Massachusetts, designed the first American handmade Valentine. Coincidently, the first U.S. postage stamp was issued on July 1, 1847—perfect timing to mail Valentine’s Day cards!
Also in 1847, Elijah Rosencrantz hired the architect William Ranlett to renovate his 1760s farmhouse as a prestigious family home. Today, the romantic Gothic Revival-style Hermitage is a National Historic Landmark and a historic house museum that showcases the Victorian era of the mid-to-late nineteenth century. Rose-motif wallpaper gives a romantic feeling to the front parlor of The Hermitage, a room where the Rosencrantz family entertained during the nineteenth century. Hand-painted vases and vintage Valentines—and of course, red roses—adorn several of the rooms to celebrate Valentine’s Day at The Hermitage. Valentines exchanged by members of the Rosencranz family from the Hermitage Archives are also on display.
The Hermitage will celebrate Valentine’s Day from January 25 through February 28, 2013. The museum is open for guided tours Wednesdays through Sundays. Tours begin at 1:15, 2:15, and 3:15 pm. Please call ahead to be sure a volunteer docent is scheduled to conduct tours and to check for closings in case of inclement weather.
335 North Franklin Turnpike, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ 07423-1035 • Telephone: (201) 445-8311 • E-mail: [email protected]
Editors : the Record put together some lower-cost alternatives to alleviate area flooding , focusing a many new technologies and some old fashion common sense ideas , oddly omitting any discussion about all the run off from turf fields
Could low-cost options reduce flooding from Passaic, Hackensack rivers?
Sunday January 27, 2013, 11:20 PM
BY JAMES M. O’NEILL
STAFF WRITER
The Record
In the decades-old debate over how to reduce chronic flooding along the Passaic and Hackensack rivers, proposals have often involved huge, expensive infrastructure projects, such as a larger sewers or a $2.7 billion tunnel to carry the water out to sea. Now, there is a growing push for radically different, lower-cost alternatives — planting gardens on rooftops, installing grassy swales or depressions in highway medians and parking lots, adding rain gardens on front lawns and attaching rain barrels to residential gutters.
These varying strategies, collectively called green infrastructure, are all designed to do the same thing — capture rainwater before it ever reaches the storm drains, reducing the risk of flooding.
While many environmental initiatives are inherently controversial because they look to prohibit development or limit growth, there are generally few vocal opponents of green infrastructure. The principal obstacle remains the upfront cost to individual homeowners or developers who might consider embracing the strategy.
Proponents say those costs often cause people to overlook real long-term savings, since green roofs can better insulate a building, making it more energy-efficient, and the captured water can be used to irrigate lawns and run toilets, cutting operational costs. Green infrastructure can also increase property values and lower the huge costs many communities face to upgrade or replace aging sewer and water infrastructure.
RHS Boys Bowling: Zach Flicker scores top-10 finishes at Bergen County tournament
Friday, January 25, 2013
BY GREG TARTAGLIA
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
The Ridgewood News
HACKENSACK — As the No. 5 bowler in the Maroon lineup, it seemed natural for Zach Flicker to bookend their day at the Bergen County boys bowling tournament with “5-baggers.”
The Ridgewood High School senior opened last Saturday’s event at Bowler City by recording strikes on his first five throws. He then struck five times in a row near the end of his sixth and final game, a team-high 236, to highlight a 10th-place individual series of 1,245.
His efforts paced Ridgewood (5,468) to a sixth-place showing in the overall standings and fourth in the Groups 3-4 bracket, the squad’s best county-tournament finish under head coach Dick Bennett. Hackensack (5,866) won the Groups 3-4 title and placed second overall to first-time champ Glen Rock (6,022).
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK : SNOW
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.DAY ONE…THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
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“Experts” expound upon proposed development in Ridgewood
Thursday January 24, 2013, 3:36 PM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
Planning and traffic experts retained by developer John Saraceno suggest that the mixed-use development proposed along North Maple Avenue will add a token amount to Ridgewood’s crowded schools and congested roads, but the minimal impact on those hot-button issues will be outweighed by the overall site improvement.
If built, the project known as The Enclave will bring 52 luxury-style apartments to the 1.37-acre plot in the Central Business District. The complex, which tops out at four stories plus a parking garage, also features 28,000 square feet for retail purposes and incorporates the existing Sealfons |building.
The Enclave is one of four downtown housing proposals whose applications are currently before the Planning Board.
The 137,000-square-foot Ridgewood Station development, planned for the former Ken Smith Motors property, contains the most proposed housing units with 114. The Dayton, an upscale garden apartment complex at the old Brogan Cadillac lot, calls for 106 dwellings. Chestnut Village, if approved, would bring roughly half the number of apartments as the Dayton to the former motor vehicle inspection site on Chestnut Street.
Planning Board members are studying the four proposals for a broader project, the developers’ request for a Master Plan amendment that will essentially create one or more overlay zones in the CBD.
Concerns over the effect that the proposed housing plans will have on Ridgewood’s schools and traffic were at the forefront of Wednesday’s Planning Board meeting. Speaking specifically about The Enclave, planner Joseph Burgis testified that the proposal will likely produce 105 residents, eight of whom will be public school children (PSC).
“Minimal impact” on the Village ,where have we heard that before
January 22,2013
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Looks like all these large developments, from the Valley Hospital expansion to any of the developers looking to add multifamily housing to the Central Business District all manage to find consultants to support the notion of “minimal impact” .
The impact that a 137,000-square-foot, four-story mixed use development at Franklin Avenue and Chestnut Street will have on Central Business District (CBD) traffic and already crowded Ridgewood schools is minimal, according to experts hired by project developer Dinallo |Construction. ( https://www.northjersey.com/news/187344371_Planner__Proposed_Ridgewood_development_would_have_minimal_impact.html )
Frankly even if it were true no one would believe it anyway .Best advise is to be truthful about the impact and design accordingly .
Readers point out “I checked the Ridgewood high school directory. There are 110 children from three different apartment buildings in town. That doesn’t include Gw middle school or Ridge/Orchard school that all fall into the downtown district.
So if we just guessed and added another 110 kids in those 4 schools that comes out to 55 kids per school or two more 27 child classes per school on the west side and the high school. Willard seems to be out of the apt/address. ”
Folks there is no way a 114-unit luxury apartment building. in the shadow of the the Ridgewood Train station , with over 7,000 square feet for retail and 166 parking spaces is going to have , “minimal impact” .That statement is ridiculous .
Construction, traffic, commuting , pedestrian safety, police, fire, water and schools will all be impacted, now lets get serious and face reality and design this thing to fit the needs of the Village .
‘Dangerous’ dogs in Ridgewood face higher fee
Monday, January 21, 2013 Last updated: Monday January 21, 2013, 11:31 AM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
The licensing fee for owning a court-determined “potentially dangerous” dog in Ridgewood is a steep but necessary cost, according to village management and legal officials.
THINKSTOCK
The Village Council will consider an ordinance establishing a $700 fee for residents who license a potentially dangerous dog. Specific dog breeds are not identified in the language of the proposal, which will be voted on at the Feb. 13 council meeting.
In comparison, residents are assessed a $16.80 fee to license a spayed/neutered dog. Licenses for unfixed dogs will cost owners $20.80.
“It’s a hefty cost,” Village |Manager Ken Gabbert said, “but the amount of time that’s involved to keep track of these dogs for |the safety of the residents is tremendous.”
According to New Jersey State Statute, a municipality’s court determines beyond a reasonable doubt whether to classify a dog as potentially dangerous. The state identifies several ways in which a court can reach its decision, including whether the animal injured a human during an unprovoked attack and continues to pose a threat to harm a person.
Dog-on-dog attacks, when combined with other criteria, can also warrant the potentially dangerous classification.
“Tiger Team” tells Ridgewood to make tough choices
Friday, January 18, 2013
BY CHRIS HARRIS
STAFF WRITER
The Record
RIDGEWOOD — The village has to take severe and immediate action if it is serious about quelling budgetary spending, a report by the volunteer finance committee has recommended.
The report — to be used by the council as it enters budget season — was released this week and is the result of nine months of research and analysis by more than a dozen residents, assembled over the summer at the request of Mayor Paul Aronsohn.
Consisting of lawyers, accountants, financiers and local business owners, the group — nicknamed the Tiger Team — was given 90 days to, in Aronsohn’s words, “fix the village budget and reform village government.”
The team was asked to find ways to cut costs, increase revenues and enhance the central business district. The group was also given the task of identifying “structural fixes to the budget” that would not deplete service levels to taxpayers.
The team discovered in its round-table discussions that municipal taxes had risen by 410 percent since the early 1980s. Property tax rates, the report shows, have risen “by a compound rate of more than 5.6 percent a year since 2001.”
“It became obvious that Ridgewood faces dire financial challenges,” states the report, adding that “material change is required in many areas of village management, operation and culture” in order to stop the bleeding.
“Bad Parents” Opens at the Ridgewood Clearview Warner Quad for 4 Night Screening Red Carpet event
Ridgewood NJ , The movie features a well-known cast. Janeane Garofalo (Truth About Cats & Dogs, SNL) stars as the the suburban every-mom who signs her seven-year-old daughter up for club soccer.Quote end
I’m That Parent! Ridgewood Filmmaker Caytha Jentis’s film, Bad Parents, is a satirical comedy inspired by her own experiences in North Jersey about the over-zealous parents on an under 8 girls club soccer team. It takes a poke at the world of over-obsessed parents in soccer, though the theme is so universal that any parent of a child athlete may realize “I’m That Parent!” Bad Parents has been premiering throughout the country and is coming home to the Ridgewood Clearview Warner Quad, 190 East Ridgewood Avenue in Ridgewood, NJ for (4) 7:30 pm showings on January 23rd, 24th, 30th and 31st.
An edited version children will enjoy will be shown on January 24th at 5pm. A Special Red Carpet Event will be held on Opening Night only, January 23rd, at 6:30pm in the lobby. Scheduled to appear are: Reiko Aylesworth from Bad Parents (also Hawaii 5-0, 24), Emmy Winning Actress/Producer Martha Byrne, Jaqueline Madden (of VH1) and other special guests.
Tickets are $12 each for the 7pm showings. Prices are $8.00 for children and $10 for adults for the children’s screening. The public is invited to the free Red Carpet Event on opening night, but a ticket will be needed to see the movie. Sponsoring the Red Carpet for Opening Night is Moxie Salon, 57 East Ridgewood Avenue in Ridgewood. Tickets can be purchased with cash at the theater box office from now until the the showings. You can also visit https://www.BrownPaperTickets.com for tickets. Fore more information visit https://www.Badparentsmovie.com, visit Bad Parents on Facebook or contact info(at)foxmeadowfilms. After each evening screening in Ridgewood ticket holders are invited to Park West Tavern, 30 Oak Street in Ridgewood for a meet and greet with discounts on beverages.
In addition to a well-known cast, the film was shot entirely in North Jersey and features actors and soccer players from area. Lauren Sudol, age 7 of Ridgewood, stars as the daughter. The movie also features many local soccer players from Bergen and Passaic Counties. Residents of North Jersey will recognize many of the locations in the film.
The movie features a well-known cast. Janeane Garofalo (Truth About Cats & Dogs, SNL) stars as the the suburban every-mom who signs her seven-year-old daughter up for club soccer. Christopher Titus (Titus, Comedy Central) plays Coach Nick, who helms this young ‘dream team’ and is worshiped by all. Cheri Oteri (SNL), plays the perky, former cheerleader, know-it-all mom. Her fr-enemy “mean mom” Allison is played by Rebecca Budig (All My Children). Michael Boatman (Spin City, Arliss) plays Gary the Assistant Coach, a perpetual outsider longing for his moment of acceptance from everyone including his ever-disapproving wife, Tracy, played by Kristen Johnston (Bride Wars, 3rd Rock From the Sun) Reiko Ayleworth (24, Hawaii 5-0) plays Laurie the social climbing divorcee. Bill Sage (American Psycho, Boardwalk Empire) plays Dan, the college scholarship obsessed husband. Ben Bailey (Cash Cab) plays soccer parent Graham. Real Housewives of NJ Jacqueline Laurita also makes a cameo appearance in the movie.
Writer/Director/Producer Caytha Jentis, with insider authenticity and specificity, shares the absurd yet very real world of the dark side of yourth sports with humor and heart.
“Bad Parents,” based on Jentis’ award-winning play “It’s All About the Kids” is the fourth produced feature film written by Caytha Jentis and her second outing as director. Her directorial debut, “The One” (2011), a romantic comedy starring Jon Prescott, enjoyed sold-out screenings at Cinefest, Frameline, Ridgewood, and Qfest and was released theatrically and on DVD/VOD through TLA Releasing. Jentis’ first produced screenplay “And Then Came Love” (2007) starred Vanessa Williams, Eartha Kitt, Michael Boatman, Stephen Spinella and Ben Vereen. Jentis also executive produced and produced the film, which – after following the festival circuit – opened theatrically and was licensed to Warner Premier Video for DVD/VOD. It continues to enjoy great success airing extensively worldwide on premium cable networks. “Exposed”(2009), a psychological thriller written by Jentis was produced by Media at Large and recently won “Best Suspense Feature Film” at the New York Independent Film & Video Festival in both New York and Los Angeles. The short film, “The Dream House”, written and produced by Jentis is currently out to festivals. Jentis is President of Fox Meadow Films.
Jentis is a Ridgewood resident as is much of her crew and team, which includes Ridgewood Resident and Producer Dorothy Fucito, Line Producer Aimee Denaro, Anthony Savini , Director of Photography and Verne Mattson, Editor.
The movie will also be shown in Clifton on January 28th, Kinnelon on January 31st and Levittown, NY on February 21st. A dedicated movie screening is also available as a fundraiser to soccer organizations and teams. Please contact Caytha Jentis at caytha(at)foxmeadowfilms.com or visit the website for more info. The movie is scheduled to be available on DVD later in 2013.
Aaron Swartz was ‘killed by the government,’ father tells mourners
By Michael Muskal
January 15, 2013, 1:57 p.m.
Aaron Swartz, the 26-year-old Internet genius, was eulogized on Tuesday as a person who wanted to make the world better but was hounded into killing himself by harsh government policies.
Swartz was “killed by the government,” his father, Robert Swartz, said at the service at Central Avenue Synagogue in Highland Park, Ill., according to the Chicago Sun-Times. “He was killed by the government, and MIT betrayed all of its basic principles,” he said.
Facing the possibility of a long prison sentence if convicted of charges that he illegally downloaded millions of academic journal articles, Swartz hanged himself in his New York apartment Friday. The death of one of the founders of news and entertainment website Reddit and a longtime activist for an open Internet has ignited outrage among many in the electronic community who view him as a martyr to government prosecution.
Ridgewood NJ, In July 2012, incoming Ridgewood Mayor, Paul Aronsohn, and the Village Council asked 12 Ridgewood residents with varied backgrounds and expertise to serve on a temporary Financial Advisory Committee (informally known as the “Tiger Team”). The committee members included local business and commercial property owners, consultants, finance executives, accountants, lawyers and life-long Village residents. The Mayor told the members ofthe Financial Advisory Committee, “I believe we live in a community of smart people, many of whom have finance experience. Thus, the Council and the community as a whole could benefit from (resìdents’) experience.” To that end, he outlined a specific 90-day mandate with a simple goal…to fix the Village budget and reform Village government.”
The committee was instructed to:
– Identify cost-cutting opportunities
– Identify non~tax related revenue enhancements
~ Identify structural fixes to the budget and (Village) organization and enhance the residents’ value of service provided for taxes paid
– Identify related Central Business District enhancements
The financial Advisory Committee was to be “completely independent and organized as its members saw fit.” We were given access to members of Village management, several years of budget documents and all collective bargaining agreements. The committee was asked to “produce a document with recommendations in time for the 2013 budget, regardless of whether consensus is achieved.” Finally, the team was asked to decide on its preferred means for sharing its final recommendations with the Village Council and then disband.
The Members of the 2012 Financial Advisory Committee (alphabetically)
Rich Barclay
Bayard DeI\/Iallie
Ed Feldsott
Nancy Johansen
Charlie Kime
John Maxwell
Jim McCarthy
David Sabath
Jim Schimmei
Fran Shovlìn
Roberta Sonenfeld
Bob Zeller
Editors Note : On first glance it looks like they did a great job putting together a well thought out report , without commenting on the specifics , I see a lot of things that have been talked about on this blog , since the beginning of time . PJ
I’d like to get your opinion on something. I own a building. Most of the building is made up of non-living areas, but there is one apartment in the building that is a suitable residence. That apartment, however, is not usually occupied by any people. From time to time, I might let a friend use other parts of my building, but I am usually very careful to lock the door to the hallway leading to the apartment because I don’t want anyone in there. In addition, my building has an internal alarm system that will let me know if something moves in that apartment. By accident, one day I forgot to lock those hallway doors when one of my friends came by.
A few days later, my building’s internal alarms went off — alerting me to the fact that something had entered the apartment. I sent someone to inspect and they reported back to me that there was some food remnants found in the apartment that were not in there before. There were other signs that something had been or was in the apartment as it did not look the way it normally did. He could not say for sure whether it was a person, an animal, insects, or something else, but that there was a good chance that it could be a person. I spoke to a friend of mine who has a similar building and she said that, from time to time she had found a homeless person in the usuaully unoccupied apartment at her building.
I really was not interested having something in the only residential apartment I had in my building, so I hired someone to fumigate the apartment. When he arrived at the door to the apartment, the fumigator called me on his cell phone to say that he could hear something in the apartment but he could not tell for sure if it was an animal or a person.
I told him I didn’t want to know what it was and that I just wanted whatever it was out of my apartment. So I told him to open the door and place the fumigating bomb in the apartment so that whatever was in there would not cause me any more problems. So he did just that and left.
When I told some people about what happened they were extremely upset with me. They claimed that I had no right to do that and that if there was a person in the apartment — and the person died from the poison — I and the fumigator had committed murder!
Who the hell do these people think they are? Are they insane? It is my building and my apartment. What right do they have to say anything about what I do with my building? Besides, the fumigator and I did not know for sure that it was a person — it could have been a rat or something else as far as we knew. Even if it was a homeless person, why should I be held responsible for whatever happens to him/her when he/she was the one trespassing in my building? Just because I forgot to lock the door to the hallway one day does not mean that some homeless person had the right to start living in my apartment when I didn’t want them to live there.
So what do you think? Did I do something morally wrong?
What if I told you the “building” is my body, the “apartment” is my womb, and the fumigator is an abortionist?
Are you still pro-choice?
To me, it is simple. If you don’t know for sure that what is in the womb is not a human life, then how can you justify taking actions that will kill it?
Now, can there be exceptions? Of course there can. For example, if another person’s existence is threatening to end your life, you have every right to defend yourself, including by killing that other person if necessary. There may be other limited exceptions that reasonable people can discuss (e.g., rape or incest). But the point of the above story is to stop all of this “It is my body and I can do whatever I want with it” nonsense in circumstances when your actions may cause the termination of another human life. The starting point should always be that innocent human life should be protected whenever possible. Mere inconvenience is not a justification for ending an innocent human life.
Bottom line, if we are not sure whether something is or is not a human life, shouldn’t we error on the side of protecting that life?
VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT PUBLIC NOTICE [Block 4703, Lot 14] PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Village of Ridgewood (the “Board”) will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. in the Village Hall Court Room, 4th Floor, 131 North Maple Avenue, Ridgewood, New Jersey, for the purpose of reviewing and taking action upon the application of 657 Ridgewood LLC (the “Applicant”), which seeks preliminary and final site plan approval with use and bulk variances in order to redevelop the existing Shell gas station and provide new fuel dispensers and a 2,400 sq. ft. convenience store (proposed to be a 7-Eleven) on the property commonly known as 657 Franklin Turnpike (at the intersection of southbound Route 17) and designated as Block 4703, Lot 14 on the Tax Map of the Village of Ridgewood (the “Property”). The Property, which is located within 200 feet of the property owned by you, is located in the OB-2 (Office Building) District. In connection with the foregoing, the Applicant seeks all variances, waivers, exceptions and other relief necessitated by the plans it has currently filed with the Board, together with any additional variances, waivers, exceptions and other relief that may be necessitated by changes to the plans requested by the Board, and any and all other relief that the Board may determine to be appropriate or necessary. This relief may include but may not necessarily be limited to: (i) a variance to permit more than one principal building on a lot (i.e., the convenience store and gas station canopy and kiosks if the latter are construed to be a separate principal building or buildings) where the Ordinance may not permit same; (ii) variances to permit a combined gasoline station/convenience store where same is not a permitted use in the OB-2 District; (iii) a variance for a front yard setback from Route 17 (for the building) of 28.1 feet where the Ordinance requires 30 feet; (iv) a variance for a front yard setback from Route 17 (for the canopy) of 9.4 feet where the Ordinance requires 30 feet; (v) a variance for a front yard setback from Franklin Turnpike (for the canopy) of 8.5 feet where the Ordinance requires 30 feet; (vi) a variance for a side yard setback (for the building) of 5 feet where the Ordinance requires 12 feet; (vii) a variance for no off-street loading space where the Ordinance requires at least one off-street loading space, which must be located on the same property and in the side or rear yard; (viii) a variance for five building mounted signs where the Ordinance permits a maximum of one sign; (ix) a variance for a total building mounted sign area of 145.2 sq. ft. where the maximum permitted by Ordinance is 30 sq. ft.; (x) a variance for two freestanding signs where the Ordinance permits a maximum of one freestanding sign; and (xi) a variance for freestanding sign areas of 78 sq. ft. (Route 17) and 78 sq. ft. (Franklin Turnpike) where the maximum permitted by Ordinance is 30 sq. ft.; (xii) a variance the freestanding sign heights of 24 feet 4 inches (Route 17) and 18 feet (Franklin Turnpike) where the maximum permitted by Ordinance is 15 feet; and (xiii) a variance for freestanding sign dimensions of 13 feet by 6 feet (Route 17) and 13 feet by 6 feet (Franklin Turnpike) which exceed the maximum permitted by Ordinance. Any person interested in this application will have the opportunity to present any objections or otherwise be heard at the public hearing. Members of the public may also inspect the plans, reports, application and supporting materials on file at the Village of Ridgewood, 131 North Maple Avenue, Ridgewood, New Jersey, during normal business hours Monday through Friday. John M. Marmora, Esq., Attorney for Applicant 657 Ridgewood LLC K&L Gates LLP One Newark Center, 10th Floor Newark, New Jersey 07102 (973) 848-4000 Ridgewood News-3426546 Fee: $43.46 January 11, 2013
