>139th Annual Harvest Fair :Old Paramus Reformed Church
10am to 4pm – Free Admission – Come early for holiday shopping, have lunch and bring friends. 660 East Glen Avenue at Rt. 17. Garage Sale – Gift Basket Raffle – Attic Treasures & Collectibles – Furniture – Jewelry – linens – books – toys – Homemade Baked Goods – & soup – Farm Stand Country Kitchen Refreshments & Lunch!
>72% Think Middle-Class Tax Hike Likely In Any Budget-Cutting Deal
Voters have very little confidence that the bipartisan congressional super committee will find a way to significantly cut the federal deficit and believe overwhelmingly that taxes will be raised on the middle class in whatever budget-cutting deal Congress and the president reach.
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/october_2011/72_think_middle_class_tax_hike_likely_in_any_budget_cutting_deal
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Halloween (or Hallowe’en), a contraction of All-Hallows-Eve (“evening”), is an annual holiday observed on October 31, and common activities include guising/trick-or-treating, attending costume parties, carving jack-o’-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween
Straddling the line between fall and winter, plenty and paucity, life and death, Halloween is a time of celebration and superstition. It is thought to have originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off roaming ghosts. In the eighth century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1 as a time to honor all saints and martyrs; the holiday, All Saints’ Day, incorporated some of the traditions of Samhain. The evening before was known as All Hallows’ Eve and later Halloween. Over time, Halloween evolved into a secular, community-based event characterized by child-friendly activities such as trick-or-treating. In a number of countries around the world, as the days grow shorter and the nights get colder, people continue to usher in the winter season with gatherings, costumes and sweet treats.
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>PSE&G fall storm update: Oct. 31, 2011 at 12 p.m.
— PSE&G has restored power to 70 percent of the half million customers impacted by the storm.
— The number of customers without power is about 190,000 at this time, with crews continuing to work around the clock to restore service.
— The company expects to have 95 percent of its customers restored by midnight Wednesday.
— Counties most affected include Bergen (87,000), Essex (62,700) and Passaic (9,800) due to the extensive amount of tree and power line damage.
— PSE&G has 237 crews and 212 tree crews working around the clock to restore power. In addition to its own crews, the utility has arranged for 60 crews from utilities in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi, to assist in the restoration effort as well as 119 mutual aid and contractor crews.
HALLOWEEN SAFETY:
THERE ARE MANY DOWNED WIRES IN PARTS OF OUR SERVICE TERRITORY. IF PARENTS PERMIT CHILDREN TO TRICK OR TREAT TODAY, THEY SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION, SUPERVISE THE CHILDREN, AND ALLOW THEM TO BE OUT ONLY DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS.
Downed wires should always be considered “live.” STAY AWAY FROM ALL DOWNED LINES. Do not approach or drive over a downed line and do not touch anything with which it might be in contact. To report a downed wire or other visible equipment damage, call 1-800-436-PSEG (7734). Provide the street as well as the nearest cross street.
Check on the safety of your elderly neighbors. See if they are safe and if they need extra blankets or other help. Contact local officials if assistance is needed.
Caution: Do not try to use a gas oven or range to heat a room. The appliance will deplete oxygen from the air, causing asphyxiation or deadly carbon monoxide poisoning.
Also be cautious when using space heaters. Read and follow the manufacturer’s instructions and heed warning labels. Be sure all members of the household understand how to operate space heaters safely.
To report a power outage, call PSE&G’s Customer Service line: 1-800-436-PSE (7734).
— Electric crews work to restore power to the largest numbers of customers first, taking into account “priority” customers, such as hospitals, police stations, fire stations, water and sewer facilities, communications facilities (TV, radio, and telephone), and customers on life-sustaining medical equipment. At the same time, the utility restores power to homes and businesses, starting with the circuits serving the largest number of customers.
— Customers with a handheld device, or who are at an alternate location with power, can also report power outages and view the status of their outage by logging in to My Account at pseg.com. General outage activity throughout our service territory is available online at www.pseg.com/outagecenter and updates are posted on pseg.com during severe weather.
>PSE&G fall storm update: Oct. 31, 2011 at 9 a.m.
PSE&G has restored power to 70 percent of the half million customers impacted by the storm.
The number of customers without power is about 145,000 at this time, with crews continuing to work around the clock to restore service.
The company expects to have 95 percent of its customers restored by midnight Wednesday.
Counties most affected include Bergen (66,000), Essex (46,500) and Passaic (10,900) due to the extensive amount of tree and power damage.
PSE&G has 150 crews and 212 tree crews working around the clock to restore power. In addition to its own crews, the utility has arranged for 60 crews from utilities in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi, to assist in the restoration effort as well as 100 contractor crews.
HALLOWEEN SAFETY:
THERE ARE MANY DOWNED WIRES IN PARTS OF OUR SERVICE TERRITORY. IF PARENTS PERMIT CHILDREN TO TRICK OR TREAT TODAY, THEY SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION, SUPERVISE THE CHILDREN, AND ALLOW THEM TO BE OUT ONLY DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS.
Downed wires should always be considered “live.” STAY AWAY FROM ALL DOWNED LINES. Do not approach or drive over a downed line and do not touch anything with which it might be in contact. To report a downed wire or other visible equipment damage, call 1-800-436-PSEG (7734). Provide the street as well as the nearest cross street.
Check on the safety of your elderly neighbors. See if they are safe and if they need extra blankets or other help. Contact local officials if assistance is needed.
Caution: Do not try to use a gas oven or range to heat a room. The appliance will deplete oxygen from the air, causing asphyxiation or deadly carbon monoxide poisoning.
Also be cautious when using space heaters. Read and follow the manufacturer’s instructions and heed warning labels. Be sure all members of the household understand how to operate space heaters safely.
To report a power outage, call PSE&G’s Customer Service line: 1-800-436-PSE (7734).
— Electric crews work to restore power to the largest numbers of customers first, taking into account “priority” customers, such as hospitals, police stations, fire stations, water and sewer facilities, communications facilities (TV, radio, and telephone), and customers on life-sustaining medical equipment. At the same time, the utility restores power to homes and businesses, starting with the circuits serving the largest number of customers.
— Customers with a handheld device, or who are at an alternate location with power, can also report power outages and view the status of their outage by logging in to My Account at pseg.com. General outage activity throughout our service territory is available online at www.pseg.com/outagecenter and updates are posted on pseg.com during severe weather.
>State Sen. Kevin O’Toole, R-Wayne, toured several back yards on Burnside Place that abut the brook
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2011
BY EVONNE COUTROS
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
RIDGEWOOD – Village residents turned to their state senator on Wednesday for answers on how to address years of flooding issues caused by the overflow of the Hohokus Brook.
State Sen. Kevin O’Toole, R-Wayne, toured several back yards on Burnside Place that abut the brook. Some of the houses along the winding road and neighboring streets sustained extensive flood damage during Hurricane Irene in August and in earlier storms, such as Tropical Storm Floyd in 1999.
“I want the … sandbars and rocks out of the Hohokus Brook that have gathered since Floyd,” said Leslie Cimino, whose Burnside Place home sits on less than half an acre abutting the brook and the narrow Zabriskie ditch that is a catch-basin of sorts for water overflow. “I want Ridgewood to take responsibility for cleaning the Zabriskie ditch. The ditch and the brook no longer function the way they are supposed to function. It’s a major concern.”
https://www.northjersey.com/news/132677568_Residents_seek_lawmaker_s_aid.html
>Winter Storm Warning
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE…UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
709 AM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011
…A HISTORIC EARLY SEASON SNOWSTORM FOR INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE
LOWER HUDSON VALLEY…SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW
JERSEY…
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-EASTERN PASSAIC-WESTERN BERGEN-ROCKLAND-
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
709 AM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY…
* LOCATIONS…INTERIOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY…THE
LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT…MAINLY ALONG
AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 287 AND THE MERRITT PARKWAY.
* HAZARD TYPES…HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS.
* ACCUMULATIONS…8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW.
* WINDS…NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE MID 30S.
* VISIBILITIES…ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
* TIMING…IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS…PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE
NEARLY ALL SNOW…POSSIBLY BEGINNING AS OR MIXING WITH RAIN AT
THE START. ELSEWHERE…A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW TODAY SHOULD
CHANGE TO ALL SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO
EARLY EVENING…AND THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW
SHOULD GRADUALLY TAPER OFF IN INTENSITY LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS…WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY
WET SNOW WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES…TREE LIMBS AND POWER
LINES. THE DAMAGE COULD BE QUITE EXTENSIVE WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR AN AREA OF WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS
OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL…
KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT…FOOD…AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN
CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
>Great Quality Dress-up Items Now at Harding Pharmacy
Harding Pharmacy located at 305 E Ridgewood Ave in Ridgewood, NJ, invites you to shop for great quality dress up items that can be used for Halloween or pretend play all year long. We have fairy costumes, wings, princess capes, musical chicken dance skirts, wands, tiaras, spiderman cape and knight costumes! Also, our cards are ALWAYS just 99 cents! Please, stop by! Parking is conveniently located in our own lot next to the store.
>The Whitestone Associates report is critical as to why the scale of the expansion of the hospital should not go ahead
The Whitestone Associates report is critical as to why the scale of the expansion of the hospital should not go ahead – 12 trucks an hour for 8 hours a day and the foundations of local homes been damaged, these are just some of the real issues that the village as a whole will face. Together with the noise, the increased level of traffic and the general dangers posed by such an undertaking, the Village needs to look carefully as to why this project is something that we must not undertake. A legal remedy that the hospital will seek, should its plans be quashed, will amount to nothing based on the findings of this report.
We must be mindful that the Village has a duty to care for its tax-paying citizens and most importantly, for the children that will be caught in the crosshairs of this massive project – regardless of what side of town they live on and regardless of their numbers. Endangering the welfare or life of just one child is something that can not be tolerated.
Another important factor that needs to be touched on is the companies that will be potentially hired by Valley for this supposedly massive project – will the Village get an opportunity to review the track records of these companies as those records relate to health and safety history, employment history (most construction companies that undertake these sized projects have in the past been found guilty of hiring illegal immigrants and paying them below average wages off their books). What recourse will the Village have against Valley and the companies should anything untoward happen?
It’s important to remember that the issue of the expansion plan comes with numerous sub-issues that all need to be addressed and I am of the opinion that that most of those sub-issues have not been addressed or even placed on the radar.
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So goes one of the themes of attack ads filling mailboxes and airwaves in South Jersey a little more than two weeks before the Nov. 8 elections. Republicans are hoping to grab a few seats in the Democrat-controlled Legislature, and Democrats are fighting back with ads of their own.It’s the Republican reformers vs. the entrenched Democratic politicians.
>Valley Expansion: You can have a better hospital without this plan. Valley’s entire history from its beginnings proves that
You can have a better hospital without this plan. Valley’s entire history from its beginnings proves that. There was never an expansion done anywhere near the size of the current proposal. Yet plenty of expansion and modernization was surely done over the years. Many more specialty areas were added over the years since Valley began,too.
Remember, Valley started as the entire hospital’s footprint being what’s now the doctor parking lot on Linwood. Phillips- now the oldest building– greatly expanded the hospital when it was built. Then Bergen followed, then Cheel.
Also bear in mind as to Ridgewood, the host community, our population really has not changed greatly in size throughout most of Valley’s existence.
What you probably can NOT have without this plan though is a big regional medical center that attracts patients and their doctors from all over.
That’s not a reasonable definition of “serving the community” to me, unless you define “community” as basically the entire tri-state area and perhaps beyond that.
This area has a lot of facilities to choose from.. and in fact many providers who practice at Valley offer their patients other choices for procedures than only Valley.
For one very specialized procedure, a local close friend was recently offered a choice of either Clara Maas or Valley. The specialist surgeon who performed the procedure has offices in both Ridgewood and the Clara Maas area.
The patient chose Valley, but the doctor also commented that Clara Maas was every bit as good as Valley in terms of services for the procedure needed, and that actually more such procedures are done there than at Valley, not just by that provider, but overall in NJ.
When Pascack was open, even more choices were available and many docs practicing at Valley were also listed as having privileges at Pascack.
If you do lookups of Valley physicians at the Valley site and then go look up that provider individually, you’ll find that many (and likely most) have privileges at multiple hospitals. Some doctors on the Valley site have a feature you can directly click for more info about their practice, too – and among those, you’ll also find most have multiple hospital affiliations — in fact quite a few continue to list “Pascack” as an affiliation.
So, just like many docs have multiple offices, they also have multiple affiliations with hospitals. Quite a few on the Valley directory also practice from Hackensack too.
Thus, with a plan that provided for some modernization but not the “regional med center” model, you could have the advantage of a “renewed” Valley while still having something sensible in terms of its fit with the site and within the Village as its host community.
It’s hard for me to understand how patients or overall care will suffer if the proposed plan is not built, when so many doctors who practice at Valley also practice elsewhere, and will likely continue to also practice at Valley.
If the current Valley is so “behind the times” as the “experts” seem to testify, why are so many of those same leading area doctors practicing there at all, given that so many of them have other area hospital privileges?
I’m all for them tearing down the old Phillips building and doing some modernizing.. but you don’t need this plan for that. Something more modest would clearly satisfy that need – just as Valley’s previous updates have been able to do.
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>Carve that Pumpkin for Halloween
>Interviews will be held on Monday, October 24, 2011 for Vacant Board Seat
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED FOR VACANT BOARD MEMBER POSITION
As of Friday, October 21, 2011, 4:00 p.m., the district has received applications for the vacant Board Member position from the following people:
Eric Gross
B. Vincent Loncto
James Morgan
Rei Shinozuka
Gwen Sullivan
Janice Willett
Interviews will be held starting at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, October 24, 2011, at the Regular Public Meeting, in the Board Room on the third floor of the Education Center.
>Annual Flu Clinic – October 26th – Appt. Required
Wednesday, October 26, 2011. Village Hall Court Room, 131 N. Maple Ave. 9AM to 11AM
CALL VALLEY HEALTH AT 201/291-6090 FOR AN APPOINTMENT
Click Here FOR FURTHER DETAILS : https://mods.ridgewoodnj.net/pdf/manager/2011Fluclinic.pdf
