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Ridgewood News editorial: Lasting impact

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Ridgewood News editorial: Lasting impact

December 12, 2014    Last updated: Friday, December 12, 2014, 12:31 AM
The Ridgewood News

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As flags flew at half-staff last week, the community remembered the side-by-side relationship it shared with Jack Lorenz, who for years was entrusted with the education of perhaps Ridgewood’s most impressionable citizens.

Written and spoken tributes to Lorenz, 69, who served as Ridgewood High School principal from 2006 to 2011, quickly emerged soon after the brief details of his passing surfaced during the latter half of this past Thanksgiving weekend.

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https://www.northjersey.com/opinion/opinion-editorials/lasting-impact-1.1151969

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Ridgewood News editorial: Parking plan needs more input

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Ridgewood News editorial: Parking plan needs more input

OCTOBER 10, 2014    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2014, 12:31 AM
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Officials took notice of public outcries over the Garber Square project this summer and PSE&G’s utility pole installation in 2013, and they learned that everyone should have a say when an impactful undertaking moves toward the horizon.

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Ridgewood News editorial: We need more Charlottes and the Ridgewood blog Agrees

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Ridgewood News editorial: We need more Charlottes and the Ridgewood blog Agrees

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2014, 12:31 AM
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS

Soon after she received accolades from the Ridgewood Board of Education this week, Charlotte Samuels, the 16-year-old world-record swimmer, made an admission: She’s already thinking about conquering the Ocean’s Seven. For those unfamiliar with the feat, which has been accomplished by only six people, it consists of open-water swims through channels from each of the seven continents.

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Ridgewood News editorial: A plaza for pedestrians

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Ridgewood News editorial: A plaza for pedestrians

AUGUST 15, 2014    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2014, 12:31 AM

Few believed a pedestrian plaza in Times Square would work, let alone become a permanent fixture in the middle of New York City’s Crossroads of the World. Both happened

In 2008, the American Planning Association bestowed its Great Public Spaces honor to the Church Street Marketplace in Burlington, Vt. There, pedestrians freely walk on store-lined Church Street in an outdoor mall setting.


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