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No Mention of the Schedler Soil Remediation in the the Village of Ridgewood’s “Weekly News and Events” email

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Silencing Schedler? Ridgewood Omission of Toxic Soil Meeting Sparks Neighborhood Outrage

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Ridgewood NJ, Residents are sounding the alarm after the Village’s “Weekly News and Events” email, released early Friday morning, contained zero mention of the high-stakes Schedler Soil Remediation Community Meeting held this past Monday. For the families living near the historic Zabriskie-Schedler property, this omission feels like more than just a clerical error—it feels like a calculated move to keep the neighborhood in the dark.

 Is the Ridgewood Village Council listening to its neighbors, or just the music? Residents of the Schedler neighborhood are calling last night a “slap in the face” after not a single member of the Village Council attended the high-stakes Zabriskie-Schedler Property Soil Remediation Community Meeting.

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Ridgewood to Remove Contaminated Soil from Historic Schedler-Zabriskie Property in $1.5M Cleanup Effort

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Ridgewood NJ, the Village of Ridgewood has earmarked $1.5 million in its proposed 2025 capital budget to remove contaminated soil from the historic Schedler-Zabriskie property, located at 460 W. Saddle River Road. The project is part of the village’s broader $64.8 million municipal budget introduced this week.

According to Village Manager Keith Kazmark, the contamination affects the entire 1,100-foot-long berm running along Route 17 north, as well as portions of soil previously distributed across the 7-acre property.

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