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Ridgewood NJ ,from the website “Our Village Our Future” the new master plan time line in detail:
Tuesday, March 3: Planning Board Meeting. Highlights of the Preliminary Draft will be presented by the consultant, followed by a discussion with the Planning Board about the Preliminary Draft.
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Ridgewood NJ,Police Traffic Officers Association of Bergen County has launched a campaign In conjunction to keep pedestrians safe , ” In conjunction with the Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey ,New Jersey Pedestrian Safety Coalition, the Police Traffic Officers Association of Bergen County is geared toward educating everyone the importance of pedestrian safety. It’s important for pedestrians to look both ways, but it’s equally important to wait for the WALK signal when crossing at a controlled intersection.”
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Ridgewood NJ, its simply amazing that the Ridgewood Planning Board has not posted the agenda yet on the Village website for march 3rd ,that according to Northjersey.com contains the draft of Ridgewood’s new master plan.
“The new master plan will cap nearly three years of work by a four-person subcommittee that includes Joel, Deputy Mayor Susan Knudsen and planning board members Joel Torielli and Melanie McWilliams.
The plan has seen amendments during the past few decades but hasn’t had a complete overhaul since 1983.
NV5 is scheduled to present a draft plan to the Planning Board March 3.”
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RIDGEWOOD NJ, Christie’s International Real Estate Northern New Jersey, an exclusive partner of Christie’s International Real Estate, voted Christie’s Affiliate of the Year in 2017 and 2018 and the fastest growing real estate brokerage in northern New Jersey, announced today that Christina Gibbons, an agent in its Ridgewood Sales Gallery has been awarded a has been awarded a Platinum NJ REALTORS® Circle of Excellence Sales Award® for 2019. The award recognizes NJ REALTORS® members who have demonstrated excellence in the field of salesmanship.
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Ridgewood NJ, , a diverse group of New Jersey patient, healthcare, and employer advocates opposed Governor Murphy’s proposal to include significant fees on pharmaceutical manufacturers and wholesale distributors in the Fiscal Year 2021 State Budget. These groups — including the American Cancer Society of New Jersey Cancer Action Network, Home Care & Hospice Association of New Jersey, the New Jersey Pharmacists Association, the New Jersey Council of Chain Drug Stores, New Jersey Business and Industry Association, and the Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey — cite serious concerns that such substantial fees would harm patients and increase healthcare costs.
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Ridgewood NJ, according to David Wildstein of the New Jersey Globe , Bergen County Freeholder David Ganz will not seek re-election to a seventh term.The buzz is that Village of Ridgewood Mayor Ramon Hache has emerged as a leading candidate to run on the Bergen County Democratic organization line to replace Ganz, a former Fair Lawn mayor who was first elected to countywide office in 2002 has been battling health issues for several years.
Mayor Hache is reportedly the pick of Paul Juliano, who became the Bergen County Democratic chairman last summer. The filing deadline to run for freeholder at the Bergen County Democratic convention is Friday at 4 PM. Candidates must file letters of intent with signatures of at least five county committee members from six different municipalities. If he wins, Hache would become the first Dominican-American to serve on the Board of Freeholders.
Hache is up for re-election this year in Ridgewood and his candidacy for countywide office would create an open seat in the Ridgewood council.
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Ridgewood NJ, Each year, the average American household spends $2,375 on real-estate property taxes plus another $441 for residents of the 27 states with vehicle property taxes. With such high costs, it’s no surprise that more than $14 billion in property taxes go unpaid each year, according to the National Tax Lien Association.
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Ridgewood NJ, talk about unintended consequences , seems former mayor Paul Arosohn has been forced to lower the price of his home on Linwood Avenue in Ridgewood . The home bought in 2007 for $732,500 is currently on sale for $665,00 .
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Ridgewood NJ, Don R. Mueller, Ph.D. (Professor Tennis) , will be (https://www.supersciencesaturday.org) giving a Physics of Sports demo featuring new methods and techniques in the popular throwing and swinging sports: baseball/softball, football, tennis and golf.
Prof. Don R. Mueller: a semi-retired physics professor and former pro baseball pitcher involved with the Physics of Sports. Some sportswriters are calling me The Nutty Professor of Sports. I’m showing coaches and players in NY, NJ, PA and beyond who practice throwing and swinging type sports how to “do their thing” with more power and less pain; thanks to some simple physics know-how. Some of his research was featured full-page in the NY Times in 2018: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/11/sports/tennis/don-mueller-rackets.html
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RIDGEWOOD NJ, Christie’s International Real Estate Northern New Jersey, an exclusive partner of Christie’s International Real Estate, voted Christie’s Affiliate of the Year in 2017 and 2018 and the fastest growing real estate brokerage in northern New Jersey, announced today that Kristin Gildea Fox, an agent in its Ridgewood Sales Gallery, has been awarded a Platinum NJ REALTORS® Circle of Excellence Sales Award® for 2019. The award recognizes NJ REALTORS® members who have demonstrated excellence in the field of salesmanship.
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“The library and Board of Education will be our undoing. The debt that they will incur is irresponsible. It is not clear that anyone in power stands for fiscal responsibility.
The developers want a new library, Performing Arts Center and more parking garages. It makes their rentals more appealing and will attract the NYC and Hoboken renters.
The residents will be paying for everything.”
photo by Boyd Loving
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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Police and Ridgewood Fire Department were dispatched to a report of a motor vehicle that crashed into the Dunkin’ Donuts building at 657 Franklin Turnpike, Ridgewood on Saturday afternoon, 02/22. Fortunately no injuries were reported in the crash. Damage to the building was cosmetic in nature only. The vehicle, a full sized SUV, was able to be driven from the scene.
“Property taxes in Ridgewood are out of control. See the late model tinted window SUVs and private firing range (for a force that has never discharged a weapon) fur the Ridgewood Police Department, or the three full-time professional firefighters redundantly stationed 24/7 at Engine 311 on West Glen when the main firehouse is less than a mile away. Don’t even get started on the teachers who scream ”impasse” the second the BOE proposes reducing their platinum healthcare benefits…”
