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“What about the old taxi stand on North Broad Street. The village owns that building, and it’s in so much disrepair. It’s actually embarrassing for the Village of Ridgewood to have that eyesore in the CBD. Waking around that building it’s ridiculous but it looks like it’s filthy no one has operated the first floor in probably 30 years. Are used to be Ridgewood taxi downstairs and then they moved upstairs the whole building needs to be got it out and restored the village owns that site. It would be a great site for the Ridgewood Police Department to have a central headquarters in the CBD. I think it would make a Great public relations please/fire/emergency services something like that why not. Yes It’s small inside but I think it will be good for an office.”
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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Fire Department was dispatched to mitigate an accident related fluid spill near 129 Prospect Street on Thursday evening, 02/20. No injuries were reported in the crash. Ridgewood Police also responded.
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Ridgewood NJ, Come support the Ridgewood Cheer Team at their sendoff for their national competition!
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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Fire Department, Ridgewood EMS, a paramedic team from The Valley Hospital, and Ridgewood Police operated at a rollover motor vehicle accident with entrapment in the 600 block of East Glen Avenue, Ridgewood on Wednesday afternoon, 02/19. One (1) driver, an adult female, was transported to The Valley Hospital with non life threatening injuries. Another injured individual refused medical attention at the scene. Two (2) vehicles were totaled in the crash and removed from the scene by separate tow trucks.
VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD VILLAGE COUNCIL REGULAR PUBLIC MEETING
FEBRUARY 19, 2020 – 8:00 P.M.
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Ridgewood NJ, State of Play: The Old School Guide to New School Baseball author Bill Ripken at Bookends February 26th .
Advanced statistics and new terminology have taken hold of baseball today, but do they accurately reflect the reality of the game? A baseball lifer states his case.
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Ridgewood NJ, North Maple Ave will closed in both directions between East Ridgewood Ave and Franklin Ave Tuesday 2/18 and Wednesday 2/19 from 7am to 3pm. Detours will be in place.
“Don’t get me started on them. Aronsohn did so many questionable unethical things. Like trying to derail Mike Sedon’s original run for office by contacting his employer in Staten Island on a fake conflict-of-interest concern. He actually got the Ridgewood News to pull a letter to the editor that a citizen had written because he did not like the letter (yes, he was in the newspaper office constantly monitoring their articles and incoming letters). He tried to get an employer to fire a local citizen who had crossed paths with Aronsohn. He publicly went after Bernie Walsh (along with Gwenn and Albert) attacking her for ‘fixing” a parking ticket which she absolutely did not do. The three of them, led by Aronsohn of course, went after Tom Richie for a conflict with his company doing work for the Village, which was not a secret, nothing under the table, although they tried to imply that it was. They all went after Susan Knudsen for questioning residency requirements for civilian jobs, by bringing a labor attorney to the council meeting to attack her (this was met with a huge groundswell of anger against the three of them). Then of course you had Aronsohn and Hauck, who were both married, having a love affair while they were serving together. And Aronsohn tried to get the civil service list changed so that Keith Killion’s son would be bounced off. The list goes on and on. He is despicable by any standards. And Roberta? Oh my word. Remember when she wrote a letter to the paper attacking a citizen who had spoken up about Schedler??? What the hell kind of rogue Village Manager starts publicly attacking citizens? And she used to interrupt council deliberations incessantly with her opinions, clearly forgetting that she was not an elected official. Every time there was any kind of swearing-in or proclamation, she would come down from the dais with the elected officials and stand there for her photo ops. And no one can forget how she tried to physically block a citizen from getting signatures in Van Neste, the signatures were for the referendum to stop the garage – yes, there are photos of that incident, where she stepped in claiming she was trying to present the facts. When a citizen was assaulted during a council meeting they carried on like nothing had happened and refused to admonish the person who hit the other person. What a crew they were. Just horrible.”
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Ridgewood NJ,No injuries were reported following the crash of a 4-door Infiniti sedan into the side of a Chase Bank branch located at 65 Godwin Avenue, Ridgewood on Monday afternoon, 02/17. Ridgewood Police and Ridgewood Fire Department responded to the incident. Damage to the structure was significant. The Village of Ridgewood’s building sub-code official was requested at the scene to determine whether occupants would be allowed to return on Tuesday (bank was closed at the time of the crash due to a Federal holiday). The vehicle, which was driven by an adult female accompanied by an adult male passenger, appeared to have sustained very minor damage. No word as to whether any summonses were issued to the driver.
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Ridgewood NJ, In observance of President’s Day, the offices of the Village of Ridgewood will be closed on Monday, February 17, 2020. There will be no garbage or recycling pick up and the Recycling Center will also be closed.
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Ridgewood NJ,the BFMS math team for taking first place in the MATHCOUNTS 2020 Bergen/Hudson Chapter Competition! In March, these students will be showcasing their problem-solving skills in the state competition at Rutgers University.
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Ridgewood NJ, So Paul Aronsohn and Roberta Sonenfeld are back in the news. It seems that their GUILTY charge of misusing public funds still stands. Do you remember back in 2016 when Aronsohn was pushing for the MONSTER garage? He and Roberta made a video using public funds to promote a YES vote for their parking garage. The video was billed with an invoice on which Gwenn Hauck’s name appears). The video included Aronsohn imploring everyone to vote for this massive bond because he felt it was desperately needed. Some village officials were interviewed on the video (while working, that is, their salaries were being paid to make this promotional video). And it was posted on the Village website which is paid for by all the taxpayers.
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Ridgewood NJ, One (1) person was injured when a Honda CRV crashed head on into a tree in the 300 block of Prospect Street, Ridgewood on Saturday evening, 02/15. Ridgewood Police, Ridgewood EMS, and a paramedic team from The Valley Hospital responded to aid the victim. A flatbed tow truck removed the wreckage.
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Ridgewood NJ, This past weekend, the parent-led and performed Jamboree 2020 production “It’s About Time” raised $200,000 for the RHS Jamboree Scholarship Fund, shattering prior fundraising records! Simply amazing!
With over 200 parents involved in the production including our very own Ridgewood resident Broadway and music recording stars Christy & Mark McVey, Sally Ann Skoric, and Eugene Thomas, Jamboree 2020 was thrilled to end an incredible run with the support of the community at large.
Save the date for the 75th Anniversary of RHS Jamboree to be performed on February 4, 5, and 6, 2021.
