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Reader says,”The look and feel of suburban towns is being destroyed”

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“It’s depressing. Unfortunately when residents who lived here for decades leave, their houses are bought by NYC families who never experienced the quaint village feeling before. So they don’t even know it and they’re fine with a city feel and look as long as they have a gazillion rooms and a small yard. They bring their mindset with them and turn the whole place into a cold and unfriendly environment with their big city attitude. To add, they’re also the biggest supporters of feel good causes but they’re fine with cutting their yard trees so they won’t have to deal with leaves or they will b!tch and m0an about blue laws cuz they can’t shop on sundays. They’re fine with large buildings around them because they’re used to them. Nobody will protest when Valley site turns into an apartment complex. The look and feel of suburban towns is being destroyed by this generation who also has a herd mentality when it comes to local or national politics. Those of us who wanted a pleasing, quaint, quiet and friendly place to raise our family are the real victims. We are stuck here until we can retire. Every nice area is being exploited and used and abused to extreme.”

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New Jersey Fair Workweek legislation another strike against small business owners in New Jersey

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Ridgewood NJ, New Jersey Business & Industry Association CEO and President Michele N. Siekerka, Esq. issued the following statement in response to the New Jersey Fair Workweek legislation announced today.

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Reader says,”It’s been contaminated since the school was built”

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“Someone should look way far in to this.
It’s been contaminated since the school was built.
Don’t tell me there hasn’t been an impact on the people who say in that building four hours a day from kindergarten to 5th grade.
All you have to do is look. The stuff in that soul causes let’s omg delays and other health concerns.
Look back. Look way back at the now adults who attended that school.”

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Assemblyman Kevin J. Rooney ‘s Bill pushes Recognizing out-of-state EMT Certifications to Boost Volunteers

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Trenton NJ, On Monday, the Assembly Regulated Professions Committee unanimously passed a bill sponsored by Assemblyman Kevin J. Rooney that allows EMTs from other states to work in New Jersey.

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Reader says , “The point is that none of our councils, including the current one, have stood up to fight these problems”

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“The point is that none of our councils, including the current one, have stood up to fight these problems.
Worse, they have never really spent the time to deal with these issues head on and try to find creative solutions.
They could support litigation with other towns against these proposals. They could figure out a way to satisfy the obligations in the meantime, such as by designating one site for purely low income rather than 10% of numerous sites. Then, you would have had one site with 35 units rather than 4 sites totalling a couple of hundred. They could focus on the fact we had hundreds of beutiful apartment buildings, catering to a wide range of incomes, and we didn’t need to build shoddy units on top of the rail road tracks.”

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Reader says High Density Housing Means ,” Ridgewood’s quality of life and various other factors that will gradually decrease property values”

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“I got out last year as I viewed this as having an enormous impact on Ridgewood’s quality of life and various other factors that will gradually decrease property values.

Maybe a lot of Ridgewood’s “specialness” was realtor hype, but there were things about Ridgewood that made it a cut above similar towns in the region.

If you plan to stay in Ridgewood, then I predict that come time to sell your home, you will not get what you thought you would and the days of selling Ridgewood houses in a couple of weeks are long gone.”

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GAP Continues World Wide Consolidation

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Ridgewood NJ,  the retail chain Gap has shuttered two locations in New Jersey as part of a larger store-closing purge. 700 Paramus Park in Paramus and 235 East Ridgewood Ave. in Ridgewood are now closed . The chain still operates 28 Gap stores in New Jersey.

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Ridgewood Board of Education Regular Public Meeting Monday, January 27, 2020 at the Education Center, 49 Cottage Place, Floor 3 at 7:00 p.m.

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Ridgewood NJ, The next Regular Public Meeting of the Ridgewood Board of Education will be held on Monday, January 27, 2020 at the Education Center, 49 Cottage Place, Floor 3 at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will be aired live on television, FiOS channel 33 and Optimum channel 77, and via the “BOE Webcast Live” tab on the district website at www.ridgewood.k12.nj.us. Meeting webcasts are generally posted immediately to the district website.

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The Ridgewood HS Band’s Citrus & Fresh Fruit Sale is still going!

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Ridgewood NJ,The Ridgewood HS Band’s Citrus & Fresh Fruit Sale is still going! Please support the band by purchasing some delicious fruit today! All fruit can be ordered from the RHS Band Online Sales site until 02/16/2020. Just follow the instructions below.

1. Go to the RHS Band Website: https://www.rhsbands.org and follow the links, or go directly here: https://freshfruitorder.org/ridgewoodhs…/…/ProductsList.aspx
2. Pick out your fruit.
3. When checking out, if you have a “door hanger” select that child’s Seller ID from the pull down menu, if not just choose ID: 00 and we will assign your order to a student who covered your neighborhood during the door to door sales day.

Please note, you can order fruit to be shipped directly to family and friends, like that hungry college student who you want to eat healthy fruit!

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Ridgewood Board of Education Puts Up a “Hail Mary”

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Ridgewood NJ, according to a post on “It takes a Ridgewood Village ” Facebook group , Steve Kim posted an interesting analysis , “Chances aren’t good that the $95 million referendum passes… Chances are slim that even the $70 million portion passes, if the total is split to two questions.

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Reader says , “It is our state courts from decades of liberal judges that have been forcing these stupid developments”

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“Don’t any of you realize the state of New Jersey. An and would force us to permit this type of construction or worse? Like them or hate them it is quite irrelevant who is in the town politics. It is our state courts from decades of liberal judges that have been forcing these stupid developments. The reason they are building giant apartments on top of train track is because the state has set tax incentives to do so : see Waldwick station and Allendale etc. The state of NJ thinks this will fight global warming (seriously). Also the developments are being forced on us ever since the mount olive decision in the 80s. See this as an example:

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Flood water can destroy the performance of a turf athletic field in a single event

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Ridgewood NJ, according to Professional Sports Field Services, “Flood water can destroy the performance of a turf athletic field in a single event. Not that will occur everytime, but the potential is always there.

Thorough and proper planning for the site would have prevented a flood event in the first place. If a flood plane is the chosen site to install a turf field, then some form of mitigation or divergence would be appropriate if allowed by regulating agencies. If not, relocating the field, using natural grass, or some other alternative would be wise. Of course if you are reading this article, then it’s too late for the planning part isn’t it?

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Reader says, Paul, Al , Gwen and later Roberta. They forced the high density ordinances

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“It was Paul, Al , Gwen and later Roberta. They forced the high density ordinances and were pushing an even larger garage on Hudson. The current structure is a compromise. I hate it too but was around for the big fight and attended the meetings.”

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Reader says , “it shows that people are lazy they don’t want to stay open for business”

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“This is the best. Talk about Staring the pot. Well it shows that people are lazy they don’t want to stay open for business. Half of these businesses are all bullshit anyway it’s something for the wives to do, right, they open up at 10 they close at 54 days a week some of them don’t even give two shits if they make any money. Half of it so much bull shit.”

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Reader says , “they’re going to give you free headphones and earplugs”

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“I heard when you rent out one of these units they’re going to give you free headphones and earplugs. Wait until the train comes past and blows don’t warn all crazy hours of the night. And what about the freight train hauling past your home all crazy hours of the night vibrating that building you will see. Hopefully I’ll take care of the rats on the tracks. And wait until you see the characters that will be living at some of these locations. They’ll fit in just fine you’re right.”