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Ridgewood NJ, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, sent fifteen teenagers and three adults from the parish to Indianapolis with other parishes from the Archdiocese for the National Catholic Youth Conference or NCYC!
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‘Ridgewood NJ, according to North Jersey Media, the North Jersey sports icon and Ridgewood football coach since 1984 has been in the hospital for more than a month, dealing with complications from a serious infection that had him in intensive care for five days.
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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Fire Department extinguished a fully involved car fire in the 700 block of East Ridgewood Avenue on Friday afternoon, 11/22. Ridgewood Police and Ridgewood EMS also responded. The crispy Toyota Camry was removed from the scene by a flatbed tow truck. No injuries were reported; the driver was able to flee the burning vehicle unharmed.
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Ridgewood NJ, according to Saurabh Dani the Referendum timeline is :
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Ridgewood NJ, Ars Musica Chorale continues its 54th season with An Ars Musica Holiday, under the baton of Music Director, Brian Mummert. The performance will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 14, 2019, at West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, New Jersey.
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Ridgewood NJ, Margie has volunteered in the Village for over 30 years and now she needs OUR help!
Due to a medical issue requiring hospital care and no health insurance, Margie is faced with some astronomical expenses.
Join us as we donate 10% of all vitamin, cosmetic and gift sales to Margie.
There will be refreshments donated by It’s Greek to Me and live music performed by Village resident, Eugene Thomas.
Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 9 AM – 5 PM
Town & Country Apothecary & Fine Cosmetics
60 E Ridgewood Ave, Ridgewood, New Jersey 0745
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Ridgewood NJ, Saurabh Dani reported on the Facebook page “It takes a Ridgewood Village ,that at Monday’s Ridgewood Board of Education meeting ,even after questions were raised the Ridgewood School Board charged ahead with bath room renovations at Ben Franklin and George Washington Middle School . The main thrust seemed to be the small window of time available for construction. For some reason Dr. Fishbein insisted that the bath room project could not be tacked on to the referendum .
Continue reading Rush to Vote on School Bathroom Renovations Suggests to Some BOE lacks Confidence in Referendum
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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood celebrated its 125th Anniversary with a black tie gala on November 16th . Mayor Ramon Hache summed it up best , “It was an incredible event thanks to the help of so many volunteers, residents, and businesses. We came together as a community to celebrate our tradition and showcased our variety of restaurants and incredible local musical talent. Thank you for everyone who helped make the event possible and those who came out to celebrate. Very grateful for the 125th Anniversary Committee (Susan Traina Knudsen, Sinan “Seth” Akar,Theresa Callaghan, Gail Ghezzi, Dacey Latham, Joe Joseph Stanley Suplicki), our sponsors (EPIC, HUMC Foundation, Valley Bank), our restaurants for donating the food, Kathryn Schmidt and Parties Unplugged, Felina, Scott Alan Lief our MC, Ridgewood Party Rentals, Beers Flowers, Mark Kossick and the Kohort App, Zigi Putnins, The Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce, The Ridgewood Guild, The Ridgewood Community Foundation, Sherma C. Andrews, Lynn Needle, Joe Oriente, Sally Ann Skoric, Soul’d Out and Eugene Jean Thomas.
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Ridgewood NJ, Senator Kristin Corrado’s legislation to help firefighters use their academy training to earn college credits advanced in the Senate Higher Education Committee.
Continue reading Senator Kristin Corrado Accrediting Fire Academy Classes Advances
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Ridgewood NJ, word from inside Village Hall is that Councilman Voigt has gone ballistic. Claims he had no idea the reporter who spoke to him was going to write an article. Isn’t that generally what reporters are paid to do; that is, write articles?
“I saw that question about backyard pickup. as a long time resident (51 years) I can speak on behalf of many long timers who live here. Leave it alone. We do not have children in schools and get very little for our tax dollars. It’s one of the things that makes it a bit nicer here than other towns, we don’t park cars on our front lawns, don’t store motor home or boats in the yard, we don’t store commercial vehicle in our yards , we must comply with keeping lawns from being overgrown, we must not allow peeling paint on our home…… All of which preserves your property values and keeps inconsiderate neighbors from ruining a neighborhood. If people had respect for their neighbors then it would not have to b legislated. The old timers with no kids in school subsidize all of those who do. If we sell, it will be to w family with children utilizing th schools at a greater expense to those remaining. Years ago people would stick around and not bail out back to Manhattan after the last kid graduates rhs. The turnover of real estate will escalate faster if you take away the few things left that keep the village nicer than waldwick or midland park. For our tax dollars the seniors get nothing and want nothing.. But leave th garbage cans in the backyard.
Ps. The new residents are so lazy that they leave the recycling containers on the curb for days after. A pick up. It would he disgusting if we had garbage cans lying around too.”
IMPORTANT FACILITY TOUR – Glen School Tuesday , Nov 19, at 6:30 pm and Ridgewood High School Tuesday, Nov 19, at 7:30 pm
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Ridgewood NJ, Last week we received reports that only 5-7 residents at each tour. There were more board members at those tours, than interested residents.
All of our schools are being assessed for capital improvement projects. Once the board decides what projects to proceed with, Ridgewood will have a town $70 million referendum to vote on. Whether you have kids in the school system or not, I would encourage everyone to attend as this will impact all of us.
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Ridgewood NJ, Councilman Jeffrey D. Voigt has brought nothing but shame and embarrassment on the Village of Ridgewood. The list of his outrageous behaviors and unneeded expenses (on the taxpayers’ dollar) just continues to climb.
Continue reading Why did the Village Clerk’s office send out this document in the first place?
Ridgewood NJ, Friends of the Ridgewood Library is allocating $25,000 to the Library Reimagine facility project, the $7.7 million and 18 month renovation. Nowhere in the letter from Friend does it mention facility renovation as a possible category of allocation.
Oh, and reserve funds should also not be allocated as private donation. When public funds or donations are taken, there are strict obligations to follow the intent as indicated.
Continue reading Friends of the Ridgewood Library Omits From Fund raising Letter it is allocating $25,000 to the Library Reimagine facility project
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Ridgewood NJ, A New Jersey government panel has struck down the state’s automatic vote-by-mail enrollment law as an unconstitutional unfunded mandate.
The Council on Local Mandates, which is independent of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches of State government, was created pursuant to the “State Mandate, State Pay” amendment to the New Jersey Constitution, approved by voters in November 1995, and an enabling statute, the Council Statute, that became effective in May 1996.
Initially the Council appeared to siding in favor of the current law but according to the Burlington County Times on Friday found against it .
The law, first enacted in 2018 and then amended this past summer, requires county clerks to automatically issue vote-by-mail ballots to registered voters who previously requested them for any upcoming election. Previously, voters had to request a new vote-by-mail ballot for each election.
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