New Jersey has $234.7 billion in bills and only $25.9 billion in available assets to pay those bills
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Ridgewood NJ, A new report on the financial condition of the 50 states ranks New Jersey no. 50 in the nation for its fiscal health. The report is based on the states’ 2018 comprehensive annual financial reports, the most recent data available.
Continue reading New Jersey Ranked Worst State in the Nation for Fiscal Health
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Ridgewood NJ, Gold Star Mother’s Day will be celebrated by the American Legion Post # 53 at Memorial Park at Van Neste Square at dusk this evening Sunday, September 29, 2019. Join residents to celebrate the courageous mothers of those who protect us by volunteering to serve in our military.
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Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Art Institute is a prominent player in the perpetuation of Classical Realism today and is considered one the nation’s best community art associations. It’s origins are based in the 19th Century French Barbizon School and it is closely tied to The Art Students League’s history, as there are many esteemed artists who have taught and studied at both RAI and ASL.
Continue reading The Ridgewood Art Institute Instructors’ Exhibition and Reception
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Ridgewood NJ, the Village of Ridgewood Visioning survey will end on May 5th, 2019. The survey will provide the foundation for our new Master Plan and it is incredibly important for Village residents to add their voice and vision by taking just ten minutes to complete the survey. The Master Plan is a guidance document that sets goals, policies, and priorities for investing in the physical, economic, environmental, and social future of a community. A master plan can provide direction in terms of investing in transportation improvements and public facilities, changing zoning regulations, protecting ecologically-sensitive areas, or becoming more environmentally sustainable. Concept plans and other visuals within a master plan can demonstrate ideas and hoped-for outcomes. Importantly, the master plan is the basis for a municipality’s zoning regulations.
THE FUTURE OF RIDGEWOOD NEEDS YOUR VISION AND YOUR VOICE! Visit before May 5 and please share this important information with fellow residents.
Information: https://visionridgewood.org/
Direct link to survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/visionridgewood
(must complete before May 5)
More than 2,000 people completed the Visioning Questionnaire, which was launched in October 2018 and closed in May 2019. We spent the summer analyzing the data, which includes reading through the thousands of responses to the short answer questions. We summarized the key findings into a presentation that can be downloaded by clicking on the link below. We also compiled and analyzed the information from the Map Your Vision Tool and prepared a similar presentation that summarizes its results.
Visioning Questionnaire Summary of Results (PDF)
Map Your Vision Tool Summary of Results (PDF)
The Visioning Questionnaire Summary of Results presentation highlights the outcomes of each question. It also provides commentary about the results that includes excerpts from people’s responses to the short answer questions. The commentary ends with a series of critical Key Questions to Consider that will be discussed in detail at next month’s Visioning Workshops, which are currently scheduled for Saturday, September 21 and Saturday, September 28 at Village Hall. More details on the workshops to come shortly after you return from the Labor Day Holiday!
If you have any comments, questions, and/or reactions about either of these presentations, please send them through the Contact page.
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Ridgewood NJ, Stretch, located in the heart of the beautiful Ridgewood, New Jersey is a first class Practitioner Assisted Stretching and Athletic Recovery Facility. Stretch , caters their services to all ages and fitness levels. At their facility Stretch offers all sorts of recovery services, including Practitioner Assisted Stretching, Soft Tissue Therapy, Combo Therapy (Stretching / Soft Tissue), Ice Compression Therapy (Game Ready), Compression Therapy (NormaTec) and Inversion Therapy. Stretch is here to help people in their every day life, as well as athletes.
Continue reading Grand Opening For Stretch Recovery in Ridgewood
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Ridgewood NJ, Melissa, a nurse on Valley Hospital’s same day surgery team, was recently honored for saving a woman’s life! Melissa was attending a summer concert in Fair Lawn with her son (pictured) and husband when the woman had a cardiac arrest. She performed CPR until emergency personnel arrived.
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Ridgewood NJ, Everyone is invited to participate in the Visioning Workshop as we work together to create a new Village Master Plan.
The Master Plan is a comprehensive long-range plan intended to guide growth and development of our Village community. The Master Plan identifies and examines a wide range of physical issues including population, housing, land use, transportation, neighborhoods, community facilities, historic preservation, open space, natural resources, and more.
Stakeholder participation will help create a sound master plan to ensure the Village of Ridgewood remains a highly desirable community in which to live, work and play!
Reminder: Visioning Workshop
Saturday, September 28
9:30am – 12:30pm
Ridgewood Village Hall
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RIDGEWOOD NJ, Christie’s International Real Estate Northern New Jersey, an exclusive affiliate 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 it has listed a beautiful, early 20th Century, Manor-style Tudor home in the “Old Country Club” section of the Village. The property, located at 455 Knollwood Road, is listed at $1.85 million.
Continue reading Unique “Old Country Club” Area Home in Ridgewood, NJ Listed by Christie’s International Real Estate Northern New Jersey
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Ridgewood NJ, would you turn to Facebook for medical advice? It’s the last place some of us would think to go for medical advice but a New Zealand woman says it was the advice from a Facebook friend she’s never met that saved her life. After undergoing months of surgery and radiation therapy for throat cancer, Diana Craig thought she was in the clear. However a routine follow-up with her doctor in May showed that the cancer had returned. Her team of specialists in New Zealand, where she lives, gave her only six to 24 months to live.
Continue reading Ridgewood Doctor’s Medical Advice on Facebook Saves Women in New Zealand
The Hans and Jeff show, entertainment at its worst.
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Ridgewood NJ, So now Councilman Voigt is getting a shill to speak his opinions. The shill is none other than Hans Lehmann going to the council meeting to do his bidding. Hans is the originator of an extremely bigoted anti catholic letter that circulated during the last council election by the the Willett and Harwin camp accusing Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish of fraud.
Continue reading Ridgewood Councilmen Voigt has a New Flunky
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Ridgewood NJ, in what the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey calls “Inflation-based increases” and claiming they are required to fund highest levels of investment in its history and operations of Port Authority’s vital transportation assets;
Continue reading Port Authority Approves Massive Toll Increases
Caroline Villamoes, Lilian Riedel, Vicky Hoy, Eva Galbraith finish first
in the Womens HS JV 4x. Photo by Ed Hida
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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Crew participated in a local event this past weekend at the 2019 Tail of the Passaic Regatta led by Head Coach Boris Roque-Alvarez and veteran coach Bob O’Connor. Launching from their familiar Passaic River Rowing Association docks in Lyndhurst, NJ. Teams from the Northern New Jersey area took to the water with Ridgewood Crew competing with 9 entries.
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Ridgewood NJ, according to sources a parent is alleged to have made threats against a the principle of Somerville elementary school after a mix up over his children’s recess activities . The on incident on January 8th of this year became so incendiary Ridgewood Police were dispatched to the school.
Superintendent of schools Daniel Fishbein has banned this parent from school properties and the family has retaliated by suing the district.
Village Council Public Workshop Agenda
THE RIDGEWOOD VILLAGE COUNCIL
PUBLIC WORKSHOP AGENDA
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
7:30 P.M.
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“In the next six months the Board majority needs to deliver on their promise (to special interest groups); commit to multi million dollar projects and move the election back to November so residents won’t be allowed to vote or change the school budget.
None of what they are planing will directly impact the children’s programs, education or stop the decline in school ranking. Residents pockets will be tuned inside out and we will all be financially crippled by debt.
The Board President and Vice President have lowered their taxes bracing for the hike. WAKE UP RIDGEWOOD! THE MULTI MILLION DOLLAR REFERENDUM IS COMING!
They appointed Muhammad banking on the fact that he’s only lived here a few seconds, is not registered to vote and doesn’t know enough to stop or expose their plan. “
