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Ridgewood NJ, It’s that time of year when we head to the stores to pick up those shiny new back to school supplies to get ready for the new school year. As Tropical Storm Dorian heads towards Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands we are also reminded that it’s still hurricane season.
Continue reading Back to School Shopping? Update Your Emergency Kit Too!
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Ridgewood NJ, from the NJ Transit Police , whether you’re a parent, caregiver or student yourself, knowing this law can help to make pedestrian travel safer and save you from fines and points this new school year.
Continue reading Drivers in New Jersey MUST stop for pedestrians in a marked crosswalks
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Ridgewood NJ, Join author Amy Stewart as she returns to the Ridgewood Public Library to talk about her newest installment in the Kopp sisters saga, “Kopp Sisters on the March”!
This is the fifth book on the Kopp sisters, based on the real-life experiences of Bergen’s own Kopp sisters—who worked as private detectives in a time where women could not even vote!
Stewart became fascinated with the Kopp sisters after discovering a newspaper article about them. (Her books were based on research provided by GSBC’s Trustee Emeritus, Ree Hopper.) From the publisher:
Continue reading Ridgewood Library Presents Author visit: Kopp Sisters on the March with Amy Stewart
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Ridgewood NJ, construction on the Schedler Park property on West Saddle River Road continues .
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photos courtesy of Ridgewood Professional Firefighters FMBA Local 47
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Ridgewood NJ, Saturday 8/31/2019: Ridgewood Fire Department “C” Shift extinguished an engine compartment fire without any injuries or extension into the passenger compartment! MMost of the car was saved but we are not sure it will make it to the Ridgewood car show .
The car appears to be a Karmann-Ghia .The first Karmann–Ghia was introduced in Europe in 1955 and arrived in America as a coupe in 1956. The convertible soon followed in 1958. It cost $300 to $400 more than the coupe, but was sportier to convertible-loving Americans, for whom it initially was built. The slick little car was sold through 1974. The car was made by Volkswagen .
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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Board of Education has a vacancy . The deadline for applications to the Ridgewood Board of Education is Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at 4 p.m.
Notice of Vacancy on the Board of Education
What: The Ridgewood Board of Education is seeking qualified applicants to fill a seat that will be vacant as of July 30, 2019. The term will run from appointment this September to the April 21, 2020 Annual School Election.
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Ridgewood NJ, At all-staff Convocation for Ridgewood Schools on Friday, August 30, the district bestowed its highest honor, the Ashby Award, on RHS Social Studies Teacher Laura Fleming.
Sue Christopher, Administrative Assistant at BFMS, received the Tradition of Excellence Award given to extraordinary support staff.
file photo by Boyd Loving
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Ridgewood NJ, If you couldn’t tell that many schools in Jersey are back in session by the sudden emergence of yellow buses, crossing guards, and backpack-strapped kiddos making the trek to school on foot, then surely your social media has been flooded with a deluge of back-to-school/first-day-of-school posts.
So, you remembered the trillion things that your kids need for school like backpacks, pens, pencils, folders, lunch boxes, binders, boxes, tissues, glue, water bottles, clothes, popsicle sticks, glitter, etc. But did you remember to talk to your kids about back-to-school safety?
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Ridgewood NJ, resident Steve Kim recounts his recent OPRA experience with the Ridgewood Board of Education .
OPRA is used when the requestor wants to gain access to government records and wants to invoke the OPRA statute, which provides a statutory right of access to government records and holds a records custodian to a response deadline.
What does this mean? The requestor must choose to submit an OPRA request. Custodians do not decide when requestor must use OPRA and cannot force requestors to submit an OPRA request
Continue reading Ridgewood BOE Withholds Information on Facilities Meetings
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Ridgewood NJ, As more than 1.4 million students across New Jersey return to school next week, the State Division of Highway Traffic Safety and the New Jersey Department of Education are calling on motorists and students to be extra vigilant on the roadways and obey traffic laws, especially in school zones and along school bus routes.
The first weeks of school can be the most dangerous time on the road for students as they acclimate to rising early and crossing busy streets, and as motorists adjust to sharing the road with school buses.
Continue reading State of New Jersey finds on a single day last spring, Motorists Illegally Passed Stopped School Buses on 793 Occasions
Ridgewood Ranks 48th
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Ridgewood NJ, New Jersey Monthly has released its rankings of the best places to live across New Jersey.
In compiling New Jersey Monthly’s 2019 Top Towns list, researchers at Leflein Associates, an independent research firm based in Ringwood, considered five categories to represent the quality of life in New Jersey’s 565 municipalities: home values, property taxes, crime rate, school performance and a lifestyle factor (explained below).
Continue reading Bergen County Scores 25 Towns in New Jersey Monthly’s, “Best Places to Live Across NJ List “
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Ridgewood NJ, back to school is one the way and Starbucks’ ubiquitous and equally loved-and-maligned pumpkin spice latte, is now available in stores alongside its new pumpkin cream cold brew on Aug. 27. This is the earliest release date ever, possibly because of its ever-increasing slate of pumpkin spiced competitors in every possible variation of baked good, alcoholic or caffeinated beverage, and anything else your little heart desires.
In fall 2003, Starbucks first brought the pumpkin spice latte to 100 stores in Vancouver and Washington, D.C. to test the beverage.
Continue reading Starbucks Rolls Out the Pumpkin Spice Latte
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Ridgewood NJ, In observation of the Labor Day Holiday, Village of Ridgewood offices will be closed on Monday, September 2. The Recycling Center on E. Glen Ave will also be closed on Monday, September 2nd . – However, the RECYCLING CENTER will be open on Saturday, August 31 from 8AM to 3PM.
Village of Ridgewood Planning Board Meeting scheduled for September 3, 2019 is canceled.
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Ridgewood NJ, A locally owned women’s and teen boutique offering a hand-picked assortment of on-trend clothing, accessories and gifts, Apricot Lane Boutique has a curated collection of casual and going-out styles of well-known and up-and-coming brands along with a great selection of the latest denim brands. Owners Carrie Turelli and Lucille Coyle say, “We transform your look by providing the outfits of your dreams!”
Directions and hours here: https://apricotlaneboutique.com/store/ridgewood
Continue reading New Fashion Boutique Coming to Ridgewood
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Ridgewood NJ, the ugly reality is that America devotes more resources to higher education than other high-income countries . For about half of the approximately 2 million high school graduates that will enroll this fall in a quest for a four-year degree, and college for many will prove a lousy investment both for the nation and those students who will emerge heavily in debt.
The guiding premise beneath federal student loan programs beginning with the 1958 National Defense Education Act is that college is a good investment. For the nation, a better-prepared labor force increases productivity, and for students, because graduates earn better pay.
Continue reading Growing Skills Gap in College Grads
