Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Art Institute is home to many talented artists. We welcome you to visit us and view our Annual Members’ Holiday Show and Sale, usually featuring over 150 pieces of beautiful artwork. Portraits, Landscapes, Seascapes and Still Lifes are all represented in this exhibition executed in watercolor, pastels and oils. Among our membership there are artists who have made the study of Art their lifetime ambition as well as those who are just beginning their Art journey. Art Enthusiasts will have the opportunity to see the quality of work available for sale at our many events and Artists can explore the options of starting a new class or medium. A portion of all proceeds benefit The Ridgewood Art Institute. What better way to kick off the Holiday Season, than to purchase a gift for a loved one and support this wonderful institution. Work will be on view daily from 11am-3pm till December 24th, 2018.
Art makes a unique gift that can be treasured for a lifetime. Also, your gift helps support this fine institution, which is a gift to so many.
The Ridgewood Art Institute is a non profit organization providing the finest instruction in Classical Realism in a variety of mediums. Classes are offered on an open enrollment basis, and can be joined at any time. Each student is taught in direct relation to their personal skill level. For more information on class scheduling, this and future events please visit ridgewoodartinstitute.org
The Ridgewood Art Institute 12 East Glen Avenue Ridgewood, NJ 07450 201.652.9615
Ridgewood NJ, Kings Pond Park, including the associated Gypsy Pond Park, is a public, municipal park spanning close to the entire length of Goffle Brook through the village of Ridgewood in Bergen County, New Jersey. It is the second largest wildscape in the village of Ridgewood and one of the larger wooded areas along the lower Bergen-Passaic border.
“With the declining tax base, who is going to pay for all of these excessive salaries and benefits (platinum health care, very generous pension & unused sick leave payouts) negotiated in bad faith by the public sector unions ?”
“States with lower state & local taxes make much more sense for businesses to invest given the SALT deduction limits of $10,000 on their employees hurt them in high tax states like NJ.”
“The average residential property tax in Ridgewood is actually now $18,000 as of 2018/19 tax year… just as state & local tax deductions are limited to $10,000. What are the BOE and Village Council doing to help Ridgewood families keep food on their tables and gas in their cars given higher commuter pass costs, tolls, higher parking permit fees, higher Graydon and tennis pass fees, etc? And where are the vaunted schools & Village services those taxes are paying for ? In the tank.”
Ridgewood NJ, Join Serendipity Labs Ridgewood and Rochelle Dykstra, R.N. and skin care consultant, for a glass of cheer while you experience younger, more supple skin at an upcoming Skin Care Pop Up.
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Whether you are gifting yourself or someone you love, these collections make wonderful holiday gifts.
Light refreshments will be served. We hope to see you there!
The Village of Ridgewood, NJ is working towards preparing its next Master Plan. One of the first steps is to engage the community to think about and share its vision for current and future generations to love and appreciate. Our Village, Our Future is the name given to this visioning process.
2. What are the goals of Our Village, Our Future?
The primary goal of Our Village, Our Future is to implement a community visioning process that reaches out to a broad range of Village residents and other stakeholders (e.g., businesses, institutions, etc.) and encourages them to think about and discuss the values, principles, goals, and priorities that should shape the future of the Village. This community visioning process represents the one of the first steps toward creating a new Master Plan for the Village.
3. What will be the final outcome or product of Our Village, Our Future? When will the Master Plan be prepared?
The final outcome/product of this visioning process will be a Vision Plan. This document will summarize the community engagement process and synthesize the results of this process in terms of identifying and explaining the values, principles, goals, and priorities that should shape the Village’s next Master Plan. The process of creating the next Master Plan will start after the visioning process is complete.
4. What is a Master Plan and how is it relevant to my life in the Village?
A Master Plan, sometimes referred to as a Comprehensive 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 address a wide range of topics and/or geographic areas of importance to residents and other stakeholders. It can provide an overall vision for a place and identify key priorities and strategies toward achieving the vision. It 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.
The master plan is also the basis for a municipality’s zoning regulations. In New Jersey, all municipalities are required to have a master plan and to “reexamine” it at least every 10 years. The reexamination process can represent a stepping stone for updating or creating a new master plan. However, the resulting Reexamination Report itself does not constitute the actual updated or new master plan.
5. Why does the Village need to prepare a new Master Plan? Has the Village “reexamined” its Master Plan yet?
Although there are certain parts of the Village’s Master Plan that have been updated more recently (for example, the section pertaining to housing, which was updated in 2016), the core sections of the Master Plan date back to 1983. A lot has changed since that time. The Village did “reexamine” its master plan in 2016, and the resulting Master Plan Reexamination Report can be downloaded and viewed from the Plans & Studies page.
6. Will the Our Village, Our Future process involve the whole Village, geographically speaking?
Yes, the whole Village is the subject of this visioning process. It is not limited to a specific part or aspect of the Village; we expect and welcome feedback on any part or aspect of the Village.
7. How can I stay informed about this process? How will I be able to contribute my vision for the future of Ridgewood?
First, visit www.visionridgewood.org. This website will be the central public portal of information for this initiative. Next, make sure to sign up to receive updates when a new post is added to the page. Look for the phrase “Receive E-mail Updates” on the site and follow the instructions.
Press releases will be drafted and distributed so that local newsletters and newspapers can publish timely information for their readers during the course of the initiative. We anticipate utilizing various methods to get input from residents and other stakeholders. These might include surveys, workshops, focus groups, etc.
The Village’s website and social media outlets (Facebook and Twitter) will also feature important dates and milestones in the visioning process, providing links to more details at this website.
8. What if I have questions or already have input about my vision for Ridgewood?
An online form is available on the Contact page at www.visionridgewood.org for residents and other interested members of the community to ask additional questions about or offer suggestions for this visioning process. If you have already been thinking about your vision for Ridgewood and would like to share it with us, visit the Your Vision page. As the visioning process moves ahead, there will be more formal opportunities to participate in the visioning process through workshops, surveys, and other methods.
9. What if I or one of my neighbors is unable to access information or provide input through online means?
You or your neighbor can provide input in writing and mail or drop it off in a sealed envelope to Master Plan Subcommittee, Planning Board of the Village of Ridgewood, 131 North Maple Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07450. Furthermore, any important announcements will be posted in the main lobby of Village Hall.
10. Is there anything I can do to help with this process?
Yes! We can always use help getting the word out to people in the Village. If you are or know the point-person responsible for sending e-mail communications for a church, school, civic association, or other type of community-based organization, please include a link to the Our Village, Our Future website. We may have other opportunities for volunteers, which can include high school students (with parents’ permission), to assist in promoting Our Village, Our Future. We will post these opportunities to this website when they arise.
11. What is the timeline for completing this process?
We anticipate that the visioning process will take approximately seven months to complete.
12. Who is leading this initiative?
This initiative is being guided by the Master Plan Subcommittee of the Planning Board, with support from the Village Council. Through a request for proposals and interview process, the Master Plan Subcommittee and the Planning Board recommended the firm NV5, Inc., based in Parsippany, NJ, to lead this process and develop the resulting vision plan. The Village Council subsequently approved the recommendation. NV5’s Community Planning & Urban Design group has experience throughout the Northeast and in New Jersey with projects like Our Village, Our Future.
You know what all kidding aside to Village of Ridgewood should purchase one or two with these definitely should be some sort of small police office in the CBD. Why not. OK Miss side the village on the old taxi stand building there’s a small office at the first floor on Broad Street that the police department can utilize and park one or two cars right in the front for rapid response. Think about it
Ridgewood NJ, NJ TRANSIT will hold a series of public hearings to gather information and feedback on the Senior Citizen and Disabled Residents Transportation Assistance Program (SCDRTAP). SCDRTAP funds capital, operating, and/or administrative expenses for locally coordinated paratransit services for senior citizens and people with disabilities.
The public is invited to the December hearings below at which time they will have a full opportunity to express their views regarding NJ TRANSIT’S 2019 SCDRTAP funding.
Three hearings will take place in different geographic regions of the state. The locations are Freehold, Westampton and Newark. Each hearing will have an afternoon and evening session. In order to ensure that all members of the public are given an opportunity to be heard, comments will be limited to five minutes.
SENIOR CITIZEN & DISABLED RESIDENTS TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM HEARINGS
Central PLACE: Monmouth Agricultural Building
Region Conference Room, #1
4000 Kozloski Road
Freehold, NJ 07728
DATE: Wednesday, December 12, 2018
TIME: 2:00 p.m. & 6:00 p.m.
Southern PLACE: Burlington County Human Services Facility
Ridgewood NJ, The Village’s Parks Department employees are cutting up the trees which they take down into logs, andoffering them to Ridgewood residents for free at the Recycling Center, on a first come, first served basis. We ask that you be please becourteous to fellow residents by leaving some for their use.
This saves the Village money, because we don’t have to pay to dispose of the trees which are cut down, and it also provides residents with freefirewood for their homes. You may pick up the logs at the Recycling Center, during their regular business hours.
Ridgewood NJ, All parking lots in the Central Business District, including the train station lot, will have free parkingon the following Saturdays: December 15th, and 22nd. This does not include the parking area by the Christmas tree (on thecorner of East Ridgewood Ave. and Broad Street) or the parking area to the right of the train station parking lot (in the area across from the storesand restaurants on Godwin Avenue). Street meters will still be in effect. Come shop, dine, and enjoy FREE parking in the Village duringthe holiday season.
Ridgewood NJ, There are a number of upcoming events in the Village, to welcome in the holiday season.
Santa will be in Memorial Park at Van Neste Square on December 15th from Noon to 3:00 p.m. and on December 22nd from Noon to 2:00 p.m.
The celebration of Hanukkah continues through December 9th at the Menorah, located on the corner of Memorial Park at Van Neste Square and East Ridgewood Avenue
The Ridgewood Blog Festivus December 23rd . Stay tuned to the Ridgewood blog for all the great Festivus traditions including “Airing of Grievances” . The Ridgewood blog will publish “Grievances ” for the entire day of December 23rd.
December 24 and 25, 2018 – All Village offices are closed in observance of the Christmas holiday. The Police Department on the second floor of Village Hall, will be open on this holiday.
December 31, 2018 – All Village offices will be open regular hours, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
January 1, 2019 – All Village offices will be closed in observance of the New Year’s holiday. There will be nosanitation or recycling pick up and the Recycling Center will also be closed on this day. The Police Department, on the second floor of VillageHall, will be open on this holiday.
Hey Village council – – you are really doing a nice job maintaining the charm of the Village. Between the wild construction, parking garages built to satisfy the whims of developers, restaurant owners and other oligarchs, the concrete slabs, VIP’s who are more equal than others, and now, the guard towers, it reminds me of Yugoslavia under Tito. Where are we putting the barbed wire? Bravo!
Hey, ‘OMG guy/gal’…it’s not the garage as much as it is the a) wrong location and b) being built for the wrong reason. We’re going to shoe-horn a ginormus building in a tiny area with one-ways and narrow streets? Dumb. Financially, it’s a disaster that’s being foisted on the Ridgewood taxpayer at the behest of the shopowners who want people to buy their crappy, overpriced items after walking 5 blocks. One only needs to see the big smile on the mayor’s face when he stood net to Josh at the tree lighting. Perfect photo op time to build his Democrat resume.
Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra final two concerts of our 79th season.
The Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra is a regional inter-generational orchestra composed of talented volunteer musicians located in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Supported by the surrounding communities and friends in neighboring areas, the orchestra serves the Northern New Jersey region with many musical and educational activities. For more information
March 8, West Side Presbyterian Church 8 p.m.Tschaikovsky, Wagner, Gershwin
May 3, West Side Presbyterian Church 8 p.m.Greig, Sibelius, Neilson
The three amigos (Aronsohn, Hauck, and Pucciarelli) with their side-kick Sonenfeld turned this town into a partisan town. It is sickening. They formed a cabal, and reportedly two of them were even cabaling under the covers. They have continued this dark side versus light side politics, just as if there are two parties in town. I am a registered and dedicated Democrat, but I despise those four democrats and what they did here. The high density housing in particular, they screwed us big time. Get ready to start building more schools everyone. And the parking garage. And the four of them continue their partisan nonsense, politicking as a group for “their candidates” (who, thankfully, do not win). They are the ones who would put themselves at the top of the VIP list, and I guess you could say they ARE indeed very important because of all the damage they have caused and continue to cause. I wish we could go back to just voting for the right people and not for the people who Aronsohn and company are against.
Ridgewood NJ, Since turning back the clocks, there have been some home burglaries in the Village. These typically haveoccurred during the hours of 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., when it is dark and no one is home. There have also been burglaries from vehicles parked indriveways.
Please be aware that Public Safety is the Village of Ridgewood’s #1 priority, and our Police Department is giving their full attention touncover every detail and piece of information, so that they can identify those involved in the burglaries. In addition, there are extra Policepatrols on the streets. If you are aware of a burglary which has occurred near your home, and have home security cameras or a Ring doorbellcamera, please contact the Ridgewood Police Department, at 201-652-3900, and let them know. The videos obtained from these cameras will assistthe Ridgewood Police Department in their investigation.
Here are some helpful tips to be used to protect your home and vehicles from burglaries:
Lock doors and windows (house and cars). Remove your fobs from your cars and bring them into your
house.
Routinely check that home security/safety systems are working properly.
Promptly clear property/driveway of newspapers.
Promptly empty mailbox, clear delivered packages and register for delivery notifications.
DO NOT post real-time information on Facebook/Instagram/social media including:
a. Real-time photos and/or livestream from vacation, parties, concerts, theater, sports events, dining out
and food images, etc. DOING SO PUBLICLY BROADCASTS THAT YOU’RE NOT HOME!
b. Real-time Information about work commute, work location, shopping, etc.
CAUTION: do not accept Facebook/social media friend requests without confirming the authenticity of the
individual making the request – LOOK, THINK & RESEARCH before accepting.
NOTE: Many members of local Ridgewood Facebook groups are not from Ridgewood
NEVER HESITATE: IMMEDIATELY report suspicious vehicles, persons, and activity to the RIDGEWOOD POLICE
DEPARTMENT – remember for an emergency dial 911 and always have the RPD non-emergency number handy 201-652-3900
