picture of PST Brown receiving a Life Saving Award for her actions from myself on August 22, 2023
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Ridgewood NJ, Northwest Bergen Central Dispatch Public Safety Telecommunicators (PST) took a 9-1-1 call for a 12-month-old baby not breathing, turning blue. She was able to assist the child’s parents with administering CPR over the phone and bringing the baby back to life before Police/ EMS arrived on scene.
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Ridgewood NJ, Taekwondo All In is a Professional Taekwondo school that teaches Olympic style sparring and Sport poomsae. We send athletes to competitions of various level ranging from regional to international. They recently went to Jacksonville Florida on July 6th to July 10th to compete at the USATKD National Taekwondo championship and have earned 1 gold, 2 silver, and 3 bronze medals.
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Ridgewood NJ, Abigail Stine has always loved her local library. So, when she learned she could volunteer there, she didn’t hesitate. Fast forward and now, Abigail, an eighth grader at Ridgewood’s George Washington Middle School, is a recipient of the bronze President’s Service Award, which recognizes volunteers for their hours of volunteer service over a 12-month period. To achieve the bronze award, Abigail volunteered more than 50 hours with the library.
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Ridgewood NJ, Valley-Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Care has welcomed its first patient in the ICE COMPRESS clinical trial that is comparing the effectiveness of three approaches in the prevention of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy. At this time, Valley is the only site in New Jersey participating in the trial. The clinical trial is sponsored by SWOG Cancer Research Network in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
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Ridgewood NJ, Mayor Paul Vagianos is well known by Ridgewood voters as the owner/operator of “IT’S GREEK TO ME,” a restaurant on East Ridgewood Ave.
photos courtesy of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
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file photo by Boyd Loving , no more pedestrian plaza
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Ridgewood NJ, so this weekend was the first weekend since the pedestrian mall was discontinued and the central business district was jumping . The village seemed to have its old swagger back . Customers seemed to be able to find parking spaces , the annual sidewalk sale seemed to draw them in in big numbers . Takeout , pickup and drop off flourished. The weather moderated and many local merchants made their numbers for the first time in a while. All the amazing events in Van Neste park are still taking place and many restaurants saw overflow crowds in the evening.
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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Public Library made two important announcements . First the Children’s Department is closed for renovation from August 7th to August 16th for renovation and the Library is currently hiring two part time library assistant positions .
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Ridgewood NJ, local outdoor craft, art, antiques and street fairs:
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photos courtesy of Ridgewood Parks & Recreation
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Ridgewood NJ, way back in May Ridgewood Parks & Recreation hosted a “Goat Yoga” event with a follow up on July 23rd . Yes you heard us “Goat Yoga” . Some people are even saying its the ,”next big thing” !
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Continue reading Ridgewood Police Lieutenant Heath James Retires!
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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce presents the Farmer’s Market for the 23rd year! Check out the Farmer’s Market for FRESH vegetables, fruit, baked goods, local honey, delicious pickles, homemade mozzarella, and much more. Open every Sunday until 2:00 p.m. at the west side of the Ridgewood train station.
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Ridgewood NJ, the Pro Arte Chorale Summer Sing will be held on Tuesday, August 22, 2023, 7:30pm – 9pm at the Unitarian Society of Ridgewood located at 113 Cottage Place in Ridgewood.
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Ridgewood NJ, Lifelong Learning (LL) is a growing area of machine learning research in which AI agents continually learn as they encounter new tasks while retaining knowledge of previous tasks. A team of LL researchers recently discovered that AI agents can quickly learn a wide range of tasks by sharing knowledge with each other at the same time. Their system has many similarities with the concept of crowdsourcing. The researchers believe that their technique could transform any field that requires vast, diverse knowledge or dealing with complex systems.
