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Ridgewood Emergency Services Holds its Annual Emergency Service Dinner

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Emergency Services held its Annual Emergency Service Dinner hosted by Friends of Ridgewood Emergency Services (FOREST). Emergency Services personnel danced the night away, recognized some huge achievements . Mayor Vagianos helped swear in our new officers.

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Valley Home Care Launches New Bereavement Support Group Geared Toward Partner Loss

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Ridgewood NJ, Valley Home Care has started a new, virtual bereavement support and discussion group for those who have experienced the loss of a partner within the last 12 months. The group is called “New Beginnings.”

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12TH Annual Ridgewood Guild International Film Festival

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Ridgewood NJ, celebrating their 11th anniversary, the Ridgewood Guild’s Annual International Film Festival has grown from a two-day event to a seven-day festival and special events including our World Cinema Night, our Student Night and our Main Festival all showcasing creative and inspiring filmmakers and films from around the globe.

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Ridgewood Public Library to Host Author and RHS Alum Patricia Engel, Sunday, January 22, 2-3:30pm

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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Public Library hosts an EXCLUSIVE, PRE-LAUNCH event. Patricia Engel, RHS ’95, is the award-winning author of Infinite Country, The Veins of the Ocean, It’s Not Love, It’s Just Paris, and Vida. Her latest, The Faraway World, will be released January 24, and registrants have the opportunity to pre-order at a discounted price (20% off) and have it signed at event. $10/person.

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10 Ridgewood High School Students were accepted to perform as members of the 2023 Region 1 North Jersey Wind Ensemble / Symphonic Band

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Ridgewood NJ, congratulations to the 10 students who auditioned and were accepted to perform as a member of the 2023 Region 1 North Jersey Wind Ensemble / Symphonic Band!
The Region 1 Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band will perform their concert on Sunday, January 29 at 3pm at Parsippany High School.
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Update on the Ridgewood Public Schools’ Superintendent Search

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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood School District Board of Education has initiated a search for a successor Superintendent of Schools.  To assist and counsel the Board through this process, we have retained the services of Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates (HYA), a consulting firm that specializes in assisting school boards in identifying and recruiting executive level educational leaders.

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Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra Presents First Concert of 2023 on February 17, 2023 at 8pm. at West Side Presbyterian Church

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra Presents First Concert of 2023 on February 17, 2023 at 8pm. at West Side Presbyterian Church, in Ridgewood.

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Mercedes-Benz has issued a recall that applies to over 320,000 SUVs built between the 2012 and 2020 model years

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Ridgewood NJ, Mercedes-Benz has issued a recall that applies to over 320,000 SUVs built between the 2012 and 2020 model years. The vehicles included in the campaign can stall while driving due to a fuel pump control unit-related problem caused by water building up in the spare tire well.

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Chip City Cookies Coming to Ridgewood

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Ridgewood NJ, Chip City Cookies is planning a New Jersey expansion with 5 new locations including one in Ridgewood , Born in Astoria, Queens in July 2017, Chip City began as a hobby between two childhood friends as they sought to recreate the simple taste of their childhood. What began as a fun challenge to see who could create the best cookie turned into the Chip City we know and love today.

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The Ridgewood Blog Loves Your Comments , but We Won’t Feed the Trolls

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Ridgewood NJ, While the Ridgewood blog thrives on “comments ” and at times comments have been criticized for being highly controversial in nature , but the exchange of information has had a net positive effect in the Village . The debate often centers around the balance between what is appropriate , politically correct and whats just too far .

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The Valley Hospital Welcomes the 4,000th Baby of 2022, A Record for the Hospital

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Photo Caption: On December 28, The Valley Hospital welcomed its 4,000th newborn, a record number of deliveries for the hospital in a single year. Shown here are parents Julio Carpio Huanca and Evelyn Joshua Tejada Rivera of Paterson, with their daughter Dafnne

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Ridgewood NJ, the Valley Hospital is pleased to announce that its Center for Childbirth has reached a new milestone, delivering 4,000 newborns in a single year. On December 28, 2022, Valley’s care team welcomed Dafnne, the 4,000th baby, and daughter of Julio Carpio Huanca and Evelyn Joshua Tejada Rivera of Paterson.

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Ridgewood Art Institute: Make 2023 the year you bring your Artistic Skills to the next level!

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Ridgewood NJ, New Year’s Resolutions don’t have to feel like punishment. Make 2023 the year you bring your Artistic Skills to the next level. Whether you are an experienced Artist or a Novice, Ridgewood Art Institute can help you achieve the level of excellence you’ve always dreamed of. Our talented Instructors teach classes EVERYDAY! ALL students are taught in direct relation to their own personal skill level. RAI accepts students as young as 8 years old, and we also have active members who are in their 90’s.

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Ridgewood 7th & 8th Grade District Honor Band put on a fantastic performance on December 21st

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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Fine & Applied Arts Department and Ridgewood Friends of Music once again collaborated on the Ridgewood 7th & 8th Grade District Honor Band. After only a few rehearsals, this group of middle school students, alongside advanced student mentors in the RHS Band Program, put on a fantastic performance on December 21st.

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Porsche’s Synthetic Gasoline Factory Goes Online in Chile

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Ridgewood NJ, Highly Innovative Fuels, a Chilean startup, has opened its first synthetic gasoline production facility. The site will initially produce around 34,000 gallons a year. It plans to scale up to 14.5 million gallons a year by 2024 and 145 million gallons a year by 2026. The site uses wind power to electrolyze water into hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen is then combined with carbon captured from the air or industrial sources to synthesize methanol, which is then converted into longer hydrocarbons to be used as fuel. The resulting fuel is a direct replacement for pump gasoline.

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