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Ridgewood NJ, RHS Jamboree parent singers performed the National Anthem at the RHS football pre-game ceremonies on Friday, October 7th.

Photo by Zigi Putnins
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Ridgewood NJ, RHS Jamboree parent singers performed the National Anthem at the RHS football pre-game ceremonies on Friday, October 7th.

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Ridgewood NJ, Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for approximately 70 million Americans will increase 8.7 percent in 2023, the Social Security Administration announced today. On average, Social Security benefits will increase by more than $140 per month starting in January.
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Ridgewood NJ, a reader has been making the rounds in the Village of Ridgewood and pointing out , blind turns , dangerous intersections, bad signage and roads in need of repair . The ATM machine on the front side of the TD Bank facing Franklin Avenue puts bank customers in a blind spot unable to see vehicles exiting the bank’s drive through window and motorists can not see the customer exiting the ATM machine . This safety issue could be easily remedied by adding a fence on the left side of the ATM blocking the egress to the driveway so the ATM customer does not inadvertently walk into an on coming car exiting the drive through window.
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Ridgewood NJ, Todd Caliguire GOP candidate for Bergen County Executive made the rounds at the Ridgewood Guild’s Oktoberfest festivities .
Caliguire said in a Facebook post Octoberfest was great! Wonderful to talk with so many residents. The Caliguire team of Dr. Doug Holden for Bergen County Commissioner, Ronald Lin for Bergen County Commissioner and Dierdre Paul Republicans for Responsible Government made the rounds . No word on whether they went on a hayride?

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood High School Marching Band hosted the 12th Annual 7/8 Grade Marching Band night at Ridgewood High School and it can only be described as a HUGE success! 85 7/8 graders who came out to the event .
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Ridgewood NJ, Valley Health System congratulates its 142 affiliated physicians in 41 specialties who are included on Jersey’s Best magazine’s “2022 Top Doctors” list.
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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Village Council have decided not to tweak the municipal law regulating election signs .The local law imposes time limits, ” all campaign signs must be removed no later than 20 days after the General Election.” The time limit for the removal of political signs is the point of contention.

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Ridgewood NJ, with nearly half of the population saying that they’d prefer to live in a suburban area, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2022’s Best Small Cities in America,

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Ridgewood NJ, Kim Kardashian has agreed to pay more than $1 million to settle SEC charges against her. Kardashian promoted a crypto asset on Instagram without disclosing that she was being paid for the promotion. She fully cooperated with the SEC to avoid a protracted dispute. The agreement allows Kardashian to move forward with her other business pursuits, but she will not be allowed to promote crypto securities for three years.
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Ridgewood NJ, preventing cheating in elections is a priority for voters, who expect the issue to be important in next month’s midterm elections.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 84% of Likely U.S. voters believe the issue of election integrity will be important in this year’s congressional elections, including 61% who expect it to be Very Important. Just 13% don’t think the issue will be important. In August, 80% of voters expected election integrity to be an important issue in the midterms. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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Ridgewood NJ, the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs today reminded consumers to “Investigate Before You Donate,” and avoid fraudulent charitable solicitations, when seeking to donate for victims of Hurricane Ian.

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Ridgewood NJ , on October 1st the Bamboo House celebrated 35 years in Ridgewood . October 1st. It is the second oldest restaurant in the Village of Ridgewood after Daily Treat . Sherry was a single mom from Taiwan who didn’t speak English when she arrived. Wow, 35 years in business is quite an achievement and an amazing success story !
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