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Ridgewood NJ, Registration for children who will enter kindergarten or be new first graders to the district in September 2021 opens on January 16, 2021. Ridgewood residents can register online only by completing the registration process no later
than February 12, 2021.
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photos by Boyd Loving
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Ridgewood NJ, Green Way Markets opened on Friday in the old Kings location in Ridgewood . Kings last day was Monday . The new store was targeted by pickets from the UFCW Grocery store workers union .
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Ridgewood NJ, an ordinance was introduced at the Village Council meeting as a first step toward resolving noise complaints by residents around Glen School’s courts. The ordinance, introduced last week, and will be up for a public hearing during a special Feb. 24 meeting. The ordinance would eliminate pickleball memberships for non-residents and an end to free senior badges.
from the Ridgewood Guild International Film Festivals website
Ridgewood NJ, The Journey of the 2020 RGIFF! The Ridgewood Guild International Film Festival, originally scheduled as a live film festival event in April 2020 had to be postponed until October 2020 due to NJ Covid 19 restrictions. When NJ tightened Covid 19 restrictions further and closed theaters and banned all public gatherings, the Festival Committee was determined to NOT CANCELING the Festival. The Festival Committee decided to do a Virtual Film Festival in December 2020. Of course, never having done a virtual festival before, we experienced technical issues in learning a totally new platform to host the Festival. Committed to holding our Festival, the 2020 Festival dates was pushed out yet once again. Hence, that’s how we got here – our 2020 Ridgewood Guild International Film Festival being held virtually from February 27-March 3, 2021. We feel this is the continuation of the journey of our 2020 Festival and, hopefully, will be calling for submissions soon for our upcoming 2021 Film Festival.
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Ridgewood NJ, today, Monday, is Kings last day open . Green Way Markets are then taking Tues-Weds-Thurs to prepare Green Way’s opening on Friday. The 15,000 square foot store was built in the 1950s as a Food Fair, then taken over by Finast somewhere around 20 years later. Kings moved into the store in 1977 , The store is considered small by todays standards .
The parent company went bankrupt and Acme Markets, a unit of Albertsons, was the top bidder in a bankruptcy auction for 27 supermarkets operated by East Coast specialty grocers Kings Food Markets and Balducci’s Food Lover’s Market, according to a press release.
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Ridgewood NJ, Charles (Chip) Gilgen has joined Valley Health System as the Director of Security and Public Safety. His appointment was effective January 25.
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Ridgewood NJ, February 14 is Valentine’s Day. Although it is celebrated as a lovers’ holiday today, with the giving of candy, Valentine flowers, or other gifts between couples in love, it originated in 5th Century Rome as a tribute to St. Valentine, a Catholic bishop.
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Ridgewood NJ, this year the Ridgewood blog will be celebrating the more politically correct , “Single Awareness day” instead of Valentines day .
Singles Awareness Day is a holiday that provides single people with an alternative to Valentine’s Day festivities. Some people consider Singles Awareness Day (sometimes shortened to S.A.D.) as the anti-Valentine’s Day and celebrate it on Feb. 14 , but others recognize Feb.15 as the official holiday.
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Ridgewood NJ, Only Priority Mail Express will be delivered and all Northern New Jersey Post Offices will be closed on Monday, February 15, 2021, in observance of the Presidents Day federal holiday. Normal mail delivery, collections, and retail / customer service operations will resume on Tuesday, February 16.
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Village Council Regular Public Meeting
For the duration of the Coronavirus pandemic, Village Hall is closed to the public and meetings are being held with participants at remote locations, connecting to conferencing software provided by zoom.us. Members of the public are invited to view meetings live using Zoom, which also allows them to “raise a hand” and contribute with voice and video when they are invited to do so during Public Comments as well as during Public Hearings during the meeting.
Please click the link below to join the virtual meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86794985704
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Ridgewood NJ, the Village of Ridgewood is making good on second vaccine doses . Those who received their first COVID19 vaccines at the Ridgewood clinic that they will also receive their second vaccine, on their assigned date, at the Ridgewood clinic. This is because we have been guaranteed that we will receive second doses of the vaccines. Stay well and be safe.
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Ridgfewood NJ, according to Village Manager Heather A. Mailander on December 10, 2020 the Village of Ridgewood Health Department was certified by the State of NJ to operate a Covid19 Vaccine Clinic. The authorization was a result of months of planning, filing of required paperwork, and ensuring appropriate staffing. Ridgewood was able to achieve approval because the Village maintains a local health department.
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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Culinary Studio, Owned and operated by Nanci Gregory and Jo Marie Quinn two friends brought together by our passion for cooking. Each of us brings to the table a world of experience and talents. We have been trained by some of the top chefs from around the world in many exciting cities such as Rome, Paris and Madrid just to name a few. We hope that our dedication, talent and enthusiasm for cooking will shine through in you and your children. So let’s start cooking! We offer sessions for adults and children and registration is continuous. Walk in classes are available. We offer a broad range of other services as well as community service, private parties, birthday parties, Business Team Building and various private cooking demonstrations. Classes are kept small to maximize learning and hands on culinary experience. We are a 600 sq foot facility with a fully equipped cooking studio located in The Village of Ridgewood.
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photo courtesy of the Ridgewood Police Department Chief Luthcke, Michael, Matthew, and Officer Daly.
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Ridgewood NJ, during the summer on July 24, 2020, Mr. Matthew Lindenberg and his son, Michael, walked into the police department with Michael Lindenberg holding a $10 bill. Michael explained that he had found the money outside on the ground and that he, and his father, believed the right thing to do was to turn it in to the police and see if anyone was going to claim it. Ridgewood Police Sgt. Finch, who was at the front desk, explained that we would log it in as found property, in the hopes of the owner coming forward. Sgt. Finch also explained that if no one came forward after six months, that Michael would be able to come back in and claim it for himself.
