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Reader says Never Again Will Ridgewood Officials Act Like “Dirtbags”

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Aronsohn, Pucciarelli, and Hauck went after Tom Riche publicly and aggressively and in the most disgusting meeting I have ever seen. Matt Rogers told them to manage this in closed session but they wanted to have a public flogging so they went against the recommendations of our village attorney and they were like the bullies in Lord of the Flies that night. Riche did NOTHING underhanded. Everything he did for the Village was above board and with the full knowledge of the Village Officials. They treated Riche like a criminal and it was just a taste of the things to come from the three dirtbags. They went on to do the same to Bernadette Walsh, John Ward, Heather Mailander, and others. They should have been taken out in handcuffs the three of them. Their names and their faces should never hang in village hall. They were a plague, the three of them, and their toxic germs are still scattered around town. Never mind sweeping them out the door….we need to completely sanitize everything and everyone that ever had contact with them.

Remember, these are the same 3 dirtbags who accused former Police Chief John Ward of violating a local ordinance (the BC Prosecutor’s Office cleared the Chief of any wrong doing), allowed the Village’s former labor attorney to defile the reputation of Susan Knudsen during an open public meeting, claimed that Bernie Walsh tried to fix a parking ticket (all she did was to have a conversation with the then Chief of Police about the supervision of parking enforcement agents), and called Bernie Walsh a liar in public after Ms. Walsh stated that she’d observed Village Manager Roberta Sonenfeld and former Mayor Paul Aronsohn shouting at then Councilwoman Susan Knudsen in a hallway at Village Hall (which did happen).

As I stated previously, every single bit of trash they talked was bullshit. The biggest bunch of dirtbags ever.

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Ridgewood officials delay vote on allowing denser housing downtown

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NOVEMBER 25, 2015, 3:28 PM    LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2015, 8:58 PM
BY STEVE JANOSKI
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD

RIDGEWOOD — Votes by village officials on zoning changes that would clear the path for high-density, multifamily housing downtown will likely be delayed until January while officials gather more information about the controversy-raising proposal’s potential impacts.

Also, Mayor Paul Aronsohn said Monday. the public will be allowed additional sessions to comment on the five introduced zoning ordinances at the council’s Dec. 9 public meeting. The changes would increase the number of allowable housing units per acre from 12 to 35 in four zones in the central business district.

The Village Council, however, won’t vote on them that night. It will await results of a yet-to-be-commissioned financial impact study, which Aronsohn has called the “missing piece of the puzzle.” The study “won’t answer every question, and it may leave a lot of questions unanswered that we need to address,” he told the council at a meeting this month. But at least the questions would be raised, he said.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/ridgewood-officials-delay-vote-on-allowing-denser-housing-downtown-1.1462468

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Backed by voters, Ridgewood officials set sights on downtown parking deck construction

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NOVEMBER 5, 2015, 5:43 PM    LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2015, 6:16 PM
BY STEVE JANOSKI
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD

RIDGEWOOD — Local officials expect plans to construct a parking garage in the downtown commercial district to progress quickly after the overwhelming support showed by village voters in Tuesday’s referendum.

The referendum was non-binding — meaning it was only meant to take the public’s pulse, said Mayor Paul Aronsohn. But now that the public has okayed it, shovels could hit the ground as early as next spring — even though the project’s size and design haven’t been finalized, he said.

A rendering of the proposed parking garage in the downtown commercial district in Ridgewood.

“We’ve zeroed in a lot of this — we have a sense of what it could look like,” he said, noting the council has been considering a four-story, open-roofed rendering. “We’ve been very aggressive … in the way we approached this.”

The mayor anticipates nine to 10 months of construction for the garage, which is expected to benefit local commuters who use the village’s train station, as well as customers of the downtown’s shops and restaurants.

Although the ballot question asked voters to approve a bonding of up to $15 million to fund construction, Aronsohn said it would likely be more in the $12.5-million range. The referendum gave the question 3,236-1,777 voter approval. Village officials said voter turnout was around 30 percent.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/backed-by-voters-ridgewood-officials-set-sights-on-downtown-parking-deck-construction-1.1449647

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Ridgewood officials detail water treatment process

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2015    LAST UPDATED: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015, 11:22 AM
BY MARK KRULISH
STAFF WRITER |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS

A treatment program currently being implemented by Ridgewood Water designed to combat the levels of lead found in testing samples taken in 2012 should be completed by the third quarter of next year.

Utility officials have made recent appearances in Ridgewood, Glen Rock and Midland Park to educate residents on the subject. The utility also serves Wyckoff.

Testing done three years ago by Ridgewood Water revealed 11 cases where the water contained more than .015 milligrams per liter of lead, which triggered the need for public education and a course of action to remediate the situation, as mandated by the Department of Environmental Protection.

Lead leached into the water from lead service lines was listed as the cause for the exceedance of the action level. Officials have said the water itself is lead-free.

Lead can cause serious health problems if too much enters a person’s body, and the effects are especially harmful to young children, infants and pregnant women. Lead is stored in the bones and can be released after building up for several years, causing brain and kidney damage.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/ridgewood-water-detailing-treatment-process-1.1401771

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Ridgewood officials discuss safety plans for ‘Backwoods’ student dance

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Ridgewood officials discuss safety plans for ‘Backwoods’ student dance

APRIL 7, 2014    LAST UPDATED: MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2014, 5:05 PM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER

The reported numbers of unruly teens observed at each of the semiannual RHS Backwoods dances have raised safety concerns among the Ridgewood Council, but police officials believe that the overall positives outnumber any negatives that result from the organized gatherings.

With preparations under way for the next Backwoods dance, typically held in Memorial Park at Van Neste Square every June and September, members of the Ridgewood Police Department last week discussed the trends as well as the pros and cons of the event with Village Council members.

Police also recommended additional officers to staff the upcoming dance.

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