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Rutherford, Ridgewood awarded Safe Routes grants

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Meghan Grant , Staff Writer5:51 p.m. ET April 17, 2017

Rutherford will receive $368,000 and Ridgewood $400,000 in funding intended to make bicycling and walking to school safer for local children. The Department of Transportation announced its Safe Routes to School grant recipients last week.

Intended to encourage children, including those with disabilities, to walk and bicycle to school as a transportation alternative, the grants program facilitates the planning, development and implementation of projects that improve safety, reduce traffic and improve air quality through decreased fuel consumption around schools.

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/rutherford/2017/04/17/rutherford-ridgewood-awarded-safe-routes-grants/100342234/

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Ridgewood Scores 24th for NJ High School best SAT scores

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The 51 N.J. high schools with the best SAT scores

Updated April 18, 2017
Posted April 18, 2017

By Adam Clark | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

TRENTON — The average SAT score among New Jersey’s public high schools was a 1,075 out of 1,600 last school year, but plenty of schools posted significantly more impressive scores.

Statewide, 19 high schools achieved an average score higher than 1,300, including five with an average score above 1,400, according to state data.

Specialized schools with selective enrollment and run by county vocational districts once again dominate the list of highest average scores, taking home the top 12 spots.

Here are the 51 New Jersey high schools with the highest SAT scores. The list begins with number 49 because of a three-way tie.

24. Ridgewood High School: 1,262

Location: Ridgewood, Bergen County

Reading score: 628

Math score: 634

42. Glen Rock High School: 1,210 (tie)

Location: Glen Rock, Bergen County

Reading score: 604

Math score: 606

 

 

https://www.nj.com/education/2017/04/nj_best_sat_test_scores_2016_high_schools.html?ath=9c46bfc08d76232bb5a5e00eeaf0bfa2#cmpid=nsltr_stryheadline

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Access Link ADA Van involved in Pedestrian Incident in Ridgewood

Access Link ADA Van involved in Pedestrian Incident in Ridgewood

photos courtesy of Boyd Loving’s Facebook

April 18,2017

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood PD, FD, and EMS personnel responded to aid an adult female who was struck by a motor vehicle at the intersection of East Ridgewood and South Maple Avenues, Ridgewood on the afternoon of Monday, 04/17. The victim was alert and ambulatory after being struck, but was nevertheless transported by ambulance to The Valley Hospital. The vehicle involved in the incident was an Access Link ADA paratransit van owned & operated by NJ Transit.

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DUMP TRUCK LOADS OF SNOW DUMPED AT SCHEDLER PARK

DUMP TRUCK LOADS OF SNOW DUMPED AT SCHEDLER PARK

photos by Boyd Loving

April 18,2017

by Boyd Loving

Ridgewood NJ, Employees of the Village of Ridgewood’s Streets Division transferred several dump truck loads of snow from the “North Graydon” parking lot to the Schedler Park property on Monday morning, 04/17.

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The snow, removed from streets and parking lots in Ridgewood’s Central Business District and trucked to the “North Graydon” parking lot several weeks ago, is presumed to contain rock salt and other chemicals likely to be found on the surface of streets and parking lots.

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Trash (e.g., plastic bottles and newspapers) was visible to several people walking along West Saddle River Road near adjacent to the Schedler property.

In an e-mail response to a resident who inquired as to why the snow was transported from Graydon to Schedler, Village Manager Heather A. Mailander wrote: “The Village had to move the snow from the Graydon Pool parking lot to another location, due to the fact that the paving contractors, who have begun their work, need a place to stage their operations and are now doing so in the Graydon Pool parking lot.”

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Retiring in New Jersey? Good luck

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By Dino Flammia April 17, 2017 2:51 AM

New Jersey residents who are on their way to retirement, or are already enjoying their golden years, would be better off in 37 other states.

According to a recently released analysis from Bankrate, New Jersey is the 13th-worst state in which to retire.

“The cost of living … is very high,” Bankrate data analyst Claes Bell said of New Jersey. “High taxes in the state of New Jersey were another issue.”

New Jersey’s cost of living ranked fifth-worst among the 50 states. Only two states — Connecticut and New York — registered a higher tax burden

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NJ lawmaker thinks towering wood-frame buildings are too dangerous

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By Joe Cutter April 17, 2017 3:00 AM

Smoke rises from an Edgewater, NJ apartment complex Jan. 22 as firefighters battle a fast-spreading blaze. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Legislation to improve fire protection and safety in multi-family dwellings has been rolled out by Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto.

It was prompted by a massive blaze at a multi-family luxury apartment complex in Edgewater in 2015 that displaced over 500 residents. The fast-moving blaze spread through sealed spaces in the building that didn’t have sprinklers.

Prieto wants to require fire suppression in those spaces.

“I think it will add minimal cost and that way it will still be able to be built.”

There are three main provisions in his two-bill package of legislation, which is co-sponsored by Assemblywoman Angelica Jimenez, Assemblyman Tim Eustace and Assemblyman Joe Lagana.

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Ridgewood Family in the “George to the Rescue” spotlight

Ridgewood Family in the "George to the Rescue" spotlight

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April 17,2017
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Ridgewood NJ, A loving and deserving Ridgewood family in the “George to the Rescue” spotlight today! Congratulations to the England family and may their beautiful home always be filled with much love and happiness!

https://www.facebook.com/GeorgeToTheRescue/

NBC’s George to the Rescue. We pair George up with contractors and designers to Rescue the homes of deserving people.

Know someone that needs a Rescue? Send an email to George@NBC.com

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Reader says The Bike Lane needs to go !

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The Bike Lane needs to go. And regardless of what Mr. Ruthishauser says and our past VM, we had two lanes at that location which worked very well for the previous 40 years that I have lived in town.

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Reader says preservation of the woodlands is wonderful but I think money can be better spent than renovating the Schedler house

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I am really happy that the wooded area will stay but what is the legitimate historical significance of the house? Why not level it and let nature take its course (with some additional native plantings to help mother nature along)…1030 obviously hasn’t seen eagles scavenging on the property (not nesting as some people have claimed) or the turkey vultures having their sunday afternoon carrion brunch… those were impressive sights in themselves…. Once again, preservation of the woodlands is wonderful but I think money can be better spent than on renovating that house.

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Two Weeks Left for Ridgewood Residents Only Graydon Pool Season Discount

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April 17,2017

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Ridgewood NJ, just two more weeks for 10% discount on Graydon season passes (Ridgewood residents only)
Don’t miss your chance to take advantage of this generous option offered by the Parks & Recreation Department.
Until midnight on April 30, Ridgewood residents ordering season badges for adults and children will receive a 10% discount.

Order through :

https://register.communitypass.net/reg/login.cfm?cuBJB%2BuFl5whuHetOY56xuXYv0sAD8M9tlrGwpYJjaTC3YUEzcI%3D

Or the Parks & Rec home page, which includes a link to Community Pass, via ridgewoodnj.net/graydon, which goes to:

https://register.communitypass.net/reg/login.cfm?cuBJB%2BuFl5whuHetOY56xuXYv0sAD8M9tlrGwpYJjaTC3YUEzcI%3D

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Reader says Lots of Parking signs and restrictions all reasons to avoid the Central Business District

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file photo by Boyd Loving

Parking is confusing. Lots of signs and restrictions. It feels like the town has decided that parking enforcement will be a revenue center.

The risk of ticket and 2 hour limitations make it even less likely that I will be in town during business hours.

I come in for dinner when it is safe.

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Why Americans have stopped moving

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photo by Boyd Loving

By Kyle Smith

April 15, 2017 | 12:10pm

Americans are stuck. Locked into our jobs, rooted where we live, frozen at our income levels. More than at any previous point in our history, we’ve stopped moving — whether moving up the income ladder or packing up a truck and finding another home. We’ve grown ossified, rigid.

The flip side is that we’re stable. If we weren’t so content, we’d be more willing to gamble, to shake things up, to start a new firm or join one. Maybe we’re fine where we are. But maybe this period of stasis cannot last. Maybe it even portends a period of massive disruption.

https://nypost.com/2017/04/15/why-americans-have-stopped-moving/

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Reader asks how will the “low and moderate income” residents afford living in towns like Ridgewood ?

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And how will the “low and moderate income” residents afford living in towns like Upper Saddle River, Ridgewood, Wilton, Chappaqua and other towns in the northeast? Will the courts order the local taxpayers to subsidize their living costs as well? I can’t afford to live in Ridgewood. Why should anyone who does not have the means be entitled?

This is not just a NJ issue but a national one. The courts have overstepped their power.

While the courts are at it let’s have them rule that “someone” build luxury housing in Camden to “equalize” things.

We’ve become a stupid, politically correct, entitled, crybaby, country.

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Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce presented “Easter in Ridgewood”

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April 16,2017
the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce presented “Easter in Ridgewood” on Saturday, April 15, from 11am-2pm at Memorial Park at Van Neste Square.

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The weather held and there were lots of fun things to do around the park along with many stores that offered art & crafts, games, sales, surprises all through the business district. Fun for the entire family.

other photos by Boyd Loving are available at https://www.facebook.com/theridgewoodblog/

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Ridgewood Water to install generators at 11 sites

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Marsha A. Stoltz , Staff Writer12:24 p.m. ET April 15, 2017

The EPA has ordered the utility to place backup generators at facilities in Wyckoff, Midland Park and Ridgewood.

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RIDGEWOOD — Ridgewood Water is seeking permission to install backup generators at 11 sites in three of its service towns as a result of directives from the federal Environmental Protection Agency.

Ridgewood Water has been ordered to install the generators in two phases in Wyckoff, Midland Park and Ridgewood. Phase I installations must be complete and “fully operational” by July 15.  Phase II installation contracts must be awarded by Dec. 1, and completed by July 15, 2018.

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/wyckoff/2017/04/15/ridgewood-water-install-generators-11-sites/100370794/