The CBD is small with narrow roads. Put added parking in my living room.
Some people will just have to move out of Ridgewood if they are unhappy, that is only solution. Tax base may be smaller; but will be doable. Too much unnecessary stuff anyway.
If only seniors lived here that would be best. Walkable streets , supermarkets close by. Ridgewood could be a wonderful town for majority of residents being seniors. A big school budget wouldn’t be necessary then. Taxes wouldn’t be so high; parking wouldn’t be a problem.
How about that for the future, thinking futuristic.
Looking for a page-turner to read on the treadmill or on vacation this year? Now’s the time to head to your local library to find one. This week marks National Library Week.
Last year, 73 percent of Americans read at least one book, and believe it or not, print books are still the most common ones picked up, according to the Pew Research Center. Of those who read a book in 2016, 65 percent said it was a print version and 28 percent said they read at least one digital book, the Pew Research Center reported.
And in New Jersey, more than 55 million books were circulated in 2015, according to data from the state library.
We asked the county libraries throughout New Jersey what the most-popular books were last year, and here are the results.
Ridgewood NJ, Chris’ idea to move the bus station to the train station is lunacy.
300 NJT buses every weekday at the tiny and already overcrowded Garber Square intersection.
Up to 20 NJT buses an hour in rush hours.
900 new pedestrians in the morning rush and 900 new pedestrians in the afternoon rush.
Buses acting as 40 foot long walls obstructing line of sight for drivers and hundreds of pedestrians alike.
Each bus = 3 car lengths so traffic that already backs up Franklin and down to Monroe will back up more. Fewer cars will get through each light cycle.
Seven low income housing units are planned for the Chestnut Avenue development that was just approved. How the heck does Ridgewood make any sort of real dent in its preposterous court-imposed low income housing deficit, seven units at a time?
the garage will slum anyway put the bus station there add add more noise fumes centralized homeless and drug dealing shedded alcove . Bid out the rental car franchise that will come soon anyway Major FUBAR folks and we are all on the
Hook when it fails. Time to Sell
No contact from VC until 5:00 yesterday. Horrible communication. The schools found out about it Wed night. I learned about it from Channel 2 news. It was newsworthy enough for network news but not important enough for the VC to contact residents. They only find you when they need you to do something for them like move your garbage cans or leaves.
The Village could make a ton of money selling the details of their communications plan to Harvard’s Business School as a textbook example of what NOT to do when confronted with a situation like this. A classic screw up of municipal government.
A centralized “transit hub” might work for Hoboken, but Ridgewood is better served by having the bus and train stations physically separated because it helps distribute the traffic better.
Ridgewood NJ, A “Simple Soup Supper” will be offered on Thursday, April 13th at 6:30pm followed by an ecumenical service at 7:30pm for Maundy (Holy) Thursday at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Ridgewood, NJ.
The three congregations in Ridgewood that will participate in the ecumenical service are First Methodist Church, Christ Episcopal Church, and Emmanuel Baptist Church. The service will feature a joint choir, communion, and foot washing.
Emmanuel is located at 14 Hope Street, at the corner of Hope Street and East Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ. The building is ADA accessible and all are invited to attend.
Ridgewood NJ, the new exhibit at the Schoolhouse Museum curated by Joy Simmen Hamburger with Candace Latham and Vicky Herbert features a very impressive collection assembled through various local collections and donations.
“From the Revolutionary War to the 1960’s Revolution. The “Events and People That Shaped Our American History”. Told through objects, artifacts and costumes from the collections of Ridgewood’s Historical Society and Public Library.”
Since it was near the 100th anniversary of the American military entering World War 1 Trustee Bob Borders gave the Ridgewood blog an in depth tour detailing many of the artifacts and their donors . The stories of the discovery of the artifacts often rivaling the artifact itself. For local history buffs its very insightful to see history though the lens of local actors.
If you are unfamiliar ,the mission of the Ridgewood Historical Society, which operates the historic Schoolhouse Museum building, formerly one of the first public schools in Ridgewood, is to preserve the building, as well as maintain, interpret, and exhibit the collection of artifacts representing the history, culture, and lives of ordinary people from the Ridgewood area from the period of Native America.
The Ridgewood Historical Society is the parent organization of the Schoolhouse Museum which annually presents a themed exhibit featuring artifacts from the collection, and presents educational programs featuring local people with knowledge and/or skills that pertain to the collection.
The Ridgewood Historical Society also offers opportunities for people of all ages to experience, share, maintain, organize and preserve our local artifacts.
They are a volunteer based and welcome your involvement. You can become a member and join us in our quest to preserve local history and put the Schoolhouse Museum on the agenda of every student, family, social club and history buff in the area.
Schoolhouse Museum
650 E. Glen Avenue
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
201-447-3242
Thursday and Saturdays 1PM – 3PM
Sundays 2PM – 4PM
Opening Reception this Sunday, April 9th from 2-4pm!
Become a Sponsor and Take Home a Beautiful Original Framed Painting. Every Sponsor goes home with a painting.
Reception: Sunday, April 9th, 2017 2-4pm
Exhibition Dates: Friday, April 7th- Friday, May 5th, 2017
Gala Drawing: Friday, May 5th, 2017 8pm
The Ridgewood Art Institute
12 East Glen Avenue, Ridgewood NJ 07450
201-652-9615 www.ridgewoodartinstitute.org
Ridgewood NJ, The Sponsor Show is our most popular annual event at the Ridgewood Art Institute, providing sponsors an opportunity to acquire a beautifully framed original painting, from the collection donated by our outstanding artists and instructors. In addition to wonderful landscapes and still lifes, several of our professional artists offer the chance to commission a portrait or pet painting. On the night of the Gala Drawing, the name of each sponsor is randomly called to choose their favorite painting. For only $275, become a sponsor and begin creating your painting “wish list” at our Opening Reception, or anytime during the exhibition dates. Proceeds from the show go directly toward the Institute’s efforts to promote fine arts in our community.
Once again we are offering gift certificates. You can become a sponsor yourself, and you can purchase a gift certificate for a friend or family member to join you as a sponsor. A personally selected painting is a wonderful gift for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, birthdays, graduations, anniversaries, weddings, or any special occasion.
A limited number of sponsorships are sold each year, so don’t miss out on this exciting event! Sponsorships can be purchased on line at www.ridgewoodartinstitute.org.
For more information , visit our website www.ridgewoodartinstitute.org and click “Art Exhibits”.
” Bike Lane” Rutishauser will just add another lane for buses. What color will he pick for the bus lane. The Mayor should have a contest for the best color.
A bus lane or bus-only lane is a lane restricted to buses, often on certain days and times, and generally used to speed up public transport that would be otherwise held up by traffic congestion. Bus lanes are a key component of a high-quality bus rapid transit (BRT) network, improving bus travel speeds and reliability by reducing delay caused by other traffic.
A dedicated bus lane may occupy only part of a roadway which also has lanes serving general automotive traffic; the related term busway describes a roadway completely dedicated for use by buses.
editors note the picture is as close as we had available
The Corner of Franklin AND Maple Ave is quite narrow and burdened today especally due oncoming traffic who’s lagging
Left turn from light aside the side street real estate office where coming up into the Franklin intersection heading up towards Stop Shop direction
It’s chaos today.Big trucks have to make wide right turns there into waiting cars qued up for the light.
How to busses get back onto Ridgewood Ave towards route 17. Only way is to make another difficult left into straight traffic after queuing up in front on Bank america ..doesn’t work folks..these are country roads built for low volume low length vehicles
“Selling could be a big mistake. Who is to say that the next owner would take better care of the water or have better communications? What if they excelled at marketing and communications while lying to us? Let’s give the water dept. a chance to recover from decades of mismanagement. A quick sell and we could be screwed forever.”
We ask after 15 years of water restrictions how much longer should residents have to wait for improvements ?
The only conclusion is that these so called traffic engineers don’t ever
actually drive in the Central business district ..complete lunacy..we are actually paying for these experts conclusions ?? making matters worse would be the inevitable result as well as spending a fortune to build out and then fix this mess.
