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>VFW Program of Outstanding Law Enforcement, Firefighter, and EMT Recognition for 2009-2010

>Saturday, September 19, 2009
VFW Program of Outstanding Law Enforcement, Firefighter, and EMT Recognition for 2009-2010
News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: August 17, 2009
CONTACT: Stanley A. Kober

The Washington Elm VFW Post 192 is one of the oldest organizations in Ho-Ho-Kus and Ridgewood. The Post members have enjoyed a log-standing relationship with many organizations in both communities such as the Police Department, Ambulance Corps, and the Fire Department. In fact, some of the members of these agencies have been or are VFW Post 192 members.

As we near the 70th anniversary of the Post on September 23, 2009, we are reaching out to you as the head of one of the Ho-Ho-Kus or Ridgewood Law & Safety organizations to provide us with an individual or individuals who you believe should be considered as outstanding in your organization and who should be considered for recognition by the VFW according to the guidelines below.

Eligible candidates for each award are as follows:

Law Enforcement National Award
Any individual who serves in a municipal, county, state, or federal unit tasked with enforcement of the laws pertaining to their area of responsibility. This award does not apply to individuals employed by private companies or security services.

Firefighter National Award
Any individual who actively fights fires as a member of any public or volunteer company organized to fight fires and give assistance to our nation’s citizens.

Emergency Medical Technician National Award
Any individual who actively gives emergency medical treatment, provides rescue service or civil disaster assistance as a member of any public or volunteer company organized to give emergency medical care, provide rescue and civil disaster assistance to our nation’s citizens.

Criteria for all National Awards:
Candidates must have demonstrated:
• Recognition by their colleagues or those they serve.
• Consistent excellence in the performance of their duties.
• Consistent dedication to their official responsibilities over a period of years and continuous growth in responsibilities and skills within their profession.

The following documentation required for all candidates needs to be sent to: Commander, Washington Elm VFW Post 192 at the above address NO LATER THAN WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2009:

• Nomination letter containing the candidate’s name, title, address, telephone, and identification of the award for which the individual should be considered.
• One page resume of the candidate’s overall background.
• One page resume of the candidate’s background in their field.
• One page listing of the candidate’s accomplishments and awards in their field.
• Photograph (preferably a head shot) of the candidate.

All of us in VFW Post 192 thank you for your professional services to us and our communities as well as your continued cooperation and assistance in supporting and encouraging our troops and their families locally and throughout the world.

If you have any questions regarding this VFW program or any VFW matters such as membership, needy veterans or their families, etc., please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned at 201-445-1121.

May God continue to Bless America,

/s/ Stanley A. Kober
Stanley A. Kober
Commander

TEL: 201-445-1121 FAX: 201-445-2091 E-MAIL: [email protected]

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>$48 Million Referendum: I just don’t see voting yes

>This may be sound, or it may be bloated. How are we to know? Who among the elves at Cottage Place put it together?

Look at the shoddy, unsupervised work we got at RHS when we approved the last bond referendum. Will anything be different this time?

Is it possible that instead of giving this money to our hapless BOE, we hire a private entity to get the job done and to come in under budget.

I just don’t see voting yes to further empower Angelo and Daniel. They’re not just up to it and never will be. Yes, we’re stuck with them but do we have to give them 48 Mil?

VOTE on Our Poll : Can Ridgewood Really afford a $48 million School Referendum?

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$48 million dollar Referendum, BOE: "We are a community and must share the burden of improvements in our collective community"

>Comrade:

“You have a distorted sense of perspective. The fields represent approximately 2.5% of the total budget ($1.2mm). Installing turf at RHS and Stevens will have a dramatic positive impact on the RHS wellness programs and will, once and for all, solve the over-crowding issues that exist on our fields all over town. Furthermore, the full cost is paid for through debt service provided by the state. PLUS, the state is committing an additional $1mm of debt service to offset other areas of the referendum.

Yet, you would urge voters to vote the entire referendum down, unless the field portion is separated from the rest of the referendum, because you don’t like the idea! How selfish and narrow-minded can a person be?

Should we also separate the portions allocated to each school district, so that a person who lives in Willard (and does not benefit from or care about improvements in Hawes or Somerville) can vote against the portions in those districts? Of course not. But, that is precisely what you propose.

We are a community and must share the burden of improvements in our collective community, whether they be to our classrooms or to our athletic facilities, which improve their functionality and accessability, regardless of whether you benefit directly or have a personal interest.

Unfortunately, as our needs expanded, we failed to address small problems for years and now face a larger price tag than had we been more diligent. This is like a homeowner, who neglects a leaking roof for too long that would have cost a few thousand dollars to fix, only to find that the structure of the house has been damaged and now faces a serious repair that costs tens of thousands of dollars. When that time arrives, the homeowner doesn’t have the luxury of putting it off anymore. This is the circumstance, in which, we now find ourselves. Just as our classrooms are over-crowded and in disrepair, so are our athletic facilities. Both are important and must be addressed now. Some might say that it is a poor time in the economy to be considering such expensive projects. Others might say that, with historically low borrowing costs, this is the ideal time to consider such projects. Fiscal responsibility and the facts about our shared facilities favor the latter. But, regardless, of your perspective, we don’t have the luxury of putting this off for another 5-10 years, only for you to object again, then.

You may have no interest in the physical well being of thousands of Ridgewood children or their opportunity/need to participate in sports. But, frankly, your selfish apathy does not supercede the need that exists for those children and hundreds of Ridgewood families.

The referendum should not be split up and should be passed, in its entirety, for the benefit of our collective community.

If you choose to vote against the referendum, that is your choice. If you do so, you will have to look yourself in the mirror every day and look your fellow residents’ children in the eyes, knowing that you are the reason that the referendum failed. Perhaps you are willing to live with that shame. I am not. “

VOTE on Our Poll : Can Ridgewood Really afford a $48 million School Referendum?

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>They are talking about our Pizza …..

>Best New Jersey Pizza & Where You Can Find It

https://philadelphia10.cityspur.com/2009/10/03/best-new-jersey-pizza-where-you-can-find-it/

The Best Pizza Restaurants in New Jersey

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Amano, Ridgewood, NJ -Serves thin crusted pizza with close to authentic Neapolitan style, with soft, chewy, crispy, and tasty crust.

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>Village Ford Over $80K in Arrears on Property Taxes

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Village Ford Over $80K in Arrears on Property Taxes

A legal notice published in this week’s The Ridgewood News reveals that Village Ford owes the Village of Ridgewood over $80K in past due property taxes for the property at 555 North Maple Avenue.

Block 2904, Lot 20: BFPR PROPERTIES $ 78,945.52 tax & assmt $3,372.64

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>Corzine:"no concept of what a dollar means to a regular ‘earner’."

>READER : Corzine throws money around which would serve to silence any critics if he donated to their favorite ’cause’ or ‘foundation’. someday a book should be written on his ‘playbook’ of how to ‘buy’ a job. It has been widely reported that he spent over $65 million for his senate seat, and he never did anything for NJ. Not able to stand being a ‘junior’ senator, he resigned so he could ‘annoint’ Bob Menendez to the remainder of his term and run for Governor. Corzine is so out of touch. Can you imagine ‘forgiving’ a loan of close to $1 million to an EX- girlfriend (Karla K the union boss). So it should come as NO SUPRISE to you FOOLS who voted for this FAILURE of a governor. He has no concept of what a dollar means to a regular ‘earner’.

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>Another Pedestrian Struck by Motor Vehicle on East Ridgewood Avenue

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A pedestrian was struck by a motor vehicle on Friday evening at the intersection of East Ridgewood Avenue and Cottage Place. The victim was reported to be alert and conscious when Ridgewood Police, Fire, and EMS personnel arrived on the scene. He was transported to The Valley Hospital for treatment.

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>Ridgewood Firefighter Seriously Injured While Investigating Smoke Condition

>A Ridgewood firefighter was seriously injured on Thursday evening while attempting to locate the source of smoke that filled a home on Lotte Road. It is rumored that the firefighter suffered a broken leg when he fell down the basement stairs; he was transported by Ridgewood EMS personnel to The Valley Hospital.

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>POLL: The Best Pizza in Ridgewood 2009

>POLL: The Best Pizza in Ridgewood 2009

2009 Nomination list

Puzo’s (2008 Winner)
Ridgewood Pizza
Brooklyn Pizza
Renato’s Pizza
Sicilian Sun (by popular demand)
La Bella Pizza
Lenny’s Pizza
Pizza fusion
Roma Pizza
A Mano

*Sicilian Sun had so many nominations it could not be ignored.

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>Readers continue to debate the effectiveness of school math programs

>BF graduates who have gone on to Bosco or Bergen Catholic in recent years have discovered the hard way that they have been left unprepared for a real math curriculum. Straight A’s at BF translates into way behind students from other districts with meaningful math programs. Where is the outrage?

I know it is sometimes hard to swallow the truth pill… Many RPS students have left to attend both private and parochial schools and have been given math placement tests before acceptance. They ARE NOT PREPARED by the district’s choice of CMP2. Just ask those parents that had to pay for tutoring to teach their kids REAL algebra before entering
9th grade someplace other the RHS.

If you want a real eye-opener, ask the 9th grade math teachers at RHS what THEY think of the math skills of those kids transitioning from one of the middle schools to the high school.

We were appalled to discover how ill-prepared our daughter was for high school math when she reached the high school. After receiving A’s and B’s at BF, why did we need to be concerned about 9th grade Algebra? Reality was a shocker.

One math teacher in the middle school tutored his advanced geometry students over their 8th grade to freshman summer, on his own time, because the students did not have a solid enough understanding of algebra coming to him from the 7th grade. He did this because he wanted them properly prepared for Algebra II as in coming Freshmen.

Guess who their 7th grade Algebra I teacher was who hadn’t prepared them? Answer: Ms. Debra Ives, the district’s math administrator, now gone but hired by Regina Botsford to oversee our math curriculum and by the way, the person responsible for introducing connected math to our district.

So, if our administrators at Cottage Place can not teach math to our kids, why should we trust their judgment when it comes to selecting math programs?

I feel sorry for Principal Lorenz. Parents are going to go nuts when their kids’ scores suck on the math portion of the SATs. No fault of his of course, just the guy who happens to be on the front line while Regina hides in her office.

I was not commenting on the perception of math teachers at either school, but the experience of the students themselves. as noted by other posters, the deficiency is so stark that it is in fact a topic of common discussion among parents in Ridgewood who have sent their kids to other high schools. You need not believe me. The test scores should validate this point emphatically so long as the current regime is in place.

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>Governor Corzine : Gets a Free Pass

>Politicker NJ ( https://www.politickernj.com/ ) part of The Observer Media Group |New York, New York seems to have only one rule when it comes to posting press releases for political candidates : You can publish anything you want but you have to be a “Liberal Democrat” to do it.

Like most of New Jersey Politics the media seems to be dominated by the Democratic Party. While Democratic Politicians garner around the clock wall to wall coverage ,Republicans barley have a voice . Much in the pattern of the national media ,in New Jersey you only hear someone is a Republican if they have done something wrong . While Democratic wrong doing often conveniently omits the “ D” or the Democrat moniker.

We knew immediately that “44 had been arrested “ on corruption charges ,and it was pointed out over and over how one was a Republican with little or no mention of the fact that 43 were Democrats .While the FBI has characterized New Jersey as the most corrupt state in the nation. It is a corrupt state dominated by Democratic politics .

The current Gubernatorial Election is typical ,after spending months on dissecting Republican Chris Christie’s driving record with no mention of Governor Corzine own high speed hy jinks. The New Jersey media has continued to give Jon Corzine a free pass to run on his “record” with no questions asked or to allow the Governor to run against former President Bush which does nothing to address the sad state of affairs in this state.

So lets take a look :

New Jersey is rated the worst business climate in the country.
New Jersey has the highest property taxes.
New Jersey Loses 79,000 of it citizens a year who leave the state.
New Jersey has one of the largest budget deficits of any state.
New Jersey corruption continues to define the states image .
New Jersey has the highest individual tax burden in the country.
New Jersey’s unemployment has reached 9.7%.
New Jersey has one of the highest sales taxes in the country.
New Jersey has almost zero private sector job growth in the last 4 years.

Well at least we have the “purest heroin” in the country according to the DEA.

Without a doubt this is the worst record of any sitting politician in the country.It seems to many of us that the New Jersey media is as complicate in this fiasco and has for too long acted as a propaganda arm Democratic Party. To be fair its been very hard to discern the difference between Republican and Democratic candidates in this state and for too many the Republicans look all to willing “to take the fall” .

My point being that Chris Christie may or may not be the answer but at least lets start asking the questions.

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>Village Council Debates Providing Free Beer Next July 4th

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In conjunction with the possible participation of Budwiser’s famed Clydesdale Horses and Carriage in next year’s 4th of July parade, Village Council members were asked by members of the 4th of July parade committee to consider allowing Budwiser to dispense free beer following the parade.

Deputy Mayor Keith Killion voiced the strongest objection to such a plan, citing potential liability issues and concerns related to the prevention of underage consumption.

Further discussion about this issue will take place during an as yet to be announced Village Council Work Session.

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