Tag: Ridgewood Schools

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>Porter’s contract was 5 YEARS

>Article 2 of 3, Article ID: 57824496Published on October 24, 2002, Record, The (Hackensack, NJ)
New chief of schools good deal, village says
RIDGEWOOD – John R. Porter Jr., the district’s new superintendent of schools, will be paid $2,000 more a year than his predecessor, but school officials say taxpayers are getting a good deal. Porter, 56, will receive $175,000 a year under his five-year contract. His salary will be prorated this year, since he starts his new job next month.. One of Porter’s biggest perks is that he will be permitted to buy credit in the pension system.. “

Mark,
I was extremely disappointed to read in the Ridgewod News that you would so disingenuously mis-characterize John Porter’s contract as a 4-year contract when you know (as do so many of us) that it was a 5-year contract he had signed in 2002. WHat is the point of this? WHy pull the wool over the eyes of the public? WHat are you trying to COVER UP? WHy did you think you would get to do so with impunity?This level of disrespect to the taxpayer really takes the cake.I am disgusted!

Frances

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>Important Events in the Village

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Flags at Half Staff for Ridgewood Firefighter Mark Cassidy
The Ridgewood Fire Department regrets to announce the passing of Ff. Mark Cassidy on May 30th. Funeral arrangements are:

Wake – June 1 & 2 – 4:00 to 8:00 PM, Feeney Funeral Home, 232 Franklin Ave. (201/444-7650)

Funeral Mass – June 3 – 10:00 AM, Mt. Carmel Church, 1 Passaic St. (201/444-2000)

Graydon Pool Online Registration
Registration by credit card only for Graydon Pool can now be conducted online through CommunityPass. You can register from the comfort of your own home by clicking here. We have implemented a new photo ID system which requires all members to get new badges. When you have completed your registration online be sure to visit the Stable on Saturday, May 6, 13, or 20 between 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. to get your new badge.

$7 Million Referendum to expand Ridge and Willard – The Ridgewood BOE has tentatively approved the development of a proposal to expand the Ridge and Willard schools if funding is authorized by a referendum in either September or December of 2006.

Ridgewood to Start Revaluation
The Village of Ridgewood has recently been ordered by the Bergen County Board of Taxation to perform a revaluation for the year 2008.

2006 & 2007 Street Paving List
A list of paving locations has been established and is proposed to start this summer, upon award of the contract to the successful bidder. The amount of streets paved may vary due to unstable price of asphalt.

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>Community Alert!

>Community Alert! Please be advised that the Ridgewood Police Department is asking Ridgewood residents to be extra vigilant this week because of an incident that occurred on Thursday afternoon, May 25, at approximately 3:20 PM, on West Ridgewood Avenue between North Hillside and North Murray Avenue. An unshaven, older white male wearing a red shirt and red baseball cap confronted two 13-year-old girls on the sidewalk. The Police are asking parents to discuss this incident with their children and advise them if they witness any similar event to go to any adult immediately and contact the Ridgewood Police Department. Timing is critical.

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>Stock Market got you down?

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>Truck Ban….

>Police Chief William Corcoran and Village Engineer Christopher Rutishauser recently presented Mayor David Pfund and Village Council members with several recommendations aimed at improving pedestrian and vehicular traffic safety in the downtown business district. One of the proposed ordinances would ban ALL truck deliveries in Ridgewood’s Central Business District between the hours of 10:00 AM and 11:00 PM. Yes, that’s correct, no truck deliveries anywhere downtown for a 13 hour period, 7 days per week! It is possible the proposal would include deliveries being made by drivers for FedEx, UPS, and the US Postal Service.

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>Back Rent

>During the Village Council’s May 24th Work Session, Councilman Jacques Harlow publicly revealed that the Social Services Association of Ridgewood, Inc. hasn’t made a rent payment for their headquarters at 6 Station Plaza in over seven (7) years. The property, formerly a baggage/freight office for now defunct Erie Lackawanna Railroad, is owned by the Village of Ridgewood. Councilman Harlow estimated that Social Services owes the VOR approximately $12,000 in back rent. Social Services’ lease for the property expired in 2002.

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>Glen Rock PD To Use Pease Memorial Library Building?

>The Pease Memorial Library building, located at 30 Garber Square Ridgewood,
is being considered as the site Glen Rock Police Department officers will
call home during renovations planned for their current headquarters at Glen
Rock Borough Hall. According to a report in the May 29th edition of The
Record, Ridgewood Mayor David T. Pfund and Village Council members have not
yet discussed this proposal.

Use of unoccupied space at Pease has been a hot topic of discussion at
several Village Council meetings in recent years. The building’s entire
main floor became available for use when Ridgewood’s Police Department moved
back to Village Hall in August of 2005. Council members have not yet
reached agreement as to what should be done with the vacant space. The
local League of Women Voters chapter has suggested the space be designated
as for “public use only,” while others suggest it be rented out to the
highest bidder, with revenues directed to the Library’s operating budget.

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>Update: fly on the wall

>the Ridgewood blog has learned that ,in November Dr. Porter will be starting his fifth year of a five-year contract. If he signs up for another five-year term, the BOE will buy into 15 YEARS of his pension (apparently, promised to him by a former BOE member). This member has retired form the board ,so whether this is a rumor or not remains to be seen.

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>wish to thank all the Vets who will soon be out there, everywhere, selling those poppies.

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May 5, 2006

Dear Editor,

Thank You for the Opportunity

I wish to thank all the Vets who will soon be out there, everywhere, selling those poppies. I thank them for being out there so I can have the opportunity to personally thank each and every one of them for their service to our great Nation. Our Nation is great because they made it great. All of them. Some of these brave men and women are missing toes because of the cold winter during the war. Some of them still have pieces of metal inside their body. Still you continue to serve your community and our Nation.

I felt so badly this week when I went to a local Post Office. I saw one of our fine Vets leaning wearily, but still standing, against a newsstand as he held his poppies. Person after person passed him by as if he were invisible. I grabbed a dollar and looked right into those beautiful, deep eyes and said, “Oh! I have been looking for you!” And then I thanked him for his service, from the depth of my heart. I bought another one as I left. Some of these soldiers were never recognized as they should have been for the sacrifice they gave and continue to give to this day. These brave men and women make me proud to be an American. Last time one of them thanked me for buying a poppy on such a hot and humid day at a traffic light and then, with a twinkle in his eye, told me to “have a great life”. I shouted back, “You gave me that life!”

When I look into their seasoned eyes, I see the greatness of our country’s heart and compassion. I see the wisdom, sacrifice and I see the pain. Most of all, I see the love. I wish to mention to those who will soon see our brave Vets out there selling poppies. Please don’t ever pass by one of them saying, “I already gave”. Is that what our brave heroes say while defending our Nation, “I already fought yesterday, so today I’m going pass on preserving liberty and freedom”? Please give with your heart, a smile and a “Thank you for your service” to them all, each and every one of them.

Linda Haft