Ridgewood NJ, Recycle your unwanted documents and papers by safely shredding them! Give your paper a safe retirement ….Shred it!
Saturday, September 23, 2017 from 9AM (No early arrivals) to 12:30PM – Rain or Shine! NEW LOCATION – Graydon Pool, 200 Northern Parkway, Ridgewood. (Our event ends when the truck is full)
-Watch your documents on camera as they are securely shredded by Shred-It
-Place items for shredding in a paper bag or a cardboard box only. NO PLASTIC BAGS
-Limit five (5) file-size boxes per vehicle
-Free to all Ridgewood Residents and businesses ONLY
-YES – Cancelled Checks, Computer Printouts, Copy Paper (all colors) Envelopes, Letterhead, Stationary, etc.
-NO Binder Clips or Binders, No Plastics, No Shipping Envelopes, No Photos, No Carbon paper, No Non-paper Items
-For additional program information, please visit us online at www.ridgewoodnj.net and click on Government>Departments>PublicWorks>Recycling
Ridgewood NJ, No injuries were reported following a crash in which a Toyota Camry would up hydroplaning off an entrance ramp to Route 17 northbound in Ridgewood on Thursday afternoon, 09/14. Ridgewood PD responded to the incident. A hydraulic lift tow truck removed the damaged vehicle from the scene.
Ridgewood NJ, A tracking K9 was deployed in the search for an adult male dementia patient who wandered away from a Ridgewood nursing home on Thursday afternoon, 09/14. The patient was missing for over two (2) hours before being located by a Ridgewood Police patrol officer at a strip mall on Route 17 southbound in Paramus. Prior to being found at the strip mall, the patient had also been spotted on the front porch of a single family home near the intersection of Route 17 and Linwood Avenue. Two (2) Ridgewood Police patrol officers returned the unharmed man to the nursing home just prior to 3:00 p.m.
“As a public official,” Schwager told the court, “what the defendant did might be labeled stupid, wrong or inconsiderate, but we cannot prove it was criminal beyond a reasonable doubt.”
Nicholas Katzban, Staff Writer, @NicholasKatzban
HACKENSACK — Three separate harassment complaints against Ridgewood Councilman Jeffrey Voigt were dismissed Thursday after the the prosecuting attorney determined there was insufficient evidence to prove a criminal act had taken place.
The harassment complaints against Voigt were filed by residents Lorraine Reynolds and Boyd and Anne Loving, who alleged that the councilman had made their cellphone numbers, emails and home addresses known to the public when he posted copies of their requests for public records — known as OPRA requests — on Facebook in May.
The plaintiffs testified that while their cellphone numbers, email and home addresses were visible in the councilman’s posts, he had obscured the same personal information for other persons listed on the records requests.
“Mr. Voigt took the time to block out personal information about others, but not mine,” said Anne Loving during a July hearing before Judge Roy McGeady. “I felt personally targeted.”
Ridgewood NJ, One hundred thirty-four students at RHS have been named AP Scholars by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college level Advanced Placement Examinations. About 18 percent of the more than 1.9 million high school students worldwide who took AP Examinations in May 2016 performed at a sufficiently high level to merit such recognition.
The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on the students’ performance on AP exams. At RHS: 3 students qualified for the National AP Scholar Award by earning an average grade of 4.0 or higher on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams; 47 students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams; 33 students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams; and 54 students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with grades of 3 or higher.
Ridgewood NJ, According to the Ridgewood Police a recently apprehended thief claimed unlocked cars with valuables are an open invitation to steal . The thief described the process where by he walks down a street casing the targeting the area for unlocked cars and cars with keys in them.
The Ridgewood Police Department would like to remind residents to lock your cars, even in your own driveway. Do not leave valuables visible in your vehicle at any time.
Ridgewood NJ, at the Village council meeting Wednesday night Deputy Mayor Michael Sedon spelled out a very aggressive agenda for Village Shade Tree.
This year Village Shade Tree under Parks and Rec inspected 225 sites where trees have been taken down , and found 114 remain suitable for planting trees . All are targeted for a new tree after the fall planting sometime in October to November.
The adopt a tree program has now grown from 11 to 27 trees.
Thanks to the engineering department the Village also now looks at streetscapes when streets are do for repaving, this process added over 100 additional trees planted putting totally trees planted this year to 241 up from zero three years ago.
There will be also be an addition effort to rehabilitate trees wells in the central business district to improve CBD tree survival rates.
All these efforts combined make the target for this year 250 new trees planted in the Village.
Ridgewood NJ, Ptl. Zachary Knudsen responded to a Glenwood Road residence on the morning of September 9, to investigate the report of a motor vehicle which had been stolen overnight. The victim reported the vehicle was left unlocked, with a key in the vehicle, and the homeowner discovered the vehicle was missing in the morning. The Ridgewood Detective Bureau located the stolen vehicle in Paterson, N.J. a short time later and as a result of a joint investigation, the Paterson Police Department arrested two individuals.
PVL train tickets will be cross-honored on Main/Bergen County Lines
September 13, 2017
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Due to grade crossing repairs and signal and track maintenance work, NJ TRANSIT is replacing trains on the Pascack Valley Line with buses on weekends and during midday hours on weekdays beginning on Sunday, September 17 and continuing through Saturday, October 28.
This does not effect Ridgewood Main line and Bergen line passengers , but will impact Montvale , Park Ridge , Woodcliff Lake, Hillsdale, Westwood, Emerson, Oradell , River Edge , River Edge New Bridge Landing , Hackensack Anderson Street, Hackensack Essex Street , Teterboro , and Wood Ridge .
Expect larger crowds on Main line and Bergen line during midday hours and late nights .
During this time, Pascack Valley Line tickets and passes will be cross-honored on the Main/Bergen County Lines trains. At Secaucus Junction, Coach USA buses – which are replacing Pascack Valley Line trains – will arrive and depart from Platforms 9 and 10. Bus times may vary from train times at some station stops. Customers should visit the NJ TRANSIT website for specific schedule times.
While busing is in effect, all Metro-North customers from Spring Valley, Nanuet and Pearl River may use their monthly/weekly commutation passes for travel on Metro-North’s Hudson Line between Tarrytown and Grand Central Terminal.
Monday through Friday, midday hours
On weekdays, during the midday hours, buses will operate in two sections:
Between Spring Valley and Secaucus: There will be several buses operating as express and local between Spring Valley and Secaucus. Customers should be mindful of the signage denoting whether they are express or local buses before boarding. Some buses will operate between New Bridge Landing and Secaucus, making all stops except Teterboro. Teterboro customers may use NJ TRANSIT’s No. 161 Bus, which stops at Industrial Avenue and Route 46.
Note: For Train 1622, buses will operate in three sections: New York State Express between Spring Valley and Secaucus (no local stops in New Jersey); between Montvale and Secaucus, operating express between New Bridge Landing and Secaucus; and between New Bridge Landing and Secaucus, making all stops except Teterboro.
While the busing is in operation during the midday hours, shuttle trains for Pascack Valley Line customers will operate between Secaucus and Hoboken.
Saturdays and Sundays
Local and New York State buses will operate between Spring Valley and Secaucus. Customers traveling between Secaucus and Hoboken should use Main and Bergen County Line trains.
NOTE: For You Night Owls :Bergen County Line Train 69, which operates to Port Jervis and normally departs Hoboken at 12:40 a.m., will depart Hoboken 5 minutes later, at 12:45 a.m. Pascack Valley Line customers traveling from Hoboken and connecting with the last substitute bus from Secaucus will use Train 69.
Teterboro Station customers should note that the last weekend outbound bus of the night will stop at Teterboro ONLY by request.
Every year around the start of the academic calendar, we offer parents expert advice on what to do if their children are being bullied at school.
But what if your child is the one doing the bullying?
According to Maurice Elias, a professor of psychology at Rutgers University, there’s not much information available for parents whose children are accused of being responsible for harassment, intimidation or bullying at school.
Very few parents want to think of their children as a bullies, Elias said, and may not openly seek advice on the topic.
Ridgewood NJ, the state of New Jersey along with the New Jersey Bicycle and Pedestrian Resource Center (BPRC) is pushing a plan to make your streets safer and more user friendly for ,pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles with a series of planning and design initiates .
According to there website , “Complete Streets are for everyone. They are designed and operated to enable safe access for all users… [so that] pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, and public transportation users of all ages and ability are able to safely move along and across [the street].”
The Complete streets program is being spearheaded by the New Jersey Bicycle and Pedestrian Resource Center (BPRC) assists public officials, transportation and health professionals, and the public in creating a safer and more accessible walking and bicycling environment through primary research, education and dissemination of information about best practices in policy and design. The Center is supported by the New Jersey Department of Transportation through funds provided by the Federal Highway Administration.
The Village of Ridgewood signed a Complete Streets Resolution back in 2013 , ( https://njbikeped.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Ridgewood-Complete-Streets-Resolution.pdf ) and while some efforts have been a success like well defined ADA compliant highly visible cross walks and curbs other attempts , like the “suicide bike lane ” and traffic easing under the trestle have been an unmitigated failure .
What are the Components of Complete Streets?
Pedestrian Component: defined as “the clear area located between the curb and the adjacent building frontage” . Key Complete Streets design elements for this component include appropriate sidewalk widths and ADA accessible curb ramps
Building and furnishing: refers to “street furniture, elements of buildings that intrude into the sidewalk, and commercial activities that occur on the sidewalk…” and includes design elements such as bicycle parking, pedestrian-scale lighting, benches/street furniture, and street trees
Bicycle: addresses “bikeways and other facilitates within the public right-of-way…” and includes design elements such as bicycle lanes (regular, buffered, contraflow, etc.), cycle tracks, share-use paths, shared lanes/sharrows, and bike route signs
Curbside Management: relates to “facilities between the cartway and the sidewalk” and includes design elements such as on-street car parking, on-street bicycle parking, loading zones, and transit shelters.
Vehicle/Cartway: describes the “portion of the public right-of-way that is intended primarily or exclusively for motor vehicle use…” [11] and includes design elements such as appropriately sized lane widths, speed humps/tables, raised medians, chicanes, and preferred/exclusive bus lanes
Urban Design: addresses “policies related to those aspects of urban form that affect Complete Streets” such as driveways, utilities, and stormwater management.
Intersection & Crossing: includes treatments that “…facilitate safe movement of all modes at intersections” [13] including high-visibility crosswalks (striped, raised, etc.), curb extensions, pedestrian refuge islands, bike boxes, and a variety of signal treatments (e.g., pedestrian countdown clocks, HAWK/RRFB signals, bicycle signals, etc.).
Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Police department would like to remind you of the detours around the PSE&G work zone on East Ridgewood Ave between Pleasant Ave and Pershing for Tuesday 9/12 and Wednesday 9/13. East Bound traffic on East Ridgewood Ave will be open during school dismissal.
Ridgewood NJ, in recent years this has become a recurrent theme in town , where does privacy end and news begin ? While we do try to be sensitive to residents privacy needs we sense there is something more afoot than righteous indignation over invasions of privacy . In a recent post in a Facebook group:
“I wanted to share with you all a situation I found concerning that occurred recently to a friend and fellow member of the Ridgewood community this week. During an emergency situation that impacted one of her children, as the first responders came to assist based on a 911 call made to receive ambulatory assistance, another resident of Ridgewood came to the scene of the incident and took multiple pictures of the situation. While at the hospital, my friend began receiving text…s from other concerned friends that pictures of her, a family caregiver, and her children (thankfully with the children’s faces blurred) had been posted on the photographer’s private Facebook page as well as on The Ridgewood Blog.
She asked me to help her get the pictures taken down as she was focused on handling the matter they were dealing with. I reached out to the photographer and to the Ridgewood Blog who had posted some of the photgrapher’s pictures, respectfully asking for any of the pictures of the incident that included my friend or her family members be removed (there were other pictures that were not an issue). The Ridgewood Blog immediately removed the concerning pictures, which we greatly appreciate. The private photographer refused to due so stating it was his legal right to share the images.
Although I understand the desire to report on the use of municipal services within Ridgewood, I don’t understand his unwillingness to be compassionate at a time when a member of our community needed it and comply with a request to remove personal identifiers of a family in crisis. I tell this story because I have since learned that others in our community have dealt with the same issue. If I ever find myself in an emergent situation that requires a call to 911, do I need to be in fear of my picture being posted all around town? Based on this situation, if a person calls for emergency services and doesn’t want their moments of crisis publicized for all to see, do they need someone on hand to intercede with pictures being taken? I would love to know from someone with any expertise in this area, if there is anything that can be done in situations like this to protect the right to privacy.”
Unfortunately in our view what we need is a lot more local news not less . So we have a few suggestions we have assembled over the last 10 plus years we have run the Ridgewood blog . While accidents happen and accidents with children are particularly difficult , most readers are very sympathetic to the child and only wish the warmest sympathies and a speedy recovery. Most people are very supportive of their neighbors. If it is being suggested otherwise by anyone , you need new friends .
Years of reporting on accidents in the Village has taught us a few things . Most accidents on Village streets are totally avoidable and usually caused by distracted driving or impaired judgment .
No one wants to be caught in and embarrassing situation as a news item so we would suggest residents follow theses rules;
Don’t text and drive
Don’t use your cell phone while you drive
don’t drink till after 5 pm
Keep your speed within 30 mph of the posted speed limit
Shade trees are a precious resource try not to hit them
Boyd Loving does and excellent job covering local events and the Village is lucky to have him . If you do something reckless and stupid , it is still reckless and stupid if it makes news or not . Remember the next kid you hit may be your own . Looking for scape goats and blaming others for ones failings never solves the problem and only works for politicians . In real life its best to accept responsibility .
VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD
VILLAGE COUNCIL
REGULAR PUBLIC MEETING
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017 8:00 P.M.
1. Call to Order – Mayor
2. Statement of Compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act
3. Roll Call – Village Clerk
4. Flag Salute and Moment of Silence
5. Acceptance of Financial Reports
6. Approval of Minutes
7. Proclamations
A. Fire Prevention Week
B. Gold Star Mother’s Day
C. National Breast Cancer Awareness Week
D. Walktoberfest
9. Comments from the Public (Not to exceed 3 minutes per person – 40 minutes in total)
10. Village Manager’s Report
11. Village Council Reports
12. ORDINANCES – INTRODUCTION – RIDGEWOOD WATER
NONE
13. ORDINANCES – PUBLIC HEARING – RIDGEWOOD WATER
NONE
14. RESOLUTIONS – RIDGEWOOD WATER
17- Award Contract – Chlorine Analyzers
15. ORDINANCES – INTRODUCTION
3613 – Amend Chapter 265 – Vehicles and Traffic – Parking for Municipal Complex
3614 – Amend Chapter 265 – Vehicles and Traffic – Maltbie Avenue – 2-hour Parking
3615 – Amend Chapter 265 – Vehicles and Traffic – Establish Bus Stop on Goffle Road
3616 – Amend Chapter 265 – Vehicles and Traffic – CBD Employee Parking Spaces – North Walnut Street Parking Lot
3617 – Amend Chapter 145 Fees – Emergency Medical Services Third-party Billing Plan Fees
16. ORDINANCES – PUBLIC HEARING
NONE
17. RESOLUTIONS
17- Title 59 Approval – Renovation of Somerville Tennis Courts
17- Award Contract – Renovation of Somerville Tennis Courts
17- Title 59 Approval – Furnishing and Delivering of Polymer – Water Pollution Control Facility
17- Award Contract – Furnishing and Delivering of Polymer – Water Pollution Control Facility
17- Title 59 Approval – Sodium Bisulfite and Sodium Hypochlorite Solutions – Water Pollution Control Facility
17- Award Contract – Sodium Bisulfite and Sodium Hypochlorite Solutions – Water Pollution Control Facility
17- Title 59 Approval – Laboratory Analysis Services – Water Pollution Control Facility and Graydon Pool
17- Award Contract – Laboratory Analysis Services – Water Pollution Control Facility and Graydon Pool
17- Title 59 Approval – Phase I Cleanup – Schedler Property
17- Award Contract – Phase I Cleanup – Schedler Property
17- Title 59 Approval – Snowplowing Services
17- Award Contract – Snowplowing Services
17- Title 59 Approval – Pickup, Removal, and Hauling of Leaves
17- Award Contract – Pickup, Removal, and Hauling of Leaves
17- Title 59 Approval – Central Valet Parking Services
17- Award Contract – Central Valet Parking Services
17- Award Contract Under State Contract – Electronic Equipment and Computer Upgrades (NTE $200,000)- Dell
17- Award Contract Under State Contract – Electronic Equipment and Computer Upgrades (NTE $200,000)- SHI
17- Award Contract Under State Contract – 2018 Chevy Tahoe – Fire Department
17- Accept Bergen County Historic Preservation Grant – Schedler House – Phase 1
17- Authorize Partial Release of Escrow Funds – 309 Mastin Place, LLC
17- Establish Annual Service Charge and Payment for Guarantee Bond for Ridgewood Senior Citizen Housing Corporation and Guaranty of Payment of Revenue Bonds
17- Authorize Tax Collector to Charge for Mailing of Tax Sale Notices
17- Authorize Cleaning of Grove Park Area by the Ridgewood Wildscape Association and Partners
17- Establish Village of Ridgewood as Bee City USA
17- Refer Study of Hudson Street as Area of Redevelopment to Planning Board
17- Authorize Ridgewood Wildscape Association to Distribute Door Hangers
17- Dedication by Rider – Cultural Arts Purposes
17- Rescind Resolution #13-88 – Establishing a Financial Advisory Committee
18. Comments from the Public (Not to Exceed 5 minutes per person)
How is locking cars the solution to thieves walking around the village unchallenged?
If anything, I would rather they collect loose change and other nonsense from my car in the driveway instead of trying break into my house. That is the next step once easy money from unlocked cars disappears.
Thieves will steal. If the easiest type of theft is restricted, they will move onto the next level (much as deterring car thefts through electronic keys has led to a surge in carjackings).
Once again, the problem is not unlocked cars or people leaving handbags in cars. The problem is thieves roaming around unchallenged. What – if anything – is being done about that?
