Ridgewood NJ, On October 17, 2017, voter registration will be conducted in the Village Clerk’s Office in Village Hall, 131 North Maple Avenue, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and in the lobby of the Ridgewood Public Library, 125 North Maple Avenue, from 4:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. This is the final opportunity for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the November 7, 2017 General Election.
All residents of Ridgewood who will be at least 18 years of age on November 7, 2017 and are citizens of the United States are eligible to vote. Residents who have recently moved to Ridgewood, as well as those who have moved within Ridgewood, must re-register to vote even if they were previously registered at another address.
AN EVENING WITH DR. DAVID ROBINSON NEW JERSEY STATE CLIMATOLOGIST RIDGEWOOD WATER RIDGEWOOD PARKS & RECREATION & THE RIDGEWOOD ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE (REAC) ARE PLEASED TO HOST A PUBLIC FORUM
ON
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2017
7:00 – 8:30 PM
RIDGEWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY ● 125 N. MAPLE AVENUE
ROBINSON WILL BE DISCUSSING:
THE CHANGING CLIMATE IN THE STATE
WEATHER
DROUGHT
EFFECTS OF THE CHANGING CLIMATE ON UTILITIES LIKE RIDGEWOOD WATER
PLEASE VISIT THE EVENTS CALENDAR ON THE RIDGEWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY’S WEBSITE OR REGISTER DIRECTLY AT:
https://water.ridgewoodnj.net/ccevent/
SPACE IS LIMITED. ALL RIDGEWOOD WATER CUSTOMERS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND.
Dr. David A. Robinson is a professor in the Department of Geography at Rutgers University and also serves as New Jersey’s State Climatologist. His research interests are in applied climate, especially related to New Jersey, and in climate dynamics and change, particularly focused on global snow cover. He is a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and sits on climate advisory committees for the National Academy of Sciences and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. He has chaired two National Research Council panels and the American Meteorological Society’s Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Committee, and is a past president of the American Association of State Climatologists. Dr. Robinson was recently elected a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society and has received a NOAA Environmental Hero award, as well as the Lifetime Achievement award of the Association of American Geographer’s Climate Specialty Group.
Ridgewood NJ, John Wohlberg is the Owner-Operator at JH Renovations, LLC in Ridgewood. John told the Ridgewood blog that , “he has been in business for over 20 years. My father was a Contractor now a site safety manager in NYC. Still working full time at 82. My Brother also a Contractor and a Licensed Building Inspector which has been a good information source for me throughout the years in terms of the Building Codes, various inspectors etc.”
John interestingly enough he also has a Real Estate License ( Referral Only) and a BA in Psychology. John went on to say he was an Art Major in High School and that’s been helpful in helping clients come up with designs.
John says,” I worked briefly at Keller Williams in Ridgewood but now have my License over at Alexander Andersen in Hackensack.”
John says , “My niche is an all in one saving clients the hassle of hiring a designer or in some cases, an architect. I guess somewhat of a DIY Contractor educating the client on the options”
We asked about his geographic area John concentrates on Ridgewood, Glen Rock , but have done work in every town in Bergen County. He generally will not travel outside Bergen County. According to John , “What tends to happen is we keep about 3 projects going at a time and taking on a project too far away can result in a local customer who doesn’t get taken care of properly so we learned early on not to bite off more then we can chew. Your reputation suffers and as a word of mouth business owner, that can be costly”
John says , “A lot of times what happens is that we will get a referral and will start off doing something small but once trust is built up, we end coming back to do something larger. We have a big database of repeat customers.We’ve gotten calls to paint a room and ended up staying for 3 or years off and on Renovating almost every room in the house. We try to be as user friendly as possible.”
He belongs to the Ridgewood Chamber, Hackensack Chamber and former member of the Glen Rock Chamber, Ridgewood Business Connections.
John says he understands the older home in Ridgewood, “I’m different from a builder as I deal with a lot of these old, Ridgewood homes. Most are built outta level and you have to be creative to try to make whatever room your renovation blend into the existing décor. You don’t want to go to modern and sacrifice an architectural integrity of the home.
John says , “the bottom line about my business, I love what I do but my body sometimes doesn’t , My tag line is “Building a Family of Satisfied Customers”. I try to live by that motto. ”
Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood public library suggest to get ready for Halloween with the master of horror, H.P. Lovecraft. All of his texts are available online for free. https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/
H. P. Lovecraft ( Howard Phillips Lovecraft) was an American author who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. He was virtually unknown and published only in pulp magazines before he died in poverty, but he is now regarded as one of the most significant 20th-century authors in his genre. Lovecraft was born in Providence, Rhode Island, where he spent most of his life. Among his most celebrated tales are “The Call of Cthulhu” and “The Shadow over Innsmouth”, both canonical to the Cthulhu Mythos. Lovecraft was never able to support himself from earnings as author and editor. He saw commercial success increasingly elude him in this latter period, partly because he lacked the confidence and drive to promote himself. He subsisted in progressively strained circumstances in his last years; an inheritance was completely spent by the time that he died at age 46.
Sat, October 28, 2017
Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Location: at Memorial Park at Van Neste Squ., E. Ridgewood Ave., side streets and the park
Ridgewood’s Halloween Haunted Harvest
FREE to the public
Saturday, October 28, 2017
Memorial Park at Van Neset Square
1:00pm-4:00pm
weather permitting
Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce presents
its annual Haunted Harvest…
sponsored by…
Ben & Jerry’s and Terrie O’Connor Realtors
Come and meet the “good witches”
Ben & Jerry’s is preparing a walk through the HAUNTED GRAVE YARD, a jump through the PUMPKIN PATCH or hide in the HAY MAZE along with arts & crafts and fun!
Terry O’Connor Realtors will lead the
HALLOWEN PARADE for kids and puppies…
wear your best costume to win a prize!
Join in on the Face Painting, Balloon Making and much more.
Make sure you get your map to go to the stores for a trick or teat…
Join us in Ridgewood for this Halloween fun…
while shopping and dining.
This event is FREE to the public…wear your costume to join the fun.
Thu, October 12, 2017 – Sat, October 14, 2017
Time: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Location: Ridgewood Business district, E. Ridgewood Ave. and side streets
Ridgewood’s second annual Blow-Out Sale days
All participating store will be open all 3 days!
October 12, 13, 14th, Thursday-Friday-Saturday
Featuring:
Summer – endings
Fall trending’s and
Holiday comings
outside – weather permitting
Starting with
Art of Motion, Chestnut St., offering a costume exchange for HALLOWEEN with proceeds going to CancerCare. call for details: 201-652-5800 –
17 Chestnut St.
Participating stores-the # next business is their address #.
E. Ridgewood Ave.
GAP – 235
Fox’s – 230
Kate Spade – 202
Bookends – 211
Hot Jewelry Box – 203
Ridgewood Bootery – 200
DoubleTake Consignment Boutique – 189
Pink Bungalow – 185
Little Skye – 171
Little Nest Portraits – 168
Peachy Keen Kids – 136
Anik of Ridgewood – 119
Learning Express Toys – 111
Shelly Glam – 82
Oasis Clothing – 80
Lucky Brand – 67
P. Smith & Co. – 65
Duxiana Bedding – 63
Red Velvet Luxe- 59
Victor’s Mens – 55
GiGi’s Boutique – 48
Loft41 Jewelry – 41
Beauty Plus Salon – 25
Eat Your Spinach – 42
Jekyll & Hide – 7
Cottage Place
Savvy Chic Consignment Boutique – 30
S. Walnut St.
Suite 201 – 11
Chestnut St.
House of Glam Studio – 22
S. Broad Street
Alba Boutique- 10
DPARZ Shoes – 12
N. Broad St
Racefaster – 211
Look for some businesses in front of
Memorial Park at Van Neste Square.
M&T Bank
Little Ivy Learning Center
Beauty Counter – Rebecca
House of Glam Studio
I absolutely agree. I go to my nail appointment 9:30am, very little is open. But all parking spaces near the shop are taken. And when I go to lunch, ~11:30am, hoping to get a space, same issue. Must be at least some employees in the spaces, maybe more. You don’t see people walking in and out of stores, walking on the streets at these early times. And 2 shop owners have confirmed to me – when I have asked – that the spaces are taken by employees – they see them. Apparently the employees are able to park 3 hours, just like shoppers. Just put money in the meters. It may be legal, but it’s certainly not good for the vibrancy of downtown shopping or the customers.
Planning Board Special Public Meeting Schedule Ammendment Oct 18, 2017
PLANNING BOARD AMENDMENT TO MEETING SCHEDULE
Special Public Meeting: Wednesday, October 18, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Addition to Meeting Schedule
In accordance with the provisions of the “Open Public Meetings Act,” please be advised that the Planning Board has scheduled a special public meeting and work session for WEDNESDAY, October 18, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. in the Ridgewood Village Courtroom, 161 N. Maple Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07450.
The Board may take official/formal action during this Special Public Meeting at which time the Board will convene a public hearing concerning 257 Ridgewood Avenue, LLC, Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan, Block 3703, Lot 4, 6, & 8.01. All meetings of the Ridgewood Planning Board (i.e., official public meetings, work session meetings, pre-meeting assemblies and special meetings) are public meetings which are always open to members of the general public.
Michael Cafarelli
Secretary to the Board
c: P/B Members
Ridgewood News*
The Record*
Village Clerk
Village Manager
Village Bulletin Board
Village Website
Bergen County Clerk
Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Karate Academy is hosting a Women’s Self Defense Seminar, taught by Master Steve Smyer (5th Dan Black Belt )on Thursday, October 19th, from 8pm -9pm. This is a FREE event, open to the community in the effort to help keep you safe during this Holiday Season..
Participants will learn functional self defense and survival skills including escapes, striking, and overall safety awareness tips. Register TODAY! Space is limited!
The school is located at:
30 Cottage Place, Ridgewood, NJ , (behind Starbucks)
For details call (201)447-2272 or visit at
Ridgewoodkarate.com
Ridgewood NJ, to discontinue delivery of the supermarket circulars that are delivered to your home and dropped in your driveway by calling 1-800-376-6222 and providing your address.
Ridgewood NJ, Melissa O’ Sullivan, a local Ridgewood, New Jersey mom who started a t-shirt company with her son Jake, who is Autistic.
Their company, Autistic Heroes Teeshirts, came to life after Melissa shared some of her son’s artwork, which she says has helped her connect to his more internalized emotions. The positive reaction from her Facebook friends inspired her to begin printing his masterpieces across T-shirts for the rest of the world to wear and admire. And with that, the Autistic Heroes community was born.
As you can see in this mini documentary, the duo has continued to grow the Autistic Heroes community through the company’s Facebook Page, where Melissa and Jake connect with other Autistic artists from around the country and provide them the opportunity to showcase their artwork on new t-shirt designs. The secret to the community’s strength and success? As Melissa puts it, “everyone needs to feel a mission in life.”
According to Melissa , my now high school age Autistic son Jake Soper created books filled with childhood comic drawings in 2011-13. He was drawing fan art based on his favorite object competition shows and also piles of original superheroes, side-kicks and villains. Jake is an extremely shy person so we were THRILLED to see such a wonderful imagination percolating under Jake’s calm facade.
Based on the keen interest s…hown in Jake’s sketches, and my recent Parsons degree (2014) in Graphic Design, I decided to make a T-shirt line for babies, toddlers and kids (and adults as it turns out!) called AUTISTIC HERO TEESHIRTS. I curate his images, clean them up, bring them to life with color, and make edits where necessary. I brand, produce, advertise, design/maintain autistichero.com, and market and ship the T-shirts. AHT also travels the NJ (and soon NY) area selling T-shirts. Jake designs specific T-shirts I am looking for now that he is older and helps me with editing during the design process. We will teach him more and more steps to this process.
AHT sells name brand, gift worthy T-shirts. We donate a dollar to Autism per shirt. Jake Soper also makes a dollar per shirt income. We are modeling business skills to our son within the home and the ASD community at large and want to be role models for pro-autism business. AHT has developed strategic partners in the ASD community with whom we support, barter, donate, mentor and trade ideas and advice in addition to our cash donations.
*Recycle AHT is a spin off brand we only sell face to face and is not available at autistichero.com. A brand where we rescue and repurpose viable, unique, gently worn clothing items and put characters or images from AHT on them for sale at a less premium price point than our main line.
The mission of AUTISTIC HERO TEESHIRTS is supporting creative and entrepreneurial effort in the Autistic community. We are a for-profit clothing brand with a charitable aspect.
The Village’s Leaf Collection Program will begin on October 23rd
All residents have received a yellow postcard with the leaf collection program requirements. The leaf collection areas are based on yardwaste areas (A-D), with certain exceptions listed for Area D, during leaf season only. All areas will have three collection times.
Leaves are to be placed along the curbline, in the street, only during the leaf placement dates listed for your area on the postcard. You may not place leaves into the street after the last leaf placement date for your area, until the next round of leaf placement dates for your area. If you employ a landscaper, please communicate your leaf placement dates to them. Please be aware that leaves placed in the street, after the street is complete, may result in a summons being issued.
No brush will be collected during leaf season. In addition, do not place trash, stones, branches, twigs or other yardwaste into the leaf piles.
To locate your area for yardwaste collection, go to the Village website www.ridgewoodnj.net, click on My Village Services Lookup and enter your address to find your respective area.
If you have any questions regarding the leaf collection program, call the Street Division at 201-670-5585.
PERMANENT, YEAR-ROUND WATER CONSERVATION REGULATIONS
As the weather begins to turn, Ridgewood Water would like to extend its gratitude to residents for their compliance with the water regulations established in Ordinance #3588. Moderate weather and two-day per week irrigation restrictions helped Ridgewood Water to get through the summer with no additional water restrictions.
As a reminder, two-day per week irrigation has been made permanent, year-round, for conservation purposes. Please ensure that all irrigation complies with the following:
Odd numbered addresses on Tuesday & Saturday
Even numbered addresses on Wednesday & Sunday
No irrigation is permitted between the hours of 10:00am and 6:00pm
Automatic system use permitted only between 3:00am and 7:00am
Exemption permits are always available for smart controllers. As of September 20th, exemption permits to water new plantings for 21 consecutive days are also available. In the event that you are unable to finish all of your plantings this fall, exemption permits will also be available in the spring.
Please visit https://water.ridgewoodnj.net for additional information. We appreciate your efforts and thank you for helping to sustain the future of our water.
FINAL DAY FOR VOTER REGISTRATION FOR GENERAL ELECTION – OCTOBER 17th
On October 17, 2017, voter registration will be conducted in the Village Clerk’s Office in Village Hall, 131 North Maple Avenue, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and in the lobby of the Ridgewood Public Library, 125 North Maple Avenue, from 4:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. This is the final opportunity for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the November 7, 2017 General Election.
All residents of Ridgewood who will be at least 18 years of age on November 7, 2017 and are citizens of the United States are eligible to vote. Residents who have recently moved to Ridgewood, as well as those who have moved within Ridgewood, must re-register to vote even if they were previously registered at another address.
Best Regards,
Heather A. Mailander
Village Manager
201/670-5500 x202
Fresh drinking water is not a commodity with unending supplies. Currently Ridgewood primarily draws its water from wells tapping aquifers underground. These aquifers are recharged by surface water that flows down through the ground, hence the modern zoning requirements for retention pits/dry wells when property is developed. Unfortunately other chemicals are also carried down into the aquifers with this water from sources such as old leaking oil/gas tanks, dry cleaner chemicals, lawn fertilizers and pesticides. If it gets poured onto the ground it ends up in our drinking water at some point. In some circumstances if more water is pumped out of aquifers than is coming in (such as in Long Island) ocean water containing salt cam be sucked into the aquifers, degrading the water quality and ultimately making it undrinkable. There can even be settling and cracking of the ground with over pumping ( https://geochange.er.usgs.gov/sw/changes/anthropogenic/subside/ ). With these conditions in mind, I would suggest the smart way to deal with our water issues is to find ways to conserve water and minimize use as opposed to drilling more wells to increase capacity. This has happened nationally for years with toilets that flush with less water and the newer dual flush models, water faucets and shower heads that limit flow and other efforts that have reduced our water use without changing lifestyles much. In the end from May till September, our high usage months, 2/3 of the water we use is sprinkled on lawns so the question is how much money do we want to spend and what chances with screwing up our water quality do we want to take in order to keep grass green in summer months instead of just letting it go dormant and greening up again when the post summer rains fall?
Ridgewood NJ, a science class experiment mistook for a fire led to Ridgewood High School being evacuated . Ridgewood High School was evacuated on Thursday after a passer-by mistook smoke from a science experiment as an actual fire at the School.
A science class at Ridgewood High School was burning ice pop sticks around 10 a.m. when someone walking near the classroom smelled smoke and pulled the fire alarm.
Ridgewood Fire officials said the building was evacuated for about 40 minutes and no one was injured.
