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Objection to playground structure installation at Gypsy Pond Park in Ridgewood

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Ridgewood NJ, the proposed installation of a playground structure at Gypsy/Kings Pond Park is being objected to by an unnamed member of the Village Council due to the presence of geese near the targeted installation area. We were rather shocked when we heard about this objection, because the last time we looked, geese are rather ubiquitous throughout the Village of Ridgewood.

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Restoration of Wild Duck Pond in Ridgewood

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Ridgewood NJ, Saddle River County Park is a 577-acre linear park that meanders with the Saddle River and its tributary brooks. It consists of five park areas that are linked by a multi-use path, including circular paths around some ponds.

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Saddle River County Park Walker Struck by Falling Tree Limb

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Glen Rock NJ, an adult male visitor of the Saddle River County Park, Glen Rock Area was transported by ambulance to The Valley Hospital late Thursday afternoon, 08/25, after sustaining non-life threatening injuries when a tree limb fell on him while he was walking along a paved path. Glen Rock Police, Glen Rock EMS, and Bergen County Sheriff’s Office personnel rushed to the park’s Prospect Street, Glen Rock entrance to aid the victim.

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The Wild Duck Pond Restoration in Ridgewood

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Ridgewood NJ, started in 2021 with a $1.7 million budget the Wild Duck Pond project is a restoration which will restore both the ecological function and enhance the public use of the existing Wild Duck Pond Area. Funding for the restoration project comes from the Bergen County Open Space Trust Fund and a grant from NJ Green Acres. The man-made waterbody constructed in the 1900’s for ice production and adapted by the Parks Commission in the early 1950’s as part of the new Saddle River County Park, has ceased to function as designed: to divert water from the Saddle River down a conveyance channel and through the pond back to the Saddle River. As the Saddle River’s elevation has decreased and the pond’s clay liner deteriorates, the pond and channel needed vital reconstruction to restore the health of the pond’s ecosystem.

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BERGEN COUNTY TO HOST GROUNDBREAKING FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION OF WILD DUCK POND IN SADDLE RIVER COUNTY PARK

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Ridgewood NJ, a ceremony to mark the start of an ecological restoration project at the Wild Duck Pond in Saddle River County Park. The project scope includes replacing the pond liner and implementing stormwater best management practices, which will restore the pond’s wetlands and further support native wildlife. Funding for the restoration project comes from the Bergen County Open Space Trust Fund and a grant from NJ Green Acres.

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Women Located after Ridgewood Police coordinated Multi-agency Search of Saddle River County Park

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Police coordinated an intense, multi-agency search for an endangered adult female who had been observed entering the Saddle River County Park early Sunday evening, 01/24. A NJ State Police helicopter, a search dog & patrol officers of the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office, Ridgewood Fire Department firefighters, Ridgewood Police patrol officers, Ridgewood Emergency Services personnel, Paramus Police officers, and Paramus Emergency Management staff were all deployed in an effort to locate the individual. Approximately one (1) hour after the search began, Paramus Police located her in a residential neighborhood about 1/2 mile from where she’d last been seen. She was evaluated by Paramus EMS personnel before being driven home by a Ridgewood Police patrol officer.

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Be a Sponsor for the Racefaster 5K and Half Marathon

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Ridgewood NJ, Hope you are all enjoying your summer. I wanted to let you know about the Racefaster 5K and Half Marathon coming up on Sunday, September 10. This is going to be a great event — bringing residents from all over Bergen County together. The 5K is a walk or run hosted at Garden State Plaza and the Half Marathon will begin and end at Garden State Plaza but will primarily be hosted in the Saddle River County Park up to the Glen Rock Duck Pond.

Also, we still have opportunity for you to sponsor the event and promote your business! There are many different ways that we can get you in front of all of the participants. Please let me know if you are interested and we can go over the different opportunities available. You can always email me at lindsay@racefaster.net or call 201-727-3135.