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Village of Ridgewood : Meet the Manager , Senior Survey and Updated Information on Leaves

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Meet the Manager – Wednesday, Decelber 16th- 4:30PM – 7:30PM

Village Manager Roberta Sonenfeld will hold office hours for Ridgewood residents and business owners every month. The next session will be Wednesday , December 17th between the hours of 4:30PM to 7:30PM. This is an opportunity to share your thoughts and provide input to Roberta. These sessions will be scheduled at 15 minute intervals and will be held in the Court Room – on the Fourth Level of Ridgewood Village Hall. Please contact Beth Spinato at 201-670-5500, ext. 203 to make an appointment. Walk-ins are welcome but should realize that the schedule may already be booked. We will announce the schedule for these meetings on a monthly basis.

Senior Survey – Residents 55 + Please Complete the Survey

Share your thoughts with us! The Ridgewood Community Center Advisory Board needs your input to determine the priorities, needs and concerns of the Village’s eldest citizens. We are committed with maintaining and improving the Community Center and serving the broader Ridgewood community. The survey is anonymous and intended for ages 55 and older. Please click the following link to access and print survey. Once completed, it can be returned to the Stable, the front reception desk at Village Hall or the Circulation/Reference Desks at the Library. If you would like to receive a copy by mail please call the Recreation Office at 201-670-5560.

Survey of Ridgewood NJ Residents 55 Years and Older

Updated Information on Leaves from Ridgewood DPW:

• Collection: We are still running three to four days behind. With the recent damage to the pusher catching up is going to be unachievable.

• Schedule: We are recommending a shift in the leaf schedule based on the following new dates:

o Area A: Dec. 4 to Dec. 10

o Area B: No change

o Area C: Dec. 11 to Dec. 17

o Area D: Dec. 18 to Dec. 23

For further information: 201/670-5585

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Ridgewood senior citizens asked to complete survey

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DECEMBER 8, 2015    LAST UPDATED: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2015, 2:22 PM
BY MARK KRULISH
STAFF WRITER |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS

Local seniors can still have a voice in helping the community make changes for the betterment of not only their own age group, but Ridgewood as a whole through a survey currently being circulated by a village committee.

A subcommittee of Ridgewood’s Community Center Advisory Board (CCAB) has taken on the task of helping older adults stay in Ridgewood and provide avenues to better engage them in the community.

The survey has been available since early October and features a variety of questions focusing on housing, transportation, service needs, social participation, civic engagement and how seniors stay informed of village news and events.

As of last week, 455 seniors have taken the survey, which is slightly less than half of the set goal of 1,000 responses. Among those 455 people, many of them have been in the age range of 70 through 85, noted Sheila Brogan, one of the subcommittee members, meaning younger seniors aged 55 to 70 years and the oldest have not had their voices heard.

The CCAB subcommittee is interested in seniors’ opinions on the village’s current housing stock – whether or not options are available in town if they decide to leave their house; on transportation options for seniors; social engagement – what clubs and organizations in which seniors are actively involved; and how seniors get their information and what the best way would be to reach them.

The survey will also allow the advisory board to tailor programs currently on-going in the Community Center, such as the various exercise programs, to the needs of the village’s seniors.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/health-news/senior-citizens-sought-to-complete-ridgewood-survey-1.1469909

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Reader says NO to the Senior Survey

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Does anybody actually believe the Village’s upcoming senior survey will help seniors? What can the Village possibly do to “help” other than add more lunch sessions to Ms Hauck’s playlist? (She’s only doing her lunches to get votes anyway, although she would be unlikely to win if she ran again…she achieved third place by only a handful of votes in 2012. Did Aronsohn’s P.R. advisers, White Horse Strategies, come up with seniors as her ideal constituency? Please.)

I’d bet dollars to Dunkin’ that the unmentioned goal of the survey, or at least the reason the Amigos support it, is to assemble an email and address list of residents over a certain age so they can assault a targeted audience with materials on those intended new apartments, the assisted-care place, realtor ads, and who-knows-what-all. Somehow something dastardly is being planned. The people who suggested the survey probably don’t know that–I’m not necessarily faulting them.

Well, I have no intention of playing into their hands by responding in any way, and I suggest that others age 60+ do the same, or at least read all the questions before agreeing to supply any answers. And don’t let them have your email address.

Unfortunately, three-fifths of the current Village Council has behaved so selfishly and cynically in ways that will destroy the Village that it has become impossible to attribute motives to them other than egotism, greed, and self-seeking.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/health-news/survey-to-review-needs-of-seniors-1.1406075