In accordance with the provisions of the “Open Public Meetings Act,” please be advised that the BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT public meeting for TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2017 in the VILLAGE HALL COURT ROOM, 4th Floor, 131 NORTH MAPLE AVENUE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ beginning at 7:30 p.m. has been cancelled.
The next regular meeting will be held on November 14, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. in the Village Hall Courtroom, 4th Floor, 131 North Maple Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ.
All meetings of the Ridgewood Board of Adjustment (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.
Ridgewood NJ, Please be advised, Bergen County’s contractor, Della Pello Paving, Inc., will be milling and paving Franklin Turnpike from Racetrack Road to East Glen Avenue.
Work is scheduled to start at 7:00 am on Wednesday November 1, 2017 with milling. Paving will start Thursday November 2, 2017 and is scheduled to be completed in one day, weather permitting. The project will utilize Village Traffic Control Officers.
Paul Vagianos (D) A Democrat running mate for State Assemble in the 40th District that’s who Paul is refereed to in the article….
So this is the type of candidate that wants to run local Government, A individual who can not follow Building dept, Codes, Village Zoning/Planing Codes, Village Ordinances and State laws of set back. HE Feels “HE” is above the LAW.
This is Who has a Mayor and Counsel scared of him! Because of POWER! What about the residence and other Proprietors that are in the Village, they have to follow Zoning/Planing and local building codes! State and county ordinances and set back laws.
I just spoke with the Building inspector Carlos this morning and he stated there was never a permit issued for this wall or nor was there ever any inspections and refereed me to the Zoning/Planing office. I spoke to a nice women who answered the phone, I had asked for the Zoning officer but she stated she could help me she was very knowledgeable about the whole chain of events of this wall. It was a wood wall prior and they removed the wood and built what is there today not sure as to the date, No prior approvals and the Owner was sued by the Village of Ridgewood. They eventually applied to the Planing/Zoning board and was passed by the board (quote from Women in Planing/Zoning dept., I don’t quite know how that was approved).
So there have never been any required permits or inspections and they were never asked to remove the wall. Why is this!
If someone were to be hurt by the wall coming down or a car were to hit it I SEE A MAJOR LAWSUIT HERE, an unsafe non permitted structure!
You be the JUDGE……I see unfair politics at its worst,,,,people afraid of people with power.
Come out and visit us on Halloween Day from 11am to 1pm!
October 30,2017
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Join a special OLD PARAMUS CHURCH TOUR as part of the village-wide Walktoberfest walking tours this month. Dacey Latham, of the Ridgewood Historical Society, will lead you through the Schoolhouse Museum, Old Paramus Reformed Church & cemetery and Valleau Cemetery (way before the sun sets!).
Sign up and learn more about this tour and others at RidgewoodWalks.com
Ridgewood NJ, Free and open to the public! Tony Award winner Tom Smedes will be giving and Artist Talk on Thursday, November 16 in the RHS Little Theatre at 7:30 p.m.
Tom Smedes is currently producing the new musical THE BANDSTAND directed by Tony Award winner Andy Blankenbuehler and written by Richard Oberacker and Robert Taylor, which made its regional debut at the Paper Mill Playhouse and will transfer to Broadway in the 2016-2017 season.
halloween at the y
Tue, October 31, 2017
Time: 11:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Location: Ridgewood YMCA, 112 Oak St., Ridgewood, NJ 07450
Please join us on Tuesday, October 31 to celebrate Halloween in a fun and safe environment at the Y! Parents must accompany their children.
• Two trick or treat sessions will be offered to accommodate toddlers and school age youth.
• Trick or Treat from 11:30 am till 12:30 pm and 3:30 pm till 4:30 pm.
PLUS
• Vote for the most creatively decorated staff member’s office door!
• Join us for arts and crafts and a Halloween themed science project in the building’s lobby from 12:30 till 3:30 pm.
• Peanut-free event
• Open to the public, bring your friends and neighbors
Amtrak’s work, between Newark Penn Station and Secaucus, continues their effort to maintain its Northeast Corridor
October 30,2017
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, NJ TRANSIT is advising customers of upcoming Amtrak signal work which will impact rail travel Friday night November 10th through Saturday and Sunday November 11th-12th. Amtrak’s work, between Newark Penn Station and Secaucus, continues their effort to maintain its Northeast Corridor in a state of good repair.
NJ TRANSIT is relying on assurances by Amtrak the work will be complete prior to the start of the Monday morning rush hour on November 13th.
Beginning at 9 p.m. on Friday, November 10th and continuing through the end of service on Sunday, November 12th, customers traveling on the Northeast Corridor and North Jersey Coast Line may experience delays of up to 60 minutes in both directions. The Amtrak work will require signals near Newark Penn Station to be taken out of service, requiring trains to operate at restricted speeds.
To accommodate this signal work and manage train traffic through the area, NJ TRANSIT will not operate the Northeast Corridor 7600 series trains between Rahway and Penn Station New York. Customers will be accommodated by the following train which is scheduled 5-10 minutes behind the 7600 series. Those trains will add a station stop at North Elizabeth.
During that same time, Amtrak will maximize this work period to also perform track work where the Raritan Valley Line connects with the Northeast Corridor. Customers on the Raritan Valley Line will have substitute busing in place to/from Newark Penn Station as follows:
Friday night 11/10 9 p.m. through the end of the service day busing will be in place in both directions between Cranford and Newark Penn Station.
Saturday 11/11 and Sunday 11/12 busing will be in place all day in both directions between Union and Newark Penn Station.
Customers on these three rail lines (NEC, NJCL, RVL) are advised to allow for extra time to and from their destinations. Customers also should pay close attention to station and crew announcements.
This work will impact customers on the NEC, NJCL and RVL planning to attend the following sports events and concerts. Customers are strongly encouraged to allow plenty of extra travel time:
11/11 NY Rangers at MSG 1 p.m.
11/11 NY Knicks at MSG at 8 p.m.
11/11 NJ Devils at Prudential Center at 7 p.m.
11/12 Dead & Company concert at MSG at 7 p.m.
Important Note: M&E and Midtown Direct service will NOT be impacted by this Amtrak signal work.
I never ever read such bullshit regarding the sheep. I frequently visit the village with my family to go out to eat . Did you ever try walking through this so I walk on broad in Ridgewood talk about fighting through way too many tables so I’m Broad Street to get to Ridgewood Avenue come on, someone’s barking up the wrong tree regarding the sheep there’s more foot traffic on the east side versus the Westside someone has their head up there Ass , Or the sheep’s ass.
Tables, walls, dogs sitting under the table, heat lamps at steel wheel, baby carriages, bench in front of the bagel store, and flowers, pumpkins, firewood, Christmas trees inverting of while foods, stop and shop and kings…and Adirondack chairs at back yard store, 30 kids in front of rite aid… And we are suddenly worried about a soft sheep… Haha but sad.
i still ask this question; how can Paul get away with the walls in front of his business, without any permits? How it continues to be a thorn in many residents of town. Plus, I want to erect a wall in front of my house, all my neighbors are in favor of this just to see what the town does!. Pauls wall is over 3 feet high. Did he have a contractor put in footings to hold wall? Do unsuspecting visitors who park along the wall know that it could fall over? Why can’t we have these ugly walls be forced to be taken down?? The answer really is that the prior council ( which loved Paul) and the new council are just plain AFRAID of this business owner. Why?? This is our town, not his town. Get a grip council!
I personally have taken on a mission to do as President Reagan said ” Village of Ridgewood, Take down those walls )
Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Emergency Services members and Ridgewood Police Patrol Officer Jeffrey Kay worked to clear storm drains of fallen leaves in order to keep the critical intersection (primary ambulance route) of Grove and Prospect Streets, Ridgewood open during a heavy rain storm on Sunday afternoon, 10/29.
Ridgewood NJ, Many schools are closed for NJEA Convention on Thursday & Friday, November 9-10. The Ridgewood Y offers our November Pamacka camp to help parents with child care for days when schools are closed. Extended hours are available for pre-camp and post-camp hours, at no extra charge!
$60 per child per day for YMCA members
$75 per child per day for non-members
Join us this November at Camp Pamacka with
exciting themed activities planned.
Bring your bathing suit for swim time, lunch, sneakers and a jacket!
Activities Planned
• Themes are Fall Frenzy for Nov. 9 and Turkey Bowl 1 for Nov. 10
• Swimming
• Arts and crafts
• Friday’s are pizza day!
Call to register at 201.444.5600 x500
Upcoming Camp Pamacka School Vacation Camps:
December Pamacka – December 26-29
Speaking of the wall, did anyone see the summary of Vagianos’ housing comments as they appeared in the Ridgewood News? I am hoping they were mis-reported, but as I read them, he won’t comment on his view of the multi-family housing debacle in our state because the Courts are dealing with it.
Has he never taken high school civics? Legislators legislate and judges interpret.
If he does not understand his role as a legislator in our tri-partite government, he should drop out of the race now and go back to school for a while.
I would like to hear Vagianous’ view on housing – – as well as the view of all the candidates – – and what legislation they would support or introduce to roll back these court ordered mandates that are threatening to strangle towns like Ridgewood.
We face the prospect of thousands of apartments being forced into our town and surrounding towns. Anyone running for office must have a view – – a firm view – – not a mealy mouthed missive about how they don’t view it as their job to protect the standard of living for which their fellow citizens worked so hard.
This is the single most important issue we face and we need decisive leadership on the issue, not dithering.
Ridgewood NJ, The Queensboro Symphony Orchestra will perform works by Beethoven, Brahms and Elgar at West Side Presbyterian Church on Sunday, November 5 at 3 pm as part of the West Side Concert Series. Free admission, parking and childcare. A free-will offering will be received.
The performance, under the direction of Conductor Dong Hyun Kim, will include: Ludwig van Beethoven’s Triple Concerto in C Major, Op. 56; Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 1 in C Minor; and Edward Elgar’s Nimrod from Enigma Variations, which will be dedicated to Jina Choi, the Queensboro Symphony Orchestra’s concert mistress, who passed away in July.
Soloists: Jee Sun Lee, violin (pictured); SinHwa Lee, cello; and Sohyun Ahn, piano.
Founded in 2015 in Flushing by Maestro Kim, the Queensboro Symphony Orchestra is rapidly emerging as one of the most exciting ensembles in New York’s classical music scene.
For more information, please visit westsideconcerts.org.
Sunday, November 5 at 3 PM – 5 PM
West Side Presbyterian Church Ridgewood, NJ
6 S Monroe St, Ridgewood, New Jersey 07450
If the rates go up, no one will come. Since I can’t park near a business I want to go to, I’m sure not going to pay $1.00 an hour extra for a cup of coffee. The Daily Treat will be among the first ones to suffer. That free parking for customers lot will soon be out lawed. Since the VC seems to be surprised by how much they have to pay so that Ridgewood customers can pay extra to park, what boondoggles will they not be prepared for next? Since they seem to expect that all the new housing will make a profit for the town, maybe that is all we should turn to for raising money? (of course that assumes that water will suddenly leap out of the ground, people will only want to walk so no traffic lights or changes, etc. etc.) Has anyone actually asked any business owner if they would be willing to pay an extra $5.00 per table to earn money at their site? The village just assumes they will be eager to provide free parking so more people will come. Their budgets are squeezed as tightly as they can be, and that’s a big chunk of ever reducing profits. maybe a crystal ball would be more accurate!
Marin Luther nailed his Ninety-five Theses to the door of All Saints’ Church in Wittenberg on 31 October 1517 and started a revolution !
It started on All Saints’ Eve, 1517, when Luther publicly objected to the way preacher Johann Tetzel was selling indulgences. These were documents prepared by the church and bought by individuals either for themselves or on behalf of the dead that would release them from punishment due to their sins. As Tetzel preached, “Once the coin into the coffer clings, a soul from purgatory heavenward springs!”
Luther questioned the church’s trafficking in indulgences and called for a public debate of 95 theses he had written. Instead, his 95 Theses spread across Germany as a call to reform, and the issue quickly became not indulgences but the authority of the church: Did the pope have the right to issue indulgences?
Events quickly accelerated. At a public debate in Leipzig in 1519, when Luther declared that “a simple layman armed with the Scriptures” was superior to both pope and councils without them, he was threatened with excommunication.
Luther replied to the threat with his three most important treatises: The Address to the Christian Nobility, The Babylonian Captivity of the Church, and On the Freedom of a Christian. In the first, he argued that all Christians were priests, and he urged rulers to take up the cause of church reform. In the second, he reduced the seven sacraments to two (baptism and the Lord’s Supper). In the third, he told Christians they were free from the law (especially church laws) but bound in love to their neighbors.
October 29,2017
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, When you post today on Facebook or Instagram, you’ll likely reach thousands of folks very quickly. You’ll share a great idea or thought that could change the lives of many people.
Five hundred years ago, when you wanted to share your ideas, you posted them on the Church door. Martin Luther did just that, and probably didn’t have a clue that his post would turn the Church or his life upside down much less that his post would be celebrated for years to come.
This October 29, 2017 marks the 500th year since Martin Luther made his famous post. Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Ridgewood has planned a full day of special activities to mark this anniversary. Please join us at 155 Linwood Avenue, Ridgewood.
A communion worship service will be offered at 10:45 AM. A brunch is being offered at noon (Please sign up on our website, www.bethlehemchurch.live, so we can sure to have enough food). A festival worship is offered at 1:30 PM with the collaboration of the Ars Música Chorale directed by world renowned organist James Kennerley. A reception will follow for all to meet and greet the Chorale and the Bethlehem Congregation.
You don’t have to be Lutheran to attend, nor do you need to wear your Sunday best! This is an opportunity to hear great music, exhilarating organ selections from Mr. Kennerley and getting to hear about Jesus.
More information and the brunch registration may be found at www.bethlehemchurch.live. You may also call the church office at 201-444-3600 (ext. 200) with any questions.
Come Celebrate the post that changed the world! Sun, October 29, 2017 Time: 1:30 PM Location: Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 155 Linwood Ave., Ridgewood, NJ 07450
