photo by Boyd Loving
March 29,2016
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood Nj, as many of you noticed the Ridgewood Elks lodge was closed down by an Elks Grand Lodge executive order which revoked the Elks Charter .
The Ridgewood Eks had been on probation for a long time and was working on the probation terms . The seizure of the Ridgewood lodge came with out warning and was quite a surprise to its growing membership. The Ridgewood Lodge has less than 10 days to file and appeal in Elks court with the Grand Lodge called , The Grand Forum .
While many outsiders speculate some sort of subterfuge is going on. It just does not make sense that the National Elks would pull the charter of a growing lodge that carries on so many great programs for the community . Perhaps the lure of real-estate in downtown Ridgewood has some looking to exercise their 3066 options now that the Brake o Rama property is also available.