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Twp. of Washington NJ, On Thursday October 3, 2024 from 7:00am until approximately 5:00pm, the following areas of Van Emburgh Avenue are scheduled to be milled and paved:
Continue reading Van Emburgh Avenue in Twp. of Washington Closed Today For Paving
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Twp. of Washington NJ, on Tuesday October 1, 2024 from 7:00am until approximately 5:00pm road work is scheduled to take place in the following areas:
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Twp. of Washington NJ, The Township of Washington Police Department would like to advise all motorists that Van Emburgh Avenue is scheduled to be paved by the County of Bergen this week. Van Emburgh Avenue is set to be paved from the Hillsdale Border to the Ridgewood Border. The project is expected to take 2 days, Wednesday September 18th and Thursday September 19th between the hours of 7:00am and 4:00pm. Information on the projected scope of work for each day is listed below. Additional notifications to follow.
Continue reading Twp. of Washington Police Department : Van Emburgh Avenue Paving Announcement
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Ridgewood NJ, the driver of a while colored Tesla was extricated by Ridgewood Fire Department firefighters after becoming entrapped in the vehicle’s passenger compartment following an early Thursday afternoon, 09/28, rollover crash in the 200 block of Van Emburgh Avenue, Ridgewood. The Tesla slammed into the back of a parked landscape contractor’s truck before rolling over on the driver’s side. Both vehicles were removed from the scene by separate flatbed tow trucks. The driver was transported by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical’s main campus for treatment. A paramedic team from The Valley Hospital responded to the crash as did several Ridgewood Police Department units. Paramus Police Department assisted with traffic control.
photos courtesy of Boyd Loving’s Facebook page
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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Police issued one (1) summons in connection with a Monday afternoon, 11/21, two (2) vehicle collision at the intersection of East Glen Avenue and Van Emburgh Avenue, Ridgewood, in which the driver of a 4-door Toyota Camry sedan involved in the crash had to be extricated from her vehicle by Ridgewood firefighters. The victim was transported by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center’s main campus with non life threatening injuries. A flatbed tow truck removed the damaged Camry from the scene by a flatbed tow truck. Washington Township Police assisted with traffic control.
Continue reading Ridgewood Firefighters Free Driver from Car After Crash Near Glen School
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Twp of Washington NJ, the Washington Township Police Department is reporting a black bear has been sighted in Washington Township in the vicinity of Van Emburgh Avenue. Be alert and exercise caution if you leave your residence. (Not actual picture of the bear!)
Bear sightings are also being reported by residents of the Salem Ridge neighborhood, in Ridgewood , please use caution as a black bear is reported to be wandering areas near the Paramus and Washington Township borders.
February 2,2018
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Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Police Department is seeking the public’s help in locating a hit and run driver who struck a Ridgewood Police Officer on Van Emburgh Avenue at around 10:37 A.M. on Monday January 29th. The Ridgewood Police Officer was concluding a motor vehicle stop on Van Emburgh Avenue near the intersection of Cathleen Terrace (near the Washington Township Boarder), when a 2014 or newer dark colored Acura TLX sedan struck the officer causing minor injuries. The vehicle was traveling south on Van Emburgh Avenue and continued southbound toward East Glen Avenue after the collision. We are asking anyone with information to contact the Ridgewood Police Department at 201-670-5519 or email Detective Peter Youngberg at pyoungberg@ridgewoodnj.net.
Our quiet, serene, beautiful and peaceful neighborhood on Van Emburgh Avenue stretching from Washington Township into Ridgewood and made up of 100 percent single family homes is about to be shattered by a court-ordered imposition of a 44-unit apartment complex. This mandate is to satisfy some nebulous rules about complying with Affordable Housing politically-correct social engineering forced on our town by the state.
I spoke against this mandate at a recent Township of Washington Planning Board for the following reasons: Many of the Township and Village residents moved here specifically to get away from densely-packed areas which have multi-family complexes.
The construction mud and noise pollution will disrupt our peaceful lives and enshroud us in a cloud of dust and dirt probably for something like two years. The now-empty land parcel they are plopping this monstrosity in is practically across the street from Immaculate Heart Academy High School. This will mean that the dozens and dozens of parents who drop their daughters off at school each morning will now be competing in traffic with arriving construction workers — excavators, plumbers, electricians, carpenters, roofers, painters, sheetrockers and landscapers, etc.
Since most people nowadays have two cars, and are two-worker households, that will mean that 88 more cars belonging to potential residents will join the traffic during the early mornings; and that number of cars doesn’t even include arriving faculty.
The loud sounds of earth movers, bulldozers, backhoes, bucket loaders, cement trucks and dump trucks as well as huge rigs delivering lumber, massive sanitary and storm pipes, roofing supplies, siding and landscaping materials will disrupt our peaceful existence.
Even if 12 of the residents of the 44-unit apartment complex have children, that means 100 brand new instant neighbors on our street.
The trouble with politically-correct mandated solutions to social concerns is that they don’t take into consideration the impact on the existing local governments. The prime example being the local school system population, police, fire, street sweeping and snow removal.
I want to urge the Township of Washington and The Village of Ridgewood to join Park Ridge and Hillsdale to put the question of “Affordable Housing” rules on the November ballot and put pressure on our state Legislature to straighten out the rules and regulations of these mandated nightmares.
Edward Galorenzo
Washington Township
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March 31,2017
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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood FD personnel battled a 3-alarm house fire on Van Emburgh Avenue early Thursday evening, 03/30. The fire reportedly started in wood burning stove’s vent pipe. No injuries were reported and damage to the home appeared to have been light to moderate. Firefighters from Glen Rock and Waldwick assisted Ridgewood FD at the scene. A portion of Van Emburgh Avenue remained closed for an extended period while emergency responders worked.
