You clearly do not understand that addiction is a disease. And it’s a disease that knows no boundaries – rich, poor, men, women, veterans, businessmen/women, young people, seniors. Addiction is a societal problem not a personal problem and if you consider providing help for them too much trouble then you are part of the problem. You should read about how Portugal dealt with their problems and the results.
July 17,2017
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Ridgewood NJ, according to the Bergen Record , Councilmen ,”Voigt maintains that he had not realized the full implication of posting the records requests on Facebook, and that when it was brought to his attention by Village Attorney Matthew Rogers, he removed the posts quickly, approximately one hour after having published them.” https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/ridgewood/2017/07/13/ridgewood-council-strife-finds-venue-superior-court/476048001/
As of July 16, theses two posts will still available of Jeff Voigt’s Facebook page .
Regardless of Cronin’s permission, State law requires 2′ of space between curb and any object so that cars can open doors:
https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/publicat/pdf/PedComp/pedaccomodating.pdf
Where sidewalks are adjacent to a parking lane, an additional 0.6 meters (2 feet) of width is required to compensate for the opening of car doors.
July 16,2017
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Ridgewood NJ, Emmanuel Baptist Church’s Mission Committee is collecting school supplies for needy children in this area for distribution by the Center for Food Action (CFA). Marble composition notebooks, spiral notebooks, loose leaf paper, glue sticks, highlighters, pencils, pens, crayons, colored pencils, 2-pocket folders, 3-ring binders, and backpacks are items being collected.
Donations are accepted in the collection box located under the Mission bulletin board. Contact 201-444-7300 for details and a list of preferred items needed. The collection will continue until the middle of August. Visit www.emmanuelridgewood.org for more information.
Emmanuel, founded in 1891, is celebrating its 125th Anniversary Year and maintains a tradition of community outreach. Emmanuel is located at 14 Hope Street, at the corner of Hope Street and East Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ. The building is ADA accessible and all are invited to attend.
Ridgewood NJ, Age Friendly Ridgewood continues to Collect Non-food items for Older Adults in need of them and during the month of July the collection point is at Graydon Pool. We welcome new, small to medium sizes of the following items: paper towels, toilet paper, wet wipes, tissues, napkins, paper plates, cling wrap, foil, baggies, dish soap, hand soap, windex, tub and tile cleaner, sponges, 10 oz laundry detergent or packets, dryer sheets, deodorant, shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste and brushes, denture cleaner, lotion, shaving gel, razors, sunscreen, bandaids and first aid supplies, lipstick, nail polish and make-up. Please email [email protected] with questions.
July 16,2017
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Ridgewood NJ, The Uncoupling Support Group will be offered to the community again on the second and fourth Thursday of the month, July 13th and July 27th respectively, at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Ridgewood, NJ from 7:30- 9:00pm. The purpose of the group is to create a supportive environment for anyone who is going through a relationship breakup, a separation, or divorce. Those who are interested, please RSVP for the next two groups on July 13th and July 27th by calling the church office at 201-444-7300 or by registering on-line at Meetup.com and searching for “Uncoupling Support Group” or visiting https://www.meetup.com/Uncoupling-Support-Group-in-Ridgewood-NJ/. Please contact Rev. Kenneth Gill at 941-725-0872 with any questions.
Rev. Dr. Kenneth Gill, Senior Minister at Emmanuel, will lead the Uncoupling group. Rev. Dr. Gill holds a Master of Divinity from Anderson School of Theology, a Doctor of Ministry from San Francisco Theological Seminary, and has over 20 years of experience in family systems therapy and marriage and family counseling. He has extensive experience in the formation and facilitation of similar support groups.
David Brooks JULY 11, 2017
Over the past generation, members of the college-educated class have become amazingly good at making sure their children retain their privileged status. They have also become devastatingly good at making sure the children of other classes have limited chances to join their ranks.
How they’ve managed to do the first task — giving their own children a leg up — is pretty obvious. It’s the pediacracy, stupid. Over the past few decades, upper-middle-class Americans have embraced behavior codes that put cultivating successful children at the center of life. As soon as they get money, they turn it into investments in their kids.
Upper-middle-class moms have the means and the maternity leaves to breast-feed their babies at much higher rates than high school-educated moms, and for much longer periods.
Upper-middle-class parents have the means to spend two to three times more time with their preschool children than less affluent parents. Since 1996, education expenditures among the affluent have increased by almost 300 percent, while education spending among every other group is basically flat.
Daniel Lattier | July 14, 2017
In May, I reported on the controversial social justice curriculum being taught to young students in Edina Public Schools—a wealthy suburban district in Minnesota considered to be among the state’s best.
At Edina’s Highlands Elementary this past year, students—even kindergartners and first-graders—were made to participate in a number of projects designed to teach them about their racial privilege and encourage them to become activists.
I had my suspicions why a school district would deem it necessary to subject kindergartners to such a curriculum, and to teach them to view the world primarily through the lens of race.
My suspicions were confirmed by Michael Seaman, a teacher and architect of the program in the district. Basically, he assumes that these young students may already be racists.
In an email to me, Mr. Seaman asked “Why do you object to teaching social justice in all classrooms?” and then wrote “I’ve linked an article for your perusal regarding the early onset of racial bias.”
Read more at: https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/article/wealthy-minnesota-school-district-treating-its-students-racists © IntellectualTakeout.org
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July 15,2017
Ridgewood NJ, The Village of Ridgewood and Age Friendly Ridgewood invite senior citizens to the Kasschau Shell Concerts at 8:30 on Tuesday July 18 (McVey family singing Broadway hits) and Tuesday July 25 (North Jersey Concert Band). Admission is free. To reserve a seat on the Ridgewood Senior Bus please call 201-670-5500 x203. Chairs and bug spray will be provided for seniors with reservations to travel to the concerts on the Ridgewood senior bus.
2017 Ridgewood High School Summer New Players opens this weekend and offers Seniors a $5 discount on all tickets. Now playing are Little Shop of Horrors and Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery and opening later in July is The Pajama Game. Please see www.rhsnewplayers.com for details and tickets.
file photo by Boyd Loving
I can’t get anyone to answer simple questions in less than a week.
How did he get verbal permission from Cronin? Why doesn’t he need to follow the rules?
They should have removed the rock wall while they were there, unless Cronin gave him verbal permission to erect it.
Same thing happened to me in Ridgewood, but I luckily used the Park mobile app to pay which does give you an emailed receipt as well as showing up on the Park mobile site. I called the violations bureau in Ridgewood and they told me to send in the receipt from Park Mobile which clearly showed that there was no violation which I did. I got a call from the Violations bureau that they reviewed it with police officer Chuck who supervises these tickets and was told I had two choices. Either pay the ticket or show up and sit through court. I went to court and after spending several hours was found not guilty by the Judge. There seems to be a problem when a clear mistake is made that officer Chuck doesn’t want to dismiss the ticket.
Parking Lots surfaces are like the beaches of Normandy after a week of ordanance shelling.Lets be honest RIDGEWOOD.We are a broken town..
To take off a day of work to go to a local one horse towns traffic court..how many never come back here..EVER To Shop.,.A LOT.Parking Enforcement is a Game of Rip offs via Authority.Glen Rock,has,3 hours free honors system for Shopping District..Ps just down a road…route 17 stores shops restaurants and Malls..no fee parking..
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Ridgewood NJ, When will the Council apply Eminent Domain to buy the long-abandoned Town Garage site on Franklin Avenue?
This, in conjunction with other small fixes, such as repaving and reconfiguring the existing Hudson Street parking lot, which was never designed properly, would (at far lower cost than building a parking garage) add plenty of spaces downtown, tucked into small areas here and there. We must not build an $8+-million edifice at Hudson and Broad (and we know how it goes with change orders, etc.) that would require a huge bond and endless expensive maintenance and potentially serve as a hangout for kids at best or a site of drug dealing or other crime at worst while casting a hideous shadow (literal and figurative) over that small, cozy corner. The entire central business district is a historic neighborhood–this would wreck it.
Nothing I have read or could read from any so-called expert will convince me that adding significant numbers of cars to that corner would be anything but a disaster in traffic and injury.
The garage was always a boondoggle to help the developers. Are we going to allow Aronsohn, Pucciarelli, Hauck, and Pfund to continue to manipulate us to this extent?
The referendum to quash the garage was specific to that design–yes, technically and legally. However, many, many people who voted NO were voting NO GARAGE even if that’s not what it said on the ballot.
Council, please buy Town Garage and let’s see how it goes before putting up a monstrosity and white elephant that nobody wants. Please!!
Anybody agree? Tell the council you want Town Garage bought for parking. If the town doesn’t buy it, don’t you think a developer will? Just what we need is more apartments there. We can then change the name of Franklin Avenue to Death Row.
It’s not too late, but it’s getting there. Speak out!
Nicholas Katzban , Staff Writer, @NicholasKatzbanPublished 7:22 p.m. ET July 13, 2017 | Updated 7:22 p.m. ET July 13, 2017
HACKENSACK — A Bergen County Superior Court judge found probable cause Thursday to proceed with three harassment complaints against Ridgewood Councilman Jeffrey Voigt.
The complaints against Voigt were filed by three residents who say the councilman made their unlisted cellphone numbers, emails and home addresses known to the public via posts on his Facebook page.
The judge dismissed Voigt’s counter complaint against the same residents.
