Video by Dana Glazer
Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Deputy Mayor Mike Sedon and friends talk about the upcoming Emerging Artists Gallery Scavenger Hunt that’s happening on Sunday, April 23rd from 11-2pm at Van Neste Park!!
Ridgewood NJ, In a long planning board session Tuesday night residents and planning board members expressed concerns over John Saraceno’s 5 story apartment and retail complex coming to Broad and Franklin. Built on the former home of the Ken Smith car dealership, the 60+ unit apartment with thousands of square feet of retail space is allowed under new village laws championed by Ridgewood resident Saraceno and then mayor Paul Aronsohn.
At issue to planning board members, the large increase in traffic at one of the village’s most congested and dangerous intersections of Franklin and Broad. Falling back on the Saraceno/Aronsohn modifications to the village’s master plan, the planner for Saraceno said any traffic impact had been anticipated by the new master plan and was not an issue.
April 19,2017
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, lead tests done at both Willard school and George Washington Middle School produced only one non compliant drinking fountain in each school.
Following the NJ DEP instructions the Ridgewood School System tested 25 samples at Willard with only one fountain containing non compliant lead levels and at George Washington Middle School the Ridgewood School System took 27 samples and all but one were compliant.
Readers are already questioning the results . According to the CDC High levels of lead in tap water can cause health effects if the lead in the water enters the bloodstream and causes an elevated blood lead level.
Most studies show that exposure to lead-contaminated water alone would not be likely to elevate blood lead levels in most adults, even exposure to water with a lead content close to the EPA action level for lead of 15 parts per billion (ppb). Risk will vary, however, depending on the individual, the circumstances, and the amount of water consumed. For example, infants who drink formula prepared with lead-contaminated water may be at a higher risk because of the large volume of water they consume relative to their body size.
The pipes at these schools are probably 50+ years old. Questions remain as to weather the school ever tested these faucets before? Are the elevated lead levels only a recent occurrence and if so how long were the students subject to these elevated lead levels ?
file photo by Boyd Loving
The school crossing at Linwood towards BF NEEDS an additional Crossing Guard
during rush hours morning and afternoon.Thats an intersection
that needs a wider right turning lane from BF street up Linwood towards town.Left turns there are also very tight. That corner needs a review.Current crossing Guard does a great job but is outgunned..
Excluding the specialized high schools, the top 20 list is:
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===== Below 1325 combined SAT =====
1) (1322) Millburn
2) (1321) West Windsor-Plainsboro South
3) (1317) West Windsor-Plainsboro North
4) (1313) Montgomery
5) (1307) Tenafly
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6) (1302) Princeton
===== Below 1300 combined SAT =====
7) (1283) Bernards Township (Ridge HS)
8) (1281) Jersey City (Dr. Ronald McNair HS)
9) (1276) Northern Valley – Demarest===== Below 1275 combined SAT =====
10) (1273) Edison (John P Stevens HS)
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11) (1262) Ridgewood
===== Below 1250 combined SAT =====
12) (1243) Allendale – Northern Highlands
13) (1236) Livingston
14) (1233) Haddonfield
15) (1227) Chatham
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16) (1225) East Brunswick
===== Below 1225 combined SAT =====
17) (1223) West Morris Mendham
18) (1221) Pennington (Hopewell Valley Central HS)
19) (1221) Marlboro
20) (1221) New Providence
21) (1221) Westfield
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Anyone want to correlate School Budget to SAT scores and see how poorly we are really doing?
MORE SOCIAL ENGINEERING.
All part of AGENDA 21 — read up on it folks.
Agenda 21 Course
Grants with nice sounding names to gain your acceptance so your freedoms are reduced and your behavior controlled.
Lesson 6: Grants are Used as a Major Tool to Implement Agenda 21
https://www.agenda21course.com/lesson-6-grants-are-used-as-a-major-tool-to-implement-agenda-21/
From NJDOT – Safe Routes to School
https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/business/localaid/srts.shtm
The federal-aid SRTS program provides federal-aid highway funds to State Departments of Transportation. The main objectives of the program are:
to enable and encourage children in grades K-8, including those with disabilities, to walk and bicycle to school;
to make bicycling and walking to school a safer and more appealing transportation alternative, thereby encouraging a healthy and active lifestyle from an early age; and,
to facilitate the planning, development and implementation of projects and activities that will improve safety and reduce traffic, fuel consumption and air pollution in the vicinity of schools.
“reduce traffic, fuel consumption and air pollution”
equals anti motor vehicle
equals Bike Lanes
equals “Traffic calming” (aka traffic jams, aka traffic frustration so you take alternate route or better yet use public transportation
equals Behavior modification
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all of these grants are driven by the agenda to implement the Agenda 21 “utopian vision” – no cars, pack and stack housing (their term) walk to home, work, market, entertainment. (like living in retirement communities (or high cost mental institutions).
the utopian vision drives the grant – the “named benefit” (in this case safe passage to school) is just the MEANS to implement their goals.
file photo by ArtChick
by Elise Young
April 17, 2017, 4:39 PM EDT
Power loss follows two derailments, taxing regional railroads
Despite governor’s comment, cause of weekend incident unclear
Governor Chris Christie blamed Amtrak for a holiday-weekend travel meltdown on New Jersey’s commuter train line, though the federal passenger railroad said it was the state’s fault this time.
As many as 1,200 New Jersey Transit passengers were stranded on April 14 in a tunnel beneath the Hudson River aboard a train that had lost power. A statement emailed by Christie’s office on Monday attributed the incident to Amtrak, which owns the tracks, calling it an example of the railroad’s “failure to adequately maintain its facilities.’’
The investigation so far, though, was “inconclusive’’ about a cause, according to Steve Santoro, New Jersey Transit’s executive director, who spoke to reporters in Hoboken on Monday. Santoro was there to show lawmakers damage caused by a fatal New Jersey Transit crash in September.
Mike Tolbert, an Amtrak spokesman, said its infrastructure wasn’t at fault and “the preliminary cause appears to be a NJ Transit mechanical problem involving the train’s pantograph,” or power collector.
file photo by Boyd Loving
April 18,2017
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ,In honor of National Lineman Appreciation Day, Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G), New Jersey’s largest utility, salutes the men and women dedicated to keeping the electricity flowing for their customers every day, in all types of weather conditions. When the public is asked to stay safe at home during and after a storm, linemen and linewomen come to work.
“I’m always proud, but never surprised, by their commitment to their jobs,” said John Latka, senior vice president of electric and gas operations for PSE&G. “On a blue-sky day, you’ll find our linemen building and maintaining the electric infrastructure that is so critical to powering our lives. During and after storms, their efforts are nothing less than heroic. They work 16-hour shifts until every last customer is restored.”
PSE&G has some 600 linemen and linewomen who play a vital role in ensuring that customers have the best-in-class service that they expect and deserve. Behind the scenes, around the clock and 365 days a year, linemen are always ready and available. And when another utility needs help with storm preparation or restoration, PSE&G lineworkers heed the call for help.
To participate in honoring line workers and their families, use the hashtag #thankalineman on social media.
Is American Retail at a Historic Tipping Point?
By MICHAEL CORKERY
APRIL 15, 2017
Along the cobblestone streets of SoHo, Chanel handbags and Arc’teryx jackets are displayed in shops like museum pieces, harking back to the height of the neighborhood’s trendiness. But rents there are softening, and the number of vacant storefronts is rising.
Today, some of the most sought-after real estate by retailers is not in SoHo, but five miles away in Red Hook, a gritty Brooklyn enclave with a shipbuilding past. E-commerce merchants are vying to lease part of a huge warehouse space, spanning 11 acres, that would allow them to deliver goods the same day they’re ordered online.
The profound reordering of New York’s shopping scene reflects a broad restructuring in the American retail industry.
E-commerce players, led by the industry giant Amazon, have made it so easy and fast for people to shop online that traditional retailers, shackled by fading real estate and a culture of selling in stores, are struggling to compete. This shift has been building gradually for years. But economists, retail workers and real estate investors say it appears that it has sped up in recent months.
Meghan Grant , Staff Writer5:51 p.m. ET April 17, 2017
Rutherford will receive $368,000 and Ridgewood $400,000 in funding intended to make bicycling and walking to school safer for local children. The Department of Transportation announced its Safe Routes to School grant recipients last week.
Intended to encourage children, including those with disabilities, to walk and bicycle to school as a transportation alternative, the grants program facilitates the planning, development and implementation of projects that improve safety, reduce traffic and improve air quality through decreased fuel consumption around schools.
The 51 N.J. high schools with the best SAT scores
Updated April 18, 2017
Posted April 18, 2017
By Adam Clark | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
TRENTON — The average SAT score among New Jersey’s public high schools was a 1,075 out of 1,600 last school year, but plenty of schools posted significantly more impressive scores.
Statewide, 19 high schools achieved an average score higher than 1,300, including five with an average score above 1,400, according to state data.
Specialized schools with selective enrollment and run by county vocational districts once again dominate the list of highest average scores, taking home the top 12 spots.
Here are the 51 New Jersey high schools with the highest SAT scores. The list begins with number 49 because of a three-way tie.
24. Ridgewood High School: 1,262
Location: Ridgewood, Bergen County
Reading score: 628
Math score: 634
42. Glen Rock High School: 1,210 (tie)
Location: Glen Rock, Bergen County
Reading score: 604
Math score: 606
photos courtesy of Boyd Loving’s Facebook
April 18,2017
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood PD, FD, and EMS personnel responded to aid an adult female who was struck by a motor vehicle at the intersection of East Ridgewood and South Maple Avenues, Ridgewood on the afternoon of Monday, 04/17. The victim was alert and ambulatory after being struck, but was nevertheless transported by ambulance to The Valley Hospital. The vehicle involved in the incident was an Access Link ADA paratransit van owned & operated by NJ Transit.
photos by Boyd Loving
April 18,2017
by Boyd Loving
Ridgewood NJ, Employees of the Village of Ridgewood’s Streets Division transferred several dump truck loads of snow from the “North Graydon” parking lot to the Schedler Park property on Monday morning, 04/17.
The snow, removed from streets and parking lots in Ridgewood’s Central Business District and trucked to the “North Graydon” parking lot several weeks ago, is presumed to contain rock salt and other chemicals likely to be found on the surface of streets and parking lots.
Trash (e.g., plastic bottles and newspapers) was visible to several people walking along West Saddle River Road near adjacent to the Schedler property.
In an e-mail response to a resident who inquired as to why the snow was transported from Graydon to Schedler, Village Manager Heather A. Mailander wrote: “The Village had to move the snow from the Graydon Pool parking lot to another location, due to the fact that the paving contractors, who have begun their work, need a place to stage their operations and are now doing so in the Graydon Pool parking lot.”
By Dino Flammia April 17, 2017 2:51 AM
New Jersey residents who are on their way to retirement, or are already enjoying their golden years, would be better off in 37 other states.
According to a recently released analysis from Bankrate, New Jersey is the 13th-worst state in which to retire.
“The cost of living … is very high,” Bankrate data analyst Claes Bell said of New Jersey. “High taxes in the state of New Jersey were another issue.”
New Jersey’s cost of living ranked fifth-worst among the 50 states. Only two states — Connecticut and New York — registered a higher tax burden
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By Joe Cutter April 17, 2017 3:00 AM
Legislation to improve fire protection and safety in multi-family dwellings has been rolled out by Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto.
It was prompted by a massive blaze at a multi-family luxury apartment complex in Edgewater in 2015 that displaced over 500 residents. The fast-moving blaze spread through sealed spaces in the building that didn’t have sprinklers.
Prieto wants to require fire suppression in those spaces.
“I think it will add minimal cost and that way it will still be able to be built.”
There are three main provisions in his two-bill package of legislation, which is co-sponsored by Assemblywoman Angelica Jimenez, Assemblyman Tim Eustace and Assemblyman Joe Lagana.
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