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Ridgewood Nj, speaking of EV’s , Car and Driver magazine’s testing director Dave VanderWerp has compared the EPA’s fuel economy and range estimates to the results of his own real-world highway tests.
Continue reading Car and Driver magazine: Electric Vehicles Range is Greatly Exaggerated
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Continue reading Ridgewood Mayor and Subordinates Continue to Suppress Public Input
Limiting Access to Individuals to post on social media pages has Become the Main stay of Village of Ridgewood Politics
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Ridgewood NJ, the Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide when, or whether, public officials who have accounts in social media can legally deny access to individuals who want to post comments. It’s also the issue in a pending suit in San Francisco by a journalist who was blocked from Supervisor Dean Preston’s Twitter account, and similar to suits against then-President Donald Trump for excluding critics from his Twitter platform.
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Ridgewood NJ, Public Hearing on the 2023 Municipal Budget and Capital Ordinances – April 27, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. – Court Room of Ridgewood Village Hall, 131 North Maple Avenue. The Village Council will conduct a Public Hearing and final vote on the 2023 Municipal Budget and 2023 Capital Ordinances during a Special Public Meeting on April 27, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. in the Court Room of Village Hall, 131 North Maple Avenue.
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Ridgewood NJ, Legal experts contacted by The Ridgewood Blog speculate that the Village Council’s failure to rescind Resolution 18-236, Approve Field Design for Schedler Park (approved by unanimous vote on July 18, 2018), invalidates their recent approval of Resolution 23-148, Approve Plan for Schedler Park (approved by 3-2 vote on April 12, 2023).
Continue reading Was Ridgewood Village Council’s recent vote on new Schedler development plan legal?
Continue reading Ridgewood Mayor Arbitrarily Cuts Public Comment Session
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Ridgewoood NJ, the current Mayor and Village Council will not stop just with ramming through an irresponsible sports complex and disregarding the needs and safety of the neighbors in its proximity. Other inappropriate and harmful projects will no doubt be forthcoming. The only remedy is a recall election of this Mayor to mitigate the pending damage, unfortunately a recall is what’s necessary.
Continue reading Recall Mayor Movement Heats Up in Ridgewood
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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood resident Dana Glazer pushes for election recall :
Continue reading Ridgewood Residents Begin to Push for Mayor’s Recall
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Ridgewood NJ, the Village of Ridgewood’s 2023 Operating and Capital Budgets were introduced on March 30, 2023. The Public Hearing and consideration for adoption of the budget will be held at a Special Public Meeting on April 27, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. in the Court Room of Ridgewood Village Hall. This will be broadcast live on the Village website Channel 34 on FiOS, and on YouTube. The public is invited to come in person to offer their comments on the 2023 budgets.
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Village Council Regular Public Meeting Agenda
Village Council meetings are now available with participants at remote locations, connecting to conferencing software provided by zoom.us or by telephone.
Members of the public are invited to view meetings live using Zoom, which also allows them to “raise a hand” and contribute with voice and video when they are invited to do so during Public Comments as well as during Public Hearings during the meeting. Continue reading VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD VILLAGE COUNCIL REGULAR PUBLIC MEETING APRIL 12, 2023 7:30 P.M.
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Continue reading Money talks; Nobody Walks – Buying Goodwill as a Last Resort?
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Ridgewood NJ, Plans to enact a ban on the display of signs during public meetings of the Ridgewood Village Council are no longer in play. This was confirmed on Thursday night by Village Attorney Matthew Rogers.
Continue reading Sanity prevails – Ridgewood Village Council drops plan to ban signs from meetings
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Ridgewood NJ, it was a grim night at Village Hall last night as residents and municipal employees braced for furloughs of Ridgewood Municipal employees . Ridgewood public works employees, residents and United Public Service Employees Union official Mark McCart gave a vigorous defence of village workers during the public comment period.
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VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD
VILLAGE COUNCIL
SPECIAL PUBLIC MEETING
MARCH 30, 2023
7:30 P.M.
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Ridgewood NJ, the attached printed agenda for the Ridgewood Village Council’s March 22nd Public Workshop included this action item on Page 2: “Award Contract – Historic Preservation Consulting.” Several copies of the agenda were found stacked on the rear table in the Village Hall Courtroom about 30 minutes prior to the meeting’s 7:30 PM start. Despite the noted agenda item’s existence, Councilwoman Siobhan Winograd said this during the meeting itself:
