Readers asks , yeah what about the rats in village hall?
News 12 has just reported that the rats are on the move….it’s understood that they are moving back home after a short jaunt on Howard road….chief
John ward has stated “we’ll keep the back door open So the mayor and council can get back in….but once there in….that’s it….no more unauthorized travel.”
Where is our Mayor with the photo op. Let see if he get his buddy over at the record to put a positive spin on this. Maybe we should tighten up the borders around so that the illegal aliens rats don’t come across.
AUGUST 3, 2014, 7:42 PM LAST UPDATED: SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014, 11:32 PM BY LINDA MOSS STAFF WRITER THE RECORD
Proponents of an overhaul of New Jersey’s liquor-license laws are expecting to gain some traction this year after decades of proposals and legislation kicking around unsuccessfully.
Assemblyman John Burzichelli, D-Gloucester, has been circulating a rough draft of a bill that would update the state’s liquor laws. He’s been talking about the issue with “select groups” of stakeholders, including restaurant owners and real estate developers. In New Jersey, liquor licenses range from $50,000 to more than $2 million, which critics say is putting a damper on economic development.
Advocates say a change in the laws — which could include issuing more licenses — would spur restaurant openings throughout the Garden State and boost redevelopment projects in ailing urban and suburban downtowns.
Burzichelli, chairman of the Assembly Appropriations Committee, said he hoped to have a final draft of his legislation introduced next month. Calling his bill a work in progress, he declined to discuss it in detail. But he did say that it will address the main issue that has stymied liquor-law change in the past: finding a way to protect and compensate current license holders who fear a change would devalue their licenses.
Readers Say Turf Fields Exacerbate Village Flooding
Is seems ever time it rans now , significance damage is done to our playing fields and Village property .
We were told the turf fie;ds would drain faster , well yes they sure do but the water still needs some place to go like the Village Hall , the Ridgewood library .
Since the Village Hall Rebuilding Fiasco , and the addition of turf fields along the Ho Ho Kus brook the 50 year flood has now become an almost yearly event .
Is it time to recognize the damage to the environment all this turf is doing ?
The problem is not just the fields at Stevens ,Maple and the RHS Stadium but the many turf fields all along the banks of our rivers all over Bergen County . Again the water needs some place to go .
Maple Park flooded over into Meadowbrook on Aug. 1.
Police had to direct traffic. I was part of the directed traffic on my way home from the library. It was scary and dangerous driving through the flooded street. That’s why the police had to be called out.
I was coming home from the library where my shoes and socks and pants had gotten soaking wet as I had to wade to my car, in leg deep water. Note: Not ankle deep; leg deep, above the ankles.
Before Maple Field was turned artificial, REAC had done a report stating that artificial turf is safe for Maple field and good for the environment.
If the rains had continued the new village hall and new library would have been flooded.
Flooding was not supposed to occur there. Supposedly Ridgewood engineering experts had designed the buildings to prevent flooding.
You know what, the members of REAC should pay to have the artificial truf (grass) removed from Maple Field and real, mother nature’s grass replanted.
Trust me as they say: The kids will profit by playing on real grass.
Planning Board – Executive Session at 7pm – August 5, 2014 Meeting
PLANNING BOARD AMENDMENT TO MEETING SCHEDULE
SPECIAL PUBLIC MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
Executive Session – 7 PM
to Precede August 5, 2014 Meeting
In accordance with the provisions of the “Open Public Meetings Act,” please be advised that prior to the start of the August 5, 2014 Planning Board Special Public Meeting which is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Ridgewood High School Student Center, 627 East Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, New Jersey, the Planning Board will hold an executive session at 7:00 p.m.
With the exception of Executive Sessions, all meetings of the Ridgewood Planning Board (i.e., official public meetings, work session meetings, pre-meeting assemblies and special meetings) are public meetings which are always open to members of the general public.
AUGUST 1, 2014 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 2014, 12:31 AM
Welcome to the August edition of the Mayor’s Corner – my monthly Ridgewood News column that seeks to make village government more accessible, more transparent, more responsive.
Council agenda: The council will meet two times this month – Aug. 6 and 13. On the agenda will be parking proposals, planning board-related issues, employee residency requirements, the establishment of a Green Team and a host of other important issues.
All of our meetings are open to the public, and residents are encouraged to attend and participate. Please visit our website for more information – ridgewoodnj.net – or to watch the meetings online.
The new council: Following our reorganization meeting on July 1, the new Village Council hit the ground running. Our July meetings were full of good discussions, important votes and even a few laughs. We’ve even played softball (see below).
In addition to our standard council work, each of us serves as a liaison to different committees/boards. Here is a quick snapshot of our respective areas of responsibility:
Mayor Paul Aronsohn: Planning Board; Chamber of Commerce; Bergen County League of Municipalities; and Ridgewood Community Access Network.
Deputy Mayor Albert Pucciarelli: Library Board of Trustees; Board of Education; Ridgewood Arts Council.
Councilwoman Gwenn Hauck: Financial Advisory Committee; Ridgewood Community Center Advisory Board; Parks, Recreation and Conservation Board; and the Fields Committee.
Councilwoman Susan Knudsen: Planning Board; Ridgewood Fourth of July Committee; Project Pride Committee; and the Historic Preservation Committee.
Councilman Michael Sedon: Ridgewood Environmental Advisory Committee; Ridgewood Green Team Advisory Committee; Citizens Safety Advisory Committee; and the Shade Tree Commission.
If you need to contact any or all of us, please visit the “Mayor/ Council” section of the village website.
Downtown discussion: The deputy mayor convened a meeting last week to discuss the Central Business District (CBD).
It was the start of what will be an ongoing community-wide conversation about the future of our downtown – one that addresses everything from parking needs to traffic flows to public transportation to possible development. The meeting participants represented a good cross section of the village and gave voice to a good mix of ideas and suggestions.
Going forward, the key is to recognize that we all have a role to play in this process. Government officials should facilitate the conversation. Business and other community leaders should inform it. Residents should drive it. And throughout the process, we should all embrace the fact that this conversation is an opportunity to take our CBD to the next level – a unique opportunity to make it an even better place to shop, dine and just have a good time.
The next meeting is tentatively planned for Wednesday, Aug. 20 at the Ridgecrest apartment building (7 Ridge Road). All Ridgewood residents are welcome. To confirm the time and location, please check out the village website or contact the deputy mayor at [email protected].
– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/opinion/opinion-guest-writers/august-agenda-1.1060691#sthash.YXXJJKCi.dpuf
JULY 20, 2014 LAST UPDATED: SUNDAY, JULY 20, 2014, 1:43 PM BY ELISA UNG RECORD COLUMNIST THE RECORD
This summer, we’ll be spotlighting locally produced foods and drinks that have caught the attention of North Jersey’s chefs, bartenders and other tastemakers.
Where it’s on the menu
Moveable Feast provided this list of the local restaurants, caterers and clubs that serve its smoked salmon and other fish:
Alpine Country Club
Bareli’s, Secaucus
Bottagra, Hawthorne
Chakra, Paramus
Chef’s Table, Franklin Lakes
Fiesta Banquet, Wood-Ridge
The Elan, Lodi
The Graycliff, Moonachie
Latour, Ridgewood
Le Jardin, Edgewater
The Park Steakhouse, Park Ridge
Park West Tavern, Ridgewood
Rudy’s Inflight Catering, Teterboro
Village Green, Ridgewood
Alain Quirin has always been intrigued by how fresh-from-the-sea salmon can be transformed into the thin, silky, smoky slices that are twirled into canapés and draped onto buffet trays.
When the French-born chef ran the kitchen at the Greenwich Village restaurant Raoul’s, he often could be found spending afternoons on an outdoor terrace, tending to a few fillets of salmon in a small smoker, which he piled with ice to keep it from getting too hot.
“It was kind of like a game for me,” Quirin said. “It was interesting to go from A to Z on something that normally you just open a package.”
And eventually, he and his wife, Denise, turned that game into a family business. Their Moveable Feast, whose headquarters is in a Moonachie industrial complex, cold-smokes 5,000 pounds of buttery salmon a week, and customers say its quality is unrivaled.
“It’s just so much fresher,” said Chris Waters, executive chef of The Elan catering hall in Lodi, who serves platters of smoked salmon and also uses it in an avocado salad with apples and red onion. “You can smell the smoke as soon as you open the package. It takes over the room. People turn their heads.”
At Village Green in Ridgewood, chef-owner Kevin Portscher layers the salmon over warm potato pancakes, garnished with onions, capers and dill crème fraîche. “I couldn’t make it better myself — that’s why I buy it from him,” Portscher said. “There’s no chemicals, no crazy flavors. It’s fish, salt, hickory smoke. That’s the way they’ve been doing it for hundreds of years.”
Adds another Ridgewood chef, Michael Latour, who occasionally uses the fish in specials: “Some salmon can be a little too slimy. His technique is drier.”
– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/food-and-dining-news/food-news/the-deans-of-smoked-salmon-1.1054271#sthash.Uh9A5QQR.dpuf
Acting N.J. Attorney General John Hoffman (left) today announced that a former top executive of the East Orange Water Commission, William Mowell, admitted to conspiring to conceal high levels of an industrial solvent in the water supply. (File photo / N.J. Attorney General’s Office)
Former Ridgewood Water employee pleads guilty to bogus water test results
Ex-top official of East Orange water agency admits concealing chemical in drinking water By Christopher Baxter | The Star-Ledger
He was the chief engineer for Ridgewood Water before Gabbert laid him off in 2010.
TRENTON — A former top official of the East Orange Water Commission admitted today to conspiring to hide elevated levels of an industrial solvent in drinking water pumped to more than 80,000 residents in the city and neighboring South Orange, state authorities said.
William Mowell, 52, of Wyckoff, the former assistant executive director and engineer, pleaded guilty to conspiring with the agency’s former executive director, Harry Mansmann, to falsify levels of tetrachloroethene to show the water was safe to drink, the state Attorney General’s Office said.
Exposure to the chemical, used for dry cleaning and other purposes, over a prolonged period of time is a potential cancer risk, according to the federal health department. But state Department of Environmental Protection officials said their own testing showed residents were not at risk and the water was safe.
Downtown Tree Well – Volunteers Welcome on Mondays
REAC – Ridgewood Environmental Advisory Committee – is meeting every Monday at 9:30Am in the GAP/Cottage Place parking lot to work on cleaning up the tree wells. You are invited to help out! For further information contact Monica Buesser ….[email protected]
Infrastructure Investment: A State, Local, and Private Responsibility
Despite huge and ongoing budget deficits, some policymakers are proposing to increase federal spending on infrastructure.
President Obama on Thursday unveiled a new federal infrastructure initiative, and has been campaigning for Congress to pass a long-term highway bill. The president and other leaders believe that more federal spending on roads, rail, and other assets will boost growth and create jobs.
However, according to Cato scholars, devolving infrastructure activities to the states and the private sector is actually a more sound plan.
“Private firms can build and run roads, bridges, and transit better than the government,” writes Chris Edwards.
Randal O’Toole takes it one step further, firmly stating that the United States is absolutely not facing an infrastructure crisis, at least with regard to transportation.
“That’s just a story told by people who want to raise your taxes so they can get rich,” explains O’Toole.
07/22/147:30PMBoard of Adjustment Regular Public Meeting 08/05/147:30PMPlanning Board Public Meeting 08/06/147:30PMVillage Council Public Work Session 08/12/147:30PMBoard of Adjustment Regular Public Meeting 08/13/148:00PMVillage Council Public Meeting 08/19/147:30PMPlanning Board Public Meeting 08/26/147:30PMBoard of Adjustment Regular Public Meeting
Ridgewood’s Central Business District – Open Discussion July 23, 2014
July 23, 2014 – 7:30 p.m. – Court Room of Village Hall – Join Deputy Mayor Albert Pucciarelli for an open discussion about Ridgewood’s Central Business District. Please be prepared to offer your comments, suggestions, concerns, and ideas for improvement for the Central Business District at this meeting. All are welcome to attend.
Reader says who has time to look? We’re too busy making money and driving our kids to soccer practice
All but a few old-timers and insiders know what really goes on inside the Village Hall. For most people, Ridgewood is a place you live while your kids go through school, after which you sell up and move out. It’s quite a transient community. An affluent town. Lovely houses. We wave at our neighbors and have cocktails and BBQs. We are a pretty sophisticated bunch, mostly wrapped up in the lives of our kids and the long, stressful hours we put in at some big corporation. We have this natural impression that all our fellow Ridgewoodians are the same. Sophisticated.
That nice looking Village Hall is not staffed and managed by people like you. Just because Ridgewood has that Norman Rockwell image, does not mean it’s run by Norman Rockwell types. These people know all too well that the typical Ridgewood resident is blasting through life full speed and living a very comfortable life, to pay attention to the nepotism, insider perks and the feasting at the trough of what these residents pay in the form of taxes, fees, and yes, parking meter coins.
Hey, who has time to look? We’re too busy making money and driving our kids to soccer practice.
