She Refused to Be Silenced: How a New Jersey Marine’s Environmental Fight Inspired Statewide Legislation
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Ridgewood NJ, Amy McCambridge was given a clear choice: stop publicly speaking about environmental concerns involving local athletic fields to protect her soccer career, or keep speaking and risk losing it all.
Ridgewood NJ, Residents are sounding the alarm after the Village’s “Weekly News and Events” email, released early Friday morning, contained zero mention of the high-stakes Schedler Soil Remediation Community Meeting held this past Monday. For the families living near the historic Zabriskie-Schedler property, this omission feels like more than just a clerical error—it feels like a calculated move to keep the neighborhood in the dark.
Is the Ridgewood Village Council listening to its neighbors, or just the music? Residents of the Schedler neighborhood are calling last night a “slap in the face” after not a single member of the Village Council attended the high-stakes Zabriskie-Schedler Property Soil Remediation Community Meeting.
Local Outrage: Ridgewood Council Skips Schedler Soil Meeting for Bareburger Presentation
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Ridgewood NJ, Is the Ridgewood Village Council listening to its neighbors, or just the music? Residents of the Schedler neighborhood are calling last night a “slap in the face” after not a single member of the Village Council attended the high-stakes Zabriskie-Schedler Property Soil Remediation Community Meeting.
Ridgewood NJ, this Sunday, the Ridgewood Daffodil and Earth Day Fair is set to take place, promising cheerful festivities and eco-conscious rhetoric. But as the community gathers to celebrate environmental stewardship, a shadow looms over the event.
Ridgewood NJ, the most recent grid soil investigation at the Zabriskie-Schedler Property has revealed the presence of toxins throughout the site. Conducted by Matrix New World Engineering (Matrix) in May 2024, the investigation uncovered hazardous substances, including benzo(a)anthracene, benzo(a)pyrene, lead, and mercury.
Ridgewood NJ, late Tuesday afternoon, May 14, 2024, the Village of Ridgewood submitted a revised application to the State Historic Preservation Office regarding the Zabriskie-Schedler Park Project. The revision includes an independent assessment conducted by Suburban Consulting Engineers, Inc. relative to field use in the Village, which addresses comments made by the Historic Preservation Office in a letter dated March 22, 2024.
We are writing on behalf of the New Jersey Student Climate Advocates to express our concerns over the decision of the Ridgewood Village Council to remove trees at the Schedler property for the building of a turf field. It directly contradicts the fundamentals of the recently passed Green Amendment, as it jeopardizes the conservation and maintenance of Ridgewood’s public natural resources.
Ridgewood NJ, during Wednesday night’s meeting, the public comments once again turned to a discussion on Zabriskie Schedler Property . Ridgewood resident Siobhan Winograd expressed her frustration over the rate of progress at the Schedler property .
Ridgewood NJ, more than 40 years after facing near-extinction, New Jersey’s bald eagle population is soaring and reaching new milestones, including confirmation for the first time of nesting pairs found in each of the state’s 21 counties, Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Catherine R. McCabe announced today.