A Reminder from the Ridgewood Police :: Car Burglary Alert
Remember to lock your cars especially at night. There were several thefts from vehicles reported Friday evening 9/12 on the west side of town along the Glen Rock border. All vehicle that were entered were left unlocked. The Glen Rock Police reported numerous vehicles entered over the past several nights. Please report any suspicious activity to the Ridgewood Police Department. 201-652-3900
On September 5, 2014 five separate individuals reported entries to their unlocked vehicles. The vehicles were all located on the east side of town. Numerous items were reported missing. The matter is under investigation. (Police Blotter)
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“crumbling infrastructure” : Reader asks what will be the ultimate cost to the Village taxpayers
What is perhaps most interesting about this article is the fact that when he has testified about the effect of adding 500 new families to downtown with the apartment projects, Ruitshauser has not been concerned about the effect on infra structure. For instance, at one hearing he noted that new sewer pipes would need to be dug under the streets downtown to accept the flow of sewage from the projects, and these would feed into the old pipes. But, then he suggested there would be no effect on the existing decades old pipes that flow to the sewage treatment plants.
Its clear as the apartment projects move forward and as we hear remarks about “crumbling infrastructure” that we really don’t know what the ultimate cost to the Village taxpayers will be. The projects are going to be an eyesore as well as a pocketbook sore in years to come.
September 12, 2014 Last updated: Friday, September 12, 2014, 9:28 AM
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Support for housing proposal
Arthur Wrubel
To the Editor:
The higher density housing proposed for downtown Ridgewood is in accordance with its historical development. The downtown has changed, adapting to the needs of its growing population.
The area used to be a pedestrian-oriented destination which could supply its population with food and services. Shop owners once lived above their stores. The proximity to the surrounding residential area encouraged walking to shop and take the train to jobs.
The proposed changes to the master plan permit these ideas to flourish again. Further, there is a national trend to living in higher-density urban areas to satisfy people who want to be close to shops, work and services.
The Planning Board and others have studied the various impacts of the development, such as traffic generation, school children, water supply, fire and safety, etc. The studies indicate little or no impact. The traffic in particular is reduced compared to commercial development.
In 1976 an animated film called Robot Taekwon V captured Korean kids’ imaginations with its tale of a superhero robot fending off giant machines bent on world domination. The film’s appeal endures—as does the cultural fascination with automated machines. South Korean President Park Geun Hye’s industrial planners have global ambitions of their own: to blow by Europe, Japan, and the U.S. in the race to hold sway over advanced robotics.
South Korea is embracing robotics with the same intensity that made it a force in high-speed broadband, widescreen televisions, and smartphones. Robot Land, a state-subsidized 758 billion won ($735 million) theme park featuring futuristic rides as well as research and development labs, is set to open in 2016. The government is also investing 1.1 trillion won to support the nation’s robotics industry.
U.S. intelligence agencies remain uncertain about danger posed by Islamic State By Greg Miller and Juliet Eilperin September 13 at 9:57 PM
Hours before President Obama announced a new U.S. military offensiveagainst the Islamic State, one of his top counterterrorism officials testified to Congress that the al-Qaeda offshoot had an estimated 10,000 fighters.
The next day a new assessment arrived from the CIA: The terrorist organization’s ranks had more than doubled in recent months, surging to somewhere between 20,000 and 31,500 fighters across Iraq and Syria.
The enormous discrepancy reflects, in part, significant uncertainty among U.S. intelligence agencies over the dimensions of and danger posed by America’s latest Islamist adversary.
But the trajectory of those numbers — and the anxiety that they have induced among U.S. counterterrorism and military officials — also helps to explain Obama’s decision to go to war against an Islamist group that has yet to be linked to any plot against the United States.
RHS MARCHING BAND INVITES SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS
The Ridgewood High School Marching Band is holding RHS Marching Band Day on Thursday, October 2 for all interested seventh and eighth grade students. The event is designed to give middle school students an introduction to RHS Marching Band. They will practice with the band starting at 4:30 p.m. and play with the band at the night game at 7 p.m. Dinner will be provided. Please RSVP by Wednesday, October 1 to RHS Marching Band Director John Luckenbill at 201-670-2800, ext. 20744 or [email protected].
September 12, 2014 Last updated: Friday, September 12, 2014, 12:31 AM
By Greg Tartaglia
SPORTS EDITOR
RIDGEWOOD — Karen Mendez begins every new gymnastics season with a goal completely unrelated to the numbers on judges’ score sheets.
“I always do my best to get as many of my girls into our meets as possible,” the Ridgewood High School head coach said earlier this week.
That’s why her main concern for 2014 is the number on the Maroons’ roster: 34. This will be the largest team of her seven-year tenure and quite possibly the most talented, too.
“We have a large group of dedicated gymnasts of varying ability levels,” Mendez said, “but they work extremely well together.”
The girls’ priority, meanwhile, has been getting to know all the newcomers. Nine freshmen have joined a squad that brings back 11 seniors, including quad-captains Libby DeVita, Kate Eanelli, Christina Gieselmann and Yurina Harada.
“There are so many girls on the team, it’s hard to keep track,” Gieselmann said at practice Wednesday. “We didn’t even know about the talent we had coming in.”
Plenty is known about the top upperclassmen, on the other hand. Harada is a USAG Level 10 competitor and returning state gold medalist — the last RHS gymnast with such distinctions was Chelsea Steinberg in 2006.
September 13, 2014 Last updated: Saturday, September 13, 2014, 1:21 AM
By JIM McCONVILLE
SPECIAL TO THE RECORD
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RIDGEWOOD – There was no way to know what to expect as Ridgewood opened the football season Friday night. The Maroons were green as the grass coming in, but after four quarters they were feeling good.
With a completely rebuilt offensive line providing plenty of openings, Ridgewood rushed for 404 yards on the way to a 53-6 victory over Passaic. The victory marked the 200th win at Ridgewood for head coach Chuck Johnson, who is 235-119-2 overall in his career (including five seasons at Bogota).
The game started auspiciously for the Maroons, who lost a fumble on the second play from scrimmage, but they scored on each of their next eight possessions. Cooper Telesco got the first two scores on runs of 65 and 2 yards on the way to 140 rushing yards on six first-half carries.
“It was a great job by the offensive line,” Telesco said of the quintet, each making their first varsity start. “They’ve been working so hard all preseason and they really were getting off the ball.’
photos by Janet Occhiuzzo Higgins Bergen County Executive Kathe Donovan , Bob Avery and Bernie Walsh kick off the fall Campaign Season
September 13th 2014
Kathe Donovan , Bob Avery and Ridgewood’s Bernadette Walsh kicked of there fall campaign and opened the District 36 headquarters in Carlstadt .
photos by Janet Occhiuzzo Higgins
Bergen County Executive Kathe Donovan was joined by Freeholder Maura McMahon DeNicola and in the back ground Bob Yudin .
Doubling Down on Pot: Buffett Sells Upper Deck, Room to Grow
By Dakin Campbell and Noah Buhayar Sep 12, 2014 12:17 PM ET
Ice cream, candy and soft drinks helped make Warren Buffett a billionaire. Now a subsidiary of his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is seeking to profit from pot.
Cubic Designs Inc., a unit of Berkshire’s MiTek business that makes platforms for maximizing usable floor space in warehouses, sent about 1,000 fliers to weed dispensaries in recent weeks, offering to help growers expand the number of plants they cultivate.
“Double your growing space,” the flier reads in capital letters, above an image of an indoor facility with rows of plants. Another page says, “Grow your profits.”
Students find Paterson culinary school a place of intense work, but also peace and calm
SEPTEMBER 13, 2014 LAST UPDATED: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2014, 1:21 AM BY MINJAE PARK STAFF WRITER THE RECORD
Tabitha Cannon hopes her five-month training course at Eva’s Village culinary academy in Paterson, on her path away from a life of substance abuse and drinking, will prepare her to work “in somebody’s kitchen anywhere in the world.”
Clean now for the six months she’s been in the women’s halfway house at Eva’s Village, Cannon is focused on a cooking career to provide for her children, who are ages 1 and 11. “I know eventually I’ll be able to make more money,” she said as she smeared homemade spicy mustard on French bread Wednesday morning.
It’s a far cry from her days of drinking and doing drugs — “a little bit of everything,” as she puts it.
The training is rigorous — classwork at 7 a.m., followed by hours of hands-on learning by actually working in the kitchen — but Cannon said she finds it “peaceful and calming” and relishes the good reviews from her happy customers.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2014, 12:31 AM BY PAM WYNE SPECIAL TO THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
In 1914, a group of Ridgewood residents looking to create a small tennis club purchased a tract of land “in the heights” near Morningside and Bedford roads. For the next 50 years, village players young and old would fill the courts at the Upper Ridgewood Tennis Club (URTC).
By 1964, the ever-increasing membership faced limited court space and the club looked toward expansion. Under the dynamic leadership and vision of URTC member Sandford Reis, the club purchased a 33-acre wooded parcel of property off Glenview Road adjacent to the Ho-Ho-Kus Brook and built an outdoor tennis and paddle facility that ranks today as one of the very best in the state.
John Kennelly recalls as a 7-year-old looking through the fence behind the original courts on Bedford Road.
“I remember my dad playing doubles with our neighbors and always having such a good time. And then in 1967 the new club opened up and I joined as a junior member and have been playing on competitive tennis and paddle teams ever since,” Kennelly said, adding that it is not just about all play and no fun at the club. “Being a member-owned club, there are many opportunities to get involved in not only the running of the club, but in creating exciting social events for members and guests. There is no more beautiful place to be than hanging out on the patio, soaking in the scenery and enjoying the sounds of the Ho-Ho-Kus Brook waterfalls.”
Ridgewood in talks to allow parking at closed car dealership
SEPTEMBER 13, 2014 LAST UPDATED: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2014, 1:21 AM BY CHRIS HARRIS STAFF WRITER THE RECORD
RIDGEWOOD — Village officials announced a potential partnership with the owner of a former car dealership to provide more than 100 new parking spaces downtown — an attempt to alleviate the parking problem in town.
Village Manager Roberta Sonenfeld cautioned that no deal had been signed, but said at a recent meeting she was excited about the potential arrangement, which Ridgewood officials continue to negotiate.
As proposed, the deal would see the dismantling of the building on the Ken Smith Motors site on Franklin Avenue. Under the plan, the village would handle selling parking passes for the lot to employees working in the Central Business District.
That would leave more parking for visitors to downtown Ridgewood.
In addition, Sonenfeld told the council she has been exploring ways for the village to fund its own parking garage.
An $8 million loan, she said, would cost taxpayers $600,000 annually for $20 years.
Midland Park to contract with Ridgewood firm for dispatching
SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2014, 4:48 PM BY EMERGENCY SERVICES CORRESPONDENT MIDLAND PARK SUBURBAN NEWS
MIDLAND PARK – The Borough Council introduced an ordinance to enter into an interlocal agreement with Northwest Bergen Central Dispatch to provide emergency dispatch services at its Sept. 11 meeting.
The agreement, set to begin Jan. 1, signals the end of a 15-year relationship with Wyckoff for those services.
“It is a simple and straightforward financial decision,” said Mayor Patrick “Bud” O’Hagan.
Borough Clerk Administrator Adeline Hanna said the contract between the Ridgewood-based dispatch service is being prepared by legal counsel.
“The contract details have not been finalized,” she said.
Information contained in the proposal dated June 27 and submitted by Central Dispatch Director Jack F. Tancos lists the annual fee for the dispatch service at $235,000.
The proposal calls for a five-year agreement with annual increases “not to exceed 5 percent in any give year, to offset increases in operating costs.”
Although the annual fee is less than the $260,000 proposal from Wyckoff, the change in service comes with additional costs.
