FALL PROGRAMS AT RIDGEWOOD RECREATION – Something for Everyone!
FALL PROGRAMS WITH RIDGEWOOD RECREATION
Register now for fall offerings with Ridgewood Parks and Recreation. There is something for everyone!
Pre-school – Abrakadoodle’s My First Art and Mini Doodler, Happy Feet Dance Introduction, and US Sports Institute’s Sport Squirts and T-Ball.
Elementary – Education Explorer’s Dramatic Arts and Tech Titans, Explore Science’s Robots & Simple Machines, Acrylics, Drawing, Abrakadoodle “Scape” Artist and sports include Skateboarding, Golf, KidSafe Self Defense and Tennis.
Adults – Acrylics, Watercolors, Chinese Brush Painting, Tennis, Zumba, Toning, Silver Strength and Motion, Mindful Meditation, Men’s Fitness, Jazzercise, Chair Yoga, Yoga Fit, No Aches/No Pain – Arthritis Class, Bridge & Canasta and Learn to Crochet.
Dates, times, location, and cost details can all be found at www.ridgewoodnj.net/recreation. Registration forms may be printed and mailed or you will find a link for online registration if applicable.
Please call the Recreation Office at 201-670-5560 with questions or if special accommodations are needed
Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.
LABOR DAY LEGISLATION
Through the years the nation gave increasing emphasis to Labor Day. The first governmental recognition came through municipal ordinances passed during 1885 and 1886. From these, a movement developed to secure state legislation. The first state bill was introduced into the New York legislature, but the first to become law was passed by Oregon on February 21, 1887. During the year four more states — Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York — created the Labor Day holiday by legislative enactment. By the end of the decade Connecticut, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania had followed suit. By 1894, 23 other states had adopted the holiday in honor of workers, and on June 28 of that year, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories.
FOUNDER OF LABOR DAY
More than 100 years after the first Labor Day observance, there is still some doubt as to who first proposed the holiday for workers.
Some records show that Peter J. McGuire, general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and a cofounder of the American Federation of Labor, was first in suggesting a day to honor those “who from rude nature have delved and carved all the grandeur we behold.”
But Peter McGuire’s place in Labor Day history has not gone unchallenged. Many believe that Matthew Maguire, a machinist, not Peter McGuire, founded the holiday. Recent research seems to support the contention that Matthew Maguire, later the secretary of Local 344 of the International Association of Machinists in Paterson, N.J., proposed the holiday in 1882 while serving as secretary of the Central Labor Union in New York. What is clear is that the Central Labor Union adopted a Labor Day proposal and appointed a committee to plan a demonstration and picnic.
“The Real Maguire – Who Actually Invented Labor Day?”
THE FIRST LABOR DAY
The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. The Central Labor Union held its second Labor Day holiday just a year later, on September 5, 1883.
In 1884 the first Monday in September was selected as the holiday, as originally proposed, and the Central Labor Union urged similar organizations in other cities to follow the example of New York and celebrate a “workingmen’s holiday” on that date. The idea spread with the growth of labor organizations, and in 1885 Labor Day was celebrated in many industrial centers of the country.
The Real Maguire – Who Actually Invented Labor Day?
While most sources, even the Department of Labor, credit Peter McGuire with the origination of Labor Day, recent evidence suggests that the true father of Labor Day may in fact be another famous union leader of the 19th Century, Matthew Maguire.
According to legend, Peter McGuire stood before the New York Central Labor Union on May 12, 1882, to suggest the idea of setting aside one day a year to honor labor. McGuire believed that Labor Day should “be celebrated by a street parade which would publicly show the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations.”
Peter McGuire was a young, though well-respected, union leader. A child of immigrants, he quit school at an early age to go to work. In 1881, he founded the United Brotherhood of Carpenters, which would become the largest trade union of the time. Later, McGuire would join with his friend, Samuel Gompers, to found the American Federation of Labor (AFL). Through the AFL and the Carpenters, McGuire led the great strikes of 1886 and 1890, which would eventually result in the adoption of the eight-hour workday on the nation’s agenda.
Recently, however, evidence uncovered at the New Jersey Historical Society in Newark reveals that another respected union figure of the day, Matthew Maguire, may quite possibly be the man behind the creation of Labor Day.
In the 1870s, Matthew Maguire led several strikes, most of which were intended to force the plight of manufacturing workers and their long hours into the public consciousness. By 1882, Maguire had become the secretary of and a leading figure in the Central Labor Union of New York.
According to the New Jersey Historical Society, after President Cleveland signed into law the creation of a national Labor Day, The Paterson (N.J.) Morning Call published an opinion piece entitled, “Honor to Whom Honor is Due,” which stated that “the souvenir pen should go to Alderman Matthew Maguire of this city, who is the undisputed author of Labor Day as a holiday.” This editorial also referred to Maguire as the “Father of the Labor Day holiday.”
So why has Matthew Maguire been overlooked as the “Father of Labor Day”?
According to The First Labor Day Parade, by Ted Watts, Maguire held some political beliefs that were considered fairly radical for the day and also for Samuel Gompers and his American Federation of Labor. Allegedly, Gompers did not want Labor Day to become associated with the sort of “radical” politics of Matthew Maguire, so in a 1897 interview, Gompers’ close friend Peter J. McGuire was assigned the credit for the origination of Labor Day.
Labor Day stems from deadly labor strike, but few Americans know the history
A labor movement in Chicago in 1894 left 30 Pullman workers dead, and later spurred Congress and President Grover Cleveland to pass a bill creating Labor Day. But the history of this holiday is rarely taught in schools, and there are few full-time labor journalists to write about working class communities.
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Sunday, August 31, 2014, 7:31 PM
WASHINGTON — Monday is the day to celebrate the American worker and his sacrifices and economic and social achievements.
You do know that, right?
If you don’t, you’re not alone.
Few recall the bloodstained origins of this holiday as we fire up the grill, throw on the burgers and dogs and turn on the U.S. Open tennis or maybe the Yanks, Mets or another ballgame.
And, in a sign of the times, the Sunday morning network news shows didn’t even offer their usual, token pre-Labor Day weekend spot for the head of the nation’s labor movement.
“No,” said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka when I asked him. “No invitations this year.”
I told the former mine worker-turned-lawyer that there seems to be a precious lack of understanding of the holiday’s origins.
In fact, it stems from an awful confrontation in Chicago in 1894 that saw federal marshals and the Army kill 30 striking Pullman railroad strikers.
Over the last two years, the U.S. has had a spike in expatriations. It isn’t exactly Ellis Island in reverse, but it’s more than a dribble. With global tax reporting and FATCA, the list of theindividuals who renounced is up. For 2013, there was a 221% increase, with record numbers of Americans renouncing. The Treasury Department is required to publish a quarterly list, but these numbers are under-stated, some say considerably.
The presence or absence of tax motivation is no longer relevant, but that could change. AfterFacebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin departed for Singapore, Senators Chuck Schumer and Bob Casey introduced a bill to double the exit tax to 30% for anyone leaving the U.S. for tax reasons. That hasn’t happened, but taxes are still a big issue for many.
To leave America, you generally must prove 5 years of U.S. tax compliance. If you have a net worth greater than $2 million or average annual net income tax for the 5 previous years of $157,000 or more for 2014 (that’s tax, not income), you pay an exit tax. It is a capital gain tax as if you sold your property when you left. At least there’s an exemption of $680,000 for 2014. Long-term residents giving up a Green Card can be required to pay the tax too.
Now, the State Department interim rule just raised the fee for renunciation of U.S. citizenship to $2,350 from $450. Critics note that it’s more than twenty times the average level in other high-income countries. The State Department says it’s about demand on their services and all the extra workload they have to process people who are on their way out.
Village Hall Labor Day Holiday Closure – September 1st
In observance of Labor Day on Monday, September 1st – Village Hall and the Stable offices will be closed. Sanitation and Recycling Services will not be collected on September 1st.
Companies find other ways to move offshore and avoid U.S. taxes
AUGUST 31, 2014 LAST UPDATED: SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2014, 1:21 AM BY ZACHARY R. MIDER BLOOMBERG NEWS THE RECORD
* Some firms have left the U.S. system not through inversions but through buyouts by investment funds
NEW YORK — There’s more than one way for a U.S. company to avoid taxes by claiming a foreign address.
Consider the business founded in 1916 as General Plate Co., a maker of sensors and controls for everything from Fords and Frigidaires to the spaceship that first carried Americans to the moon. While its top executives are still based in Attleboro, Mass., it’s now known as Sensata Technologies Holding NV of the Netherlands.
Sensata didn’t become Dutch by using the strategy known as “inversion” that has alarmed President Obama and that the U.S. Treasury Department and some Democrats in Congress are trying to curb. That technique, which involves reincorporating overseas without a change in majority ownership, has helped more than 40 U.S. companies lower their tax bills.
Instead, Sensata is one of at least 13 firms that have left the U.S. tax system through a sale to an investment fund, according to a tally by Bloomberg News. Although these companies have a combined market value of about $75 billion, this tax-avoidance strategy has gotten less attention in Washington than inversions and may be harder to discourage.
These buyouts mean profits for the U.S. private equity firms like Boston-based Bain Capital that orchestrated them. Bain earned more than $3 billion after it took Sensata public as a Dutch company in 2010, with an effective tax rate about one-tenth of some competing manufacturers.
Shifting to a foreign tax domicile “is looked at hard in every private equity deal,” said Joan Arnold, a tax partner at Pepper Hamilton in Philadelphia. “They will be interested in what they can do to minimize taxes and maximize sale price.”
– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/business/tax-avoiders-get-creative-1.1078561#sthash.j4QYTjZn.dpuf
So many times growing up my brother and I would hear people say, “Rog – you should run for Mayor!” But that wasn’t Rog. He didn’t like the limelight. He preferred to be off to the side, watching, listening, educating and DOING.
He silently – and with no desire for thanks or praise — attended to things most of us assume others will address in our own communities. He would ride around town on his beloved bike, painting fire boxes so they would remain visible to the public. He reported to the Village Hall locations of non-functioning street lights. If he knew of someone in need, he would always take the time to offer them assistance or to just simply lend an ear.
Most importantly he was a fixture at every council meeting along with his longtime friend, Boyd Loving. He used to tell us that his goal was to keep the council “honest” on behalf of all the village residents.
To commemorate his lifelong dedication to Ridgewood and its citizens, there will be a plaque installed on the Village Council chamber podium on Friday, Sept. 5. We would like to invite the public to attend this event at Village Hall from 5:30 to 7 p.m. to help us celebrate such a unique and wonderful man. Our Uncle, friend to many, village champion.
Foreclosures prompt lawsuits against debt collectors
AUGUST 31, 2014 LAST UPDATED: SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2014, 1:21 AM BY RICHARD NEWMAN STAFF WRITER THE RECORD
* Homeowners challenging lenders’ right to collect
Seven years after the meltdown of the subprime mortgage market, New Jersey continues to be a hotbed of home repossessions by lenders, resulting in reams of foreclosure-fraud and improper-debt-collection complaints that mainly target intermediaries known as mortgage servicers.
Fort Lee homeowner Eun Ju Song, who was notified last year that he was in default on his loan and is facing foreclosure, claims mortgage companies botched transfers of ownership rights to the mortgage he signed in 2006 and forged documents to try to fix the problem. In a federal lawsuit filed in Newark in May against Bank of America and the mortgage servicer Green Tree Servicing, he claimed that they haven’t shown they have any legal right to collect.
“With no properly recorded owner of the plaintiff’s mortgage, there is no one or entity entitled to enforce the conditions of the mortgage obligation,” the complaint says.
Jerry K. Wong of Clifton filed a lawsuit in May against Green Tree, which for the past couple of years has been one the most prolific foreclosure filers in the state. Wong accuses Green Tree, based in St. Paul, Minn., and one of its subcontractors of misrepresenting themselves as creditors when trying to collect on his loan, which went into default in late 2012. Such practices are a violation of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, according to the lawsuit, which seeks $500,000 in statutory and other damages.
Green Tree did not respond to requests for comment.
In West Milford, homeowner Paul Onder has been in a stand-off with the Utah-based debt collector Select Portfolio Services for four years over the same question: Who owns the mortgage? He said he hasn’t made a payment on his $450,000 debt consolidation loan since 2010.
“They want me to pay money? Where is that money going?” he said Wednesday in an interview.
SPS could not be reached for comment.
Disputes like these could multiply in the months ahead as the numbers of new residential foreclosure filings continue to rise. New filings in New Jersey in the 12 months ended June 30 climbed 38 percent, to 47,534 filings from 34,347 the previous 12 months, according to the New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts in Trenton.
In the year ended June 30, 2012, there were 12,341 foreclosures filed.
Foreclosure filings have implications for borrowers’ credit history. Realtor.com says a foreclosure will reduce a credit score 100 to 300 points and will remain on the borrower’s record for seven years.
Statistics from the state Department of Banking and Insurance show that loan servicers Wells Fargo, Green Tree, Seterus and Nationstar Mortgage have racked up the biggest numbers of foreclosure filings. Wells Fargo and its affiliates made the most filings by far, with a combined 1,770 new foreclosure filings in the second quarter.
“The trend we are seeing with regard to foreclosure filings in New Jersey is consistent with what the Mortgage Bankers Association reported in their latest National Delinquency Survey,” Kevin Friedlander, a Wells Fargo spokesman, said in an email.
Road Warrior: How to make your teen a near-perfect driver
AUGUST 31, 2014 LAST UPDATED: SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2014, 1:21 AM BY JOHN CICHOWSKI THE RECORD
If you’re a parent who pounds your foot on an imaginary brake while teaching your teen to drive, you might be happy to know that your frantic mentoring will likely pay huge personal dividends — assuming you’re a good role model behind the wheel.
With schools getting ready to open any day, that was the message delivered last week when a New Jersey highway safety official presented preliminary findings in a slide show that detailed near-perfect road records for teens whose parents learn about Graduated Driver License laws, then follow up by closely monitoring their kids’ driving behavior.
When parents got involved in their training, 98 percent of these young people didn’t get traffic tickets and 92 percent didn’t crash their cars in their first year behind the wheel, said Violet Marrero of the state Division of Highway Traffic Safety. Past national studies have suggested that parental involvement can cut teen crash risk in half — not by 92 percent, a figure Marrero called “phenomenal.”
“We lost about 800 teens in car crashes in New Jersey over the last 10 years,” she told a crowd at Westfield High School on Tuesday. “Imagine the impact on the community if all parents got involved and we could spare the grief of at least half that number of families.”
The audience, composed of more than 100 high school driver-education instructors, gave the division’s special project manager a warm hand. For more than a decade, many of New Jersey’s 3,000 instructors have been complaining about steadily eroding resources for equipment like the driving simulators that are needed to train young people for an activity that takes the lives of more 16-to-20-year-olds than any disease.
The teachers are familiar with the grisly statistics: Although young drivers represent only 6 percent of the state’s population, they accounted for 14 percent of all road deaths from 2003 to 2012, mainly due to inexperience.
Teachers also know of an effective treatment: Graduated Driver License mandates that protect novices for at least one year while they learn the road’s hard lessons. Under New Jersey’s 13-year-old program, that means an 11 p.m. driving curfew, a limit of one teen passenger if a licensed adult is not in the car, a ban on plea-bargaining when sentenced for driving offenses, and a ban on all wireless devices in the car. New Jersey is also the only state to require display of a tiny red license-plate decal to identify permit holders and first-year probationary licensees.
“We’re finally seeing some meaningful change,” said Maureen Nussman, a former Kinnelon High School teacher who organized the event with the New Jersey Teen Safe Driving Coalition, New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance and the New Jersey Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (njahperd.org).
Statistically, New Jersey’s Graduated Driver License requirements appear to be working, especially after the decal, curfew and passenger requirements were tightened in a law that took effect in 2010. Fatalities involving drivers 20 years old or younger have fallen every year but two in the last 10 years — from 103 in 2004, to 46 in 2013, according to a Highway Traffic Safety Division analysis. This 55 percent drop is three times greater than the decline for all other age groups combined.
– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/nj-state-news/parents-are-key-to-safe-teen-driving-1.1078605#sthash.d4LTH5yP.dpuf
Annual Car Show
Friday , September 05, 2014
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Memorial Park at Van Neste Square, Ridgewood NJ
Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce presents” Annual Fall Car Show!!
FREE to the public.
For Cars:
Pre-Registration fee by August 15th is $17.00
August 18th-September 5th Registration fee is $20.00
The Car Show will be held around Memorial Park at Van Neste Square
and along E. Ridgewood Avenue.
Non Pre-Registered cars will begin registration at 5:00pm. Parking will be on a first come, first served basis. Registration fees are not refundable.
Music will keep the evening lively and there will be trophies for many categories.
1. The Ridgewood Police Department wishes to remind all participants there is no consumption of alcohol allowed at this event. Summons will be issued to violators.
2. Due to pedestrain safety, cars will not be allowed to leave the event until the
Police Depart. opens up the road.
Please print out the attached registration form
and make your reservation early.
We will fax or email your Window Registration Certificate.
Make checks payable and send to:
Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce
27 Chestnut Street
Ridgewood, NJ 07450 [email protected]
www.experienceridgewood.com
MC, Visa, AmExp accepted.
Northern NJ Choral Group: The Ridgewood Singers welcome new members
On Monday, September 8th at 7:00pm there will be a Wine and Cheese Social, followed by our first rehearsal at 7:30pm and auditions at the Unitarian Society of Ridgewood. Two additional open rehearsals will be held on Monday, September 15th and Monday, September 22ed at 7:30pm. All voice parts are encouraged to audition. We especially need basses and tenors. Auditions are casual and no need for prepared music.
Regular rehearsals are held on Monday evenings from 7:30pm-9:30pm at The Unitarian Society of Ridgewood on 113 Cottage Place, Ridgewood NJ 07450. The Ridgewood Singers preform a Winter and Spring Concert each calendar year. The Winter Concert will be preformed on Sunday, December 7th 2014 at 3:00pm at The Ridgewood United Methodist Church.
For more information
Call: Cynthia at 201-207-3105
email: [email protected]
website: theridgewoodsingers.com
YWCA Hosts Fall into Balance
Thu, September 04, 2014
Time: 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
YWCA Bergan County, 112 Oak Street, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
Fall into Balance is a unique 8-week group program designed to offer women core foundation in mind-body balance. This dynamic series provides an eye-opening group experience aimed to help you incorporate the principles of holistic nutrition, mindfulness and stress management into your everyday life. The program is led by Lauren Debiak and Rachel Polan, co-founders of ENODIA Center for Balance in collaboration with Health Coach Rebecca Kittle.
Class topics will include: Learning healthy food options, managing stress, prevent feeling overwhelmed, maintaining a balanced life and more.
For more information visit www.ywcabergencounty.org or call Alysse at 201-444-5600 ext. 349
Ridgewood Knights Fifth Annual Stickball Tournament August 27,2014 Richard Hrvatin 10:38 PM
Ridgewood-NJ-August 26, 2014: The Ridgewood Knights of Columbus Council #1736 is once again proud to be hosting their annual stickball tournament, now in its fifth year, on Saturday September 27th beginning at11:00 a.m. on Passaic Street in Ridgewood. The entrance fee is $100 for a team of four. There will be trophies for first place for seniors and juniors. Refreshments, hotdogs, and hamburgers will be served at the Hall after the games. This year, the Knights honor one of Ridgewood’s Bravest, Fireman Steven Lawrence Misel and his Family. Proceeds from the event will go toward a 529 fund for the children’s education.
“Since the inaugural event in 2010, this has grown every year and is a huge success, and we expect this year to be just as lively”, said event coordinator Rich Paliotta. “Last year the Knights went head-to-head with Ridgewood’s Finest and Bravest. We encourage other local organizations sign up and join in the activities this year.”
The Ridgewood Knights are celebrating their 100-year anniversary, and the stickball tournament will kick off the start of the fraternal year. Many activities are being planned throughout the year to commemorate the anniversary.
NJ Senate Candidate Jeff Bell to Keynote RealShare NEW JERSEY, State’s Premier Commercial Real Estate Conference, Sept. 11 in New Brunswick
NEW YORK, Aug. 18, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Bell will keynote RealShare NEW JERSEY, the annual conference for New Jersey’s commercial real estate movers and shakers, at New Brunswick’s Hyatt Regency on Sept. 11 from 7:45 a.m. until 12:25 p.m. The industry’s premier educational and networking conference is hosted by ALM’s Real Estate Media Group, publishers of GlobeSt.com and Real Estate Forum.
Mr. Bell will present his perspective on the Federal Reserve’s current policies, what he believes needs to be done to have a course correction in monetary policy, and how this produces prosperity on Main Street and impacts the commercial real estate industry.
“What’s hot, what’s new, and where to look for your next big deal, across all the property sectors, will be the focus of our 13th annual RealShare NEW JERSEY conference,” said Michael Desiato, vice president and group publisher of ALM’s Real Estate Media Group. “Besides the formal sessions, this is a venue where old business relationships are renewed and valuable new ones are forged.”
Conference panels include:
Town Hall: Economic Growth Update. Economic growth in the Garden State and the future of the commercial real estate market will be examined. Participants include: Meryl Gonchar, Esq.; Co-Chair, Redevelopment & Land Use Department; Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP. Tracye McDaniel; President and Chief Executive Officer; Choose: New Jersey Inc. Fred Schmidt; President & Chief Operating Officer; Coldwell Banker Commercial Affiliates.
New Development, Redevelopment and Repositioning: The Full Update. Topics include the redevelopment of suburban office campuses, repositioned retail, and new multifamily and industrial development. What factors are creating opportunities across the state? Participants include: Nicholas Racioppi, Jr.; Partner; Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP. Carl Goldberg; Co-President; Roseland. Ronald Ladell; Senior Vice President, New Jersey; AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Constantino (Gus) T. Milano; Managing Director; Hartz Mountain Industries, Inc. Ken Sisk; National Client Manager; Partner Engineering & Science, Inc.
Transactions: Getting the Deals Done. Gain insight from New Jersey’s biggest players on the art of the deal. Participants include: Alex Cohen; CEO; Liberty SBF. Jose Cruz; Senior Managing Director; HFF. Nat Gambuzza; Vice President of Investments; Marcus & Millichap. David Simon; Executive Managing Director; Massey Knakal Realty Services.
Industrial Leaders in the Garden State. How have e-commerce, distribution and port-related activity caused increased user demand and how does this effect rental rates? Why has the overall industrial vacancy rate continued to improve for three consecutive years? Participants include: David B. Wolfe, Esq.; Partner; Skoloff & Wolfe, P.C. Marc Petrella; Senior Director; Cushman & Wakefield of NJ, Inc.
For more information or to register, go to https://www.globest.com/conferences/1_38/.
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