photo from https://www.rhsnewplayers.com/

The New Players Company Presents SONGS FOR A SUMMER NIGHT
Co-Produced by Louisa Luisi and Christina Macchiarola
Music Direction by John Judge ,Conducted by Betsy Maxwell
June 23, 2012 ,7:30p.m.at The Little Theatre ,Ridgewood High School ,627 East Ridgewood Avenue ,Ridgewood, NJ 07450
$20 Advance Tickets / $25 At the Door

RHS alumni, family, and friends return to The Little Theatre Stage for the second consecutive year in SONGS FOR A SUMMER NIGHT. This Broadway musical review features performances by Katie Byrne, Emily DiModugno, Marcus Edghill, Elizabeth Healy, The Knight Family, Dena Lagomarsino, Rebecca Lampiasi, Becca Larson, Christina Macchiarola, Laura Macchiarola, John Moody, Mel Powers, Emma Rosenthal, Jim Roth, Sumona Roy, Katarina Spungen, Harriet Taylor, Elaine Thoman, Meredith Tobias, David Turner, and more!

All proceeds from SONGS FOR A SUMMER NIGHT will benefit the New Players
Company capital campaign. For more information about the New Players Company, visit www.rhsnewplayers.com

Republican Primary Results for Ridgewood New Jersey
June 6th 2012
the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ The primary results are in with mostly uncontested races only 20% of the “registered” Republicans Voting . The results echoed expectations with Mitt Rommey getting the nod for President and Ron Paul placing a distant second interestingly Barack Obama placed 5th , well this is Ridgewood after all and local Russ Forenza came in 6th just below the President .

As expected Congressmen Scott Garrett cruised to an easy victory while on a side note his turn tail Democratic challenger Steve Rothman lost to Bill Pascrell .

Primary 2012 Results : https://mods.ridgewoodnj.net/pdf/clerk/PRI2012.pdf

Governor Walker’s Big Victory Spells Doom For Public Sector Unions

Public sector unions have reached their high water mark. Let the cleanup begin as the red ink recedes.

Despite a last-minute smear campaign accusing Scott Walker of fathering an illegitimate love child, the governor’s recall election victory sends a clear message that should resonate around the nation: The fiscal cancer devouring state budgets has a cure, and he has found it. The costly defeat for the entrenched union interests that tried to oust Walker in retribution for challenging their power was marked by President Obama’s refusal to lend his weight to the campaign for fear of being stained by defeat. We’ll see how well this strategy of opportunistic detachment serves in the fall as Obama reaches out to unions for support.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/billfrezza/2012/06/05/governor-walkers-victory-spells-doom-for-public-sector-unions/

Democrat-labor fallout begins in Wisconsin
By Cameron Joseph – 06/05/12 05:00 AM ET

Democrats and unions began urgent damage-control efforts Monday in an effort to deflate Gov. Scott Walker’s (R-Wis.) expected win in Tuesday’s recall election.

Despite expressions of confidence, Walker’s adversaries spent the eve of the vote trying to salvage cold comfort as polls showed their man — Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (D) — heading for defeat.

They pointed, for example, to the fact that Democrats appear set to regain control of the state Senate, which could reduce Walker’s effectiveness as governor. But citing a probable down-ballot victory emphasized the fact that the left’s main goal seems out of reach.

Intrade, the political market service, put Walker’s chances of winning at 93 percent.

https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/governor-races/230841-dems-labor-fallout-begins-in-wisconsin

Photo by Boyd Loving

Bill seeks to fund most of NJ transportation program with $1.25B in loans

Nearly 80 percent of the state’s transportation program will be paid for with borrowed money next year — with nothing coming from cash revenues on hand — under proposed legislation that will help the Christie administration plug a revenue gap in the state budget.

Senate Bill 2020, introduced by Republicans on Thursday, would give the state’s Transportation Trust Fund Authority the go-ahead to borrow $1.25 billion to put towards the $1.6 billion the state will spend on its transportation program in 2013.  (Rouse, The Record)

https://www.northjersey.com/news/060412_Bill_seeks_to_fund_most_of_NJ_transportation_program_with_125B_in_loans.html

Christie urges conference attendees to hold elected officials accountable for spending

Ignoring his own problems in Trenton, Governor Christie said Washington D.C. could stand to learn a few things from New Jersey when it comes to Republicans and Democrats working together.

“Compromise isn’t a dirty word as long as the compromising you’re doing doesn’t compromise your principles,” he said during a keynote address at the 34th Annual New York University International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference Monday.  (Hayes, The Record)

https://www.northjersey.com/news/Christie_urges_conference_attendees_to_hold_elected_officials_accountable_for_spending.html

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~Gary, Barbara and Collin

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Joan Rivers at Bookends Wednesday, June 6th @ 7:00pm
Comedian & Bestselling Author, Joan Rivers, will sign her new book: I Hate Everyone…Starting with Me. Books available June 5th

Appearing authors will only autograph books purchased at Bookends and must have valid Bookends Receipt.

Availability & pricing for all autographed books subject to change.Bookends cannot guarantee that the books that are Autographed will always be First Printings.Autographed books purchased at Bookends are non-returnable.

While we try to insure that all customers coming to Bookends’ signings will meet authors and get their books signed, we cannot guarantee that all attendees will meet the author or that all books will be signed. We cannot control inclement weather, author travel schedules or authors who leave prematurely.

Bookends, 211 E. Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07450 201-445-0726

SEEKING RIDGEWOOD RESIDENTS TO VOLUNTEER TO SERVE ON THE
COMMUNITY CENTER ADVISORY BOARD, PLANNING BOARD,
AND ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT

The Ridgewood Village Council is looking for residents who are interested in volunteering to serve on the Community Center Advisory Board, Planning Board, and the Zoning Board of Adjustment.

The Community Center Advisory Board develops policies and procedures for the operation of the Community Center facility and assists in the fulfillment of the County Municipal Alliance Grant requirements. Membership includes: Senior Citizen residents; adult residents with children in the school system; adult residents with no children in the school system.

The Planning Board reviews site plans and subdivision applications; prepares, adopts, and amends the Master Plan; makes recommendations to the Village Council regarding amendments to developmental regulations and the official map.

The Zoning Board of Adjustment hears variance applications and appeals from rulings and determinations arising from the enforcement of Village zoning ordinances.

All interested residents should fill out a Citizen Volunteer Leadership form (found on the Village’s website, www.ridgewoodnj.net), and send it along with a cover letter indicating on which board(s) the resident wishes to serve, and a biography or resume to:

Heather Mailander, Village Clerk
Village of Ridgewood
131 North Maple Avenue
Ridgewood, NJ 07451

Deadline for submissions is June 18, 2012.

NJT : For $40 million you kinda expect the project to be finished

It is amazing that NJ transit spent $40 million on the station and ignored the underpass. What’s even more amazing is that they spent money on a dozen flat screen monitors and electronic displays that only worked for a short period of time and have been dark even since.

Add to that new landcaping for the plaza and parking lot that was never tended to and allowed to die and/or become overgrown. A total waste of funds that could have been used to clean up the underpass instead.

Photo by Boyd Loving

The police cruiser is one of the physical representations of the town. As long as we are budgeting for marked police cars, they might as well present an attractive image.

The reason people care about what the police cars look like is because, among other things, we pay for the markings. As long as we are paying for a dressed up police car, it might as well look good.

Besides, if we didn’t care what they looked like we would order white cars and stencil RPD on the doors. If we didn’t care what they looked like we would not wash them or repair them when they got into accidents only causing cosmetic damage.

Ignoring these maintenance items do not impact response time, so why wash or repair them?

Also the police cruiser is one of the physical representations of the town. As long as we are budgeting for marked police cars, they might as well present an attractive image.

Assemblyman John Wisniewski wants to see 2010 toll hike documents

In his latest attempt to access the inner workings of an agency partly controlled by Gov. Chris Christie, Assemblyman John Wisniewski has asked the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for records related to last year’s toll hike and the trans-Hudson tunnel nixed by the Republican governor.

Wisniewski (D-Middlesex) heads the state Democratic Party and chairs the Assembly Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities Committee. Last month the committee voted to grant him the power to direct the Office of Legislative Services to issue subpoenas to force officials to testify and produce documents.   (Portnoy, The Star-Ledger)

https://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/06/democrat_assemblyman_wants_to.html

N.J. Sen. Kyrillos will play underdog in this year’s U.S. Senate race

State Sen. Joseph Kyrillos is a patient man.

For the last 24 years, Kyrillos has bided his time in Trenton. He has been a loyal foot soldier for Republican administrations and a state party chairman. He has been one of the more civil lawmakers, never considered a partisan bomb thrower. And maybe most important, he is a close friend of Gov. Chris Christie and for the past two years has been his right-hand man in the Legislature.

Now Kyrillos (R-Monmouth) wants to move up to the U.S. Senate, and faces only token opposition in the Republican primary on Tuesday. (Friedman, The Star-Ledger)

https://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/06/nj_sen_kyrillos_will_play_unde.html