>Carve that Pumpkin for Halloween
carved by William Thomas
Carve that Pumpkin for Halloween
>Landscapes and florals featured at Valley’s gallery
>Landscapes and florals featured at Valley’s gallery
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2011
BY EILEEN LA FORGIA
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
The October exhibit at the Valley Hospital Art Gallery features two local artists who have spent their lives studying and teaching art: Carolyn Opderbeck and Lorrie Pallant. It’s a large exhibit with 55 oil and watercolor paintings.
Carolyn Opderbeck taught art at the Hawthorne Christian Academy, and also to home-schooled children. Throughout her art career, she has enjoyed success with a variety of media including oils, watercolor and tile murals for kitchen back-splashes. The Hawthorne resident was born in Paterson. She entered a city-wide contest for students in the Paterson school system and won first prize for a watercolor painting done from the school window overlooking the city. Opderbeck has studied art at the Entwhistle School of Art, at the Ridgewood Art Institute with Arthur Maynard, Allan Avery and Frank Rossi, at the Isobel O’Neill studio in New York City and with private teachers.
Opderbeck enjoys the challenge of painting outdoors, capturing the beauty of the colors, contrasts and textures of the surrounding landscape and focusing on painting the light.
>Princeton merger vote tests Christie’s attempt to shrink towns
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Princeton merger vote tests Christie’s attempt to shrink towns
The two New Jersey municipalities that share the Princeton name with the Ivy League university may become the first test case of Governor Chris Christie’s campaign to cut government costs by merging towns.
Residents of 1.9-square-mile Princeton Borough, which includes the downtown shopping and dining area, and the surrounding 16.6-square-mile Princeton Township will decide Nov. 8 whether to combine to save as much as $3.1 million a year. Voters there have rejected consolidating at least three times in the past 60 years, most recently in 1996. (Young, Bloomberg)
>N.J. schools’ anti-bullying laws could be costly in long run
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N.J. schools’ anti-bullying laws could be costly in long run
Some people are saying that New Jersey’s new Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights are among the toughest in the nation. Many school officials are still getting used to the laws, and trying to acclimate them into their school’s daily routine.
The anti-bullying bill was passed after the suicide of Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi of Ridgewood.
According to NorthJersey.com, in Ridgewood, a Benjamin Franklin Middle School teacher recently overheard a student calling his friend “a retard” during lunch. School employees are required to file a written report with the principal within two days. Then school officials met with both sets of parents and filled out a report that was sent to the district superintendent, the school board and the New Jersey Department of Education. (Holt, New Jersey Newsroom)
>Ridgewood parents invited to meeting on teen binge drinking
>Ridgewood parents invited to meeting on teen binge drinking
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2011
BY JOSEPH CRAMER
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
The Ridgewood Municipal Alliance is stepping up efforts to educate parents on teen substance abuse based on what they see as a rise in binge drinking.
Starting with a town hall-style meeting to be held at Ridgewood High School (RHS) on Thursday, Oct. 27, a new subcommittee within the organization – made up of parents and representatives from other local organizations – plans to attack the problem of teen binge drinking on two fronts. The group will provide alternative activities for teenagers on weekends and create a tighter network of parents to prevent and act on potential incidents.
Sheila Brogan, chairperson of the Ridgewood Municipal Alliance, said the new efforts stem from a meeting held in September when it was decided something more needed to be done before potential tragedies strike the community.
Interviews will be held on Monday, October 24, 2011 for Vacant Board Seat
>Interviews will be held on Monday, October 24, 2011 for Vacant Board Seat
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED FOR VACANT BOARD MEMBER POSITION
As of Friday, October 21, 2011, 4:00 p.m., the district has received applications for the vacant Board Member position from the following people:
Eric Gross
B. Vincent Loncto
James Morgan
Rei Shinozuka
Gwen Sullivan
Janice Willett
Interviews will be held starting at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, October 24, 2011, at the Regular Public Meeting, in the Board Room on the third floor of the Education Center.
>Ridgewood police: Suspicious package posed no threat
>Ridgewood police: Suspicious package posed no threat
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2011
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
A suspicious package left near the Ridgewood train station on Friday morning was determined to be no threat by local, county and transit officials following an emergency response, police said.
The Bergen County Bomb Squad was called in to investigate a suspicious package found near the Ridgewood train station Friday morning.
Around 8 a.m., the Ridgewood Police Department received a call about a suspicious package located in front of businesses adjacent to the train station parking lot on North Broad Street, according a police press release issued later Friday morning.
Police located a “hard plastic case” and blocked off the area until they determined that the item, a portable overhead projector, was no threat. The area was reopened by police around 10 a.m.
The Bergen County Bomb Squad, New Jersey Transit police and Ridgewood Fire Department assisted Ridgewood police at the scene.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/132317498_Ridgewood_police__Suspicious_package_posed_no_threat.html
>Ridgewood’s taxi stand will soon be in new hands
>Ridgewood’s taxi stand will soon be in new hands
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2011
BY KELLY EBBELS
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
With a legal dispute between the village and its old taxi service still in court, the owners of the new Village Taxi service are painting walls and connecting phone lines in preparation of opening their doors next month.
The Village Council is expected to approve next week an ordinance authorizing the operation of Hawthorne-based E & K Limousine, which will run the Village Taxi enterprise at the Ridgewood train station on North Broad Street.
The council authorized Village Taxi’s bid in April, dropping Ridgewood Taxi’s license. But the longstanding company continued to operate out of the train station during the following months, until the state’s taxation division seized the property last month for alleged negligence in tax payments.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/132258523_Ridgewood_s_taxi_stand_will_soon_be_in_new_hands.html
>Ridgewood Garage and Estate Sales
>Ridgewood Garage and Estate Sales
Garage Sale-10/23 (Waiku Rd, Wasterna Terrace, Ridgewood)
Neighborhood Garage Sale: Sunday Oct. 23rd-Furniture, Bikes, Children’s Toys, Clothes, Household Goods and more. 140 & 150 Waiku Rd, 345 Wastena Terrace. 9-4 pm.
Annual Flu Clinic – October 26th – Appt. Required
>Annual Flu Clinic – October 26th – Appt. Required
Wednesday, October 26, 2011. Village Hall Court Room, 131 N. Maple Ave. 9AM to 11AM
CALL VALLEY HEALTH AT 201/291-6090 FOR AN APPOINTMENT
Click Here FOR FURTHER DETAILS : https://mods.ridgewoodnj.net/pdf/manager/2011Fluclinic.pdf
>Ridgewood Police : warning residents to be vigilant during a burglary spree
>Ridgewood Police : warning residents to be vigilant during a burglary spree
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2011
THE RECORD
RIDGEWOOD — Police are warning residents to be vigilant during a burglary spree.
Anyone who sees something suspicious should get a description of the person or vehicle and a license plate number, if possible.
However, police warned residents not to approach a suspicious person or vehicle.
Burglars broke into three homes recently.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/132221668_Burglary_spree_in_Ridgewood.html
>Trunk Rock Records : edgy young local talent
>Trunk Rock Records : edgy young local talent
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2011
BY KELLY EBBELS
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Life in the suburbs for a 20-something person may be rather simple: hanging out at the coffee shop, playing music, maybe taking classes, taking drives.
Now, a collective of local musicians has gathered together to make sure they’re going somewhere.
Beneath the veneer of the well-paved suburban streets, the area is teeming with young and misanthropic musicians. For years they’ve been playing shows amongst themselves, at Ramapo College, and at local bars and cafes. The Ridgewood Coffee Company, with its weekly open-mic nights and roomy outdoor tables, has become a favorite hangout.
Lately things have been picking up for this gang, as a few bands, who frequently and naturally overlap, have organized themselves into a collective and record label called Trunk Rock Records.
https://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/132293253_Suburbs_spawn_edgy_young_talent_.html
>Bullying Law Run Amuck @ GW
>Bullying Law Run Amuck @ GW
An eighth grader was written up this week for bullying. An action which, by law must be reported to the State of NJ. Her crime; calling someone “retarded” for drawing on a music folder with white-out. When the teacher heard this comment, she promptly reported the incident to the administration which then went into full punitive action. Now, what dopey teacher defines bullying as calling someone “retarded?” Since when is a kid calling out another for doing something stupid or silly, bullying? This law was meant for real acts of intimidation and harassment not a child describing someone for being stupid. White-out is for correcting mistakes not painting on a folder. Unless of course we want to make the argument that the “retard” was expressing themselves in a creative and unconventional manner. If that is the case then why not smear feces on a piece of paper and call it art too. No, we have lost our way and government is now the thought and speech police. If children grow up indoctrinated to believe this drivel, how long before we loose the rest of our rights as citizens. For these kids will believe it normal to sensor things they don’t like or hurt their feelings. It is a slippery slopes the do gooders have put us on.
>Storms a factor as state loses 11,000 jobs
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Storms a factor as state loses 11,000 jobs
New Jersey’s economy lost 11,100 jobs in September — 5,800 in the private sector and 5,300 in the public sector — in a sign that Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee disrupted the labor market, the state reported Thursday.
A separate survey found the state’s unemployment rate fell to 9.2 percent from 9.4 percent in August, according to the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
Take away the noise of the storms, and employers say they are inching along, doing enough business to survive but not enough to persuade them to go on a hiring spree.
“If companies open up spending, my business can grow,” said Marc Bublick, owner of C&C Computer Network Services in Edison, a technology consultant whose customers are spending only (Diamond, Gannett)
>Update: Fisker Karma Electric Car Gets Worse Mileage Than an SUV
>Update: Fisker Karma Electric Car Gets Worse Mileage Than an SUV
The Fisker Karma electric car, developed mainly with your tax money so that a bunch of rich VC’s wouldn’t have to risk any real money, has rolled out with an nominal EPA MPGe of 52.
Not bad? Unfortunately, it’s a sham. This figure is calculated using the grossly flawed EPA process that substantially underestimates the amount of fossil fuels required to power the electric car, as I showed in great depth in an earlier Forbes.com article. In short, the EPA methodology leaves out, among other things, the conversion efficiency in generating the electricity from fossil fuels in the first place.
In the Clinton administration, the Department of Energy (DOE) created a far superior well to wheels MPGe metric the honestly compares the typical fossil fuel use of an electric vs. gasoline car.
