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>Heart of Gold Gala – Tickets Available Now!

>Heart of Gold Gala – Tickets Available Now!

HeartofGoldGala theridgewoodblog.net

The Board of Directors of The Volunteer Center of Bergen County invites you to celebrate the 45th anniversary of our founding in 1966 at the:

 Heart of Gold Gala

Saturday, December 3, 2011
7:00 pm – Midnight

The Dolce Palisades Hotel, Palisades, NY
(Route 9W just one mile north of the NJ/NY border)

7:00 PM      Cocktails

8:15 PM      Dinner, presentations and entertainment featuring
                   Beatle Magic – The Ultimate Beatles Experience –
                   recreating the aura, look and sound of the Fab Four

10:30 PM    Dancing ’til midnight to oldies and today’s favorites

$175 per person
Black tie optional; Beatles and 60’s inspired dress welcome

For complete event details and information
about sponsorship opportunities,
virtual journal advertising and ticket sales:

www.heartofgoldgala.org

Or contact Jane He at 201-489-9454, ext. 125 or jhe@bergenvolunteers.org

We are proud to honor our own “Fab Four”,
each with a particularly brilliant Heart of Gold:

William “Pat” Schuber
BD
United Water
TD Bank

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>An Unprecedented 26 Million Americans Are Now Underemployed

>An Unprecedented 26 Million Americans Are Now Underemployed
Ben Baden, U.S. News & World Report

While the number of unemployed workers has held steady at around 14 million in recent months, another telling measure of frustration in the labor market—the number of underemployed individuals—rose for a third consecutive month in September, by almost a half of a million people.

Almost 9.3 million Americans are considered underemployed, defined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as working part-time for economic reasons, such as unfavorable business conditions or seasonal declines in demand.

Read more: https://money.usnews.com/money/careers/articles/2011/10/19/the-ranks-of-the-underemployed-continue-to-grow#ixzz1bKNmi3HB

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>Restoring Your Heart Set for November 16

>Restoring Your Heart Set for November 16

The Valley Hospital, Department of Community Health, will host a free program entitled “Restoring Your Heart” on Wednesday, November 16, at 7 p.m., at the Ringwood Library, 30 Cannici Drive, Ringwood.  There are many kinds of heart disease, from coronary heart disease – which includes artery blockage – to abnormal heart rhythms.

You are invited to join Aysha Arshad, M.D., Electrophysiologist, and Navin Budhwani, M.D., Interventional Cardiologist at The Valley Hospital.  Learn about the spectrum of heart disease and how specialists treat the plumbing and electrical issues of the heart.

Registration is required.  For more information and to register, please call 1-800-VALLEY 1
(1-800-825-5391) or www.valleyhealth.com/events.  Space is limited so make your reservations early.

Valley is proud to be your not-for-profit hospital serving the healthcare needs of more than 400,000 people in our region.

As a not-for-profit hospital, Valley is committed to giving back to the community.  Valley serves the community by providing thousands of hours of healthcare education and screenings, support groups and classes to assist those in need, and care to all those who come through our doors, regardless of their ability to pay.

The Valley Hospital is proud of its history of quality patient care and community service, and looks forward to serving you and your family now and in the future.

https://www.valleyhealth.com/valley_newsdesc.aspx?newsid=1121

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>N.J. appellate panel blocks implementation of Gov. Christie’s new affordable housing guidelines

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N.J. appellate panel blocks implementation of Gov. Christie’s new affordable housing guidelines

An appeals court panel, bowing to a group advocating affordable housing for low- and middle-income families, has blocked guidelines recently announced by the administration of Gov. Chris Christie.

But the same three-judge panel, in a decision handed down on Tuesday, denied a second application by the advocacy group, Fair Share Housing Center, seeking to stop the administration from eliminating the Council on Affordable Housing.

Christie abolished the 12-member council on Aug. 29 and transferred its duties to the state Department of Community Affairs. The court will hear oral arguments on that issue Feb. 15 in Trenton.  (DeMarco, The Star-Ledger)

https://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/10/nj_appellate_panel_blocks_impl.html
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>Investigations find N.J. Medicaid spending, fraud detection are too lax

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Investigations find N.J. Medicaid spending, fraud detection are too lax

Two examinations of Medicaid, the government health insurance program serving more than 1 million of New Jersey’s poor and disabled, say efforts to detect and recover fraudulent claims are too lax, resulting in higher insurance costs.

State Comptroller Matt Boxer released a report today showing that in 2009 and 2010 Horizon NJ Health only identified $188,207 in improper payments of the $1.3 billion it received from the government to pay claims, or less than one-tenth of one percent of the program’s costs.  (Livio, The Star-Ledger)

https://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/10/investigations_find_nj_medicai.html
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>Christie announces new state plan that focuses on business and job creation

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Christie announces new state plan that focuses on business and job creation

Gov. Chris Christie Wednesday announced the creation of a “State Strategic Job Growth Plan,” an effort he describes as an ambitious, flexible guide for the future of New Jersey’s economic development.

The governor said he expects the plan to become the state’s official statewide planning tool and replace the current state plan created 2001. The plan also will attempt to coordinate the action of government agencies to help bring economic development about.

“New Jersey’s challenges are too great to be approached in the stratified, haphazard and unrealistic manner that has characterized previous statewide planning efforts,” Christie said.  (Hester, New Jersey Newsroom)

https://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/economy/christie-announces-new-state-plan-that-focuses-on-business-and-job-creation
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>Ridgewood Planning Board hears proposal for 52-unit housing development

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Ridgewood Planning Board hears proposal for 52-unit housing development

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2011  
BY JOSEPH CRAMER
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS

Members of the Ridgewood Planning Board heard an application for another significant multi-family housing development near Ridgewood’s downtown area. This time, however, planning board members weren’t the only local officials interested in the proposal’s potential impact on the village.

Board of Education (BOE) President Michele Lenhard spoke at Tuesday’s meeting, asking the planning board to hire a third party to conduct an enrollment study and measure the potential impact that this proposed 52-unit apartment complex – called Chestnut Village – and a South Broad Street development proposed earlier in October would have on the school district.

“I think that it’s hard to understand changes in housing needs and who would be attracted to this property, and as our school buildings and budgets are very tight, it would really be helpful to the board, in terms of commenting further on this application, to have a real outside opinion on this,” Lenhard said during the public comment portion of the hearing.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/132165418_Ridgewood_Planning_Board_hears_proposal_for_52-unit_housing_development.html

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>Police search for burglary suspect in Bergen County

>Police search for burglary suspect in Bergen County

BERGEN COUNTY, New Jersey (WABC) — Police in Bergen County, police are searching for a suspect wanted for a string of burglaries.

The suspect has been linked to burglaries in 7 towns.

“They usually go straight to the bedroom for the jewelry, grab a pillowcase to put it in,” said Chief Bryan Gurney of the Ridgewood Police Department.

https://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_jersey&id=8397949

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>N.J. announces applications for 42 more charter schools

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N.J. announces applications for 42 more charter schools
October 19, 2011|By Rita Giordano, Inquirer Staff Writer

The desire to open charter schools in New Jersey appears to remain strong, as the state Tuesday announced a new crop of 42 charter applicants.

While shy of the 58 named in April by the Department of Education, this list represents a sizable showing of interest, including in some nonurban districts that are not traditionally fertile soil for the alternative schools.

In South Jersey, the Creative Arts Charter School would open in the generally well-performing Voorhees Township district, eventually accommodating 190 children in grades two through five.

https://articles.philly.com/2011-10-19/news/30298042_1_charter-schools-charter-applicants-new-charter

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>Unfounded State mandates on schools under debate

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Unfounded State mandates on schools under debate

The state’s Council on Local Mandates only meets a few times a year. Its task: determine if a statute constitutes an unfunded mandate on a community and, in turn, is unconstitutional.

But in the case decided yesterday and with one coming up that involves the state’s controversial new anti-bullying law, the little-known panel is making its presence felt on some high-profile matters facing both local schools and the Statehouse.  (Mooney, NJ Spotlight)

https://www.njspotlight.com/stories/11/1019/0048/
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>A Long, Steep Drop for Americans’ Standard of Living

>A Long, Steep Drop for Americans’ Standard of Living

Published: Wednesday, 19 Oct 2011 | 2:15 PM ET
By: Ron Scherer
Christian Science Monitor

Think life is not as good as it used to be, at least in terms of your wallet? You’d be right about that. The standard of living for Americans has fallen longer and more steeply over the past three years than at any time since the US government began recording it five decades ago.

Bottom line: The average individual now has $1,315 less in disposable income than he or she did three years ago at the onset of the Great Recession – even though the recession ended, technically speaking, in mid-2009. That means less money to spend at the spa or the movies, less for vacations, new carpeting for the house, or dinner at a restaurant.

In short, it means a less vibrant economy, with more Americans spending primarily on necessities. The diminished standard of living, moreover, is squeezing the middle class, whose restlessness and discontent are evident in grass-roots movements such as the tea party and “Occupy Wall Street” and who may take out their frustrations on incumbent politicians in next year’s election.

https://www.cnbc.com/id/44962589

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>Top Income in U.S. Is…Gasp!…Wash. D.C. Area

>Top Income in U.S. Is…Gasp!…Wash. D.C. Area
By Frank Bass and Timothy R. Homan – Oct 19, 2011 12:00 AM ET

Federal employees whose compensation averages more than $126,000 and the nation’s greatest concentration of lawyers helped Washington edge out San Jose as the wealthiest U.S. metropolitan area, government data show.

The U.S. capital has swapped top spots with Silicon Valley, according to recent Census Bureau figures, with the typical household in the Washington metro area earning $84,523 last year. The national median income for 2010 was $50,046.

The figures demonstrate how the nation’s political and financial classes are prospering as the economy struggles with unemployment above 9 percent and thousands of Americans protest in the streets against income disparity, said Kevin Zeese, director of Prosperity Agenda, a Baltimore-based advocacy group trying to narrow the divide between rich and poor.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-19/beltway-earnings-make-u-s-capital-richer-than-silicon-valley.html

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>Reid signals government jobs must take priority over private-sector jobs

>Reid signals government jobs must take priority over private-sector jobs
By Pete Kasperowicz – 10/19/11 10:16 AM ET

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Wednesday indicated Congress needs to worry about government jobs more than private-sector jobs, and that this is why Senate Democrats are pushing a bill aimed at shoring up teachers and first-responders.

“It’s very clear that private-sector jobs have been doing just fine; it’s the public-sector jobs where we’ve lost huge numbers, and that’s what this legislation is all about,” Reid said on the Senate floor.

https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/188443-reid-says-public-sector-jobs-must-take-priority-over-private-sector-jobs

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>‘Occupy Cleveland’ Protester Alleges She Was Raped

>‘Occupy Cleveland’ Protester Alleges She Was Raped

CLEVELAND, Ohio (CBS Cleveland) – An “Occupy Cleveland” protester tells police she was raped in her tent over the weekend.

Cleveland police are investigating an alleged sexual assault incident Saturday at the “Occupy Cleveland” rally involving a 19-year-old female student from Parma.

According to police reports, the 19-year-old student was instructed by “Occupy Cleveland” personnel to “share a tent with the suspect due to a shortage of tents.” The suspect identified himself as “Leland” to the woman. The woman told police that after she had thought the suspect went to sleep in his own bed, she slept in a sleeping bag provided to her by the rally.

https://cleveland.cbslocal.com/2011/10/18/occupy-cleveland-protester-alleges-she-was-raped/

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>West Bergen Tea Party Meeting 7 pm, Tuesday, October 25 at the Larkin House

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teaparty theridgewoodblog.net

West Bergen Tea Party,It’s all about November 8th
Meet Candidates
Get out the vote workshop
Absentee Ballots
Join us 7 pm, Tuesday, October 25th
at the Larkin House, 38o Godwin Avenue, Wyckoff
(1/4 mile North of Stop & Shop on the right)
More Information: 201 891-5918
conservative_caucus@verizon.net
www.westbergenteaparty.com