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Under Mike Doherty’s plan of Fair School Funding, Ridgewood Village will get back $42,050,037 more each year for school funding!
https://fairschoolfunding.com/
>ADOPT THE FIRE HYDRANT NEAREST YOUR HOME!
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Reader suggest and idea to help insure public safety
ADOPT THE FIRE HYDRANT NEAREST YOUR HOME!
PLEASE KEEP THE AREA AROUND THE HYDRANT NEAREST YOUR HOME FREE OF GRASS, WEEDS AND DEBRIS AND IN WINTER FREE FROM SNOW.
AND PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE NO PARKING!
LET’S MAKE IT EASIER FOR OUR DEDICATED FIRE FIGHTERS TO ASSIST YOU IN AN EMERGENCY.
>VOTE for the Best Pizza in Ridgewood 2011
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VOTE for the Best Pizza in Ridgewood 2011
(RIDGEWOOD -NJ ) The mystery pizza tasters are currently making their way through the Village tasting their favorite slice from all the contestants. The contest will run through the entire month of October and the Winner will be announced in early November .
As previously announced due to the hotly contested nature of the contest and technical problems with the voting in the past there is a limit of 1 vote per IP . This year we are adding 5 secret reviewers who will taste a slice of pizza from each participant .We will then compare their selection with the Votes and see if they come to the same conclusions. PJ will do a special taste test to break any ties should they occur .
Renato’s currently remains in the lead with Sicilian Sun and A Mano mounting strong challenges. We found this clip of Presidential contender Herman Cain singing “Imagine There’s No Pizza” at a Godfather Pizza event.
Past Winners include :
Pizza fusion (2010 Winner)
A Mano (2009 Winner)
Puzo’s (2008 Winner)
the POLL : https://micropoll.com/t/KEiOrZCVrV
>The Ridgewood Knights of Columbus Council #1736 is once again proud to be hosting their annual stickball tournament
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The Ridgewood Knights of Columbus Council #1736 is once again proud to be hosting their annual stickball tournament
Ridgewood-NJ-October 17, 2011: The Ridgewood Knights of Columbus Council #1736 is once again proud to be hosting their annual stickball tournament, to be held on Saturday October 22nd beginning at 11:30 a.m. on Passaic Street in Ridgewood. The entrance fee is $100 for a team of four. There will be trophies for first, second, and third place. Refreshments, hotdogs, and hamburgers will be served. There is also a 50/50 raffle. Benefit proceeds will go to the Social Service Association of Ridgewood.
“Last year’s inaugural event was a huge success, and we expect this year to be just as lively”, said event coordinator Joseph Hernandez Jr. “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.”
Registration is open to all. “We anticipate a good turn-out, and even if you do not wish to play, you can still come out and enjoy the event”, said Rich Paliotta, co-organizer of the event.
For an application or questions, email:
Media Contact: Ridgewood Knights of Columbus – Richard Hrvatin (201) 410-3041.
>Ridgewood Co-op’s Movie Day Nov 10th
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Ridgewood Co-op’s Movie Day Nov 10th
Looking for something fun to do with the kids on November 10th? Join The Cooperative Nursery School of Ridgewood for Movie Day at Clearview Warner Theater at 190 E. Ridgewood Avenue in Ridgewood. The featured movie is Winnie the Pooh and starts at 10:00am. The cost for tickets is $8. Children under 2 are free. The price includes unlimited popcorn and drinks. All the money raised will go to support the Co-op. If you have any questions, please call the school’s office at (201) 447-6232 or email ridgewoodcoop@gmail.com .
>Effort to boost safety on train tracks
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Effort to boost safety on train tracks
NJ Transit is undertaking a systemwide examination and education effort to look at how improving safety at railroad crossings and around tracks in the wake of two incidents that left three teenagers dead.
State Transportation Commissioner James Simpson and NJ Transit Executive Director James Weinstein announced the effort last week. The announcement came after accidents in Garfield, where a teenager ducked under a closed crossing gate after a train passed and was hit by a second train, and Wayne, where two teens were struck and killed while using a railroad overpass as a shortcut. (Higgs, Gannett)
>Strong outflows take toll on state pension fund
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Strong outflows take toll on state pension fund
New Jersey’s pension fund for government workers might be compared with a boat where rowers strain their oars to advance against a roiling current.
The pension fund, in total, gained a whopping 18 percent in its investments in the fiscal year that ended June 30.
But while state money managers pulled hard, they were faced with strong outflows: the fund had to pay out $7.7 billion more in benefits than it took in from contributions in that same time.
As stock markets fell in the past quarter ending Sept. 30, the fund’s investments slumped by nearly 7 percent and it had to pay out another $1.8 billion in benefits.
“They’re doing worse than treading water, and that’s not a surprise,” said New York-based consulting actuary Jeremy Gold, who tracks public pension funds. (Method, Gannett)
>Obama extends support for protesters
>Obama extends support for protesters
By Shannon Bond in New York
Barack Obama, US president, offered more support for protesters against the global financial system after a weekend of demonstrations in cities around the world, but called on them not to “demonise” those who worked on Wall Street.
On Sunday, Mr Obama honoured Martin Luther King at a dedication to a new memorial on National Mall in Washington. Referring to protests that have spread from Wall Street to London, Rome and elsewhere, Mr Obama said: “Dr King would want us to challenge the excesses of Wall Street without demonising those who work there.” Mr Obama had previously said the protests “express the frustration” of ordinary Americans with the financial sector.
https://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/052226f8-f80c-11e0-a419-00144feab49a.html#axzz1azKKYEfJ
>The Austerity Myth: Federal Spending Up 5% This Year
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The Austerity Myth: Federal Spending Up 5% This Year
By JOHN MERLINE, INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY
Posted 08:05 AM ET
When Republicans took control of the House in January, they pledged to make deep cuts in federal spending, and in April they succeeded in passing a bill advertised as cutting $38 billion from fiscal 2011’s budget. Then in August, they pushed for a deal to cut an additional $2.4 trillion over the next decade.
Some analysts have blamed these spending cuts for this year’s economic slowdown.
But data released by the Treasury Department on Friday show that, so far, there haven’t been any spending cuts at all.
Higher Spending, Deficits
In fact, in the first nine months of this year, federal spending was $120 billion higher than in the same period in 2010, the data show. That’s an increase of almost 5%. And deficits during this time were $23.5 billion higher.
https://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/588254/201110170805/The-Austerity-Myth-Federal-Spending-Up-5-This-Year.htm
>Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely U.S. Voters shows Cain attracting 43% support, while Obama earns 41%
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Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely U.S. Voters shows Cain attracting 43% support, while Obama earns 41%
Whether Herman Cain’s surge in the polls is temporary or has staying power, he’s enjoying a big enough bounce to take a very slight lead over President Obama in a hypothetical 2012 matchup. At the moment, the Georgia businessman is the only Republican with a lead of any kind over Obama, although former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has held a similar advantage several times and is currently trailing the president by just two points.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely U.S. Voters shows Cain attracting 43% support, while Obama earns 41%. Given such a matchup, eight percent (8%) prefer some other candidate, and another eight percent (8%) are undecided.
>Battle Over N.J. Hospital
>Battle Over N.J. Hospital
BY JOSEPH DE AVILA
A plan to resurrect a shuttered New Jersey hospital—potentially the first such facility to re-open after two decades of closures in the state—is drawing fire from competing medical centers that say it would weaken health care in the region.
Hackensack University Medical Center in Bergen County is moving forward with plans to re-open Pascack Valley Hospital as a 128-bed for-profit medical facility. The state’s Health Planning Board is now reviewing the plan, and Mary O’Dowd, the state’s health commissioner, is expected to issue a final decision by the end of the year.
https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204479504576634982234121252.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
>Pascack Valley Hospital reopening focus of hearing
>Pascack Valley Hospital reopening focus of hearing
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A public hearing on the reopening of a hospital in Westwood, N.J., has been scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday at Westwood Regional Junior Senior High School, 701 Ridgewood Road. The hearing is a result of the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services approving the certificate of need application to open a new hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center at Pascack Valley. The facility was Pascack Valley Hospital in Westwood, N.J. For more information, visit www.humc.com or call 201-996-2002.
>Protest At GW Middle School
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photos courtesy of Boyd Loving
Protest At GW Middle School
Boyd A. Loving
(RIDGEWOOD -NJ) Several members of the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Administrative District Council of New Jersey staged a protest in front of the GW Middle School between 0730 and 0830 this morning (see attached flyer).
Ridgewood Police Department Lieutenant William Amoruso met with GW Principal Dr. Katie Kashmanian outside the building to discuss her concerns regarding traffic safety issues related to the protest. He then met with protesters to advise them of restrictions related to trespass on school property.
Two (2) Ridgewood Police Department patrol officers were assigned to monitor the protest and to enforce traffic and parking regulations in the area of Washington Place and North Monroe Street.
Down Town Ridgewood : Make the Central Business District a Pedestrian area
>Down Town Ridgewood : Make the Central Business District a Pedestrian area
Get the cars out, make it walking only, increase the outdoor seating for coffe shops and restaurants, attract more retail business and divert the traffic to alternative routes. Create a smart parking solution – not on the main road.
Why are there so many cars driving up and down this street anyway?
Do we really need to use this route to get somewhere or can we just shut it down and make it nice and attractive?
I have seen it in other villages and of course a lot of yelling in the beginning but afterwards everybody likes it and business was coming back too.
I know, wishfull thinking and americas beloved automobile will win over any kind of thought outside the box – Sad and true!
>FYI : Kenneth Disko of Mountainside pleads guilty to rigging school construction contracts
>FYI : Kenneth Disko of Mountainside pleads guilty to rigging school construction contracts
Disko Associates, which has worked with Ridgewood for about 30 years
TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2011
BY KELLY EBBELS
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
An engineer with a firm employed by the Ridgewood school district has been charged with taking more than $80,000 in kickbacks in relation to construction projects in three other school districts.
As a contracted engineer and architect in the school districts of Westfield, Tinton Falls and Scotch Plains-Fanwood, Kenneth Disko, 47, of Mountainside, “allegedly orchestrated a series of bid-rigging and kickback schemes from 2001 to 2010,” according to the office of the state Attorney General. The kickbacks allegedly involved rigged bids and fraudulently inflated costs; three contractors were also indicted for providing the kickbacks in exchange for providing artificially inflated cost estimates for the construction projects.
