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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 .

Past Winners include :

Pizza fusion (2010 Winner)

A Mano (2009 Winner)

Puzo’s (2008 Winner)

the POLL : https://micropoll.com/t/KEiOrZCVrV

>The League of Women Voters of Ridgewood is pleased to announce Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan will be our keynote speaker at the annual fall luncheon

The League of Women Voters of Ridgewood is pleased to announce Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan will be our keynote speaker at the annual fall luncheon. She will address the League of Women Voters of New Jersey’s priority to encourage women to become involved in local, county and state politics.  Questions from the audience will be accepted.

When: Wednesday, October 12, noon

Where: Old Paramus Reformed Church, 660 E. Glen Avenue, Ridgewood

Cost: $20 per person. All welcome

In the 300 year history of Bergen County, Kathleen A. Donovan is the first, and only, woman to serve as an elected Constitutional Officer. First elected County Clerk in 1988, Kathe is now in her first term as county Executive; the first woman in the history of New Jersey to be elected to this position.

Please reserve by October 5th
Send $20 check made to the order of the LWV Ridgewood, NJ and mail to: LWV Ridgewood, PO Box 79, Ridgewood, NJ 07450

The League of Women Voters, a non-partisan political organization, encourages informed and active participation in government. The LWV works to increase the understanding of major public policy issues and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

Donations are welcome.

For information contact Diana D. Wing at 201-444-1513 or e-mail wingjr@optonline.net

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>Police Arrest More Than 700 Protesters as Angry Mob blocks Brooklyn Bridge
By AL BAKER, COLIN MOYNIHAN and SARAH MASLIN NIR

Updated, 3:35 a.m. Sunday | In a tense showdown above the East River, the police arrested more than 700 demonstrators from the Occupy Wall Street protests who took to the roadway as they tried to cross the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday afternoon.

The police said it was the marchers’ choice that led to the enforcement action.

“Protesters who used the Brooklyn Bridge walkway were not arrested,” Paul J. Browne, the chief spokesman for the New York Police Department, said. “Those who took over the Brooklyn-bound roadway, and impeded vehicle traffic, were arrested.”

But many protesters said they believed the police had tricked them, allowing them onto the bridge, and even escorting them partway across, only to trap them in orange netting after hundreds had entered.

“The cops watched and did nothing, indeed, seemed to guide us onto the roadway,” said Jesse A. Myerson, a media coordinator for Occupy Wall Street who marched but was not arrested.

https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/police-arresting-protesters-on-brooklyn-bridge/?hp

>Young artist explores family roots with his craft

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2011  
BY EILEEN LA FORGIA
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS

“The majority of my recent work was inspired by a trip to my mother’s home country of Cuba,” said Nicolas Garcia White. “I learned about my heritage and met a large extension of my family that was lost to me until then. While in this isolated land I saw many incredible, contradictory, beautiful and heart-wrenching sights out in the country, in the jungles, in the complex city of Havana and in our family’s city of Santa Clara.”

His exhibit at the West Side Gallery, located at the West Side Presbyterian Church, 6 South Monroe St. in Ridgewood is taking place during the month of September. He described the exhibit as an explanation of techniques he learned this year.

Many of his oils are on wood panels: “Cobblestones of Cuba” shows a stone road between stucco buildings; “Nostalgic Roadways” features a really old car on a dirt road; “Revolutionary Countryside” is the Cuban landscape; “La Trinidad” shows the town from rooftops; and “Topes de Collantes” shows the lovely meadows and hills in the countryside. Other oils included: The Frog” and “Misu Misu” on wood panels; “Osprey” and “Oil and Bones” are oils on heavy paper.

https://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/130833238_Young_artist_explores_family_roots_with_his_craft_.html

>David Turner’s ‘Clear Day’ on Broadway

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2011  
BY BETSY MURPHY
CORRESPONDENT
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS

Talking with David Turner is entertainment. He has a captivating manner: his attitude toward life, his choice of words.

This versatile actor, who can trace his training back to New Players, is about to go into rehearsals for “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever.”

The revival of the musical previews Nov. 12 and opens Dec. 11, starring Harry Connick Jr. and with Turner as third lead. It’s an exciting time for this former village resident.

At Ridgewood High School (RHS), Turner was very active in New Players but confides, “I had the acting bug from a young age.” Along with his Latin teachers (Dr. Rose at George Washington Middle School and Mr. Doogan at RHS), he remembers Lori Barnett, “my English teacher at RHS, who probably directed me in five shows. I think she told me in ninth grade, ‘You’re going to make it.’ It’s one of those things that makes you not quit.”

https://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/130832643_Turner_s__Clear_Day__on_Broadway.html

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Housing Prices Unlikely to Recover Before 2020, FICO Survey Finds

73% of bankers surveyed see elevated level of mortgage foreclosures for at least five years

MINNEAPOLIS—September 30, 2011—FICO’s latest quarterly survey of bank risk professionals offered a decidedly pessimistic outlook, reversing the growing optimism seen in late 2010 and early 2011. The survey, conducted for FICO by the Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRMIA), shows that bankers expect delinquencies on consumer loans to rise, underwriting standards to become stricter, and the housing sector to continue struggling far into the future.

No recovery in sight for beleaguered housing sector
When asked if housing prices nationally would climb back to 2007 levels before the year 2020, 49 percent of respondents said no.  By comparison, 21 percent said yes.  And the negative sentiment extended beyond property values.  Among bankers surveyed, 73 percent believed mortgage defaults would remain elevated for at least five more years.  Furthermore, 46 percent of respondents expected mortgage delinquencies to increase over the next six months, and only 15 percent of respondents believed mortgage delinquencies will decline during that period.

“Housing has been an enormous drag on the economy for over three years as U.S. households lost trillions of dollars in equity,” said Dr. Andrew Jennings, chief analytics officer at FICO and head of FICO Labs.  “While the housing sector will almost certainly gain strength during the next nine years, many bankers clearly believe prices will remain depressed for half a generation.  This puts the devastation of the housing crash into perspective.”

Consumer credit health seen declining
Bankers expressed concern about consumer credit health beyond mortgages.  When asked their opinions about the next six months, a large number of survey respondents indicated that they expect delinquencies to rise on auto loans, credit cards and student loans.  Auto lending had been a bright spot in FICO’s previous quarterly surveys, but in the latest survey, 30 percent of respondents indicated that they expect auto delinquencies to rise, while 21 percent expected them to fall.  For credit cards, 40 percent expected delinquencies to rise and 23 percent expected them to fall.  And for student loans, 48 percent of respondents expected delinquencies to rise and 13 percent expected them to fall.

Small businesses expected to face challenging credit environment
By a margin of 36 percent to 17 percent, survey respondents expected delinquencies on small business loans to increase rather than decrease.  And while 57 percent of bankers surveyed expected the amount of credit requested by small businesses to increase over the next six months, only 34 percent expected the amount of credit that is actually extended to small business to increase.  This “credit gap” between supply and demand has been persistent over the past six quarters.“Small businesses have traditionally been providers of much-needed jobs during economic recoveries,” said Jennings.  “But the tight credit conditions facing small businesses today make it difficult for them to invest and expand.  Rather than something to be counted on, the notion of small-business job creation seems, for the moment at least, aspirational.”

Credit usage expected to rise slowly 
A large plurality of survey respondents (50 percent) expected credit card balances to increase over the next six months.  The increases are likely to be driven by higher spending among some consumers and smaller monthly payments from others.  However, in a sign that bankers aren’t optimistic about the ability of consumers to power the economic recovery, 64 percent of respondents expected credit card usage to remain below pre-recession levels for at least five more years.

>Due to the weather The Cooperative Nursery School of Ridgewood moved its 34th Annual Fabulous Fall Festival at the Graydon Pool parking lot in Ridgewood, NJ to Saturday Oct. 8th, 2011, from 10am to 4:30pm.