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>Parks and Recreation Master Plan – Draft Report Received by Village Officials But Not Yet Available For Public Review
The Ridgewood Village Council and the Board of Education (BOE) jointly authorized a study of all Village and BOE owned athletic fields and parks by Schoor DePalma, Inc., a leading engineering and consulting firm.

The project’s objective was to review all active recreation sites and conservation areas within Ridgewood. This “master plan” process also reviewed all currently offered athletic and recreation programs, including numbers of participants.

Schoor DePalma representatives have made recommendations about future needs, suggested changes in use, and potential property developments in a report that has just been received by the Village Manager’s office.

Although this “master plan” report was paid for by taxpayers, the Village Manager’s office has indicated that it will not be made available for public review until members of the Village Council and Board of Education get a chance to see it.

The fly wonders: 1) How long taxpayers will be kept waiting, 2) If it’s legal to keep the report under wraps just because our elected officials haven’t seen it yet, and 3) What changes in use and property developments were recommended.

>Applications are being sought for the many summer positions available with the Parks and Recreation Department including Day Camp Director, Day Camp Counselors, Graydon Pool Lifeguards, Concession Attendants, Security Attendants, and Badge Sale Attendants. Applications will be considered for experience, interests, and accomplishments.

Mail completed applications to The Stable, 259 N. Maple Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07450.

https://www.ridgewoodnj.net/pdf/parksandrec/rprdapp07.pdf

>Snow with a chance of sleet this evening…Then snow after midnight. Snow and sleet accumulation of 4 to 6 inches. Not as cold with lows in the upper 20s. South winds around 5 mph…Becoming northeast late this evening and overnight. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.

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Want to know how much local public employees earn?

Salaries of selected Village of Ridgewood employees are now posted here:

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Salaries of selected Ridgewood Board of Education employees are now posted here:

https://php.app.com/employees06/results.php?last=&first=&mi=&location=RIDGEWOOD+TWP+BD+OF+ED&sal2=%3E0&Submit=Submit

Salaries of selected Ridgewood Public Library employees are now posted here:

https://php.app.com/employees06/results.php?last=&first=&mi=&location=RIDGEWOOD+PUBLIC+LIBRARY&sal2=%3E0&Submit=Submit

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Feb 21, 2007 09:09:30 AM Main Line, Bergen County Line and Port Jervis Line trains are subject to 30 minute delays due to a derailment.

Feb 21, 2007 10:38:11 AM Beginning at about 10 a.m., Main & Bergen County Line service will operate on a modified schedule while crews work to make repairs to damage caused by this morning’s derailment. We expect repairs to be complete by about 5 p.m. today. EASTBOUND SERVICE Trains will depart Suffern at 11 mins after the hour and operate locally to Glen Rock Main Line Sta. Psgrs destined for Bergen County Line stations will be bused from Glen Rock Main Line to Glen Rock Boro Hall to connect with trains for service to Bergen County Line stations. Passengers may expect 15 minute delays. WESTBOUND SERVICE Bergen County Line trains will depart Hoboken at scheduled times and operate locally to Glen Rock Boro Hall Station. Psgrs starting their trips b/t Rutherford & Glen Rock Boro Hall will be bused from Glen Rock to Suffern. Psgrs boarding at Hoboken and Secaucus for stations beyond Glen Rock should take Main Line trains. Main Line service will depart on schedule, but is subject to 10-15 min delays.

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>The fly on the wall has heard that . ..The Town Garage, located at 120 Franklin Avenue between North Walnut Street and Oak Street, was recently sold for $1.265 million. The Agnello family, of nearby Glen Rock, previously owned the property and operated an automobile repair facility at the site for years. The repair shop continues to operate despite the transfer of property ownership.

The property’s new owner is Ridgewood 120 LLC, 405 Cedar Lane, Teaneck, NJ. Coincidentally, two principals of Ridgewood 120 LLC, Mr. Martin Dorfman and Mr. Alan Litt, are listed as members of the Board of Directors for a company that has proposed leasing a portion of Pease Library from the Village of Ridgewood. Interestingly, the address of record for the company proposing to lease a portion of the Pease Library is also 405 Cedar Lane, Teaneck, NJ.

Control/ownership of 120 Franklin Avenue is viewed as key to the successful construction of a municipal parking garage on North Walnut Street. Village Council members have publicly announced their intent to construct a parking garage at that location.
The fly will continue to investigate the cozy relationship now forming between the Village Council and selected businesses located at 405 Cedar Lane, Teaneck, NJ.

>Antiques Show and Sale

62nd Antiques Show at Christ Church, Franklin & Cottage Place, Friday, March 9th from 11am to 8pm and Saturday, March 10th from 10am to 5pm. Carefully selected dealers will display quality antiques from Europe, Asia, and America. Styles range from formal to country. Tickets are $6 per person with admission for both days. Tea Room will serve breakfast, lunch, high tea, and dinner. Noted appraiser Stephen van Cline will be on hand both days to offer appraisals for a nominal cost of $5. Further information call 201/652-2350. All proceed benefit outreach programs of Christ Church.

>George Washington

On April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States. “As the first of every thing, in our situation will serve to establish a Precedent,” he wrote James Madison, “it is devoutly wished on my part, that these precedents may be fixed on true principles.”
Born in 1732 into a Virginia planter family, he learned the morals, manners, and body of knowledge requisite for an 18th century Virginia gentleman.

He pursued two intertwined interests: military arts and western expansion. At 16 he helped survey Shenandoah lands for Thomas, Lord Fairfax. Commissioned a lieutenant colonel in 1754, he fought the first skirmishes of what grew into the French and Indian War. The next year, as an aide to Gen. Edward Braddock, he escaped injury although four bullets ripped his coat and two horses were shot from under him.

From 1759 to the outbreak of the American Revolution, Washington managed his lands around Mount Vernon and served in the Virginia House of Burgesses. Married to a widow, Martha Dandridge Custis, he devoted himself to a busy and happy life. But like his fellow planters, Washington felt himself exploited by British merchants and hampered by British regulations. As the quarrel with the mother country grew acute, he moderately but firmly voiced his resistance to the restrictions.

When the Second Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia in May 1775, Washington, one of the Virginia delegates, was elected Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. On July 3, 1775, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, he took command of his ill-trained troops and embarked upon a war that was to last six grueling years.

He realized early that the best strategy was to harass the British. He reported to Congress, “we should on all Occasions avoid a general Action, or put anything to the Risque, unless compelled by a necessity, into which we ought never to be drawn.” Ensuing battles saw him fall back slowly, then strike unexpectedly. Finally in 1781 with the aid of French allies–he forced the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown.

Washington longed to retire to his fields at Mount Vernon. But he soon realized that the Nation under its Articles of Confederation was not functioning well, so he became a prime mover in the steps leading to the Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia in 1787. When the new Constitution was ratified, the Electoral College unanimously elected Washington President
He did not infringe upon the policy making powers that he felt the Constitution gave Congress. But the determination of foreign policy became preponderantly a Presidential concern. When the French Revolution led to a major war between France and England, Washington refused to accept entirely the recommendations of either his Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, who was pro-French, or his Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, who was pro-British. Rather, he insisted upon a neutral course until the United States could grow stronger.
To his disappointment, two parties were developing by the end of his first term. Wearied of politics, feeling old, he retired at the end of his second. In his Farewell Address, he urged his countrymen to forswear excessive party spirit and geographical distinctions. In foreign affairs, he warned against long-term alliances.

Washington enjoyed less than three years of retirement at Mount Vernon, for he died of a throat infection December 14, 1799. For months the Nation mourned him.

>All persons wishing to be considered should submit their resume, along with a letter of interest, no later than February 21, 2007 to: Mayor David Pfund, Village of Ridgewood, 131 North Maple Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07451

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So who placed the order? And, is the event being privately funded or paid
for with tax revenue?

(This photo has not been electronically altered. Taken on Friday, 2/16/07
at approximately 2:30 PM.)

>28°F

Partly Cloudy

Wind: W at 16 mph

Humidity: 36%

Fri 26° 12°
Sat 34° 17°
Sun 34° 13°
Mon 28° 16°

>According to a sign on display in the Ridgewood Post Office’s public lobby,
full service counter hours will begin at 10AM on Mondays through Fridays
beginning on or about April 2. The counter is currently staffed beginning
at 8AM on weekdays.

Blog reader asks Scott Garrett; where are you when we need you?

>Dear Friends:

Last week, the House passed the Advanced Fuels Infrastructure Research and Development Act to give a boost to federal research into biofuels. Particularly in this day and age, it is critical that we do all we can to break our dependence on foreign oil. It is not only good policy for our environment, it is a crucial national security policy as well.

During debate, I voted for a motion to expand the scope of the research supported by this bill. Biofuels is fuel produced from biomass or any recently living organism or its metabolic byproducts. Biofuels represents a promising alternative source of energy, but it is by no means the only alternative fuel technology worth pursuing. The language I voted for would have allowed for greater research into all alternative fuels. Regrettably this motion failed.

The bill is similar to legislation passed by the House of Representatives in September 2006. Regrettably, the Senate failed to act on this commonsense initiative so the House was forced to vote on it again. I am hopeful that the Senate will take action this time.

As I noted above, energy independence is a national security necessity. We should not be limiting our search for alternative sources of energy; all options must be on the table.

Sincerely,

Scott Garrett

Member of Congress

Contacting Rep. Garrett

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