“Unfortunately it’s much easier to talk about grandiose ideas like saving oceans, planet earth, etc. But when it comes to local issues most people are paralyzed from fear and don’t want to get involved or/and offend their local (and friendly) politicians who they see on daily basis. Other aspect of it is apathy and ignorance. But arsenic and lead in our drinking water is not something we should take lightly. Town-wide well water testing should follow in my humble opinion. If Suez can pay for lead testing I am sure Toll Brothers can afford arsenic testing as well. Between 19 Meadowbrook Road and 1 Lake Street projects (both include Pleasant Brook) Toll Brothers will gross close to half a billion of dollars in gross real estate sales if not more. There should be provisions for water testing in such enormous construction projects in the middle of small town that relied on well water for decades. Why destroy something others had been preserving for us generations? When I moved to Upper Saddle River in 2006 they called it “bucolic community” and now we have over 150 acres of pure desert in the middle of the town. Very sad what’s becoming of this lovely community.”
https://qz.com/1105035/2-million-americans-are-drinking-high-levels-of-arsenic-in-their-well-water/
It’s called lack of leadership in the age of the mob mentality
It’s not the mob, it’s dirty politicians.
its called the “moron mob”
Until the mommies admit we have a problem with our schools in preparing our children to succeed in a very competitive world, nothing is going to change. Only 2% of our RHS grads are at Ivy League schools, only 4 of them are National Merit scholars, etc. We are not getting our money’s worth for these insane property taxes. Our schools are not excellent. Change needs to start at the top, with Fishbein, Gorman, BOE trustees and REA leadership all fired.
The mob is not controlling Toll Brothers.The stockholders are. Some of you people need to get your Information in order. The Dep the epa and local politicians are involved in this one. Dirty.
The fix is in .Bergen county is open for sale wholesale to
single and multi family housing DEVELOPERS.NJT is
in cahoots along their lines while the rolling stock is third world country class.Complete sell out underway.watch the school taxes explode
I live on the East side of Ridgewood. Our water, even after filtering, both tastes and smells horrible. I think this part of Ridgewood has been converted to Suez water. Ridgewood water used to be so pure that pediatricians actually said you didn’t have to boil the water to make formulas! I grew up on water that had gone through a desalination plant and it was heavily chlorinated , but drinkable. I really can’t say that Ridgewood’s water is drinkable now.