>Ridgewood Run faced a last-minute cancellation
THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2011
BY KELLY EBBELS
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
A flurry of confusion over costs for holding the 36th annual Ridgewood Run left organizers forced to sign a last-minute contract agreeing to pay for pothole repairs, street cleaning and the opening of a signal box, or face having the event canceled by the village, according to race organizers.
Kumsa Adugna of the Bronx, N.Y., won the 5K race in Saturday’s Ridgewood Run.
Village Manager Ken Gabbert issued a bill in April to the North Jersey Masters (NJM), the non-profit running club that organizes a series of running events every Memorial Day in Ridgewood. The bill totaled $16,397 – more than double the amount charged in recent years to run the event.
“The village has a policy to charge for costs that are special to any event where the proceeds are not controlled by the village,” Gabbert said in an e-mail.
After protests from race organizers, a meeting on Thursday between village and race officials produced agreements for an amended bill of $12,527.
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