19 Rules for Meaningful Conversations With Physicians
Written by Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA, Principal, Barlow/McCarthy | December 07, 2012
Physicians need to do a better job of communicating with their patients. Could the same be said for how executives communicate with physicians?
Healthcare executives recognize the need to have meaningful conversations with physicians about quality, safety and patient care. They also understand the need to have consequential dialogue about referrals, partnerships and shared visions for the future. While it’s easy to fall back on conventional agendas, it’s far more valuable to take the time to understand the multi-dimensional problems at hand and craft a multi-dimensional solution. In short, executives need to take the time to “read” the situation, understand the dynamics and carefully craft a message that resonates with physicians.
Many executives pride themselves on being great communicators, but in the heat of the moment, they sometimes fail to draw on their best skills. What sets the world’s greatest communicators apart is that they go into every conversation with a clear objective, yet they’re astute enough to go with the flow, create an interesting segue and adapt their message without missing a beat.
Reasons include medical students pursuing specialties, older physicians retiring
December 4, 2012 RSS Feed Print
By Denise Mann
HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, Dec. 4 (HealthDay News) — Fewer medical students are choosing careers in primary care, and instead are opting to become specialists, a new study found.
The study, which appears in the medical-education-themed Dec. 5 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, fuels concerns that there will be a shortage of primary-care doctors available when patients need them most.
Researchers surveyed internal medicine residents about their career plans. Of nearly 17,000 third-year residents, only 21.5 percent were planning on a career as an internal medicine doctor. This included about 40 percent of students in a primary-care residency program and about 20 percent of those in a categorical residency program. These are two different tracks available within an internal medicine residency program.
Women were more likely to choose internal medicine than men, and U.S. medical school graduates were slightly more likely to opt for a career in internal medicine than international graduates, the study showed.
“This is worrisome,” said study author Dr. Colin West, an internist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. “In the next decade, we will be 50,000 primary-care physicians short for the needs of the country.”
Cops to Congress: We need logs of Americans’ text messages
State and local law enforcement groups want wireless providers to store detailed information about your SMS messages for at least two years — in case they’re needed for future criminal investigations.
by Declan McCullagh December 3, 2012 9:00 AM PS
AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, and other wireless providers would be required to record and store information about Americans’ private text messages for at least two years, according to a proposal that police have submitted to the U.S. Congress.
CNET has learned a constellation of law enforcement groups has asked the U.S. Senate to require that wireless companies retain that information, warning that the lack of a current federal requirement “can hinder law enforcement investigations.”
They want an SMS retention requirement to be “considered” during congressional discussions over updating a 1986 privacy law for the cloud computing era — a move that could complicate debate over the measure and erode support for it among civil libertarians.
As the popularity of text messages has exploded in recent years, so has their use in criminal investigations and civil lawsuits. They have been introduced as evidence in armed robbery, cocaine distribution, and wire fraud prosecutions. In one 2009 case in Michigan, wireless provider SkyTel turned over the contents of 626,638 SMS messages, a figure described by a federal judge as “staggering.”
President’s “Fiscal Cliff” Plan Not Serious ,Punishes Small Businesses, Increases Spending
DECEMBER 2, 2012 | VIEW ONLINE
Speaker John Boehner comment od White House weak proposal to avert “Fiscal Cliff”
“The White House has to get serious,” said Speaker John Boehner after the White House offered a fiscal cliff plan that raises tax rates and increases government spending. The plan protects “too big to fail” businesses and special interest tax breaks while punishing small businesses. Republicans, on the other hand, are working to protect middle class taxpayers and small businesses, and pave the way for long-term job growth.
“This is not a game,” said Speaker Boehner. “Jobs are on the line. The American economy is on the line.” Read the latest below:
SOLVING THE FISCAL CLIFF: “Solving the fiscal cliff in a manner that addresses the true drivers of our debt and saves American jobs would be a great way for the president to start his second term,” says Speaker Boehner. ” For the good of the country, and my colleagues, we’re ready to work with the president to achieve those goals.”
A BALANCED FRAMEWORK: But with the barrage of automatic tax hikes and defense cuts just weeks away, Speaker Boehner says Republicans are “the only ones with a balanced plan to protect the economy, protect American jobs, and protect the middle class from the fiscal cliff.” Click here to watch Speaker Boehner outline this balanced framework on November 7.
VS. A NON-SERIOUS PROPOSAL: On Fox News Sunday, Speaker Boehner said the White House offer is a “non-serious proposal” that demands more in new spending than it offers in (unspecified) spending cuts, and punishes small business owners with higher tax rates.
“HE’S GOING TO SPEND IT”: President Obama wants $1.6 trillion in new taxes — double what he campaigned on. “If we gave the president $1.6 trillion of new money, what do you think he’d do with it?” asked Speaker Boehner. “He’s going to spend it” — not pay down the deficit.
COULDN’T PASS CONGRESS: The president’s proposal has been described in news reports as “a particularly expansive version of the White House’s wish list,” “loaded with Democratic priorities and short on detailed spending cuts.” The Wall Street Journal says this plan “couldn’t get through the House, and maybe not even the Senate.” Again: it’s not a serious plan.
CUTTING SPENDING: “In order to try to come to an agreement, Republicans are willing to put revenue on the table” from tax reform that closes tax loopholes and lowers rates, says Speaker Boehner. But “we all know that we’ve had this spending crisis coming at us like a freight train,” and “it’s time for the president and Democrats to get serious about” cutting spending.
PROTECTING SMALL BUSINESSES: “One thing Republicans won’t be party to is a deal that protects big businesses and preserves special-interest tax breaks while raising tax rates on the small businesses we’re counting on to create jobs,” Speaker Boehner said after meeting with former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles and the “Fix the Debt” Coalition.
“SMALL BUSINESS AMERICA”: In a new video, Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) office talked with a small business owner facing higher tax rates under the president’s plan.
REMINDER: In addition to the bipartisan framework outlined by Speaker Boehner, the House has passed legislation to avert the fiscal cliff. Back in August, the House passed a bipartisan bill to stop tax rate hikes on middle class families and small businesses, and voted to expedite the process of fundamental tax reform. The House also voted to replace the defense sequester and save entitlement programs like Medicare from bankruptcy. Senate Democrats have done none of this, and the president’s plan is based on his budget, which received zero votes in Congress.
6 Fixes to America’s Fiscal Crisis
Amy Payne
November 30, 2012 at 9:09 am
President Obama made his first offer to congressional Republicans yesterday in negotiations over the “fiscal cliff”—an economic catastrophe of tax hikes just a few weeks away.
The White House’s proposal? $1.6 trillion in tax increases, $50 billion in new stimulus spending, and a change that would make it easier to raise the debt limit—so that all this spending could continue.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) couldn’t contain his laughter at these suggestions.
One congressional aide said the offer “amounts to little more than reiterating the President’s budget request—which failed to get a single vote in the House or Senate.”
Perhaps House Republicans could simply bring President Obama’s latest proposal up for another vote to see if anything has changed.
The “fiscal cliff” is man-made. Congress—primarily the liberal-led Senate—and the President built it themselves through their legislative decisions over the past four years, and then they turned away and tried not to look at it until after the election.
Elected officials in Washington keep enacting short-term patches to keep the government running, which is not a real solution. We need to reform the programs that are causing the runaway spending and deficits today and in the years to come—the large, lumbering entitlement programs of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
>>> As a candidate in 2008, Barack Obama said he’d like to reform entitlements in his first term. We’re still waiting. Watch the video.
In a new paper, Heritage’s J. D. Foster, Norman B. Ture Senior Fellow in the Economics of Fiscal Policy and Alison Acosta Fraser, director of the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies, point out that
Obama’s tax hikes would reduce the rise in federal debt over the next 10 years by 15 percent. The President is silent about the other 85 percent. The numbers confirm that President Obama’s tax hike demands are at best tangential to attaining a balanced budget.
The real issue is federal spending, and Foster and Fraser describe the bottom line this way:
When this year’s kindergarteners enter college, just 13 years away, spending on these two programs [Social Security and Medicare] plus Medicaid and interest on the debt will devour all tax revenue.
To make meaningful changes to the nation’s unsustainable budget policies, Foster and Fraser lay out four “simple, commonsense, and thoroughly vetted solutions” that already enjoy broad support across the political spectrum:
1. Raise the Social Security eligibility age to match increases in longevity. People are living longer, and entitlement programs need to be updated to reflect that fact. According to the Social Security actuaries, continuing to increase the eligibility age to 69 by the year 2034 and allowing it to rise more slowly thereafter to reflect gains in longevity could go a long way toward reducing Social Security’s funding shortfall. While this would not reduce today’s budget deficit, it would strengthen Social Security’s finances and put it on a path toward sticking around in the future.
2. Correct the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in Social Security. The annual COLA benefit adjustment is determined today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index (CPI). However, the CPI, an antiquated measure, generally overstates inflation, meaning that benefits are increased a bit too much each year to offset inflation. Again, according to the Social Security actuaries, using a more modern inflation measure would substantially reduce Social Security’s shortfall over time.
3. Raise the Medicare eligibility age to agree with Social Security. Medicare has an eligibility age problem, but unlike Social Security, the Medicare eligibility age remains stuck at 65. An obvious solution is to wait five years and then slowly raise the eligibility age to align eventually with the Social Security eligibility age. While the short-term budgetary savings would be negligible, the long-term savings in Medicare would be profound.
4. Reduce the Medicare subsidy for upper-income beneficiaries. In 2012, the average Medicare beneficiary received a subsidy of about $5,000. Subsidizing Medicare benefits for low-income seniors—and perhaps for some middle-income seniors—makes sense, but upper-income seniors do not need and should not receive a $5,000 subsidy to buy Medicare health insurance.
In addition to those reforms, Foster and Fraser list two bonus proposals that have not been considered as closely by lawmakers, but would be simple and effective:
5. Phase out Social Security benefits for upper-income retirees. As a nation, we need to ask whether today’s working families should pay payroll taxes so that upper-income retirees can continue to receive their checks. In short, Social Security should be social insurance against poverty rather than a government-run pension scheme.
6. Consolidate Medicare’s elements and collect a single higher premium. Medicare is actually three distinct components, referred to generally as Parts A, B, and D, reflecting the fact that Medicare was built up over many years. This antiquated structure is confusing and inefficient. An obvious reform is to consolidate the three distinct parts into a unified Medicare program, with a single premium, and then raise the premium to cover 35 percent of related program costs.
Continuing to raise America’s debt limit every few months is irresponsible and dangerous. And failing to address the budget deficits that give rise to this debt limit pressure every few months is equally irresponsible and dangerous. Raising taxes would weaken the economy, kill jobs, and hold down people’s wages. This is not a “solution.”
Congress and the President should instead consider these serious fixes to the drivers of out-of-control government spending. All that’s missing is for the President to take the lead, which is what Presidents are supposed to do.
Nothing but Tax Increases , no Spending cuts offered McConnell ‘Burst Into Laughter’ as Geithner Outlined Obama’s Plan
6:14 PM, NOV 29, 2012 • BY FRED BARNES
Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican leader, says he “burst into laughter” Thursday when Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner outlined the administration proposal for averting the fiscal cliff. He wasn’t trying to embarrass Geithner, McConnell says, only responding candidly to his one-sided plan, explicit on tax increases, vague on spending cuts.
Geithner’s visit to his office left McConnell discouraged about reaching a “balanced” deal on tax hikes and spending reductions designed to prevent a shock to the economy in January. “Nothing good is happening” in the negotiations, McConnell says, because of Obama’s insistence on tax rate hikes for the wealthy but unwillingness to embrace serious spending cuts.
Geithner suggested $1.6 trillion in tax increases, McConnell says, but showed “minimal or no interest” in spending cuts. When congressional leaders went to the White House three days after the election, Obama talked of possible curbs on the explosive growth of food stamps and Social Security disability payments. But since Geithner didn’t mention them, those reductions appear to be off the table now, McConnell says.
Senate bill rewrite lets feds read your e-mail without warrants
Proposed law scheduled for a vote next week originally increased Americans’ e-mail privacy. Then law enforcement complained. Now it increases government access to e-mail and other digital files.
Declan McCullagh
by Declan McCullagh
November 20, 2012 4:00 AM PS
A Senate proposal touted as protecting Americans’ e-mail privacy has been quietly rewritten, giving government agencies more surveillance power than they possess under current law.
CNET has learned that Patrick Leahy, the influential Democratic chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee, has dramatically reshaped his legislation in response to law enforcement concerns. A vote on his bill, which now authorizes warrantless access to Americans’ e-mail, is scheduled for next week.
Leahy’s rewritten bill would allow more than 22 agencies — including the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Communications Commission — to access Americans’ e-mail, Google Docs files, Facebook wall posts, and Twitter direct messages without a search warrant. It also would give the FBI and Homeland Security more authority, in some circumstances, to gain full access to Internet accounts without notifying either the owner or a judge. (CNET obtained the revised draft from a source involved in the negotiations with Leahy.)
It’s an abrupt departure from Leahy’s earlier approach, which required police to obtain a search warrant backed by probable cause before they could read the contents of e-mail or other communications. The Vermont Democrat boasted last year that his bill “provides enhanced privacy protections for American consumers by… requiring that the government obtain a search warrant.”
H.S. Football: Ridgewood in for ‘instant replay’ in state-playoff opener
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2012
BY JIM MCCONVILLE
CORRESPONDENT
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
RIDGEWOOD — Football coaches will tell you that it is hard, very hard to defeat the same team twice in the same season. Ridgewood High School now gets to take it one step further. The Maroons have to beat the same team twice in eight days — and not just the same team, but one that exacts a physical toll on its opponents.
Passaic County Tech makes a return visit to Ridgewood tonight one week after the Maroons (6-2) earned the right to host the Bulldogs in the opening round of the North 1, Group 5 state playoffs by virtue of their 23-12 win last Friday night.
PSE&G Update: As of this morning, PSE&G is reporting that only 230 Ridgewood, or 2.2%, are still without power. If PSE&G’s estimates are accurate, nearly all will be restored today. We continue to learn about individual residences that do not have power, and which were not previously reported to the village or to PSE&G. Do not assume that PSE&G is aware of your individual situation, especially if it has not been reported previously. While village officials remain in daily contact with PSE&G representatives, residents are still urged to contact PSE&G directly at 1-800-436-7734 to report individual problems. Calling repeatedly may help.
Hurricane Relief Effort to Benefit Monmouth/Ocean County: Local Ridgewood businesses are teaming up with Ridgewood High School students in a collection effort to benefit the Monmouth/Ocean County Food Bank. The collection point will be at Ken Smith Motors on Franklin Ave, Ridgewood, this Saturday from 9 MA – 4 PM. Please bring the basics: ready to eat food (chili, soup, etc.), diapers, toiletries, and cleaning supplies such as heavy duty garbage bags, gloves, mops and brooms, bleach, Pinesol/Lysol, sponges, scrub brushes, dust pans, rags, shovels.
24-Hour Shelter at Mt. Carmel Closed at 12 Noon Today: Mt. Carmel Church shut down its shelter at 12 noon today. The good news is that the number of guests using the shelter diminished tremendously over the last few days, which is a sign that nearly all residents have power. Ridgewood OEM is grateful to Mt. Carmel, its parishioners, and especially Glen McCall, Director of Youth Ministry, who worked tirelessly to provide a warm, safe and welcoming place for our residents during a time of need.
Day Time Warming Center: The following locations will be open Monday-Friday as daytime warming centers: St. Elizabeth’s Church (169 Fairmount Rd.) 8:30AM-6PM, Emmanuel Baptist Church (14 Hope St.) 9AM–3PM (please enter by the Hope Street entrance and use the bell on the left hand side of the door), Temple Israel (475 Grove St.) 9AM-early evening and Community Church at Upper Ridgewood (intersection of Fairmount Road and Hillcrest Road) 7AM-7PM. In addition, the Ridgewood Library has power, heat, books, periodicals, and computers, so there is something for people to do as they stay warm. Their hours are 9AM–9PM Monday-Thursday; 9AM-6PM on Friday; 9AM-5PM on Saturday; and 1PM-5PM on Sunday.
Blankets: A limited number of blankets, provided by FEMA, are still available on a first come, first served basis at Village Hall. Any resident needing an extra blanket may obtain one, while supplies last, at the Ridgewood Police Department located on the second floor of Village Hall.
Recycling Center Open: The Recycling Center will be open Saturday, Sunday and Monday from 7AM-3PM. In addition to accepting recycling, they will be accepting household garbage and branches.
FEMA Disaster Assistance Information: If you sustained losses or damage from Hurricane Sandy you may be eligible for disaster aid. Call 1•800•621•FEMA (3362) or go to www.DisasterAssistance.gov for additional information.
Tree Branches: Tree branches ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE STREET. If you have placed branches in the street, they MUST be removed. Please bring branches to the recycling center.
For more information, continue to visit oem.ridgewoodnj.net and the Village of Ridgewood and Ridgewood Police Department Facebook pages for updates.
There are many important announcements below concerning the warming shelter
and the coming storm today.
whether you have power or still out, please read the information below.
Volunteers and Food Preparers especially please read!!!
FOOD PREPARERS FOR TODAY – WEDNESDAY – PLEASE DO NOT PREPARE FOOD
With so many getting power back our numbers at the shelter are dwindling
rapidly. This is a GOOD THING!
The amount of food yesterday was unbelievable and the left overs will more
than feed everyone today.
THEREFORE, ANYONE WHO WAS SCHEDULED TO PREPARE FOOD FOR LUNCH OR DINNER
TODAY (WEDNESDAY) PLEASE DO NOT PREPARE IT.
Thank for you being there to assist but I do not want any food to go to
waste. Right now I have three refrigerators filled with food for today!
THOSE PREPARING FOOD FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY:
I want to put you in a “holding pattern”. There is a good possibility we
will be closing the shelter sometime between now and Friday. The main factor
will be the approaching storm. Please watch future emails for updates.
VOLUNTEERS:
At this time, all volunteers should report to for their scheduled time.
I do need one volunteer for tonight/Thurs. morning from 3-5am. Please
contact me as soon as possible if you are able to cover this shift.
THE APPROACHING STORM:
Today’s storm may knock out power to some residents who have had their power
restored or to those who never lost it in the hurricane.
If this should happen, PLEASE do not hesitate to come to the warming
shelter. We have PLENTY of food, cots and coffee! (and hopefully
electricity!). If you would like to stay overnight, please bring your own
pillow and blanket.
UTILITY WORKERS:
Many of the utility workers in the area have come from out of state
companies lending a helping hand. They have left their families behind so
that we can return to some “normalcy.” If you happen to have the opportunity
to see any of them on the road today or if they are working in your
neighborhood, please extend and invitation to them to join us at OLMC for a
cup of coffee or a HOT MEAL!
In an email from Mayor Paul Aronsohn this morning, we were informed that PSE&G does not expect power to be fully restored to Ridgewood until SATURDAY.
Please read below if you are able to help with the warming shelter!
VOLUNTEERS:
Volunteers are good through today however, beginning Wednesday (tomorrow) at 11am our volunteer list is EMPTY through the rest of the week.
We are asking for two hour shifts on the following schedule:
11am-1pm, 1-3pm, 3-5pm, 5-7pm, 7-9pm, 9-11pm, 11pm-1am, 1-3AM, 3-5am, 5-7am, 7-9am, 9-11am.
Days needed from Wednesday, Nov. 7th 11a.m. through Saturday, Nov. 10th 5pm.
Overnight hours are crucial. If you are able to help with any of the hours, please email Glen Mc Call with the DAY and HOURS you can help. A confirmation email will be sent back to you.
Glen’s email is [email protected]
FOOD:
Last night we fed over 75 people for dinner. Crowds are getting larger for meals.
We could use some more hot dishes for dinner this evening and many more throughout Friday evening.
Whatever you can do is great!
Likes: Soups, stews, chicken dishes, GREEN SALADS.
At this point, many are “zitied” out!
PLEASE email Glen with what you would like to make and when you would bring it.
You can also stop by the parish center anytime to sign up there to save on emailing back and forth.
Ridgewood NJ , The District Supervisor of Fine & Applied Arts/Music Christopher McCullough and Music Teachers Jeffrey Haas and John Luckenbill gave a presentation on a new technology course at RHS on music production. Equipment and software has been added to the Mac Lab at the high school that enables students to compose and arrange music.
In addition, two software programs, “Garage Band” and “ProTools,” have been added to the music program, allowing students to edit and mix recordings. As part of the presentation, the teachers also introduced the “SmartMusic” software program now in use at RHS; this program is a web-based tool that allows students to practice and also be graded on instrumental performance.
Analysis: Americans to face tougher 2013 on rising prices, taxes
By Edward Krudy
NEW YORK | Thu Oct 25, 2012 7:25am EDT
(Reuters) – Consumers will have to dig deeper into their pockets next year to pay for costlier healthcare, more expensive grocery bills and higher taxes, an extra drag on the country’s already slow-moving economy.
The additional outlays look set to test the resilience of consumers, whose spending accounts for around two-thirds of the U.S. economy.
“We think it’s going to be a difficult six to nine months,” said Scott Hoyt, senior director of consumer economics for Moody’s Analytics. “If anything, conditions are likely to get worse, particularly at the start of the year.”
The strength of consumer spending has surprised some economists, given unemployment near 8 percent and anemic wage growth. Consumer spending has cushioned the blow to the United States from slower foreign demand for its goods.
U.S. households have shed about $880 billion in debt since the peak in the first quarter of 2008, according to Federal Reserve data. That has put many consumers on a path back to financial health.
But an expiration of payroll tax cuts in early January and a spike in food prices could wipe 0.8 percentage points off U.S. economic growth next year, according to some economists.
The economy is now expected to expand 2 percent in 2013, down from 2.1 percent in 2012, a Reuters poll showed.
Consumer groups are noting caution on the part of households when it comes to such things as taking on more debt, retirement savings and gasoline prices.
“People are very concerned about what is going to happen next year because they are already seeing price increases that are affecting their budgets,” said Bruce McClary, a spokesman for Clear Point, a nationwide credit counseling organization that helps consumers experiencing problems with debt.
Will The Election Results Cause Massive Riots To Erupt All Over America?
Michael Snyder
The Economic Collapse
Oct 12, 2012
Will the most divisive campaign in modern American history culminate in massive riots in our major cities? Right now, supporters of Barack Obama and supporters of Mitt Romney are both pinning all of their hopes on a victory on November 6th. The race for the presidency is extremely tight, and obviously the side that loses is going to be extremely disappointed when the election results are finalized. But could this actually lead to violence? Could we actually see rioting in communities all over America? Well, the conditions are certainly ripe for it.
A whole host of surveys over the past few years have shown that Americans are very angry and very frustrated right now. In fact, a Pew Research Center poll from late last year found that 86 percent of all Americans are either angry or frustrated with the federal government. We have seen this frustration manifest in protest movements such as the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street, but right now things are fairly calm as liberals and conservatives both look forward to November 6th. Many Republicans started the countdown to the next election literally the day after John McCain lost back in 2008.
Schoolhouse Museum October 14, 2012 through July 28, 2013 is THE COLLECTION
On display at the Schoolhouse Museum October 14, 2012 through July 28, 2013 is THE COLLECTION, an exhibit that celebrates 60 years of preservation efforts and showcases our most treasured artifacts.
Artifacts and textiles Included in this exhibit are:
three 19th century woven coverlets, one woven on a Jacquard loom by David H. Haring, a noted Bergen County weaver
a 1865 taffeta wedding dress and a late 1880s mourning suit 19th century pottery some created by George Wolfkiel
a collection of spectacles from 1760s through the early 20th century
a NJ militia Spanish American war uniform and military artifacts
Lenape stone tools
Medical instruments and mortars and pestles
kitchen and farm tools made from wood
a collection of women and men’s personal possessions from hats to shoes and everything in between
a sampling of baskets, children’s chairs, musical instruments, and craft items, all from the 19th century
This exhibit will appeal to children and adults. Join us during our open hours on Thursdays and Saturdays from 1:00–3:00 and Sundays 2:00–4:00. Trained docents will be there to answer questions or provide you information about our artifacts. If you would like to arrange for a group to visit, please email [email protected]
Coming up this Fall:
Historic Home Walking Tour
October 21, 2012, from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.
From Country Retreat to Fashionable Suburb: A Walking Tour Through the West Side’s Ridgewood Park Development
Where: Meet at Ridge School parking lot at 1:45 p.m.
Starting at the Pease House at 308 W. Ridgewood Avenue and traveling the length of North Murray Avenue, this walking tour will reveal the transformation of Ridgewood’s West Side after the Civil War from a country setting to a choice residential suburb by exploring the architecture and history of six notable homes. The 90 minute tour will conclude at 300 North Murray Avenue, the landmark Colonial Revival house built by the Palmer family and restored by the current owners. Many fascinating and fun surprises await adults and children age 10 and up. The tour, which will be limited to 30 people, will be led by RHS member and Ridgewood resident Elliot Dee, who studied architectural history at Cornell and Harvard and has led tours in New Jersey for over a decade.To reserve your ticket ($5 for an adult, $10 for a family) [email protected]
October 18, 2012, 12:00 p.m.
Lincoln Luncheon at the Brick House, 179 Godwin Avenue, Wyckoff
The Coalition of Northwest Bergen County is sponsoring a history luncheon featuring Robert Costello and Ken Hall impersonating Abraham Lincoln and George McClellan. Come and learn about the 1864 presidential campaign and election and the issues of the day. Click here for the luncheon flier and ticket order form.
The Ridgewood Historical Society Board thanks Eagle Scout Akash Chaurasia and Ridgewood Boys Scout Troop 5 for building a handicap ramp for the museum, painting the building, replacing insulation in the back attic, and repainting the Historic Marker sign. We are so grateful that you chose the Schoolhouse Museum for your Eagle Scout Project.
The Schoolhouse Museum is open on Thursdays and Saturdays from 1:00–3:00 p.m. and Sundays from 2:00–4:00 p.m. We arrange group tours by appointment. For more information call the museum at 201-447-3242 or send us an [email protected]
