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>Start the Christmas Season at Bethlehem
Sunday December 4

The members of Bethlehem Lutheran Church invite everyone to a Christmas concert on Sunday, December 4 at 3:00PM.  Please join us for this free concert at in our sanctuary located at 155 Linwood Ave. in Ridgewood, NJ. We will be celebrating the blessed birth of Christ and the love of family and friends.  What better place than Bethlehem to start off the Christmas season!   This concert will also be the kick-off event for Bethlehem’s 100th anniversary celebration in 2012.

The concert will feature classic and contemporary Christmas songs and instrumentals plus a carol sing along. Greg Caldarone and The New Jersey Brass Quintet will perform a free concert “Christmas: The Joy and Spirit 2011”.  Come celebrate this joyous time of year with old classics and contemporary Christmas favorites.  The NJ Brass Quintet is a fabulous ensemble that will immediately give you that warm wonderful feeling of an old fashioned Christmas.   Greg Calderone will feature some classic Christmas songs as well as some newer ones.

Greg Caldarone, award winning singer/recording artist, has been sharing his vocal talents in our local churches and establishments for several years.  He will feature Christmas classics such as “O Holy Night” and “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” as well as more recent songs such as David Freidman’s “Just In Time For Christmas”  and of course Michael Card’s ” Joseph’s Song” (a signature for Greg). He will also feature an original Christmas Song of his own.    

The New Jersey Brass Quintet will be performing a special holiday concert featuring music from their CD “Christmas; The Joy and Spirit” They will perform Christmas; The Joy and Spirit, Ceremonial Music for Brass and Organ arr. by S. Drummond Wolff along with other holiday pieces.

There will also be a sing along to get us all in the spirit of Christmas.  The sing along will include “O Come All Ye Faithful”, “What Child Is This”, “Angels We Have Heard on High”,  “Hark the Herald Angels” and “Joy to the World”.

The New Jersey Brass Quintet is a non-profit corporation dedicated to the cultural enrichment of the community in which it serves. The musical ensemble’s programs include educationally oriented children’s concerts, park concerts in a “Village Brass Band” setting, and special concerts for various occasions in addition to traditional chamber music concerts. Its repertoire ranges from earliest madrigals to the most contemporary compositions available.

The dedicated professional musicians that compose the NJBQ bring a high degree of talent and creativity to the ensemble. Each member of the quintet is an experienced educator as well as an accomplished performer.

Greg Caldarone is a singer/entertainer/ recording artist, specializing in popular standards and Italian favorites, recipient of the Universal Jazz Coalitions “Dakota Staton Award”. Also a professional song leader. Greg will include Michael Card’s ” Joseph’s Song”, A song that is frequently requested of him at Christmas.   He has been a song leader in music ministries in our community for 20 years. For more about Greg Caldarone go to https://www.gregcaldarone.com/

We truly hope to see you and wish everyone a joyous holiday season and a beautiful finish for 2011.  Admission is free, however a free will offering will be welcome.  CDs by both Greg Caldarone and The NJ Brass Quintet will be available at the concert.

The members of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Ridgewood want you to know that God has a plan for you and he loves you.  Our faith is in Christ.   Our guide is in the Bible.  Our love is for all.  Come celebrate with us.  We offer 2 Sunday services:  Contemporary Praise Service at 8:45am and Traditional Worship at 11am with Sunday School and Bible Class at 10am.  Please join us at 155 Linwood Avenue, Ridgewood.

>Ridgewood Village Council questions snowstorm response

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2011
BY KELLY EBBELS
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS

Questions emerged this week about the village’s response to last weekend’s unseasonal snowstorm, particularly its communication efforts and leadership by Village Manager Ken Gabbert.

It was revealed at Wednesday night’s Village Council meeting that Gabbert did not attend several of the weekend staff meetings during the storm, a point which he declined to explain in response to pressing questions from Councilman Paul Aronsohn.

Gabbert could not recollect how many meetings he missed, and said he would provide his explanation in writing to Aronsohn, which the councilman said was unacceptable.

“This is a very serious issue. You’re the village manager, you’re the CEO, you run the day-to-day operations. Here we have one of the worst storms in over 100 years, and you won’t tell me why you weren’t at the meetings?” Aronsohn asked.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/133185063_Ridgewood_Village_Council_questions_snowstorm_response.html

>Are single patient rooms the reason Valley’s Renewal is 1.2mm square feet?

In August 2011 Orange Regional Medical Center (ORMC), a brand new, state of the art, single-patient room hospital opened in rural Middletown NY,.  There are differences between this hospital and the Renewal that Valley envisions, but a review of the facts may raise some questions.  ORMC’s new facility is not embedded in a residential community and space and land are not its primary constraints.  Its 61 acre campus, next to routes 17 and 84 has abundant highway access for patients and visitors alike.  But despite having abundant land available, that hospital was able to achieve something Renewal doesn’t on its 15 acre site.  ORMC was built at 621,000 square feet, over 500,000 square feet smaller than Renewal.  ORMC is less than 100,000 square feet larger than current Valley and within the pre-existing Master Plan’s allowance of what’s reasonable for Ridgewood.  Sounds like modernization within limits may be achievable after all.

ORMC is smaller at 374 bed and although it has been said repeatedly over the recent past that there is a surplus of hospital beds in Bergen County this doesn’t suggest Valley reduce bed count.  Renewal has 21% more beds than ORMC at 454, but Renewal needs 88% more square feet to achieve the single patient room objective.  Square footage per bed, which includes all the diagnostic, surgical and administrative functions of the hospital come in 55% higher for Renewal.  Remember ORMC is not space constrained, Valley is, yet Renewal is super-sized.  What is Renewal using all that extra space for?

Where is ORMC putting the gigantic new, state of the art equipment that Renewal claims as the other reason so much space is needed?  If Valley built Renewal’s 454 beds at ORMC’s per bed square footage, it would be 754,000 square feet.  That’s 400,000 square feet smaller than Renewal.  Can someone explain why Valley needs 400,000 square feet more to achieve the same objectives when they are constrained by their surroundings?  Is Valley being inefficient with space or are they doing more than ORMC?  Some of the difference may be attributable to retrofitting in older buildings, but the Bergen and Phillips buildings are being removed as part of Renewal, therefore at least 700,000 square feet of new construction is included in Renewal’s 1.2mm total and the retained buildings are less than 20 years old.

ORMC was built for $264mm, while Renewal comes in fully-loaded at $750mm.  On a per bed basis that is over $930,000 or 2.2x more per Renewal bed than per ORMC bed.  Some of that is explained by Northern NJ vs more rural NY state, and some may be explained by the subterranean floors of Renewal, but does that explain it all?

Despite its location in a residential neighborhood, accessed by single-lane roads, Valley generates far more traffic than an “average” hospital today.  From the traffic expert’s testimony Valley traffic, as it exists today, is 8% higher per square foot, 31% higher per bed and 53% higher per employee than an average hospital.  Growth in hospital traffic since the last major expansion is 3.4x more than Valley projected at approval without adding an additional bed in that time.  What is Valley doing that makes it so much busier today than it said it would be?  Is that what makes Renewal so much larger than ORMC?

In conclusion, this document should be considered by everyone involved in this debate and decision.  The hospital’s trustees, doctors, nurses, employees and supporters need to have Valley’s management explain to them and Ridgewood, whose quality of life will be compromised by Renewal, to explain the reasons for Renewal being so much larger.  This explanation needs to be in clear language without PR “spin”.  We need to know what ORMC is doing right or what Renewal is doing wrong that there is this large a disconnect.  Our elected officials need to consider both what is said and what is not said by the hospital about its plans, its current operations and how it intends to generate the funds to repay the Renewal related debt.  ORMC specifically states that there won’t be higher charges for single patient rooms, so that isn’t how Renewal is funded.  You can see for yourself at ORMC’s website or the attachment that showcases the new building.

Link to Orange Regional’s website and description on the building process.: https://tinyurl.com/3jypmn2

Orange Regional Medical Center New Hospital

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>Cerf assembles expert team to review school funding

>Fed up, Had Enough—To Cut Taxes or Not

Warren Buffett offers one of the best quotes about the debt ceiling when he
says “You just pass a law that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP,
all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election.”

To discipline Trenton, I suggest a Balanced Budget and Debt Reduction Act
accompanied by a Fraud & Abuse Commission. Quasi government “Authorities”
will have no power to tax and bond and their expenditures must be approved
by the Assembly. We need a flat state income tax in range of 3.5%, and need
to free public workers to establish their own 401-k pension plan where they are
free to decide how to fund it each year. Younger workers can elect to take home
more in their paycheck, while older public workers can elect to put more into their
pensions. This will take a tax burden directly off the property owners!

The State Assembly and Senate must accept the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act as their own health insurance plan, or agree to not
implement same in NJ. We will find a way to care for the poor and uninsured
without wasting tax dollars. Lottery money goes to benefit seniors and for no
other purpose. Anyone raiding this fund is subject to sanctions.

Legislation that adds substantial debt to taxpayers must be approved by a public
vote and 2/3s majority. Welfare recipients agree to a periodic drug test. Welfare
comes with an expiration date, so you must reapply each year to show continued
need. This is a safety net, not a way of life.

Assembly and Senate Term Limits shall be imposed. If you can’t get the job done
in four or six years, then you return home and are ineligible for re-election.

Finally, a major civil rights issue must be decided to allow sweeping change in
education and tax relief. Parents deserve the right and freedom to educate their
children in the public or private school that gives their child the best chance for a
quality education. The money to fund that education should follow the child, not
the zip code. It is every parent’s right to demand this equal opportunity.

Voters must answer one simple question on November 8th. “Do I
vote to cut my taxes, or not?

Doc Bob Villare, M.D.
State Assembly Candidate District 3
856-423-4500

>Letter: CRR encourages residents to attend Valley meeting

> FLAGS ORDERED FLOWN AT HALF-STAFF FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28

Upon Executive Order from Governor Chris Christie, flags at Ridgewood schools will be flown at half-staff on Friday, October 28, 2011, in recognition and mourning of a brave and loyal American hero, United States Army Staff Sergeant Jorge M. Oliveira of Newark, who tragically lost his life while heroically and selflessly serving his country in Afghanistan while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.