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The Hudson Street parking lot closed until June 2020

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Ridgewood NJ, The Hudson Street parking lot closed on 8/19/2019 and will be closed for the duration of the construction of the Hudson Street Garage, through June 2020.  During the construction, the sidewalk along the parking lot will be closed. 

All pedestrians must use the sidewalk along the church side of Hudson Street.  In addition, the sidewalk on South Broad Street is closed, just after Pearl Restaurant.  For your safety, please use designated crosswalks to cross both Hudson Street and South Broad Street. 

Hudson Street itself will be open to vehicles during the beginning of the construction, but will be closed for a period of 6-8 weeks, during the day, in late 2019/early 2020.  When we have definite dates of the closures, you will be notified via E-Notice, and they will also be put onto the Village website. 

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Bergen Democrat’s Looking for a Straw Man pull the ” racists ,bigoted , homophobe” Card

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Hackesanck NJ, Bergen Democrats have jumped the shark in their latest press release . In an effort to hide Murphy Administration hiring practices faux paus , the Bergen Democrats have assailed Bergen GOP of being , you guessed it ,” racists ,bigoted , homophobe.”

There are no apologizes, from Murphy Administration officials for the latest round of anti Semitic comments from Murphy appointees or attempts to silence women over rape allegations .

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Ridgewood Public Library : Explore Renovation Concept, Library Trends and Funding

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SAT, SEPT 21  10-11AM | ALL RESIDENTS WELCOME

Ridgewood NJ, Nancy Greene and Lorri Steinbacher share slide-talk, tour and coffee as we explore renovation concept, library trends and funding plan. NJ State Grant application is underway for 2020 funds.
For more info or registration, please click here or email [email protected].

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Drivers Licenses of Illegals ‘No Brainer ” for Terrorists

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NJ driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants. Democrat Governor Phil Murphy, is a staunch supporter of the idea, so staunch that the Governor used September 11th to promote this idea,The unapologetic liberal governor wants a stalled bill legalizing licenses for potentially 460,000 undocumented immigrants on his desk for his signature as soon as possible. “It’s a no-brainer,” Murphy told a crowd inside Temple Ner Tamid in Bloomfield recently , “I’m frustrated that it’s not on my desk. I encourage you to call your Assembly person, your senator, and ask him why it is stuck and not on the governor’s desk, because I will sign it.”

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Valley Walks Every Thursday

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Ridgewood NJ, Valley Health systems launched Valley Walks on Thursday. Join Valley Health System physicians every Thursday morning (weather permitting!) at 7 a.m. for Valley Walks – A Weekly Walk With a Doctor, and get on the path to wellness! Our specialists are on hand to lead the walks, offer health information to walkers and answer general questions. The walks last approximately 30 minutes, at a pace all walkers can maintain. ?Registration requested➡️Click  to register/view topics/learn more! For more info via?call 201-634-5341!

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Bergen County Sheriff’s officer arrested, Attempted to Help Inmates Escape from County Jail

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Hackensack NJ , A Bergen County Sheriff’s officer was arrested on charges of bring contraband and “implements for escape” into the Bergen County Jail, the county prosecutor’s office said.

According to the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office , the Bergen sheriff’s office received complaints on September 9 about corrections officer Jessica Stec’s behavior in the county jail. An investigation by the prosecutor’s office revealed evidence that Stec had “obstructed a governmental function and provided contraband to an inmate.”

Officer Stec has been suspended from duty and issued a summons charging her with one count obstructing administration of law or other governmental function; a disorderly persons offense; and one count of implements of escape or other contraband. She will appear for processing in Hackensack on October 10.

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Murphy’s goal to move to 100% clean energy by 2050 Could Leave New Jersey in the Dark

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Trenton NJ, The state’s goal to move to 100% clean energy by 2050 will be put at risk if the state’s final Energy Master Plan (EMP) relies exclusively on intermittent power sources such as wind and solar energy, NJBIA testified Thursday.

NJBIA Vice President Ray Cantor said solar and wind energy need to be supported by clean natural gas and nuclear power in order to ensure that New Jersey homes and businesses have energy that is affordable, abundant and reliable.

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BID Notice – Tree Planting at Various Locations in Village of Ridgewood

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NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Informal proposals will be received by the Village of Ridgewood, in the Village Hall Level Three Conference Room, 131 North Maple Avenue, Ridgewood, New Jersey 07450, on Friday, September 27, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. prevailing time, and then publicly opened and read aloud for the following project

“Tree Planting Various Locations,

In the Village of Ridgewood”.

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Reader suggests it is time for a Larger Board of Education

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” I would love a candidate who thought he or she was a representative for the public and not a rubber stamp for the administration. People don’t run because it means a campaign and some monetary expenditures. I think we need a 7 member Board. I believe we have the smallest board for a District our size. A larger Board might mean some diversity of opinion and each board member would not be liaison to so many committees . Same laison, same opinions, same outcomes. “

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Italian-American civil rights Group Takes on NEA’s Attack on Columbus Day

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Hey, NEA! No way!

by: André DiMino

At its 2019 National Convention, the National Education Association (NEA) passed a resolution to have Columbus Day renamed Indigenous Peoples Day, stating, “As an education association, recognizing, observing, and celebrating factual history is important to maintaining our academic integrity.”

Really? Come on! How hypocritical. The current onslaught of politically correct hysteria foisted upon the Great Discoverer is just plain false. Shame on the NEA for being complicit in this nefarious conspiracy to obfuscate the facts and perpetrate the rewriting of history.

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NJ5 Candidate Arati Kreibich Slams Josh Gottheimer for Silence on Social Security Bill

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GLEN ROCK NJ, Arati Kreibich, a Glen Rock Councilmember and a Democratic candidate for New Jersey’s 5th district House seat, stood with seniors today to support a bill to improve and stabilize Social Security. The Social Security 2100 Act increases benefits for all current and future Social Security recipients. It cuts taxes for nearly 12 million seniors while ensuring the system’s solvency through the year 2092. The benefit increases are paid for in part by payroll tax increases for the top 0.4 percent highest income earners in the country.

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Ridgewood JOLT Promoting Elimination of ICE , Open Boarders and Sanctuary Status for New Jersey

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Hackensack NJ under the ruse of “National Week of Action” to “Defund Hate” will conclude with a Rally on the steps of the Bergen County Court House at 6PM!

The rally is being promoted by the usual suspect groups like Indivisible NJ5, Make the Road NJ, NJ Alliance for Immigrant Justice, JOLT, Women for Progress, Bergen County Chapter of the NAACP, The Bergen County Immigrant Strategy Group, Women of Action, Glen Rock After the March, Mahwah After the March .

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Despite Calls For More Parking Ridgewood Merchants Continue to take Prime Spots

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Ridgewood NJ, The President of The Ridgewood Guild is Mr. Tony Damiano.  Posturing as an important dignitary in town, claims that businesses which might have come to Ridgewood opted out because there was insufficient parking. 

The current council set up a system whereby employees would be directed to park in sections of the Cottage Place and Walnut Street lots, thereby freeing up valuable on-street spots in front of stores and restaurants.  And yet Damiano parks his own vehicle in prime on-street spots every day, as seen in this photograph. 

If you think this is a one-off, you are wrong.  We have at least 15 more photos of his car in various NON-EMPLOYEE prime spots on North Broad, near his store.   Damiano was a big promoter of the Hudson Garage (Aronsohn Version) yet refused to work with the new administration when the “3 amigos ” left office .

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Six-Figure Sick Time Parachute for Police Chief in Palisades Park

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Palisades Park NJ, The police chief in Palisades Park is retiring after a scathing review of the operation of his department, but only after he cashes more than $115,000 in checks for unused sick time. It’s just the latest example of a long string of abuses suffered by property taxpayers in the state, Senator Kip Bateman bristled.

“Sick time was never intended to be a personal retirement account for a select group of public employees, but here we go again,” said Bateman (R-16). “Another police chief retiring, and another six-figure invoice for the property taxpayers to deal with.”

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NY Governor Cuomo Signs Legislation Establishing September 11th Remembrance Day and Moment of Silence at Public Schools

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Governor Cuomo: “9/11 was one of the single darkest periods in this state’s and this nation’s history, and we owe it to those we lost and to the countless heroes who ran toward danger that day and the days that followed to do everything we can to keep their memory alive. By establishing this annual day of remembrance and a brief moment of silence in public schools, we will help ensure we never forget — not just the pain of that moment but of the courage, sacrifice and outpouring of love that defined our response.”

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