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Ridgewood NJ, today from 3 pm – 5 pm, stop by the Butterfly Garden at The Stable to celebrate Midsummer & National Pollinators Week with games, songs & fun for all.
Continue reading Ridgewood Butterfly Garden at The Stable to celebrate Midsummer & National Pollinators Week Today
photos by Boyd Loving
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Ridgewood NJ, a reader counted 36 empty parking spaces at the train station parking lot this morning as of 10 AM ,begging the question ,”Why do we need a parking garage?”
Continue reading Ridgewood Train Station Lot 35 new spaces ,35 empty spaces
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Ridgewood NJ, back up plans were made but the weather held and the Ridgewood High School class of 2019 graduated style .
A reader explained ,” At the RHS Class of 2019 graduation ceremony this evening, the Ridgewood school district superintendent was waxing rhapsodic during his speech, referencing the anniversary of the Greenwich Village Stonewall riots that occurred 50 years ago this month.
He’s in full progressive peacock mode, shamelessly virtue signalling about how far we’ve come as a society. By this time, though, it’s raining pretty steadily, and people are getting pretty impatient with him. Mercifully, his microphone cuts out and he is electronically struck dumb. The assembled audience then starts oohing and aahhing, gaping in awe at an enormous rainbow that has appeared over the entire High School building”
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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Emergency Services congratulates Volunteer EMT Alexander Melarti on becoming an Eagle Scout. This is the highest achievement or rank attainable in the Scouts BSA program of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Alex will graduate with Honors this week from Ridgewood High School and attend Cornell University this fall.
A spokesmen for Ridgewood Emergency Services said , “We are proud to have Alex as a volunteer member of our department as an EMT and know that he will continue to grow, help mentor our younger generation EMTs, and give back to his community. We wish him the very best as he starts this next chapter in his life.”
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Trenton NJ, A massive infrastructure project that would relieve rail congestion between Newark and New York City has been sidetracked for almost a decade by funding uncertainties and political posturing. But legislation passed Tuesday by the Assembly Appropriations Committee may be crucial to finally advancing the long-awaited Gateway tunnel construction.
The bill (A5570) creates the Gateway Development Commission, a two-state agency with New York to precipitate the completion of the Gateway Program transportation projects. After clearing the committee with a 10-0 vote, the bill will be considered by the Assembly tomorrow.
Continue reading Assemblyman Kevin J. Rooney, a sponsors bill creating commission to get Hudson tunnel project rolling
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Ridgefield NJ, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced an investigation into the house explosion/fire at 360 Abbott Avenue, Ridgefield, NJ on June 17, 2019. The investigation is being conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Robert Anzilotti, the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office under the direction of Sheriff Anthony Cureton, and the Ridgefield Police Department under the direction of Chief Thomas Gallagher.
Continue reading VICTIM IDENTIFIED IN RIDGEFIELD HOUSE EXPLOSION
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Ridgewood NJ, Why is the Ridgewood Library using an unsecured gmail account ([email protected]) in connection with registration for teen/youth programs? And why is the Library asking for very personal information to register for selected teen/youth programs?
Data being requested for program registration includes name of participant, home address, home phone number, email address, birth date (DOB), place of birth, other places of residence, grade in school, name of school, hobbies & interests, and more.
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Trenton NJ, The New Jersey Legislature is moving aggressively on Democrats’ $38.7 billion state budget proposal .The Democratic controlled state Legislature have insisted they won’t support a Murphy’s millionaires tax, and their proposed $38.7 billion budget preserves just one of the Democratic governor’s proposed tax increases raising the tax paid by HMOs , The legislator took money out of the state’s rainy day fund, cutting some spending and tweaking revenue estimates for the coming fiscal year to balance the budget.
Continue reading New State Budget Rejects Gov. Phil Murphy’s calls for More Tax Hikes
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TRENTON NJ, Fulfilling his promise to restore New Jersey’s national leadership in the fight against climate change and sea-level rise, Governor Phil Murphy today announced that the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has formally adopted two rules returning New Jersey to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). New Jersey was a charter member of RGGI before Governor Christie withdrew the state from the compact in 2012.“Climate change and sea-level rise affect us all, and as a coastal state, New Jersey is especially vulnerable to the impacts of global warming,” said Governor Murphy.
This is code for , “now I can raise your taxes on all carbon based life forms ie… all human activity” .
Continue reading Murphy Moves to Tax Hot Air
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Ridgewood NJ, This is a reminder that Stage II water restrictions remain in effect.
Continue reading Ridgewood Water :Stage II water restrictions remain in effect.
Look at what’s “common” behind these five names. Then follow the money. This has nothing to do with BOE. This is a bigger operation with deep pockets (same connections to last two council candidates .. who ran within a couple of years after moving to the town)..and same connections with the other guy who ran within a couple of years after moving here in 2008.
This is a bigger Nexus.
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Ridgewood NJ, Beginning June 17, 2019, NJ TRANSIT will be temporarily diverting select Midtown Direct rail service on the Montclair-Boonton Line and one North Jersey Coast Line train to Hoboken, in order to accommodate vital Amtrak repair work that will take two tracks at Penn Station New York (PSNY) out of service. Other temporary service adjustments will include Morris & Essex Line Midtown Direct trains no longer stopping at Newark Broad Street station during the morning and evening peak periods, and a limited number of Midtown Direct reverse-peak trains will operate from Hoboken.
Continue reading COMMUTER ALERT: Starting Monday, some NJ TRANSIT lines will no longer run into New York City and will be diverted in Hoboken
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Ridgewood NJ, according to the website “Unbiased America” , the gift gap has grown worse this year. Fathers received $15 billion dollars worth of gifts this Father’s Day, $2 billion more than last year, according to an estimate by the National Retail Federation.
However, that’s only 64% of what mothers received on Mother’s Day this year! The gift gap has reached a record level!
It’s time to address this problem once and for all! Demand that congress pass common sense legislation mandating that fathers receive the same amount on Father’s Day as mothers receive on Mother’s Day! We’ve suffered too long with this gift gap.
SOURCES: https://nrf.com/media-center/press-releases/fathers-day-spending-expected-reach-all-time-high-16-billion
https://nrf.com/media-center/press-releases/mothers-day-expected-deliver-highest-consumer-spending-date
MUNICIPALITY: Ridgewood
VICINAGE: Bergen Vicinage
POSITION TITLE: Municipal Court Administrator – F/T
POSTING DATE: June 10, 2019
DEADLINE DATE: June 24, 2019
SALARY RANGE: COMMENSURATE WITH EXPERIENCE
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Ridgewood NJ, according to the Village Manager Heather Mailander the milling of the train station parking lot has been completed; however, it took longer than anticipated. Therefore, the paving of the lot will take place on Saturday, June 15, 2019. Both the train station parking lot and the adjacent lot (with an entrance by MacMurphy’s) will be closed until about 6:00 p.m. There will be parking spaces delineated on Saturday, with the final striping of the spaces being done on Monday, June 17, 2019. Please make other parking arrangements.
The end result of the construction will be approximately 35 additional parking spaces in the train station lot. We appreciate your patience and cooperation during the construction.
