New Obama administration tax adds 9 cents a gallon to your gas
EPA taking aim at auto emissions, sulfur in gas
By DINA CAPPIELLO | Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Reducing sulfur in gasoline and tightening emissions standards on cars beginning in 2017, as the Obama administration is proposing, would come with costs as well as rewards. The cost at the pump for cleaner air across the country could be less than a penny or as high as 9 cents a gallon, depending on who is providing the estimate.
An oil industry study says the proposed rule being unveiled Friday by the administration could increase gasoline prices by 6 cents to 9 cents a gallon. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates an increase of less than a penny and an additional $130 to the cost of a vehicle in 2025.
RIDGEWOOD SUMMER DAY CAMP REGISTRATION OPENS APRIL 1
Fresh air, sunshine, new friends, fun, games, and special memories all add up to Ridgewood Summer Day Camp.
Camp will open for the 2013 summer season Tuesday, July 2nd, and run for six weeks through Friday, August 9th. Children entering grades 1 through 6 will enjoy arts and crafts, organized games, swimming, special events and optional trips. Camp will be held at The Stable, Graydon Pool, Maple Park, Veteran’s Field, the Community Center at Village Hall and Leuning Park, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Children are to bring a bag lunch and beverage. Bus transportation from Village locations is available to all.
The day camp registration fee for Ridgewood children is $525.00, non-resident children $700.00, which includes two camp T-shirts and optional bus transportation.
All campers must possess a 2013 Graydon Pool membership badge (visit www.ridgewoodnj.net/graydon for details).
Off-site trips are optional with limited space; prices vary and registration will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Registration will be accepted from April 1 through June 10, 2013 as space allows. You may register online at www.ridgewoodnj.net/communitypass (payment by Visa/Mastercard). For registration assistance and/or special needs, please visit the Recreation Office, The Stable, 259 North Maple Avenue, or call the office at 201-670-5560.
COLLEGE CLUB OPENS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AT RAMAPO COLLEGE
March 19, 2013
Celebrating 100th Year Anniversary
On March 19, 2013, leaders in education, politics and the media will convene at The Berrie Center, Ramapo College of New Jersey, 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ to celebrate College Club’s centennial year and Woman’s History Month. These leaders will be taking part in a timely panel discussion on “The Importance of an Advanced Education for Women in Today’s World.” Moderated by Amelia Duggan, editor, (201) Magazine, the panel consists of Kathleen Donovan, County Executive of Bergen County, NJ, Dr. Joan C. Ficke, dean, The Graduate School, Montclair State University, Dr. Anne Prisco, president, Felician College, and Candy Straight, Rutgers Board of Governors. Panelists and guests will be welcomed by Peter P. Mercer, president, Ramapo College.
The panel discussion will take place from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., followed by tea and cookies. Admission is free. Everyone interested in educating our youth is welcome to attend. The Centennial Celebration is a partnership between Ramapo College, College Club, and the panelists, all of whom are dedicated to encouraging the pursuit of a higher education among today’s high school girls. College Club is comprised of members from 40 surrounding northern New Jersey communities who are college graduates committed to making possible an advanced education for many young women through a grants-in-aid program and a student loan fund. Founded in 1913 by a group of young college graduates who hoped to fund a woman’s college, the club has provided over 3.5 million dollars in grants and loans to women for their education. For more information about College Club’s centennial celebration, contact Karen Feldhahn at 201-444-5735 or [email protected].
Porch Light Theatre & Performance Studio Opens Summer Camp Registration!
Summer camp registrations are Now Open!!! Don’t miss out on a great opportunity and a fun Summer experience you won’t forget!
Broadway Junior Camp Weeks include:
Wicked Week, Rock On Broadway (2-week), Shrek Week, Hairspray Week, Lion King Week, and Peter Pan Week
Visit the website for more information at www.porchlightproductions.org or call 201-857-3520
Porch Light Productions is also looking for a Daytime/Afternoon Office Manager with talent, creativity, dedication, and organizational skills. If this is you please contact Jenn Pifher at [email protected] ****Please NO PHONE CALLS
Register now for Summer Camp!
Open House March 23 from 4-6PM.
Summer Camp registration is now in full swing and spots are filling up quickly so please register early to insure you get the sessions you want.
For further details, please visit www.ridgewoodymca.org
Also Save the date for Kids Night Out on Friday, March 19 at the Y! This month’s theme will be Happy St. Patrick’s Day and the kids will enjoy crafts, snacks, movies, and of course lots of FUN!!! For more information contact the YMCA at 201-444-5600 or visit their website at www.ridgewoodymca.org
Sequestration : Where Could We POSSIBLY Cut the Federal Budget?
Amy Payne
February 26, 2013 at 7:35 am
https://tinyurl.com/aufzj6p
If you had to cut your family’s budget, where would you cut?
Would you immediately start starving your children and stop wearing shoes? Of course not. You would look at the extras in your life—whether they were coffee shop lattes, movie tickets, or restaurant meals.
It’s a good thing the President wouldn’t be handling your budget. As Dan Holler of our sister organization, Heritage Action for America, has said: “If President Obama were making the decision for your family… he’d tell you to stop buying gas for your car and explain how you could only eat five days a week.”
Now that President Obama has turned against sequestration, he is suggesting that spending cuts to federal agencies must result in dire consequences. Firefighters, emergency responders, and teachers will all be cut, he claims. Media outlets have played up these sob stories, copying White House releases in their local news stories and soliciting sad testimonials from people who supposedly would be affected by these cuts.
But the question remains: Why would federal agencies cut their most vital assets instead of trimming around the edges? After all, the sequestration cuts are only 2.4 percent of federal spending.
“catastrophic,” spending cuts
Take a couple of examples.
President Obama said that “Air traffic controllers and airport security will see cutbacks, which means more delays at airports across the country.”
It won’t come as a surprise to most Americans that there is waste and inefficiency at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). In fact, a congressional report “found that TSA is wasting hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars.” Another report found that the TSA “has continually grown its ranks despite fewer travelers.”
President Obama said that “Thousands of teachers and educators will be laid off.”
First of all, as Heritage researchers have pointed out, “No federal education program operated by the Department of Education directly funds teacher salaries—this is a state and local responsibility.” And there are plenty of programs where inefficiencies are burdening our education system. A congressional report listed a number of duplicative or ineffective education programs that could be cut.
As if these exaggerations weren’t enough, Reason.com reported that the Office of Management and Budget warned of sequestration cuts to an agency that doesn’t even exist. As Reason’s Mike Riggs noted, this raises questions about the accuracy of the Administration’s attempted impact statements.
There is one area where the sequestration cuts will have harsher impacts—national defense. Heritage has warned of the impact on military readiness and America’s ability to defend itself, because defense bears a much larger portion of the cuts than the rest of the budget. The President is now acting concerned about the military after paying it little mind throughout the sequestration debate, using a shipyard as his backdrop for today’s anti-sequestration pep talk.
It makes no sense to hit defense the hardest with these cuts, while sequestration leaves major entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicaid untouched. Congress should reprogram these spending cuts to target the waste and inefficiencies it has already identified in federal agencies—like those listed above. Heritage’s Patrick Louis Knudsen, the Grover M. Hermann Senior Fellow in Federal Budgetary Affairs, even helpfully outlined places to find $150 billion in spending cuts that would make a lot more sense.
So no, we don’t have to fire firefighters and teachers and airport screeners. What Congress should be doing is what every American family does—tightening its budget by cutting things that are unnecessary.
Spending Beyond Our Means: How We Are Bankrupting Future Generations
By Jagadeesh Gokhale
February 13, 2013
Current U.S. fiscal policy, including the recently concluded “fiscal cliff” debt deal, is placing an enormous financial burden on today’s children and on future generations in order to deliver government benefits to current middle-aged workers and their elders. Standard government accounting methods hide that intergenerational transfer from the public and make it difficult to calculate how large the transfer is. Intergenerational resource transfers will grow larger as the composition of budget receipts and expenditures changes with relatively faster growth of age- and gender-related social insurance programs. Intergenerational redistributions through federal government operations could substantially affect different generations’ economic expectations and choices and exert powerful long-term effects on economic outcomes.
RFQ for Preparation Services for RFP to Develop Village Property
The Village of Ridgewood seeks the services of a skilled, competent respondent that will assist the Village in the preparation of a Request for Proposals for the long term lease of Lot 12, Block 3706, a parcel owned by the Village of Ridgewood.
Click Here https://mods.ridgewoodnj.net/pdf/manager/2013RFQParkLot.pdf for the “Request for Qualifications for Preparation Services for a Request for Proposals for the Development of Village Property, Block 3703, Lot 12, East Ridgewood Avenue.
The Ridgewood Fourth of July Celebration Committee Picks Theme for 2013 Parade
Theme Chosen “Honoring our Declaration of Independence”
Grand Marshal Thornton Lockwood, “Thorny”, is a descendant of Declaration signer Josiah Bartlett
Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Fourth of July Celebration Committee is proud to announce their theme for the 2013 celebration. The theme will be “Honoring our Declaration of Independence”.The Ridgewood Fourth of July Celebration Committee will sponsor its annual celebration on Thursday, July 4, 2013.
The purpose of the Ridgewood Fourth of July Celebration is to celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the USA and its history and to honor American Patriots of all times. For 2013, we would like to focus on the Declaration of Independence. We will celebrate the people and events involved with creating this important American document.
Our committee is thrilled to have a descendent of a signer of the Declaration of independence as our Grand Marshal. Thornton Lockwood, “Thorny”, is a descendant of Declaration signer Josiah Bartlett, and a first cousin, eight times removed, of Benjamin Franklin.
The Ridgewood Fourth of July Celebration began in 1910 when the local papers, the civic section of the Woman’s Club and the Ridgewood Fire Department joined forces to create a “safe and sane” holiday with an emphasis on Patriotism. It has grown into one
of the largest celebrations in the New York City area.
For many years the Readers of 201 Magazine have named our parade and fireworks as best in their Best of Bergen poll. Additional information
and answers to many of your questions can be found on the Ridgewood Fourth of July Celebration Committee’s website at www.ridgewoodjuly4th.org.
The Ridgewood Fourth of July Celebration is organized by the Ridgewood Fourth of July Celebration, Inc., an all-volunteer community group. All aspects of this annual Celebration including fireworks, bands, evening performers, insurance, and police and fire personnel are funded by voluntary contributions from businesses and individuals.
Be a part of the Tradition – Participate in the parade, be a financial supporter or join the committee
Registration for the next session of YWCA Bergen County programs starts Monday, February 4 at 8:30 a.m. Classes run from February 24 through April 20, and members can register at www.ywcabergencounty.org, by phone, or in person.
New for Adults: Body Sculpting is a sculpting-only class that uses resistance equipment and natural body weight to strengthen, tone and boost metabolism. Dance Meditation draws on the principles of Qi Gong and dance, using fluid, meditative movement and breathing techniques. Tai Chi Yoga is a low-impact, mindful practice performed in slow movements to reduce stress and restore vitality.
New for Kids & Teens: Jazz it Up combines jazz-style stretching, toning and dance for a fun workout. Synchronized Swimming (ages 7 and up) teaches synchronized swim skills and figures and prepares swimmers for competition with the YWCA Synchro Stars. Lil’ Dragons Judo (ages 4-7 yrs.) and U.S.J.A. Judo (ages 5 to adult) teach self-defense as well as important life skills like self-confidence and discipline.
The YWCA offers dozens of other fitness, wellness, and enrichment programs for kids, teens, adults, and seniors, as well as American Red Cross certified swim classes for swimmers at every age and level. Drop-in child care is also available at the 112 Oak Street, Ridgewood facility. Visit www.ywcabergencounty.org or call 201-444-5600 for a free brochure.
Gallup: American Optimism Hits Lowest Point Since Carter Administration
January 22, 2013 12:09 PM
WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – Fewer than four-in-10 Americans (39 percent) rate the US in a positive manner – the most negative feedback the country has produced since 1979.
A new Gallup poll finds that Americans are as negative about the country’s prospects as they have been in more than three decades. Americans are more upbeat in their predictions of where the U.S. will be in five years (48 percent positive), but this is the lowest rating since an August 1979 Gallup poll was conducted.
2002 photo shows the eastbound Atlantic City Expressway https://www.phillyroads.com/roads/atlantic-city/
Toll cheats on the Atlantic City Expressway could lose registrations
January 23, 2013
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ , Visitors to Atlantic City beware, the South Jersey Transportation Authority has sent letters to 147 people and companies with $200 or more of unpaid tolls warning them that the deadline to settle up is Feb. 7. Toll scofflaws on the Atlantic City Expressway will lose their vehicle registrations if they fail to pay.
The South Jersey Transportation Authority said they sent out warnings last year that dead beats could lose their registrations. A similar crack down was done by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority to encourage toll evaders to pay up.
Not everyone faces the same consequences,the Press of Atlantic City reports the out-of-state drivers will not have their registrations taken away.
Fostering our new generation of leaders to achieve personal greatness, contribute positively to their communities, and change the world for the better.
Generation Ali is a global movement that inspires our new generation of leaders to achieve greatness on local, national and global levels. The movement draws its inspiration from “The Greatest” himself, Muhammad Ali, and his six guiding principles: Confidence, Conviction, Dedication, Giving, Respect and Spirituality. United by a common goal and linked through a strong social media platform, Generation Ali encourages leaders to find a cause worth fighting for and provides the tools necessary to create a better world.
Generation Ali, the torch is passed to you. Join the movement.
The home of Generation Ali is the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville Kentucky, USA.
Muhammad Ali Center is a cultural attraction and international educational center designed to inspire a journey to achieve personal and global greatness through the six core principles lived by Muhammad Ali. The six core principles are Confidence, Conviction, Dedication, Giving, Respect and Spirituality. The center offers programming and social initiatives around social issues such as education, gender equality and global citizenship.
The center itself features a non-traditional visitor museum experience, educational and public programming, and global initiatives, the Ali Center reaches beyond its physical walls to fulfill its mission: To preserve and share the legacy and ideals of Muhammad Ali, to promote respect, hope and understanding, and to inspire adults and children everywhere to be as great as they can be.
NJT needs a board overhaul : I’ve seen nothing but deterioration in the 4 years I’ve been in town
Even now, the Bergen line is overcrowded. I rarely get a seat coming home, and the express trains upon which I’ve come to rely are still off the schedule. I have a sneaking suspicion that NJT will use this as an excuse to impermanently reduce services even further.
NJT needs a board overhaul. This kind of mismanagement of our tax funded infrastructure is inexcusable. I sent an email to their board of directors to this effect about two months ago, and never got a response (though the one lawyer on the Board stalked my linkedin profile…wonder if he realized I would see it…anyway, now I can see his and I know more about him too).
I am desperately looking for a job in New Jersey. I can’t handle the commute anymore, it’s just not worth it.
NJT is spewing rainbows and ponies in the press: https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/01/14/nj-transit-service-back-to-pre-sandy-levels-into-nyc/. I guess the Main / Bergen lines are not a priority. One of Ridgewood’s selling points for me was the train. Since I’ve moved here, I’ve seen them destroy the train station and endured 2 years of construction. After Irene we had overcrowded trains for months because NJT accommodated the Metro North passengers who were bused to Rt. 17. Glad to see Metro North help us out now…oh wait they’re not. One express train at 6:11 AM! Woo hoo! THANKS A BUNCH!
I’ve seen nothing but deterioration in the 4 years I’ve been in town. $40m on a station, then cut the service. There really should be a criminal investigation.
In hindsight, Montclair or Summit might have been a smarter move. Hell, even Edison is a shorter ride into Penn
