Wedding bells ring at Ridgewood Village Hall
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2012
BY LAURA HERZOG
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Mayor Paul Aronsohn’s duties may include Village Council meetings, voting on policy and discussing residents’ concerns over coffee. But he has another duty that might get overlooked unless you’re invited to the wedding: officiating over marriages at Village Hall.
Jerry Lakusta and Laura Miller share a kiss as husband and wife after Mayor Paul Aronsohn (left) officiated their ‘second’ wedding ceremony, which they opted to hold at the Ridgewood Library.
So far, Aronsohn has married eight couples, including two Ridgewood High School teachers and two couples from Ho-Ho-Kus, where the town hall does not perform marriages.
“I was kind of excited about that part of the job,” Aronsohn said. “It definitely beats council meetings that go to midnight.”
Village Hall marriages are not uncommon occurrences in Ridgewood. About 35 to 50 people get married at Village Hall each year, according to Deputy Clerk Donna Jackson.
While village officials do not collect a fee for the ceremony, they ask the couple to donate some amount to a charity or non-profit. According to Village Clerk Heather Mailander, most people give between $35 and $100, sometimes donating to village non-profits like Ridgewood EMS or Friends of the Library.
While these simpler weddings are tens of thousands of dollars cheaper than the average ceremony, the memories remain priceless.
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The Ridewood News officially sucks. Every other Mayor has done weddings for years but they put in a front page article with this Mayor. Liberal media at it’s best!
well i like the gun
Paul is against guns so that doesn’t work now does it.
Get use to Mayor”s pictures and articles in the Ridgewood New and the Patch. ( AKA Paul’s Patch) They love him and he using them. Let not forget who was Gov. McGrievy Communication Director. The Mayor is playing these guys and they don’t even know it.