Gov. Chris Christie is kicking off a series of town halls to unveil his reform agenda
The Christie Reform Agenda: The Clock Starts Now
Gov. Christie to kick off reform agenda appearances on MSNBC, Fox
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie is kicking off a series of town halls to unveil his reform agenda. The governor will start off with a series of television appearances this morning, including appearances on MSNBC's Morning Joe, Imus in the morning and Fox Business News. (AP) http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/09/gov_christie_to_kick_off_refor.html
Ridgewood Schools: Tony Orsini has more parenting tips for us
Mr Orsini has more parenting tips for us. Apparently, he thinks that without him Ridgewood families would not function. We now have dinner prompts to help move the conversation along.
"We had grade level assemblies today and I gave the students some homework.
Last year our student council leaders went to a conference and hear Keith
Hawkins speak.
He challenged students to change the dynamic of communication about school
with their parents, and gave them three questions to ask their parents.
I have asked them to ask you the following:
1. Who did you help today? (An easy question to answer for parent, not
always as easy for Tony Orsini to answer)
2. How did you work hard today? (Another slam dunk for parents to answer)
3. How did you have fun today? (An easy question for the kids to answer, and
I hope all our adults as well)
I am hoping that these three questions can become part of the regular
rhetoric at home, replacing what I usually ask my own daughter, which is
simply "how was your day?" or "what did you learn today?"
Graydon Pool : Membership was way up this summer. The pool sold 3,691 season badges in 2010, compared with 2,426 in 2009.
Ridgewood's Graydon Pool like 'being at the beach'
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Last updated: Sunday September 5, 2010, 10:51 AM
BY MIKE KERWICK
The Record
STAFF WRITER
RIDGEWOOD — His son is playing in the water. His daughter is playing in the sand. And Chris Burns is leaning back on his arms, sitting on Graydon Pool's sand-covered bottom, enjoying one more day before the gates close for the summer.
Burns and his wife, Debra, live in Ridgewood. The commute is easy. The kids love it. But if something changed.…
"If this went concrete," Chris said Saturday, "I think we'd probably move."
This village-run summer hot spot has endured its share of controversy over the past two years. It landed on Preservation New Jersey's list of Top 10 endangered historic sites this summer.
In 2009, fearful that the pool could lead to health risks, the Ridgewood Pool Project urged the Village Council to go concrete. The Preserve Graydon Coalition lobbied to keep Graydon just the way it is.
"People started to understand we had a treasure that had to be taken care of and preserved," Marcia Ringel, co-chairwoman of the Preserve Graydon Coalition, said Friday. "The group that was fighting against us has been very quiet. Their website is down, which in the 21st century is the equivalent of standing over someone with the sword in their chest."
"Unfortunately Graydon was turned into a divisive issue, one that became personal and turned neighbor against neighbor," said Councilman Paul Aronsohn, a former proponent of the concrete proposal. "This is really a shame, because most people involved in the issue love this community and just want to do the right thing — regardless of their position on the matter."
In July, Mayor Keith Killion told The Record he was "waiting to see the results of the membership" before making any decisions. Aronsohn said from the council's perspective, "the Graydon issue has been put on hold."
Membership was way up this summer. The pool sold 3,691 season badges in 2010, compared with 2,426 in 2009. Steve Diamond, the pool's waterfront manager, said he thinks people stopped in and realized "it was a nice complete package for a good price." The weather didn't hurt: 2010 brought one sweltering hot day after another.
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Hackensack University Medical Center : started small, but steadily expanded
Hospital started small, but steadily expanded
Hackensack University Medical Center started with only 12 beds when it opened in 1888. It moved to a larger building in 1901 and added new wings and a maternity annex. In 1923, it expanded to 250 beds with the opening of a new six-floor main building. Today it is a regional teaching hospital with many buildings and taken over a large section of a neighborhood. The hospital is pictured as it looked in 1923.
The Communist Internationale (Original, with English Lyrics)
"The Socialist Party held a similar celebration of the working class on May 1. This date eventually became known as May Day, and was celebrated by Socialists and Communists in commemoration of the working man. "
Since so many of you seem to exposing these types of socialistic beliefs and sympathise with them we thought we would give you something to warm your heart on this labor day "The Communist Internationale" and remind what the effect of these beliefs led too.
Happy Labor Day for the staff of the Ridgewood blog
The Russian butchers Just like the national socialist butchers, the international socialist butchers killed millions of innocents, men, women and little children. It is incredible that anyone still defends these monsters.
The leaders
Leaders of the Soviet Union (also here)
Lenin (also here), 1917-24.
Lenin killed 4 million people - men, women and little children. He is the 5th greatest murderer of the 20th century (after Stalin, Mao, Hitler and Chiang Kai-shek).
The hate-filled mass murderer Lenin, with his rage against everyone decent in society, his drive to kill and destroy everything that generations of tolerant and hard-working people had built, and his staggering barbarism, set the tone for every communist regime that followed in the world.
Even today, unbelievably, there are people who openly call themselves Marxist-Leninist and openly admire Lenin.
Trotsky (also here), 1917-24.
As leader of the Red Army in Lenin's war on the peasants, Trotsky was a mass murderer. He was Lenin's prime henchman in the killing of 4 million innocent people - men, women and children.
Trotsky supported the killing of all political opponents of the regime - including campaigners for liberal western democracy. Trotsky supported the extermination of the bourgeoisie.
There is some justice in the fact that he was executed by Stalin in Mexico in 1940, but not much. He should have been put on trial first, and then executed.
Even today, unbelievably, there are people who openly follow this disgusting mass murderer, and see him as some kind of "alternative" to Stalin.
The Trotsky Museum in Mexico - the equivalent of a museum to Hess or Eichmann.
Stalin (also here), 1924-53.
Stalin is perhaps the most evil human being that ever lived.
Stalin killed 42 million people - men, women and little children. In all of history, only Mao could possibly have killed more.
Khrushchev (also here), 1953-64.
As head of the Communist Party in the Ukraine under Stalin, Khrushchev was a mass murderer. Indeed, he was called The Butcher of the Ukraine.
As premier, Khrushchev killed around 4 million people (see below).
He was also the Butcher of The Hungarian Revolution 1956.
Brezhnev (also here), 1964-82.
Brezhnev killed around 2 million people (see below).
He was also the imperialist Butcher of Moldova 1950-52, and the Butcher of The Prague Spring 1968.
Rudolph J. Rummel estimates 7 million dead after Stalin, mostly through camps. His estimates for the camps alone break down as:
950,000 dead 1954-5 (Khrushchev)
3.1 million dead 1956-60 (Khrushchev)
1.6 million dead 1961-70 (Khrushchev, Brezhnev)
780,000 dead 1970-82 (Brezhnev)
200,000 dead 1983-7 (Andropov, Chernenko, Gorbachev)
Labor Day is a national legal holiday that is over 100 years old. Over the years, it has evolved from a purely labor union celebration into a general "last fling of summer" festival.
It grew out of a celebration and parade in honor of the working class by the Knights of Labor in 1882 in New York. In 1884, the Knights held a large parade in New York City celebrating the working class. The parade was held on the first Monday in September. The Knights passed a resolution to hold all future parades on the same day, designated by them as Labor Day.
The Socialist Party held a similar celebration of the working class on May 1. This date eventually became known as May Day, and was celebrated by Socialists and Communists in commemoration of the working man. In the U.S., the first Monday in September was selected to reject any identification with Communism.
In the late 1880's, labor organizations began to lobby various state legislatures for recognition of Labor Day as an official state holiday. The first states to declare it a state holiday in, 1887, were Oregon, Colorado, New York, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. Then in 1894, Congress passed a law recognizing Labor Day as an official national holiday.
Today, Labor Day is observed not only in the U.S. but also in Canada, and in other industrialized nations. While it is a general holiday in the United States, its roots in the working class remain clearer in European countries.
It has come to be recognized in the U.S. not only as a celebration of the working class, but even more so as the unofficial end of the summer season. In the northern half of the U.S. at least, the summer vacation season begins with Memorial Day and ends with Labor Day.
Less then 120 Days to Go Until the Largest Tax Hikes in History
120 Days to Go Until the Largest Tax Hikes in History
From Ryan Ellis on Friday, September 3, 2010 11:10 AM
http://www.atr.org/index.php
In just 120 days, the largest tax hikes in the history of America will take effect. They will hit families and small businesses in three great waves on January 1, 2011:
First Wave: Expiration of 2001 and 2003 Tax Relief
In 2001 and 2003, the GOP Congress enacted several tax cuts for investors, small business owners, and families. These will all expire on January 1, 2011:
Personal income tax rates will rise. The top income tax rate will rise from 35 to 39.6 percent (this is also the rate at which two-thirds of small business profits are taxed). The lowest rate will rise from 10 to 15 percent. All the rates in between will also rise. Itemized deductions and personal exemptions will again phase out, which has the same mathematical effect as higher marginal tax rates. The full list of marginal rate hikes is below:
- The 10% bracket rises to an expanded 15%
- The 25% bracket rises to 28%
- The 28% bracket rises to 31%
- The 33% bracket rises to 36%
- The 35% bracket rises to 39.6%
Higher taxes on marriage and family. The “marriage penalty” (narrower tax brackets for married couples) will return from the first dollar of income. The child tax credit will be cut in half from $1000 to $500 per child. The standard deduction will no longer be doubled for married couples relative to the single level. The dependent care tax credit will be cut.
The return of the Death Tax. This year, there is no death tax. For those dying on or after January 1 2011, there is a 55 percent top death tax rate on estates over $1 million. A person leaving behind two homes and a retirement account could easily pass along a death tax bill to their loved ones.
Higher tax rates on savers and investors. The top capital gains tax will rise from 15 percent this year to 20 percent in 2011. The top dividends tax rate will rise from 15 percent this year to 39.6 percent in 2011. These rates will rise another 3.8 percent in 2013.
yes there is alot more tax increases
Read more: http://www.atr.org/index.php#ixzz0yftAtGvp
Ground Zero Mosque:The original owners of the Ground Zero mosque site mysteriously spurned dozens of higher bids before selling the prime downtown real estate at a bargain-basement price.
Mosque building owners nixed $18M offer before taking $4.8M one
By ISABEL VINCENT and MELISSA KLEIN
Last Updated: 8:53 AM, September 5, 2010
Posted: 2:37 AM, September 5, 2010
The original owners of the Ground Zero mosque site mysteriously spurned dozens of higher bids before selling the prime downtown real estate at a bargain-basement price.
The Pomerantz family, which had owned the building since the late 1960s and fielded offers after the patriarch died in 2006, rejected at least one bid that was nearly four times what prospective mosque builder Sharif El-Gamal eventually paid, The Post has learned.
El-Gamal did offer what could be viewed as a sweetener to his $4.8 million bid in July 2009 -- a job as a property manager for a son of the family, Sethian Pomerantz.
'TEARDROP' MAY FALL
New York developer Kevin Glodek was livid when he found out the building sold for a fraction of what he offered in 2007 -- $18 million cash -- and wondered whether money changed hands under the table, according to sources close to the deal.
Glodek and his partners wanted to build a 60-story condo tower with retail space on the Park Place site, had inked a purchase agreement and even had keys to the existing building, according to sources and documents obtained by The Post.
But Kukiko Mitani -- whose late husband, Stephen Pomerantz, owned the property -- and her brother-in-law, Melvin Pomerantz, a trustee to the estate, went silent at the end of 2007 and Glodek's deal disappeared, sources said.
Glodek, who owns the ChefsDiet food delivery service and several Manhattan properties, declined to comment.
The property is now at the heart of one of the most divisive issues in the country -- whether it should be the location of a $100 million mosque and community center. The location two blocks from Ground Zero has been called insensitive, and questions have been raised about whether extremists will help fund the project. Recent polls show that 70 percent of New Yorkers want it moved.
El-Gamal had his eye on the property for years before buying it in 2009.
He was not alone in his interest, with some 30 offers showered on the Pomerantz family in what was an overheated downtown real-estate market in 2007, according to a source familiar with the negotiations.
Yet Mitani previously told The Post the building, a former Burlington Coat Factory store that was damaged in the 9/11 attacks, was a tough sell. She said she was in debt and desperate to unload it after her husband's death and insisted she had no buyers other than El-Gamal.
Don Maynard
Tuesday, September 14 @ 6:00pm
Former Super Bowl III Champion New York Jets Wide Receiver, Don Maynard, will sign his new book: You Can't Catch Sunshine.
Books available Sept 1st
The Doctors
Wednesday, September 15th @ 7:00pm
All four of the Doctors, Dr. Travis Stork, Dr. James Sears, Dr. Andrew Ordon & Dr. Lisa Masterson hosts of the Emmy Award- winning talk show THE DOCTORS will sign their new book: The Doctors; The Prescription for a Lifetime of Great Health.
Books available Sept. 14t
Tori Spelling
Tuesday, September 21st @ 6:30pm
Star of 90210 and reality show Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood will sign her new book Presenting....Tallulah.
Books available September 21st
Laura and Jorge Posada
Thursday, Sept. 23rd @ 12:00 Noon
NY Yankee Catcher Jorge Posada and Laura Posada will sign their new book The Beauty of Love.
Books available Aug. 31st
Vince Neil
Friday, September 24th @ 5:00pm
Lead Singer of Motley Crue, Vince Neil, will sign his new book:
Tattoos & Tequila
Books available September 23rd
Tucker Max
Tuesday, September 28th @ 7:00pm
New York Times Bestselling Author of I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, Tucker Max, will sign his new book: A**holes Finish First
Books available September 28th.
Floggers attempt to attack and discredit Council Women Bernie Walsh and she responds ,"No, I have not donated a dime to CRR."
"Several of those Planning Board members should have disqualified themselves from participation on grounds of prejudice or personal involvement. Failure to recuse themselves with such rampant conflicts is a fair reason to sue"
I have some questions for Bernie Walsh:
-Does she live in the immediate vacinity of Valley Hospital?
-Does she have (in her opinion) a financial interest is seeing the Valley expansion blocked? In that if the expansion happens her homes value will drop.
-Has she, at any time, made financial contributions to the CRR? This is especially relevant if shes contributed money to support the lawsuit againt the VOR PB since being elected.
Bottom line is, it sure sounds to me like Mrs. Walsh will need to recuse herself from any Valley related matters that come before the town in the future. Clearly she has "preconceived notions" about the project and is prejudiced by perceived finical impacts to her property value. Bernadette Walsh Responds:
"For the record !!
No, I have not donated a dime to CRR.
Has Mrs. Walsh received excellent care when at Valley Hospital, Yes!"
Valley Renewal:I believe that the town must support the hospital if it wants to continue to benefit from the convenience and privilege of knowing that Valley is 3 minutes from our homes.
I found this article to be helpful in clearly organizing the points (for both sides), in the very long and bitter debate that has gone on in this town regarding Valley's efforts to modernize its campus. The tone of the article, however, had the usual antagonistic tone of the 'concerned citizens' at the end, which really has gone on long enough!
Some of us do believe that the hospital desperately needs to be revitalized. In addressing the bullet points of the above article, I answered "yes" to all the the questions in the "supporter" column. I believe that the town must support the hospital if it wants to continue to benefit from the convenience and privilege of knowing that Valley is 3 minutes from our homes. And I think the revitalized hospital will increase property values in this town. Many of us have been silent for years while we depended on Valley's corporate teams to do the work for us. We just expected that the hospital and the town would eventually amicably agree on some kind of plan that would please everyone.
But after Valley re-drew architectural plans 5 or 6 different ways, and 'Concerned Citizens of Ridgewood' and Valley did agree on one of the plans, and that plan went forward in front of the Planning Board, and then the Planning Board voted
5 - 1 (overwhelmingly) to support the compromised plans, it seems shocking that these same "concerned citizens" are now suing the hospital - trying to go back in time and re-start this whole argument!
As a resident of Ridgewood I feel abused and hijacked by the loud minority who don't support Valley Hospital. I feel that the 'concerned citizens of Ridgewood' were entitled to their views. They were expressed through thorough and exhaustive political processes, and many other ways. Now we need to move on as one Village again! There are other voices out there too.
Valley Renewal: Valley is in an arms race with Hackensack Medical
The whole thing is very simple. Valley is in an arms race with Hackensack Medical and they are getting blown out of the water day in and day out. Valley wants to double in size on an existing site within a residential area while Hackensack is putting up city block wide 14 story skyscrapers in the middle of a mini-city. The whole thing is apples and oranges and should be addressed as such.
In the middle of a recessionary (probably deflationary) economy where almost every facet of the private sector is deleveraging to a point that even Government is being forced to down size for the first time in decades the health care industry blindly continues to grow and expand without regards to cost or consequences. Flying under the banner of "Better Care" (which really should be "Cover Your Ass" or the lawyers will get involved) more and more diagnostic tests are prescribed, costs rise, premiums rise, employers can't keep up, and workers are fired.
We've had the "Tech Bubble," and the "Real Estate Bubble" and now we are looking at the "Health Care Bubble." 20% to 30% increases in costs and premiums are not sustainable. Just as the overly generous retirement and health care benefits given to Government workers at all levels are not sustainable (see General Motors) the costs associated with health care can not continue to rise at the same rate. Workers are going to lose their life time health care. People are going to be forced to actually pay for health care services, and when people are confronted with the true cost of things they get very selective. Lawyers will be restricted in the process and costs and rates will plummet. They have to, they can not continue at the trajectory they are on it is simply not economically feasible.
Until that happens the Valleys of the World will continue to try and compete with the Hackensack Medical Centers who are trying to compete with Sloan Kettering and Columbia, and the rest. While that goes on the people of Ridgewood will be shamed into accepting newer and bigger and more expensive expansions so Valley can provide "better care" just as we were shamed into unsustainable contracts with teachers, police and firemen. We live in one of the most expensive areas and towns in the country. We have policemen, firemen, teachers, DPW workers etc...who can work 20 years and retire with a lifetime (2 to 3 times the amount of time they worked) of benefits and a guaranteed pension. None of those things are economically sustainable in a delationary economy nor will grand expansions to medical facilities be looked back on as good investments.
One thing the world has shown us in the last decade; with the explosion of communications information is available almost instantaneously. Spikes and corrections in economies, stock markets, currency markets etc...happen in much shorter time frames than previously and they are much more violent. There will be a "correction" in Health Care costs and soon. It will be very interesting to see how Valley pays for their new castle in a delationary anti-health care cost environment where the Gov't no longer subsidizes health care (don't think it can happen? take a look at school funding) and the consumer now confronted with actually spending his/her own money decides maybe he really doesn't need the 3rd MRI on his leg. Stay tuned it will get interesting.
New School Year at the Cooperative School of Ridgewood
As summer comes to an end, the Cooperative Nursery School of Ridgewood (aka "The Co-op") is preparing to open its doors for its 43rd year. Students heading back to the Co-op will be met with several changes at the school. One of the biggest changes at the school is the new director, Pamela Koutrakos. Ms. Koutrakos and the staff have been working hard to enhance the school's curriculum. A new Cooperative Nursery School class has been added and the extended day program has been expanded to four days. The new programs are just some of the exciting things in store for the students when they go back on September 13th.
A nonsectarian school , The Co-op offers morning and afternoon classes for 2, 3 and 4-year-olds, as well as Mommy & Me classes and a new Kindergarten Enrichment class. The school's seasoned professional teaching staff members guide students toward social, emotional and physical well-being. Children learn and play in an environment ideally suited to their needs as developing individuals. The program encourages independence, self-discipline and a love for school.
Setting the school apart from other nursery schools, The Co-op is organized and run by the parents, which enables the parents to actively participate in their child's early learning experience. Music, physical education, field trips, indoor and outdoor play time and an in-house library are just a few of the experiences to which the children are exposed as supplements to the daily education plans.
There are still openings in many of the classes. Please call the school at (201) 447-6232 for more information or to schedule a visit to the school. The school is located at 100 Dayton Street in the center of Ridgewood.
Supporter believe that:-Valley's expansion cannot be scaled back, nor is a split campus an option
-Valley's expansion will have little impact on the quality of life
-The addition of 1000 parking spaces will not result in more traffic
-10+ years of construction will not be an inconvenience or put children at BF or Travell at risk
-Valley's expansion will not strain roads, water, or other Village services
-Valley cannot provide quality care unless the expansion plans is accepted as proposed by Valley.
-Valley should have H-zone status which grants them a carte blanche for future expansion
-All other options were explored and are too expensive
-It is OK if residents properties are condemned to make way for the expansion since it will result in better traffic flow.
Opponents believe that:
-Valley should scale back it's expansion or explore a split campus option
-Valley can provide quality health care with a more modest expansion
-Valley's expansion will have a have a negative impact on quality of life
-Valley's expansion will have a negative impact on property values.
-Valley's expansion will strain Village resources, and lead to higher taxes to expand infrastructure and result in the need for more police etc.
-10+ years of construction will necessitate hundreds of daily bus trips and the movement of millions of tons of debris which will have a negative impact on quality of life and children's education/health at local schools
-The Planning Board ignored their concerns
-The Master Plan change process and PB review was suspect
Crazed eco-terrorist shot dead after taking hostages at Discovery Channel HQ after they 'ignored his ideas for a TV show'
By Mail Foreign Service
Last updated at 7:54 AM on 2nd September 2010
At least one device explodes as James Jay Lee is gunned down
Lee said he had been inspired by Al Gore's 'An Inconvenient Truth'
His website urged people to stop having 'disgusting babies' and halt overpopulation.
He had been arrested in 2008 for protesting outside the same building
A gunman has been shot dead by police after taking a number of hostages at the Discovery Channel headquarters in Maryland, U.S., after his idea for a television show was rejected.
All three of James Jay Lee's hostages managed to escape safely. At least one device appeared to explode as he was gunned down.
Lee walked into the main entrance of the building at 1pm today waving a gun and wearing what appeared to be metallic canisters strapped to his front and back.
Heading into the final two months of the mid-term election campaign, most voters believe that Democrats in Congress want to raise taxes and spending while Republicans in Congress want to cut taxes and spending.
At the same time, most voters believe that reducing taxes and spending would be good for the economy.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 62% of Likely Voters believe Congressional Democrats want to increase government spending. Only 16% believe the party wants to cut spending.
On the tax front, 59% believe that most Democrats in Congress want to increase taxes. Only 17% hold the opposite view.
As for Republicans, 51% say that most Republicans want to cut government spending and 50% say they want to cut taxes. Twenty-seven percent (27%) believe GOP legislators want to increase spending and 25% believe they want to increase taxes.
Sixty percent (60%) believe that tax cuts are good for the economy while 56% say tax hikes will hurt the economy.
Fifty-six percent (56%) believe that additional government spending will hurt the economy and 50% believe that spending cuts will help.
Please support CRR’s lawsuit and help preserve the beautiful landscape and suburban community neighborhood we love!
Please support CRR efforts to Stop Valley Hospital from this unprecedented expansion subjecting the Village of Ridgewood, residents and our neighborhood schools to years and years of construction… 6 years for phase one alone! Please support CRR’s lawsuit and help preserve the beautiful landscape and suburban community neighborhood we love! Please support the effort to maintain the quaint and lovely Village of Ridgewood!
Please Donate Today! From the smallest donation to the largest…every little bit helps! Donations will pay legal fees to fight Valley Hospital’s Third Party change to our Village Master Plan!
Ridgewood Knights of Columbus to Host Inaugural Stickball Tournament
Ridgewood-NJ-September 1, 2010: The Ridgewood Knights of Columbus Council #1736 proudly presents their inaugural stickball tournament, to be held on Saturday September 18th beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Passaic Street in Ridgewood. The entrance fee is $120 for a team of four. There will be trophies for first, second, and third place. Refreshments, hotdogs, and hamburgers will be served. There is also a 50/50 raffle. Benefit proceeds will go to the Ridgewood Police PBA, the New Jersey Firefighter’s Mutual Benevolent Association, and Mount Carmel Church.
“This is a throwback event that will stimulate fond memories of a more nimble and energetic time in our lives”, said event coordinator Joseph Hernandez Jr. “In addition, we hope to raise needed funds for Ridgewood’s police and fire associations. These organizations are instrumental in developing and implementing anti-drug and alcohol programs for teens as well as fire prevention efforts for our community”, said Hernandez.
Registration is open to all. “We anticipate a good turn-out, and even if you wish not to participate, you can come out and enjoy the event”, said Brian Conn, head of the Ridgewood council.
NJ Choral Society Auditions for Vocal Parts Sept 7th and 14th at the First Presbyterian Church of Ramsey
The New Jersey Choral Society will be holding auditions for all vocal parts (especially baritones, basses and tenors) on Tuesday, September 7 and Tuesday, September 14 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm at the First Presbyterian Church of Ramsey, 15 Shuart Lane, Ramsey, NJ.
To schedule an audition appointment, e-mail Jill Guartafierro (audition coordinator) at mezosop1@aol.com or call 201-379-7719. Be sure to include your name and phone number in the message. NJCS, one of the state’s most prestigious choral groups, is comprised of 90 mixed voices with members from around the tri-state area. The chorus has become well known for presenting outstanding and unique programs under the dynamic direction of conductor Eric Dale Knapp. They have performed in the White House and Carnegie Hall and have had performance tours in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Australia, and China.
Rehearsals are held on Tuesday evenings from 7:30 - 10:00 pm during September through June at the First Presbyterian Church of Ramsey. 2010/2011 marks the 30th Anniversary for NJCS and they have planned an exciting season featuring Ralph Vaughan Williams “Mass in G Minor,” Leonard Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms,” Dvorak’s “Mass in D Major,” and a Pops concert in March titled Off to Oz featuring legendary music from The Wizard of Oz, The Wiz, and Wicked. They will also present a Cabaret in October showcasing music from Pajama Game, The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, and Oklahoma. For more information about NJCS, please visit our website at http://www.njcs.org or call 201-379-7719.
Restoring Honor in Washington :500,000 attendees from all races, religions (or none at all) from across the USA
My husband and I joined 200 others from North NJ, so here's an unblemished report of the facts:
-There were 500,000 attendees from all races, religions (or none at all) from across the USA who share the same belief - that our rights are given to us by God, not man.
-We recognize that those freedoms and liberties are under attack. We see the country transforming from a Representative Republic to a Socialist Democracy. We want to restore America to it's original foundational principals.
-The goal was to recognize what's great about America (Merit Medals awarded) and its people - and restore it through practice of faith, hope and charity on an individual level.
-When all of us have the courage to do the right thing, and live our lives honorably, we will begin to restore our government.
-If you would like to learn more about the crowd, and the spirit of the day, check out 8/31 WSJ Op-Ed.
Whatever you do, please do not accept Mainstream Media reports. Do your own homework.
We're all entitled to our opinion, but not our own set of facts.
If Jimmy Carter created Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama created Chris Christie
Christie Channels Reagan to Become Anti-Obama: Kevin Hassett
With all the crazy talk of President Barack Obama being the antichrist, it’s sort of amusing that the anti-Obama is a guy named Christie.
To understand the political force sweeping our country, one need only search the words “Chris Christie” on YouTube. The New Jersey governor’s town hall appearances have received hundreds of thousands of hits and glowing comments because the man, like Ronald Reagan before him, has an uncanny ear for what troubles Americans.
The truth is, a mensch like Christie could never have emerged in American politics if super-slick Obama had not enraged so many Americans first. If Jimmy Carter created Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama created Chris Christie.
Americans put their faith in a cocky Obama who wowed “The View” crowd in a bathing suit. But he gave us a government that didn’t know its own boundaries, defied common sense and fueled anxieties in post-financial crash America. Now the people of New Jersey have put their faith in a man who looks like the rest of us in a bathing suit.
Democrats might like to believe that the backlash embodied in the Tea Party movement is nothing more than a carnival of fools, headed for nowhere. But Christie is in touch with the national sense of unease that animates the Tea Party movement, and at town hall-type gatherings he has shown a grittiness that as drama surpasses the best reality TV shows.
Valley Renewal: Folks in "Upper Ridgewood"are fools to think this is not going to have an negative impact on housing values throughout town
I have lived here since 1960 and am nowhere near the hospital. Have volunteered there over the years. Think the place is great (for what it is, a small community hospital, not a place for something life threatening.)
That said, its too massively big and will forever change the nature of the whole Village. Folks in "Upper Ridgewood" and the "country club section" are fools to think that once the value of homes around the Hospital and on Linwood are further deflated, that it is not going to have an negative impact on housing throughout town. We can't afford to keep subsidizing the hospital with countless police and emergency calls. Once again, we are short on water this summer and can't afford to increase water usage.
Come on, people, its not hard to see that the hospital has outgrown its spot.
Its also not hard to see that the Hospital could give a damn about the village. If it did, it wouldn't continue in the face of the opposition.
I urge the Village council and planning board to allow a default judgment on this lawsuit. That will bring an end to it.
Folks can go on the Village website and email their elected officials to tell them not to oppose the litigation. That will bring an end to Valley's expansion.
Valley Renewal : the change to the master plan is discriminatory
I do not live near the hospital and my kids do not attend BFMS or Travell. Living almost a mile away I will not be impacted by any construction, nor will the many homes with the Stop Valley signs outside of the immediate area. However, this is bad for Ridgewood and bad for those schools. It is also bad for the immediate surrounding neighborhood and I just can't figure out why residents, with homes close to Valley, are NOT entitled to be concerned about their property values! We should all be concerned for their property values because we all share the tax burden together.
I think 11:57 hit the nail on the head. The change which allows a third party to introduce s to the master plan is discriminatory given that it favors deep pockets which can afford to fund the professional expenses, both their own and those of the village, required to move forward on proposed changes. This was done by design because Valley had access to the money to fund their proposal while individuals or groups could not compete financially. Anyone with enough money could ostensibly propose changes that might adversely affect any area or neighborhood in the Village. Be careful what you wish for, this is NOT a level playing field.
