Villadom Times Weekly Newpaper Online-December 9, 2009 Issue

Page 8 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • December 9, 2009 An ordinance that would increase the rates of the Ridgewood Water Company is expected to win approval at the special public meeting of the Ridgewood Village Council set for 7 p.m. on Dec. 14. The ordinance was introduced at last week’s special public meeting during a recess in the work session. The Ridgewood Water Company provides water for Glen Rock, Midland Park, Wyckoff, and Ridgewood, and provides contracted water testing services for a number of other area municipalities. The rate increase, which amounts to 21 percent, would take effect Jan. 1, 2010. The water rate would be $4 per 1,000 gallons. The ordinance would also establish the abil- Ridgewood Water rates to increase Emmanuel asks... Can You Help? Our hat’s off to the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Ramsey and to the Wyckoff Senior Citizens for their recent food donations. Speaking of help: We need a driver to deliver food once a month to a family in Chester. So far, the usual excitement and attention the community devotes to contributing holiday dinners and gifts for the kids has been on the low side. I am hoping that this picks up, because it has never been an issue. The children of Emmanuel Cancer have given us their wish list for a holiday gift. If you would like to adopt a child for the December holiday, please call us at (201) 612-8118. You can consider the December Holiday Dinner as a giving idea. If you are interested, there are two ways to help: If you are in a hurry, simply buy a gift card at your local chain grocery store. Figure out what it would cost to 4-29-09 karen/janine buy all the groceries (including the turkey or ham) for a EmmanuelHelp2x.75(4-29-09) family of six. The amount of the card could be anywhere from.75 to $60 for the basics, or higher if you add in any 3 x $40 extra things. You can put together a basket, bag, or box of non-perishable items that a family can use to create a holiday meal. Suggested items include stufﬁng, turkey gravy or gravy master, canned yams, a disposable turkey pan, cranberry sauce, canned vegetables, canned pumpkin, pie ﬁlling, pie crust, yams, potatoes, onions, coffee and tea, cake mix and icing, pancake mix and syrup (for breakfast, of course!) and a chain grocery store gift certiﬁcate for a turkey and other fresh items. You can augment the dinner with a frozen turkey. Call us and we’ll give you a family. All you need to do is assemble the foods and drop them off here at the Midland Park ofﬁce. We will deliver it to them in time for the Holiday. We now need ofﬁce volunteers at the following times: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 1 to 5 p.m.; Thursday, 2:30 to 5 p.m.; and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call (201) 612-8118 before you stop by. Please do not leave items at the center without checking with us ﬁrst. Our storage space is limited. Our current hours are Monday, 10 to 1.; Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday 10 to 5; and Thursday, 10 to 2. The Northern Regional Center is located at 174 Paterson Avenue, Midland Park, NJ 07432. Visit us on the web at www.emmanuelcancer.org. As always, thank you for helping the children and their families! ity to increase water rates up to a maximum of three percent annually, which proponents say will forestall the need for a large water increase in the future. The new ordinance also provides revised metering fees ranging from $21.87 for the smallest meters to $200 for the largest. Water use by landscapers, tree service companies, and liquid chemical applicators would be established at a higher rate of $10 for 1,000 gallons. The fee for bounced checks to the water company would be $35. New water service connections would cost $1,438, with the extension of water mains as necessary established at cost plus 20 percent. J. KOSTER ��