August 28, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • Page 3 Ridgewood Mailander will serve as interim manager by John Koster Ridgewood Village Clerk Heather Mailander has been designated as the interim village manager pending a formal Ridgewood Village Council vote on Tues- day, Aug. 27. “I’m looking forward to this, and I’m looking forward to getting the village moving forward,” Mailander said last week. “I thank the council for it.” Mailander, who served as interim man- ager for five months between the departure of Village Manager James Ten Hoeve and the appointment of Village Manager Ken Gabbert about four years ago, was named as the intended choice after a closed session last week. Mailander was not present at that session. She will take over on Sept. 1, when Gabbert officially leaves after having being voted out 3-2 on Aug. 14. Mailander predicted that the interim role would last for four to five months based on past experience, and she is not considered a candidate for the full-time village manag- er’s position. A graduate of Smith College with a BA in economics, Mailander is certified for a number of public offices through exten- sion courses offered by Rutgers University. Mailander grew up in Ho-Ho-Kus, where she attended the district’s K-8 public school, and graduated from Midland Park High School, which had a send/receive relation- ship with Ho-Ho-Kus at the time. She now lives in Hillsdale with her husband, Steve, who works for the Deutsche Bank. (continued on page 14) Valley meeting rescheduled Castles and catapults Ridgewood Village Hall hosted the K-2 Lego project taught by Sal Guzzardi and Kelsey Berta of Play-Well. Children learned to build castles with Legos and later to build catapults to bom- bard the castles -- a constructive approach to the Middle Ages and some summer fun. The meeting to allow public comment on expert testimony on the Valley Hospital renovation plan was rescheduled for Sept. 30 when the number residents who turned out on Aug. 21 far exceeded the capacity of the Village Hall courtroom. Ridgewood Planning Board officials said they expected that the Sept. 30 meeting would take place at the Benjamin Franklin Middle School, but will confirm that later. “It definitely isn’t going to be here,” an official said. “We’re looking for another venue.” Relatively low attendance at the expert testimony hearings was cited in the deci- sion to allow the residents to voice their opinions, but when more than 150 residents (continued on page 14)