September 4, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • Page 17 Ramsey Review ESL training available Ramsey residents interested in becoming English as a Second Language tutors are invited to the tutor training workshop at the Westwood Public Library. The course will be held from 7 to 9:30 p.m. on Sept. 17 and 24, and Oct. 1 and 8. This training prepares tutors to teach adults to read, write, and speak English. All books and supplies are furnished free of charge for those tutoring for Literacy Volunteers of Pascack Valley Libraries, which includes the Ramsey Public Library. Upon completion of this training, tutors will be matched to students eager to learn English. Workshop registration is limited. Call Maureen Los- tumbo or Marge Taylor at (201) 664-7597 for more infor- mation or to register. For more information regarding the Ramsey ESL pro- gram, contact Ellen O’Keefe or Betsy Trum at (201) 327- 1445 or e-mail ramsey.esl@bccls.org. Chamber to meet The Ramsey Chamber of Commerce will meet on Sept. 16. The 6 p.m. session will be held at the Ramsey Public Library at 30 Wyckoff Avenue. Healing Mass set Father John Campoli will celebrate Mass and a Healing Service at Saint Paul’s R.C. Church in Ramsey on Sept. 5 at 8 p.m. Individual prayers for healing will be said. The service is open to everyone. Saint Paul’s Church is located at 200 Wyckoff Avenue. Gardeners to gather The Ramsey Area Garden Club will meet on Sept. 10 at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer at 55 Wyckoff Avenue. During the 6:45 p.m. session, floral designer and club member Carol Anton will present a demonstration on how to make a fall floral arrangement. The meeting will also include a forum on this summer’s garden plants. The public is welcome to attend the portion of the meet- ing that features the speaker. Club to participate in Ramsey Day The Woman’s Club of Ramsey will participate in Ramsey Day (Sept. 7) with a booth selling items to benefit the club’s charities. Tickets will be available for purchase for the club’s prize basket fundraiser. The baskets will fea- ture items for children and pets. Club members will be on hand to discuss the club’s activities and answer questions. Toastmasters welcome new members The members of Park Toastmasters invite Bergen County residents to the group’s Friday, Sept. 6 meeting. The session will be held at 7:15 p.m. at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, 55 Wyckoff Avenue in Ramsey. There is no charge to attend. For more information, visit parktoast- masters.org or e-mail parktoastmasters@gmail.com. Park Toastmasters is the local chapter of Toastmasters International, the world’s largest non-profit organization dedicated to helping people improve their communication and leadership skills. Bereavement support group forming Saint Paul Roman Catholic Church in Ramsey will host an eight-week bereavement support group this fall. The group will meet on Wednesdays from Sept. 18 through Nov. 6 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the parish center located at 193 Wyckoff Avenue in Wyckoff. Compassionate facilitators who have experienced personal loss will lead the program. To register, contact Judi D’Andrea at (201) 818-9588 or call the parish center at (201) 327-0976. Church announces programs The First Presbyterian Church at 15 Shuart Lane will host artist Lucy Janjijian at the First Friday Fellowship Lun- cheon set for Sept. 6. The group will meet at 11:45 a.m. Janjijian will discuss peacemaking. The Connections Book Group will discuss Wilkie Col- lins’ “The Woman in White” on Wednesday, Sept. 18 in the Metzger Room. The group meets at 7:30 p.m. The book was originally published in 1860 as a Victorian sensation- alist fiction novel. Collins uses the novel to expose social injustices of his time, in particular, the lack of legal rights available to married women. Copies of the book are avail- able at the Ramsey Library. For additional information about the book discussion, call Di French at (201) 327-4596. Crossroads (continued from page 3) rezoning ordinance arbitrary, capricious, and unreason- able, and therefore invalid. Carver explained that the council adopted the subse- quent rescinding ordinance without any factual basis or support on the record and in doing so violated the state’s Open Public Meetings Act by not providing proper notice of the meeting at which it was adopted, and did not review a report of the planning board prior to adopting the rescind- ing ordinance. Carver also ruled that there was no conflict of interest involved in the decision to adopt the rezoning ordinance because, while the wife of then council president John DaPuzzo served as the township’s recreation director, her responsibilities only included the scheduling of fields for athletic events and did not include legislative or policy making components, and she had no contact with the town- ship council and is not part of the Recreation Committee. “It is clear that the circumstances under which Ordi- nance 1684 was adopted present no cognizable conflict of interest which would serve to invalidate the adoption of the ordinance,” Carver wrote. Mahwah Mayor William Laforet praised the work done so far by the planning board, which is currently hearing the Crossroads application. “I think an awful lot of work has been done and prog- ress made not only by the developer but by the planning board who speaks on behalf of the community,” Laforet said. We’ve seen a lot of very significant changes made to the application that are inherently good for the community. They have done a very, very, good job crossing the T’s and dotting the I’s and not being swayed by politics and really being diligent. Their job is to protect the interest of this community and they are doing the job.”