DEP APPROVES permits for RHS Stadium & Stevens Fields renovations

I spoke too soon! There I was, earlier today, already making excuses for not receiving an answer from the DEP today on our application for a permit to renovate the RHS Stadium and Stevens Fields...and we just found out that the permits have been approved!

I don't have any further details at this time. We still need the soil moving permit from the Village Council, but for now, this is what we know.

Details to come.

DEP Hearing on artificial turf fields

Just wanted to remind you that the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection will hold a hearing for public comments on the turf fields we'll be installing at the RHS Stadium and Stevens Fields. Such a hearing is standard procedure whenever the DEP receives letters from the public regarding a project and, since they received a few letters from Ridgewood, they'll have the hearing.

The hearing will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, March 15, at the Ed Center, 3rd floor. This is one hour before the start of our regular Board of Education meeting, at 7:30 p.m. We're not exactly sure about the format for the hearing -- it's being run by the DEP and they have not answered most of our questions -- but we do know that all speakers will have a maximum of three minutes to share their thoughts. I do not know if the DEP representative(s) will answer questions.

If you support the turf fields -- as you know I do -- I hope you will come out and share your views. If you have environmental concerns, I hope you will come express those as well.

Please arrive early. Between the DEP hearing and our budget discussions, I'm sure the room will be a little more full than it usually is on Monday nights!

See you there!