1. School districts joining plan might affect Northern Bergen County schools Tenafly operates elementary, middle, high schools Closter, Demarest, Old Tappan have only elementary and middle schools. High school go to NVRH Stephen Sweeney (President of NJ Senate) proposed the plan that those towns with elementary and middle will be joined/merged→ 600 schools become 278, including Korean populated...

1. Edgewater residents are conflicting with two big development project The lot at former golf range on River Road (vacant since July) → postponed the hearing due to conflict of interests → plan: to construct 3 buildings for total 670 apartments, each 200ft tall and 3 story parking deck, recreation center (developer is 575 River Road Edgewater LLC) Hess oil site (19 ac parcel) plans to build 1863...

1.  New Jersey is #2 for Public Education System in US According to WalletHub, NJ : 67.09 (out of 100) → #2 / MA: 74.1→  #1 NJ→ Education Quality: 3rd, Safety: 9th CT: 66.93→ #3 / NH: 65.11→#4 / VT: 63.18→#5 NY: 53.36 →  #22 ( Quality:24th, Safety: 12nd)...

1. Korean RE agents got summons for short sale fraud Acc to The Korea Times (한국일보), about 10 agents for short sale fraud in EC, Palisades park, Fort Lee, etc Some agents pleaded guilty and in process of pre-bargain Agents secretly agreed to damage the property and lower the value à purchase it through dummy buyer → flipping and selling higher price 2. K Town in Manhattan (32nd St) is...

1. State Government will boost support to local towns River Edge will get 157% increase to $1.93M / Ridgewood will get 41.7% increase Closter→7% / Tenafly→36.6% / Palisades Park will get only 3.1% increase Ridgefield→2% decrease / Leonia→1.2% decrease Overall, State will increase 4.3% support to $8.5B for 577 school districts Intension is to reduce property tax increase, but opinion is...

1. Edgewater rent is highest in Bergen county, NJ  Based on ACS data between 2012 – 2016 of town of which Renter ratio is over 60%. Edgewater Median Rent:$2174 (68.7%)→#1 Hoboken: $2001 (61.9%)→#2 Palisades Park: $1401 (67.4%)→#5 East Rutherford:$1386 (62.3%)→#6, Weehawken:$1382 (66.6%)→#7 Hackensack:$1318 (64.7%). New Jersey median rent: $1213→#5 in US 2. Korean Massage worker...

1. Trulia reported Top 10 in New York area for highest house price increase #1: Brooklyn Bushwick (90th in 2018←189th in 2008): Median price→$788,700 Queens Ridgewood (99th: $737,100←194th), Jackson Height (147th: $548,000←236th), Elmhurst (146th: $550,300←232nd), Corona (159th: $530,200←237th), Pomonok (128th: $600,300←202nd) According to New York University professor Mitchell Moss,...

1. PP Mayor Rotundo accepts defeat without challenge of the eight-vote victory by Chung  Chung got 1113 votes and Rotundo got 1105 votes in this primary Rotundo is looking toward to the future: he was reelected to the post of municipal chairman by the Palisades Park Democratic Committee Online attack by Rotundo’s mother against the town’s large Korean community went viral → Tension between...

1. In Palisades Park, NJ, Mayor candidate for Democratic party becomes C Chung  Current Mayor James Rotundo defeated by 8 votes for his 5th term He cancelled Press Interview on 12th (He might ask re-count, but circumstances are not positive including his mother’s discriminatory remarks on SNS) The candidate C Chung received a congrats msg from the Governor Phil Murphy 2. New Condo Construction...

1. ADM (American Dream Meadowlands) is ready for a boom  Expecting tourism boost → Big money for area business Hotels are repositioning to benefit from that boom, starting with Taylor Swift in concert this summer / WWE Wrestle mania XXXV in April, 2019 / Transplant Games in 2020 / The Army-Navy football game in 2021 Example: Super Bowl in 2014 →  8,500 rooms are occupied / $4.18 Million...