Wednesday: Village Finalizes the Budget Tonight

1) The village council will pass its municipal budget on Wednesday night, which will raise taxes anywhere from 5 to 7 percent. Any Ridgewood taxpayer who wants to offer their final comments should go to the Sydney Stoldt Court Room in Village Hall at 7:30p.m.

2) Feeling peckish? The library will host its annual English as a Second Language Center International Luncheon in the Belcher auditorium today at noon. Students from over thirty different countries will bring traditional foods and treat their tutors to a taste of their native origins.

3) Get excited for J Mart, a Japanese grocery store that will open at the currently vacant 44 Chestnut St. According to their poster, they will sell sushi and healthy food, and are looking for bilingual Japanese/English team players with self-motivation. College students still looking for a summer job should email jmartcs@gmail.com.

4) Former World Boxing Council World Champion Sugar Ray Leonard will be signing copies of his book The Big Fight, a story of his life “in and out of the ring,” at 7:00 p.m. at Bookends.

5) Ridgewood is heating up. Tomorrow will hit 95 degrees by 3p.m., but we’ll have a few clouds in the sky and a small, 8 mph breeze to relieve us from the heat. We can’t shake that New Jersey humidity though, with an index at 52 percent it’ll feel like 99 degrees.