No Testimony at First Valley Hospital Expansion Hearing

Valley Hospital is expected to provide on overview of its latest expansion plan on March 11 at B.F. Middle School, but no sworn testimony will be offered.

According to planning board attorney Gail Price, the purpose of the Monday meeting is to lay out the ground rules, process, and the witness list while also hearing from Valley's attorney basic elements of the plan.

The board will also review "paragraph by paragraph" the dismissal order of a lawsuit filed by resident opposition group "Concerned Residents of Ridgewood" (CRR), Price said. That dismissal – ruled on by Judge Alexander Carver III – asked that the planning board vote on a new Master Plan amendment by the end of June.

The March 11 meeting begins at 8 p.m. Sworn testimony is scheduled to start on April 2, also at B.F.

Preliminary plans submitted to the board on Feb. 25 show a proposal similar to the failed "Renewal" plan, though smaller.