Back in Time
Two homes fall to blaze in Etna
PASCACK VALLEY—This week in history: A fire at Etna. We go back 120 years, to mid- November 1902, when a fire took out two homes in Emerson—or as it was […]
Month: November 2022
Emerson
DiPaola wins re-election; Republicans surprise in Park Ridge
PASCACK VALLEY—Municipal election results are in and contested races showed a mixed result, with both Republicans and Democrats winning seats and Emerson’s incumbent Republican mayor Danielle DiPaola — alleged by […]
Pascack Press
New blood at regional school boards
PASCACK VALLEY—School board elections here, generally viewed as non-partisan affairs, appeared to draw more voter interest Nov. 8 as local and regional school boards deal with issues such as state-mandated […]
Back in Time
Cold bet: ‘Loser wades the brook’
PASCACK VALLEY—This week in local history: A chilly challenge. We go back 130 years to November 1892, when Republican Frederick Van Riper and Democrat Gilliam Ackerman made an election wager […]
Pascack Press
County to Calamari: No help on DPW except in emergency
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—An appeal from the township administrator to Bergen County Executive James Tedesco III to use county space to store seasonal public works vehicles and equipment was turned down […]
Hillsdale
Pantry’s turkey drive Nov. 19
HILLSDALE—Helping Hand Food Pantry Turkey Drive 2021 fielded 350 donated frozen turkeys and a generous haul of side dishes and other food donations. This year, with the bite of Covid […]
Hillsdale
Crossing a milestone
HILLSDALE—Not much gets past crossing guard Dorothy “Dottie” Higinson, who’s been shepherding students safely to and from George G. White School, 120 Magnolia Ave., in all seasons — arrivals and […]
Pascack Press
John Patterson Jr. leads borough rec
WOODCLIFF LAKE—A new borough recreation director and special events coordinator started Oct. 24 after being hired by a 5-0 Borough Council vote at the Oct. 17 meeting. Councilman Steven Falanga […]
Emerson
Mayors snubbed on aircraft committee
PASCACK VALLEY—Woodcliff Lake Mayor Carlos Rendo said that the Pascack Valley Mayors Association would devise a new plan at its Nov. 9 meeting in its fight against noise pollution from […]
Pascack Press
$80,000 contract OK’d to upgrade Tice Senior Center tech
WOODCLIFF LAKE—The Borough Council has approved a contract for $80,000 in technology upgrades planned for the borough-owned Tice Senior Center, courtesy of state Covid-19 grant funds. Borough administrator Tom Padilla […]