Park Ridge
Nov. 7 referendum on $15M Electric Lake dredge
PARK RIDGE—Residents will sound off on Nov. 7 as to whether the borough should spend slightly over $15 million, including bonding costs over a 20-year period, to dredge Mill Pond […]
Year: 2023
Community Voices
Vicky Meo, new at helm, vows club will embody needed hope
PARK RIDGE—The Park Ridge Rotary Club kicked off its 2023–2024 year on July 17 with the induction of president Vicky Meo and other club officers. Meo, a financial advisor with […]
Northern Valley Press
Diver’s world feels right: WT dive academy nurtures U.S. junior champion
BY PATRICK BREENSPECIAL TO PASCACK PRESS TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Ariya Suwan is one of the top junior divers in the country, competing with Team USA in Sweden, and traveling to AAU […]
Pascack Press
‘4 Seasons’ strip mall applicant appeals ZBA’s 6–1 rejection
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—The attorney for the proposed Four Seasons Marketplace, which the Zoning Board of Adjustment rejected on May 16 after six hearings, has appealed in Superior Court. Following the […]
Pascack Press
‘It just makes no sense’ – Fits, starts on police, DPW HQs
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Mayor Peter Calamari told concerned Township Council members Aug. 14 that he would rather wait for two months to see what design options that architect Arcari Iovino comes […]
Back in Time
Riley Building Revisited
HILLSDALE—A scene captured in Hillsdale around 1908 shows the venerable Riley Building, at the corner of Broadway and Hillsdale Avenue, back when it was just a couple of years old. […]
Community Voices
‘Pieces Falling’ author offers 9/11 reflections
WESTWOOD—The Contemporaries of the Woman’s Club of Westwood, in partnership with the Westwood Public Library, invite the community to join in an afternoon of Sept. 11 remembrance featuring author Ann […]
Community Voices
Local bands power first concert series
EMERSON—The Borough of Emerson kicked off its inaugural Summer Concert Series on the front lawn at historic Borough Hall on the evening of Wednesday, Aug. 9. Resident and popular musician […]
Pascack Press
Westwood hearing, vote on 5G rights-of-way Aug. 15
WESTWOOD—5G is coming to Westwood, at least if the related ordinance passes on a second reading, set for Tuesday, Aug. 15. 5G is the fifth-generation technology standard for broadband cellular […]
Back in Time
Giving rise to a reservoir: Politics, fortitude, and, sadly, prejudice in origin of a local gem
WOODCLIFF LAKE—It is difficult to imagine our Pascack Valley landscape without Woodcliff Reservoir. Yet this enormous body of water, with a capacity of 871 million gallons, did not always exist. […]