Community Voices
Honors for ‘Lid’ on 800th win
EMERSON—The Borough Council honored long-time resident and Academy of Holy Angels coach Susan ‘Lid’ Liddy on her 800th career win with a ceremony and proclamation at its March 5 meeting. […]
Year: 2024
Back in Time
Pause and Healey superlative
PARK RIDGE—From March 10 to 14, 1924, life at Park Ridge High was a real popularity contest. That week the students cast their ballots in a race to proclaim the […]
Park Ridge
Borough stands fast on Mill Pond
PARK RIDGE—Council president John Ferguson says some residents have expressed concerns since voters in November defeated the $15.5 million non-binding referendum to dredge Mill Pond. “We are exhausting all possible […]
Park Ridge
Looking at revised costs for a rec center next to The James
PARK RIDGE—The Borough Council president said that “wheels are in motion” to get updated construction costs for a possible future community recreation center on property adjoining The James, a residential […]
Park Ridge
Owls nab first state sectional title; Allie Shenloogian sets all-time girls scoring record
BY PAUL SULLIVANSPECIAL TO PASCACK PRESS PARK RIDGE—One-seed Park Ridge High School Owls girls varsity basketball team defeated the two-seed Mountain Lakes High School Lakers, 43-28, on Saturday, March 2 […]
Community Voices
Reading springs to life at Character Con
MONTVALE—Memorial Elementary School second-grade reading teacher Ariane Giannone was sure the project would resonate with the grade’s approximately 100 students and their families. Not to say there weren’t butterflies. “It […]
Community Voices
Mayor warns on Chestnut Ridge projects’ impacts here
MONTVALE—Mayor Michael Ghassali wrote residents on March 4 to warn on major projects in “another town, in another state, with planned developments that could have potential negative impact on Montvale’s […]
Back in Time
Before it was Stegemann’s Cock ‘n’ Bull…
NORWOOD—Once a Colonial home, later a restaurant, now just a memory. This little piece of local history is recent enough that many people reading right now will surely remember it. […]
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‘The Hoot’ roosts in Washington
PARK RIDGE—This week in 1940, “The Hoot” headed to Washington, D.C. The trip was for students on the staff of the school’s yearbook (long known as “The Hoot,” reflecting the […]
Pascack Press
Sharp elbows thrown as mayor, council debate 10% leaner town budget
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—At both February Township Council meetings, Mayor Peter Calamari has taken the three Independent councilmembers to task for approving millions in capital spending over their years on the […]