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November 30, 2025
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Millions in road, safety funds headed to Pascack and Northern valleys under FY26 municipal aid

November 30, 2025 Staff

TRENTON—Gov. Phil Murphy has announced $150 million in Fiscal Year 2026 Municipal Aid grants, with 537 municipalities statewide receiving funding for road, bridge, safety, and quality-of-life improvements. Every municipality that […]

300 Chestnut Ridge Road Redevelopment Plan, Block 602 Lot 1.
Pascack Press

Planning Board, Council talk 300 Chestnut Ridge: Planners Dec. 2; council now at senior center, and on Dec. 10

November 30, 2025 Pascack Press

WOODCLIFF LAKE—The Borough Planning Board will hold a special public meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. to continue hearing the redevelopment application for 300 Chestnut Ridge Road, a […]

Unstoppable: Alex Friend and Jagger Rose organized a basketball tournament Nov. 22 to raise funds for their friend and teammate — and Hills quarterback — Dren Bauta and his family. Bauta is in remission. Lisa Friend photo.
Montvale

‘Dren Strong’ hoops tourney for the win

November 30, 2025 John Snyder

MONTVALE—Pascack Hills High School Principal Tim Weiland watched from the sideline as whistles echoed, sneakers squeaked, and cheers bounced between the walls of both the front and back gyms. Students […]

Park Ridge officials are amused and mortified in equal measure as their mayor, Donald F. Gelnaw, sports a Glen Rock football sweatshirt at the Dec. 10, 1980 meeting of the governing body. A good sport, Gelnaw was fulfilling the terms of a wager with that borough’s mayor after the state championship tipped Glen Rock’s way, 22-21. Photo: Thomas Moorhead
Back in Time

Two mayors, one wager, and an embarrassing sweatshirt

November 30, 2025 Kristin Beuscher

PARK RIDGE—In this week’s featured photograph, Mayor Donald F. Gelnaw, right, having lost a bet, is forced to wear a Glen Rock High School Panthers sweatshirt at a borough council […]

Bethany Community Center, 605 Pascack Road, is a wellness and recreation hub offering fitness facilities, classes, sports, and community programs for all ages. It partners with local groups to provide activities ranging from swimming and martial arts to music and senior programs, and also serves as a worship site for Bethany Church.
Pascack Press

DPW moves on two fronts: Bethany lease, Valley Bank parking on Dec. 2 council agenda

November 29, 2025 John Snyder

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON — The Township Council will meet Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. with a full agenda headlined by the public hearing and second-reading vote on Ordinance 25-25, which […]

Trader Joe’s, Shake Shack, CAVA, and Honeyglow are proposed for the Chestnut Ridge Shopping Center in Montvale, where Trader Joe’s would replace the existing Fresh Market. The Planning Board will review the applications on Dec. 2. Via Mayor Michael Ghassali.
Montvale

Planning Board to review Chestnut Ridge Center variances amid buzz over Trader Joe’s proposal

November 28, 2025 John Snyder

MONTVALE — The Planning Board on Tuesday, Dec. 2, will hear a variance application for the Chestnut Ridge Shopping Center — the site tied to Mayor Michael Ghassali’s recent announcement […]

A new driveway for Department of Public Works vehicles takes shape at the Bethany property in this Nov. 1 photo. A final public hearing on the plan to lease space from the church is scheduled for the Monday, Nov. 10 council meeting. (Photo by Mike Olohan)
Pascack Press

Questions ahead of Bethany/DPW lease hearing Dec. 2

November 25, 2025 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—A final public hearing on a lease for DPW vehicles and equipment in a back lot at Bethany Community Center, off Woodfield Road, will be held Tuesday, Dec. […]

River Vale Township hired Settembrino Architects to design the New Public Safety Complex. Then firm says online, "The surrounding site caters to several neighborhoods on both Rivervale Road and Prospect Avenue, Settembrino Architects has approached the Public Safety Complex to have a more residential feel to fit within the neighborhood’s context."
Pascack Press

River Vale Pushes Public Safety Complex Toward Year-End Wrap-Up

November 25, 2025 Michael Olohan

RIVER VALE—Most exterior work is near completion and interior work continues on the township’s new Public Safety Complex on Rivervale Road, officials say, with hopes for completion by year-end. Administrator […]

Emerson Station rendering — as pitched to the borough.
Emerson

‘No longer economically viable’ — New suit says borough blocked progress on Block 419 project

November 24, 2025 Michael Olohan

EMERSON — Emerson Redevelopers Urban Renewal (ERUR), the firm behind the long-stalled Emerson Station redevelopment, has filed a new lawsuit against the borough and Mayor Danielle DiPaola, alleging that municipal interference […]

More than 300 turkeys were collected at the 33rd Annual Helping Hand Food Pantry Turkey Drive, thanks in part to student volunteers who helped unload and sort donations on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. John Snyder photo.
Emerson

Community generosity packs out Helping Hand Food Pantry at 33rd Annual Turkey Drive

November 24, 2025 John Snyder

HILLSDALE —Among a season of cheery and vital food drives in the Pascack Valley, the 33rd Annual Helping Hand Turkey Drive, held Saturday, Nov. 22 at Hillsdale United Methodist Church, was […]

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