January 2025 — Page 3 of 6 — Pascack Press & Northern Valley Press

Returning Democratic councilwoman Jennifer Margolis, and first-time Republican councilman Christopher Bonanno, Woodcliff Lake, January 2025.

Margolis returns, Bonanno joins; Rendo talks land use

January 17, 2025 Michael Olohan

WOODCLIFF LAKE—One Democratic incumbent and a Republican newcomer were sworn in on Jan. 6 to new three-year terms on the Borough Council during the reorganization meeting before approximately three dozen […]

The raiding party with barrels seized at the V.M. road house on Old Hook Road on Jan. 17, 1925. Approximately 400 gallons of liquor were poured out on Center Avenue. Left to right: P.O. Butterfield, Marshal Allison, Police Commissioner Wyks, P.O. Bartz, Special Officer Frontera, Judge Ruckner, and Mayor Brickell. The building in the background is the Westwood Firehouse that stood on Center near Jefferson Avenue, about where the modern firehouse stands.

Bootlegger’s roost in a Westwood henhouse

January 17, 2025 Kristin Beuscher

WESTWOOD—A century ago, a drunken brawl in downtown Westwood led officials to an illicit distillery disguised beneath a chicken coop. We go back to the days of Prohibition for this […]

Mercer County Superior Court Judge Robert T. Lougy.

Towns take a second swing at halting state’s affordables law

January 16, 2025 Michael Olohan

MONTVALE—A second effort to halt the state’s new affordable housing law will be decided in Mercer County Superior Court on Jan. 23, after the 27 towns challenging it have found […]

The Always Westwood candidates, Cheryl Hodges and Anthony Greco, won re-election in November 2024. Campaign photo, Pascack Press background.

Incumbents Hodges, Greco sworn in; Bicocchi is president

January 16, 2025 Michael Olohan

WESTWOOD—Two incumbents were sworn in Jan. 6 at the local community center after winning a contested race for their two open seats, narrowly beating back two Democratic challengers. During the […]

Bergen County’s new superintendent of schools, Patrick Fletcher, speaks at the League of Women Voters of Northern Valley meeting on Jan. 9 at the Westwood Community Center. John Snyder photo.

Bergen County Superintendent of Schools on Civics, School Funding

January 16, 2025 John Snyder

WESTWOOD—Nearly three dozen parents, grandparents, educators, and past and current officials from the Pascack and Northern Valley areas gathered at the Westwood Community Center on Jan. 9 to hear from […]

With the support of his wife, Alissa, and their children, Kristian and Hannah, and many friends old and new — here, the first major DBF fundraiser at the Knights of Columbus in Washington Township — Dennis Burke has embraced his journey with resilience, dignity, and humor. Credit: Mary Evans.

Have friends, will triumph

January 16, 2025 Staff

HILLSDALE—When Dennis Burke was diagnosed with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) in June 2023, he faced not only the profound challenges posed by the disease but also the many daunting emotional […]

Construction appears not to be in progress in April 2024 at the Block 419 Emerson Station project, which is at the heart of lawsuits. John Snyder photo.

Might borough settle over Block 419?

January 16, 2025 Michael Olohan

EMERSON—Mayor Danielle DiPaola surprised those attending the borough’s Jan. 7 council reorganization meeting with a hot take on the Block 419 situation: a pre-trial settlement of the borough’s long-delayed case […]

US Airways Flight 1549 (N106US) after crashing into the Hudson River.

16 Years Later: Remembering the Miracle on the Hudson

January 15, 2025 Pascack Press

NEW YORK, N.Y.—Sixteen years ago today, a quick-thinking crew of NY Waterway ferries performed what is considered the most successful marine rescue in aviation history. On Jan. 15, 2009, US […]

The restaurant and hotel at 23 Hardenburgh Ave. in Haworth was The Antlers when this group was photographed in the 1930s. True to its name, the building was decorated with a huge carved stag head.

A speakeasy thrives in Haworth

January 13, 2025 Kristin Beuscher

HAWORTH—Many people of the Northern Valley will remember Pero’s, the restaurant on Hardenburgh Avenue, with its red-and-white-checked tablecloths and the best pizza around. Since the 1990s the restaurant has been […]

Borough backs ‘realistic’ affordable housing legislation

January 13, 2025 Michael Olohan

WOODCLIFF LAKE—Borough Council on Dec. 16, 2024 threw unanimous support to a resolution backing a proposed statewide legislative effort to reduce affordable housing obligations by up to 80%. The push […]