March 2025 — Page 5 of 6 — Pascack Press & Northern Valley Press

It all adds up: Benjamin Moynihan, executive director of the Algebra Project, and William Crombie, an educational consultant specializing in math and science, engaged 35 students with an empowering discussion on mathematics, equity, and career pathways. Hillary Viders photo.

Algebra Project yields the constants to success

March 3, 2025 Hillary Viders

ENGLEWOOD—Students at Dwight Morrow High School (DMHS) were given an inspiring lesson in the power of mathematics on Feb. 19, as the Algebra Project took center stage at the second […]

Go Red- Cardiac Disease Patient and Advocate Artrisa Morris. Hillary Viders photo.

leading with heart, vision: Inside NCBW Bergen/Passaic’s initiatives

March 3, 2025 Hillary Viders

ENGLEWOOD—The women of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women (NCBW), Bergen/Passaic chapter, are making a lasting and so-laudable impact on their community. Since its founding in 1986, the chapter […]

Way to go! Dylan Minneker, Ciaran Henry, Tyler Minneker, Ben Gulleyan, and Evan Minneker show off part of the planter box project Tyler led at HFPL. Courtesy photo.

Planter project mark of Eagle’s excellence

March 3, 2025 Pascack Press

HILLSDALE—Congratulations to Tyler Minneker of Boy Scout Troop 109 for completing his Eagle Scout project. Minneker, a senior at Pascack Valley High School, planned and built six new planter boxes […]

In potent assembly: Deen J. Meloro, president of the NJSFWC/GFWC Woman’s Club of Westwood, alongside members Madeleine Ciocco and Barbara Marino.

Ladies of Purpose

March 3, 2025 Pascack Press

WESTWOOD—News reaches your editor this week of a most felicitous gathering of the women of the Palisades District, convened at the venerable Englewood Woman’s Club. In fine order did the […]

The Joan’s Joy Foundation is inviting the community to a Mardi Gras-themed Virtual Vendor Party on Tuesday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m., benefiting its mission to promote child safety and support children facing challenges.

Joan’s Joy ‘Mardi Gras’ Vendor Party March 4

March 1, 2025 Pascack Press

HILLSDALE—The Joan’s Joy Foundation is inviting the community to a Mardi Gras-themed Virtual Vendor Party on Tuesday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m., benefiting its mission to promote child safety and […]

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."

$170K for new cameras, door security at safety complex

March 1, 2025 Michael Olohan

RIVER VALE—Township Council on Feb. 24 approved a $170,000 security system to protect and monitor police department operations inside and outside the new public safety complex Administrator Gennaro Rotella told […]

Daniel O’Brien, ex-chief of the Emerson Volunteer Fire Department and current member of the Westwood Volunteer Fire Department, spearheaded the transfer of a pumper truck to Centerville, Tenn., which lost apparatus in Hurricane Helene.

Emerson follows hero’s lead, aids a stricken Tenn. town

March 1, 2025 Michael Olohan

BY MICHAEL OLOHAN AND JOHN SNYDEROF PASCACK PRESS EMERSON—With guidance from Daniel O’Brien, a recent Fifth District Hometown Hero, the Borough Council has approved the sale of a nearly 30-year-old […]

Borough says it’s out in front on state obligation

March 1, 2025 Pascack Press

WESTWOOD—As the borough approaches the next round of state-mandated affordable housing obligations, officials are working to balance compliance with thoughtful land use planning. According to council land use liaison Lauren […]

The Woodcliff Lake Borough Council on June 17, 2024 unanimously approved a more than $2.7 million construction contract to build a passive park on the former Galaxy Gardens site at the corner of Woodcliff Avenue and Werimus Road. Officials say “a good portion” of park construction, said soon underway at press time, will be reimbursed. WCL rendering.

Latest delay adds to anticipation on park opening

March 1, 2025 Michael Olohan

WOODCLIFF LAKE—After seven years of waiting and due to 2025’s wintry weather in January and February, the grand opening of the borough’s newest park is delayed again. This winter’s sub-freezing […]

The Hillsdale railroad station, circa 1885, taken from across the Hillsdale Avenue and Broadway intersection.Passengers walk from the Hillsdale station, circa 1910. Visible in the background are the Riley Building (built 1906) and Hillsdale House hotel (built 1870), both of which still stand at Broadway and Hillsdale Avenue.

‘Next stop: Hillsdale!’ The opening of the Pascack Valley Line

March 1, 2025 Kristin Beuscher

HILLSDALE—Saturday, March 4, 1870 was a red-letter day for Hillsdale. The first train on the new railroad pulled into town with flags and bunting flying, engine tooting, passengers waving, and […]