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September 30, 2025
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Month: August 2025

Tuned in: Anthony “Tony” Salerno Jr., left, hosts Pascack Press senior reporter Michael Olohan on “Montvale in Motion” in late August. Salerno also recently interviewed residents singer/actress/teacher/director Rachel Menconi, Mayor Michael Ghassali, and Bergen County Commissioner Tom Sullivan. Screenshot.
Community Voices

Veteran reporter Olohan ‘in motion,’ on the air

August 29, 2025 Pascack Press

MONTVALE—Veteran community journalist Michael Olohan, senior reporter for Pascack Press, made his “Montvale in Motion” debut on the popular community television program in late August. On the show, longtime host […]

Old Tappan's two-room schoolhouse, along with teachers, principal, and the student body, in 1900.
Back in Time

Remembering Old Tappan’s little schoolhouse

August 29, 2025 Kristin Beuscher

OLD TAPPAN—Thirty-one students, two teachers, and a principal—this comprised the entirety of Old Tappan’s two-room wooden schoolhouse in 1900.    The school stood on Old Tappan Road near Leonard Drive, […]

The District 20 schoolhouse and student body circa 1890. This school stood at Piermont Avenue and Rivervale Road in what is now River Vale, serving a rural community of fewer than 200.
Back in Time

The three lives of River Vale’s one-room schoolhouse

August 29, 2025 Kristin Beuscher

RIVER VALE—Long before anyone talked about recycling or sustainability, the people of River Vale simply refused to waste a good building. What today might be described as adaptive reuse was […]

Rosemarie D’Alessandro, founder of the Joan’s Joy Foundation, with Jerry Romano of Liquid Designz, who refurbished the Child Safety Forever fountain at the White Butterfly Garden and pledged to maintain it at no cost. The garden honors Joan Angela D’Alessandro (right), whose memory inspires the annual Joan’s Joy Child Safety Festival.
Hillsdale

Joy in Bloom: Festival to mark 10 years as Joan’s garden fountain renewed

August 29, 2025 Staff

HILLSDALE—For families here and well beyond, the last Saturday in September has become a day to gather in the heart of town, where music and laughter mingle with butterflies set […]

Robert Fisher, Park Ridge Board of Education trustee, faces criticism from recall organizers who say he actually lives in Tennessee while holding local office. Courtesy photo, with Pascack Press composite.
Community Voices

County nixes Fisher recall effort—petition wasn’t notarized

August 26, 2025 Michael Olohan

PARK RIDGE—An attorney for the Bergen County Clerk’s Office has determined that a recall petition signed by more than 2,100 residents to remove school trustee Robert Fisher is invalid because […]

Emerson

Borough files legal notices of default, termination against downtown redeveloper

August 25, 2025 Michael Olohan

EMERSON—The borough has taken two important legal steps against the redeveloper of the long-stalled downtown mixed-use project known as Emerson Station. It filed a Notice of Default and a Notice […]

Nicholas Milo, of Emerson and a member of Park Ridge Boy Scout Troop 80. Courtesy photo.
Emerson

Eagle soars on Emerson Woods project

August 25, 2025 Staff

PASCACK VALLEY—Nicholas Milo, a resident of Emerson and member of Park Ridge Boy Scout Troop 80, has attained the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest advancement in Scouting. Milo, who […]

Back in Time

When corn became contraband

August 25, 2025 Kristin Beuscher

PASCACK VALLEY—In summer 1930, transporting an ear of corn into New Jersey was a serious offense. Caught smuggling the crop? You faced a fine of $500—a nearly $10,000 chunk of […]

Emerson Borough Hall
Emerson

Borough OK’s interim, part-time administrator

August 25, 2025 Michael Olohan

EMERSON—The Borough Council approved an agreement with Strategic Municipal Advisors LLC, not to exceed $22,500 that hires a former local administrator  part-time basis into October.  Officials told Pascack Press that […]

Hillsdale Train Station
Hillsdale

Façade guide not yet carved in stone: Tool for developers, businesses aims to unify downtown’s ‘visual identity’

August 25, 2025 Michael Olohan

HILLSDALE—What should the future of downtown Hillsdale look like? A new draft document circulating among local government officials for feedback may provide some answers. A 21-page draft Façade Design Guide […]

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