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December 21, 2025
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Month: December 2025

Township of Washington
Community Voices

Reporter’s Notebook: Michael Olohan on municipal construction, transparency, and recent history

December 4, 2025 Michael Olohan

Editor’s note: For more than five years, the Township of Washington has worked to replace its DPW headquarters, which was vacated and ultimately razed under state order due to longstanding […]

Zinke's exterior
Back in Time

Norwood corner went from stagecoach stop to ‘Shore Dinners’

December 4, 2025 Kristin Beuscher

“There are two good places to eat—home and here.” That was the motto of Zinke’s Restaurant on Tappan Road in Norwood. Benjamin and Anna Zinke purchased the old Colonial home […]

Intashan Chowdhury
Community Voices

Intashan Chowdhury on helping government innovate

December 4, 2025 Hillary Viders

NORTHERN VALLEY—At 22, Intashan Chowdhury, MPA, became the youngest municipal administrator in New Jersey — and the first Bengali-American to hold the role in the United States. Now business administrator […]

Partial view of working land belonging to the DePiero family, 2022. Montvale acquired the property and plans to keep it going as an agricultural asset. Michael Olohan photo.
Montvale

Gavel looms over Montvale’s pick for 20-year ‘DePiero’ farm operator lease 

December 4, 2025 Michael Olohan

MONTVALE—A Superior Court hearing on Dec. 8 before Judge Gregg Padovano will likely determine whether D’Agostino Landscaping of West Nyack was properly awarded a 20-year lease for the former 8.4-acre […]

Aerial view of the Bethany Church property in Washington Township, where the township proposes to lease a 1.25-acre lot for temporary DPW vehicle storage.
Pascack Press

Council passes DPW lease at Bethany

December 4, 2025 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Despite some 16 residents protesting the town leasing a large lot behind Bethany Community Center for temporary DPW storage, the Township Council voted, 3–1, on Dec. 2 to […]

Front to back, left to right: Natalie Habana, Mikaela Polk, Maia Congiusti, Liliana Polvere, Jackie Giella, Alyssa Mulhern, Gabriella Aguilar, Victoria Terranova, Megan Ryan, head coach Tom Mulhern, Ella Viggiani, Katie Tucker, Juliette Rose Connelly, Frankie Argenzia, Lauren Bianchi, Sara Dauble, Josheau Feingold, Penny Stolfe, Emma Vitale, and assistant coach Mark Tucker. Not pictured: Miranda Gray.
Emerson

Current take league title: Emerson Rec 7th/8th-grade girls soccer nets revenge on Demarest; powers to glory

December 4, 2025 Staff

The Emerson Current 7th- and 8th-grade girls rec soccer team closed out a smashing season with a league championship, riding balanced scoring, steady teamwork, and a defense that refused to […]

Teamwork! ShopRite fundraising coordinator Jack Callaghan, Jeff Roem and Maura Roem of St. Andrew’s, store manager Sasha Vidakovic, and store assistant manager Brian Longfield. Courtesy photo.
Community Voices

ShopRite customers step up, dig deep, for food drive

December 4, 2025 Staff

PASCACK VALLEY—Thanks to the generosity of local shoppers, more than $800 worth of holiday meal items were donated to the St. Andrew’s Church Food Pantry in Westwood just in time […]

The magnificent Riley estate, Brookside Pines, stood across from the church site and hosted lawn parties that raised money for the building fund. In 1955, the parish built a school behind the Victorian house. After serving as a preschool and convent, the home was demolished, in 2002.
Back in Time

Klansmen couldn’t stop Hillsdale’s Catholics from building their church

December 4, 2025 Kristin Beuscher

HILLSDALE—Amid frightening pushback from the Ku Klux Klan, Catholic residents of Hillsdale stood their ground in support of building a church in their town. Through their dedication, St. John the […]

Elevated levels of lead in the ground at 450 Pascack Road — along with other items needing attention — are the town’s next order of business at its new property, adjacent to Memorial Field. Michael Olohan photo/Pascack Press composite.
Pascack Press

Town draws from escrow to approve soil remediation at 450 Pascack Road

December 3, 2025 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—The Township Council unanimously approved a nearly $29,000 soil-remediation contract Dec. 2 for cleanup of lead-contaminated soil in a limited area near the home at 450 Pascack Road. […]

Rosemarie D'Alessandro and her sons, John and Michael, have been working tirelessly to advance the cause of child safety. Courtesy photo.
Community Voices

Justice for Victims Law marks 25 years; inspired by Joan D’Alessandro case

December 3, 2025 John Snyder

HILLSDALE — A landmark New Jersey law championed by Hillsdale resident and victims’ rights advocate Rosemarie D’Alessandro quietly marked its 25th anniversary on Nov. 17, underscoring a legacy of legal […]

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