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September 30, 2025
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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 […]

Community Voices

Memorial Field plans ‘Pivot’; community center kitchen donated

August 18, 2025 Michael Olohan

HILLSDALE—Plans for Memorial Field include installing a new Pivot synthetic turf through a statewide buying cooperative, likely at a lower cost than if the project were publicly bid, Borough Administrator […]

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

Board: BMW site concept squares with goals

August 8, 2025 Michael Olohan

WOODCLIFF LAKE—A major redevelopment of the former BMW campus is one step from approval, with officials set to vote Aug. 18 on a plan that would bring nearly 400 housing […]

Onlookers fill Bergen Street as firefighters douse flames in the Bergen Building, March 10, 1911.
Back in Time

Englewood’s Bergen Building has withstood time (and fire)

August 8, 2025 Kristin Beuscher

ENGLEWOOD—It was August 1900 when the first shovels hit the dirt at Engle and Bergen streets, marking the beginning of the Bergen Building. A three-story brick structure would soon rise […]

Rep. Josh Gottheimer honored 21 Fifth District residents as Hometown Heroes during a July 18 ceremony at the Hackensack Performing Arts Center, including Joseph Bianco of Closter, Barry Wood of Harrington Park, Robert Tracy of Norwood, and Lisa Blumer of Teaneck. Courtesy photo.
Closter

Local doers honored as heroes

August 8, 2025 Staff

NORTHERN VALLEY—Among the 21 North Jersey residents recognized as Hometown Heroes by U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer on July 18 were four familiar names from the Northern Valley: Joseph Bianco of […]

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