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August 25, 2026
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Hillsdale school board to consider superintendent contract extension, George White gym reopening

August 24, 2026 Staff

HILLSDALE, N.J.—The Hillsdale Board of Education is expected to consider a new five-year employment agreement with Superintendent Robert V. Lombardy Jr. when it meets Monday, Aug. 24. Under the resolution, […]

Raising funds for the Dennis Burke Foundation on Aug. 6. Christine Green photos.
Hillsdale

Kids stir lemonade stand into ALS fundraiser

August 24, 2026 Pascack Press

WESTWOOD, N.J.—An enterprising group of Westwood children spent a summer afternoon turning a neighborhood lemonade and snack stand into a fundraiser for families affected by ALS. ALS, or amyotrophic lateral […]

Michael Gray, Steve Guttenberg, and Christie Brinkley in Westwood. Courtesy photo.
Pascack Press

Borough stars with Guttenberg, Brinkley, family in ‘American Summer’

August 24, 2026 Michael Olohan

WESTWOOD, N.J.—A film that explores a life-changing summer for one youngster growing up in small-town America is the focus of a new movie by a borough native, featuring scenes shot […]

How the Hillsdale railroad station would have looked at the time of the 1876 workers’ strike, although this photograph likely dates to the 1880s. This week, 150 years ago, railroad workers went on strike after months of not receiving their pay. They pulled the trains into the Hillsdale station and then disabled them, halting travel on the Pascack Valley line for five days. Colorized.
Back in Time

Stiffed on wages, railroad men stopped the trains

August 24, 2026 Kristin Beuscher

PASCACK VALLEY AREA, N.J.—By August 1876, the railroad workers on the Pascack Valley line were fed up. For months, they had gone without pay. Now it was time to send […]

Emily Kratzer of the Township of Washington, N.J. Courtesy photo
Community Voices

‘What covering community has taught me’: On newspapers, civic engagement, and the value of knowing the people around us

August 24, 2026 Pascack Press

BY EMILY KRATZERSPECIAL TO PASCACK PRESS TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J—My love of the First Amendment and newspapers informs much of who I am. I’m an avid reader of Pascack Press […]

’The 10U Girls River Vale Revolution summer softball team roster: Brooklynn Mikalouskas, Landyn Thomson, Olivia DiPaolo, Nicole Clarke, Cece Risalvato, Charlotte Laipple, Reagan Sutter, Lily Sousa, Annie Lustberg, Annaliesa Hartigan, Lia Vallejo, and Leah Ortiz. Head coach: Erin DiPaolo. Assistant coaches: Arianna Thomson, Alex Laipple, James Sutter. Team photo.
Pascack Press

Revolution 10U rolls through

August 24, 2026 Pascack Press

RIVER VALE, N.J.—Twenty-three games for 23 wins. With three golden championships. For the River Vale Revolution 10U girls travel softball team, the numbers tell the story of a perfect summer. […]

First Sgt. Daniel Proctor, U.S. Army, served with the 31st Infantry Regiment in the Philippines during World War II. Captured after the fall of Bataan in 1942, he survived the Bataan Death March and later died as a prisoner of war at Cabanatuan. His remains were identified more than 80 years later. Courtesy photos.
Pascack Press

Soldier’s sacrifice honored 84 years later

August 24, 2026 Michael Olohan

PARK RIDGE, N.J.—More than eight decades after First Sgt. Daniel Proctor died as a prisoner of war in the Philippines, his service and sacrifice came home to his family. On […]

Flooding on Broadway on the Westwood side of the Hillsdale line, May 2022.
Emerson

On floods, ‘the need is clear and now’

August 24, 2026 Michael Olohan

PASCACK VALLEY AREA, N.J.—Hillsdale Mayor Michael Sheinfield told residents Aug. 11 that a proposed $8.9 million flood mitigation and brook improvement project — aimed at reducing flooding and improving water […]

Jamie Sheehan-Willis and Anthony Nicodemo. Courtesy photo.
Hackensack

Nicodemo sworn as county elections chief, succeeding WT’s Francica

August 23, 2026 Michael Olohan

HACKENSACK, N.J.—Anthony Nicodemo was sworn in Aug. 4 as Bergen County superintendent of elections, succeeding Debra Francica of the Township of Washington, who served in the role since 2021. Nicodemo, […]

Park Ridge

Treating ‘forever chemicals’; vote on bond for Sulak Field lights

August 23, 2026 Michael Olohan

PARK RIDGE, N.J.—The Borough Council approved a $6.75 million bond ordinance Aug. 11 to install treatment systems at Wells 12 and 18 to remove PFAS contaminants from the borough water […]

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