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January 27, 2026
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Month: January 2026

Montvale Mayor Michael Ghassali / John Snyder for Pascack Press
Hillsdale

Ghassali vows he’ll fight ‘to Supreme Court’ on housing

January 22, 2026 John Snyder

WESTWOOD—Montvale Mayor Michael Ghassali told area business leaders Jan. 21 that towns across the Pascack Valley are being forced into major land-use decisions on a fast deadline, one day after […]

David Neuman, 75, of Monsey, Park Ridge, N.J. Police Department.
Park Ridge

Monsey man charged with criminal sexual contact after incident at spa

January 20, 2026 Pascack Press

PARK RIDGE—The Police Department said a 75-year-old Monsey, N.Y., man was arrested Sunday, Jan. 18, after he allegedly made inappropriate sexual contact with a worker at a spa on Kinderkamack […]

Bill supporters say they want to increase public safety. Critics say the bill targets low-income e-bike users. (Photo by Dana DiFilippo/New Jersey Monitor)
Community Voices

Gov. Phil Murphy signs e-bike bill criticized by bike advocates

January 19, 2026 Pascack Press

BY SOPHIE NIETO-MUNOZ | JANUARY 19, 2026 2:12 PM New Jersey will have some of the strictest regulations on electric bikes in the nation under a bill Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law Monday. […]

Scholarship recipients Hannah Cohen (Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest), left, and Tia Gadson (Teaneck High School) were among the 2025 awardees recognized by the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation. Courtesy photos/Luhrs & Associates.
Demarest

Demarest, Teaneck students lead NNJ Community Foundation awards list

January 19, 2026 Northern Valley Press

HACKENSACK — The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) announced Jan. 13 that it awarded scholarships in 2025 to graduates of Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest and Teaneck […]

River Vale painter Jean Marie Bucich recently completed “Homage to the Blue Porch” (36x48), inspired by Newport artist Howard Gardiner Cushing. Bucich will also exhibit “Earth Soul” in the Newport Art Museum’s “Springboard” show.
Pascack Press

River Vale artist Jean Marie Bucich selected for Newport Art Museum’s ‘Springboard’ exhibition

January 17, 2026 John Snyder

RIVER VALE — For artist Jean Marie Bucich, the flowers in her oil paintings aren’t just botanical subjects. They’re luminous, architectural, and often larger than life — meant to be […]

Hillsdale's Centennial Field is closed for costly renovations, including new sodding.
Hillsdale

Consultant: Extra soil testing to increase Centennial monitoring costs to $115K in 2026

January 17, 2026 Michael Olohan

HILLSDALE — The borough’s environmental consultant told the mayor and council Jan. 13 that state-required monitoring at Centennial Field — a former landfill that closed about 40 years ago — […]

1 Westwood Ave. VIa Westwood Historic Preservation Commission.
Community Voices

Westwood Council to consider historic landmark status for 1 Westwood Ave., home to Rosangelly’s

January 16, 2026 John Snyder

WESTWOOD — The Westwood mayor and council will meet Tuesday, Jan. 20, with a proposed historic designation for the Westwood Trust Building at 1 Westwood Ave. — now home to Rosangelly’s Restaurant Café & […]

Going nowhere fast: Detail of the cold shell of the once-vaunted, always controversial Citizen Emerson Station mixed-use redevelopment dominating Kinderkamack between Lincoln and Linwood, in a moment from January. John Snyder photo.
Emerson

Firm seeks $1.1M  from Block 419 redevelop partner — Court filing says developer ‘virtually insolvent’

January 16, 2026 Michael Olohan

EMERSON—A law firm that represented Emerson Redevelopers Urban Renewal (ERUR) for nearly six years in its long-running legal fight with the borough over the delayed Citizen Emerson Station redevelopment is […]

An artist’s rendering shows the proposed 122-unit assisted living facility planned for the former Armenian Nursing and Rehabilitation Center site at 70 Main St. in Emerson.
Emerson

Residents speak out on Armenian assisted living complex

January 16, 2026 Michael Olohan

EMERSON—Residents urged the Land Use Board on Jan. 8 to reject a proposed 122-unit assisted living and memory care facility at 70 Main St., citing concerns about the project’s size […]

Hillsdale’s Episcopal Church, Hillsdale Avenue and Trinity Place, at the turn of the 20th century. In January 1896, it was broken into and vandalized.
Back in Time

A burglary spree at Pascack, 130 years ago this week

January 16, 2026 Kristin Beuscher

PASCACK VALLEY—“The inhabitants of Park Ridge and Woodcliff are becoming alarmed at the numerous burglaries that have been perpetuated in the two villages within the last two weeks,” the New […]

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