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February 23, 2026
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Month: February 2026

Deb Ellis and Virginia bluebell. Ellis, founder and leader of the Essex Chapter of the Native Plant Society of New Jersey, will present “Spring Beauties for Biodiversity” on Monday, March 2, at 4 p.m. at the Hillsdale Public Library.
Community Voices

Sundial Garden Club invites public to ‘Spring Beauties for Biodiversity’

February 8, 2026 Pascack Press

HILLSDALE—The Sundial Garden Club will sponsor a public lecture, “Spring Beauties for Biodiversity,” by Deb Ellis on Monday, March 2, at 4 p.m. at the Hillsdale Public Library, 509 Hillsdale […]

Members of the Lakeside Choraliers perform in 2025. The Park Ridge–based community choir is welcoming new singers and will hold an open house rehearsal Monday, Feb. 9, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at First Congregational Church.
Community Voices

New singers welcome: Lakeside Choraliers open house set Feb. 9

February 8, 2026 Pascack Press

PARK RIDGE—Love to sing — and looking for a creative, joyful community? The Lakeside Choraliers are welcoming new voices for the upcoming spring season. The group will hold an open […]

Henry Herzing (center), a Scout with Troop 350, helps run a candy sale fundraiser Feb. 1 at Saint Andrew’s Church in support of his Eagle Scout project, which will assemble “Healing Go Bags” for children and families at Hackensack Meridian Children’s Hospital. Courtesy photo.
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Scout raises funds for children’s hospital through Eagle project

February 8, 2026 John Snyder

WESTWOOD—Sixteen-year-old Henry Herzing is learning firsthand what it means to stick with a plan when conditions aren’t ideal. Herzing, a member of Boy Scout Troop 350, is working toward the […]

Rachel Fishman, whose grandmother survived the Holocaust, presents her family's story at Westwood Regional Middle School on Jan. 21. WWRSD photo.
Community Voices

Holocaust remembrance at Westwood Regional focuses on history, human rights

February 8, 2026 John Snyder

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON — In observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Westwood Regional School District hosted a series of educational events in January at Westwood Regional Middle School and Westwood […]

A cellular communications tower at Town Hall in the Township of Washington, one day this month at 3:50 p.m. Hillsdale officials are considering hiring an independent consultant to evaluate local cell-service gaps ahead of a planned meeting with Verizon. John Snyder photo over “Cellular Wave Dance" via StockCake.
Hillsdale

Council seeks cellular study ahead of March 10 Verizon meet 

February 7, 2026 Michael Olohan

HILLSDALE—The mayor and borough council plan to hire an independent cellular consultant at their Feb. 10 meeting to evaluate persistent gaps in cell service on the town’s east side, ahead […]

Left: Mill Pond Park Ridge — Pascack Press "winter" illustration.
Back in Time

A century ago, Mill Pond ice was center stage

February 7, 2026 Kristin Beuscher

PARK RIDGE—Generations of people who grew up in Park Ridge spent winter days skating on Mill Pond. A future Olympian once skated there, too. This week we go back a […]

VFW Post 6192 student and teacher honorees are joined by school representatives, local officials, and post leaders following the Jan. 13 education awards ceremony at the Washington Township Senior Center, recognizing winners of the Patriot’s Pen and Voice of Democracy contests and the post’s 2025–26 Teachers of the Year. Courtesy photo.
Community Voices

Speaking up on democracy: Local high schools, middle schools shine with winners of VFW’s audio-essay contests

February 7, 2026 John Snyder

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—VFW Post 6192 honored local winners of its annual Patriot’s Pen and Voice of Democracy contests — along with three Teachers of the Year — during an education […]

It's school pick-up time for this busy mom, at Westwood Regional High School on Thursday, July 11, 2024. John Snyder photo.
Emerson

Deer population surveys due soon — Hillsdale, Montvale employ drones to get accurate data

February 7, 2026 Michael Olohan

PASCACK VALLEY—Hillsdale and Montvale expect to receive results of deer drone population surveys soon and likely will discuss them at public meetings, the borough administrator tells Pascack Press. Administrator Mike […]

Two of Joseph Oettinger Jr.'s books of Westwood history.
Community Voices

More Forgotten Westwood: Early ice men

February 7, 2026 Pascack Press

By JOSEPH OETTINGER JR.Special to Pascack Press  WESTWOOD—One summer Saturday in 1958, I accompanied my father in one of my grandfather’s trucks to a location on the north side of […]

An approved rendering of the Township of Washington's pending DPW headquarters.
Pascack Press

Extra $45K needed ahead of DPW HQ construction

February 7, 2026 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Township Administrator Mark DiCarlo told the Township Council on Feb. 2 that $45,280 in unanticipated pre-construction costs must be addressed before work begins on the township’s $4.9 million […]

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