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March 15, 2026
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Month: February 2026

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 […]

PVRHSD
Hillsdale

Updated: PVRHSD to end Region II partnership, close Park Academy therapeutic program

February 6, 2026 John Snyder

MONTVALE —MONTVALE — The Pascack Valley Regional High School District Board of Education on Feb. 2 voted to withdraw from Region II, a shared-services special education consortium, and approved the […]

Monsignor James C. Turro
Park Ridge

104 and still serving: Park Ridge’s Monsignor Turro feted at Our Lady of Mercy

February 6, 2026 Pascack Press

PARK RIDGE—Monsignor James C. Turro, the oldest priest in the Archdiocese of Newark, marked his 104th birthday with a week of celebrations surrounded by family, parishioners and well-wishers at Our Lady […]

Township of Washington Police Chief Arsenio Pecora welcomes new Police Officer Jamie Daugherty at Monday’s Township Council meeting. Daugherty joins the department from the Essex County Sheriff’s Office and is the department’s second female police officer, Pecora said. From left: SO V. Montalbano, PO S. Riedel, PO N. Hiletzaris, Cpl. M. Sinatra, D/Cpl. R. Luscombe, Lt. R. Parsells, Capt. M. Glock, Chief A. Pecora, PO Jamie Daugherty, Lt. R. Scherer, D/Sgt. J. Gugger, Sgt. T. Cangialosi, Cpl. D. Ferrazzano, Sgt. M. Ferrarini, Sgt. C. Osenbruck, PO I. O’Hanlon, PO J. Boesch. (Photo courtesy of WTPD)
Pascack Press

‘Welcome to our family’ — Daugherty joins WTPD

February 6, 2026 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Mayor Peter Calamari swore in Police Officer Jamie Daugherty at the Feb. 2 Township Council meeting before more than a dozen fellow officers and an audience of family […]

Community Voices

So sweet! Pascack Pi-oneers robotics team hosts 6th Annual Valentine’s Day Food Drive

February 5, 2026 John Snyder

PASCACK VALLEY—The Pascack Pi-oneers, FIRST Robotics Team 1676, is hosting its 6th annual Valentine’s Day Food Drive from Thursday, Feb. 5, through Thursday, Feb. 19, inviting residents to “be a […]

U.S. Marine Corps veteran Fred Puglisi (center, blue shirt), Old Tappan’s veterans organizer and chairman, stands with Peter Lugo, a recently retired U.S. Army colonel with the New Jersey State Veterans Chamber of Commerce, holding the certification plaque, and Mayor Thomas Gallagher (right). Also pictured are Old Tappan councilmembers and three honored Old Tappan veterans. The plaque includes a photo taken over Afghanistan by Col. Lugo of a Chinook helicopter carrying steel from the World Trade Center.
Northern Valley Press

Old Tappan earns Veteran-Friendly Municipality certification

February 3, 2026 Northern Valley Press

OLD TAPPAN — The Borough of Old Tappan received a Veteran-Friendly Municipality Certification from the New Jersey State Veterans Chamber of Commerce during the Mayor and Council meeting Jan. 5. The chamber said the designation […]

At the shovels Jan. 21, for the new Village School Commons, are Radame Perez, president of Mastermind Development LLC and master of ceremonies; Closter Mayor John Glidden; representatives of the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (NJHMFA); project financing and development partners; and local elected officials and community leaders, including Closter HPC chair Tim Adriance. William J. Martin photo.
Closter

‘A great day for Closter’ — Cheers as groundbreaking marks adaptive reuse of 1900 school into 35 homes

February 3, 2026 John Snyder

CLOSTER—For nearly three decades, the Village School stood quiet — a landmark with a venerable past and an uncertain future, its windows looking out over a town that had grown […]

Tenakill Brook runs high near Durie Avenue in Closter during heavy rainfall. The brook flows through Closter and neighboring towns including Cresskill and Tenafly, and can flood nearby homes and infrastructure. (Karin Lee photo)
Closter

Borough steps up flood prep in 2026

February 3, 2026 Northern Valley Press

By KARIN LEESpecial to Northern Valley Press Closter, building on lessons learned from Hurricane Ida in 2021, is kicking off 2026 determined to plan more deliberately for flooding. Initiatives include […]

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