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July 25, 2026
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Month: July 2026

RIVAL TICKETS: Ballots from Park Ridge’s first school board election, held July 20, 1894, show the competing People’s Party—dubbed the “Hayseeds” by its opponents—and Citizens’ Party, representing the borough’s newer commuter population. A six-way tie for the final five seats ultimately was settled by drawing the candidates’ names.
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‘Hayseeds vs. Commuters’ in Park Ridge school election

July 19, 2026 Kristin Beuscher

PARK RIDGE, N.J.—Park Ridge broke from Washington Township and began life as a borough in 1894. With that came its own school district, and the first election of school board […]

Allison Colla
Hillsdale

Colla saving lives vs. addiction stigma

July 19, 2026 John Snyder

MONTVALE, N.J.—By the time she graduates from Pascack Hills High School next spring, Allison Colla hopes one of her most important contributions to the school will already have become routine. […]

Hillsdale sign
Hillsdale

Memorial Field re-opening likely in September

July 16, 2026 Michael Olohan

HILLSDALE, N.J.—The borough engineer said the slightly more than $6 million renovation of Memorial Field should be completed in September, pushing the original June completion date back a few months. […]

Hillsdale sign
Hillsdale

Cannabis business here as a balm for tax bite?

July 14, 2026 Michael Olohan

HILLSDALE, N.J.—Almost five years ago, in the summer of 2021, all eight Pascack Valley municipalities voted to opt out of permitting any of the state’s six classes of cannabis business […]

Lt. James Tracy, a 24-year veteran of the Englewood Cliffs Police Department, was appointed acting chief and officer in charge effective May 23 following the retirement of Chief William Henkelman. Photo courtesy of the Borough of Englewood Cliffs.
Englewood Cliffs

Englewood Cliffs appoints Tracy acting police chief

July 13, 2026 Northern Valley Press

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. — Lt. James Tracy, a 24-year veteran of the Police Department, has been appointed acting chief and officer in charge. The mayor and council unanimously approved the […]

BUILDING FROM SCRATCH: Woodcliff Lake resident Ted Evans will lead Caldwell University’s new women’s flag football program into its inaugural season in spring 2027. Evans founded the Paramus High School flag football team in 2023 and guided it to two Super Football Conference playoff appearances.
Community Voices

WCL’s Evans is Caldwell University head flag football coach

July 13, 2026 Pascack Press

CALDWELL, N.J. — Ted Evans, a longtime educator and coach at Paramus High School, has been named head coach of Caldwell University’s women’s flag football program, Assistant Vice President and […]

‘Downtown’ Westwood in the 1870s. This view looks across the intersection of Railroad Avenue and Main Street (Broadway and Westwood Avenue) toward the Westwood House hotel, built in 1869. This location is now the Westwood Gallery.
Back in Time

Fury from above: The summer when ice wreaked havoc at Pascack

July 13, 2026 Kristin Beuscher

PASCACK VALLEY—Last week’s severe weather certainly put a damper on the Pascack Valley’s Fourth of July plans. A heat wave that saw temperatures soar into the triple digits was broken […]

Two new turf fields; Moderacki on Baylor Massacre RIVER VALE, N.J.—The Township Council approved installation of new artificial turf fields for slightly over $900,000 at both the Mark Lane and Alexander Fields recreation areas on June 22. The vote was 3-0, with councilors Paul Criscuolo and John Donovan absent. The turf fields were purchased under the state’s Cooperative Purchasing Program. The turf fields will utilize Field Turf Classic HD, with Genius Sensors, for a total price of $914,752. The base bid for turf purchase and installation was $860,078, with Alternate No. 1 for $45,000, and a performance bond for $9,674. Resolution 2026-152 says that sufficient funds are available in the General Capital Account.
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Two new turf fields; Moderacki on Baylor Massacre

July 13, 2026 Michael Olohan

RIVER VALE, N.J.—The Township Council approved installation of new artificial turf fields for slightly over $900,000 at both the Mark Lane and Alexander Fields recreation areas on June 22. The […]

Ned Barber of PKRG-TV
Community Voices

What Ned Barber built preserves — Son says late PKRG-TV volunteer believed everyday moments were worth celebrating

July 13, 2026 John Snyder

PARK RIDGE, N.J.—For years, if something important happened in Park Ridge, there was a very good chance Ned Barber was there to document it. For sure, he would have made […]

Montvale Police
Montvale

Two found dead in Montvale home; carbon monoxide suspected

July 12, 2026 Pascack Press

MONTVALE, N.J. — Two elderly residents were found dead inside a Lexington Lane home Saturday night, July 11, after police and firefighters responding to a welfare check detected elevated levels […]

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