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October 26, 2026
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Year: 2026

A snapshot from the George Washington Bridge’s first day of operation, Oct. 25, 1931, shows traffic at the New York entrance, with the Hudson River and New Jersey in the background.
Back in Time

A mad dash across the George Washington Bridge

October 1, 2026 Kristin Beuscher

BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.—The George Washington Bridge was dedicated Oct. 24, 1931 amid great fanfare. Over 30,000 people—equivalent to the population of the Northern Valley from Old Tappan down to Englewood […]

Open Space logo
Alpine

Our towns share $1.21M in Open Space grants

October 1, 2026 Michael Olohan

HACKENSACK—Nine Northern Valley towns were in line to collect slightly greater than $1.2 million in Bergen County Open Space Trust Fund grants for 2026, according to Ken Aloisio, the fund’s […]

Fundraising Committee chair Cindy Micucci and church Treasurer Jack Rickly lead the project, supported by about 20 volunteers who arrange the display and staff the sales table throughout the month. Before sales can begin, friends, relatives and students from area high schools help unload the pumpkins from a tractor-trailer. Courtesy photo
Community Voices

At church pumpkin patch, new generation sprouts into play

October 1, 2026 John Snyder

When Cresskill Congregational Church brought back its pumpkin patch last fall, some visitors arrived with memories as well as children: They had picked out pumpkins there when they were young. […]

Election

Park Ridge Council race gets new challengers

September 28, 2026 Michael Olohan

PARK RIDGE, N.J.—Two Republican candidates were recently nominated for two council seats up for election Nov. 3, said local Republican officials. Selected by the local Republican County Committee were Marc […]

Wrong Way
Pascack Press

New School Street signs aim at field traffic

September 28, 2026 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J.—Police plan to add approximately $250 in signs to discourage wrong-way driving on School Street near Memorial Field, following council concerns about traffic during sporting events. In […]

Election

Council repeals sign rule amid case; mayor warns, ‘We’ll regret that’

September 28, 2026 Michael Olohan

PARK RIDGE, N.J.—Despite warnings from a resident that repealing a local sign ordinance violated state ethical standards and the U.S. Constitution and that repealing it affected an ongoing municipal court […]

Rosa L. Antonini. Courtesy photo.
Community Voices

New direction doesn’t discount the road behind

September 28, 2026 Pascack Press

SPECIAL TO PASCACK PRESSBY ROSA L. ANTONINI I was standing behind the counter of a check-cashing store in Union City when a decision I didn’t know I was making began […]

Community Voices

Officials echo resident’s concerns over plate readers

September 28, 2026 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J.—A resident’s objections to automated license plate readers drew sympathetic responses Sept. 8 from Mayor Peter Calamari and Councilor Michael Ullman, though neither endorsed his call to […]

At the time of our 1860s stagecoach trip, the Pascack Reformed Church was already half a century old — but it was still the only church in the valley.The Frederick Wortendyke Jr. House (Benjamin Hill’s place in the 1860s) as it looks today. It is located at 12 Pascack Road. The oldest home in Park Ridge, it has been purchased by the borough to ensure the structure is preserved.
Back in Time

An 1860s trip through the Pascack Valley — Part 2

September 28, 2026 Kristin Beuscher

PASCACK VALLEY—Let’s continue our stagecoach journey through the 1860s Pascack Valley. We’ll follow the route the stagecoach took through this area 165 years ago. The route began at the old […]

Paul Low with Montvale Library Director Giulia Bombace. Courtesy photo.
Emerson

One card, 64 libraries, a summer well spent

September 28, 2026 John Snyder

MONTVALE, N.J.—Late in the day, Paul Low was behind a Dunkin’ in Cliffside Park, looking for a library with no sign. He had already been there once. His car’s directions […]

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