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December 6, 2025
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Articles by John Snyder

Rosemarie D'Alessandro and her sons, John and Michael, have been working tirelessly to advance the cause of child safety. Courtesy photo.
Community Voices

Justice for Victims Law marks 25 years; inspired by Joan D’Alessandro case

December 3, 2025 John Snyder

HILLSDALE — A landmark New Jersey law championed by Hillsdale resident and victims’ rights advocate Rosemarie D’Alessandro quietly marked its 25th anniversary on Nov. 17, underscoring a legacy of legal […]

Five Dimes Brewery, at 247 Westwood Ave., occupies the former L.N. Grand 5 & 10 Cent Store, a longtime downtown landmark. The brewery, which opened in 2021, quickly became a hub for local music, community gatherings, and craft beer enthusiasts. (Courtesy photo)
Pascack Press

Five Dimes Brewery hearing carried; ZBA still set for full Dec. 1 docket

December 1, 2025 John Snyder

WESTWOOD—Five Dimes Brewery’s application will not be heard at the Dec. 1 meeting of the Westwood Zoning Board of Adjustment. The amended agenda formally carries the matter (ZB-25-0111) to Jan. 12, 2026 — which […]

Unstoppable: Alex Friend and Jagger Rose organized a basketball tournament Nov. 22 to raise funds for their friend and teammate — and Hills quarterback — Dren Bauta and his family. Bauta is in remission. Lisa Friend photo.
Montvale

‘Dren Strong’ hoops tourney for the win

November 30, 2025 John Snyder

MONTVALE—Pascack Hills High School Principal Tim Weiland watched from the sideline as whistles echoed, sneakers squeaked, and cheers bounced between the walls of both the front and back gyms. Students […]

Bethany Community Center, 605 Pascack Road, is a wellness and recreation hub offering fitness facilities, classes, sports, and community programs for all ages. It partners with local groups to provide activities ranging from swimming and martial arts to music and senior programs, and also serves as a worship site for Bethany Church.
Pascack Press

DPW moves on two fronts: Bethany lease, Valley Bank parking on Dec. 2 council agenda

November 29, 2025 John Snyder

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON — The Township Council will meet Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. with a full agenda headlined by the public hearing and second-reading vote on Ordinance 25-25, which […]

Trader Joe’s, Shake Shack, CAVA, and Honeyglow are proposed for the Chestnut Ridge Shopping Center in Montvale, where Trader Joe’s would replace the existing Fresh Market. The Planning Board will review the applications on Dec. 2. Via Mayor Michael Ghassali.
Montvale

Planning Board to review Chestnut Ridge Center variances amid buzz over Trader Joe’s proposal

November 28, 2025 John Snyder

MONTVALE — The Planning Board on Tuesday, Dec. 2, will hear a variance application for the Chestnut Ridge Shopping Center — the site tied to Mayor Michael Ghassali’s recent announcement […]

More than 300 turkeys were collected at the 33rd Annual Helping Hand Food Pantry Turkey Drive, thanks in part to student volunteers who helped unload and sort donations on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. John Snyder photo.
Emerson

Community generosity packs out Helping Hand Food Pantry at 33rd Annual Turkey Drive

November 24, 2025 John Snyder

HILLSDALE —Among a season of cheery and vital food drives in the Pascack Valley, the 33rd Annual Helping Hand Turkey Drive, held Saturday, Nov. 22 at Hillsdale United Methodist Church, was […]

Dren Bauta basketball tourney sign
Pascack Press

Hills students hit the court for Dren, their quarterback and friend in remission, Saturday, Nov. 22

November 21, 2025 John Snyder

MONTVALE — Two Pascack Hills High School juniors from Woodcliff Lake, Alex Friend and Jagger Rose, have organized a charity basketball tournament in honor of their close friend and teammate […]

Gov.-Elect Mikie Sherrill, who won the 2025 New Jersey gubernatorial race and has since resigned her congressional seat, has announced her transition team. That team includes Adam Gordon, executive director of the Fair Share Housing Center, who will help guide housing policy. Sherrill photo: NJ Monitor, via Creative Commons. Gordon inset via fairsharehousing.org.
Emerson

Fair Share Housing’s Adam Gordon named to Sherrill-Caldwell transition team

November 21, 2025 John Snyder

TRENTON—Fair Share Housing Center Executive Director Adam Gordon, long a prominent figure in New Jersey’s affordable housing battles, has been appointed to Gov.-Elect Mikie Sherrill’s transition team. The move places one of the […]

Westwood's Gale Herzing is a quarterfinalist in national "Fab Over 40" completion. Courtesy photos.
Pascack Press

Herzing advances to quarterfinals in national ‘Fab Over 40’ competition

November 21, 2025 John Snyder

WESTWOOD — Westwood resident Gale Herzing has advanced to the quarterfinals of the nationwide 2025 Fab Over 40 competition — a campaign that celebrates strength, resilience, and reinvention for women over 40 while raising […]

Westwood firefighter Bill Quinn Jr. returns his late mother, Mary’s, copy of a suspense classic to Washington Township Public Library staffer Susan Seligman, precisely 20 years past due, after finding it in his late father, Bill’s, effects. He’d have returned it sooner but he got caught up in the story. John Snyder photos.
Pascack Press

Library’s most overdue book returns, with stories

November 21, 2025 John Snyder

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—The premise, for suspense lovers, is impossible to put down. From the publisher: “Historian Jean Sheridan returns to Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, excited about her twenty-year high-school reunion at […]

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