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January 16, 2026
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Scouts of America Troop 321's Bella Tirri presents in Westwood on Dec. 16, 2025. John Snyder photo.
Pascack Press

Scout partners on local history: Bella Tirri with Troop 321 earns council nod on vital preservation project at Westwood Heritage Society

January 16, 2026 John Snyder

WESTWOOD—Troop 321 Life Scout Bella Tirri earned fans at Borough Hall and further afield, Dec. 16, 2025, outlining for the governing body her Eagle Scout proposal to renovate the Westwood […]

Hillsdale’s George Kritzler, a world authority on energy efficiency, is hitting the road this year to get his book, “Gas Infra-red, the Green Heat,” into the hands of students in his field. Left: at our newsroom, with the portrait accompanying his book — taken when he was president of the Association of Energy Engineers — and a copy of his new hardcover title. John Snyder photo.
Community Voices

George Kritzler, 93, pours on ‘The Green Heat’

January 16, 2026 John Snyder

PASCACK VALLEY—We were glad to hear from George Kritzler of Hillsdale, a Korean War veteran and longtime utility professional who has written a technical resource on gas-fired infrared heating and […]

Championship moment: Left to right, top to bottom: Ryan Smith, Elan Ofeck, Peyton Calonico, Mason Morris, Connor Smith, Matt Baez, Mikey Phelan, Joaquin Estabillo, Matthew Thompson, Adrian Augustyn, Damien Velez, Lincoln Drummon, and Liam Sager. (Credit PV Venom)
Community Voices

Swinging for Cooperstown — Pascack Valley powerhouse Grit Venom (12U) seeks boost to reach All Star Village

January 15, 2026 John Snyder

PASCACK VALLEY—A scrappy, stellar 12U club baseball team made up of boys from the Greater Pascack Valley area has a big destination in mind for this summer: Cooperstown. The Pascack […]

Emerson

Westwood vigil mourns Renée Good, a U.S. citizen killed by ICE, and calls for accountability

January 11, 2026 John Snyder

WESTWOOD — More than 100 people gathered Sunday afternoon, Jan. 11, along Washington Avenue in front of Veterans Park for a vigil honoring Renée Nicole Good, 37, a Minneapolis woman […]

Affordable housing
Montvale

In Trenton, Ghassali warns on housing

January 8, 2026 John Snyder

MONTVALE—Mayor Michael Ghassali said he and Councilmen Doug Arendacs and Dieter Koelling traveled to Trenton on Wednesday, Jan. 7, and testified in federal court in support of a request to […]

You might soon be able to visit perhaps the oldest home still standing in town, at 12 Pascack Road. The borough hopes to purchase the property shortly so that we and future generations can experience what a homestead was like here nearly 300 years ago.
Park Ridge

Park Ridge wins $232K county open space grant tied to Wortendyke House preservation; sine die, reorg meetings Jan. 6

January 3, 2026 John Snyder

PARK RIDGE — The borough has received a $232,000 grant through the Bergen County Open Space, Recreation, Floodplain Protection, Farmland & Historic Preservation Trust Fund to support the acquisition and preservation of the Frederick Wortendyke Jr. […]

Pascack Press

Westwood sine die, reorg meetings Jan. 6

January 3, 2026 John Snyder

WESTWOOD — Westwood’s Mayor and Council will hold its year-ending “sine die” meeting and its annual reorganization meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 6 at the Municipal Complex, 101 Washington Ave. The sine die meeting is scheduled […]

Judge's gavel and law books
Montvale

Ghassali rallies mayors to back coalition at Jan. 7 Trenton hearing on bid to pause housing deadline

January 3, 2026 John Snyder

MONTVALE — Mayor Mike Ghassali on Saturday urged fellow mayors and local governing officials to attend a federal court hearing Wednesday, Jan. 7, in Trenton, where he said he will […]

Affordable housing illustration.
Montvale

Judge to weigh objections to Montvale affordable housing settlement; mayor to testify in federal case Jan. 7

December 31, 2025 John Snyder

MONTVALE — Mayor Mike Ghassali told residents Dec. 31 that a proposed settlement involving two developer intervenors in Montvale’s Fourth Round affordable housing plan drew objections at a Dec. 30 court […]

Westwood Volunteer Fire Department Chief Brian Kronewitter; 50-year members Daniel O’Brien, JayMee Hodges, and William Quinn; and Pat Conner, president of the New Jersey–New York Volunteer Fire Association, at Borough Hall on Dec. 16. John Snyder photo
Pascack Press

Borough cheers three newly minted 50-year firefighters 

December 27, 2025 John Snyder

WESTWOOD—The Borough Council chamber filled with dress-uniform firefighters on Dec. 16, as the mayor and council paused a busy year-end agenda to honor three of the borough’s own for a […]

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