Montvale
In Trenton, Ghassali warns on housing
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 […]
Articles by John Snyder
Park Ridge
Park Ridge wins $232K county open space grant tied to Wortendyke House preservation; sine die, reorg meetings Jan. 6
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
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 […]
Montvale
Ghassali rallies mayors to back coalition at Jan. 7 Trenton hearing on bid to pause housing deadline
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 […]
Montvale
Judge to weigh objections to Montvale affordable housing settlement; mayor to testify in federal case Jan. 7
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 […]
Pascack Press
Borough cheers three newly minted 50-year firefighters
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 […]
Pascack Press
Calling For Bike Racks: Westwood fifth-grade scouts go for Bronze Award on strength of civic proposal
WESTWOOD—Eight Westwood fifth graders came to Borough Hall on Dec. 16 with a simple, civic-minded request: more bike racks downtown, in the Central Business District The girls—Lainey Joy, Seraphina, Isabella, […]
Community Voices
The long game: Rich Poggi on writing, grief, and golf
Westwood author Rich Poggi didn’t set out to become a novelist. Fairways and Greens, his debut work of fiction, began years ago as a screenplay he once hoped to pitch […]
Emerson
Look to Our Helpers: Pascack Valley well represented in latest Fifth District Hometown Heroes awards
FORT LEE—U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer honored 20 Fifth District residents as Hometown Heroes during a ceremony held Monday, Dec. 15, at the Barrymore Film Center, recognizing “life-saving first responders, veterans, […]
Pascack Press
Kissing Tree, possibly older than U.S., faces terminal fungus; borough weighs safety, prepares to grieve
WESTWOOD — A copper beech that may have taken root before the nation itself was born — our storied “Kissing Tree” in Veterans Park, where young love has flowered for generations and residents recently […]