Pascack Press
Borough adopts five-year forestry plan
Community Forestry Management Plan aims to expand canopy and manage risk; ‘Capture the Love (Again)’ event returns to the Kissing Tree A new plan for street and park trees The […]
Articles by John Snyder
Pascack Press
Westwood Trust building at 1 Westwood Ave. designated historic landmark
WESTWOOD — A historic designation first headed to the Westwood governing body’s agenda this winter is now official: The Westwood Trust building at 1 Westwood Ave. — the prominent corner property […]
Pascack Press
‘The Heart Matters’ — Middle school students deliver for American Heart Association
WESTWOOD—Students at Westwood Regional Middle School spent the day, Feb. 18, moving through heart-health activities, including learning hands-only CPR, as part of the school’s American Heart Challenge, a fundraising and […]
Northern Valley Press
After 142 years, Westwood Feed Co. to close March 7
WESTWOOD — One of downtown’s longest-running businesses is preparing to close its doors. Westwood Feed Co., a fixture on Broadway since the 19th century, will close March 7, ending a […]
Englewood Cliffs
Englewood Cliffs Police Capt. Keith Wicker dies at 51; GoFundMe continues as borough, PBA confirm family coverage
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS — Police Capt. Keith Wicker, a 25-year veteran of the Englewood Cliffs Police Department, died Friday morning, Feb. 20, following a long battle with cancer. He was 51. […]
Montvale
Coalition awaits Supreme Court ruling on affordable housing pause; Attorney General’s Office urges rejection of stay
MONTVALE—The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office on Feb. 17 urged U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to reject an emergency appeal seeking to pause a March 15 affordable housing deadline, arguing that the […]
Northern Valley Press
Township resident advocates for foster children as Bergen County CASA seeks new volunteers
Township of Washington resident Nilene Evans became a Bergen County Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) after reading a newspaper story about the work nearly a decade ago — and thinking, […]
Community Voices
A library card redesign from the heart: Picture book maker, ‘New Yorker’ cartoonist, and Westwood patron Drew Panckeri says he’s happy to give back
WESTWOOD—Patrons of the Westwood Free Public Library—of all ages—are in for a treat with the library’s newly redesigned card. Interpreted by illustrator, cartoonist, and longtime library user Drew Panckeri, it’s […]
Pascack Press
Eagle project could make composting a borough habit
WESTWOOD—Nicholas “Nico” Doell isn’t doing the Eagle Scout thing halfway. When the Westwood Regional High School junior earned his Life rank last spring, he started looking for a project that […]
Pascack Press
Scout raises funds for children’s hospital through Eagle project
WESTWOOD—Sixteen-year-old Henry Herzing is learning firsthand what it means to stick with a plan when conditions aren’t ideal. Herzing, a member of Boy Scout Troop 350, is working toward the […]