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February 26, 2026
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VFW Post 6192 student and teacher honorees are joined by school representatives, local officials, and post leaders following the Jan. 13 education awards ceremony at the Washington Township Senior Center, recognizing winners of the Patriot’s Pen and Voice of Democracy contests and the post’s 2025–26 Teachers of the Year. Courtesy photo.
Community Voices

Speaking up on democracy: Local high schools, middle schools shine with winners of VFW’s audio-essay contests

February 7, 2026 John Snyder

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—VFW Post 6192 honored local winners of its annual Patriot’s Pen and Voice of Democracy contests — along with three Teachers of the Year — during an education […]

PVRHSD
Hillsdale

Updated: PVRHSD to end Region II partnership, close Park Academy therapeutic program

February 6, 2026 John Snyder

MONTVALE —MONTVALE — The Pascack Valley Regional High School District Board of Education on Feb. 2 voted to withdraw from Region II, a shared-services special education consortium, and approved the […]

Community Voices

So sweet! Pascack Pi-oneers robotics team hosts 6th Annual Valentine’s Day Food Drive

February 5, 2026 John Snyder

PASCACK VALLEY—The Pascack Pi-oneers, FIRST Robotics Team 1676, is hosting its 6th annual Valentine’s Day Food Drive from Thursday, Feb. 5, through Thursday, Feb. 19, inviting residents to “be a […]

At the shovels Jan. 21, for the new Village School Commons, are Radame Perez, president of Mastermind Development LLC and master of ceremonies; Closter Mayor John Glidden; representatives of the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (NJHMFA); project financing and development partners; and local elected officials and community leaders, including Closter HPC chair Tim Adriance. William J. Martin photo.
Closter

‘A great day for Closter’ — Cheers as groundbreaking marks adaptive reuse of 1900 school into 35 homes

February 3, 2026 John Snyder

CLOSTER—For nearly three decades, the Village School stood quiet — a landmark with a venerable past and an uncertain future, its windows looking out over a town that had grown […]

Judge's gavel and law books
Hillsdale

Montvale-led coalition appeals housing ruling, seeks emergency stay in Third Circuit

January 26, 2026 John Snyder

MONTVALE — The Montvale-led coalition of municipalities challenging New Jersey’s Fourth Round affordable housing framework has filed an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and […]

With his latest Emmy, Killian Gilroy poses with his parents, Mike and Chris, in a courtesy photo.
Pascack Press

Township’s Killian Gilroy reels in third Emmy

January 24, 2026 John Snyder

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Although Killian Gilroy lives and work  in Winter Park, Fla., he still talks like a township kid. The 2018 Westwood Regional High School graduate, a township native whose […]

Woodcliff Lake’s Scott McDowell and Wappingers Falls, N.Y.’s Paulie Becker in Hanoi this month. Becker, a U.S. Army special forces veteran, returned from the war with PTSD. McDowell saw to it that his friend would get to return—both to Vietnam, which welcomed him warmly, and to a grateful Pascack Valley homecoming. Portrait courtesy McDowell; background image of Hanoi: Getty Images.
Community Voices

On the Road From Vietnam: Veteran gets his due, and start on closure, after 57 years — with help from his friends

January 23, 2026 John Snyder

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J.—For 57 years, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Paulie Becker carried Vietnam with him on his back — what he did there, and what came after. It ground him […]

Montvale Mayor Michael Ghassali / John Snyder for Pascack Press
Hillsdale

Ghassali vows he’ll fight ‘to Supreme Court’ on housing

January 22, 2026 John Snyder

WESTWOOD—Montvale Mayor Michael Ghassali told area business leaders Jan. 21 that towns across the Pascack Valley are being forced into major land-use decisions on a fast deadline, one day after […]

River Vale painter Jean Marie Bucich recently completed “Homage to the Blue Porch” (36x48), inspired by Newport artist Howard Gardiner Cushing. Bucich will also exhibit “Earth Soul” in the Newport Art Museum’s “Springboard” show.
Pascack Press

River Vale artist Jean Marie Bucich selected for Newport Art Museum’s ‘Springboard’ exhibition

January 17, 2026 John Snyder

RIVER VALE — For artist Jean Marie Bucich, the flowers in her oil paintings aren’t just botanical subjects. They’re luminous, architectural, and often larger than life — meant to be […]

1 Westwood Ave. Via Westwood Historic Preservation Commission.
Community Voices

Westwood Council to consider historic landmark status for 1 Westwood Ave., home to Rosangelly’s

January 16, 2026 John Snyder

WESTWOOD — The Westwood mayor and council will meet Tuesday, Jan. 20, with a proposed historic designation for the Westwood Trust Building at 1 Westwood Ave. — now home to Rosangelly’s Restaurant Café & […]

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