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August 29, 2025
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OBITUARIES

Trailblazing mayor Janet Sobkowicz

October 1, 2021 John Snyder

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Immediate past mayor Janet Sobkowicz, a political history-maker and ardent fan of all things Washington Township, died on Wednesday, Sept. 29. She was 74. Her successor and fellow […]

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Thomas J. Riley Senior Center closing; Westwood working to meet the need

September 17, 2021 John Snyder

WESTWOOD—The borough is working to see how it can fill gaps in service after the board of trustees of the nonprofit Thomas J. Riley Senior Center at Westwood House announced […]

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District seeks option to send displaced students to Bethany center

September 17, 2021 John Snyder

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Interim Superintendent Jill Mortimer trumpeted “We did it! The school year is off to a wonderful start” in her message to the school community on Sept. 10, a […]

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Rescues, and a school shuttered, in wake of historic Ida

September 13, 2021 John Snyder

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—The township’s volunteer firefighters joined the Northeast’s battle against Hurricane Ida’s ravaging remnants, determined to protect life, limb, and property from rising water. And flooding at Washington Elementary […]

Emerson

Ida drives damage, heroes as valley digs out from historic storm, eyeing change

September 13, 2021 John Snyder

PASCACK VALLEY AREA—The Borough of Hillsdale needs to do more to educate residents — particularly new arrivals — about its evacuation procedures after Category 4 Hurricane Ida slammed into Louisiana […]

Emerson

‘Truly a team effort’: Westwood, Emerson motorists plucked from rising waters

September 13, 2021 John Snyder

WESTWOOD—The borough’s Office of Emergency Management has knocked out its after-action meeting following the destruction wrought by Tropical Depression Ida Sept. 1 and into Sept. 2, and then the DPW […]

Hillsdale

Exercise fun speaks for itself at Hillsdale House

September 4, 2021 John Snyder

HILLSDALE—There are no language barriers at the exercise class for seniors at the Hillsdale House. Lois Kohan, public health nurse at the Hillsdale Board of Health, wrote in on Aug. […]

Hillsdale

PVRHSD launches 2021-22 school year on ‘The Road Forward’

September 4, 2021 John Snyder

MONTVALE—The meeting of the Pascack Valley Regional High School Board of Trustees on Aug. 30 was productive, with members: Approving board and district goals; Agreeing on “The Road Forward” policy […]

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Party City considering Woodcliff Lake for new U.S. headquarters

August 28, 2021 John Snyder

WOODCLIFF LAKE—The borough, in competition with White Plains, N.Y. is in talks with Party City USA to establish its national headquarters here. According to Mayor Carlos Rendo at the Aug. […]

Hillsdale

Collis lands Joan’s Joy scholarship; Safety Fest Sept. 25

August 20, 2021 John Snyder

HILLSDALE—Congratulations to Pascack Valley High School senior Delia Collis, inaugural Joan Angela D’Alessandro Memorial Foundation Stand Up and Do Something Scholarship recipient. The award was bestowed by Hillsdale’s tireless activist […]

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