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October 4, 2025
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Articles by John Snyder

Harvard Researcher Eric Johnson sifts dirt excavated at a site, searching for remnants of production debris from Campbell’s Wampum Mill, which existed near the Electric Lake area.
Alpine

Noms open for county historic preservation awards

February 1, 2025 John Snyder

HACKENSACK—The Bergen County Historic Preservation Advisory Board is now accepting nominations for the 2025 Bergen County Historic Preservation Awards, honoring exceptional efforts in preserving the county’s vital, rich history. Since […]

The Westwood Softball Association posts in 2023: Another group of championship winners! Congratulations to these 12U champs for bringing home the trophy! We’re so proud of you and your coaches for an incredible season!” Registration for spring is extended to Feb. 15; “Winter training at @the.hitlaboratory off to a great start. Great sessions for our 3rd–8th-graders.” Westwood Softball Association, Jan. 13 on Facebook
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Spring signups underway — Westwood Softball Association makes its pitch

February 1, 2025 John Snyder

WESTWOOD—The Westwood Softball Association (WSA) is gearing up for an exciting 2025 Spring Rec Kinderkamack Softball League season, and there’s still time to join. We’re told registration has been extended […]

The Hillsdale Free Public Library celebrates creativity and craft on New Jersey Makers Day, Saturday, March 22. The Friends of the Library sponsors this event, which runs, overall, March 21–23.
Hillsdale

Work a wonder at NJ Makers Day

February 1, 2025 John Snyder

HILLSDALE—The Hillsdale Free Public Library celebrates creativity and craft on New Jersey Makers Day, Saturday, March 22. The Friends of the Library sponsors this event, which runs, overall, March 21–23. […]

Affordable housing illustration.
Emerson

Borough preps resolution to avoid builder’s remedy lawsuits; Ghassali alleges ‘mapping errors’ in Montvale’s favor

January 28, 2025 John Snyder

MONTVALE—A day after Montvale and its “Local Leaders for Responsible Planning” coalition lost a second bid to stay New Jersey’s affordable housing law, Mayor Michael Ghassali wrote residents to advise […]

Judge's gavel and law books
Emerson

Judge rejects motion to pause N.J. affordable housing law; legal battles continue

January 27, 2025 John Snyder

TRENTON, N.J. — Mercer County Superior Court Judge Robert T. Lougy on Jan. 27 denied a second request to stay New Jersey’s landmark affordable housing law, marking the fifth time courts […]

Westwood’s celebrated Kissing Tree” at Veterans Park, an enormous European Copper Beech that snagged Champion & Heritage Tree status from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). Photos via Richard Frant, FrantVisuals.
Pascack Press

Storied ‘Kissing Tree’ recognized; Zambrano honored

January 19, 2025 John Snyder

WESTWOOD—There flourishes a tree in Veterans Park that has seen more kisses than your average mistletoe, and it just notched a major accolade. Known affectionately as “The Kissing Tree,” this […]

Bergen County’s new superintendent of schools, Patrick Fletcher, speaks at the League of Women Voters of Northern Valley meeting on Jan. 9 at the Westwood Community Center. John Snyder photo.
Community Voices

Bergen County Superintendent of Schools on Civics, School Funding

January 16, 2025 John Snyder

WESTWOOD—Nearly three dozen parents, grandparents, educators, and past and current officials from the Pascack and Northern Valley areas gathered at the Westwood Community Center on Jan. 9 to hear from […]

Friends at the ready: You can support Erik Herzing’s Eagle project for Bergen CASA by donating through an Amazon Wish List or dropping off items at 109 Prospect Ave., Westwood. The deadline for donations is Jan. 31, though extensions may be possible. Gale Herzing/Facebook; Jan. 4.
Emerson

Rising Eagle backs foster children 

January 11, 2025 John Snyder

WESTWOOD—On a chilly but promising recent weekend at Stop & Shop in Emerson, Erik Herzing and a small army of supporters posted near the entrance, handing out slips of paper […]

Judge's gavel and law books
Emerson

Municipalities push back on affordable housing mandates after court denial

January 2, 2025 John Snyder

PASCACK VALLEY—Local Leaders for Responsible Planning (LLRP), a coalition of suburban municipalities led by Montvale Mayor Michael Ghassali, is pressing forward with its legal challenge to New Jersey’s Fourth Round […]

Judge's gavel and law books
Hillsdale

Pascack Valley Joint Municipal Court to disband amid towns’ tensions

December 22, 2024 John Snyder

MONTVALE—The Pascack Valley Joint Court, established in 2011 as a model of intermunicipal collaboration, is now set to dissolve by the end of 2025. For more than a decade, the […]

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