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December 8, 2025
HomeAuthorsMichael Olohan

Articles by Michael Olohan

Township of Washington
Community Voices

Reporter’s Notebook: Michael Olohan on municipal construction, transparency, and recent history

December 4, 2025 Michael Olohan

Editor’s note: For more than five years, the Township of Washington has worked to replace its DPW headquarters, which was vacated and ultimately razed under state order due to longstanding […]

Partial view of working land belonging to the DePiero family, 2022. Montvale acquired the property and plans to keep it going as an agricultural asset. Michael Olohan photo.
Montvale

Gavel looms over Montvale’s pick for 20-year ‘DePiero’ farm operator lease 

December 4, 2025 Michael Olohan

MONTVALE—A Superior Court hearing on Dec. 8 before Judge Gregg Padovano will likely determine whether D’Agostino Landscaping of West Nyack was properly awarded a 20-year lease for the former 8.4-acre […]

Aerial view of the Bethany Church property in Washington Township, where the township proposes to lease a 1.25-acre lot for temporary DPW vehicle storage.
Pascack Press

Council passes DPW lease at Bethany

December 4, 2025 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Despite some 16 residents protesting the town leasing a large lot behind Bethany Community Center for temporary DPW storage, the Township Council voted, 3–1, on Dec. 2 to […]

Elevated levels of lead in the ground at 450 Pascack Road — along with other items needing attention — are the town’s next order of business at its new property, adjacent to Memorial Field. Michael Olohan photo/Pascack Press composite.
Pascack Press

Town draws from escrow to approve soil remediation at 450 Pascack Road

December 3, 2025 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—The Township Council unanimously approved a nearly $29,000 soil-remediation contract Dec. 2 for cleanup of lead-contaminated soil in a limited area near the home at 450 Pascack Road. […]

Affordable housing illustration.
Montvale

‘Targeted’ Montvale, Park Ridge seek settlements with Fair Share, developers

December 2, 2025 Michael Olohan

PASCACK VALLEY—With a Dec. 31 deadline looming to resolve challenges from the Fair Share Housing Center — and, in Montvale’s case, several intervening developers — both Montvale and Park Ridge […]

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Hillsdale

Court: Dec. 8 hearing likely to decide 20-year lease for DePiero farm property

December 2, 2025 Michael Olohan

MONTVALE—A Superior Court hearing on Dec. 8 before Judge Gregg Padovano will likely determine whether D’Agostino Landscaping of West Nyack was properly awarded a 20-year lease for the former 8.4-acre […]

A new driveway for Department of Public Works vehicles takes shape at the Bethany property in this Nov. 1 photo. A final public hearing on the plan to lease space from the church is scheduled for the Monday, Nov. 10 council meeting. (Photo by Mike Olohan)
Pascack Press

Questions ahead of Bethany/DPW lease hearing Dec. 2

November 25, 2025 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—A final public hearing on a lease for DPW vehicles and equipment in a back lot at Bethany Community Center, off Woodfield Road, will be held Tuesday, Dec. […]

River Vale Township hired Settembrino Architects to design the New Public Safety Complex. Then firm says online, "The surrounding site caters to several neighborhoods on both Rivervale Road and Prospect Avenue, Settembrino Architects has approached the Public Safety Complex to have a more residential feel to fit within the neighborhood’s context."
Pascack Press

River Vale Pushes Public Safety Complex Toward Year-End Wrap-Up

November 25, 2025 Michael Olohan

RIVER VALE—Most exterior work is near completion and interior work continues on the township’s new Public Safety Complex on Rivervale Road, officials say, with hopes for completion by year-end. Administrator […]

Emerson Station rendering — as pitched to the borough.
Emerson

‘No longer economically viable’ — New suit says borough blocked progress on Block 419 project

November 24, 2025 Michael Olohan

EMERSON — Emerson Redevelopers Urban Renewal (ERUR), the firm behind the long-stalled Emerson Station redevelopment, has filed a new lawsuit against the borough and Mayor Danielle DiPaola, alleging that municipal interference […]

A commuter train wails its approach to Emerson Station downtown on April 13, 2024, arresting road traffic. The borough's mixed-use-redevelopment project, at right, on Kinderkamack between Lincoln and Linwood, languishes under construction with its principals tied up on cash flow and legal issues, some with the borough. John Snyder photo.
Emerson

Borough presses county, NJ Transit for downtown traffic relief

November 23, 2025 Michael Olohan

EMERSON—Local officials say they are making incremental progress toward reducing the traffic backups that routinely gridlock downtown Emerson whenever a train stops at the station. At the Nov. 10 meeting, […]

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