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August 25, 2025
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Articles by Michael Olohan

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Emerson

State school aid up some 6% for most PV districts

March 19, 2025 Michael Olohan

PASCACK VALLEY—Pascack Valley’s six local school districts and one regional K-12 district, spanning Westwood and Washington Township, received increased school aid amounts that will contribute to keeping property taxes in […]

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Park Ridge

Borough introduces $405K bond to upgrade DPW fuel storage tank

March 16, 2025 Michael Olohan

PARK RIDGE—The Borough Council introduced a bond ordinance on March 11 for $405,000 to remove and replace a three-decade-old underground fuel storage tank near the DPW’s recycling center. The bond’s […]

Teaneck native and longtime radio personality Mark Chernoff has joined WFDU-FM (89.1 FM, RetroRadio) as the host of a new Wednesday morning show.
Northern Valley Press

Veteran DJ joins WFDU-FM lineup

March 16, 2025 Michael Olohan

NORTHERN VALLEY—Teaneck native and longtime radio personality Mark Chernoff has joined WFDU-FM (89.1 FM, RetroRadio) as the host of a new Wednesday morning show, airing from 9 a.m. to 1 […]

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Hillsdale

Council to intro a tax hike, talk field upgrades March 11

March 8, 2025 Michael Olohan

HILLSDALE—The borough administrator told Pascack Press that councilors plan to discuss cost estimates and bond financing for proposed Memorial Field upgrades at the March 11 meeting, including the costs of […]

Affordable housing
Emerson

Valley towns face lawsuits after Fourth Round filings

March 8, 2025 Michael Olohan

PASCACK VALLEY—Most of our towns now face lawsuits or challenges over reduced affordable housing numbers they submitted for the state’s Fourth Round of affordable housing by the state-mandated Jan. 31 […]

Since its inception in 1995, DEP Blue Acres has worked to better protect public safety and the environment by relocating New Jersey families whose homes are subject to repeated flooding and acquiring property for use as natural flood storage, parks, and community open space.
Hillsdale

Council clears houses on five streets for Blue Acres buyouts

March 7, 2025 Michael Olohan

HILLSDALE—A unanimous Borough Council approved a memorandum of understanding between Hillsdale and the state Department of Environmental Protection that endorsed the state’s Blue Acres program to acquire specific local properties […]

Flooding on Broadway on the Westwood side of the Hillsdale line, May 2022.
Community Voices

Deluge of stories could help borough fight floods

March 7, 2025 Michael Olohan

PASCACK VALLEY—Dozens of property owners and residents here and in surrounding areas answered the Borough of Westwood’s call to share their flood stories and photos, providing firsthand accounts of damage […]

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

$170K for new cameras, door security at safety complex

March 1, 2025 Michael Olohan

RIVER VALE—Township Council on Feb. 24 approved a $170,000 security system to protect and monitor police department operations inside and outside the new public safety complex Administrator Gennaro Rotella told […]

Daniel O’Brien, ex-chief of the Emerson Volunteer Fire Department and current member of the Westwood Volunteer Fire Department, spearheaded the transfer of a pumper truck to Centerville, Tenn., which lost apparatus in Hurricane Helene.
Emerson

Emerson follows hero’s lead, aids a stricken Tenn. town

March 1, 2025 Michael Olohan

BY MICHAEL OLOHAN AND JOHN SNYDEROF PASCACK PRESS EMERSON—With guidance from Daniel O’Brien, a recent Fifth District Hometown Hero, the Borough Council has approved the sale of a nearly 30-year-old […]

The Woodcliff Lake Borough Council on June 17, 2024 unanimously approved a more than $2.7 million construction contract to build a passive park on the former Galaxy Gardens site at the corner of Woodcliff Avenue and Werimus Road. Officials say “a good portion” of park construction, said soon underway at press time, will be reimbursed. WCL rendering.
Pascack Press

Latest delay adds to anticipation on park opening

March 1, 2025 Michael Olohan

WOODCLIFF LAKE—After seven years of waiting and due to 2025’s wintry weather in January and February, the grand opening of the borough’s newest park is delayed again. This winter’s sub-freezing […]

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