Pascack Press
Slow down – WTPD posting radar speed signs at hot spots
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J.—Speeders take heed: radar signs to warn you to slow down and keep to the speed limit are going up on streets where local police know we […]
Articles by Michael Olohan
Pascack Press
Galaxy ‘park’ soil replacement underway
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J.—An excavator and large container were seen Jan. 22 at the former Galaxy Gardens site at Woodcliff Avenue and Werimus Road, with long-delayed soil remediation work at the […]
Hillsdale
Suez holding up Woodcliff Lake Reservoir trail?
PASCACK VALLEY AREA, N.J.—Three Pascack Valley mayors are frustrated with Suez North America’s delays in approving a long-awaited nature trail around Woodcliff Lake Reservoir that all three towns had approved […]
Park Ridge
Judge vets 448 rental units in Park Ridge; 68 ‘affordable’
PARK RIDGE, N.J.—Superior Court Judge Gregg Padovano found the borough’s much-contested affordable housing settlement to be “fair, reasonable and appropriate” and granted a preliminary judgment of compliance and repose at […]
Emerson
Funds OK’d for equipping police with body cameras
PASCACK VALLEY AREA, N.J.—Gov. Phil Murphy approved $58 million in funding for police body-worn cameras on Dec. 23, 2020, the money to help reimburse local police departments for camera purchases. […]
Montvale
Proposed senior complex gets Feb. 2 hearing
MONTVALE, N.J.—The Planning Board decided Jan. 5 that a land use variance was not needed for a Waypoint Residential Services’ proposed 157-unit active-adult senior living complex off of Summit Avenue, […]
Park Ridge
Fairness hearing Jan. 15 to settle housing obligations
PARK RIDGE, N.J.—A petition drive to attempt to overturn the borough’s much-contested affordable housing settlement and individuals who oppose the settlement will likely be heard at the Jan. 15 fairness […]
Pascack Press
Former mayor Higgins, running mate Schnoll sworn in to council
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J.—Former Democratic Mayor Josephine Higgins and running mate Richard A. Schnoll were sworn in as Woodcliff Lake’s newest council members Jan. 6. Exiting members Nancy Gross and Brian […]
Emerson
Councils reorganize: Heartfelt messages, shifts in power
PASCACK VALLEY AREA, N.J.—Some wore face coverings, some did not, and some newly elected members were in council chambers while others remained secure at home. But Pascack Valley municipal councils […]
Park Ridge
Fairness hearing Jan. 15 over housing settlement
PARK RIDGE, N.J.—At least one resident, Burton Hall, has filed a formal legal objection to the borough’s affordable housing settlement that permits a 448-unit development, including 68 affordable units, on […]