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Schools upgrade referendum Tuesday, April 20
RIVER VALE, N.J.—On Tuesday, April 20, River Vale’s 8,561 registered voters can head to the polls 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. to decide whether to spend $42.5 million to upgrade […]
Articles by Michael Olohan
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Questions Zoom in on schools referendum
RIVER VALE, N.J.—District officials and professionals including principals, teachers, architects, bond counsel and a school psychologist urged residents to approve a $42.5 million school improvements referendum, including $35.7 million in […]
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County elections staff, concerned, rise to challenge of early voting
PASCACK VALLEY AREA, N.J.—In the leadup to the Nov. 2 general election, in a first statewide, Bergen County will place voting machines in seven towns to allow registered voters to […]
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Town eyes final three easements toward intersection fix
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J.—Two easements for road widening and one for temporary construction activity are under threat of eminent domain under an ordinance introduced at the April 5 Township Council […]
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Township waiting for appraisal report on wooded tract
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J.—Township officials expect, within weeks, to have in hand an appraisal of the 3.2-acre mostly wooded property at 450 Pascack Road—in hopes of purchasing it outright or […]
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Town takes plunge? $850K eyed for purchase of struggling rec, pool
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J.—The Township Council authorized negotiations to begin toward acquisition of Washington Township Swim & Recreation Club, the private nonprofit social club on Ridgewood Boulevard abutting the Garden […]
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DPW vehicles to church? Dropped plan due back for hearing April 19
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J.—In what would be an about-face for the township if the plan is executed, the town is preparing to rent 35 parking spaces at Our Lady of […]
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188 Broadway: Third proposal reduces scope of multifamily complex
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J.—A newly revised application for 188 Broadway—whose original application for a 60-unit multifamily complex was unanimously rejected in July 2019—reduces the two-building complex to 53 units, lowers the […]
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Bid rejected in scaled-down plan for mini golf at country club
RIVER VALE, N.J.—It was déjà vu all over again for the township’s proposed mini golf course, nearly two years to the day that the council first rejected an overpriced bid […]
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Borough set to ban cannabis sales, cultivation April 13
PARK RIDGE, N.J.—One resident urged the borough council on March 22 to consider allowing a cannabis business to operate in town after officials unanimously introduced an ordinance to prohibit all […]