Montvale
State Honors Montvale Volunteers’ Watershed Work
MONTVALE, N.J.—It was a beach of a day in the borough. A ceremony Aug. 13 honoring Montvale’s Environmental Commission for its recent receipt of 2019’s Adopt a Beach Award from […]
Articles by Michael Olohan
Closter
Local Pools Stay Afloat Amid Hot Competition
BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.—After nearly closing in 2018 due to shrinking memberships, Harrington Park Swim Club remains afloat in 2019—hoping to increase memberships—while most longtime northern Bergen County swim clubs appear […]
Englewood
Local Officials Confer About Ongoing Work To Remove Lead In Water
NORTHERN VALLEY AREA, N.J.—Municipal officials in two Northern Valley towns offered widely differing views of Suez North America’s efforts to inform the public about lead in drinking water and efforts […]
Northern Valley Press
Cady-Stanton Homeowners Win Preservation Award
TENAFLY, N.J.—A local couple was honored for “exemplary contributions to historic preservation” by Bergen County for preserving an important part of American history—the Elizabeth Cady Stanton House in Tenafly—which was […]
Englewood
Future of Englewood School Site Again Contemplated Amid Parking Request
ENGLEWOOD, N.J.—A proposal by Englewood Health to possibly use 75 current spaces at Liberty School for employee parking sparked a brief discussion of the school’s fate—currently declared an area in […]
Northern Valley Press
Ambulance Response Times Subject of Debate in Tenafly
TENAFLY, N.J.—About 40 Tenafly Volunteer Ambulance Corps members—all volunteers with multiple years or decades of volunteer service—showed up in solidarity Aug. 19 to question two Borough Council members who raised […]
Northern Valley Press
Tenafly Incident Cited As Badges Banned For Agency Officials
TRENTON—A new law that prohibits non-law-enforcement officials from state, county and municipal agencies—including Port Authority and New Jersey Transit—from having police-like badges that might be used for inappropriate purposes was signed by […]
Closter
Closter Zoning Board Affirms New ‘Affordable’ Use At Historic Site
CLOSTER, N.J.—Affordable housing and historic preservation are joining together in Closter as Zoning Board officials gave approval Aug. 21 to a preliminary site plan that will provide 35 affordable housing […]
Northern Valley Press
Parks Director Says Deer Solution Must be Regional
BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.—Although the Bergen County Parks system currently has no plan for dealing with wilidlife management issues—including deer and deer impacts—the director said county parks officials would likely participate […]
Northern Valley Press
Legislator Rebukes Critics of New LGBTQ-Curriculum Law
NEW JERSEY—A new state law requiring teachers to integrate historical facts about LGBTQ individuals and people with disabilities across the curriculum in grades 6 to 12—beginning in fall 2020—has come […]