Alpine
Towns’ ‘Historic’ Choice: Delay, Deny, Designate?
BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.—You may know a few in your own town. Or not. If you follow local news, you may have heard about historic homes being demolished: two recently in […]
Articles by Michael Olohan
Uncategorized
Tenafly Nature Center Director To Depart
TENAFLY, N.J.—After five years at the helm, Tenafly Nature Center Executive Director Peter Punzi will resign his position Aug. 12 to accept a new position as executive director of a […]
Park Ridge
LET THE GAMES BEGIN: Park Ridge’s New Basketball Court Opens
PARK IRDGE, N.J.—A new synthetic-surfaced regulation-size and lighted outdoor basketball court—a first here in three decades—was opened Saturday, June 29 by Mayor Keith Misciagna and other officials, more than 100 […]
Alpine
Funding For New Jersey School-Silent Alarms Due
NEW JERSEY—State funding to install silent panic alarms at elementary and secondary schools statewide—part of Alyssa’s Law signed by Gov. Phil Murphy in February—may be made available by late summer […]
Northern Valley Press
Foodtown Closure to Create Bi-State Plaza Vacancy?
OLD TAPPAN, N.J.—An anchor store in Old Tappan’s Bi-State Plaza—which opened less than four years ago—was planning to close down by mid-July, according to an employee and social media posts. […]
Montvale
To Trial? ‘Affordable’ Settlement Comes Down to the Wire
PARK RIDGE, N.J.—The day of judgment has arrived for Park Ridge. State Superior Court Judge Gregg Padovano, who for almost four years has been overseeing the borough’s efforts to settle […]
Closter
CSX Railroad Crossings Draw Flak, Fixes
NORTHERN VALLEY AREA, N.J.—Following repairs to a severely deteriorating railroad grade crossing on Old Hook Road in Closter—which was rattling emergency vehicles and drivers daily— CSX Corp. is beginning a […]
Northern Valley Press
Agency Gets Feedback on Port Authority Bus Terminal Replacement Project
TENAFLY, N.J.—A nearly 70-year-old Port Authority Bus Terminal should be rehabilitated in place to better serve hundreds of thousands of weekly New Jersey bus riders—or better yet, the current Manhattan […]
Montvale
Hornrock 185-Unit Inclusionary Housing Approved on Montvale-Portion of Sony Site
MONTVALE, N.J.—Montvale planners gave unanimous approval for a 185-unit multifamily development that straddles the borders of Woodcliff Lake and Park Ridge—an “inclusionary development” tied to fulfilling the borough’s affordable housing […]
Pascack Press
VOLUNTEERS PROTEST: Change at St. Andrew’s Strikes Collection Ministry
WESTWOOD, N.J.—Following a protest July 1 by about 80 volunteers over an archdiocesan takeover of a longstanding clothes collection operation at St. Andrew’s, the ministry’s volunteer director said he will […]