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May 30, 2025
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Articles by Michael Olohan

Community Voices

Engineer, mayor hear from residents on swim club site redevelop

July 13, 2024 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Members of the Township’s Recreation Advisory Board spoke up for the proposed “great lawn” concept plan they recommended for the former swim club property on Ridgewood Boulevard North […]

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A new council chambers estimated at up to $750K

July 13, 2024 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Converting the former volunteer ambulance corps quarters behind town hall into new council chambers likely will cost $575,000 to $750,000, according to an architect’s estimate received by Mayor […]

Pascack Press

Council eyes $7 million-plus construction costs on DPW, PD

July 6, 2024 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Mayor Peter Calamari urged councilors to evaluate three updated construction proposals totaling more than $7 million. These proposals include moving the council chambers to a renovated former ambulance […]

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Sparks fly and fingers point as township adds to tax bite

July 6, 2024 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—An average township homeowner will be forking over about $90 “more in municipal taxes in the coming 2024-2025 tax year, another extra $183 in school taxes, and a […]

Hillsdale

What you might pay in modernizing George White school

July 6, 2024 Michael Olohan

HILLSDALE—School district officials confirmed that after incorporating about $18 million in state aid and a recent debt payoff, the average homeowner will see a tax increase of about $70 per […]

Pascack Press

Upheld: Judge backs ZBA in its rejection of strip mall at Pascack and Washington

July 5, 2024 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—A Superior Court judge has dismissed an appeal by 660 Pascack Realty to overturn the Zoning Board of Adjustment’s 2023 denial of its proposal to build a two-building, […]

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$6.25M in bonds OK’d for Ida repairs, town upgrades, tax refunds

June 29, 2024 Michael Olohan

WOODCLIFF LAKE—The Borough Council on June 17 unanimously approved nearly $6.25 million in new bonding, which includes increasing a previous bond ordinance by $2.7 million to repair damage caused by […]

Pascack Press

Officials urge early voting in hot Nov. 5 election

June 29, 2024 Michael Olohan

PASCACK VALLEY—Despite efforts by county election officials to increase early voting through outreach to community public access stations, weekly newspapers, and municipal websites, these initiatives resulted in only a slight […]

Affordable housing
Montvale

Ghassali claims allies on vowed action over affordables

June 28, 2024 Michael Olohan

MONTVALE—A growing coalition of nearly 40 towns in four counties has expressed interest in joining Montvale Mayor Mike Ghassali’s efforts to file a lawsuit—first in state court and then in […]

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.
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Stars line up for new park: Shovels in for a future jewel of Woodcliff Lake

June 28, 2024 Michael Olohan

WOODCLIFF LAKE—Nearly six years after acquiring the 2.1-acre site and spending nearly $500,000 to remediate the former nursery and gas station property, the Woodcliff Lake Borough Council unanimously approved a […]

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