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August 28, 2025
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Articles by Michael Olohan

Township of Washington
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DeSena calls for action to head off enviro ‘disaster’

August 16, 2024 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Township officials have agreed to expedite the state approval process to repair stream banks around two sanitary manholes that could contaminate Musquapsink Brook and ultimately threaten a drinking […]

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Ghassali, critic of housing law, claims war chest 

August 16, 2024 Michael Olohan

MOTVALE—Mayor Michael Ghassali told Pascack Press that as of Aug. 14, 11 towns had ‘committed to paying $20,000 each to help fund a challenge to the state’s affordable housing law, […]

WFDU-FM DJ Jack Pignatello, host of Road Trip Radio and Let's Get Lost, talks with WFDU listeners Mike Olohan, and his wife, Kathe, who attended the Aug. 11 radio station fundraiser that featured BBQ favorites, music, and celebratory WFDU baseball caps. The event ran from 2 to 5 p.m. at FDU's Teaneck campus. Courtesy: WFDU Facebook.
Community Voices

‘Retro Radio’ station WFDU fans cap summer with BBQ, music, and memories

August 15, 2024 Michael Olohan

TEANECK—Nearly 100 WFDU-FM listeners gathered on Aug. 11 at Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Teaneck campus for a fundraiser and BBQ, celebrating the end of summer. Attendees mingled with the station’s popular […]

An undersized auditorium/cafeteria is just one of the problems seen at George G. White Middle School that Hillsdale Public Schools aims to correct, with voters’ help, in a special election on Sept. 17. The district is eager to answer voters’ questions at a Zoom session on Aug. 7 and at the next Board of Education meeting, Aug. 26 in the multipurpose room of Meadowbrook School. Via hillsdaleschools.com/vote 2024.
Hillsdale

District answers voters on $62.4M road to referendum

August 10, 2024 Michael Olohan

HILLSDALE—Hillsdale Public School district officials and consultants answered residents’ questions in a Zoom forum Aug. 7 for 90 minutes on the proposed $62.4 million George G. White school renovation referendum […]

Via hillsdaleamb.org: The Hillsdale Volunteer Ambulance Service is comprised of well-trained, professional members from your community. With fast response times and a round-the-clock duty schedule, residents of Hillsdale and its surrounding communities never have to worry about delays or deterrents to care. Patient care is the top priority of every member of HVAS.
Hillsdale

Councils weigh a  four-town ambulance service

August 10, 2024 Michael Olohan

PASCACK VALLEY—Four Pascack Valley towns are expected to approve resolutions to fund a joint ambulance services study aimed at addressing the shortage of volunteers during weekday, daytime hours. Hillsdale approved […]

Interns from PSEG's Institute for Sustainable Studies Green Team, in partnership with Montclair State University, are thanked after their July 30 presentation on a flood mitigation study of the Township of Washington’s stretch of Musquapsink Brook. Left to right: Project manager Sara Reper, Montclair State University; Terrell Osei-Kyei, The College of New Jersey; Cayla Capistrano, Rutgers University; Emily Pazuello, Montclair State University; MeiLi Han, Hofstra University; Vinlaw Mudehwe, Case Western Reserve University; Councilman Tom Sears; councilwoman Daisy Velez; and council vice president Steven Cascio. Photo credit: Susan Witkowski.
Pascack Press

Students propose three tools vs. flooding

August 10, 2024 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—A team of college student interns—part of the PSE&G Sustainability Green Teams Program—recommends three options to help drain or contain stormwater that increasingly contributes to floods in the […]

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Amended Valley Chabad pact OKs move

August 4, 2024 Michael Olohan

WOODCLIFF LAKE—The Borough Council unanimously approved an amended settlement agreement on July 25 with Valley Chabad Center For Jewish Life, permitting the congregation to move to a new facility in […]

Affordable housing
Montvale

Lawyered up! MV digs in for housing challenge

August 4, 2024 Michael Olohan

MONTVALE—The Borough Council voted unanimously on July 26 to hire  King, Moench & Collins LLP as special affordable housing counsel for its planned lawsuit, which aims to compel 62 towns […]

An undersized auditorium/cafeteria is just one of the problems seen at George G. White Middle School that Hillsdale Public Schools aims to correct, with voters’ help, in a special election on Sept. 17. The district is eager to answer voters’ questions at a Zoom session on Aug. 7 and at the next Board of Education meeting, Aug. 26 in the multipurpose room of Meadowbrook School. Via hillsdaleschools.com/vote 2024.
Community Voices

Voter forum on Geo. White: Hillsdale gets bond referendum Zoom session Aug. 7

August 4, 2024 Michael Olohan

HILLSDALE—One of the last public opportunities to ask questions and voice opinions on the school district’s $62.4 million George G. White Middle School renovation referendum runs this Wednesday, Aug. 7, […]

Pascack Press

Townhome complex third hearing Sept. 25

August 4, 2024 Michael Olohan

RIVER VALE—A third public hearing on a controversial application to construct nine buildings and 52 townhomes on 5.4 acres at 691-693 Rivervale Road was rescheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 25, at […]

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