Hillsdale
Hillsdale launches chamber of commerce
HILLSDALE—More than a dozen businesses attending the first quarterly Business Breakfast at Borough Hall on Sept. 28 have agreed to form a local chamber of commerce that should help bolster […]
Articles by Michael Olohan
Pascack Press
Sinkhole opens; Exit 168 signal plans near
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Town business administrator Mark DiCarlo confirmed on Oct. 2 that a “significant sinkhole” has developed west of the crest of the hill on Washington Avenue, past Van Emburgh […]
Hillsdale
Hillsdale police HQ ‘uninhabitable’ as mold found; air quality testing after some workers report symptoms
HILLSDALE—A minor flood in the police department headquarters during an intense rain storm Sept. 8 has caused the temporary relocation of police headquarters, Capt. Sean Smith told Pascack Press. Smith […]
Pascack Press
$200,000 flood study planned for fall start
WESTWOOD—A study announced with fanfare in August that will examine rainfall patterns in Pascack Valley and gather storm data to help customize a computer model that will allow operators of […]
Pascack Press
Former pistol range to passive park can begin
WESTWOOD—Bids to undertake a remediation of the lead-contaminated former police pistol range in Westvale Park — a quarter-acre slice of borough-owned property — will be opened in public on Wednesday, […]
Emerson
Borough looking into resident’s complaint about ‘419’ runoff
EMERSON—The borough attorney said he would look into a resident’s allegations that two recent flooding events at his Palisade Avenue business were possibly related to a lack of stormwater management […]
Hillsdale
Changing the game for good: Valley’s Livvy Dunne owns her way forward
PASCACK VALLEY—Twenty-year-old Pascack Valley native Olivia Dunne, a former USA National team member and a standout Tiger gymnast at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, graces the October 2023 “Sports […]
Community Voices
WTPD to weigh in on HQ concepts
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Town officials hope to hear from police department and public works (DPW) representatives at their next meeting, Oct. 2, before making a decision on which of three proposed […]
Pascack Press
Council, resident question piping, covering of tributary
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—A township councilwoman voiced concerns Sept. 18 over an engineering proposal to pipe and cover an “unnamed tributary” that runs behind at least four Meisten Street homes, wondering […]
Community Voices
Ghassali, Gloeggler share their visions in race for mayor’s gavel
MONTVALE—Two themes appeared to stand out in both the incumbent Republican and challenging Democratic mayoral candidates’ campaign literature: development and community. Both candidates have their own views on the topics, […]