Community Voices
Towns drill down on brook flybys
PASCACK VALLEY—By mid- or late March, the second Pascack Valley municipality to undertake a drone study of its tributaries—Westwood—hopes to have a report on what steps it needs to take […]
Articles by Michael Olohan
Pascack Press
‘An Inspiration to Us All…’
WESTWOOD—If 80 is the new 60, then a Westwood couple who move like Jagger and kick like Jean-Claude Van Damme —and recently attained black belts in taekwondo—have raised the bar […]
Community Voices
Board OKs $61M George White renovation question for fall
HILLSDALE—The Board of Education voted unanimously Feb. 12 to submit plans for a $61 million renovation of George G. White Middle School to the state education department and Bergen County […]
Pascack Press
Borough sets rec uses to energize ‘Kmart Plaza’
WESTWOOD—Aiming to spur on tenancy at the Westwood Plaza—including at the now vacant former Kmart building—the Borough Council unanimously approved a zoning change Feb. 6 for its shopping center district […]
Pascack Press
‘Ready to go’ on Galaxy Gardens Park bids: Advertising likely to go out in spring; amenities due residents are said long in the making
WOODCLIFF LAKE—Borough officials unanimously approved advertising for bids Feb. 12 on the long-awaited Galaxy Gardens Park in advance of official approval of their park design plans from the state Department […]
Pascack Press
Push on 2024 property reassessment
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—The Township Council requested its tax assessor to obtain estimates for a total township property reassessment in 2024, with bids to encompass a complete assessment followed by a […]
Pascack Press
Looking for savings on DPW HQ; new rec fields
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Council President Michael DeSena says the council needs to consider less costly options for a proposed new DPW facility, and that added recreational fields in town—possibly at the […]
Hillsdale
Trustees to decide on likely $61M George White referendum
HILLSDALE—School board members are expected to vote, Feb. 12, to approve a $61 million question that they hope to put before voters in a Sept. 24 referendum to renovate and […]
Pascack Press
Report: Attractive Westwood feeling the pinch of traffic
WESTWOOD—Newly minted councilwoman Lauren Letizia, substituting for Mayor Ray Arroyo, says the borough is experiencing more traffic and more visitors, while fearing the local impacts of a proposed state law […]
Pascack Press
Chamber honors Robin Malley, ‘an inspiration’
PASCACK VALLEY—Robin Malley, a longtime Realtor and two-decade member of the Greater Pascack Valley Chamber of Commerce, which was founded in the 1970s, was honored for her decades of dedication […]