Pascack Press
Heads up on a lively 2024!
PASCACK VALLEY—As we welcome 2024 in the Pascack Valley, our communities continue to deal with contentious and often costly issues, and even for regular Pascack Press readers, a few may […]
Articles by Michael Olohan
Park Ridge
Council locks down N. Fifth Street land for open space
PARK RIDGE—A long-sought tract of land on North Fifth Street has finally been acquired by the borough to be preserved as open space. After nearly two decades of on-again, off-again […]
Hillsdale
Council OKs additional police positions
HILLSDALE—The Borough Council approved expanding the police department roster from 20 positions to 23—by adding a lieutenant and two new officers at a special Dec. 27 Zoom meeting. The council […]
Hillsdale
DeRosa, Horváth sum up; Ruocco lauds outgoing councilmen
HILLSDALE—Departing Republican council members Anthony DeRosa and Zoltán Horváth offered parting words to residents at the Dec. 12 Borough Council meeting. At the same meeting, Mayor John Ruocco, who was […]
Pascack Press
‘Tis the season for giving (grant awards)
PASCACK VALLEY—A unanimous Bergen County Board of Commissioners on Dec. 13 approved slightly more than $2.1 million in Open Space grant funding for 14 towns in the Pascack and Northern […]
Community Voices
What will town do with its purchase of a swim club site?
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Following unanimous council approval of an ordinance dedicating a $438,750 grant to improvements at the former private township swim club, several residents wondered about the status of the […]
Hillsdale
Borough planners, council look to future
HILLSDALE—Against the backdrop of this 125th anniversary year of celebration, Fran Reiner of DMR Architects presented to council on Dec. 5 a revitalization plan proposing large portions of downtown as […]
Emerson
Zoning request for affordables paused; March 4 trial looms
EMERSON—Mayor Danielle DiPaola said the borough is awaiting answers to questions posed nearly two years ago before the town can consider a zoning change request from Emerson Redevelopers Urban Renewal […]
Pascack Press
Council moves on $7.6M DPW facility
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Almost a year after first approving a design for a new public works facility, Township Council members decided to move forward on a $7.6 million design option for […]
Pascack Press
$200,000 set aside for two-year rainfall–reservoir study
WESTWOOD—The Borough Council adopted an ordinance on Dec. 5 to appropriate $200,000 from a state grant to fund a study of reservoir operations and rainfall to help conserve water resources […]