Hillsdale
PVRHSD board OKs $65.5M budget
PVRHSD—The Pascack Valley Regional High School District board voted, 6-0, on April 25 to approve a $65.5 million annual budget for 2022-2023. The budget had previously been reviewed and approved […]
Articles by Michael Olohan
Pascack Press
Speakers at town, BOE meetings take up health curricula
WWRSD—Parents spoke to what they see as the pros and cons of new state health curricula that feature topics such as anatomy, puberty, and gender identity — and one called […]
Emerson
Open Space Fund question cleared for November ballot
EMERSON—The Borough Council decided to move forward, April 19, with a proposed November referendum to ask taxpayers to create a municipal Open Space Trust Fund that will impose a small […]
Emerson
Reporter’s Notebook: Why the lack of planning, zoning broadcasts?
PASCACK VALLEY—Three of the eight Pascack Valley communities broadcast the meetings of local land use boards — planning and zoning boards — either live via the Zoom platform or live […]
Emerson
Borough’s lightning alert system on order
EMERSON—Borough officials said an approximately $20,000 locally based lightning detection system would be installed on fields and parks within two months to help provide better lightning warning detection than the […]
Pascack Press
Collignon Estates 15-unit, 1.25-acre proposal on for April 27
RIVER VALE—A proposed 15-unit development on 1.25 acres at Collignon Way and Rivervale Road — including 13 townhomes and 2 apartments, will have a fourth hearing, in-person, on Wednesday, at […]
Montvale
PVHRSD sues firms over track, field damage
MONTVALE—Field renovations completed at Pascack Hills High School in 2017 have created long-term soil erosion problems that have damaged an athletic field and track, says a lawsuit filed by Pascack […]
Park Ridge
Borough bonding $2.2M over toxins: Filters needed at three shuttered water wells; hearing April 26
PARK RIDGE—A $2.2 million bond ordinance was introduced April 12 by the Borough Council to pay for water treatment systems at three Park Ridge Water wells to remove so-called “forever […]
Hillsdale
Hillsdale ordering up return of enhanced outdoor dining
HILLSDALE—Following strong concerns voiced April 12 by a local restaurateur hoping to offer expanded al fresco dining to meet customer demand, Mayor John Ruocco requested that a councilman “quickly draft” […]
Hillsdale
Preliminary studies OK’d on $3.5M Centennial Field fix
HILLSDALE—The borough’s engineering consultant estimated a new artificial turf field, renovations and redesign at Centennial Field will cost approximately $3.5 million, including about $45,000 in preliminary engineering costs which were […]