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May 9, 2025
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Community Voices

“Community Voices” is a platform dedicated to highlighting the forums, gatherings, and opportunities in our communities that encourage meaningful dialogue, diverse perspectives, and active participation. These spaces—whether town hall meetings, local discussion groups, school board sessions, or neighborhood forums—offer residents a chance to share their views, learn from each other, and collaborate on issues that matter most to them. By drawing attention to these opportunities, “Community Voices” aims to empower residents to engage, advocate, and shape the future of their communities through informed and open conversation.

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Community Voices

Forum on teens’ mental health May 7 at Hills

May 4, 2025 Staff

MONTVALE, N.J.—Parents, teachers, students, and community members are invited to a powerful evening of connection and conversation on Wednesday, May 7 at 7 p.m. at the Pascack Hills High School […]

The Borough of Hillsdale and Meadowbrook School are all in on hands-on environmental stewardship. Zoltán Horváth photo.
Community Voices

Boro, school affirm roots: Meadowbrook Arbor Day plantings draw cheers

May 4, 2025 Staff

HILLSDALE, N.J.—Members of Hillsdale’s Environmental Commission, Mayor Michael Sheinfield, Council Member Robbert Colletti Jr., School Superintendent Robert Lombardi Jr., Principal Bell, teachers, and students gathered April 25 at Meadowbrook Elementary […]

Woodcliff Lake Mayor Carlos Rendo applauds as the name of the borough’s new park is officially revealed on Saturday, May 3. It is the borough’s first and only municipally owned park. Photo by Mike Olohan
Community Voices

‘Woodcliff Park’ opens to cheers; SpringFest, movie night, Memorial Day events on the way

May 3, 2025 Michael Olohan

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J.—A couple hundred residents welcomed the municipality’s only borough-owned park — Woodcliff Park — in a grand opening ceremony on Saturday, May 3 at the corner of Werimus […]

Don Torino, longtime president of the Bergen County Audubon Society, will debut his first monthly radio show, "The Nature Connection," on WFDU-FM RetroRadio.
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Audubon’s Torino talks the bigger picture with ‘The Nature Connection’

May 3, 2025 Michael Olohan

TEANECK, N.J.—If you ever feel disconnected from the natural world around you — the birds, the bees, the Earth itself — one longtime bird enthusiast wants to help you plug […]

The Woodcliff Lake Borough Council on June 17, 2024 unanimously approved a more than $2.7 million construction contract to build a passive park on the former Galaxy Gardens site at the corner of Woodcliff Avenue and Werimus Road. Officials say “a good portion” of park construction, said soon underway at press time, will be reimbursed. WCL rendering.
Community Voices

Mark your calendar: New passive park grand opening May 3

April 29, 2025 Michael Olohan

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J.—A new chapter for open space in the borough begins Saturday, May 3, with the grand opening of the town’s newest passive park at Werimus Road and Woodcliff […]

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Community Voices

Rideshare drivers to rally in Trenton over fair pay, union rights

April 29, 2025 Staff

TRENTON — Ahead of International Workers’ Day, rideshare drivers from across New Jersey will gather at the Statehouse on Wednesday, April 30, to rally for stronger labor protections, including fair pay […]

Front to back, left to right: Marilyn Clark, Roberta Green, Clay Bosch, Josephine Higgins, Councilwoman Julie Brodsky, Councilwoman Jacqueline Margolis, Katie Murphy; David Berger, Vaughn Flower, Council President Craig Stern, borough arborist Ray Slaman, property maintenance manager Lyle Garcia, and Principal Michael Andriulli gather at Woodcliff Lake Middle School on Friday, April 25 2025 for the borough’s Arbor Day celebration, this year also honoring longtime Shade Tree Committee leader Clay Bosch. (Courtesy photo)
Community Voices

Bosch honored as Woodcliff Lake marks Arbor Day with new tree, national recognition

April 26, 2025 John Snyder

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J.—Clay Bosch, a 61-year borough resident and longtime leader of the Shade Tree Committee, was honored Friday as Woodcliff Lake celebrated Arbor Day at Woodcliff Middle School. Mayor […]

Westwood DPW liaison Michael Murtaugh and Shade Tree chair Dan Zambrano oversee the planting April 12; in the rig: Sonali Goel (WVAC), Jenna Kronenberg and child, and Ava Benscoter. Courtesy photos.
Community Voices

Shade Tree team, WVAC grow Arbor Fest canopy

April 19, 2025 John Snyder

WESTWOOD, N.J.—Trumpeting that rain, sleet, or snow wouldn’t stop Westwood’s Shade Tree Advisory Committee from planting its 200th red maple, outside Borough Hall on Saturday, April 12, the committee celebrated […]

Based on Ingmar Bergman’s 1955 film Smiles of a Summer Night, A Little Night Music is a sophisticated romantic musical set in early 20th-century Sweden. Photos by Richard Frant • FrantVisuals LLC • see bcplayers.org.
Community Voices

‘Send in’ our valley talent: Sophisticated Sondheim fun alights in Oradell

April 19, 2025 Pascack Press

ORADELL, N.J.—Bergen County Players, one of the country’s longest-running community theater companies, will close its 92nd season with Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music, running weekends from May 3 through […]

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Community Voices

Two paths, one sweet destiny

April 19, 2025 John Snyder

PASCACK VALLEY—Dr. Edie Weinthal and Greg Germakian—both longtime Pascack Valley residents—are engaged and planning to tie the knot this May in an intimate ceremony at Bear’s Cove in Ramsey, where […]

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