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January 14, 2026
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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.

Blood drive
Community Voices

Borough to host urgent community blood drive Tuesday at Tice Senior Center

January 5, 2026 Staff

WOODCLIFF LAKE — Borough officials are urging residents to donate at an “urgent community blood drive” scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 6, at the Tice Senior Community Center, as regional blood supplies often dip […]

Smoke is seen over buildings after explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard on Jan. 3, 2026 in Caracas, Venezuela. According to some reports, explosions were heard in Caracas and other cities near airports and military bases around 2 a.m. (Photo by Jesus Vargas/Getty Images) via NJMonitor.
Community Voices

Gottheimer statement on U.S. action in Venezuela; other reactions pending

January 3, 2026 Pascack Press

PASCACK VALLEY—Local leaders are beginning to react to Saturday’s surprise developments in Venezuela, where U.S. forces captured President Nicolás Maduro during an overnight raid. President Trump said the United States […]

Westwood's Rich Poggi and his first novel.
Community Voices

The long game: Rich Poggi on writing, grief, and golf

December 21, 2025 John Snyder

Westwood author Rich Poggi didn’t set out to become a novelist.  Fairways and Greens, his debut work of fiction, began years ago as a screenplay he once hoped to pitch […]

In which Westwood Mayor Ray Arroyo grieves the evident impending loss of the borough’s storied “Kissing Tree,” the second-tallest copper beech in Bergen County. This proud beauty was recently recognized as an important Heritage Tree, and could be older than the United States. Richard Frant tree photo; Arroyo photo: John Snyder/file
Community Voices

‘Funeral for a Friend: The Kissing Tree’s Final Kiss’

December 13, 2025 Ray Arroyo

WESTWOOD—When I attended college in the mid-1970s, Environmental Studies 101 was known as a “gut” course — soft on science and an easy “A.” It was condescendingly called “Trees Are […]

Community Voices

Last 2025 Revolutionary War Roundtable set for Wednesday, Dec. 10

December 9, 2025 Pascack Press

HACKENSACK — The Bergen250 initiative continues its fall series of Revolutionary War Roundtable presentations with a lecture on Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 7 p.m. Historian Robb Haberman will present “Surviving […]

Township of Washington
Community Voices

Reporter’s Notebook: Michael Olohan on municipal construction, transparency, and recent history

December 4, 2025 Michael Olohan

Editor’s note: For more than five years, the Township of Washington has worked to replace its DPW headquarters, which was vacated and ultimately razed under state order due to longstanding […]

Intashan Chowdhury
Community Voices

Intashan Chowdhury on helping government innovate

December 4, 2025 Hillary Viders

NORTHERN VALLEY—At 22, Intashan Chowdhury, MPA, became the youngest municipal administrator in New Jersey — and the first Bengali-American to hold the role in the United States. Now business administrator […]

Teamwork! ShopRite fundraising coordinator Jack Callaghan, Jeff Roem and Maura Roem of St. Andrew’s, store manager Sasha Vidakovic, and store assistant manager Brian Longfield. Courtesy photo.
Community Voices

ShopRite customers step up, dig deep, for food drive

December 4, 2025 Staff

PASCACK VALLEY—Thanks to the generosity of local shoppers, more than $800 worth of holiday meal items were donated to the St. Andrew’s Church Food Pantry in Westwood just in time […]

Rosemarie D'Alessandro and her sons, John and Michael, have been working tirelessly to advance the cause of child safety. Courtesy photo.
Community Voices

Justice for Victims Law marks 25 years; inspired by Joan D’Alessandro case

December 3, 2025 John Snyder

HILLSDALE — A landmark New Jersey law championed by Hillsdale resident and victims’ rights advocate Rosemarie D’Alessandro quietly marked its 25th anniversary on Nov. 17, underscoring a legacy of legal […]

Westwood resident Gale Herzing is a quarterfinalist in the 2025 Fab Over 40 competition, a nationwide fundraiser supporting the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Courtesy photo.
Community Voices

Westwood’s Gale Herzing finds strength, confidence — and national recognition — in ‘Fab Over 40’ competition

November 17, 2025 John Snyder

WESTWOOD — For resident Gale Herzing, making the Top Five in the nationwide 2025 Fab Over 40 competition is less about titles and rankings and more about the message behind it: confidence, resilience, wellness, […]

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