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September 13, 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.

Join author and photographer Kevin Woyce for a colorful tour of New Jersey's coastal history, from the long-ago days of lighthouses and shipwrecks to the founding of today's most popular summer resorts.
Community Voices

Jersey Shore history comes to Harrington Park

September 3, 2026 Northern Valley Press

HARRINGTON PARK, N.J. — Author and photographer Kevin Woyce will present a visual tour of New Jersey’s coastal past on Thursday, Sept. 24, at 7:30 p.m. at Borough Hall, 85 […]

Conceptual illustration of competing housing and data-center uses for a redevelopment site. It does not depict the KPMG property or an actual site plan. In an irony not lost on us, the image was generated with OpenAI — technology that itself relies on data centers.
Community Voices

Commentary: ‘Montvale’s housing plan should serve housing, not a data center’

August 31, 2026 Pascack Press

Editor’s note: The views expressed in this reader commentary are the author’s alone; publication does not constitute endorsement by Pascack Press. In seeking to illuminate our vibrant Pascack Valley from […]

Emily Kratzer of the Township of Washington, N.J. Courtesy photo
Community Voices

‘What covering community has taught me’: On newspapers, civic engagement, and the value of knowing the people around us

August 24, 2026 Pascack Press

BY EMILY KRATZERSPECIAL TO PASCACK PRESS TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J—My love of the First Amendment and newspapers informs much of who I am. I’m an avid reader of Pascack Press […]

The JoGo Project
Community Voices

Tenafly concert introduces Bergen County to Washington’s go-go sound

August 17, 2026 Pascack Press

TENAFLY, N.J. — A musical tradition born in Washington, D.C., will take the stage downtown Tuesday evening when The JoGo Project performs as part of the borough’s municipal concert series. […]

Sports equipment
Community Voices

Engineer says field reno ‘close to end’

August 15, 2026 Michael Olohan

HILLSDALE, N.J.—Slightly more than $6 million in renovations at Memorial Field are nearing completion, with multi-use artificial turf likely to be installed during the week of Aug. 17, the borough […]

Anthony Rizzo
Community Voices

In My Experience: The power of connection

August 14, 2026 Pascack Press

By ANTHONY RIZZOSPECIAL TO PASCACK PRESS PASCACK VALLEY—If someone asked me what has shaped my life most, I wouldn’t point to a single job, organization, or accomplishment. I’d point to […]

Charles “Chip” Giamo, a longtime Bergen County CASA volunteer whose example inspired Township of Washington resident Nilene Evans to become an Advocate in 2016. Giamo died July 25 at 81. In the group photo, from a 2023 fundraiser, Chip is at left with Bergen CASA Board of Trustees members Michael Edwards, Cathy Skinner, Thomas Ayers, Lucy Rosen, Joseph Preziosi, Marc Blatt and Zone LeSane. Bergen CASA photo.
Community Voices

Bergen County CASA connects

August 14, 2026 John Snyder

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J.—Nilene Evans was newly retired in spring 2016 and looking for a way to put her skills and experience back to work. Then she saw Charles “Chip” […]

The Pascack Valley votes!
Community Voices

Regional, local BOE seats in two PV towns contested Nov. 3

August 13, 2026 Michael Olohan

PASCACK VALLEY—While most upcoming Pascack Valley school board elections are uncontested, seats representing Hillsdale on the Pascack Valley regional high school board and on Park Ridge’s local Board of Education […]

Township of Washington Green Team
Community Voices

Tree canopy seen trending down; health fears

August 13, 2026 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J.—A team of Montclair State University students studying the township’s tree canopy health told the governing body that projections indicate local tree canopy coverage could fall below […]

Sean Dargan, left, a financial planner affiliated with Northwestern Mutual in Paramus, listens as Steven Hopper, president of Park Ridge-based Pratt Plumbing Heating & Air Inc., holds up company literature during the Greater Pascack Valley Chamber of Commerce’s August meeting at the Westwood Public Library. Hopper noted that Pratt will mark its 100th anniversary in 2027. John Snyder photo.
Community Voices

Pascack Valley chamber gets down to business with AI

August 7, 2026 John Snyder

WESTWOOD, N.J.—A dentist preparing to open his first Montvale practice sat alongside bankers, financial planners, nonprofit leaders, technology specialists, a plumber approaching his company’s 100th anniversary, a lawyer, a real […]

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