NEW JERSEY—Worried about increasing numbers of children not being vaccinated every year—plus increasing numbers of measles cases—two state senators sponsoring a bill to eliminate religious exemptions and tighten medical exemptions […]
NEW JERSEY—While legislators approved a public question for November 2020 to let New Jersey voters decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana, the debate begins anew over legal pot’s potential impacts—from […]
BERGEN COUNTY—Our current weather forecast would have seemed downright balmy to those who lived through early January 1904. The new year kicked off with a snowstorm in conjunction with a […]
NEW JERSEY—Following several years of wrangling over ways to improve the state’s open public records law—which enables citizens to access government records within seven days of request—an organization representing municipal […]
CLOSTER, N.J.—Residents answered a call by local police and emergency officials to donate this year—and the result was toys piled waist-high inside the Closter Hook and Ladder Co. firehouse on […]
NEW JERSEY—This state may become the 12th nationwide to legalize marijuana—but not until November 2020, when the state’s voters will decide the issue after legislators abandoned efforts during a lame-duck […]
LEONIA, N.J.—When writing “Free to Be… You and Me,” Marlo Thomas conceived a children’s book that— instead of telling boys and girls who they should be—would open them to the […]
LEONIA, N.J.—SummerStage at Leonia opened its 20th anniversary season last week with Cole Porter’s classic musical “Anything Goes.” Performances continue through Aug. 4, at the historic Civil War Drill Hall […]
LEONIA, N.J.—The Players Guild of Leonia Presents its 19th Annual Playwrights Showcase—six entertaining one act plays by local playwrights. This is one weekend only, June 7 and 8 at 8 […]
BY MICHAEL OLOHANOF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS While Leonia and the state Attorney General’s Office wage legal battle over whether a federal district court or state Superior Court should ultimately rule […]
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