News about Closter, N.J.
WESTWOOD, N.J.—Saying, “I’m not a fireman, I’m not a doctor, I’m not an EMS tech; I’m not sure I deserve to win,” a local architect with his eye on the […]
BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.—Notorious New Jersey serial killer Richard Cottingham, 73, who is serving more than 200 years in prison, has confessed to three cold-case slayings of local teenage girls from […]
BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.—Nearly three-and-a-half years after initiating efforts for a first-ever parks master plan with much fanfare at Overpeck County Park, Bergen County Executive James Tedesco watched Dec. 18, 2019, […]
NORTHERN VALLEY AREA, N.J.—Police are looking for the driver of a black Chevy Tahoe in connection with two vehicle burglaries that took place in Closter Plaza during the early morning […]
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 […]
BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.—At the beginning of 1908, the Pascack and Northern valleys were experiencing a rash of burglaries. The rather brazen criminals targeted homes, businesses—even the Closter National Bank, where […]
Editor’s note: After press time, a Palisades Interstate Parkway Police spokesperson issued a statement on this fire incident, which has been added at the end of this story. ALPINE, N.J.—A […]
NORTHERN VALLEY AREA, N.J.—If you were reading Northern Valley Press during 2019, some local and regional issues appeared frequently in print and online—grabbing public attention—and provoking public interest and comment […]
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 […]
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