News about Demarest, N.J.
NORTHERN VALLEY AREA, N.J.—The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation announces the creation of The DeAnna Stark Pasciuto Memorial Fund. The Fund honors the spirit of DeAnna Stark Pasciuto by awarding […]
HACKENSACK—While former Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller warned a packed Senate hearing July 24 that Russia was moving to interfere with 2020 elections “as we sit here” and a bipartisan […]
OLD TAPPAN, N.J.—Town officials in at least one community served by Suez Water of North America have initiated their own low-cost lead testing program—in cooperation with a regional health commission—to […]
Mildred A. Schumacher (nee Maltz) formerly of Demarest, passed away on July 21, 2019, at the age of 91. Mildred was born in Teaneck, and lived her entire life in […]
BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.—You may know a few in your own town. Or not. If you follow local news, you may have heard about historic homes being demolished: two recently in […]
James “Jimmy Zeke” Zilkowski passed away peacefully in his sleep, at home, after complications from a recent illness. To all who knew him, Jimmy was a kind and generous man […]
by Ana Sandoval DEMAREST, N.J.—Edna Ortega, the long-time director of the Demarest Free Public Library, officially retired on Monday, July 1. She served the community for 47 years. Ortega started […]
NEW JERSEY—State funding to install silent panic alarms at elementary and secondary schools statewide—part of Alyssa’s Law signed by Gov. Phil Murphy in February—may be made available by late summer […]
NORTHERN VALLEY AREA, N.J.—Following repairs to a severely deteriorating railroad grade crossing on Old Hook Road in Closter—which was rattling emergency vehicles and drivers daily— CSX Corp. is beginning a […]
CLOSTER, N.J.—Borough police say a Demarest man was highly intoxicated June 28 when he hit a server at Bareburger in Closter Plaza over the head with an electronic tablet-menu, then […]
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