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September 16, 2025
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Partial view of the long-serving temporary base of operations for the Township of Washington Department of Public Works, 2025. John Snyder photo.
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‘Thank God, we’re finally getting it done’ on DPW HQ

September 13, 2025 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—After years of delay, a unanimous Township Council has approved a $4.9 million contract to build a new Department of Public Works facility on the footprint of the […]

Affordable housing illustration.
Emerson

Borough cheers ruling on offsite housing

September 13, 2025 Michael Olohan

EMERSON—A state appellate court has handed Emerson a decisive win in its fight with downtown redeveloper Emerson Redevelopers Urban Renewal (ERUR), rejecting an effort to force the borough to rezone […]

Affordable housing
Hillsdale

Montvale, Park Ridge at risk of losing immunity from ‘builder’s remedy’ lawsuits

September 13, 2025 Michael Olohan

PASCACK VALLEY—Fair Share Housing Center (FSHC) is challenging the Fourth Round affordable-housing plans filed by Montvale and Park Ridge, accusing both towns of using “procedural games and bad-faith arguments” to […]

Look for the rooster on top of the tower. As though anybody could miss it! This was the view outside Ye Old Octagon House on West Grand Avenue in Montvale in the late 1930s. At the time, it was a fried chicken restaurant.
Pascack Press

A 75¢ chicken dinner in Montvale

September 13, 2025 Kristin Beuscher

Montvale’s iconic Octagon House, on West Grand Avenue, is a stately relic of a bygone age in the borough. Three mayors have called this wonderful eight-sided structure, built in the […]

Members of American Legion Post 153 raise the American flag as Boy Scouts salute during Park Ridge’s Sept. 11 Memorial Service at Veterans’ Park. John Snyder/Pascack Press
Park Ridge

Photos: Candlelight and remembrance in Park Ridge, 24 years after 9/11

September 12, 2025 John Snyder

PARK RIDGE — The borough gathered at Veterans’ Park on the evening of Thursday, Sept. 11, for a candlelight ceremony of remembrance led by American Legion Post 153, marking the 24th […]

Rep. Josh Gottheimer meets scouts from BSA Troop 80 in Park Ridge in 2021 as the borough marked 20 years since the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, which claimed seven residents along with thousands of others. File photo
Community Voices

Gottheimer selected as co-chair of bipartisan review of 9/11 Commission report

September 11, 2025 Pascack Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, in remembrance of the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, U.S. reps. Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) and Elise Stefanik (NY-21)were appointed to be the co-chairs of the bipartisan […]

A row of dirt-bike–style electric motorcycles sits strapped to a flatbed after being impounded by Westwood police on Sept. 3. The department says throttle-only models without pedals require registration, insurance, and a licensed operator. (Courtesy Westwood Police Department)
Park Ridge

Police seizing illegal electric motorcycles; parents urged to check what they’re buying

September 10, 2025 John Snyder

PASCACK VALLEY—Both Park Ridge and Westwood police went on Facebook Sept. 3 with the same warning: those dirt-bike-style electrics zipping around town aren’t e-bikes—and officers are taking them off the […]

Two new community residences for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) will be introduced at a ribbon-cutting on Friday, Sept. 12, at 49 Greenhalgh Lane. NCFL photo
Community Voices

River Vale, NCFL to open two special-needs residences Friday

September 10, 2025 John Snyder

RIVER VALE — Two new community residences for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) will be introduced at a ribbon-cutting on Friday, Sept. 12, at 49 Greenhalgh Lane. Mayor […]

New Jersey residents who apply for a concealed carry permit pay a $200 fee, with $150 kept by local police — the portion Old Tappan’s council recently voted not to refund.
Community Voices

Concealed carry permit fee debate stirs nearby; Old Tappan declines refund, Dumont approves

September 7, 2025 Michael Olohan

OLD TAPPAN—A split Borough Council narrowly defeated a resolution that would have refunded a $150 municipal permit fee to local gun owners who apply for a concealed carry permit, and […]

WHY DO DEER REQUIRE MANAGEMENT IN NEW JERSEY? White-tailed deer are abundant across the state, creating safety, health, and ecological challenges. Photo: NJDEP Fish & Wildlife, Bureau of Wildlife Management
Community Voices

Accidents, complaints spur Pascack Valley deer forums

September 7, 2025 Michael Olohan

PASCACK VALLEY —Three area councils will take up the region’s growing deer problem this month, as residents press officials for solutions to rising accidents, property damage, and health concerns. Meetings […]

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