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Reporter’s Notebook: Stories to watch in 2025
As we welcome the New Year, I offer my take on municipal topics sure to keep you reading the Pascack Press in 2025. Be sure to watch for our imminent […]
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Save the dates: School boards reorganizing for 2025
PASCACK VALLEY—Seven Pascack Valley school boards, including the two-town Westwood Regional School Board, are set to hold reorganization meetings in early January. These meetings will shuffle or add members, elect […]
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Borough’s interest in drone regulation is grounded
EMERSON—The borough attorney informed local officials on Dec. 17 that creating a drone ordinance would be “improper” and “irrelevant” because the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has sole jurisdiction over airspace […]
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Four new Fifth District Hometown Heroes lead, inspire, from Pascack Valley
MAHWAH—U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) on Monday, Dec. 16, honored local lifesaving first responders, veterans, volunteers, community leaders, and residents during his Fifth District Hometown Heroes Ceremony at Ramapo College. […]
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Judge to rule on affordable housing deadlines by Jan. 1
PASCACK VALLEY—Mercer County Superior Court Judge Robert Lougy said on Dec. 20 that he will rule before Jan. 1, 2025, on whether to “pause” the fourth round of statewide affordable […]
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Local voices on drone sightings, flight ban
BY MICHAEL OLOHAN AND JOHN SNYDEROF PASCACK PRESS PASCACK VALLEY—Aliens? One of America’s adversaries? Delivery drones? Hobbyists? Pranksters? A covert operation in the U.S. national interest? None of the above? […]
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Urban mayors seek role in Montvale’s affordable housing lawsuit
HACKENSACK—A Mercer County Superior Court judge will decide on Jan. 3 whether the New Jersey Urban Mayors Association (NJUMA) can intervene in the 28-town lawsuit spearheaded by Montvale to halt […]
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Mystery drones now said to have appeared over Pascack Valley; authorities seek photos, video
PASCACK VALLEY—Residents are urged to remain alert and report any unusual drone activity following an increase in sightings of unidentified drones across New Jersey — including, evidently, the night of […]
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Judge lets Fair Share intervene in Montvale’s suit
MONTVALE—A Superior Court judge in Mercer County ruled Nov. 22 that Fair Share Housing Center (FSHC), a nonprofit advocating for low-income families in affordable housing disputes, may intervene in Montvale’s […]
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It’s Crusaders to MetLife
Oradell, Saturday, Nov. 23—The NJSIAA Non-Public Group A Semifinal between No. 4 St. Joseph Regional and No. 1 Bergen Catholic had everything you’d expect from two rivals vying for a […]