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Commendation for officer in harrowing rescue
WESTWOOD—An Emerson motorist traveling southbound on Lafayette Avenue in the wee hours June 21 lost control of her car around the bend at Ridgewood Road and crashed through a fence, […]
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General election in focus: Primary picks WCL Dem challengers; governor and council lines drawn
PASCACK VALLEY AREA—Bergen County and Pascack Valley voters chose Republican candidate Jack Ciattarelli from four challengers in the June 8 Republican primary election to oppose incumbent Democratic governor Phil Murphy […]
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Primary races to watch: contests from governor on down
PASCACK VALLEY AREA—Woodcliff Lake is the only one of eight Pascack Valley towns where a primary election challenge between Democratic council candidates occurs June 8, with two incumbent council members […]
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Where to vote June 8: some poll places have shifted
PASCACK VALLEY AREA—This fall’s election features a gubernatorial challenge with incumbent Democrat Phil Murphy facing off against a Republican challenger to be determined in the June 8 primary. For the […]
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Emerson, Hillsdale, Montvale next to vote on pot bans
PASCACK VALLEY—Emerson became the latest Pascack Valley town to move forward with a complete ban on any of the six classes of recently state-approved marijuana businesses. An ordinance to prohibit […]
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Library summer: Staff, volunteers on the job and ready to serve
PASCACK VALLEY AREA, N.J.—We didn’t want to let another issue go by without honoring our area librarians and army of library staff and volunteers. We just passed National Library Week, […]
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Amendment cuts average tax hit to $84; hearing May 18
EMERSON, N.J.—The Borough Council unanimously approved an amended municipal budget of $14.3 million on May 4, dropping the average homeowner’s annual tax hit from $93, as proposed in April, to […]
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Hillman, Villano fields eyed for $1.9M upgrade
EMERSON, N.J.—A proposed $1.9 million refurbishing of two popular recreational fields—Hillman and Villano—will be a priority if the town and school board receive a more than $600,000 municipal park development […]
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Emerson 2021 budget hearing May 4
EMERSON, N.J.—The Borough Council unanimously introduced a $14 million 2021 municipal budget with a proposed tax increase of about $93 on the average home on April 6. No council members […]
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Developer alleges racism; latest Block 419 salvo a ‘baseless’ federal suit
EMERSON, N.J.—The borough’s redeveloper partner has filed a federal suit against Emerson over what it says is local interference with its contractual rights, bad-faith construction delays, and racial discrimination by […]