Alpine
Towns’ ‘Historic’ Choice: Delay, Deny, Designate?
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 […]
Emerson
Alpine
Funding For New Jersey School-Silent Alarms Due
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 […]
Emerson
State Champ Emerson Cavos Get Hometown Parade
EMERSON, N.J.—Emerson joined in parade June 22 for your hometown high school NJSIAA Group 1 baseball champions. The 2019 “Comeback Cavos,” fresh from their 8-5 win over Glassboro on June […]
Alpine
INTERVIEW: County Risk Expert on School Safety
PARAMUS, N.J.—Over the past seven years he’s visited each of Bergen County’s 76 school districts, covering hundreds of public and private school buildings. Typically he arrives unannounced and is accompanied […]
Emerson
Class of ’19 Graduates
PASCACK VALLEY AREA, N.J.—Congratulations to the graduates of the Pascack Valley area’s high schools, who tossed their mortarboards sky-high in celebrations this past week. All their hard work—and that of […]
Community Voices
COMMUNITY VOICES: Candidates Vow Work For LGBTQ
To the editor: “Aren’t any of you going to do something?” Fifty years ago this week those words—shouted by a lesbian woman named Storme DeLarverie as she was arrested for […]
Alpine
Mayors, Residents Share Lead Forum Takeaways
BY MICHAEL OLOHAN AND KATHRYNE MCCANN HAWORTH, N.J.—Mayors from Pascack Valley and Northern Valley towns said they’re looking for more specifics following a June 11 information session hosted by Suez North […]
Alpine
THE SOUNDS OF SUMMER: Live Music in Local Parks
You picked the right night for sweet local music! Area music lovers have plenty to plug into—live! > Closter The Closter Recreation Department 2019 free Summer Concert Series: Friday, June […]
Emerson
Lincoln Closing from Grand to Kinderkamack in Emerson
EMERSON, N.J.—Attention anyone traveling in and around the borough: Lincoln Boulevard will be closed from Grand to Kinderkamack the week of July 10–17 for railroad track replacement. According to Mayor […]
Emerson
Three Pascack Valley Towns Bask in 2019 County Historic Preservation Awards
PASCACK VALLEY AREA, N.J.—Readers, our part of Bergen County history is alive and well! The Westwood Historic Preservation Commission, Emerson resident and Councilwoman Jill McGuire, and Montvale School No. 2 […]