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Reporter’s Notebook: Hot stories to watch for in 2026

December 27, 2025 Michael Olohan

Welcome to my year-end wrap-up and 2026 preview — a chance to look back at the municipal matters (and occasional madness!) that filled our pages in 2025 and flag the […]

U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer with the Fifth District’s latest “Hometown Heroes” honorees at the district’s Hometown Heroes Ceremony, held Monday, Dec. 15 at the Barrymore Film Center in Fort Lee — among them Westwood student leader Jordan Schwartz, Woodcliff Lake resident Jennifer Errity, and Montvale honorees Valerie Kimel and Chief Geoffrey Gibbons. Via Haradan Bottomley of Joshh Gottheimer’s office.

Look to Our Helpers: Pascack Valley well represented in latest Fifth District Hometown Heroes awards

December 21, 2025 John Snyder

FORT LEE—U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer honored 20 Fifth District residents as Hometown Heroes during a ceremony held Monday, Dec. 15, at the Barrymore Film Center, recognizing “life-saving first responders, veterans, […]

No trespassing at Citizen Emerson Station, which has been under construction for years. Jan. 31, 2025. John Snyder photo.

‘Eminent domain’ on Block 419 continues; McCann calls Montvale’s 36-town affordable-housing lawsuit ‘a loser’; new ERUR suit discussed

December 8, 2025 Michael Olohan

EMERSON—The borough attorney said Dec. 2 that the redeveloper’s recent work on the 147-unit, mixed-use Emerson Station project has been “part-time,” and that the borough’s efforts to remove Emerson Redevelopers […]

Front to back, left to right: Natalie Habana, Mikaela Polk, Maia Congiusti, Liliana Polvere, Jackie Giella, Alyssa Mulhern, Gabriella Aguilar, Victoria Terranova, Megan Ryan, head coach Tom Mulhern, Ella Viggiani, Katie Tucker, Juliette Rose Connelly, Frankie Argenzia, Lauren Bianchi, Sara Dauble, Josheau Feingold, Penny Stolfe, Emma Vitale, and assistant coach Mark Tucker. Not pictured: Miranda Gray.

Current take league title: Emerson Rec 7th/8th-grade girls soccer nets revenge on Demarest; powers to glory

December 4, 2025 Staff

The Emerson Current 7th- and 8th-grade girls rec soccer team closed out a smashing season with a league championship, riding balanced scoring, steady teamwork, and a defense that refused to […]

The Emerson Police Department on Oct. 8 congratulated PO Sean Croal, who received the SRO of the Year at the Annual Bergen County SNAP Conference. “Thank you, Prosecutor Mark Musella and Chief of Community Engagement and Public Affairs Melanie Ozuna Silletti, for the great event.” EPD via Facebook

Safety drills, bike clinics, more: SRO Sean Croal earns Bergen County honor

December 1, 2025 Staff

EMERSON — School Resource Officer Sean Croal has been honored with the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office School Resource Officer Excellence Award, recognizing his wide-ranging work with students, staff, and the […]

Millions in road, safety funds headed to Pascack and Northern valleys under FY26 municipal aid

November 30, 2025 Staff

TRENTON—Gov. Phil Murphy has announced $150 million in Fiscal Year 2026 Municipal Aid grants, with 537 municipalities statewide receiving funding for road, bridge, safety, and quality-of-life improvements. Every municipality that […]

Emerson Station rendering — as pitched to the borough.

‘No longer economically viable’ — New suit says borough blocked progress on Block 419 project

November 24, 2025 Michael Olohan

EMERSON — Emerson Redevelopers Urban Renewal (ERUR), the firm behind the long-stalled Emerson Station redevelopment, has filed a new lawsuit against the borough and Mayor Danielle DiPaola, alleging that municipal interference […]

More than 300 turkeys were collected at the 33rd Annual Helping Hand Food Pantry Turkey Drive, thanks in part to student volunteers who helped unload and sort donations on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. John Snyder photo.

Community generosity packs out Helping Hand Food Pantry at 33rd Annual Turkey Drive

November 24, 2025 John Snyder

HILLSDALE —Among a season of cheery and vital food drives in the Pascack Valley, the 33rd Annual Helping Hand Turkey Drive, held Saturday, Nov. 22 at Hillsdale United Methodist Church, was […]

A commuter train wails its approach to Emerson Station downtown on April 13, 2024, arresting road traffic. The borough's mixed-use-redevelopment project, at right, on Kinderkamack between Lincoln and Linwood, languishes under construction with its principals tied up on cash flow and legal issues, some with the borough. John Snyder photo.

Borough presses county, NJ Transit for downtown traffic relief

November 23, 2025 Michael Olohan

EMERSON—Local officials say they are making incremental progress toward reducing the traffic backups that routinely gridlock downtown Emerson whenever a train stops at the station. At the Nov. 10 meeting, […]

Gov.-Elect Mikie Sherrill, who won the 2025 New Jersey gubernatorial race and has since resigned her congressional seat, has announced her transition team. That team includes Adam Gordon, executive director of the Fair Share Housing Center, who will help guide housing policy. Sherrill photo: NJ Monitor, via Creative Commons. Gordon inset via fairsharehousing.org.

Fair Share Housing’s Adam Gordon named to Sherrill-Caldwell transition team

November 21, 2025 John Snyder

TRENTON—Fair Share Housing Center Executive Director Adam Gordon, long a prominent figure in New Jersey’s affordable housing battles, has been appointed to Gov.-Elect Mikie Sherrill’s transition team. The move places one of the […]

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