Back in Time
Fond remembrance: Valley Fair
HILLSDALE—Fries and a Coke, anyone? We have a sneaking suspicion that many people reading this pulled up a seat at this luncheonette counter on more than one occasion. You could […]
Hillsdale
Hillsdale
District’s ‘Road to Referendum’ site up
HILLSDALE—A district website on its $82.5 million referendum to replace the 100-year-old George G. White Middle School went live on Wednesday, Sept. 21. Superintendent Robert Lombardy said in an email, […]
Hillsdale
Regional candidates on district responsiveness, tax relief
PASCACK VALLEY—We asked our regional board of education incumbents and challengers to rank their school board’s responsiveness, suggest ways to reduce the schools’ tax burden on residents, and add any […]
Hillsdale
5-0 council cheers investment in Centennial field upgrades
HILLSDSALE—“In an effort to continually improve its athletic and recreational facilities, the Borough of Hillsdale authorized its engineering firm, Colliers Engineering, to proceed with design of a plan to upgrade […]
Community Voices
Veolia weathers voices seeking greater flood control
PASCACK VALLEY—A local nonprofit “flood solution” organization is gathering online signatures and pressing state officials to support legislation that requires water utilities to operate the state’s 700-plus reservoirs with regional […]
Hillsdale
Auth, DeFuccio seek Assembly backing on transparency push
TRENTON—Two 39th District legislators have introduced measures aimed at greater municipal government transparency — including town councils, school boards and planning/zoning boards. The measures require advance meeting notice online and […]
Emerson
Mayors court state League of Municipalities as flood-relief ally
ASCACK VALLEY—Westwood mayor Ray Arroyo says the nonprofit, advisory New Jersey League of Municipalities has signaled it will formally endorse legislation sought by the 10-member Pascack Valley Mayors Association: S-790 […]
Hillsdale
Giving girls code to soar: Hillsdale Library offering aims to broaden STEM smarts
HILLSDALE—Teenager Annie Li is determined to bring balance to STEM classes — by leading them herself at the Hillsdale Library. That’s via a library update forwarded us by adult programming […]
Hillsdale
Unanimous BOE seats Donatello, names Klas president
HILLSDALE—Resident Kevin G. Donatello, a Westwood Regional School District fifth-grade teacher, was selected Aug. 22 to serve on the Hillsdale Board of Education for the remainder of the 2022 calendar […]
Hillsdale
Fishbein lands interim supt. gig in Somerset County
PASCACK VALLEY—The Hillsborough Township School Board in Somerset County appointed former interim Pascack Valley Regional High School District superintendent Daniel Fishbein as its interim superintendent, effective Aug. 23 through June […]