Back in Time
The old one-room schoolhouse
HILLSDALE, N.J.—The first school in Hillsdale, built in 1856, sat on Pascack Road near its intersection with Hillsdale Avenue. During the first year, enrollment at the school was 36 students. […]
Hillsdale
Emerson
Deer forum gives residents opportunity to weigh local control options
HILLSDALE, N.J.—The proliferation of white-tailed deer in Hillsdale—and what to do about them—will be the focus of a town hall meeting in early October at Borough Hall. The issue of […]
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St. John’s Welcomes Caputo as Director of Lifelong Faith Formation
HILLSDALE, N.J.—St. John the Baptist Church in Hillsdale has welcomed Donald Caputo as its new director of lifelong faith formation, effective Sept. 1. The parish announced the appointment “with joy […]
Community Voices
Commentary: ‘Montvale’s housing plan should serve housing, not a data center’
Editor’s note: The views expressed in this reader commentary are the author’s alone; publication does not constitute endorsement by Pascack Press. In seeking to illuminate our vibrant Pascack Valley from […]
Hillsdale
BOE builds out Superintendent Lombardy’s contract through 2031
HILLSDALE, N.J.—School trustees approved a new five-year contract with Superintendent Robert Lombardy at their Aug. 24 meeting, extending his employment through June 30, 2031. The vote was 4-0, with trustee […]
Hillsdale
Hillsdale school board to consider superintendent contract extension, George White gym reopening
HILLSDALE, N.J.—The Hillsdale Board of Education is expected to consider a new five-year employment agreement with Superintendent Robert V. Lombardy Jr. when it meets Monday, Aug. 24. Under the resolution, […]
Hillsdale
Kids stir lemonade stand into ALS fundraiser
WESTWOOD, N.J.—An enterprising group of Westwood children spent a summer afternoon turning a neighborhood lemonade and snack stand into a fundraiser for families affected by ALS. ALS, or amyotrophic lateral […]
Back in Time
Stiffed on wages, railroad men stopped the trains
PASCACK VALLEY AREA, N.J.—By August 1876, the railroad workers on the Pascack Valley line were fed up. For months, they had gone without pay. Now it was time to send […]
Emerson
On floods, ‘the need is clear and now’
PASCACK VALLEY AREA, N.J.—Hillsdale Mayor Michael Sheinfield told residents Aug. 11 that a proposed $8.9 million flood mitigation and brook improvement project — aimed at reducing flooding and improving water […]
Community Voices
Engineer says field reno ‘close to end’
HILLSDALE, N.J.—Slightly more than $6 million in renovations at Memorial Field are nearing completion, with multi-use artificial turf likely to be installed during the week of Aug. 17, the borough […]