Emerson
Nine candidates file for Pascack Valley BOE seats
HILLSDALE, N.J.—Nine candidates filed for four open seats on the Pascack Valley Regional District Board of Education that are up for grabs Nov. 3 during a year marked by one […]
Hillsdale
Hillsdale
Street closed to allow for outside dining
Looking to show support for struggling local eateries, the Hillsdale Borough Council July 14 unanimously approved a resolution to close a portion of Washington Avenue near Broadway that will create […]
Emerson
Lightning detection snafu affects three towns
A lightning detection system —turned off in May due to Westwood Regional Middle School construction—has become a flashpoint among residents, a council member, the mayor and Westwood Regional School District […]
Alpine
Video Conferencing Increasingly Utilized in Law, Medicine, During COVID-19 Pandemic
NEW JERSEY—As the Coronavirus, or COVID-19, continues to take its toll on many aspects of our life, the legal system is one of the venues that has had to adopt […]
Alpine
Coronavirus Cases Confirmed In Nearly All Bergen County Communities
Breaking News: The FEMA testing site at Bergen Community College in Paramus reached capacity on Sunday, March 22 in less than one hour. The site is closed for the day […]
Alpine
CORONAVIRUS UPDATES: New Jersey Issues Statewide Stay-At-Home Order; All Non-Essential Retail Must Close
NEW JERSEY—Gov. Phil Murphy today ordered all 9 million state residents with non-essential jobs to indefinitely stay at home, announcing new restrictions on civilian life designed to suppress the spread […]
Alpine
Law Enforcement Gets Guidance To Protect the Public During Pandemic
NEW JERSEY—New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal spoke by phone March 16 to the state’s police chiefs and other chief law enforcement executives, telling them: “Faced with this unprecedented […]
Community Voices
Pascack Valley Mayors: Coronavirus in Many Local Towns
The Pascack Valley Mayors Association wrote an open letter to the community urging us all to heed warnings about Coronavirus and calls to social distance. Dear Residents of the Pascack […]
Alpine
‘Slow The Spread’: All Americans Summoned in COVID-19 Response
WASHINGTON, D.C.—America is at war against the novel Coronavirus COVID-19, President Donald Trump said March 18. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is at a level-one response nationwide, with confirmed COVID-19 cases […]
Alpine
Bergen County Executive Backtracks On Order Suspending Most Commerce
HACKENSACK—An executive order calling for the shut down of all non-essential commerce—a measure the County Executive claimed was necessary to save lives and slow the spread of the novel Coronavirus […]