Hillsdale Archives — Page 6 of 110 — Pascack Press & Northern Valley Press

June 7, 2026

Sarah Vander Clute, a lifelong Hillsdale resident, who in 1935 sparked the formation of the Hillsdale Free Public Library.

Hillsdale Library loans its first book, 90 years ago

February 1, 2026 Kristin Beuscher

This is a story about what can happen when, instead of saying something should be done, a group takes action. We go, now, to Hillsdale in the year 1935. Miss […]

From left, Jake Wawra, Ethan Lekaj, Kayla Klas and Anna Stern, seniors with Pascack Valley High School Theatre, who placed at the Speech & Theatre Association of New Jersey Governor’s Awards Competition. Courtesy photo.

PVHS theatre students earn honors at STANJ Governor’s Awards competition

January 26, 2026 Staff

HILLSDALE — Pascack Valley High School Theatre reported that four senior students earned top honors at the Speech & Theatre Association of New Jersey (STANJ) Governor’s Awards Competition on Saturday, […]

Montvale-led coalition appeals housing ruling, seeks emergency stay in Third Circuit

January 26, 2026 John Snyder

MONTVALE — The Montvale-led coalition of municipalities challenging New Jersey’s Fourth Round affordable housing framework has filed an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and […]

When this Hillsdale farmhouse was photographed on a winter day in 1914, it was already a historical property. The Forshee-Blauvelt-Peterson House on Piermont Avenue was built in the 1740s. It was demolished approximately five years ago.

A Hillsdale homestead raised prior to the Revolution

January 24, 2026 Kristin Beuscher

It was a snowy day on Piermont Avenue in Hillsdale, 1914, when this photograph was taken outside the Forshee-Blauvelt-Peterson House. This farmhouse, which stood at Piermont Avenue and Meadow Road, […]

Residents call for alternatives to cell tower at Stonybrook

January 24, 2026 Michael Olohan

HILLSDALE—Residents packed Borough Hall Jan. 20 to oppose a proposed 150-foot cell tower at Stonybrook Swim Club, urging Mayor Michael Sheinfield and council to explore alternatives before approving a lease. […]

Woodcliff Lake’s Scott McDowell and Wappingers Falls, N.Y.’s Paulie Becker in Hanoi this month. Becker, a U.S. Army special forces veteran, returned from the war with PTSD. McDowell saw to it that his friend would get to return—both to Vietnam, which welcomed him warmly, and to a grateful Pascack Valley homecoming. Portrait courtesy McDowell; background image of Hanoi: Getty Images.

On the Road From Vietnam: Veteran gets his due, and start on closure, after 57 years — with help from his friends

January 23, 2026 John Snyder

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J.—For 57 years, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Paulie Becker carried Vietnam with him on his back — what he did there, and what came after. It ground him […]

Left to right: Ken and Monique Hickey and Mark Durkin share a table at the Greater Pascack Valley Chamber of Commerce Breakfast with the Mayors, held at Tavern at the Iron Horse on Wednesday, Jan 21, 2026.. John Snyder photo.

Chamber’s annual mayors’ breakfast: Laughs leaven civic session at Tavern at The Iron Horse; business leaders tuck into wide-ranging reports

January 23, 2026 Michael Olohan

WESTWOOD—The Greater Pascack Valley Chamber of Commerce’s annual “Breakfast with the Mayors” drew a capacity crowd at The Tavern at The Iron Horse on Wednesday, with the front room limited […]

Montvale Mayor Michael Ghassali / John Snyder for Pascack Press

Ghassali vows he’ll fight ‘to Supreme Court’ on housing

January 22, 2026 John Snyder

WESTWOOD—Montvale Mayor Michael Ghassali told area business leaders Jan. 21 that towns across the Pascack Valley are being forced into major land-use decisions on a fast deadline, one day after […]

Hillsdale's Centennial Field is closed for costly renovations, including new sodding.

Consultant: Extra soil testing to increase Centennial monitoring costs to $115K in 2026

January 17, 2026 Michael Olohan

HILLSDALE — The borough’s environmental consultant told the mayor and council Jan. 13 that state-required monitoring at Centennial Field — a former landfill that closed about 40 years ago — […]

Hillsdale’s Episcopal Church, Hillsdale Avenue and Trinity Place, at the turn of the 20th century. In January 1896, it was broken into and vandalized.

A burglary spree at Pascack, 130 years ago this week

January 16, 2026 Kristin Beuscher

PASCACK VALLEY—“The inhabitants of Park Ridge and Woodcliff are becoming alarmed at the numerous burglaries that have been perpetuated in the two villages within the last two weeks,” the New […]

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