Hillsdale
BROTHER IN ARMS: Horvath Ready to Serve
HILLSDALE, N.J.—Zoltan Horvath III, a newly minted Marine, graduated from boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina on Aug. 16. He was home on a short leave last week before […]
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Back in Time
BACK IN TIME: The Old One-Room Schoolhouse
HILLSDALE, N.J.—The first school in Hillsdale, built in 1856, sat on Pascack Road at its intersection with Hillsdale Avenue. In its first year, enrollment at the school was 36 students. […]
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Next Stop: Hillsdale’s Manor Train Station
HILLSDALE, N.J.—Hillsdale’s railroad station at Broadway and Hillsdale Avenue is a focal point of the community, an important piece of local history, and a landmark that even appears on the […]
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10U Hawks Rock as Region Champs
HILLSDALE, N.J.—Congratulations to the Hillsdale Hawks 10U Boys Baseball team 9–10 Little League Eastern Regional Baseball Tournament champions! After dispensing with powerhouse Toms River East last week in Manchester to […]
Closter
Local Pools Stay Afloat Amid Hot Competition
BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.—After nearly closing in 2018 due to shrinking memberships, Harrington Park Swim Club remains afloat in 2019—hoping to increase memberships—while most longtime northern Bergen County swim clubs appear […]
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*Cancelled* North Jersey Concert Band Delivers Summer Farewell Show Wednesday, Aug. 28
Editor’s note: The concert was cancelled due to weather. Original article continues after quote. DUE TO THE RAIN THAT IS EXPECTED TONIGHT,AND THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES TO […]
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‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ Campaign Underway
NEW JERSEY—Local police departments will join a statewide anti-drunk driving initiative Aug. 16 through Sept. 3. Grants totaling $541,420 will fund saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints. Bergen County police departments […]
Community Voices
COMMUNITY VOICES: Post 162 Lauds Hillsdale PD
To the editor: When the project to create a new veterans memorial in Hillsdale was announced in fall 2018, Hillsdale Police Chief Robert Francaviglia and Capt. Sean Smith immediately made […]
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TO THE RESCUE: ‘I Knew I Had To Stay Calm,’ Young Lifesaver From Hillsdale Says
HILLSDALE, N.J.—A recent 13-year-old Hillsdale Junior Police Academy graduate used the Heimlich maneuver—which he had learned only weeks before—to dislodge food obstructing the airway of his 12-year-old cousin as he […]
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New Jersey’s Joan’s Law Inspires Paula’s Law in New York
HILLSDALE, N.J.—Rosemarie D’Alessandro is lending her considerable voice to efforts to see New York adopt a version of New Jersey’s Joan’s Law—extending the ban on parole for someone who murders […]