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December 6, 2025
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News about Montvale, N.J.

Partial view of working land belonging to the DePiero family, 2022. Montvale acquired the property and plans to keep it going as an agricultural asset. Michael Olohan photo.
Montvale

Gavel looms over Montvale’s pick for 20-year ‘DePiero’ farm operator lease 

December 4, 2025 Michael Olohan

MONTVALE—A Superior Court hearing on Dec. 8 before Judge Gregg Padovano will likely determine whether D’Agostino Landscaping of West Nyack was properly awarded a 20-year lease for the former 8.4-acre […]

Affordable housing illustration.
Montvale

‘Targeted’ Montvale, Park Ridge seek settlements with Fair Share, developers

December 2, 2025 Michael Olohan

PASCACK VALLEY—With a Dec. 31 deadline looming to resolve challenges from the Fair Share Housing Center — and, in Montvale’s case, several intervening developers — both Montvale and Park Ridge […]

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Hillsdale

Court: Dec. 8 hearing likely to decide 20-year lease for DePiero farm property

December 2, 2025 Michael Olohan

MONTVALE—A Superior Court hearing on Dec. 8 before Judge Gregg Padovano will likely determine whether D’Agostino Landscaping of West Nyack was properly awarded a 20-year lease for the former 8.4-acre […]

NJ State House
Alpine

Millions in road, safety funds headed to Pascack and Northern valleys under FY26 municipal aid

November 30, 2025 Staff

TRENTON—Gov. Phil Murphy has announced $150 million in Fiscal Year 2026 Municipal Aid grants, with 537 municipalities statewide receiving funding for road, bridge, safety, and quality-of-life improvements. Every municipality that […]

Unstoppable: Alex Friend and Jagger Rose organized a basketball tournament Nov. 22 to raise funds for their friend and teammate — and Hills quarterback — Dren Bauta and his family. Bauta is in remission. Lisa Friend photo.
Montvale

‘Dren Strong’ hoops tourney for the win

November 30, 2025 John Snyder

MONTVALE—Pascack Hills High School Principal Tim Weiland watched from the sideline as whistles echoed, sneakers squeaked, and cheers bounced between the walls of both the front and back gyms. Students […]

Trader Joe’s, Shake Shack, CAVA, and Honeyglow are proposed for the Chestnut Ridge Shopping Center in Montvale, where Trader Joe’s would replace the existing Fresh Market. The Planning Board will review the applications on Dec. 2. Via Mayor Michael Ghassali.
Montvale

Planning Board to review Chestnut Ridge Center variances amid buzz over Trader Joe’s proposal

November 28, 2025 John Snyder

MONTVALE — The Planning Board on Tuesday, Dec. 2, will hear a variance application for the Chestnut Ridge Shopping Center — the site tied to Mayor Michael Ghassali’s recent announcement […]

More than 300 turkeys were collected at the 33rd Annual Helping Hand Food Pantry Turkey Drive, thanks in part to student volunteers who helped unload and sort donations on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. John Snyder photo.
Emerson

Community generosity packs out Helping Hand Food Pantry at 33rd Annual Turkey Drive

November 24, 2025 John Snyder

HILLSDALE —Among a season of cheery and vital food drives in the Pascack Valley, the 33rd Annual Helping Hand Turkey Drive, held Saturday, Nov. 22 at Hillsdale United Methodist Church, was […]

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Montvale

Mayor anew on farm lawsuit; borough to digitize archives; water work and turf repairs ahead

November 23, 2025 Michael Olohan

MONTVALE—Mayor Michael Ghassali has again addressed the borough’s DePiero Farm lease dispute, sharing an update with residents ahead of a Dec. 8 court hearing and circulating our recent coverage as background. “We own the farm, […]

Gov.-Elect Mikie Sherrill, who won the 2025 New Jersey gubernatorial race and has since resigned her congressional seat, has announced her transition team. That team includes Adam Gordon, executive director of the Fair Share Housing Center, who will help guide housing policy. Sherrill photo: NJ Monitor, via Creative Commons. Gordon inset via fairsharehousing.org.
Emerson

Fair Share Housing’s Adam Gordon named to Sherrill-Caldwell transition team

November 21, 2025 John Snyder

TRENTON—Fair Share Housing Center Executive Director Adam Gordon, long a prominent figure in New Jersey’s affordable housing battles, has been appointed to Gov.-Elect Mikie Sherrill’s transition team. The move places one of the […]

Volunteers work Montvale's inaugural Town Day at the Farm at the former DePiero property on Craig Road Oct. 18, 2025. The borough acquired the land and intends to keep it for agricultural and recreational uses. John Snyder photo.
Hillsdale

Demarest Farm lawsuit contests award to top DePiero lease bidder; Dec. 8 court hearing

November 20, 2025 Michael Olohan

MONTVALE—A popular Hillsdale farm and orchard owner says the Borough Council’s recent decision to award a 20-year lease for the former DePiero Farm property to a West Nyack, N.Y. landscaping […]

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