Emerson
Reporter’s Notebook: Hot stories to watch for in 2026
Welcome to my year-end wrap-up and 2026 preview — a chance to look back at the municipal matters (and occasional madness!) that filled our pages in 2025 and flag the […]
Pascack Press
Pascack Press
Calling For Bike Racks: Westwood fifth-grade scouts go for Bronze Award on strength of civic proposal
WESTWOOD—Eight Westwood fifth graders came to Borough Hall on Dec. 16 with a simple, civic-minded request: more bike racks downtown, in the Central Business District The girls—Lainey Joy, Seraphina, Isabella, […]
Montvale
Train strikes car near Montvale Station; no injuries reported
MONTVALE — NJ Transit reported delays during the Tuesday evening rush after a Pascack Valley Line train struck a car downtown, the agency said. At about 2:44 p.m., Pascack Valley Line […]
Montvale
Town hall on affordable housing settlement postponed; proposed e-bike ordinance taking shape
MONTVALE — A community town hall meeting planned for Monday, Dec. 22, on Montvale’s mediated Fourth Round affordable housing settlement has been postponed “as we do not yet have any […]
Community Voices
The long game: Rich Poggi on writing, grief, and golf
Westwood author Rich Poggi didn’t set out to become a novelist. Fairways and Greens, his debut work of fiction, began years ago as a screenplay he once hoped to pitch […]
Park Ridge
$3.45M EPA grant aids more water-well cleanup work
PARK RIDGE—The Borough Council on Dec. 9 unanimously approved an ordinance authorizing $4,025,000 in bond funding for water treatment systems at municipal wells 16 and 19, part of an effort […]
Back in Time
A century ago, a police booth was a Christmas gift to Hillsdale
Hillsdale’s iconic police booth — the first police headquarters in the borough — was a Christmas gift from the Board of Trade, an organization of local businessmen, in 1925. A […]
Emerson
Look to Our Helpers: Pascack Valley well represented in latest Fifth District Hometown Heroes awards
FORT LEE—U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer honored 20 Fifth District residents as Hometown Heroes during a ceremony held Monday, Dec. 15, at the Barrymore Film Center, recognizing “life-saving first responders, veterans, […]
Pascack Press
Police: Keys left inside; vehicle stolen between 5 and 5:30 a.m. on Fern Street
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON — The police were called to a Fern Street home on the east side of town early this morning after a report of a stolen vehicle. Police […]
Pascack Press
Kissing Tree, possibly older than U.S., faces terminal fungus; borough weighs safety, prepares to grieve
WESTWOOD — A copper beech that may have taken root before the nation itself was born — our storied “Kissing Tree” in Veterans Park, where young love has flowered for generations and residents recently […]