Back in Time
School days and a century
PARK RIDGE—The photograph at top was snapped on Pascack Road (or Main Street as it was called then) in Park Ridge on a winter’s day more than a century ago. […]
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Community Voices
Board OKs $61M George White renovation question for fall
HILLSDALE—The Board of Education voted unanimously Feb. 12 to submit plans for a $61 million renovation of George G. White Middle School to the state education department and Bergen County […]
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Borough sets rec uses to energize ‘Kmart Plaza’
WESTWOOD—Aiming to spur on tenancy at the Westwood Plaza—including at the now vacant former Kmart building—the Borough Council unanimously approved a zoning change Feb. 6 for its shopping center district […]
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The safe place Aidan built: Wellness Center at St. Joe’s opens in blessing
MONTVALE—Aidan Huvane, Eagle Scout candidate with Troop 109 in Hillsdale, thanks all who gave their winning best toward his Eagle Scout project: establishing a wellness center at his high school, […]
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‘Ready to go’ on Galaxy Gardens Park bids: Advertising likely to go out in spring; amenities due residents are said long in the making
WOODCLIFF LAKE—Borough officials unanimously approved advertising for bids Feb. 12 on the long-awaited Galaxy Gardens Park in advance of official approval of their park design plans from the state Department […]
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Push on 2024 property reassessment
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—The Township Council requested its tax assessor to obtain estimates for a total township property reassessment in 2024, with bids to encompass a complete assessment followed by a […]
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Looking for savings on DPW HQ; new rec fields
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Council President Michael DeSena says the council needs to consider less costly options for a proposed new DPW facility, and that added recreational fields in town—possibly at the […]
Hillsdale
Trustees to decide on likely $61M George White referendum
HILLSDALE—School board members are expected to vote, Feb. 12, to approve a $61 million question that they hope to put before voters in a Sept. 24 referendum to renovate and […]
Back in Time
Tom Thumb Weddings
PASCACK VALLEY—A century ago, a popular fundraiser for schools and churches was the Tom Thumb Wedding. Gen. Tom Thumb was the stage name of Charles Stratton (1838–1883). Standing a little […]
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Report: Attractive Westwood feeling the pinch of traffic
WESTWOOD—Newly minted councilwoman Lauren Letizia, substituting for Mayor Ray Arroyo, says the borough is experiencing more traffic and more visitors, while fearing the local impacts of a proposed state law […]