Back in Time
Motoring through Westwood, 1912
WESTWOOD—The viewer was looking up Main Street from Railroad Avenue. Nowadays, using the modern names, we would say it is looking up Westwood Avenue from Broadway. This was an era […]
Pascack Press
Hillsdale
Planning Board OKs 256-unit complex in redevelop area
HILLSDALE—A unanimous Planning Board voted May 23 to approve an application submitted by Patterson Street Urban Renewal, LLC, to build a 256-unit, four-story multifamily housing complex on a 5.2-acre site […]
Hillsdale
Residents weigh in on next steps over middle school
HILLSDALE—Approximately 100 community members jammed George G, White Middle’s School’s cafetorium June 1 with dozens offering views on next steps after the district’s $82.7 million bond referendum — intended to […]
Community Voices
Age 55–plus with Montvale concerns? Forum June 12
MONTVALE—The Borough Council will hold a forum on Monday, June 12 at 6:30 p.m., at the Senior Community Center, 1 Memorial Dr., to field seniors’ (age 55 and up) questions […]
Pascack Press
Voters set up fall Pascack Valley mayor, council races, Pascack Valley’s state Senate showdown
PASCACK VALLEY—Slightly greater than 3% of Bergen County’s 665,776 voters cast ballots in the mostly uncontested Democratic and Republican primary elections on June 6, with Pascack Valley party candidates handily […]
Montvale
St. Joe’s a proud ‘Beacon of Hope’ — Award lauds role in Covenant House Student Sleep Out
MONTVALE—Under the leadership of John Asselta and the campus ministers, SJR in 2010 became the first school to participate in the Covenant House Sleep Out Student Edition, offering students the […]
Pascack Press
New grief at township traffic crossing
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—The Township Council introduced a $1.4 million bond measure, Ordinance 23-08, on June 7 to fund local improvements, including vehicle purchases, street repairs and building upgrades for the […]
Pascack Press
‘Unhealthy’ — Stay indoors, warn N.J. officials, as Canada fire haze worsens
TRENTON—As the Canadian wildfires continue to blanket much of the continent with hazy, irritating smoke, turning the sky a Martian-terrain orange, Garden State officials have upgraded their recent air quality […]
Park Ridge
Voices rise over surplus as council OK’s $24 annual bump
PARK RIDGE—The Borough Council approved a nearly zero increase municipal budget in early May by using more than $330,000 of municipal budget surplus funds to pay for most of the […]
Back in Time
All Aboard For Summer of ’66: Memory lane via the Hackensack and New York R.R.
PARK RIDGE—Can you remember when Park Ridge looked like this? The photo above goes back to the summer of 1966, and the view looks down the tracks toward Park Avenue. […]