Park Ridge
Schepisi reports as rate counsel
PARK RIDGE—A Feb. 8 council vote to name State Sen. Holly Schepisi (R-39) rate counsel for the borough’s Board of Public Works, which manages its water and electric utilities, has […]
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Parkside service to affirm LGBTQIA+
WESTWOOD—LGBTQIA+ identifying individuals and their allies of all ages are invited to join Parkside Community Church “in a worship service celebrating the ‘Ecstatic, Expansive and Elastic’ gospel that proclaims there […]
Emerson
Ambulance corps in dire need of volunteers
EMERSON—In addition to providing an update on local mayors’ efforts to help resolve Teterboro Airport noise pollution overhead, Mayor Danielle DiPaola and Borough Administrator Robert Hermansen gave updates on several […]
Emerson
Pascack Valley mayors seek seat at TANAAC over airplane noise
PASCACK VALLEY—Emerson Mayor Danielle DiPaola and Westwood Mayor Ray Arroyo — like many of their peers in the Pascack Valley — urge their residents affected by airplane noise or noise […]
Montvale
Montvale in spotlight as mayor disinvites Black History Month reader; volunteers call for apology
MONTVALE—The Diversity and Inclusion Committee is calling for Mayor Michael Ghassali’s apology for his unilateral banning of an award-winning filmmaker they’d scheduled with the public library to read a respected […]
Pascack Press
District probes concerns at Woodcliff Middle School
WOODCLIFF LAKE—Superintendent Lauren Barbelet says a community concern over a middle school teacher’s approach to a lesson on totalitarian regimes is under investigation. Barbelet gave us a statement at press […]
Pascack Press
Child sex assault in Westwood, prosecutor says; suspect arrested in borough
HACKENSACK—Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of Francisco Barrera-Capistran, 36, a married contractor of Homasassa, Florida, on aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault by contact and endangering the welfare […]
Pascack Press
The healing power of art
WESTWOOD—Congratulations to this year’s bounty of talented young artists, the 14 finalists in WWRSD has heART, in the Westwood Regional Art Department and Westwood Gallery’s 10th Annual program. The K-12 […]
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$792K swim club bond approved; mayor says township no longer bound on use
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Mayor Peter Calamari said the town is no longer bound to preserve Washington Township Swim and Recreation Club, urging the council on Feb. 7 approve a nearly $792,000 […]
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Address visibility push honors the late Art Cumming
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Looking to help emergency responders quickly identify local homes and businesses — and to honor the late councilman Arthur J. Cumming, who spearheaded the idea — the mayor […]