Community Voices
President’s Message from the Greater Pascack Valley Chamber of Commerce
AS 2020 COMES TO A CLOSE, I think we can all agree that this has truly been a year to remember. No one could have predicted the impact the pandemic […]
Pascack Press
Pascack Press
For the Corps: Cardinal cheerleaders deliver wreaths to COVID ambulance crews
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J.—Not seven swans a-swimming but rather seven Cardinals a-cheering! Going door to door, a squad of Junior Cardinals cheerleaders, whose program has merged those of the Westwood […]
Montvale
Access Road OK? Variance Vote Jan. 19 Over Housing Plan
PARK RIDGE, N.J.—Nearly 18 months after the proposal’s approval by Montvale, the developer of a 185-unit inclusionary development—which will provide 37 affordable units—got preliminary approval for an access road to […]
Hillsdale
Ruocco vetoes parts of redevelopment plan; special meeting set for Dec. 30
HILLSDALE, N.J.—As he suggested he might after the controversial ordinance passed Dec. 8, Mayor John Ruocco has vetoed several parts of Ordinance 20-15, adopting the Patterson Street Redevelopment Plan, warning […]
Emerson
Alert: Murphy declares state of emergency in advance of nor’easter snowstorm
PASCACK VALLEY AREA, N.J.—Be careful out there. Gov. Phil Murphy has issued a state of emergency for New Jersey ahead of a nor’easter snowstorm that could bring more than a […]
Emerson
Hometown Heroes include several from Pascack Valley
GLEN ROCK, N.J.—Congratulations to the Pascack Valley residents who star in Rep. Josh Gottheimer’s December 2020 roster of Fifth District Hometown Heroes. The class of first responders, veterans, students, life-saving […]
Pascack Press
Cheers as ICU nurse gets PVMC’s first dose of Covid-19 vaccine
WESTWOOD, N.J.—Today, Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center (PVMC) began administering the first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to frontline team members. PVMC will administer nearly 100 vaccinations over the next two […]
Montvale
Stirring first novel from longtime Montvale writer
MONTVALE, N.J.—Joseph and Josephine Morelli came to America from Italy in 1907 with their three young children and a secret that would go undiscovered for 80 years. Through four generations […]
Montvale
Fieldstone students study bias, their works bound for Smithsonian
MONTVALE, N.J.—George Merrill, eighth-grade social studies teacher at Fieldstone Middle School, says his students are famous but don’t know it: “Well, famous to future historians,” he says. Those historians will […]
Montvale
Girls deliver! Students’ viral toy drive benefits nonprofit’s kids in need
BY MATTHEW WIKFORSSPECIAL TO PASCACK PRESS MONTVALE, N.J.—An act of volunteerism became an act of spreading holiday cheer for Woodcliff Middle School students Nina Indugula, Astrid Velozo, and Avery Maloney. […]