BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.—At the beginning of 1908, the Pascack and Northern valleys were experiencing a rash of burglaries. The rather brazen criminals targeted homes, businesses—even the Closter National Bank, where […]
WESTWOOD, N.J.—The borough enters its 126th year sounding a high note, with newly minted Republican Mayor Raymond Arroyo praising his immediate predecessor, Democrat John Birkner Jr., for a “tangible, visible, […]
WESTWOOD, N.J.—From the outside it was a mystery: Why were so many kids and young adults gathering at the bandstand at Veterans Memorial Park on Jan. 1? What was going […]
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—The Rockland County EMT charged in connection with bank robberies in New York and New Jersey—one was in Park Ridge—has pleaded not guilty. A spokesman for the United […]
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J.—When the Township Council convenes for its final meeting of the year tonight, one issue on the agenda is the pending improvement to the intersection at Pascack […]
NEW JERSEY—While legislators approved a public question for November 2020 to let New Jersey voters decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana, the debate begins anew over legal pot’s potential impacts—from […]
BERGEN COUNTY—Our current weather forecast would have seemed downright balmy to those who lived through early January 1904. The new year kicked off with a snowstorm in conjunction with a […]
NEW JERSEY—Following several years of wrangling over ways to improve the state’s open public records law—which enables citizens to access government records within seven days of request—an organization representing municipal […]
PARK RIDGE AND MONTVALE, N.J.—A lawsuit filed Dec. 18 by state Attorney General Gurbir Grewal against former owners of Handy & Harman Electronic Materials Corp. of Montvale alleges hazardous materials […]
NORTHERN VALLEY AREA, N.J.—Why should everyone be counted in the United States Census? Members and guests attending the League of Women Voters of Northern Valley’s annual holiday luncheon, hosted by […]
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