Montvale
MONTVALE POLIE BLOTTER: Jan. 6, 2019
Random plate check turns up costly infractions An officer traveling west on Grand Avenue at 8:11 a.m. on Dec. 18 ran a random plate check in traffic, coming up with […]
Pascack Press
Paramus
Christmas Eve Gas Leak Near Charlie Brown’s is Fixed
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J.—Township police, Paramus police, and Bergen County Sheriff’s Office officers spent Christmas Eve 2019 and the early morning hours of Christmas Day detailed to protect PSE&G crews […]
Montvale
Park Ridge Affordable Housing Trial Set For February
Editor’s note: After this story was published, Pascack Press learned the Feb. 24 hearing was postponed. We’ll update the story as soon as possible. PARK RIDGE, N.J.—A new trial date […]
Back in Time
This Week in Local History: Burglars Strike All Over Bergen
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 […]
Pascack Press
Arroyo Sworn as Westwood Mayor; Hodges Joins Council
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, […]
Northvale
Beloved Westwood Teacher Set Reunion For 2020. His ‘Kids’ Remembered
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 […]
Park Ridge
Alleged Park Ridge Bank Robber Pleads Not Guilty in New York
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 […]
Pascack Press
Intersection Construction ‘Not Possible For 2020,’ Says County
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 […]
Alpine
Legalize Marijuana in 2020? New Jersey Voters Will Decide
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 […]
Alpine
BACK IN TIME: Bergen County’s Coldest Day Ever
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 […]