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March 13, 2026
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Residents call for alternatives to cell tower at Stonybrook

January 24, 2026 Michael Olohan

HILLSDALE—Residents packed Borough Hall Jan. 20 to oppose a proposed 150-foot cell tower at Stonybrook Swim Club, urging Mayor Michael Sheinfield and council to explore alternatives before approving a lease. […]

Woodcliff Lake’s Scott McDowell and Wappingers Falls, N.Y.’s Paulie Becker in Hanoi this month. Becker, a U.S. Army special forces veteran, returned from the war with PTSD. McDowell saw to it that his friend would get to return—both to Vietnam, which welcomed him warmly, and to a grateful Pascack Valley homecoming. Portrait courtesy McDowell; background image of Hanoi: Getty Images.
Community Voices

On the Road From Vietnam: Veteran gets his due, and start on closure, after 57 years — with help from his friends

January 23, 2026 John Snyder

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J.—For 57 years, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Paulie Becker carried Vietnam with him on his back — what he did there, and what came after. It ground him […]

Left to right: Ken and Monique Hickey and Mark Durkin share a table at the Greater Pascack Valley Chamber of Commerce Breakfast with the Mayors, held at Tavern at the Iron Horse on Wednesday, Jan 21, 2026.. John Snyder photo.
Community Voices

Chamber’s annual mayors’ breakfast: Laughs leaven civic session at Tavern at The Iron Horse; business leaders tuck into wide-ranging reports

January 23, 2026 Michael Olohan

WESTWOOD—The Greater Pascack Valley Chamber of Commerce’s annual  “Breakfast with the Mayors” drew a capacity crowd at The Tavern at The Iron Horse on Wednesday, with the front room limited […]

Montvale Mayor Michael Ghassali / John Snyder for Pascack Press
Hillsdale

Ghassali vows he’ll fight ‘to Supreme Court’ on housing

January 22, 2026 John Snyder

WESTWOOD—Montvale Mayor Michael Ghassali told area business leaders Jan. 21 that towns across the Pascack Valley are being forced into major land-use decisions on a fast deadline, one day after […]

David Neuman, 75, of Monsey, Park Ridge, N.J. Police Department.
Park Ridge

Monsey man charged with criminal sexual contact after incident at spa

January 20, 2026 Pascack Press

PARK RIDGE—The Police Department said a 75-year-old Monsey, N.Y., man was arrested Sunday, Jan. 18, after he allegedly made inappropriate sexual contact with a worker at a spa on Kinderkamack […]

Bill supporters say they want to increase public safety. Critics say the bill targets low-income e-bike users. (Photo by Dana DiFilippo/New Jersey Monitor)
Community Voices

Gov. Phil Murphy signs e-bike bill criticized by bike advocates

January 19, 2026 Pascack Press

BY SOPHIE NIETO-MUNOZ | JANUARY 19, 2026 2:12 PM New Jersey will have some of the strictest regulations on electric bikes in the nation under a bill Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law Monday. […]

River Vale painter Jean Marie Bucich recently completed “Homage to the Blue Porch” (36x48), inspired by Newport artist Howard Gardiner Cushing. Bucich will also exhibit “Earth Soul” in the Newport Art Museum’s “Springboard” show.
Pascack Press

River Vale artist Jean Marie Bucich selected for Newport Art Museum’s ‘Springboard’ exhibition

January 17, 2026 John Snyder

RIVER VALE — For artist Jean Marie Bucich, the flowers in her oil paintings aren’t just botanical subjects. They’re luminous, architectural, and often larger than life — meant to be […]

Hillsdale's Centennial Field is closed for costly renovations, including new sodding.
Hillsdale

Consultant: Extra soil testing to increase Centennial monitoring costs to $115K in 2026

January 17, 2026 Michael Olohan

HILLSDALE — The borough’s environmental consultant told the mayor and council Jan. 13 that state-required monitoring at Centennial Field — a former landfill that closed about 40 years ago — […]

1 Westwood Ave. Via Westwood Historic Preservation Commission.
Community Voices

Westwood Council to consider historic landmark status for 1 Westwood Ave., home to Rosangelly’s

January 16, 2026 John Snyder

WESTWOOD — The Westwood mayor and council will meet Tuesday, Jan. 20, with a proposed historic designation for the Westwood Trust Building at 1 Westwood Ave. — now home to Rosangelly’s Restaurant Café & […]

Going nowhere fast: Detail of the cold shell of the once-vaunted, always controversial Citizen Emerson Station mixed-use redevelopment dominating Kinderkamack between Lincoln and Linwood, in a moment from January. John Snyder photo.
Emerson

Firm seeks $1.1M  from Block 419 redevelop partner — Court filing says developer ‘virtually insolvent’

January 16, 2026 Michael Olohan

EMERSON—A law firm that represented Emerson Redevelopers Urban Renewal (ERUR) for nearly six years in its long-running legal fight with the borough over the delayed Citizen Emerson Station redevelopment is […]

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