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October 6, 2025
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News about Park Ridge, N.J.

Park Ridge Council Race 2025
Park Ridge

Democratic challengers contest Republican incumbents for two council seats

October 5, 2025 Michael Olohan

PARK RIDGE—Two Democratic newcomers, Thomas Greco and Lynda Nettleship-Carraher (Park Ridge United), are challenging Republican incumbents Gregory Hoffman and Bruce Goldsmith (Preserve Park Ridge) for two open three-year council seats […]

Lead trainer Wes Wagner of the Bergen County Board of Elections (center) and Chairman of the Bergen County Board of Elections Richard L. Miller on Sept. 30 orient dozens of Westwood Regional High School students to facilitating the general election, which is Tuesday, Nov. 4. The work is nonpartisan and vital. John Snyder photo.
Emerson

Poll workers in training: Record number of teens step up to run the vote; county partners in civics program

October 3, 2025 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—More Pascack Valley-area high school students than ever will be working as poll workers on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 4, in Bergen County, said the Board of Elections […]

Fifty-one area children participated in the Park Ridge Fire Prevention Bureau’s annual Peter J. Harkin Babysitters Program, held Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 at fire headquarters. The clinic, offered each fall for more than 40 years, teaches babysitting safety with help from local police, EMS, dispatchers, pediatric experts, and firefighters. Mayor Keith Misciagna joined in distributing certification cards. Tammy Levinson photo.
Park Ridge

Park Ridge Fire Prevention Bureau hosts annual babysitters program

October 3, 2025 Staff

PARK RIDGE — The Park Ridge Fire Prevention Bureau held its annual Peter J. Harkin Babysitters Program on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1. We’re told approximately 51 area children ages […]

Township Clerk Sue Witkowski talks with Bergen County elections officials Debra Francica and Wes Wagner following their Sept. 24 presentation to residents on the upcoming Nov. 4 General Election, which includes the statewide race for governor. Mike Olohan photo.
Emerson

Voting starts in Pascack Valley; forum packed

September 28, 2025 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Voting in New Jersey’s Nov. 4 General Election is underway in Pascack Valley. Mail-in ballots have gone out — and are already coming back — while in-person early […]

Mill Pond Park Ridge
Park Ridge

Sept. 30 forum on Mill Pond dredge referendum

September 28, 2025 Michael Olohan

PARK RIDGE—The mayor and council will hold a special public meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 30, at 7 p.m. in the council chambers at 53 Park Ave. The session will serve […]

Greater Pascack Valley Chamber of Commerce
Community Voices

Chamber cheering its 2025 Citizens of the Year

September 21, 2025 Staff

PASCACK VALLEY—The Greater Pascack Valley Chamber of Commerce has announced its 2025 Citizens of the Year, carrying forward a half-century tradition of honoring individuals whose service and leadership strengthen the […]

Robert Fisher, Park Ridge Board of Education trustee, faces criticism from recall organizers who say he actually lives in Tennessee while holding local office. Courtesy photo, with Pascack Press composite.
Community Voices

Calls it quits: In wake of court losses, school board member Robert Fisher says he’ll resign

September 19, 2025 Michael Olohan

PARK RIDGE — School board trustee Robert Fisher said he would step down by 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, after an appeals court upheld a Superior Court order placing his […]

Participants at the League of Women Voters of Bergen County’s Constitution Day program in Westwood, Sept. 17, 2025. The event drew a full house for a panel discussion on the state of American democracy. John Snyder photo.
Community Voices

League forum marks Constitution Day with urgent call to defend democracy

September 18, 2025 John Snyder

WESTWOOD — Billed as a Constitution Day celebration, the League of Women Voters of Northern Valley’s Sept. 17 forum in Westwood quickly became a pointed call to defend democracy. League president […]

Community Voices

Officials consider next steps on deer management

September 17, 2025 Michael Olohan

PASCACK VALLEY—Local mayors and other public officials turned their attention to a topic close to home: the Pascack Valley’s growing white-tailed deer population — and what to do about it. […]

Affordable housing
Hillsdale

Montvale, Park Ridge at risk of losing immunity from ‘builder’s remedy’ lawsuits

September 13, 2025 Michael Olohan

PASCACK VALLEY—Fair Share Housing Center (FSHC) is challenging the Fourth Round affordable-housing plans filed by Montvale and Park Ridge, accusing both towns of using “procedural games and bad-faith arguments” to […]

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