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September 17, 2026
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News about Park Ridge, N.J.

Park Ridge High School student Viana Mattson sings the national anthem at a crowded Veterans Park on Sept. 11, 2026, as Post 153 Commander Ryan O’Hara, County Commissioner Tom Sullivan and borough officials render honors behind her. John Snyder photo.
Community Voices

A quarter century on, Park Ridge remembers seven residents lost on 9/11

September 11, 2026 Pascack Press

PARK RIDGE, N.J.—Residents gathered at Veterans Park on Friday evening, Sept. 11, to honor the borough’s seven residents killed in the 2001 terrorist attacks, all who died that day, 25 […]

Members of American Legion Post 153 raise the American flag as Boy Scouts salute during Park Ridge’s Sept. 11 Memorial Service at Veterans’ Park, Sept. 12, 2025. John Snyder/Pascack Press
Emerson

25 Years: Pascack Valley towns’ 9/11 remembrance ceremonies

September 11, 2026 Juliana Demarest

PASCACK VALLEY AREA, N.J.—Our communities are announcing ceremonies to mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and honor the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives. […]

Pascack Press front pages from fall 2001 document the local toll of the Sept. 11 attacks, community vigils and tributes to those lost. Twenty-five years later, they preserve a record of the Pascack Valley’s grief and unity.
Emerson

Lest We Forget: Marking 25 Years Since 9/11

September 10, 2026 Juliana Demarest

PASCACK VALLEY AREA, BERGEN COUNTY—We swore we would never forget. Two and a half decades have passed since the day that forever changed the course of life for countless individuals. […]

Facebook owner Meta agreed to pay nearly $18 billion to an array of U.S. states over claims its platforms intentionally addicted teens. (Photo by Anne-Marie Caruso/New Jersey Monitor)
Community Voices

Hills Valley Coalition leader welcomes Meta’s teen safeguards

September 7, 2026 John Snyder

PASCACK VALLEY—Teenagers using Instagram and Facebook will face new time limits, overnight restrictions and other safety measures under a multistate settlement co-led by New Jersey. The court-approved agreement resolves government […]

International Overdose Awareness Day
Park Ridge

Park Ridge marks International Overdose Awareness Day

August 31, 2026 Pascack Press

PARK RIDGE, N.J.—The Park Ridge Municipal Alliance is participating in a countywide observance of International Overdose Awareness Day on Monday, Aug. 31. Purple flags and signs will be displayed in […]

The students of Park Ridge posed for this photograph outside their schoolhouse in the late 1880s. The first Monday of September meant back-to-school time. (Colorized photo)
Back in Time

Back to school at Park Ridge, round about 1890

August 29, 2026 Kristin Beuscher

PARK RIDGE, N.J.—Laptops? Air-conditioned schools? Artificial intelligence?! This group would have settled for indoor plumbing. As we send the kids back to school, let’s take a look at one of […]

This grave is among the oldest in the cemetery that lies just north of the Pascack Reformed Church in Park Ridge. It belongs to Peter G. Haring, who, along with his wife Elizabeth, was a founding member of this church in 1813. He was also a veteran of the American Revolution.
Park Ridge

Mayor hopes to honor Revolutionary War veterans Peter G. Haring, Jacob Wortendyke

August 29, 2026 Michael Olohan

PARK RIDGE, N.J.—As part of the borough’s ongoing 250th anniversary celebration, Mayor Keith Misciagna told the Borough Council on Aug. 11 that he hopes to honor two Revolutionary War veterans […]

Going places! From left: Park Ridge junior golfer Brooklyn Behrens with LPGA star Brooke Henderson at the 2025 ShopRite LPGA Classic on Seaview’s Bay Course in Galloway; Brooklyn competing at the 2026 U.S. Kids Golf World Championship in Pinehurst, North Carolina; and Brooklyn with her father and longtime coach, Tom Behrens. Left photo by Tom Behrens; center and right photos courtesy of U.S. Kids Golf.
Park Ridge

Brooklyn Behrens makes her mark on world stage

August 29, 2026 John Snyder

PARK RIDGE, N.J.—Three years after emerging as a local Drive, Chip & Putt standout, 10-year-old Brooklyn Behrens of Park Ridge is making her mark on the international junior golf circuit. […]

Flooding on Broadway on the Westwood side of the Hillsdale line, May 2022.
Emerson

On floods, ‘the need is clear and now’

August 24, 2026 Michael Olohan

PASCACK VALLEY AREA, N.J.—Hillsdale Mayor Michael Sheinfield told residents Aug. 11 that a proposed $8.9 million flood mitigation and brook improvement project — aimed at reducing flooding and improving water […]

Park Ridge

Treating ‘forever chemicals’; vote on bond for Sulak Field lights

August 23, 2026 Michael Olohan

PARK RIDGE, N.J.—The Borough Council approved a $6.75 million bond ordinance Aug. 11 to install treatment systems at Wells 12 and 18 to remove PFAS contaminants from the borough water […]

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