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October 9, 2026
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News about Park Ridge, N.J.

Jen Charnow and Jen Auerbach are building something new together: a foundation designed to connect neighbors with charitable organizations close to home.
Hillsdale

Community ties grow into new mission for volunteers; first ‘Better Together’ fundraiser Oct. 22

October 5, 2026 John Snyder

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J.—After 22 years of friendship, raising children and volunteering in local schools, Jen Charnow and Jen Auerbach are building something new together: a foundation designed to connect neighbors […]

It's school pick-up time for this busy mom, at Westwood Regional High School on Thursday, July 11, 2024. John Snyder photo.
Alpine

Towns request Bergen County help with deer population; regional effort sought

October 4, 2026 Michael Olohan

HACKENSACK, N.J.—Some Pascack Valley and Northern Valley town councils are “respectfully requesting” that the Bergen County executive and commissioners begin to undertake a regional approach to deer population concerns and […]

Park Ridge

Park Ridge Council race gets new challengers

September 28, 2026 Michael Olohan

PARK RIDGE, N.J.—Two Republican candidates were recently nominated for two council seats up for election Nov. 3, said local Republican officials. Selected by the local Republican County Committee were Marc […]

Park Ridge

Council repeals sign rule amid case; mayor warns, ‘We’ll regret that’

September 28, 2026 Michael Olohan

PARK RIDGE, N.J.—Despite warnings from a resident that repealing a local sign ordinance violated state ethical standards and the U.S. Constitution and that repealing it affected an ongoing municipal court […]

At the time of our 1860s stagecoach trip, the Pascack Reformed Church was already half a century old — but it was still the only church in the valley.The Frederick Wortendyke Jr. House (Benjamin Hill’s place in the 1860s) as it looks today. It is located at 12 Pascack Road. The oldest home in Park Ridge, it has been purchased by the borough to ensure the structure is preserved.
Back in Time

An 1860s trip through the Pascack Valley — Part 2

September 28, 2026 Kristin Beuscher

PASCACK VALLEY—Let’s continue our stagecoach journey through the 1860s Pascack Valley. We’ll follow the route the stagecoach took through this area 165 years ago. The route began at the old […]

Paul Low with Montvale Library Director Giulia Bombace. Courtesy photo.
Emerson

One card, 64 libraries, a summer well spent

September 28, 2026 John Snyder

MONTVALE, N.J.—Late in the day, Paul Low was behind a Dunkin’ in Cliffside Park, looking for a library with no sign. He had already been there once. His car’s directions […]

The stagecoach to Closter departed from Park Ridge’s Pascack Trading Post, a center of commerce for the Pascack Valley’s early settlers. This view shows the weathered building before its demolition in the 20th century. Its cornerstone, dated 1770, is preserved at the Pascack Historical Society’s museum.
Back in Time

An 1860s trip through the Pascack Valley: Part 1

September 19, 2026 Kristin Beuscher

It’s a fine morning and autumn is in the air. Let’s take an imaginary ride through the Pascack Valley and try to picture the countryside as it appeared in those […]

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. […]

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