News about Park Ridge, N.J.
PASCACK VALLEY—In the featured photograph, taken in the early 1900s, two early automobiles kick up dust in a race on Broadway in Park Ridge. The drivers are heading in the […]
PARK RIDGE—The Borough Council on March 12 approved two consulting contracts for nearly $171,000 to conduct engineering studies and seek out grant funds for the likely dredging of Electric Lake/Mill […]
PARK RIDGE—From March 10 to 14, 1924, life at Park Ridge High was a real popularity contest. That week the students cast their ballots in a race to proclaim the […]
PARK RIDGE—Council president John Ferguson says some residents have expressed concerns since voters in November defeated the $15.5 million non-binding referendum to dredge Mill Pond. “We are exhausting all possible […]
PARK RIDGE—The Borough Council president said that “wheels are in motion” to get updated construction costs for a possible future community recreation center on property adjoining The James, a residential […]
BY PAUL SULLIVANSPECIAL TO PASCACK PRESS PARK RIDGE—One-seed Park Ridge High School Owls girls varsity basketball team defeated the two-seed Mountain Lakes High School Lakers, 43-28, on Saturday, March 2 […]
PARK RIDGE—The photograph at top was snapped on Pascack Road (or Main Street as it was called then) in Park Ridge on a winter’s day more than a century ago. […]
PASCACK VALLEY—A century ago, a popular fundraiser for schools and churches was the Tom Thumb Wedding. Gen. Tom Thumb was the stage name of Charles Stratton (1838–1883). Standing a little […]
WESTWOOD—Nine area mayors and a new councilwoman headlined the annual Greater Pascack Valley Chamber of Commerce mayors breakfast at The Tavern at The Iron Horse in Westwood on Jan. 24, […]
PARK RIDGE—Monsignor James C. Turro, the oldest priest in the Archdiocese of Newark, turned 102 years old on Jan. 26. Turro’s home parish of Our Lady of Mercy Church in […]
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