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August 25, 2025
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News about Park Ridge, N.J.

Judge's gavel and law books
Emerson

Municipalities push back on affordable housing mandates after court denial

January 2, 2025 John Snyder

PASCACK VALLEY—Local Leaders for Responsible Planning (LLRP), a coalition of suburban municipalities led by Montvale Mayor Michael Ghassali, is pressing forward with its legal challenge to New Jersey’s Fourth Round […]

Ice house
Back in Time

Cool! Ice houses and ice harvesting in the Pascack Valley

January 2, 2025 Kristin Beuscher

PASCACK VALLEY—This is excerpted from an article that originally appeared in the Pascack Historical Society’s quarterly publication, Relics. Before the days of refrigeration, quite a bit of planning and hard […]

Michael Olohan, staff writer, Pascack Press & Northern Valley Press
Emerson

Reporter’s Notebook: Stories to watch in 2025

January 1, 2025 Michael Olohan

As we welcome the New Year, I offer my take on municipal topics sure to keep you reading the Pascack Press in 2025.  Be sure to watch for our imminent […]

Emerson

Save the dates: School boards reorganizing for 2025

December 30, 2024 Michael Olohan

PASCACK VALLEY—Seven Pascack Valley school boards, including the two-town Westwood Regional School Board, are set to hold reorganization meetings in early January. These meetings will shuffle or add members, elect […]

Park Ridge

Council cuts back police lieutenant positions; hiring motion fails; hearing Jan. 7, 2025

December 23, 2024 Michael Olohan

PARK RIDGE—A split Borough Council voted, 4–2, on Dec. 10 to introduce an ordinance amending the police department’s roster to a maximum of one captain and two lieutenants, reducing the […]

Judge's gavel and law books
Hillsdale

Pascack Valley Joint Municipal Court to disband amid towns’ tensions

December 22, 2024 John Snyder

MONTVALE—The Pascack Valley Joint Court, established in 2011 as a model of intermunicipal collaboration, is now set to dissolve by the end of 2025. For more than a decade, the […]

Park Ridge Police Chief Joseph Madden.
Park Ridge

Chief Madden retires after 38 years of service in Park Ridge

December 22, 2024 John Snyder

PARK RIDGE—Police Chief Joseph J. Madden, whose 38-year career with the Park Ridge Police Department included 17 years as chief, officially retired following a ceremonial “walk out” on Dec. 18. […]

Affordable housing
Emerson

Judge to rule on affordable housing deadlines by Jan. 1

December 20, 2024 Michael Olohan

PASCACK VALLEY—Mercer County Superior Court Judge Robert Lougy said on Dec. 20 that he will rule before Jan. 1, 2025, on whether to “pause” the fourth round of statewide affordable […]

Electric meter
Park Ridge

Water, electric rates up for 2025

December 20, 2024 Michael Olohan

PARK RIDGE—The Borough Council voted, 3–2, on Dec. 10 to approve higher water and electric rates for 2025, despite not knowing at the time how much the increases would cost […]

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Emerson

Local voices on drone sightings, flight ban

December 19, 2024 Pascack Press

BY MICHAEL OLOHAN AND JOHN SNYDEROF PASCACK PRESS PASCACK VALLEY—Aliens? One of America’s adversaries? Delivery drones? Hobbyists? Pranksters? A covert operation in the U.S. national interest? None of the above?  […]

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