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September 18, 2025
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Audience members 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’ Sept. 17 forum in Westwood quickly became a pointed call to defend democracy. League president Tomasina Schwarz set […]

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. […]

Two new community residences for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) will be introduced at a ribbon-cutting on Friday, Sept. 12, at 49 Greenhalgh Lane. NCFL photo
Community Voices

River Vale, NCFL to open two special-needs residences Friday

September 10, 2025 John Snyder

RIVER VALE — Two new community residences for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) will be introduced at a ribbon-cutting on Friday, Sept. 12, at 49 Greenhalgh Lane. Mayor […]

Emerson

Towns awarded nearly $900K in open space funds

September 7, 2025 Michael Olohan

HACKENSACK—All eight Pascack Valley towns and six of 13 Northern Valley towns will share nearly $2 million in Bergen County Open Space Trust Fund 2025 allocations, according to a public notice […]

APPLES FOR TEACHER! Dr. Aarti Mallya, Pascack Hills High School science teacher, has been named the 2025–2026 Bergen County Teacher of the Year. Mallya, recognized for her innovative instruction and dedication to student growth, was honored alongside 20 other County Teachers of the Year at a statewide ceremony in Ewing.
Hillsdale

Meet our Teacher of the Year: Dr. Aarti Mallya of Pascack Hills is tops in Bergen County for 2025

August 29, 2025 John Snyder

MONTVALE—For Dr. Aarti Mallya, science is more than a subject: it’s a doorway into curiosity, discovery, and resilience — and a way for students to see themselves as capable of […]

The District 20 schoolhouse and student body circa 1890. This school stood at Piermont Avenue and Rivervale Road in what is now River Vale, serving a rural community of fewer than 200.
Back in Time

The three lives of River Vale’s one-room schoolhouse

August 29, 2025 Kristin Beuscher

RIVER VALE—Long before anyone talked about recycling or sustainability, the people of River Vale simply refused to waste a good building. What today might be described as adaptive reuse was […]

Earthquake focus and epicenter. USGS diagram.
Emerson

Feel it? Earthquake near Hasbrouck Heights thumps Pascack Valley Saturday night

August 2, 2025 John Snyder

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J.—A magnitude 3.0 earthquake shook parts of Bergen County on Saturday, Aug. 2, at 10:18 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter was pinpointed just northeast […]

Community Voices

500+ downed trees block waterways in four towns; state, federal funds sought for removal

August 2, 2025 Michael Olohan

PASCACK VALLEY AREA, Bergen County—If a tree falls into one of the brooks, rivers, or tributaries that traverse Pascack Valley’s eight towns, who’s responsible for removing it? The answer—depending on […]

The summer sounds of Strauss, movie magic, and classical favorites filled the air at Upper Grove Field on Saturday, June 28, as the Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra performed before a crowd of more than 200 residents. Courtesy photos.
Pascack Press

Kids of all ages thrill to Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra in the park

August 2, 2025 John Snyder

RIVER VALE—The summer sounds of Strauss, movie magic, and classical favorites filled the air at Upper Grove Field on Saturday, June 28, as the Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra performed before a […]

They’re the Pascack Pi-oneers, Team 1676 in the FIRST Robotics Competition, and this spring marked their 21st year designing, building, and competing at the highest levels of student-led robotics. Representing the Pascack Valley Regional High School District, they hail from Hillsdale, River Vale, Montvale, and Woodcliff Lake. Team photo.
Community Voices

More than robots: Pi-oneers team up on good works

August 2, 2025 John Snyder

HILLSDALE—They’re the Pascack Pi-oneers, Team 1676 in the FIRST Robotics Competition, and this spring marked their 21st year designing, building, and competing at the highest levels of student-led robotics.  Representing […]

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