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December 12, 2025
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Township of Washington

News about the Township of Washington, N.J.

The sights, the sounds, and the fir scents that make Christmas tree-shopping with the WTFD second to none. John Snyder photo.
Pascack Press

Volunteer firefighters keep holiday tradition thriving with annual Christmas tree sale

December 9, 2025 John Snyder

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON — On a crisp December Sunday afternoon, Memorial Field felt like the heart of the town: kids weaving between rows of Fraser firs, families sizing up their perfect […]

Bethany Community Center, 605 Pascack Road, is a wellness and recreation hub offering fitness facilities, classes, sports, and community programs for all ages. It partners with local groups to provide activities ranging from swimming and martial arts to music and senior programs, and also serves as a worship site for Bethany Church.
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Bethany cites safety in declining DPW use of its Pascack Road entrance

December 9, 2025 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Bethany Community Center officials told Pascack Press that DPW trucks were barred from entering a temporary parking lot there via the center’s Pascack Road entrance due to a “high volume […]

Township of Washington
Community Voices

Reporter’s Notebook: Michael Olohan on municipal construction, transparency, and recent history

December 4, 2025 Michael Olohan

Editor’s note: For more than five years, the Township of Washington has worked to replace its DPW headquarters, which was vacated and ultimately razed under state order due to longstanding […]

Aerial view of the Bethany Church property in Washington Township, where the township proposes to lease a 1.25-acre lot for temporary DPW vehicle storage.
Pascack Press

Council passes DPW lease at Bethany

December 4, 2025 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Despite some 16 residents protesting the town leasing a large lot behind Bethany Community Center for temporary DPW storage, the Township Council voted, 3–1, on Dec. 2 to […]

Elevated levels of lead in the ground at 450 Pascack Road — along with other items needing attention — are the town’s next order of business at its new property, adjacent to Memorial Field. Michael Olohan photo/Pascack Press composite.
Pascack Press

Town draws from escrow to approve soil remediation at 450 Pascack Road

December 3, 2025 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—The Township Council unanimously approved a nearly $29,000 soil-remediation contract Dec. 2 for cleanup of lead-contaminated soil in a limited area near the home at 450 Pascack Road. […]

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Alpine

Millions in road, safety funds headed to Pascack and Northern valleys under FY26 municipal aid

November 30, 2025 Staff

TRENTON—Gov. Phil Murphy has announced $150 million in Fiscal Year 2026 Municipal Aid grants, with 537 municipalities statewide receiving funding for road, bridge, safety, and quality-of-life improvements. Every municipality that […]

Bethany Community Center, 605 Pascack Road, is a wellness and recreation hub offering fitness facilities, classes, sports, and community programs for all ages. It partners with local groups to provide activities ranging from swimming and martial arts to music and senior programs, and also serves as a worship site for Bethany Church.
Pascack Press

DPW moves on two fronts: Bethany lease, Valley Bank parking on Dec. 2 council agenda

November 29, 2025 John Snyder

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON — The Township Council will meet Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. with a full agenda headlined by the public hearing and second-reading vote on Ordinance 25-25, which […]

A new driveway for Department of Public Works vehicles takes shape at the Bethany property in this Nov. 1 photo. A final public hearing on the plan to lease space from the church is scheduled for the Monday, Nov. 10 council meeting. (Photo by Mike Olohan)
Pascack Press

Questions ahead of Bethany/DPW lease hearing Dec. 2

November 25, 2025 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—A final public hearing on a lease for DPW vehicles and equipment in a back lot at Bethany Community Center, off Woodfield Road, will be held Tuesday, Dec. […]

More than 300 turkeys were collected at the 33rd Annual Helping Hand Food Pantry Turkey Drive, thanks in part to student volunteers who helped unload and sort donations on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. John Snyder photo.
Emerson

Community generosity packs out Helping Hand Food Pantry at 33rd Annual Turkey Drive

November 24, 2025 John Snyder

HILLSDALE —Among a season of cheery and vital food drives in the Pascack Valley, the 33rd Annual Helping Hand Turkey Drive, held Saturday, Nov. 22 at Hillsdale United Methodist Church, was […]

Gov.-Elect Mikie Sherrill, who won the 2025 New Jersey gubernatorial race and has since resigned her congressional seat, has announced her transition team. That team includes Adam Gordon, executive director of the Fair Share Housing Center, who will help guide housing policy. Sherrill photo: NJ Monitor, via Creative Commons. Gordon inset via fairsharehousing.org.
Emerson

Fair Share Housing’s Adam Gordon named to Sherrill-Caldwell transition team

November 21, 2025 John Snyder

TRENTON—Fair Share Housing Center Executive Director Adam Gordon, long a prominent figure in New Jersey’s affordable housing battles, has been appointed to Gov.-Elect Mikie Sherrill’s transition team. The move places one of the […]

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