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August 6, 2026
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Township of Washington

News about the Township of Washington, N.J.

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Black bears sighted near Ridgewood Boulevard North

August 3, 2026 Pascack Press

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J. — Residents are being urged to secure garbage, birdseed, pet food, and other potential food sources following recent black bear sightings near Ridgewood Boulevard North. Township […]

The 1,860-square-foot home and 600-square-foot barn at 450 Pascack Road, a narrow property abutting Memorial Field and Washington Elementary School, are razed Tuesday, July 28. The property will be used for passive recreation, officials have said. Mike Olohan photo.
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End of the road for house at 450 Pascack

August 1, 2026 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J.—The long-neglected house and barn at 450 Pascack Road are history. Shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday, July 28, an 18-wheeler pulled away from the property carrying debris […]

Emerson

Mayors hail state supremes’ land-use ruling

July 26, 2026 Michael Olohan

PASCACK VALLEY AREA—Pascack Valley mayors told Pascack Press that a recent state Supreme Court ruling appears to give local land use boards another layer of review and potential control over […]

Township of Washington
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DPW facility progress ‘extremely slow’; Dec. 8 ‘substantial completion date’

July 19, 2026 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J.—The township administrator said July 13 that the revised “substantial completion date” for the new $4.9 million, three-bay DPW facility behind Town Hall is Dec. 8, 2026, […]

Emerson

Tri-Boro’s ‘250th’ adventure sweeps to victory

July 19, 2026 Michael Olohan

PASCACK VALLEY—Despite temperatures topping 100 degrees on July 4th, hundreds of old and young Pascack Valley residents — many dressed in shades of red, white and blue — lined Grand […]

RIVAL TICKETS: Ballots from Park Ridge’s first school board election, held July 20, 1894, show the competing People’s Party—dubbed the “Hayseeds” by its opponents—and Citizens’ Party, representing the borough’s newer commuter population. A six-way tie for the final five seats ultimately was settled by drawing the candidates’ names.
Back in Time

‘Hayseeds vs. Commuters’ in Park Ridge school election

July 19, 2026 Kristin Beuscher

PARK RIDGE, N.J.—Park Ridge broke from Washington Township and began life as a borough in 1894. With that came its own school district, and the first election of school board […]

‘Downtown’ Westwood in the 1870s. This view looks across the intersection of Railroad Avenue and Main Street (Broadway and Westwood Avenue) toward the Westwood House hotel, built in 1869. This location is now the Westwood Gallery.
Back in Time

Fury from above: The summer when ice wreaked havoc at Pascack

July 13, 2026 Kristin Beuscher

PASCACK VALLEY—Last week’s severe weather certainly put a damper on the Pascack Valley’s Fourth of July plans. A heat wave that saw temperatures soar into the triple digits was broken […]

An eroded stream bank in the Township of Washington exposes a utility hole cover that was identified as a critical sanitary issue in Boswell Engineering's "Musquapsink Condition Assessment Report." Michael Olohan photo (2023)
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Homeowners notified of upcoming Musquapsink Brook streambank repairs

July 9, 2026 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J.—Some residents whose homes lie adjacent to stretches of Musquapsink Brook have been notified by the township administrator of upcoming work by Downes Tree Service to repair […]

A tree branch rests in front of a Township of Washington home after powerful storms swept through Bergen County on the evening of July 4, bringing strong winds, heavy rain, scattered power outages and downed trees across the Pascack Valley. John Snyder photo.
Emerson

Storms knock out power, topple trees in Pascack Valley; more rain expected

July 5, 2026 John Snyder

PASCACK VALLEY AREA — Strong storms that moved through Bergen County on Saturday night, July 4, left downed trees, scattered outages, transformer and generator fires, and traffic-signal problems in parts […]

Clark Field, tucked into a residential neighborhood at the intersection of Monroe Avenue and Cross Street in Washington Township, features a Little League baseball field, basketball court, calisthenics area, playground and restrooms, with on-street parking available.
Pascack Press

Lightning alarm, license plate readers

June 27, 2026 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J.—The town administrator said he would look into the cost of adding a cellular notification alert to the local lightning detection system, as well as checking on […]

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