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August 29, 2025
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Township of Washington

News about the Township of Washington, N.J.

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Engineer, mayor hear from residents on swim club site redevelop

July 13, 2024 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Members of the Township’s Recreation Advisory Board spoke up for the proposed “great lawn” concept plan they recommended for the former swim club property on Ridgewood Boulevard North […]

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A new council chambers estimated at up to $750K

July 13, 2024 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Converting the former volunteer ambulance corps quarters behind town hall into new council chambers likely will cost $575,000 to $750,000, according to an architect’s estimate received by Mayor […]

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Council eyes $7 million-plus construction costs on DPW, PD

July 6, 2024 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Mayor Peter Calamari urged councilors to evaluate three updated construction proposals totaling more than $7 million. These proposals include moving the council chambers to a renovated former ambulance […]

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Sparks fly and fingers point as township adds to tax bite

July 6, 2024 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—An average township homeowner will be forking over about $90 “more in municipal taxes in the coming 2024-2025 tax year, another extra $183 in school taxes, and a […]

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Upheld: Judge backs ZBA in its rejection of strip mall at Pascack and Washington

July 5, 2024 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—A Superior Court judge has dismissed an appeal by 660 Pascack Realty to overturn the Zoning Board of Adjustment’s 2023 denial of its proposal to build a two-building, […]

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WTPD: 13 defendants, 25 charges; two families brawled after Westwood graduation

June 27, 2024 Staff

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—The Township of Washington Police Department has concluded a thorough investigation into disturbing incidents that played out just after Westwood Regional High School graduated the Class of 2024. […]

BEFORE AND AFTER: This view looks across Van Emburgh Avenue, up the hill on Washington Avenue, which was transformed from wilderness to thoroughfare by the Township of Washington in 1931.
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Rocky road in Township of Washington

June 23, 2024 Kristin Beuscher

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Before the 1930s, road maps of the Township of Washington looked a lot different. The vast majority of today’s side streets did not yet exist; instead, they were […]

Pascack Press

Schools chief sues BOE over ‘hostile actions’

June 21, 2024 John Snyder

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Dr. Jill Mortimer, hired in January 2022 on a five-year contract as superintendent of the Westwood Regional School District, has filed a lawsuit against the K-12 board of […]

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Charges pending as Westwood Regional 2024 grad ceremony marred by violence

June 21, 2024 Staff

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—The Washington Township Police Department reported an incident at the Westwood Regional High School senior class graduation on Thursday, June 20. Following the ceremony, multiple physical altercations erupted […]

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Young Falcons tear it up: Township tops at tough Spring Fever Tournament

May 25, 2024 Staff

Washington Township’s third- and fourth-grade Tournament Team won the Park Ridge Spring Fever Tournament on Sunday, May 19 after defeating host Park Ridge, 8-3, at Colony Field in Park Ridge. […]

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