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September 1, 2026
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Township of Washington

News about the Township of Washington, N.J.

Township of Washington Green Team
Community Voices

Tree canopy seen trending down; health fears

August 13, 2026 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J.—A team of Montclair State University students studying the township’s tree canopy health told the governing body that projections indicate local tree canopy coverage could fall below […]

No phone zone
Pascack Press

Westwood Regional extends bell-to-bell device ban to high school

August 10, 2026 John Snyder

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J.—Westwood Regional School District students will face a bell-to-bell restriction on personal internet-enabled devices when classes resume Wednesday, Sept. 2, with the district’s existing expectations for younger […]

Sean Dargan, left, a financial planner affiliated with Northwestern Mutual in Paramus, listens as Steven Hopper, president of Park Ridge-based Pratt Plumbing Heating & Air Inc., holds up company literature during the Greater Pascack Valley Chamber of Commerce’s August meeting at the Westwood Public Library. Hopper noted that Pratt will mark its 100th anniversary in 2027. John Snyder photo.
Community Voices

Pascack Valley chamber gets down to business with AI

August 7, 2026 John Snyder

WESTWOOD, N.J.—A dentist preparing to open his first Montvale practice sat alongside bankers, financial planners, nonprofit leaders, technology specialists, a plumber approaching his company’s 100th anniversary, a lawyer, a real […]

Coach Jimmy Wagner - Mikey Koz photo
In My Experience

In My Experience: Jimmy Wagner on ‘What boxing taught me about uncertainty’

August 6, 2026 Pascack Press

By COACH JIMMY WAGNERSPECIAL TO PASCACK PRESS TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J.—As a young man, I was described as mentally wayward, nervous, scared and traumatized. What I eventually learned was that […]

Black bear / File / NJDEP Fish & Wildlife
Community Voices

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.
Pascack Press

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
Pascack Press

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 […]

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