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Township accepts county $439K grant for club buy

February 18, 2023 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—The Township Council unanimously approved accepting a $438,750 county Open Space grant, Feb. 6, to help reimburse acquisition costs for the former Washington Township Swim and Recreation Club. […]

Pinning down what happened to an easement behind home

February 17, 2023 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—When is a regulated waterway no longer a regulated waterway? That’s the question Meisten Street resident Michael Agnello posed to local officials and the answer appears to depend […]

Nuisance’ houses face deadline on repairs

February 17, 2023 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—A new code enforcement officer has issued at least seven property code violations to properties causing public nuisances including three vacant, decrepit properties at the Pascack–Washington intersection, and […]

Interim superintendent named; district presents on harassment, intimidation and bullying data Feb. 16

February 14, 2023 Staff

WESTWOOD REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT—Superintendent Jill Mortimer wrote families on Feb. 14 to say she anticipates that the Board of Education at its meeting Thursday night will approve the hiring of […]

Hopeful ‘sign’ as preschool stakes out Charlie Brown’s

February 3, 2023 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—A March Zoning Board of Adjustment hearing date is possible on a new site plan application by Apple Montessori Schools to build a 154-student preschool on the former […]

ZBA undertakes own traffic study on mall, intersection; report due by Feb. 28 hearing

January 27, 2023 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—The Zoning Board of Adjustment authorized an independent traffic study Jan. 24 of the proposed 17,000 square-foot-plus retail complex called “4 Seasons Marketplace” proposed at the Pascack-Washington intersection, […]

Council president cool on mayor’s call for 450 Pascack purchase

January 14, 2023 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Desserie Morgan earned a council presidency for a second consecutive year, on Jan. 3 posting a 5–0 vote of members. The annual reorganization meeting put Dr. Steven Cascio […]

Hearing Jan. 24 on 4 Seasons proposal

January 14, 2023 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—A fourth hearing on a proposal to build a “4 Seasons Marketplace” strip mall at the corner of the newly improved Pascack-Washington intersection comes before the Zoning Board […]

Council sets sign limits on store windows

January 7, 2023 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—To minimize unsightly window signage in commercial zones throughout the township, the council unanimously passed an ordinance Dec. 19, 2022 to restrict indoor window signs to a maximum […]

New BOE president Pontillo urges teamwork and promises a ‘laser focus’ on six priorities

January 6, 2023 John Snyder

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—At the annual reorganization meeting of the Westwood Regional School district board, held Jan. 5 in the Hurley Theater in the high school, Westwood’s Michael Pontillo was elected […]