Township of Washington Archives — Page 26 of 83 — Pascack Press & Northern Valley Press

Towns’ Open Space requests likely on county Sept. 7 agenda

August 27, 2022 Michael Olohan

PASCACK VALLEY—Taxpayers from throughout Bergen County will likely know within weeks — by the Bergen County Board of Commissioners’ Sept. 7 meeting — how much of more than $4 million […]

Interim principal at Westwood Regional Middle School; no theater class at WRMS this year

August 26, 2022 John Snyder

WESTWOOD REGIONAL DISTRICT—Shelley LaForgia, principal at Westwood Regional Middle School, is passing that baton to an interim principal as she moves to a new role: director of personnel for the […]

Calamari: $4.5M DPW plan won’t fit all vehicles, equipment

August 21, 2022 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Mayor Peter Calamari told Township Council members at their Aug. 15 meeting that there will not be enough space at a proposed newly designed $4.5 million public works […]

An eye for action: Photographer Ellorie Roberts, 13, is earning fans

August 21, 2022 John Snyder

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—A township eighth-grader has entrepreneurship in focus, earning fans as an amateur sports photographer over the past year and setting her sights on a career in the field. […]

Mayor warns on stored paint after house fire

August 20, 2022 John Snyder

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—No injuries were reported though property damage was obvious as fire ripped into 467 Pascack Road, across from a bustling Memorial Field, on the afternoon of Friday, Aug. […]

Emergency services building mostly ready

August 6, 2022 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Mayor Peter Calamari says a fall grand opening/open house is likely for the nearly $6 million emergency services building on Washington Avenue, now nearing completion. Speaking with Pascack […]

Intersection overhaul sees delay of at least a week

August 2, 2022 John Snyder

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—The County of Bergen’s protect to overhaul the Pascack Road–Washington Avenue intersection is delayed a week or two. Motorists are advised to check the township police department’s social […]

Revise policy on teachers’ dress? Vote set Aug. 25

August 1, 2022 Michael Olohan

WESTWOOD REGIONAL—A revised dress and grooming policy for teaching and support staff was introduced July 19 with some trustees voicing concerns about looking professional in light of a recent “loosening” […]

District changes public comment rules, aiming at more order

July 31, 2022 Michael Olohan

WESTWOOD REGIONAL—School trustees voted, 8-0, on July 19 to restructure the often contentious public comment period by allowing two three-minute opportunities for the public to comment: once on agenda items […]

Pascack–Washington overhaul starts Aug. 1

July 28, 2022 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—After years of delay and anticipation, long-needed improvements to the Pascack Road–Washington Avenue intersection — one of the township’s busiest crossroads — is set to begin this week […]