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Planning Board could vet Viviano application Sept. 22

September 17, 2021 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—A special Planning Board meeting scheduled for Sept. 22 might conclude nearly two decades of hearings, lawsuits, objections and delays in the long-running Viviano American Dream Estate’s 66-unit […]

The valley remembers: 20th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001

September 17, 2021 Pascack Press

PASCACK VALLEY—Our towns and boroughs marked a solemn 20th anniversary of the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 on Saturday, gathering in vigil and prayer, in the laying of wreaths, […]

District seeks option to send displaced students to Bethany center

September 17, 2021 John Snyder

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Interim Superintendent Jill Mortimer trumpeted “We did it! The school year is off to a wonderful start” in her message to the school community on Sept. 10, a […]

Rescues, and a school shuttered, in wake of historic Ida

September 13, 2021 John Snyder

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—The township’s volunteer firefighters joined the Northeast’s battle against Hurricane Ida’s ravaging remnants, determined to protect life, limb, and property from rising water. And flooding at Washington Elementary […]

Neighbor: What’s the township’s vision for 450 Pascack Road?

September 13, 2021 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—A new neighbor of a 3.2-acre tract at 450 Pascack Road — the subject of a $430,000 acquisition try by the township — wants to know what the […]

Election ’21: Council races and one mayor’s seat

September 13, 2021 Michael Olohan

PASCACK VALLEY—Several Pascack Valley towns offer contested council races for the Nov. 2 General Election. The Township of Washington features the only mayoral challenge, and a call has arisen there […]

Ida drives damage, heroes as valley digs out from historic storm, eyeing change

September 13, 2021 John Snyder

PASCACK VALLEY AREA—The Borough of Hillsdale needs to do more to educate residents — particularly new arrivals — about its evacuation procedures after Category 4 Hurricane Ida slammed into Louisiana […]

Grant consultant pulls in nearly $26,000 so far this year

September 13, 2021 Matthew Wikfors

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—The township’s grant consultant says the town took in one grant — for upward of $26,000 — over the first eight months of 2021, and that it has […]

Push for public builds to face Planning Board review

September 4, 2021 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Local officials conceded on Aug. 30 that they could do little to alter the scale of the new Emergency Services Building — which some neighbors assert is higher […]

Election ’21: School board candidates square off for Nov. 2 contest

September 4, 2021 Michael Olohan

PASCACK VALLEY AREA—Of six valley towns with school board races slated for the Nov. 2 General Election, only River Vale offers a competitive contest. However the regional school board races […]