Township of Washington Archives — Page 84 of 91 — Pascack Press & Northern Valley Press

Sheriff Saudino relents; quits amid racist remarks firestorm

September 21, 2018 John Snyder

BY JOHN SNYDER OF PASCACK PRESS HACKENSACK—Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino relented Friday, resigning immediately following the release of a secret recording in which he was caught making racist comments […]

PSE&G aids after Boston-area blasts; pushes local hurricane safety

September 14, 2018 John Snyder

BY JOHN SNYDER OF PASCACK PRESS PASCACK VALLEY AREA, N.J.—Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G), New Jersey’s largest utility, said it is sending 45 gas service technicians and six […]

We shall not forget: Our towns stand strong 17 years after 9/11

September 14, 2018 Pascack Press

[slideshow_deploy id=’899′] PASCACK VALLEY AREA, N.J.—It hasn’t gotten any easier, and in our towns, safe to say, it never will. Whether we came to hear speeches, prayers, patriotic chords, or […]

Bergen SWAN Story Night Sept. 23 at Hague Park a celebration, call to action

September 10, 2018 Hillary Viders

[slideshow_deploy id=’899′] BY HILLARY VIDERS SPECIAL TO THEPRESSGROUP.NET BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.—Since 1988, the nonprofit Bergen SWAN (Bergen Save the Watershed Action Network) has been focusing on conservation, education, advocacy, and […]

Peaceful practices: Teacher touting nonviolence returns from India

September 7, 2018 John Snyder

[slideshow_deploy id=’899′] BY JOHN SNYDER OF PASCACK PRESS WESTWOOD REGIONAL SCHOOLS—Seventeen people, most of them residents of the Township of Washington and the Borough of Westwood, took to the microphone […]

Township council hears estimates on ‘cramped, dangerous’ firehouse

August 10, 2018 John Snyder

[slideshow_deploy id=’899′] BY JOHN SNYDER OF PASCACK PRESS TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—The architect hired to evaluate the township’s Volunteer Fire Department headquarters says the structure is cramped, substandard, and dangerous, and […]

Free concerts sound good this summer!

July 13, 2018 Tom Clancey

[slideshow_deploy id=’899′] Join friends and neighbors at a wealth of summer concerts. Hosted in Englewood, Hillsdale, Montvale, Park Ridge, Tenafly, the Township of Washington, Westwood, and Old Tappan, there’s something […]

Decades on, Township of Washington council clearer on finances

July 13, 2018 John Snyder

[slideshow_deploy id=’899′] BY JOHN SNYDER OF PASCACK PRESS TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J.—New Jersey Gov. Thomas Kean had two more years in office before he would be succeeded by Jim Florio, […]

Council: No on marijuana sales, adult shops

July 6, 2018 John Snyder

[slideshow_deploy id=’899′] BY JOHN SNYDER OF PASCACK PRESS If you were hoping to open a business selling marijuana or vaping products or paraphernalia in the downtown retail district, call it […]

John W. Stapleton, 93, first elected mayor of the Township of Washington

June 18, 2018 Pascack Press

John William Stapleton, 93, of the Township of Washington, N.J., passed away peacefully on June 10, 2018. John was born on Aug. 12, 1924, to John William and Ruth Diamond […]