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January 23, 2026
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News about Westwood, N.J.

1 Westwood Ave. VIa Westwood Historic Preservation Commission.
Community Voices

Westwood Council to consider historic landmark status for 1 Westwood Ave., home to Rosangelly’s

January 16, 2026 John Snyder

WESTWOOD — The Westwood mayor and council will meet Tuesday, Jan. 20, with a proposed historic designation for the Westwood Trust Building at 1 Westwood Ave. — now home to Rosangelly’s Restaurant Café & […]

With 50-year Westwood firefighter JayMee Hodges looking on, Westwood Troop 321 Life Scout Bella Tirri, grade 8, presents on her work for the Westwood Heritage Society at the Dec. 16, 2025 meeting of the governing body. John Snyder photo.
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Troop 321 scout earns mayor, council nod on vital preservation project with Heritage Society

January 16, 2026 John Snyder

WESTWOOD—Troop 321 Life Scout Bella Tirri earned fans at Borough Hall and further afield, Dec. 16, 2025, outlining for the governing body her Eagle Scout proposal to renovate the Westwood […]

Emerson

Westwood vigil mourns Renée Good, a U.S. citizen killed by ICE, and calls for accountability

January 11, 2026 John Snyder

WESTWOOD — More than 100 people gathered Sunday afternoon, Jan. 11, along Washington Avenue in front of Veterans Park for a vigil honoring Renée Nicole Good, 37, a Minneapolis woman […]

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Westwood sine die, reorg meetings Jan. 6

January 3, 2026 John Snyder

WESTWOOD — Westwood’s Mayor and Council will hold its year-ending “sine die” meeting and its annual reorganization meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 6 at the Municipal Complex, 101 Washington Ave. The sine die meeting is scheduled […]

Westwood Volunteer Fire Department Chief Brian Kronewitter; 50-year members Daniel O’Brien, JayMee Hodges, and William Quinn; and Pat Conner, president of the New Jersey–New York Volunteer Fire Association, at Borough Hall on Dec. 16. John Snyder photo
Pascack Press

Borough cheers three newly minted 50-year firefighters 

December 27, 2025 John Snyder

WESTWOOD—The Borough Council chamber filled with dress-uniform firefighters on Dec. 16, as the mayor and council paused a busy year-end agenda to honor three of the borough’s own for a […]

Pascack Press staff writer Michael Olohan / staff photo
Emerson

Reporter’s Notebook: Hot stories to watch for in 2026

December 27, 2025 Michael Olohan

Welcome to my year-end wrap-up and 2026 preview — a chance to look back at the municipal matters (and occasional madness!) that filled our pages in 2025 and flag the […]

Backed by seasonally attired Westwood Mayor Ray Arroyo and land use liaison Lauren Letizia, fifth-graders from Berkeley and Brookside Elementary schools stood out at the Dec. 16 meeting of the governing body. They are Lainey Joy, Seraphina, Isabella, Victoria, Hayden, Siena, Toby, and Rebecca. John Snyder photo.
Pascack Press

Calling For Bike Racks: Westwood fifth-grade scouts go for Bronze Award on strength of civic proposal

December 25, 2025 John Snyder

WESTWOOD—Eight Westwood fifth graders came to Borough Hall on Dec. 16 with a simple, civic-minded request: more bike racks downtown, in the Central Business District The girls—Lainey Joy, Seraphina, Isabella, […]

Westwood's Rich Poggi and his first novel.
Community Voices

The long game: Rich Poggi on writing, grief, and golf

December 21, 2025 John Snyder

Westwood author Rich Poggi didn’t set out to become a novelist.  Fairways and Greens, his debut work of fiction, began years ago as a screenplay he once hoped to pitch […]

U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer with the Fifth District’s latest “Hometown Heroes” honorees at the district’s Hometown Heroes Ceremony, held Monday, Dec. 15 at the Barrymore Film Center in Fort Lee — among them Westwood student leader Jordan Schwartz, Woodcliff Lake resident Jennifer Errity, and Montvale honorees Valerie Kimel and Chief Geoffrey Gibbons. Via Haradan Bottomley of Joshh Gottheimer’s office.
Emerson

Look to Our Helpers: Pascack Valley well represented in latest Fifth District Hometown Heroes awards

December 21, 2025 John Snyder

FORT LEE—U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer honored 20 Fifth District residents as Hometown Heroes during a ceremony held Monday, Dec. 15, at the Barrymore Film Center, recognizing “life-saving first responders, veterans, […]

In which Westwood Mayor Ray Arroyo grieves the evident impending loss of the borough’s storied “Kissing Tree,” the second-tallest copper beech in Bergen County. This proud beauty was recently recognized as an important Heritage Tree, and could be older than the United States. Richard Frant tree photo; Arroyo photo: John Snyder/file
Pascack Press

Kissing Tree, possibly older than U.S., faces terminal fungus; borough weighs safety, prepares to grieve

December 18, 2025 John Snyder

WESTWOOD — A copper beech that may have taken root before the nation itself was born — our storied “Kissing Tree” in Veterans Park, where young love has flowered for generations and residents recently […]

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