News about Westwood, N.J.
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
WESTWOOD—The mayor and council meet Tuesday, Dec. 16, at the Municipal Complex, 101 Washington Ave., with a 7:30 p.m. closed session and an 8 p.m. public session, per the posted agenda. From our reading of […]
WESTWOOD—When I attended college in the mid-1970s, Environmental Studies 101 was known as a “gut” course — soft on science and an easy “A.” It was condescendingly called “Trees Are […]
WESTWOOD—The Westwood Parking Utility reminds drivers of its commitment to supporting downtown businesses throughout this holiday season by maintaining more than 600 metered “shopper spots” on-street throughout the center of town, […]
PASCACK VALLEY—Thanks to the generosity of local shoppers, more than $800 worth of holiday meal items were donated to the St. Andrew’s Church Food Pantry in Westwood just in time […]
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