News about Westwood, N.J.
Back in Time
WESTWOOD—A large part of Westwood Avenue used to be lined with houses. The image above, from the early 1900s, probably was taken around this time of year — the trees […]
Westwood
Pascack Press
Surprise, well wishes, as Jack’s Café announces closure
WESTWOOD—The reaction was immediate and mixed. As soon as Jack’s Café posted it was saying goodbye and thanks after 16 years as a mainstay of dining in the proud hub […]
Hillsdale
DPW plans in 2023: options to stay dry, stay put due
HILLSDALE—By spring 2023, residents can expect to get some options and cost estimates from the borough engineer as to the best ways to protect the Department of Public Works building, […]
Pascack Press
Westwood rec nets its first pickleball medalists
WESTWOOD—The Recreation Department’s Forever Young Pickleball Program netted its first award in a pickleball tournament, Oct. 29, when Jed Schaiman, of Westwood, and Cynthia Toth, of River Vale, took home […]
Pascack Press
In it for the long haul: WRMS’s ‘Ms. Fab’ runs for kids in NYC Marathon
WESTWOOD—Westwood Regional Middle School guidance counselor Caitlin “Ms. Fab” Fabrocini completed the 2022 TCS New York City Marathon, Sunday, Nov. 6. She ran the event in 341 minutes. With 50,000 runners, […]
Back in Time
Two homes fall to blaze in Etna
PASCACK VALLEY—This week in history: A fire at Etna. We go back 120 years, to mid- November 1902, when a fire took out two homes in Emerson—or as it was […]
Emerson
DiPaola wins re-election; Republicans surprise in Park Ridge
PASCACK VALLEY—Municipal election results are in and contested races showed a mixed result, with both Republicans and Democrats winning seats and Emerson’s incumbent Republican mayor Danielle DiPaola — alleged by […]
Emerson
Mayors snubbed on aircraft committee
PASCACK VALLEY—Woodcliff Lake Mayor Carlos Rendo said that the Pascack Valley Mayors Association would devise a new plan at its Nov. 9 meeting in its fight against noise pollution from […]
Hillsdale
State league endorses flood bill
PASCACK VALLEY AREA—Westwood Mayor Ray Arroyo told Pascack Press on Oct. 24 that the New Jersey State League of Municipalities Legislative Committee has voted to endorse S-790, a bill by […]
Park Ridge
Westwood, Park Ridge students help power U.N. International Day of the Girl
PASCACK VALLEY—The United Nations paused on Oct. 11 to mark the 10th Annual International Day of the Girl. This event, Girls Speak Out, is a call for girls’ rights that […]