News about Westwood, N.J.
NEW JERSEY—Distracted driving is likely as dangerous and deadly as drunk driving. That’s according to area police officials, state law enforcement agencies, and a New Jersey court that recently found […]
HACKENSACK, N.J.—Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton is ordering Sheriff’s Office personnel to increase patrols at synagogues and surrounding population centers in response to the Dec. 10 shooting targeting a kosher […]
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J.—A committee charged with recommending a new chief of police to replace Glenn Hooper, who recently retired after 42 years on the force, has completed its work. […]
HACKENSACK—While the county park systems’ six golf courses bring in nearly $7 million out of $9 million in annual park revenues, there’s still one amenity in short-supply over the 9,000-plus […]
NEW JERSEY—This state may become the 12th nationwide to legalize marijuana—but not until November 2020, when the state’s voters will decide the issue after legislators abandoned efforts during a lame-duck […]
NEW JERSEY—Following an unusual outbreak of coyote attacks in New Jersey this year—including recently on Rutgers’ Livingston campus and two early October attacks in Mahwah’s Ramapo Reservation—state environmental and animal […]
WESTWOOD, N.J.—Decorations light up the night as Westwood Avenue is all decked out for the 1973 holiday season. This image was captured by photographer Thomas Moorhead of Emerson. December is […]
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J.—The Westwood Regional School Board is taking up a request to name the high school turf field after beloved community member Vito “Pal” Trause, who died Oct. […]
The traditional start of winter revelry in the Pascack Valley is the annual Westwood Home for the Holidays, with its parade, dance performances, cider, hot cocoa, donuts, giveaways, and Santa […]
WESTWOOD, N.J.—The year was 1969… Richard Nixon was president and over 400,000 would gather in upstate New York for the Woodstock Music Festival. The Mets won the World Series and […]
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