News about Westwood, N.J.
Westwood Police Chief Michael Pontillo says a 46-year-old resident owes his life to quick-thinking officers and good Samaritans after the man took a harrowing body blow from a passing commuter […]
EMERSON, N.J.—It is so close that many can taste it: a council vote to cut restaurant drive-thrus as conditional uses in the retail zone, following through on a promise to […]
WESTWOOD, N.J.—Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo announces the arrest of Christian Pena-Ortiz, 20, a Westwood student, on charges of aggravated sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. […]
BY KRISTIN BEUSCHEROF PASCACK PRESS WESTWOOD, N.J.—Postmarked in mid-April during the early 1910s, a postcard from Westwood, N.J., to Winthrop, Maine, shows an image of the old St. Andrew’s Church. […]
BY JOHN SNYDEROF PASCACK PRESS WESTWOOD, N.J.—Twenty determined men and women from 12 nations renounced fidelity to any foreign princes or potentates at a ceremony at Westwood Public Library on […]
An op-ed by Lauren Letizia, chair of the Westwood Historic Preservation Commission. WESTWOOD, N.J.—As municipalities across New Jersey grapple with changing demographics, rising costs of living, environmental challenges, and the […]
BY JOHN SNYDEROF PASCACK PRESS WESTWOOD, N.J.—Wishes of buona fortuna, buona salute, and heartfelt love are pouring in for Pompilio John Sambogna, owner of Pompilio’s Pizzeria and Restaurant, who was […]
HILLSDALE/WESTWOOD, N.J.—The 27th Annual Kids’ Fishing Contest sponsored by the Friends of the Pascack Brook will be held on Saturday, April 27 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., rain or […]
BY JOHN SNYDEROF PASCACK PRESS WESTWOOD, N.J.—Police Chief Michael Pontillo has released a photo of a sedan that officers say might be connected to a brazen three smash-and-grabs during Berkeley […]
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