Emerson
Reporter’s Notebook: Stories to watch in 2025
As we welcome the New Year, I offer my take on municipal topics sure to keep you reading the Pascack Press in 2025. Be sure to watch for our imminent […]
Woodcliff Lake
Emerson
Save the dates: School boards reorganizing for 2025
PASCACK VALLEY—Seven Pascack Valley school boards, including the two-town Westwood Regional School Board, are set to hold reorganization meetings in early January. These meetings will shuffle or add members, elect […]
Hillsdale
Pascack Valley Joint Municipal Court to disband amid towns’ tensions
MONTVALE—The Pascack Valley Joint Court, established in 2011 as a model of intermunicipal collaboration, is now set to dissolve by the end of 2025. For more than a decade, the […]
Emerson
Four new Fifth District Hometown Heroes lead, inspire, from Pascack Valley
MAHWAH—U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) on Monday, Dec. 16, honored local lifesaving first responders, veterans, volunteers, community leaders, and residents during his Fifth District Hometown Heroes Ceremony at Ramapo College. […]
Pascack Press
Mayor vows to help repurpose Party City HQ as company folds
WOODCLIFF LAKE—The separation notice from human resources at 1 Celebration Square was brief and stark: Party City Holdings Inc. (“PCHI”) has made the difficult decision to conduct a mass layoff […]
Emerson
Judge to rule on affordable housing deadlines by Jan. 1
PASCACK VALLEY—Mercer County Superior Court Judge Robert Lougy said on Dec. 20 that he will rule before Jan. 1, 2025, on whether to “pause” the fourth round of statewide affordable […]
Park Ridge
Water, electric rates up for 2025
PARK RIDGE—The Borough Council voted, 3–2, on Dec. 10 to approve higher water and electric rates for 2025, despite not knowing at the time how much the increases would cost […]
Emerson
Local voices on drone sightings, flight ban
BY MICHAEL OLOHAN AND JOHN SNYDEROF PASCACK PRESS PASCACK VALLEY—Aliens? One of America’s adversaries? Delivery drones? Hobbyists? Pranksters? A covert operation in the U.S. national interest? None of the above? […]
Emerson
Urban mayors seek role in Montvale’s affordable housing lawsuit
HACKENSACK—A Mercer County Superior Court judge will decide on Jan. 3 whether the New Jersey Urban Mayors Association (NJUMA) can intervene in the 28-town lawsuit spearheaded by Montvale to halt […]
Pascack Press
Woodcliff Lake assists in apprehending juvenile tied to Bergen Community College threat
HACKENSACK—The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office announced the arrest of a 14-year-old Bergen County juvenile for posting a threatening message on TikTok that targeted Bergen Community College. The Dec. 6 post, […]