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Superintendent gets contract extension into 2028

February 3, 2024 Michael Olohan

HILLSDALE—Hillsdale Public School Board trustees approved, 4-0, a new employment contract for the superintendent at the Jan. 15 meeting that extended his employment through June 2028 and increased annual salary […]

$61 million school reno option proposed; two-part ballot question eyed for September

January 15, 2024 Michael Olohan

HILLSDALE—School officials asked approximately a dozen residents Jan. 11 what they thought of a two-part bond referendum question on the lowest-cost middle school renovation option: a $61 million proposal that […]

Love for Fieldstone’s Mrs. DeGraw

December 22, 2023 John Snyder

MONTVALE—Superintendent of Schools Darren A. Petersen reports that beloved Fieldstone Middle School secretary Helen DeGraw is set to retire on Dec. 31 “after an extraordinary 50 years of dedicated service […]

Used toys where they’re so needed

December 22, 2023 Staff

HILLSDALE—The Pascack Valley High School Environmental Club has joined for a ninth time with the non-profit organization Second Chance Toys “to keep used toys out of landfills and instead brighten […]

A dreamy night at Westwood High

December 17, 2023 Kristin Beuscher

WESTWOOD—Deck the halls of Westwood High School: it was time for the social event of the season. The gymnasium was teeming with tinsel, stars, and evergreen garland when the photographs […]

District Sees Home Values, Lower Rates Likely to Buffer Renovation Bond Costs

December 8, 2023 Michael Olohan

HILLSDALE—The school district superintendent told Pascack Press Dec. 4 that the district is waiting for its bond counsel to update 2023 assessed home values and plug in recently lower bond […]

Cross-country ‘girl power’ bound for nationals

December 4, 2023 Staff

WESTWOOD—Four girls from the Westwood cross country team have laced up their shoes and set their sights on what the program tells Pascack Press is the ultimate prize: the USATF […]

Westwood undefeated state champs

December 4, 2023 Staff

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—We’ll be talking about this game, this team, for generations, and rightfully so… Hungry Rumson–Fair Haven scores first on senior RB Alastair Orr’s 2-yard run in the first […]

Back-to-back league champs: PV girls in romp, 16-3-1, with breakout players

November 19, 2023 Staff

PASCACK VALLEY—Congratulations to the Pascack Valley High School girls soccer team, league champs once again. Many of the girls also emerged from the fray with individual accolades. History teacher and […]

New details on costs in school referendum

November 6, 2023 Michael Olohan

HILLSDALE—Some 50 attendees at a Nov. 1 forum on George White Middle School renovation options learned renovation costs for all three options will increase and that the school board is […]