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December 23, 2025

Portrait via Doug Cusato for WWRSD Board of Education; Pascack Press composite.

Cusato removed from Westwood Regional school board over incomplete training

October 9, 2025 John Snyder

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON — The New Jersey Commissioner of Education has ordered the removal of Westwood Regional Board of Education member Douglas Cusato, effective Sept. 29, following his failure to complete the state’s […]

Lead trainer Wes Wagner of the Bergen County Board of Elections (center) and Chairman of the Bergen County Board of Elections Richard L. Miller on Sept. 30 orient dozens of Westwood Regional High School students to facilitating the general election, which is Tuesday, Nov. 4. The work is nonpartisan and vital. John Snyder photo.

Poll workers in training: Record number of teens step up to run the vote; county partners in civics program

October 3, 2025 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—More Pascack Valley-area high school students than ever will be working as poll workers on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 4, in Bergen County, said the Board of Elections […]

The $62.4 million referendum to fully renovate George White Middle School was approved by a majority of Hillsdale voters on Sept. 17, 2024, according to unofficial election results.

District OKs $33.6M contract for George White renovations, expansion

October 3, 2025 Michael Olohan

HILLSDALE—School trustees unanimously approved a nearly $33.6 million construction contract Sept. 26 with Dobco Inc. of Wayne for full-scale renovations at George White Middle School and construction of a six-classroom […]

Ian Weinstein, 17, of Hillsdale, brings his love of the game to Everyone Wins Baseball, a new program opening the field to all. Courtesy photo.

Pastime at the right time: With ‘Everyone Wins Baseball,’ PVHS senior opens the field to those with special needs

September 27, 2025 John Snyder

HILLSDALE—Bottom of the first, sun on the grass, a kid digs in. Crack of the bat — a clean shot over the shortstop’s head. He’s hustling down the line, arms […]

Brookside school’s student body and PTO turn out on Sept. 12, to cheer Noah Perez’s ribbon cutting for the school’s outdoor classroom and reading area. Perez, who graduated Brookside and is now a Cardinal football player, singer, and actor, told the hundreds gathered, “I’ve always loved reading. To combine that with Scouting—it means a lot to me.” John Snyder photo.

Full circle and beyond: Cheers as BSA Troop 350’s Noah Perez debuts outdoor classroom at Brookside

September 21, 2025 John Snyder

WESTWOOD—The students of Brookside Elementary School on Lake Drive in Westwood spilled onto the lawn Friday afternoon — a happy, controlled chaos — some waving hand-drawn signs that shouted Thank […]

Township of Washington BSA Troop 321 Derek Kaine is recognized at the Westwood Regional School Board meeting on Sept. 18, 2025. Flanking him are proud school board president Jason Garcia and superintendent Dr. Patrick McQueeney. John Snyder photo.

Westwood board spotlights Eagle Scout, student reps, and honorees

September 19, 2025 John Snyder

WESTWOOD REGIONAL SCHOOLS — Recognition took center stage at the Sept. 18 Westwood Regional Board of Education meeting, held at the high school’s Hurley Theater, as trustees honored an Eagle Scout, […]

Robert Fisher, Park Ridge Board of Education trustee, faces criticism from recall organizers who say he actually lives in Tennessee while holding local office. Courtesy photo, with Pascack Press composite.

Calls it quits: In wake of court losses, school board member Robert Fisher says he’ll resign

September 19, 2025 Michael Olohan

PARK RIDGE — School board trustee Robert Fisher said he would step down by 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, after an appeals court upheld a Superior Court order placing his […]

Madison Choo, a junior at Northern Valley Regional High School in Demarest, will be featured as oboe soloist with the Hanover Wind Symphony at its free autumn concert, Dance On, on Wednesday, Oct. 22, in Whippany.

Demarest’s Madison Choo to shine as oboe soloist with Hanover Wind Symphony

September 14, 2025 Staff

DEMAREST — Music and movement will take center stage this fall when the Hanover Wind Symphony (HWS) presents its free autumn concert, Dance On, a program built around the rhythms and traditions of […]

Apple Montessori School at 95 Linwood Ave. in Washington Township opened for children on Sept. 3. A ribbon cutting is planned for October. Michael Olohan photo.

Cheers as Apple Montessori School opens; replaces Charlie Brown’s

September 7, 2025 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—A new 10,500-square-foot Apple Montessori School opened its doors Sept. 3 at 95 Linwood Ave., nearly 2 1/2 years after first applying for variances to build on the […]

The Woodcliff schoolhouse opened 130 years ago this week, on Sept. 9, 1895. The borough had broken off from Washington Township just a year earlier. Designed by an architect who also became the first mayor, the building was constructed with stones gathered from the surrounding fields of the farming community. Pictured here are teachers and several students on the front steps, circa 1905.

Woodcliff schoolhouse, hewn from local stone, still serves

September 7, 2025 Kristin Beuscher

WOODCLIFF LAKE—On Woodcliff Avenue surrounded by a modern middle school campus, Woodcliff Lake’s little stone schoolhouse offers a lesson in longevity. It’s the oldest continually operating school building in Bergen […]

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