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September 11, 2026

‘Heart Challenge’ scholarship winner repeat

September 9, 2022 John Snyder

MONTVALE—Congratulations to Montvale’s Briana Keenan, proud recipient of a $1,000 American Heart Association scholarship under the American Heart Challenge, “a school-based program that helps middle and high school students feel […]

5-4 vote adopts state’s sex ed., health curriculum updates

September 4, 2022 Michael Olohan

WESTWOOD REGIONAL—Following an hour-plus debate, the Westwood Regional school board voted, 5-4, on Aug. 25 to implement lesson plans that teach the state-mandated health and physical education standards, including controversial […]

Special officers hired for district elementary schools

September 2, 2022 Michael Olohan

WESTWOOD—The borough has hired two special law enforcement officers to work in the Westwood Regional School District elementary schools starting this year. At a special Aug. 29 virtual council meeting, […]

Unanimous BOE seats Donatello, names Klas president

August 29, 2022 Michael Olohan

HILLSDALE—Resident Kevin G. Donatello, a Westwood Regional School District fifth-grade teacher, was selected Aug. 22 to serve on the Hillsdale Board of Education for the remainder of the 2022 calendar […]

Fishbein lands interim supt. gig in Somerset County

August 28, 2022 Michael Olohan

PASCACK VALLEY—The Hillsborough Township School Board in Somerset County appointed former interim Pascack Valley Regional High School District superintendent Daniel Fishbein as its interim superintendent, effective Aug. 23 through June […]

Beloved Woodcliff Schoolhouse still building on success

August 28, 2022 Kristin Beuscher

WOODCLIFF LAKE—Last week we featured the old St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Montvale, sometimes called the Old Stone Church, designed in 1895 by Woodcliff architect Samuel Burrage Reed. With school […]

Interim principal at Westwood Regional Middle School; no theater class at WRMS this year

August 26, 2022 John Snyder

WESTWOOD REGIONAL DISTRICT—Shelley LaForgia, principal at Westwood Regional Middle School, is passing that baton to an interim principal as she moves to a new role: director of personnel for the […]

RV District reassures: Roberge Elementary construction ‘won’t delay’ school start

August 26, 2022 Staff

RIVER VALE—Construction and renovations at River Vale schools have been underway this summer, as the district modernizes facilities to improve comfort and efficiency and bolster educational opportunities for students in […]

Special council meeting over SLEO III hires Aug. 29

August 26, 2022 Staff

WESTWOOD—Residents are advised there will be a special meeting of the mayor and council on Monday, Aug. 29 at 12:30 p.m. over Zoom (here’s the link) to discuss Resolution #22-215: Appointment […]

An eye for action: Photographer Ellorie Roberts, 13, is earning fans

August 21, 2022 John Snyder

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—A township eighth-grader has entrepreneurship in focus, earning fans as an amateur sports photographer over the past year and setting her sights on a career in the field. […]

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