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Closter Schools Closed for Funeral of Hillside Elementary Principal

January 14, 2019 Staff

STAFF REPORTNORTHERN VALLEY PRESS Closter Public Schools are closed today as the community morns the death of Hillside Elementary School Principal Alfred F. Baffa. A funeral for the educator—who a […]

Closter program empowering kids through entrepreneurship

November 21, 2018 Susan McTigue

BY SUSAN McTIGUE CORRESPONDENT CLOSTER, N.J.—The launch of a new program at Closter’s Tenakill Middle School has 132 sixth graders racing along a path to success. TREP$, short for entrepreneurs, […]

Primoris mathletes tote big wins at nationals

October 8, 2018 John Snyder

BY JOHN SNYDER OF PASCACK PRESS WESTWOOD—A picture with a perimeter of 1.2 meters is framed. One side of the picture is 40 centimeters, and the distance from the edge […]

Patrolling the halls: District funds on-site school resource officer

October 8, 2018 Michael Olohan

[slideshow_deploy id=’899′] BY MICHAEL OLOHAN OF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS DEMAREST, N.J.—It was his first day at school at Northern Valley Regional High School in Demarest Oct. 1 and Demarest Police […]

‘Pinwheels for Peace’ event educates kids’ characters

October 8, 2018 Michael Olohan

BY MICHAEL OLOHAN OF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS OLD TAPPAN, N.J.—More than 350 kindergarten through fourth grade students celebrated the International Day of Peace Sept. 21 at T. Baldwin Demarest Elementary […]

Now We Know! $13.3M Emerson School Bond Passes, 666-652

October 5, 2018 John Snyder

[slideshow_deploy id=’899′] BY JOHN SNYDER OF PASCACK PRESS EMERSON, N.J.—In a squeaker vote that sent county election officials into overtime, residents said yes Tuesday to a $13.3 million school bond […]

Northern Valley district working to control mold: All told, more than 20 rooms were shuttered

October 4, 2018 Michael Olohan

[slideshow_deploy id=’899′] BY MICHAEL OLOHAN OF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS OLD TAPPAN, N.J.—More than 20 rooms including 16 classrooms, plus offices, gyms and activity rooms at Northern Valley Regional High School […]

Township residents slam ‘monster’ subdivision approved in 2004

September 28, 2018 John Snyder

BY JOHN SNYDER OF PASCACK PRESS TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J.—A massive time capsule from 2004 has opened in 2018, just about spilling out a subdivision of 48 single-family homes, 25 […]

Peaceful practices: Teacher touting nonviolence returns from India

September 7, 2018 John Snyder

[slideshow_deploy id=’899′] BY JOHN SNYDER OF PASCACK PRESS WESTWOOD REGIONAL SCHOOLS—Seventeen people, most of them residents of the Township of Washington and the Borough of Westwood, took to the microphone […]

Five Old Tappan classrooms shuttered due to mold concerns

September 7, 2018 Michael Olohan

[slideshow_deploy id=’899′] BY MICHAEL OLOHAN OF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS OLD TAPPAN, NEW JERSEY—Several classrooms, the media center and music room were shuttered during the first week back at Northern Valley […]