Alpine
Suez’s Plan for Lead Fix to get Jan. 21 Hearing
HACKENSACK, N.J.—A proposal to replace customer lead service lines for a flat fee of $1,000—and impose a surcharge of up to 85 cents per month on water bills for 200,000 […]
Teaneck
Alpine
Parks ‘Master Plan’ Adopted; Officials To Set New Priorities
BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.—Nearly three-and-a-half years after initiating efforts for a first-ever parks master plan with much fanfare at Overpeck County Park, Bergen County Executive James Tedesco watched Dec. 18, 2019, […]
Alpine
Vote On Law Ending Religious Exemptions for Vaccines Expected
NEW JERSEY—Worried about increasing numbers of children not being vaccinated every year—plus increasing numbers of measles cases—two state senators sponsoring a bill to eliminate religious exemptions and tighten medical exemptions […]
Alpine
Northern Valley’s Year in Review: 2019, A Reporter’s Notebook
NORTHERN VALLEY AREA, N.J.—If you were reading Northern Valley Press during 2019, some local and regional issues appeared frequently in print and online—grabbing public attention—and provoking public interest and comment […]
Alpine
Legalize Marijuana in 2020? New Jersey Voters Will Decide
NEW JERSEY—While legislators approved a public question for November 2020 to let New Jersey voters decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana, the debate begins anew over legal pot’s potential impacts—from […]
Alpine
BACK IN TIME: Bergen County’s Coldest Day Ever
BERGEN COUNTY—Our current weather forecast would have seemed downright balmy to those who lived through early January 1904. The new year kicked off with a snowstorm in conjunction with a […]
Alpine
Clerks Oppose Open-Records Law Updates
NEW JERSEY—Following several years of wrangling over ways to improve the state’s open public records law—which enables citizens to access government records within seven days of request—an organization representing municipal […]
Alpine
Santa’s Helpers Work Together at PBA Toy Drive
CLOSTER, N.J.—Residents answered a call by local police and emergency officials to donate this year—and the result was toys piled waist-high inside the Closter Hook and Ladder Co. firehouse on […]
Northern Valley Press
Decorated Military Commander’s Uniform Dedication Jan. 5
TEANECK, N.J.— Join the Teaneck Public Library on Sunday, Jan. 5 at 2 p.m. for the dedication of the military uniform of Gen. Peter Pace, United States Marine Corps (Retired). […]
Northern Valley Press
State Climatologist Lectures on Changing Climate
BY STEVE KELMAN TEANECK, N.J.—New Jersey State Climatologist David Robinson provided an overview of the state’s changing climate as part of a lecture presentation that recently took place at the […]