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Powering into a new season: Cardinal Youth Cheer

April 19, 2025

PASCACK VALLEY—Cardinal Youth Cheerleading is opening registration for the 2025 season, and organizers hope a look back at the program’s unforgettable 2024 finale will help spark new interest. The program’s […]

33rd Kid Fishing Contest May 3

April 19, 2025

PASCACK VALLEY AREA—The Friends of the Pascack Brook will host their 33rd Annual Kids Fishing Contest on Saturday, May 3, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine. Open […]

Westwood DPW liaison Michael Murtaugh and Shade Tree chair Dan Zambrano oversee the planting April 12; in the rig: Sonali Goel (WVAC), Jenna Kronenberg and child, and Ava Benscoter. Courtesy photos.

Shade Tree team, WVAC grow Arbor Fest canopy

April 19, 2025

WESTWOOD, N.J.—Trumpeting that rain, sleet, or snow wouldn’t stop Westwood’s Shade Tree Advisory Committee from planting its 200th red maple, outside Borough Hall on Saturday, April 12, the committee celebrated […]

Easter nostalgia: Shiny shoes and Sunday best!

April 19, 2025

WESTWOOD, N.J.—Do you remember when Easter meant a spiffy new outfit? A boy would get a suit with either a necktie or a bowtie, and these sets would include shorts […]

Based on Ingmar Bergman’s 1955 film Smiles of a Summer Night, A Little Night Music is a sophisticated romantic musical set in early 20th-century Sweden. Photos by Richard Frant • FrantVisuals LLC • see bcplayers.org.

‘Send in’ our valley talent: Sophisticated Sondheim fun alights in Oradell

April 19, 2025

ORADELL, N.J.—Bergen County Players, one of the country’s longest-running community theater companies, will close its 92nd season with Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music, running weekends from May 3 through […]

Field lights at Westwood Regional High School. John Snyder/file

Throws shade on field-lights bid

April 19, 2025

HILLSDALE—A proposal to seek alternate bids for field lighting at Memorial Field was voted down April 15 after Mayor Michael Sheinfield broke a 3–3 council tie, opposing the motion. The [...]

$23.6M plan with $95 tax hike; public hearing April 29

April 19, 2025

MONTVALE—A proposed 2025 municipal budget of $23.6 million will raise taxes on an average assessed home by almost $95.00, which includes a state-mandated nearly $1 million budget for the public [...]

School, town plans layer up $526 tax hike on average

April 19, 2025

HILLSDALE—Residents can expect to pay about $526 more in property taxes next year under proposed school and municipal budgets now under review. The Board of Education projects a total school [...]

Borough eyes 3.3% tax jump for a $143 average increase

April 19, 2025

EMERSON—Borough officials introduced a 2025 budget on April 1 that includes a tax levy of $12.2 million and an average tax increase of $143 for an average home assessed at [...]

Accord confirms Smith’s retirement

April 19, 2025

HILLSDALE—A months-long chapter in Hillsdale government closed quietly April 15 when the Borough Council unanimously approved a consent resolution finalizing Police Chief Sean Smith’s retirement, following his reinstatement and an [...]

Two paths, one sweet destiny

April 19, 2025

PASCACK VALLEY—Dr. Edie Weinthal and Greg Germakian—both longtime Pascack Valley residents—are engaged and planning to tie the knot this May in an intimate ceremony at Bear’s Cove in Ramsey, where they now live. Edie, 75, [...]

Supt. Bilotti to resign June 30; trustees accept ‘with regret,’ eye next steps

April 17, 2025

MONTVALE, N.J.—Pascack Valley Regional High School District Superintendent Dr. Sarah Bilotti has resigned, effective June 30, and will become the new superintendent of the Eastern Camden County Regional School District on July 1. Bilotti has [...]

Hillsdale voters to cast ballots at new location starting with June primary

April 14, 2025

HILLSDALE, N.J. — Beginning with the June 10, 2025, primary election, all Hillsdale voters will head to a new polling location. The borough has announced that Pascack Valley High School’s new gym, at 200 Piermont Ave., will now serve [...]

Federal fix sought in child murder cases

April 11, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler (NY-17) has reintroduced a bill in Congress aimed at closing a gap in federal law that allows certain convicted child murderers to become eligible for parole. The proposed legislation—The Paula [...]

Methodist church was first in Hillsdale

April 11, 2025

HILLSDALE, N.J.—Hillsdale United Methodist Church, at Magnolia and Hillsdale avenues, has been at its present location for the past 70 years, opening in April 1955. However, the Methodist denomination has a much longer history in [...]

The Art School at Old Church hosts Garden State Art Weekend events

April 14, 2025

DEMAREST, N.J, — April 26–27, The Art School at Old Church (TASOC) will host several events, including a pop-up art market, a pottery lawn sale, painting demonstrations, and a juried gallery exhibition. April 26, a [...]

The JOEL ZELNIK TRIO performs in a variety of styles "by putting our musical sincerity along with the love of the Jazz Trio and the music of jazz pianist Bill Evans."

Joel Zelnik Trio presents ‘My Bill Evans: A Personal Conversation’

April 7, 2025

CLOSTER, N.J.— Jazz pianist and Closter resident Joel Zelnik will bring his acclaimed program “My Bill Evans: A Personal Conversation” to the Closter Public Library on Tuesday, April 15 at 6 p.m. The event, featuring the Joel Zelnik Trio, is inspired by Zelnik’s personal [...]

The Community Chest executive director lands NJBIZ ICON honor

April 7, 2025

ENGLEWOOD—The Community Chest of Eastern Bergen County announces executive director Dr. Rochelle Wimpfheimer has been named a 2025 NJBIZ ICON honoree. NJBIZ, a prominent business publication in the Garden State, awards this prestigious recognition to [...]

Community champions

April 5, 2025

ENGLEWOOD, N.J.—The Rotary Club of Englewood on March 20 hosted a memorable evening at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, celebrating four remarkable community leaders: Bergen County Commissioner Tracy Zur, Sheriff Anthony Cureton, Englewood Police Chief Thomas [...]

6th-grader steps up for orphans in Israel

April 5, 2025

CLOSTER—When Ella Grinshpan celebrates her Bat Mitzvah on June 7, she’ll be stepping into the next stage of life with more than just blessings and tradition. She’ll also be surrounded by hundreds—possibly thousands—of pairs of [...]

AIA New Jersey, with more than 2,100 members, has led the state in advocating for good design and responsible stewardship of the built environment.

New Jersey Architecture Week celebrates 125 years of design excellence

April 4, 2025

TRENTON—In honor of the 125th anniversary of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) New Jersey Chapter, Gov. Phil Murphy has proclaimed April 6–12 as New Jersey Architecture Week. The celebration invites residents to explore the [...]

‘Florals For Spring, Supermarket Style’ April 3

March 24, 2025

HARRINGTON PARK—Spring is in the air, and the Garden Club of Harrington Park (GCHP) is welcoming flower lovers of all experience levels to celebrate the season with a hands-on floral design workshop, Florals for Spring [...]

Women leaders from NJ Legislature, nonprofit sector recognized at sold-out ‘Girls Night Out’

March 22, 2025

NORTHERN VALLEY AREA—The Community Chest of Eastern Bergen County celebrated Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day by recognizing regional women leaders at its third annual Girls Night Out. Held on Thursday, March 6 at SEAR [...]

Demarest Library welcomes April artist Maureen Bennett

March 22, 2025

DEMAREST— The Demarest Free Public Library announces artist Maureen Bennett as its featured exhibitor for the month of April. Her collection, Woodlands on Wood: Beauty and (Im)Balance, reflects the delicate and rapidly shifting relationship between humans and the [...]

Veteran DJ joins WFDU-FM lineup

March 16, 2025

NORTHERN VALLEY—Teaneck native and longtime radio personality Mark Chernoff has joined WFDU-FM (89.1 FM, RetroRadio) as the host of a new Wednesday morning show, airing from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the popular oldies [...]