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| | State aid restored; cuts still hurt Pascack Valley
05/28/2008
On Tuesday, May 13, Gov. Jon Corzine made a proposal to the state legislature to revise the state's municipal tax relief contribution to municipalities with fewer than 10,000 residents.
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| | Cooperative pricing agreement paying off
05/28/2008
Eight Pascack Valley towns who entered into a cooperative pricing agreement earlier this year now have something to show for their efforts.
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 | Shredding helps prevent identity theft
05/20/2008
Don't want to be a victim of identify theft? Shred. That's one way to help prevent one of the fastest growing crimes in the country.
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| | Speaking for displaced children
05/13/2008
Every year in New Jersey, over 12,000 abused and neglected children are placed into foster care. Given the number of children and the relatively few professionals, it is easy for them to get lost in the shuffle.
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| | Fighting against affordable housing regs
05/13/2008
With new affordable housing regulations going into effect in less than a month, the New Jersey League of Municipalities (NJLOM) is spearheading an effort to rally towns across the state to fight the revised �Round 3� rules.
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| | Preventing identity theft
05/07/2008
Identity theft, in all its permutations, is a crime and according to the Federal Trade Commission, is the fastest growing Internet crime.
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 | Biking for Bergen homeless
04/29/2008
Making every mile count, the Interreligious Fellowship's 15th annual Bike Bergen winds its way from Park Ridge to Northern Valley May 4 in an effort to benefit homeless children and families.
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 | Hillsdale Manor open house is May 4
04/23/2008
On Sunday, May 4, the Pascack Historical Society will host an open house, "Hillsdale Manor Day."
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| | PV and Hillsdale budgets rejected
04/15/2008
Voters turned out to vote for their board candidates and school budgets yesterday, with most towns voting to approve the budget. All second questions failed and the Pascack Valley Regional budget and Hillsdale local budget were both rejected by voters.
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 | Students celebrate cultural diversity
04/09/2008
Passports in hand, the young travelers traversed the hallways at Meadowbrook Elementary School on their way from Korea to Columbia, from Mexico to Morocco, to France from Kenya.
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 | More than meets the eye
04/02/2008
It's lunchtime, but on this dreary spring day, it looks like dusk is falling outside. Dwight de Stefan of River Vale is sitting in a Westwood caf?clutching a photograph fondly. It is clearly one of the favorites in his collection, if his care to protect
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 | Meet the Citizen(s) of the Year
04/02/2008
When long-time family friends Donna Bott and Fred Winkler discovered they were both nominated for the Greater Pascack Valley Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year, they each turned it down. They did not want the honor if it meant competing with each oth
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| | Zooming in to capture a moment
03/26/2008
Photographs by Naomi Weinberg are currently on display at the Bergen County YJCC’s Atrium Gallery in Township of Washington.
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| | All natural library enhancement
03/19/2008
Despite generous state-mandated library funding, tax dollars can only take a library so far. That is where the Friends of the Library come in, raising funds items that might not be included in the library?s regular budget.
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| | Mayors play waiting game
03/19/2008
Comments on revised affordable housing regulations due to the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) are due at the end of this week.
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| | Is that call worth $100?
03/05/2008
Before taking a call on handheld cell phone while driving in New Jersey, drivers need to decide if it’s worth risking a minimum fine of $100. The same holds true for text messaging.
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| | Proposed COAH regulations under fire
02/27/2008
Faced with proposed affordable housing regulations that local officials have called “absurd,” “onerous” and “a slap in the face,” members of the PVMA recently agreed to band together and explore their options in fighting COAH.
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| | GOP opposed to toll hike
02/20/2008
Complaints abounded at Westwood Community Center Monday night, when a public meeting organized to get public input on Gov. Jon Corzine’s proposed toll hike morphed into an opportunity for residents and legislators to air their grievances about the democ
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| | Bill may spell relief for flood victims
02/06/2008
On Jan. 28, Assemblywoman Charlotte Vandervalk introduced a new bill to the Assembly, No. 1948, to provide tax relief to the victims of the Spring, 2007 nor’easter.
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| | Northwest takes over emergency dispatch
02/06/2008
Shortly before 1 p.m. last Friday, a long awaited transition was complete. For the first time since 1946, emergency units were dispatched to Montvale, Woodcliff Lake and Park Ridge from a non-Tri-Boro town.
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| | Administrators react to funding plan
01/30/2008
In a landmark decision, Gov. Jon Corzine signed a bill Sunday Jan. 13 changing the formula the state uses to award aid to fund New Jersey public schools.
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| | Consortium is all about sharing
01/23/2008
The borough administrators of the Pascack Valley have been hard at work on a project they hope will save taxpayers’ money in the future.
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| | Fifty students participate in spelling bee
01/23/2008
The all-purpose room at the Ann Blanche Smith School in Hillsdale was “standing room only” for the 19th Annual Packack (yes, they spell it with a “k”) Junior Woman’s Club Spelling Bee Final.
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 | Bonding over bacon
01/16/2008
There were no illusions among the mayors in attendance at the annual Pascack Valley Mayor’s Breakfast, sponsored by the Greater Pascack Valley Chamber of Commerce, on Wednesday, Jan. 9 at the Iron Horse in Westwood.
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| | A priceless treasure: The Tice Quilt
01/02/2008
Among the thousands of items the Pascack Historical Society has preserved for future generations, “The Tice Quilt" has special significance.
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 | ‘Thrills’ that can cause depression
12/12/2007
At the age of 65, Michael T. Cernigliaro is a patient man. Talkative, yes, as all the nurses at the Lillian Booth Dialysis Center in Westwood know, but patient nonetheless as he sits still four hours a day, three days a week as scenes from tawdry soap ope
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| | Flight rerouting to begin Dec. 17
12/12/2007
With less than a week to go before the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) begins rerouting flights from Newark Airport as part of its controversial airspace redesign, critics of the plan continue in their efforts to build opposition.
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 | Celiac Disease: learning to live gluten-free
12/04/2007
Some people are just short. Some have cramping and bloating. Some people are tired, some are anemic, some are infertile, and some people have no symptoms at all.
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| | ‘If you can walk, you can dance’
12/04/2007
It’s Friday night and I’m sitting alone in a dark parking lot. Fantastic, I think as I look around at the smattering of empty cars around me. The car is still running, I tell myself. I can easily drive back home.
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| | Movember: Changing the face of men’s health
11/28/2007
The Handlebar, the Walrus, the Fu Manchu – call it what you will. In the Republic of Movember , no moustache moniker evokes male health issues quite like “ Mo. ”
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| | State DEP appears ‘sympathetic’
11/21/2007
While no promises were made, optimism ran high last Thursday after the Pascack Valley Mayors Association met with the state DEP in hopes of wrangling state support to fight the FAA.
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| | Mayors hope for DEP support in FAA appeal
11/14/2007
In an effort to kick up state support in its fight against the FAA and its controversial airspace redesign plan, members of the PVMA will meet with a representative from the DEP this week.
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| | Pipeline construction slated for winter
11/14/2007
Looking to solve water pressure issues once and for all, United Water will begin construction on a 30-inch-wide pipeline running through Hillsdale, the Township of Washington, and Westwood by the end of the month.
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| | Residents vote across party lines
11/07/2007
Pascack Valley residents made one thing clear this election – party affiliation means very little in trying to secure their votes.
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| | Local moms and daughters find their voices
11/07/2007
Lynne Bearman, who has worked at the Rockland Music Conservatory for the past 11 years, recently started the Intergeneration Women’s Choir, which includes girls in grades eight through college, as well as adults.
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| | Water rates surge along with other utilities
10/31/2007
United Water New Jersey has notified more than 750,000 customers of a 16-percent rate hike for their water, effective immediately.
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| | Expanded train service has begun on Pascack Valley line
10/30/2007
The train service on New Jersey Transit’s Pascack Valley line has expanded as of Oct. 28. In addition, minor adjustments have been made to several trains across the system.
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| | Opposition to FAA redesign plan grows
10/24/2007
The Pascack Valley has joined the ranks of a growing number of communities and governing bodies to take action against the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and its controversial airspace redesign.
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| | Put on your helmet and drive the kids to school
10/17/2007
Cars whip by at breakneck speed, pedestrians dart out from in front of racing vehicles, drivers hurl biting words at each other. It’s pretty much an accident waiting to happen.
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| | Food drive seeks 100 tons of food and $50,000
09/12/2007
Food and cash donations are needed to help stock North Jersey pantry shelves with food for families and individuals who fight a losing battle each month trying to stretch meager paychecks to feed their families.
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| | Airspace redesign plan chosen by FAA
09/12/2007
The FAA formally released its Record of Decision last week, officially declaring that the Integrated Airspace Redesign will be implemented within the next four years.
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| | Lock your doors; bring keys inside
09/12/2007
Recent car thefts and burglaries in the area, most of which have targeted cars with unlocked doors and keys in the car, culminated in an arrest on Sunday, Sept. 9 when a Hillsdale police officer stumbled upon an attempted burglary on Sunrise Drive at 1:54
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| | Awards recognize ‘outstanding achievements’
08/30/2007
Policeman’s Benevolent Association, Pascack Valley Local 206, recently announced the recipients of a number of awards presented to its members.
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| | County explores de-icing alternatives for rock salt
08/30/2007
In light of recent concerns that rising sodium levels in the Oradell and Woodcliff Lake reservoirs – levels that are not hazardous now but may be in the future – Pascack Valley residents have asked governing bodies to seek alternatives to rock salt, t
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| | PV Line service to expand this fall
08/30/2007
New Jersey Transit (NJT) announced last week that it will offer 126 new trains on the Pascack Valley Line starting this fall. The expanded service, which will include bi-directional, off-peak and weekend trains, will go into effect on Oct. 28.
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| | Recollections of V-J Day
08/18/2007
Readers who are old enough will remember where they were on Aug. 15, 1945. For those who aren't, they have probably seen a photo, titled, "The Kiss," of sailor and nurse in Times Square. It was taken on that date.
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| | PVMA raises funds to fight FAA
08/15/2007
The Pascack Valley Mayors Association (PVMA) will ask councils to contribute $5,000 each to a $50,000 defense fund to fight the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) airspace redesign on legal grounds, said River Vale Mayor Joseph Blundo Monday night.
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