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Pascack Valley, NJ

Teterboro Airport Noise Persists: Newly-Formed Group Pushes FAA For Alternate Flight Path Teterboro Airport Noise Persists: Newly-Formed Group Pushes FAA For Alternate Flight Path
Teterboro Airport Noise Persists: Newly-Formed Group Pushes FAA For Alternate Flight Path Residents who live near Teterboro Airport have had enough with the noise. More than 840 people in the Pascack Valley region, who have formed the group Taxpayers for Airport Noise Solutions, have signed a petition requesting the FAA to change the flight plans for flights into Teterboro Airport Runway 19, by having them fly over Route 17. Signers include the mayors of Emerson, Hillsdale, Montvale, Old Tappan, Oradell, Park Ridge, River Vale, Washington Township, Westwood, and Woodcliff Lake. Residents say this route avoids Hackensack University Medical Center and the Pascack Valley regio…
These Are The Best School Districts In NJ, Website Says These Are The Best School Districts In NJ, Website Says
These Are The Best School Districts In NJ, Website Says Three New Jersey school districts have been ranked among the 50 best in America. Millburn came in at No. 29, Northern Valley Regional is ranked No. 33 and Princeton came in at No. 43 on Niche.com's latest rankings. Those three districts topped the list for 2023 Best School Districts in New Jersey, released Tuesday, Sept. 27. Here are the top 20 best districts in the state, according to Niche (scroll for a link to the complete list): Millburn Pubic Schools Northern Valley Regional HS District Princeton Public Schools West Windsor-Polainsboro Regional Schools Ridgewood Public Schools Tenafl…
'I Shot My Parents': Bogus Call Brings Police From Several Bergen Towns 'I Shot My Parents': Bogus Call Brings Police From Several Bergen Towns
'I Shot My Parents': Bogus Call Brings Police From Several Bergen Towns A caller had just told a Montvale police dispatcher that she'd just shot her parents. Law enforcement colleagues from Hillsdale, Park Ridge and Woodcliff Lake immediately mobilized to assist their Pascack Valley colleagues Saturday night. Officers went to the parents' house and didn't find anyone home. They checked out at least one other claim the caller made that was bogus, too. "It was called in from out of state," Police Chief Joseph Sanfillipo said. "An investigation is ongoing." Authorities don't consider "swatting" pranks amusing. Summoning police from surrounding towns, depl…
Police Unions Respond To 'Inflammatory Hate Speech' Police Unions Respond To 'Inflammatory Hate Speech'
Police Unions Respond To 'Inflammatory Hate Speech' With "vile ideology" festering in their communities in the form of "ACAB" posts and signs, three Bergen County police locals banded together Friday morning to have their say. "Please remember, and remind your children, that police officers in the Pascack Valley are your friends - not your enemies," presidents and delegates of Hillsdale PBA Local 207, Montvale PBA Local 303 and Pascack Valley PBA Local 206 wrote in a public letter issued Friday morning. "We are the men and women who stood tall over these past few months during the health pandemic and put ourselves and our families at risk wh…
Police: Pascack Valley Car Burglary Trio Nabbed At Mahwah Condo Complex Police: Pascack Valley Car Burglary Trio Nabbed At Mahwah Condo Complex
Police: Pascack Valley Car Burglary Trio Nabbed At Mahwah Condo Complex Mahwah police captured a trio of overnight car burglars from Pascack Valley thanks to an alert patrol officer and several residents, authorities said. Officer Dan Stewart spotted a woman attempting to avoid attention by leaning back in the driver’s seat of a 2004 Ford Explorer parked at the Paddington Square condo complex just after 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, Police Chief Stephen Jaffe said. Sage Maxon, 18, of Washington Township, “claimed she was there to pick up a friend who lived nearby,” Jaffe said. A check of the address she gave Stewart turned out bogus, the chief said. A search of the ve…
Officers From Pascack Valley Towns Get Special 'Micro-Training' On Domestic Violence Incidents Officers From Pascack Valley Towns Get Special 'Micro-Training' On Domestic Violence Incidents
Officers From Pascack Valley Towns Get Special 'Micro-Training' On Domestic Violence Incidents More than 40 police officers from seven Pascack Valley towns attended a special "micro-training" session in River Vale on how to handle domestic violence incidents. Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Jessica Gomperts, who runs her office’s Domestic Violence Unit, discussed complete and proper investigations. River Vale police were joined by their colleagues from Hillsdale, Montvale, Old Tappan, Park Ridge, Westwood, and Woodcliff Lake. The local venue and succinct nature of “micro-training” -- the first of its kind in the Pascack Valley area -- enabled on- and off-duty officers to atten…
UPDATE: ICE Detainer Slapped On Hillsdale Stolen Car Thief Who Crashed In WTP UPDATE: ICE Detainer Slapped On Hillsdale Stolen Car Thief Who Crashed In WTP
Update: ICE Detainer Slapped On Hillsdale Stolen Car Thief Who Crashed In WTP Federal authorities issued a detainer on a 21-year-old Guatemalan national living in Hillsdale who led police on a chase that ended in a crash Thursday night in Washington Township. Ronald Gabriel Xiloj Alvarado remained held Friday in the Bergen County Jail on charges out of both towns that include theft and resisting arrest. Alvarado was initially taken by ambulance to New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus for treatment of a head injury after slamming the sedan, stolen out of Hillsdale, into a utility pole at the corner of Clinton and Washington avenues during a brief chase. It was one o…
Hundreds Still Without Power In Bergen County Hundreds Still Without Power In Bergen County
Hundreds Still Without Power In Bergen County Thousands of Bergen and Passaic residents are still without power following Tuesday's storm that killed one person, downed wires and ignited fires. Orange and Rockland Utilities restored 40,000 customers since Tuesday and the vast majority remaining in the dark will have power by midnight Wednesday, the company said. According to the O&R outage map, hundreds of Bergen County customers remain without power in the following areas: Dumont/Closter: 300 Ramsey/Mahwah: 200 Pascack Valley: 100 PSE&G customers also remain without power in: Rutherford: 700 Waldwick: 650 Hawthorne: 390 Sa…
Morning Update: Bergen County Schools Announce Wednesday Closings Morning Update: Bergen County Schools Announce Wednesday Closings
Morning Update: Bergen County Schools Announce Wednesday Closings Projected Snowfall Totals Increase As Fourth Nor'easter Nears The following area school districts and schools have announced they will be closed on Wednesday, March 21 as a result of the latest Nor'easter. Some districts that first announced early dismissals are now closed (Haworth, Little Ferry, Garfield, Closter). REFRESH LINK FOR UPDATES Ben Porat Yosef Bergenfield Bogota Carlstadt Clifton Closter Cresskill Dumont East Rutherford Edgewater Elmwood Park Emerson Englewood Englewood Cliffs Fair Lawn Fairview Fort Lee Franklin Lakes Garfield Glen Rock Hackensack Hasbrouck Heights Haworth …
This 'Flippin' Pascack Valley Family Renovates Northern New Jersey Homes This 'Flippin' Pascack Valley Family Renovates Northern New Jersey Homes
This 'Flippin' Pascack Valley Family Renovates Northern New Jersey Homes BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — The Elayan-Jaloudis of Bergen County have made flipping homes across Northern New Jersey a family affair. Mike Elayan and Nora Jaloudi formerly of Fairview opened ECS Custom Homes in 2005, and have build and renovated dozens of houses together, while building a family of their own. The couple, who met at a wedding in their 20s, have three kids together and more than 5,000 Instagram followers. Elayan and Jaloudi track progress on social media. Current projects include a duplex in Edgewater, a chic North Bergen townhouse and tons of modern houses in Hillsdale, Montclair…