| Northvale |
| | Northvale election
04/15/2008
Voters in Northvale want a change.
The new candidates, Paul Bazela and Gina Corrado, won the two open school board seats and the budget was rejected by a vote of 283 to 177.
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| | Tax issues
04/15/2008
Tax-ridden residents lashed out against council members during the public budget hearing last week over the projected double-digit tax increase.
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| | Thursday Night Live!
04/15/2008
Live from Northvale, it’s Thursday night!
Starring the Butabi brothers and the Spartan cheerleaders, Nathan Hale School students aired their own version of "Saturday Night Live" last week.
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| | Junior academy
04/01/2008
The seventh- and eighth-graders braved a county jail, survived a crime scene investigation facility and stomached a gang violence presentation.
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| | New York House
04/01/2008
"For us in the neighborhood, this is history," said resident Diane Marana, as she watched a yellow excavator claw into the house at 217 New York Ave.
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| | Hair cutting
03/27/2008
The St. Baldrick’s Foundation fundraiser held at Madeleine’s Petit Paris Restaurant raised $6,200 for the fight against childhood cancer.
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| | Northvale School Budget
03/24/2008
Superintendent Sylvan Hershey told local officials March 18 that after "a lot of robbing Peter to pay Paul," the school budget tax increase would be slight.
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| | Teachers' new contract
03/24/2008
The Northvale School District has reached a settlement with its teachers. Approved last week, the agreement outlines teacher contract terms for the next three years.
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| | Officials quit
03/18/2008
The resignation of two long-time health officials has put a temporary brake on Board of Health operations.
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| | Budget problems
03/14/2008
The Borough Council introduced a $7.83 million municipal budget, showing a 6.34 percent increase from last year.
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| | DEP notice
03/13/2008
A deficiency notice over an environmentally hazardous site sounded alarm among residents who fear the site poses potential health risks.
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| | Northvale budget
03/04/2008
A computer software upgrade that means less paperwork and more cops out on the streets. Or cameras mounted on police cars that make summonses stick.
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| | Northvale bills
02/26/2008
Democrats warned that a second lawsuit could be forthcoming if the Republican-led council doesn’t pay two of its former employees more than $500,000.
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| | Streetscape
02/21/2008
Borough Engineer Lou Raimondi received a green light from the Borough Council to move forward with the streetscape project.
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| | Zoning Maps
02/21/2008
Refusing to "leave the town exposed," the Borough Council agreed to spend $3,000 to update the town’s zoning maps.
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| | Dems vs. GOP
02/20/2008
The Northvale Republican-led Borough Council completed the last round of professional appointments last week, but not without an outcry from the Democratic minority.
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| | Addressing suicide and depression
02/05/2008
In an attempt to address the problem of teenage suicide and depression, Northern Valley officials and parents are coming together to discuss the factors that contribute to stress in the lives of youth.
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| | Gina Corrado
02/05/2008
After what District Superintendent Sylvan Hershey coined a "very public interview process," the Northvale Board of Education selected Gina Corrado as an interim school board member.
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| | Seth Lombardi
02/05/2008
From cutting Oscar-winning hair to styling on Bollywood sets, 34-year-old Seth Lombardi is proud to say that he has come full circle.
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| | Second study
02/04/2008
The Northern Valley Regional High School District will have a meeting between district officials, Northvale officials, representatives of the Archdiocese of Newark and director of the New Jersey Autism Study, Thursday, Feb. 7 at 10 a.m.
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| | The Challenge quiz show
01/29/2008
With cheers of support, five Northern Valley High School at Old Tappan students recently competed on Cablevision’s academic quiz show, "The Challenge."
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| | Esther Hah
01/29/2008
One 18-year-old Closter resident is focusing on peace and reconciliation as the theme of her art show dedicated to helping underprivileged children in Bangalore, India.
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| | Teacher protest
01/29/2008
Clinging to posters and morning cups of coffee, Northvale Public School teachers protested for 10 minutes silently in the school parking lot. The teacher rally marked sixth months of work without a new contract.
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| | Site remediation
01/29/2008
A cluster of black drums and overgrowth mark the space where once stood Deluxe Cleaners, 151 Livingston St. But the relative eyesore to residents is slight, compared to the soil and water contamination found underneath, say local officials.
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| | Pet rescue
01/22/2008
Cats may have nine lives, but for dogs without a second lifeline, there’s Robyn Urman. Urman is the founder of the Tenafly-based Pet ResQ Inc., a non-profit organization composed of a handful of volunteers who provide foster care to small dogs and cats
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| | Director of guidance
01/22/2008
Given what Superintendent Jan Furman calls an increasing difficulty among school districts to fill "high level administrative positions," Northern Valley is considering starting an internship program, which would train a candidate from within the district
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| | Northvale appointments
01/21/2008
Due to a clerical blunder, the Borough Council awarded a number of its professional appointments during a special meeting Jan. 15. After reviewing stacks of applications, the borough made the following appointments: Maser Associates as borough engineer, J
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| | Junior police force
01/18/2008
For the Northvale Police Department, recruiting starts young. Carrying binders and donning black shirts, as many as 24 seventh- and eighth-graders attended Northvale’s first-ever Junior Police Academy.
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| | Council truce
01/18/2008
The Northvale Borough Council and mayor vowed to end political sparring at the first united council meeting. Mayor John Hogan called the moment “a step to working together.”
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| | Coach sues over firing
01/17/2008
Northern Valley Regional High School District’s board attorney, James Plosia, calls the suit by the district’s former lacrosse coach and teacher’s aid, Peter DeFelice, "frivolous." DeFelice is suing the district for defamation of character, wrongful
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