TOP LOCAL News
By FAITH ARMONAITIS
May 27, 2026
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ — The Wood-Ridge Board of Education approved the staff appointments and reductions in staff for the upcoming school year during its May 11 meeting.The Board approved the reappointment of teachers, administrators, support staff, buildings and grounds personnel, and child study team, ...
NEW MILFORD, NJ – Hasbrouck Heights rallied from a 2-0 deficit to beat New Milford in the opening round of the NJSIAA North 1, Group 1 Softball playoffs in New Milford on Tuesday. Hasbrouck Heights, the 10th seed, will travel to Midland Park on Thursday.New Milford jumped out to a lead in the first ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ – Gabby Perez threw a one-hit complete-game shutout as Wood-Ridge defeated Ridgefield, 8-0, in the opening round of the NJSIAA North 2, Group 1 softball playoffs on Tuesday at the Wood-Ridge Athletic Complex. Wood-Ridge, the top seed in the bracket, will face New Providence on ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ — Wood-Ridge High School girls soccer team and school administrators held a small ceremony on Tuesday, May 19 to honor Fiona Helly as the team's all-time leading goalscorer with 84 goals. Helly also has the record for most goals in a season with 28. She was a four-time, First Team ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ — Wood-Ridge residents and borough officials gathered to pay tribute during a Memorial Day ceremony on Tuesday, May 19, ahead of the weekend's holiday. The event, originally scheduled to take place outside at the Walk of Freedom, was moved indoors to the Senior Center due to the ...
RIDGEFIELD, NJ – Ridgefield edged Hasbrouck Heights 3-2 in the first round of the NJSIAA Boys Tennis Tournament on Friday in Ridgefield. Hasbrouck Heights finishes its season with a 9-7 record. Ridgefield is now 18-2 with the win. It was a battle throughout the match, as First Singles Ethan Tran ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ — It was an ideal spring day for the DPW's popular community outreach event.The Hasbrouck Heights DPW held its third annual Touch-a-Truck event on Saturday, May 16, which drew thousands of visitors from across the area, according to organizers. It featured a variety of DPW ...
BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — Avoid the lines — vote early in the 2026 Primary Election. There are nine locations in Bergen County to vote.Early voting will take place from May 26 through May 31, 2026.Please note the revised location on the campus of Bergen Community College in Paramus, as well as an updated ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ - Over 50 Hasbrouck Heights High School athletes spread out across town to help clean up the borough in early May.The Athletes in Action program was restarted after being dormant for several years. Fifty-five members of the Aviators track program stepped up to help out.
HACKENSACK, NJ – Brady Shine won the boys’ javelin at the Bergen County Meet of Champions, held Wednesday at Hackensack High School. Shine’s throw of 198 feet 4 inches was 22 feet better than the second place finisher, James Gibbons of Don Bosco Tech.Michael Napolitano finished eighth in the boys ...
NEW YORK, NY - A Hasbrouck Heights man was one of two people charged with violations of the Take It Down Act, which prohibits the nonconsensual publication of AI-generated digital forgeries (deepfake) pornography, it was announced by the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ – New Milford limited Wood-Ridge to two hits, as the Knights defeated the Blue Devils 13-2 in an independent baseball game on Wednesday afternoon at the Wood-Ridge Athletic Complex. Wood-Ridge finishes the season with a 14-13 record; New Milford is now 19-6.Kyle Dunne had three ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ — The ninth annual Taste of Hasbrouck Heights and Friends was attended by over 300 people on Wednesday, May 13 at The Fiesta in Wood-Ridge. The event was sponsored by the Hasbrouck Heights Friends of the Free Public Library in partnership with the Hasbrouck Heights Regional Chamber ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ – Fair Lawn defeated Wood-Ridge, 10-5, in an independent softball game on Wednesday afternoon at the Wood-Ridge Athletic Complex. Wood-Ridge finishes its regular season at 20-7. Fair Lawn is 18-9.Alexis Muscia singled leading off the game, and came around on Maya Showfety’s ground ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – Cliffside Park defeated Hasbrouck Heights, 9-1 on Wednesday afternoon in an independent baseball game on Wednesday afternoon at Depken Field in Hasbrouck Heights. Hasbrouck Heights finishes their season with a 7-17 record.Cliffside Park’s Kayden Moeller had four singles and ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ – Natalie Nieves stroked three hits and drove in four runs as Wood-Ridge defeated Mahwah, 18-3, in an independent softball game on Tuesday afternoon in Wood-Ridge. Wood-Ridge is now 20-6 while Mahwah falls to 8-15.Mahwah actually jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – Hasbrouck Heights defeated Eastern Christian, 8-0, in an NJIC independent softball game on Tuesday afternoon at Hitchcock Field in Hasbrouck Heights. Prior to the game, Hasbrouck Heights honored six senior members of its softball program. Head coach Rich Aponte introduced ...
WEEHAWKEN, NJ – Andy Victori had two hits and four runs batted in, and two runs scored as Hasbrouck Heights defeated Weehawken, 10-6, in a NJIC non-divisional baseball game on Tuesday in Weehawken. Hasbrouck Heights moves to 7-16 with the win, while Weehawken falls to 16-10.Victori gave Hasbrouck ...
NEW MILFORD, NJ – Hasbrouck Heights battled the heat in a tight boys tennis match that came down to a super tie-breaker Monday afternoon in New Milford. The Aviators lost the super-tiebreaker, 10-7, and the match 3-2 as the Knights recorded the victory in a NJIC non-divisional matchup.Hasbrouck ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ - The Wednesday, May 20th, meeting of the Wood-Ridge Mayor and Council has been postponed to May 26th, according to a release from Wood-Ridge Borough Clerk Gina Affuso. The meeting will be held at 7 pm in the Council Chambers at the Wood-Ridge Municipal Building.
HACKENSACK, NJ - Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of 37-year-old Marvin A. Nugra Ruiz of Little Falls, NJ, on charges of sexual assault, criminal sexual contact, and endangering the welfare of a child. The arrest was the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen ...
Editor's Note: This article is part one of a series.HACKENSACK, NJ — Myrna Gotrell has proudly served the Hackensack community for over 20 years.Immigrating to Hackensack from her birthplace of Jamaica at 13-years-old, she has been a resident for more than 30 years. Starting as a PTA volunteer at ...
EVANSTON, IL/ TETERBORO, NJ - The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC®) announced that Cristina Fuschetto is one of this year’s National Merit $2500 Scholarship winners. The 2,500 Merit Scholar designees were chosen from a talent pool of more than 15,000 outstanding Finalists in the 2026 ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ – The Hasbrouck Heights girls track team captured their sixth straight North 1, Group 1 team outdoor track title during a two-day meet held Friday and Saturday at Livingston High School. The boys' team finished second. The girls beat Waldwick by a score of 112 to 73, with Hawthorne ...
NORTH ARLINGTON, NJ - North Arlington defeated Wood-Ridge, 3-2, in a NJIC baseball game on Sunday afternoon in North Arlington. Wood-Ridge falls to 14-12 with the loss. North Arlington is now 12-12.Wood-Ridge scored in the top of the first inning, as Jake Wall singled to center field with one ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – Whippany Park defeated Hasbrouck Heights on Saturday, 15-2, in an independent baseball game Saturday morning at Depken Field. Prior to the game, Hasbrouck Heights honored its senior baseball players and greeted Hasbrouck Heights' 12-year-old Little Leaguers. Hasbrouck ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ – Ridgewood rallied, scoring 10 runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, to defeat Wood-Ridge, 13-7, in the semi-final round of the Bergen Invitational Girls Softball Tournament at the Wood-Ridge Athletic Complex. Even though the game was played in Wood-Ridge, Ridgewood was the home ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ — The Wood-Ridge Board of Education honored its April Students of the Month at the May 11 meeting, held in the Wood-Ridge High School auditorium.Each school administrator announced the student honorees from their building and posed for photos with the children for their parents.The ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – St. Mary’s (Rutherford) Emilia Meyes homered in the seventh inning to give the Gaels a 7-5 victory over Hasbrouck Heights in a NJIC Meadowlands softball game on Friday afternoon at Hitchcock Field. St. Mary goes to 9-1 in the Meadowlands with the win, and 14-8 overall.
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – Taxpayers will see their taxes raised nine percent next year after the Hasbrouck Heights Council approved the 2026 Budget in the May 12th meeting of the Mayor and Council in Borough Hall. The Budget was presented by Borough CFO David Sireci.The $2.474 million local tax levy ...