TOP LOCAL News
By CHIP ARMONAITIS
May 15, 2025
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ - Hasbrouck Heights Borough Attorney Mark DiPisa updated the public by reading the letter sent to the Hasbrouck Heights Swim Club earlier in the day concerning the ongoing audit of the swim club, requested by the town as part of its due diligence prior to next year’s lease ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ - The Wood-Ridge Board of Education approved the hiring of a new principal for the Wood-Ridge Intermediate School during Monday night's BOE meeting.Ryan Ann Guglielmotti was approved unanimously. She is scheduled to begin July 1. She will be the fourth principal in the school's ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ - A football special event to open the season gives high school football fans some news in the middle of May.The Hasbrouck Heights Board of Education approved a Week Zero football doubleheader at Depken Field on August 28th. The inaugural Nick Decalzo Aviator Classic, which ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ - The Borough of Wood-Ridge will hold a Memorial Day service to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice.Wood-Ridge will hold its Memorial Day service on Wednesday, May 21, at 6:00 p.m. It will take place at the Walk of Freedom, located at the corner of Hackensack Street and ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – The Hasbrouck Heights Council approved the appointments of two police dispatchers and one volunteer fire department at the May 13th meeting of the Hasbrouck Heights Mayor and Council in Council Chambers.Mayor Ron Kistner swore in Mahmoud E. Elnahal to the Hasbrouck Heights ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ - The Wood-Ridge Board of Education honored the April Students of the Month at the May regular meeting on Monday, May 12, at the high school auditorium.Each school administrator announced the student honorees from their building and posed for photos with the students for their ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ - The Wood-Ridge Mayor and Council passed three ordinances on second and final reading and announced seasonal personnel hirings at the Council meeting on Wednesday, May 7 in Council Chambers. Council President Michele Mabel ran the meeting in Mayor Paul Sarlo's absence.Ordinance ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ - Check out what's going on in Hasbrouck Heights, Wood-Ridge, and Teterboro this week.Monday, May 12:Wood-Ridge Board of Education meeting, 7 p.m., WRHS AuditoriumTuesday, May 13:Teterboro Mayor and Council meeting, 5:30 p.m., Municipal BuildingHasbrouck Heights Mayor and ...
ORADELL, NJ – The Hasbrouck Heights boys and girls track teams both captured the Bergen County Group D Championships on Saturday at the Gene Littler Bergen County Championships held at Hasbrouck Heights and River Dell High Schools on Friday and Saturday. The boys captured the title with a 228 to ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ – After capturing a wild 13-12 victory in the Bergen Invitational Tournament over Dwight Englewood earlier in the day, the Wood-Ridge baseball team returned to Wood-Ridge Athletic Complex to face Cliffside Park on Senior Night Saturday evening.The result was not quite as good, as the ...
NEWARK - The controversial $6 billion Newark Bay Bridge replacement has received a permit and “finding of no significant impact” from the U.S. Coast Guard, clearing the way for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority to proceed with the construction of an extension between Interchanges 14 in Newark and ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ -- Hasbrouck Heights Superintendent Dr. Jillian Torrento presented the district budget for the 2025-25 school year at a special Board of Education meeting on Monday, May 5. The Board voted unanimously to approve it.The total budget for the 2025-26 school year is $39,255,666.
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – Hasbrouck Heights High School honored seven students before their scheduled softball game against North Bergen on Thursday afternoon at Hitchcock Field.Prior to the game, Hasbrouck Heights honored the seniors from both squads in a pre-game ceremony. Hitchcock Field was ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ – Wood-Ridge rallied from multiple deficits to defeat Dwight-Englewood, 13-12, in the quarterfinal round of the Bergen County Invitational Baseball Tournament on Saturday morning at the Wood-Ridge Athletic Complex.It was a wild affair that saw Dwight-Englewood jump out to a 5-1 lead ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ – Alexa Celentano had four hits, including a double and triple, and drove in three runs as Wood-Ridge defeated Cliffside Park, 9-3, in a NJIC independent girls' softball game on Saturday night at the Wood-Ridge Athletic Complex. Wood-Ridge improves to 7-9 with the win, while ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – It was a rare doubleheader for Hasbrouck Heights baseball on Saturday in Hasbrouck Heights. The Aviators lost the first game to Dumont, 6-4, in the quarterfinal round of the Bergen County Invitational, before winning the second game, 8-6, against Lyndhurst in a NJIC ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – The Hasbrouck Heights Land Use Board approved the application for a Starbucks Drive-Thru to be constructed on the site of the former Houlihan's on May 7th in the Council Chambers at Borough Hall.The application calls for tearing down the Houlihan's and replacing it with a ...
NEW JERSEY — Gov. Phil Murphy cannot run for a third term and the field to replace him is wide open and crowded as 11 candidates vie for their party’s nominations in the June 10 primary election.That has left voters across the state with a number of questions on their minds, including some of the ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ - The Hasbrouck Heights Board of Health will host a AAA Defensive Driving Course on Wednesday, June 25. It will be held in the Community Room of Borough Hall and run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.You may qualify for an auto insurance discount and point reduction upon completion.
NEWARK - Cleanup of the Diamond Alkali Superfund Site in Newark continues to be slow moving, as the building of a processing facility – something needed before the Lower Passaic River can be dredged – is tied up in legal negotiations. Water and sediment samples have been taken by the U.S.
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ – The Wood-Ridge Planning Board approved an application for Trinity Automotive, which operates East Coast Toyota, to build a service facility at 1 Park Place West in Wood-Ridge at the May 6th meeting. The application requires a variance due to an auto motive repair facility is a ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ - Church of the Assumption of Our Blessed Lady in Wood-Ridge held its ninth annual Blue Mass for all the men and women in law enforcement on Sunday, May 4, 2025, 11:00 AM. It was well attended with over 250 people present. A Blue Mass is a Mass celebrated in the Catholic Church for ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – Hasbrouck Heights suffered its first loss of the season, falling 3-2 to Oratory Prep in an independent boys' tennis match on Wednesday at the Neal McCarthy Courts at Hasbrouck Heights High School. Hasbrouck Heights falls to 9-1 on the season, while Oratory Prep is ...
(editors note: story has been corrected.)WOOD-RIDGE, NJ – Chris Castellano reach on an error by the Teaneck left fielder, scoring Nicholas Prato to lift Wood-Ridge to a 7-6 walkoff, extra-inning victory over Teaneck in a Bergen County Invitational Opening Round game on Wednesday afternoon at the ...
CRESSKILL, NJ – Hasbrouck Heights scored six runs in the top of the eighth inning to defeat Cresskill, 13-7, in a Bergen County Invitational Opening Round game in Cresskill on Wednesday afternoon.Ethan Perez was hit by a pitch leading off the inning, and Andy Victori walked, putting runners on ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ – The Wood-Ridge Board of Education passed its proposed 2025 -26 school budget at a special meeting of the Board of Education on May 5th in the Wood-Ridge High School Auditorium. The resulting impact of the budget is an increase in the school tax levy, $236 on the average home ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ - The curtain goes up on the Hasbrouck Heights High School musical “Little Shop of Horrors” this week. There are three show dates: Thursday, May 8 and Friday, May 9, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, May 10, at 2 p.m., in Kiefer Auditorium at Hasbrouck Heights HS/MS. Tickets are $7 for ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ – Wood-Ridge’s Lucas Mendoza and Devin Gravina combined to shutout North Arlington, 3-0, in a NJIC non-division baseball game on Tuesday afternoon in Wood-Ridge. The duo combined to hold North Arlington to just four hits as the Blue Devils improved to 11-8 on the season.Michael ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ - Fifth graders from Corpus Christi School, Lincoln, and Euclid Elementary Schools packed the Old Gym at Hasbrouck Heights Middle School/High School along with parents, administrators and Hasbrouck Heights Police Officers to celebrate the third Annual Law Enforcement Against ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ - Hasbrouck Heights honored the senior members of the track team at the end of the final regularly scheduled home tri-meet against Bogota and Wood-Ridge.Head coach Rob Brady introduced each athlete. They were met by their parents, gave them flowers and posed for ...