By PVWC PUBLIC OUTREACH
CLIFTON, NJ - As part of the Routes 3 and 46 project, an NJDOT contractor will be performing a 12-inch main replacement on Valley Road between Robin Hood Road and St. Philips Drive.
This work is scheduled to start today, May 28, 2020 and will take approximately 6-8 weeks to complete. There will be no road closures during this period.
Customers should note that there may ...
By BRYAN FRIERSON FOR PVWC
Clifton- Passaic Valley Water Commission is on site on Grove Street near Route 3 entrance repairing a water leak. Customers in the area may experience discolored water, poor water pressure, or possibly no water during repairs.
For more information about Passaic Valley Water Commission and Covid-19, please visit www.PVWC.com. For information about lead in water, please visit ...
By CATHLEEN LEWIS
Skills I thought I’d never need again (or ever)
Or how I put my skills to work in this new world
Every post-apocalypse movie has this weird combination of technology and pioneer sensibilities. I’ve always thought that odd – if there were droids watching over them, why were they cooking over an open hearth, if you have flying cars why aren’t your stores ...
By CATHLEEN LEWIS
Here’s a snapshot of my own mothering in the age of corona:
Today I’ve got a webinar pulled up on my laptop, my phone is dinging as answers to my questions about property tax grace periods roll in, there’s at least one call of “I’m hungry” from the next room and I’m cutting up construction paper so my kids can make yoda project when this ...
By ROBERT J. MARTORANA, CFA
May 7, 2020You already know that the Coronavirus is causing a deep recession and record budget deficits.
How bad is it?
According to the Congressional Budget Office, the U.S. is likely to have a deficit of $3.7 trillion in 2020. At the start of this year the deficit was expected to be $1.0 trillion, but because of COVID-19 the U.S. will spend an extra $2.5 trillion, according to JP Morgan ...
I started an internship program in Hawthorne in 2017. The program matches local students with local businesses and you can find the details here.
The program is free and the budget is $0.
I volunteer my time and the Louis Bay 2nd Library provides the space. I collaborate with the Hawthorne Chamber of Commerce and the Hawthorne High School, and the program has helped dozens of high ...
By JON "FERRIS" MEREDITH
May 28, 2020WAYNE, NJ – Swedish medical device company Getinge has agreed to a lease at the old Toys’R’Us world headquarters in Wayne.
Many have speculated what would happen to the huge property on the edge of the Point View Reservoir in northern Wayne. It was mentioned as a possible site for a multi-unit housing development to help fulfil the Township’s affordable ...
ELMWOOD PARK, NJ - A 17-year-old Paterson boy was found underneath Broadway floating in the Passaic River on the Elmwood Park/Paterson border, according to Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella, on Sunday, May 24 at approximately 11:20 a.m.
Subsequent to an autopsy, the cause of death was determined to be drowning. Although a preliminary investigation indicates the death is not suspicious, ...
By JOAN HERRMANN
Memorial Day weekend, for many, signifies the unofficial start to summer. Last weekend as I was sitting in my backyard looking at my swimming pool, I began to think about how I felt two years ago when I was able to make a dream a reality.
Two years ago, friends and family had to listen to me ramble on about the pool I just added to my backyard. Hearing me, one would have thought that I had the ...
By JOAN HERRMANN
Do you ever feel like there is no end to the problems that you face? Do your challenges seem too great to overcome? Do you ever ask yourself, “What’s the point?” Do you allow your circumstances to govern your life to the point of making you sad, lonely, and depressed?
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, welcome to the majority! Most people, at one ...
By ERIN DELANEY, MPA, RMC BOROUGH CLERK
May 28, 2020106 Brown Avenue Prospect Park, NJ 07508
May 28, 2020
To:
Mayor Khairullah
Council President Matari
Councilman Artis
Councilwoman Ortiz
Councilwoman Perez
Councilman Shah
Councilman Zakaria
Denis Murphy, Borough Attorney
Intashan Chowdhury, Borough Administrator
TAPinto Hawthorne, Hawthorne, NJ
The Record, Woodland Park, NJ
Herald News, Woodland Park, ...
BOROUGH OF PROSPECT PARK
Notice is hereby given that the following ordinance was passed on second and final reading and adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Prospect Park, County of Passaic, State of New Jersey at a meeting of said Mayor and Council held virtually and at the Municipal Building, 106 Brown Avenue, Prospect Park, New Jersey on Monday, May 18, 2020.
ORDINANCE NO.
By JOHN CHRISTMANN
The unofficial start to summer has begun and people are emerging gingerly from their Covid-free lairs like bears from hibernation. And after months living in quarantine without pants or haircuts, the question on all of our minds as we contemplate going out in public is, how is this supposed to work?
Here are some useful etiquette tips to help you open up this summer.
There seems to be so ...
By JOHN CHRISTMANN
Greetings graduating class of 2020! Woohoo! You did it!
I am honored and proud to offer these unsolicited congratulatory remarks on your incredible achievement, and to provide some inspirational words of encouragement as you move on to do all of the great and momentous things you truly are meant to do.
This was not a good year to be Seniors. As you know, people over 65 are at much higher ...
By LINDSEY KELLEHER
May 31, 2020Duck legs confit. Waygu burgers. Anduille sausage. These items from meat supplier D’Artagnan typically would be headed to restaurants, but due to COVID-19 much of it is on its way to homes, instead.
“We got into this because the restaurants disappeared,” said D’Artagnan President Andy Wertheim. “This is a question of finding another way to get the product into ...
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By SANDY SCRAGG
June 2, 2020RUTHERFORD, NJ -- Stephanie Willoughby spoke with Renee Faris, Chef & Owner of Erie Coffee Shop & Bakery, about her small business in town and how life and work has changed for her during the COVID-19 pandemic.
As the coronavirus outbreak began to take hold in New Jersey, at first Faris set limits as to how many people could be in the bakery, but eventually wound up closing altogether ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ -- Host Stephanie Willoughby caught up with Ralph Acquaviva, Owner of Delicious Heights, a restaurant/bar/takeout establishment, to see how he has managed his business during the COVID-19 pandemic and learn about the initiatives he has established to continue meeting his customers’ needs.
“My dream was always to open up a restaurant,” said Acquaviva.