The Town Journal

04/09/2020

A Freehold baseball and West Morris softball player have launched Change.org petitions in the hope of shifting spring sports to summertime.

04/09/2020

A historic number of New Jerseyans are filing for unemployment insurance as the state orders "nonessential" retail businesses closed.

11/06/2019

Local election results on northjersey.com

Get live election results for municipal and school races in Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic counties. This page will be updated with the latest, unofficial returns as they are released.

09/01/2019

Three-legged and potato sack races, rolling pin toss, a bandstand and 25-cent hot dogs are part of the "old-fashioned" fun that's alive and well in the borough thanks to the century-old Holiday Observers.

Three-legged and potato sack races, rolling pin toss, a bandstand and 25-cent hot dogs is how Allendale celebrates holidays.

08/18/2019

New Jersey school districts spent an average of $21,866 per pupil in the 2017-18 school year, up 4.9 percent from the year before, according to a new state report.

NJ school districts spent an average of $21,866 per pupil last year. Who spend more and who spent less? Look up your district here.

08/15/2019

Retail and office space will be removed from the Ho-Ho-Kus Crossing development design in favor of more rental and affordable-housing units near the train station

Retail and office space will be removed from the Ho-Ho-Kus Crossing development design for more rental and affordable housing near the train station.

08/09/2019

However, it is unclear if customers in Wyckoff, Midland Park and Glen Rock will see any reimbursement from the seven-year dispute.
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This is the latest from a 2012 lawsuit filed against Ridgewood Water by three customer municipalities claiming excessive rate hikes from 2010 to 2012.

08/01/2019

When a Bergen town this year ordered its own health department to begin inspecting spas, it highlighted the fact that state checks of hair and nail salons and barber shops are sporadic — years can pass between visits from state inspectors.
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Can New Jersey adequately keep tabs on its nearly 10,000 salons? More and more communities are saying no and now conduct their own health inspections.

07/30/2019

When delivery men dropped off a new couch at the Strassberg family home in Ridgewood last month and took their old couch out of the house, they apparently took something else as well, unknown to them — Blade the cat.

Beloved pet cat is missing after being trapped in an old sofa, accidentally transported all around Bergen County and beyond before going missing.

07/21/2019

Of approximately 300 American Legion posts in New Jersey. Around 120 are considered centennial posts, meaning they registered with the national organization in 1919 and 1920.

The veterans organization is turning 100 this year and posts across Northern New Jersey are reaching out to younger vets

07/15/2019

Before Independence Day, 1938, when a crash hurled two race cars into the crowd of spectators and killed a 10-year-old boy, the dirt oval near Zabriskie Brook thundered each summer for nearly six decades.

More than 100 homes now pack Park Estates where the Ho-Ho-Kus Race Track stood for 60 years.

07/12/2019

You can't understand the magnitude of the silence during this high school gradation unless you turn on your sound. 🙌

07/04/2019

For these military moms and dads, the only thing better than serving this country is coming home to their babies. 🇺🇸❤️

06/28/2019

Fire officials are raising concerns about a three-story housing complex proposed for a site across from the train station

Letters from the police chief and fire officials raise concerns about the proposed housing complex across from the Allendale train station.

06/11/2019

Do you believe a public school district should be allowed to operate a daycare center?

Under pressure from businesses, a bill that would allow public school districts to operate child care centers has been scaled back

06/05/2019

Through its engineer, the developer also challenged the DEP and federal flood maps, saying the model used to calculate the brook’s flood plain “contained gross errors and incorrect assumptions,” according to the application. In turn, the DEP issued a Flood Hazard Area Permit.

The builder of Ho-Ho-Kus Crossing is asking to increase the number of housing units, after getting permission from state environmental regulators.

05/20/2019

Allendale is among the districts impacted by this proposal.

The state's top lawmaker wants sweeping changes to cut costs and avoid tax increases. He also proposed altering pensions for new state workers.

05/13/2019

The hearing is scheduled for Wednesday night.

A three-story complex is planned to replace an auto repair shop on Park Avenue near the Allendale train station.