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PA S C AC K VA L L E Y ’ S H O M E TO W N N E W S PA P E R
VOLUME 26 ISSUE 50
Soup’r support
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
CELEBRATING A CAREER
Stateʼs top girls volleyball coach, IHAʼs Nolan, retires
Members of GFWC/NJSFWC The Woman’s Club of Westwood support Soup’r Bowl Sunday.
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TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON
FOLLOW THE WATER ON STRIP MALL Maria Nolan ended her IHA coaching career with a 581–47 record, a 93 winning percentage. She also holds all-time wins leader in New Jersey volleyball history with a record of 1,101–116. IHA’s overall home APPLICATION therecordtitleis of214–1 (a more than 99 winning percentage), boasting only one at-home loss since Coach Nolan began. Stream status uncertain in dueling DEP rulings
BY MICHAEL OLOHAN OF PASCACK PRESS
A Meisten Street resident speaking out against the way a proposed strip mall is eyed for his neighborhood — and adjacent to the busy Pascack Road—Washington Avenue intersection — says he hopes to get a survey and title search done soon on his property. His task: to prove that an easement has long existed and that a modest waterway coursing through his property has been and should be a protected Category 1 stream, regulated under NJDEP rules. If the waterway is not protected, resident Michael Agnello says he
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19 recordbreaking seasons coaching at Immaculate Heart Academy, Maria Nolan P ʼ08, has declared the 2022 volleyball season as her last. She officially announced her retirement on Feb. 6. If you have ever followed New Jersey high school volleyball, you have heard Nolanʼs name. Prior to working at IHA, in the Township of Washington, Nolan coached for 27 years at OLLOWING
Secaucus High School, where she led the program to 16 New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) state titles, 17 league titles, 15 county titles, and eight undefeated seasons. She began at IHA in 2004 and has coached hundreds of Blue Eagles over the last two decades. She also started Maria Nolanʼs Developmental Volleyball Camp for Girls at Immaculate Heart Academy in 2002.
Nolan ended her IHA coaching career with a 581–47 record, a 93 winning percentage. She also holds the title of all-time wins leader in New Jersey volleyball history with a record of 1,101–116. IHAʼs overall home record is 214–1 (a more than 99 winning percentage), boasting only one at- home loss since Coach Nolan began. “For the first 10 years, I
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MONTVALE
THAT’S CAPTAIN ALISHA FOLEY
Veteran officer first female in MPD history to attain that rank
Alisha R. Foley began her law enforcement career in 1997 with the Montvale Police Department. At her formal swearing-in ceremony on Feb. 14, she became the first female in the departmentʼs history to attain the rank of Captain FOLEY of Police. Foley has risen through the ranks, starting in patrol, promoted to patrol sergeant in May 2015, and making patrol lieutenant in August 2018. She holds a masterʼs degree in education administration and supervision from Seton Hall University and has attended leadership courses throughout her career. The department tells Pascack Press Foley continues to lead through a successful re-accreditation process. “A formal reviewing process allowing a third-party auditor to evaluate the leadership standards, personnel accountability, training development, recordkeeping and financial management, arrest and investigation pro-
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KINDNESS COUNTS
B ck in time...
Isabella Novo of River Vale is one of four students at at Academy of the Holy Angels lately honored with a Sister Catherine Green Kindness Award. PAGE 13
Years before a shovel hit the dirt to construct the large shopping center on Pascack Road in the Township of Washington, there was the Washington Center. Kristin Beuscher reports. PAGE 4