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VOLUME 25 ISSUE 45
Making her mark
JANUARY 24, 2022
BERKELEY ON THE BALL
PSO treat, on hold since 2020, delivers
PASCACK VALLEY
CENTER, TURF PLANS TO PUBLIC IN WEEKS
With millions in play, Horváth floats referendum
BY MICHAEL OLOHAN OF PASCACK PRESS
Montvale’s Liv Sullivan has released her second single, singing of the pain of love. SEE PAGE 12
PASCACK VALLEY
KIDS, COVID, AND Session Jan. 26 aims to give families vital tools
ANXIETY
BY MATTHEW WIKFORS FOR PASCACK PRESS
Woodcliff Lake PFA Parent Academy invites parents from all towns in the Pascack Valley to its first event of the year — “How to Address Anxiety and Covid-related Mental Health Issues in Your Child” — on Wednesday, Jan. 26 at 7 p.m. on Zoom. Keynote speaker is Ozzy Sanchez, licensed clinical social worker and founder of the Old Tappan-based The Start Institute (ozzysanchez.com), which offers counseling and psychotherapy, parenting training, teacher training, and best self coaching. The Woodcliff Lake PFA is composed of “dynamic volunteers dedicated to enriching out childrenʼs school experiences.” WCL PFA Parent Academy coordinator Jen Charnow holds a BA in psychology and an MSW in
See KIDS on page 144
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Africa dominates this view of the Earth Balloon, an inflatable classroom-in-a-gym at Berkeley School in Westwood on Jan. 6. The lesson was funded by the 2020 Berkeley PSO, but because of Covid was twice postponed. and seasons, and its generous magnetic field, BY JOHN SNYDER which protects fragile and abundant life from the OF PASCACK PRESS scouring solar wind. And, of course, Earth is unique in all the uniS PLANETS GO, Earth is pretty wonderful, what with its morning kiss from the Sun, verse, so far as we know, in supporting elementary its water oceans, its atmosphere, its moon
Continued on page 16
PHOTO VIA BERKELEY PSO
The Temporary Steering Advisory Committee for a Community Center and Turf Field told the Borough Council on Jan. 11 that it hopes to present options to the public for its review and feedback at the council meeting of Tuesday, Feb. 1 or 8. Councilmember Anthony DeRosa made the announcement. Member Abby Lundy concurred, telling Pascack Press on Jan. 12, “The mayor [John Ruocco] has urged us to think outside the box and that is what we will do at the next meeting with DMR [Architects].” She said, “We will discuss utilizing current assets and the feasibility of looking at this capital project in phases and three components, those phases being a turf field, a space for seniors, and a recreational community space.” She added, “We will seek to gather DMRʼs opinions and then query the Citizens Advisory Committee to best understand their collective wants and needs and how we can propose working them into a cohesive plan within our budget.” Lundy said, “I anticipate being able to bring a report on these meetings to the rest of the governing body and the public no later than the second meeting in Febru-
See CENTER on page 274
ALL-COUNTY HONORS
B ck in time...
Pascack Valley High School is pleased to announce that the following students were selected for 1st Team All Bergen County recognition…
Pictured during the winter of 1905, it’s Block’s Hall, better known today as the Emerson Hotel. Notice the team of horses attached to the sleigh out front… Kristin Beuscher has the story! SEE PAGE 4
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