FOR LOVE OF NATURE
Emerson • Hillsdale • Montvale • Park Ridge • River Vale • Township of Washington • Westwood • Woodcliff Lake VOLUME 25 ISSUE 32
A fairytale thirtieth
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
OCTOBER 25, 2021
28th Friends of the Pascack Brook fishing contest delivers
Eric Kohlmeier surprises his wife, Elizabeth, with a Cinderella carriage ride.
SEE PAGE 5
WOODCLIFF LAKE
PARTY CITY MOVING HQ Hundreds of new jobs; firm is first to land NJ recovery act award
TO BOROUGH
BY JOHN SNYDER OF PASCACK PRESS
The Borough on Oct. 20 announced that Party City Holdings Inc., “the global celebrations leader,” will move its new U.S. headquarters here, to the empty ESAI building, 100 Tice Boulevard, in the second half of 2022. Party City Holdings Inc. has been approved for the first award under the Emerge Program, New Jerseyʼs new job creation incentive program, part of the New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020 (ERA). The award was approved on Sept. 21 by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board. The company also was considering White Plains, N.Y.
See PARTY on page 204
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Reel fun! Clockwise, from far left: Sean, 3, and Lilly, 6, of Upper Saddle River; Alexa Tattoli of Hillsdale; and Jacob, 8, and Luke, 6, Adeboye; and Dean Buldo, 8, of River Vale were among the kids enjoying the 28th Annual Kids Fishing Contest in Hillsdale on Oct. 16. The event was not held in 2020 over the pandemic. It will return, bigger, in spring 2022. BY JOHN SNYDER OF PASCACK PRESS
28TH ANNUAL Kids Fishing Contest, sponsored by the Friends of the Pascack Brook, delighted families and friends on Saturday Oct. 16 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Children, 4–16, were invited to fish the Pascack Brook between St. John R.C. Church in Hillsdale and Brookside Place in Westwood. HE
Kids also pitched in with stocking the brook with fish, and learned a truth embraced by fisherfolk and many others: part of nature, we get out of it what we put into it. Westwood Elks Lodge #1562 served hamburgers, hot dogs, and soda. The lodge is at 523 Kinderkamack Road. Competing for trophies, prizes and other awards, kids and their bigger fishing buddies had their trout caught that day measured and recorded at the police booth in Hillsdale dur-
ing contest hours. Friends of the Pascack Brook president John Hering told Pascack Press on Oct. 20, “It went well. It was a first time for us doing it in the fall; we usually do this in the spring. We couldnʼt have it last year, of course, because of the Covid.” He added, “This one wasnʼt as big — we had maybe 200 kids fishing — and we did-
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FISHING CONTEST PHOTOS DANIELLE O’BRIEN
CARDS FOR TROOPS
B ck in time...
Post 162 of Hillsdale, Woodcliff Lake, and Old Tappan seeks names for its holiday cards and letters for the troops program. SEE PAGE 21
Kristin Beuscher leads us just outside the Pascack Valley to the George Washington Bridge, which opened to traffic 90 years ago this week. SEE PAGE 4