BRINGING IT Hillsdale, Montvale moms in 3rd annual charity clash
Emerson • Hillsdale • Montvale • Park Ridge • River Vale • Township of Washington • Westwood • Woodcliff Lake VOLUME 24 ISSUE 38
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DECEMBER 7, 2020
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PASCACK VALLEY
POLICE CHIEFS BACK BODY CAMERAS
Gear required Jan. 1; funding to be worked out BY MICHAEL OLOHAN OF PASCACK PRESS
Only one of eight Pascack Valley towns has plans to have police officers wear body cameras starting Jan. 1, 2021, although most chiefs responding to a Pascack Press survey expressed confidence in bodyworn cameras. They told us they view the devices as an important tool for improved police-community relations. Most said they saw lack of state funding to implement the program, which Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law last month, effective Jan. 1, as a major impediment to fast implementation. Meanwhile, local departments already have some form of video recording in place, such as vehiclemounted dash-cams to capture police-public interactions. In addition, most police chiefs responding to our survey were
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TRADITION IN THIRD YEAR: The Hillsdale Lady Hawks beat new team Montvale Cowgirls, 34–0, in a third annual moms charity flag football game. Beneficiaries are Helping Hand and Tri-Boro food pantries and the many families they serve. BY JOHN SNYDER OF PASCACK PRESS
Michele Carcich DeVincenzo observed “a few amazing things resulted from my last-minute decision to join a flag football team as a 42 year old woman.” The obvious, she said: Her
team, the Hillsdale Lady Hawks, collected almost $2,000 and a pickup truck full of food donations for the Helping Hand Food Pantry. The opposition, the Montvale Cowgirls, collected $3,000 and a truck food of food donations for the Tri-Boro Food Pantry.
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And the score was 34–0, Hills-
But “the not so obvious,” she said online: “I had a reason to get my outta shape in some sort of shape; it felt amazing to be part of a team again and to be coached. After all these years of coaching to was
nice to be on the other side of things; I met an incredible group of fierce competitors from town I never knew; and I learned a sport I didnʼt know much about.” She said, “I remembered how intense and exhilarating game day
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WIN IN THE CARDS
B ck in time...
In their first year as a combined team of Westwood/Township of Washington youth, the Junior Cardinals win their league championship.
There is no Westwood Home for the Holidays this year. (Celebrate Westwood is taking up the slack.) This week: vintage photos of downtown!
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