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VOLUME 30 ISSUE 7
A mom’s message
HERE FOR KIDS’ HEART HEALTH Gottheimer hails a local hero, pulls for bipartisan bill on studentsʼ screenings
APRIL 27, 2026
WOODCLIFF LAKE
SERVICES SET FOR RAYMOND STUPIENSKI JR., 85
Dies after accident; leaves wife of 65 years, five sons, 17 grandkids, 18 greatgrands, more
BY JOHN SNYDER OF PASCACK PRESS
Hillsdale author, activist advances Joan’s Joy mission PAGE 15
WESTWOOD
‘Westwood shows up…’
Baseball, softball opening rallies; an Eagle on the rise; tree-planting blitz — and a trolley tour is perfectly imperfect
BY JOHN SNYDER OF PASCACK PRESS
If you were looking for a single weekend that captured the character of this borough — its energy, its volunteers, its sense of shared purpose — you could have done worse than to follow Mayor Ray Arroyo from field to park to tree-lined street and back again. By his honorʼs account, it was “a typical slice of Americana.”
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Westwood Regional High School junior Jordan Schwartz stands with U.S. Rep Josh Gottheimer, municipal officials from Westwood and the Township of Washington, Assemblywoman Lisa Swain (D-38), Bergen County Commissioner Germaine Ortiz, and administrators from Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley and the Westwood Regional School District at Monday’s announcement of proposed federal cardiac screening legislation for high school student-athletes. John Snyder photo. See many more online! san bill he is sponsoring with kid who steps onto a field or BY JOHN SNYDER Rep. Don Bacon, Republican court deserves to make it home OF PASCACK PRESS from Nebraskaʼs District 2, that safe.” . S . R E P Josh Got- would require cardiovascular Joining Gottheimer were theimer, D-5, appeared screening for every high school Jordan Schwartz, Jonathan the morning of April 20 athlete. Schwartz and Lori Schwartz; at Westwood Regional High “Showing up to play a sport Assemblywoman Lisa Swain Schoolʼs football field to pro- should never mean risking your Continued on page 24 mote “Marcusʼs Law,” a biparti- life,” Gottheimer said. “Every
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Services have been set for Raymond “Ray” Frank Stupienski Jr., 85, of Woodcliff Lake, whose death following an April 18 vehicle fire at his Campbell Avenue home has drawn attention to a life defined by work, tradition and a quiet, steady presence in the community. Stupienski was injured in the fire and later died at Hackensack University Medical Center, authorities said. Investigators determined the blaze was accidental and began while he was working on his vehicle. For more than 70 years, Stupienski worked in a profession that has largely disappeared from modern life: house-to-house milk delivery. He purchased Sherwood Dairy in 1971 and continued operating the business for decades, maintaining a small but loyal customer base even in recent years. According to his obituary,
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STANDING PROUD
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The NJSFWC Greater Pascack Valley Woman’s Club racks up honors at the Spring Conference of the Palisades District of the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs PAGE 12
Trains laden with Spanish cedar rolled into Hillsdale: On the Pascack Brook, a staff 130 turned the crude lumber into more than 7,000 cigar boxes per day. Kristin Beuscher reports.
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