Emerson • Hillsdale • Montvale • Park Ridge • River Vale • Township of Washington • Westwood • Woodcliff Lake
PA S C AC K VA L L E Y ’ S BEST H O M E TO W N N E W S PA P E R
VOLUME 25 ISSUE 13
PAGING DR. BAI
TIME CAPSULE REVEALS… Woodcliff Middle School greets 1995
Natalie A. Bai of River Vale graduates from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. SEE PAGE 24
PASCACK VALLEY
GENERAL
ELECTION IN FOCUS
Primary picks WCL Dem challengers; governor and council lines drawn BY MICHAEL OLOHAN OF PASCACK PRESS
Bergen County and Pascack Valley voters chose Republican candidate Jack Ciattarelli from four challengers in the June 8 Republican primary election to oppose incumbent Democratic governor Phil Murphy in the Nov. 2 General Election, according to unofficial election results from the Bergen County Clerkʼs Office. Countywide, Ciatarelli grabbed 12,354 votes to take 58.2% of the vote, while Hirsh V. Singh tallied 4,047 votes, or 19%, Philip Rizzo grabbed 3,675 votes or 17.32%, and Rian D. Levine had 1,117 votes, or 5.26%.
See ELECTION on page 84
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THE GLORY OF GRUNGE: Students at Woodcliff Middle School have been looking forward to the opening of this time capsule all year—or in some cases, for 25 years. The stainless steel cannister was opened June 9.
BY JOHN SNYDER OF PASCACK PRESS
he centennial celebration of Woodcliff School, paused in 1995, resumed and even outdid itself last week, reaching through its participants toward the year 2045—a future
that, maybe this time around, will include flying cars. June 9 was Time Capsule Day at Woodcliff Middle School, whose eighth-graders helped organize a program that, at the front lawn, included unearthing a stainless steel cylinder containing some of the
PHOTO BY JOHN SNYDER
hopes, dreams, memorabilia, and fun of the year 1995, when it was interred as part of ceremonies celebrating 100 years out from its founding, in the Borough of Woodcliff, in 1895. (The Borough of Woodcliff was established in 1894. On
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JUNE 14, 2021
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON
DEAL HITS HOUSING TRUST FUND?
Long-settled Viviano pact might fall over 66 units BY MICHAEL OLOHAN OF PASCACK PRESS
The township might be receiving approximately $50,000 less for its Affordable Housing Trust Fund due to the proposed 66-unit Viviano project being reduced from its original 73 units and taking the number of affordable units required from the agreed-upon 15 down to 13. The two fewer affordable units—agreed to be reimbursed at $25,000 apiece—likely will cut the total af f o r d a b l e ALSO... trust fund reimbursement from • Developments on agenda for $375,000 to $325,000 for Planning Board June 16 the township. Planning — See Page 6 Board attorney Louis Lamatina did not immediately return our requests for comment. At the June 2 Planning Board hearing, questions were raised about the status of affordable housing obligations at the Viviano American Dream Estates development project settled with the township in 2001. The 14.32-acre property, near Immaculate Heart Academy, is at 463 Van Emburgh Ave. along the Garden State Parkway. Since that agreement, the Township has paid off its obligaSee DEAL on page 274
DRAGONS ROAR
B ck in time...
The Westwood Dragons Soccer Club rallies to defeat Ironbound Soccer Club, 1–0, to win the U10 A Flight Championship. SEE PAGE 34
We remember when Park Ridge High School’s graduating class of 1914, all 18 students, met President Woodrow Wilson at the White House. SEE PAGE 4
