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| | Boil water advisory issued, lifted in Montvale last week
06/24/2008
Residents of western Montvale were advised to boil their drinking water last week following a late-night water main break on Tuesday.
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| | Development will have gatehouse
06/24/2008
On Tuesday, May 20, the Montvale Planning Board approved an amended site plan permitting Woodmont, a Parsippany-based developer, to erect a permanent gatehouse as well as two signs at the entryway of Enclave at Montvale.
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| | PBA Local 303 to erect Memorial
06/17/2008
In light of the recent death of Montvale Police Officer Denis Murphy, PBA Local 303 will erect a memorial to honor him and past fallen officers.
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| | Engineer to prepare plans for Summit Avenue improvements
06/17/2008
On Tuesday, June 10, the Montvale Council unanimously awarded a professional service contract to Maser Consulting, authorizing the firm to prepare construction plans for Summit Avenue roadway improvements.
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| | Former Texaco station still ‘in need of redevelopment’
06/17/2008
After years of discussions, studies and speculation regarding the fate of the former Texaco gas station, the Borough of Montvale announced for the second time last week that the site fits the criteria of “an area in need of redevelopment.”
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| | Ambulance corps HQ to receive new ventilation system
06/17/2008
On Tuesday, June 10, the Montvale Council authorized the purchase of a ventilation system for the Tri-Boro Ambulance Corps from the Clean Air Company in Fords.
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| | Keeping residential neighborhoods residential
06/17/2008
Montvale’s governing body is considering an ordinance to regulate public utility uses and restrict industrial development in residential zones.
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| | St. Joe's withdraws lighting application
05/28/2008
The six-month hearing regarding the installation of field lights at St. Joseph Regional High School came to an abrupt conclusion last week when the school withdrew its application.
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| | DPW staffer terminated to save money
05/20/2008
The Montvale Mayor and Council voted unanimously Tuesday to eliminate a position in the Department of Public Works (DPW), citing budgetary constraints as the reason behind the termination.
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| | Residents oppose pumping station application
05/15/2008
The zoning board hearing of an application by United Water to expand an existing water tank site entered its fourth month Wednesday and continues to draw an unwavering crowd of opposition.
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| | Contract awarded for Memorial Drive improvements, bike path
05/14/2008
The Mayor and Council awarded a professional service contract to Maser Consulting to prepare designs for roadways improvements to Memorial Drive and a paved path that will provide a safe bike route along Memorial from Bayberry Drive to West Grand Avenue.
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| | New parking plan gets four-week test run
05/14/2008
In light of recommendations made by the borough engineer, the Montvale Mayor and Council voted unanimously last Tuesday to temporarily reconfigure parking regulations on Edgren Way and Hilton Place with hopes of alleviating traffic around Fieldstone Middl
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| | Plan sheds light on other problems
05/13/2008
Testimony regarding the installation of field lights at St. Joseph Regional High School wound to a close last Tuesday. Although the hearing of the application has been ongoing since December, the technical aspect of the plan has not been discussed in mont
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| | Borough plans to complete Summit Road improvements in 2009
05/02/2008
At its April 29 meeting, the Montvale Mayor and Council authorized Borough Engineer Andrew Hipolit of Maser Consulting to apply for a state grant to fund remaining repairs to Summit Avenue in 2009.
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| | Basketball courts to be completed by end of May
05/02/2008
The Montvale Mayor and Council authorized borough engineer Maser Consulting to complete work on the Memorial Drive basketball courts at the April 29 meeting.
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| | Public urinators have to go
04/18/2008
For High Ridge Road residents like Mike Curcio and John Hallenbeck, the start of the spring sports season at neighboring St. Joseph's Regional High School forebodes just one thing: public urination.
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| | Budget calls for 4.5 percent tax increase
04/15/2008
The Borough of Montvale introduced its municipal budget on April 8, and as it stands it will result in a modest increase in taxes for property owners.
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| | Superintendent and principal resign
04/15/2008
On Monday, April 14, the Montvale Board of Education (BOE) accepted the resignations of Superintendent Dr. Susan King and Fieldstone Elementary School Principal Paul Semendinger, both effective this July.
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| | Meet the board of ed. candidates
04/05/2008
On Tuesday, April 15, three incumbents will face off against an equal number of challengers for three seats on Montvale?s local Board of Education.
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| | New Master Plan approved
04/05/2008
After years of work and two lengthy public hearings, the board approved the first comprehensive Master Plan in more than a decade on Tuesday, April 1.
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| | Davey's employees to use municipal lot
04/02/2008
The Montvale Council has granted permission to Davey's Locker for the bar and restaurant to purchase 15 municipal parking stickers for its employees.
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| | Borough to help pay for Tri-Boro ventilation system
04/02/2008
The borough council approved an expenditure of up to $6,500 on Tuesday, March 25 to help pay for work on the ventilation system at Tri-Boro Volunteer Ambulance Corps Building.
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| | Six vie for three board of ed. seats
04/02/2008
On Tuesday, April 15, borough residents will be have the opportunity to choose among six candidates to fill three open seats on Montvale?s local Board of Education (BOE).
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 | Dr. Seuss 'on the loose' at Memorial School
03/19/2008
The first-graders all wore “Cat in the Hat” hats and had brought their favorite Dr. Seuss book to school on “Read Across America Day."
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| | Origin of stone dam is a mystery
03/19/2008
Two weeks ago, the Borough discovered a stone dam near the New York border.
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| | Engineer investigates after-school traffic
03/12/2008
On the heels of numerous heated meetings with residents, the board of education and the police department’s traffic officer, the mayor and council authorized the borough’s engineering firm to investigate traffic conditions at Fieldstone Middle School
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| | Fieldstone traffic issue left unresolved after joint meeting
02/28/2008
Two weeks after an ordinance aiming to control pick-up traffic in the vicinity of Fieldstone Middle School died on first reading, the Council held a joint meeting with members of the BOE, parents and residents of area streets.
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| | Will work for cookies: dogs chase geese, destroy eggs
02/28/2008
Instead of getting a new dog to control the Montvale’s goose population, the borough will continue to use noisemakers and canine control courtesy of Tyco Animal Control for at least the next few months.
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| | Hand scanners a no-go
02/28/2008
The proposal to replace the borough’s punch card system with biometric time recorders was voted down Tuesday after Mayor Roger Fyfe broke a tied council vote.
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| | Memorial, Summit top road improvement list
02/28/2008
At its meeting of Feb. 26, the Montvale Mayor and Council authorized the borough engineer to commence designs for two road projects on Memorial Drive and Summit Drive.
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| | Preventing clear-cutting
02/28/2008
Councilman Martin Kent presented a proposed tree ordinance to the mayor and council on Tuesday, Feb. 26.
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| | Groundwater not causing sinkhole problem
02/28/2008
On Tuesday, Feb. 26, the mayor and council agreed to fix one Highland Road sinkhole, resolving an issue that has been ongoing for 16 months.
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| | Joint meeting to discuss Master Plan in the works
02/21/2008
Despite the Montvale Planning Board’s intention to vote on the proposed Master Plan Tuesday night, calls from two former councilmen for more input from members of the governing body and the public once again put the plan on hold.
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| | Engineer to begin wetlands delineation
02/20/2008
At the Feb. 12 meeting of the Montvale Mayor and Council, Borough Engineer Maser Consulting was awarded the contract to remediate the problem of paved over wetlands beneath a La Trenta parking lot.
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| | Borough opposes tree cutting
02/20/2008
On Tuesday, Feb. 12, the Montvale Mayor and Council took a stand against recent tree cutting in the borough and neighboring communities, passing a resolution to urge the state Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to reconsider a mandate requiring New Jersey po
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| | Ordinance to control traffic defeated
02/20/2008
An ordinance aiming to control pick-up and drop-off traffic in the vicinity of Fieldstone Middle School died on first reading last week after council members said they needed more time to review the parking changes prescribed as a possible solution.
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| | Planning ahead for COAH
02/12/2008
At the first public hearing of the borough’s proposed Master Plan last week, Planning Board discussions circled around the impact of newly proposed affordable housing regulations on the continued expansion of Montvale’s office sector.
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| | Planning board recommends making School #2 a historic site
02/07/2008
At its Tuesday, Feb. 5 meeting, the Montvale Planning Board passed a resolution to recommend the historic designation of School #2, also known as the Old Library, to the mayor and council.
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| | St. Joe’s agrees to concessions in lighting plan
02/07/2008
As Planning Board hearings of St. Joseph’s Regional High School’s application to install new football field lights continued Tuesday night, the private high school agreed to do its part to ease resident concerns about use, noise and offensive light.
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| | Zoning board hears United Water application
02/06/2008
United Water has applied to expand an existing water tank site to house a pumping station and a 155-gallon tank to store a disinfectant similar to, but stronger than, household bleach.
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| | Council discusses Senior and Community Center
02/06/2008
At the Jan. 29 council meeting, Dick Voorhees told the governing body that the exercise room in the Senior and Community Center could operate without the presence of a certified gym professional.
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| | Engineer, DEP meet to discuss wetlands
02/06/2008
Montvale Borough Engineer Andrew Hipolit reported at the Jan. 29 meeting that the DEP is willing to work with Montvale on correcting the issue of the paved over wetlands beneath a La Trenta parking lot.
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| | Montvale may get dog to control geese
02/06/2008
At the Jan. 29 meeting of the mayor and council, Council President Lorna Scully reported that the Montvale Board of Health is considering getting a new dog to control the borough’s goose population.
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| | Council considers fee exemptions
02/06/2008
On Jan. 29, the Montvale Mayor and Council briefly discussed the possibility of exempting senior citizens, 62 years of age and older, and emergency services volunteers from paying building permit fees.
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| | Used car sale to be held at Paragon
02/06/2008
Paragon Federal Credit Union in Montvale will host a two-day car sale at its 100 Paragon Drive location on May 2 and 3.
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| | New zoning and property maintenance official hired
02/06/2008
On Tuesday, Jan. 29, the Montvale Mayor and Council unanimously authorized the hiring of Don Boman as the new zoning and property maintenance official.
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| | Zoning board hears application for water pumping
01/31/2008
The Wednesday, Jan. 30 meeting of the Montvale Zoning Board marked the start of several hearings on an application by United Water to expand an existing water tank site.
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| | Controversial lighting plans discussed, criticized
01/30/2008
When John Hallenbeck moved onto Montvale’s High Ridge Road cul-de-sac in July 2006, he expected a quiet neighborhood and a big backyard where he could erect a swing set for his son.
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| | School #2 made historic element
01/30/2008
Last week, the Montvale Planning Board approved an amendment to the proposed Master Plan to reflect the addition of School #2 as a historic element.
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| | Engineer to continue investigation
01/23/2008
On Tuesday, Jan. 15, the mayor and council authorized the new borough engineer, Andrew Hipolit of Maser Consulting, to pick up where his predecessor left off investigating the sinkholes plaguing several Highland Road properties.
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| | Dressler goes from full- to part-time
01/23/2008
On Tuesday, Jan. 15, the Montvale Mayor and Council unanimously voted to limit the number of hours that one longtime borough employee could work every week, cutting his salary and benefits in exchange for increased oversight of the building department.
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| | Traffic concerns driven home
01/23/2008
On Tuesday, Jan. 15, a group of concerned parents of Fieldstone School students attended the mayor and council meeting in hopes of persuading the governing body to alleviate hazardous traffic conditions in the drop-off and pick-up areas.
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| | Tree, wetland ordinances in the pipeline
01/23/2008
The Montvale Mayor and Council will consider and likely conclude two environmental ordinances before the year is out, Mayor Roger Fyfe assured the public last Tuesday.
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| | Councilwoman Leah LaMonica envisions ‘greener’ borough
01/16/2008
Many people, when running for elected office, boast about their leadership skills, their keen understanding of finance, or their intimate knowledge of the people they hope to serve.
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| | Highland Road sinkholes to be discussed
01/09/2008
The mayor and council is considering bids from two engineers who claim they can determine the cause of the sinkholes on Highland Road.
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| | Master Plan €˜goes green
12/26/2007
If the proposed Montvale Master Plan is adopted as is, the borough can expect a revitalization of its downtown, residential and remaining open space areas similar to what has transpired in the office sector in recent years as a result of business-friendly
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| | In-Vince-ible€™ Papale visits Memorial School
12/26/2007
It’s no secret that students love assemblies, and the one held last Friday at Memorial School in Montvale was no exception.
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| | No ‘bye-bye’ Bertie – board settles
12/26/2007
The Montvale Board of Education reached a decision regarding the fate of Fieldstone Middle School Guidance Counselor Ondrea Bertie, against whom the board filed tenure charges.
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| | Slippery slope of wetland rejuvenation
12/19/2007
After months of ignoring the former wetlands beneath a LaTrenta parking lot, the mayor and council asked borough engineers past and present to pool any information they have on the site before the governing body meets with a DEP case worker in January.
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| | Ordinance withdrawn following objections
12/19/2007
In light of objections from members of the council, an ordinance regarding the position of borough engineer was tabled pending review by the borough attorney.
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| | Neighbors criticize school’s sports lighting plans
12/12/2007
More than three dozen borough residents neighboring St. Joseph’s Regional High School attended the Montvale Planning Board meeting last Tuesday night to express concerns about plans to install four lighting poles, carrying a total of 42 lamps, around th
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| | Boro tackles traffic at Fieldstone
12/04/2007
The mayor and council discuss child safety on Hilton Place where many Fieldstone School students get picked up.
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| | From the swipe of a card to the scan of a hand
12/05/2007
The new year may herald the end of Montvale’s punch card system, as the mayor and council will consider implementing biometric time recording technology in the form of a hand scanner to clock employee hours and track policies.
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| | Acoustic paneling, new TV to be added
11/14/2007
The borough council approved the installation of acoustic paneling and the purchase of a plasma television for the Senior/Community Center at recent meetings.
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| | Mayor, council candidates go head-to-head
10/31/2007
Election Day is now days away, and on Tuesday, Nov. 6, residents will hit the polls to select a new mayor – the first in more than two decades – and two council members.
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| | Candidates sound off on spending
10/24/2007
Candidates running in the Nov. 6 election all promise one thing: a cut in spending.
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| | Middletown Bridge needs to be stabilized
10/24/2007
Nearly four years after construction of the Middletown Bridge in Montvale was completed, the mayor and council approved further work to stabilize it.
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| | Riders needed for senior van service
10/17/2007
The van service offered to Montvale, Park Ridge and Woodcliff Lake seniors has experienced a drop in use by Montvale residents, said Administrator Jack Doyle last Tuesday.
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| | Candidates for mayor and council consider COAH
10/17/2007
With COAH regulations still in flux, there is a climate of uncertainty that the candidates of the 2007 election must deal with.
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| | Sights set on the future
10/03/2007
Ben Vercellone at the piano is a beautiful sight. His long body, equal parts youthful vigor and post-adolescent awkwardness, is suddenly at ease.
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| | Filmmaker interviews Montvale€™s "€˜boogie man"€™
10/03/2007
Clink, clink. The smell of urine and vomit hit the visitors like a wet blanket.
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| | Opposition to FAA plan financed via interlocal agreement
09/17/2007
At its Sept. 11 meeting the council approved Resolution 158 appropriating $5,000 to help finance a legal challenge to the FAA’s approved plan.
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| | Path, benches in last phase
09/17/2007
The third and final phase of the development of the borough’s nature park on Philips Parkway will soon be completed.
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| | Clean-up at Culhane property imminent
08/29/2007
The condition of the 26-room house and grounds on the corner of Grand Avenue and Terry Court has been in steady decline since the arrest and incarceration of owners Michael and Maureen Culhane.
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| | Most residents not notified by reverse 911
08/30/2007
The "SwiftReach" reverse 911 system wasn’t swift and news of the recent water emergency didn’t reach a vast majority of borough residents. That was made clear at the Aug. 14 mayor and council meeting.
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| | Tech consultant hired by Tri-Boro partners for dispatch transiti
08/30/2007
Robert Kuehlke has been hired as a technical consultant by the three Tri-Boro Dispatch partners to facilitate the transition to the Northwest Central Bergen Dispatch Center in Ridgewood.
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| | Use of Fieldstone Complex before 9:15 a.m. on Sunday prohibited
08/30/2007
Sunday morning use of the sports fields at the Fieldstone School Recreation Complex cannot begin until 9:15 a.m. The council unanimously approved the change at its Aug. 14 meeting.
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