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| | 2008 municipal budget adopted
06/17/2008
On Monday, June 16 the Township of Washington held a public hearing on the 2008 municipal budget and adopted it by unanimous vote.
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 | Township home destroyed by fire
05/21/2008
Just before midnight on May 25, the Township of Washington Police Department received a 911 hang up call from a Ridgewood Boulevard North home.
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| | Budget calls for $105 increase on average home
05/20/2008
The township introduced its preliminary 2008 municipal budget Monday, May 12. As the budget presently stands, the average property owner in the borough will see an increase of $105 over last year?s taxes.
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| | Municipal land available for �cell technology�
05/13/2008
The council passed a resolution Monday night making municipal land available for �cellular technology.�
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| | Two municipalities fighting lawsuit
04/29/2008
Mary Ann Ozment, the municipal clerk of the Township of Washington, was just one of 10 clerks in Bergen County sued in February by Martin O�Shea.
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| | Council to provide land for cell tower
04/29/2008
After a lengthy heated discussion on Monday, April 28, the council unanimously passed a resolution to make municipal land available to New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC and Omnipoint Communications, Inc. for the installation of a cell phone tower.
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 | Trading bikinis and beers for paintbrushes and brooms
04/23/2008
Spring break usually means throngs of college students swarming beach resorts in Cancun and Acapulco, raucous partying and fun in the sun. It?s a time to relax and have some fun before the stress of term papers and finals kicks in.
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| | Will council answer the call?
04/18/2008
The council is considering a resolution to make municipal land available to New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC and Omnipoint Communications, Inc. for the construction of a cell phone tower.
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| | Fields remain unplayable
04/09/2008
The mounting tension over the fate of the town's playing fields came to a head at the March 31 council meeting as council members and residents alike expressed frustration over the council's apparent inability to reach an accord.
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| | Candidates discuss issues
04/05/2008
Six candidates will be vying for the two open Township of Washington seats on the Westwood Regional Board of Education (BOE) when residents go to the polls April 15.
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| | Water main installation begins
04/02/2008
The installation of a water main that began in Hillsdale last December will continue in the Township of Washington. United Water of New Jersey has contracted J. Fletcher Creamer and Sons Inc. to install the water main.
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| | Regional Distirct introduces budget
04/02/2008
On Thursday, March 27 the Westwood Regional Board of Education introduced an approximately $46 million budget for the 2008/2009 school year, a total increase of 3.95 percent.
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| | Township to re-sod Memorial Field
03/19/2008
For the past several weeks, the council and a committee of concerned coaches and recreation officials have debated what to do about the poor condition of the town’s playing fields.
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| | District calls for teamwork
02/20/2008
The recent discussion on how best to resolve the dearth of usable playing fields in the Township of Washington continued at the Feb. 11 council meeting.
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| | Coaches hope for new turf
02/06/2008
A committee of coaches and recreation officials representing the township’s various sports programs has been lobbying the council for an upgrade to the township’s playing fields.
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 | Foundation helps in ‘Building a Future of Excellence’
02/06/2008
Since its establishment in 1991, the Westwood Washington Township Education Foundation has raised funds to enhance the quality of education in the Westwood Regional School District.
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| | Girl Scout is dancing to make a difference
01/30/2008
Lately it seems the number of positive role models for adolescent girls is dwindling, as teen pop idols graduate directly from the “Mickey Mouse Club” to unwed motherhood or drug rehab.
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| | New cell phone tower under discussion
01/30/2008
The contentious debate over whether to allow the building of a second cell phone tower in the Township of Washington continued at a special Jan. 22 zoning board meeting.
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| | United Water�s water main project is moving forward
01/30/2008
The water main running under Washington Avenue will be extended in the spring, increasing water capacity for fire protection and increasing pressure in time for the summer peak months.
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| | Crossing guard, 71, dies
01/16/2008
On Dec. 21, just after 10:30 a.m. Robert B. Mahan, a 71-year-old resident of the Township of Washington, was found slumped over the wheel of his car, parked near Washington Elementary School where he worked as a crossing guard.
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| | Getting by with a little help from her friends
01/09/2008
When a fellow Girl Scout was stricken with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, Township of Washington Brownie Troop 308 decided to make helping and supporting her the center of their service agenda.
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| | Cop sues township
11/21/2007
Township of Washington officials and two police sergeants will be in court next month facing a corporal’s claims that he was unfairly bypassed for a promotion two years ago.
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| | Television station airs Westwood Regional High School football
10/31/2007
The television station of the Township of Washington, WCTV, has recently been granted permission to film the football games for Westwood Regional High School.
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| | Corps receives funds for new ambulance
10/24/2007
The Washington Township Volunteer Ambulance Corps raising funds to purchase a 2008 E450 ambulance by PNL with an estimated cost of $151,000. The corps has already raised $30,000.
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| | Community offers help to Cangelosi family
10/03/2007
On May 7, 2006, Mike Cangelosi was preparing for a fishing trip, filling the tires of a new fishing cart, when a freak explosion sent pieces of the rim rocketing into his hand, severing ligaments and muscles and shattering bones.
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| | Council opposes hospital closure
10/03/2007
The town council has passed a resolution objecting the closing of Pascack Valley Hospital (PVH).
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| | Kimberly Carbone cares about the strays
09/26/2007
There is never a shortage of rescued animals in need of permanent homes. Rescuers who eschew traditional shelters where hundreds of animals are euthanized every year in favor of an organization that has a no-kill policy, know they can count on C.A.T.S. to
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| | Ramp application for seniors approved despite objections
09/12/2007
The township will move forward on submitting a Community Development block grant application for a ramp intended for use by the Golden Seniors.
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| | Budding cell towers are the center of public debate
08/30/2007
The Washington Township Council doesn’t really want a cell tower in town—but if there has to be one, council members want it to be on their terms.
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