Ho-Ho-Kus News

One of the advantages of spending time in a third-world country like Uganda, Ho-Ho-Kus resident Scott Douglas learned last September, is that incidental occurrences like a worldwide financial collapse tend to go unnoticed by the locals.

On several summer family vacations to Cape Cod, we were mesmerized by the beautiful and lush hydrangeas.

The lines that divide ethical conduct from corruption in local government should, in theory, be starkly drawn in black and white.

In one afternoon, the developer of an East Rutherford condo complex sold 26 units in his 32-unit complex.

Struggling with traumatic brain injury, Michael Nepola of Ho-Ho-Kus sometimes has trouble finding the right words to describe his life.

Braving torrential rain and flooded roads, nearly 200 supporters of Children's Aid and Family Services attended the annual Wine and Food Tasting Evening on Saturday, October 24, 2009, at St.

A good port or Madeira. A special Sancerre or a ChA teauneuf-du-Pape. For the past 15 years, the customers of Wine Ventures in Tenafly have known to count on its proprietor, Craig McManus, for a friendly chat and some wine expertise.

The Best Pizza in Ridgewood 2009: A Mano The Ridgewood blog is proud to announce the winner of the 2009 best Pizza in Ridgewood Contest ; Coming in first place with with 37% of the vote A Mano followed by long time local favorite Renato's with 16% of the vote and Puzzo's the 2008 winner finished 3rd with 14% of the vote .Three tied for 4th La Bella ...

"Streetscape: Bad timing?" on a $500,000 grant for street work in Ho-Ho-Kus and "For towns, stakes are high in writing grants" on distribution of more than $500 billion in grant money nationally testify to the sometimes indiscriminate use and misuse of taxes.

Green shoots of retailing are taking root in North Jersey downtowns in the form of stores that offer merchandise that promises to be more earth-friendly, through the use of recycled, reused, organic and sustainable materials.

EDITORa S NOTE: The Glen Rock Gazette compiles "Police Blotter" from information provided by area police departments.

" Chairman Michael Kasparian as well as Freeholders Julie O'Brien and Vernon Walton expressed their excitement after this afternoon's announcement by the White House that President Barack Obama would be returning to New Jersey next week to campaign for Governor Jon Corzine and the Bergen County Democratic slate.

Township of Washington "Conversations with the Chef," a program sponsored by the Bergen County Y, a Jewish Community Center in the Township of Washington, will be held at Esty Street in Park Ridge on Tuesday, October 13 at 11:30 a.m. Program participants gather at area restaurants, have private conversations with the chefs, and enjoy lunches.

EDITORa S NOTE: Town News compiles its Police Blotter from information provided by area police departments.

RIDGEWOOD Police are investigating a report of a woman attempting to lure an 11-year-old into her car on Monday while the boy was walking home from school.

It's a makeover project that's costing more than a half a million dollars, but it's not just the price tag that has business owners in downtown Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, so concerned.

KUS Shop owners in the borough are concerned that a $650,000 downtown beautification project scheduled to begin this month will disrupt businesses, eliminate convenient parking spaces, and divert traffic from the downtown during an already shaky economy.

Ho-Ho-Kus Cub Scout Pack 54 will hold an open campfire recruitment from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept.

VFW High School Scholarships, Cash Awards, and Recognition News Release LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT COULD WIN A TRIP TO WASHINGTON, D.C. AND A $30,000 SCHOLARSHIP IN VFW'S VOICE OF DEMOCRACY COMPETITION VFW Post Commander Stanley A. Kober of the Washington Elm Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #192 , announces the kick-off of this year's National VFW and ...

In the eyes of local educators, the national furor over President Obama's speech to schoolchildren was much ado about nothing.