Little Falls News

Local officials and advocates are clamoring for a piece of the $12.5 million that Passaic County will receive from the federal government to clear flood plains and rebuild homes and businesses torn apart by Hurricane Irene.

LITTLE FALLS - The Township Council agreed to disagree on Monday and put off naming someone to replace Michael DeFrancisci as mayor.

Residents got a sneak peek last night of the revised plans for the site of the Charles Bierman Home on Madison Avenue, plans that reflect the developer's decision to move the proposed new houses back significantly from the road.

The township is seeking the Planning Board's approval to allow digital billboards on township property along Route 46 west at Lower Notch Road and at McBride Avenue, and a public hearing is scheduled for Thursday.

State and federal programs offer homeowners in North Jersey's flood-ravaged areas a buyout.

Anna Mazza of 381 Main Bar in Little Falls. Bartenders are supposed to deny alcohol to patrons who are visibly intoxicated.

Popular dishes at Gencarelli's Ristorante & Pizzeria off Route 46 in the Pine Brook section of Montville include Chicken Dominick, Penne alla Gencarelli and "square pies"-pizzas baked in pans to give them a nice crunch, owner Guy Gencarelli said.

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE finalist Jess LeProtto has announced on his Twitter account that he has been cast in the upcoming Broadway musical NEWSIES.

The superintendent of the Passaic Valley Regional High School District said he learned on Dec.

Despite the coldest temperatures of the season, hundreds of members attended the Tzu Chi's Year-End and Lunar New Year Blessings Ceremony.

For reasons that nobody really seems to understand, New Jersey's underground music scene has blossomed into a hotbed of traditional, homespun Americana in the last few years, and that trend was never more evident than on Friday at Tierney's Tavern in Montclair.

The Clifton / Little Falls Regional Domestic Violence Response Team is asking volunteers to take a 40-hour course, offered this March through the Passaic County Women's Center, that aims to train them to guide violence victims and advocate on their behalf.

Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a time to pay tribute to the civil right's leader and to volunteer as a way to remember his legacy of serving others.