EARTH DAY SWEEP IN TENAFLY ALPINE • CLOSTER • CRESSKILL • DEMAREST • ENGLEWOOD • ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS • HARRINGTON PARK HAWORTH • NORTHVALE • NORWOOD • OLD TAPPAN • ROCKLEIGH • TENAFLY NORTHERN VALLEY
BACKING LIMITS ON IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
Closter, Teaneck and Bergen County reaffirm access to services and restrict use of local resources, citing public safety and trust
BY JOHN SNYDER OF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS
Across Bergen County, local governments are moving to draw clearer boundaries around immigration enforcement, emphasizing that public safety depends on trust between residents and local institutions. Recent actions in Closter, Teaneck and at the county level reaffirm access to services regardless of immigration status, limit the use of local resources in federal civil enforcement, and direct officials to follow state guidance governing interactions with federal authorities. Closter reaffirms policy on services, enforcement limits The Closter Borough Council on March 25 adopted Resolution 2026-116, reaffirming the boroughʼs commitment to equal treatment, public safety and community trust regardless of immi-
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Dozens rock the annual Trash-a-Thon organized by the Tenafly Nature Center and Councilwoman Julie O’Connor
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SHOWCASING YOUNG ARTISTS
Rep. Josh Gottheimer lauds work from Englewood Cliffs, Closter, Haworth, more
TENAFLY
MOTHER’S DAY JAZZ PROGRAM HONORS LOCAL GIANTS PCAT to swing: ‘Milt Jackson, Dizzy Gillespie,’ more on May 10; Jason Hart delivers free piano concert May 17
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Gottheimer was joined at the festivities by Norwood Council President Annie Hausmann, Haworth Mayor Heather Wasser, Glen Rock Councilwomen Maureen Rozanksk and Jill Orlich, Englewood Cliffs Councilman Zhi “Philip” Liang, and Closter Council President Jannie Chung. Courtesy photos.
.S. REP. Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) on April 25 hosted a showcase of student submissions to the Congressional Art Competition at 2 Bergen County Plaza in Hackensack. Gottheimer was joined by high school artists who submitted work to the annual competition, along with their families, to view the submissions displayed in a gallery setting. “I love this showcase, and itʼs something I look forward to every
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On a spring Sunday that lands on Motherʼs Day, the Presbyterian Church at Tenafly will turn its sanctuary into a small jazz club with a long memory. At 4:30 p.m. May 10, the church presents a free concert featuring vibraphonist Ted Piltzecker and pianist Allen Farnham, two musicians whose careers have traced arcs through New Yorkʼs jazz world while remaining rooted, in different ways, in Bergen County. Their program draws on a lineage that runs through local streets and living rooms as much as it does through recordings: Milt Jackson in Teaneck, Thad Jones and Sam Jones nearby, Bill Evans in Closter, Dizzy Gillespie in
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WOMEN BUILT THAT
B ck in time...
Habitat for Humanity of Bergen County wraps its 2026 Women Build Week, with an eye on expanding the program.
The best documented of Closter’s Revolutionary raids of 1779 took place on the morning of Sunday, May 9.
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