BY MATTHEW KADOSH PASSAIC VALLEY TODAY WOODLAND PARK – The borough council has adopted a $15.7 million budget that includes no tax increase for municipal purposes. The budget adopted Wednesday night leaves the tax levy at $11,475,052. Municipal taxes on the home assessed at the borough average of $366,111 will be $2,500 this year, according [...]

BY MATTHEW KADOSH PASSAIC VALLEY TODAY WOODLAND PARK – The borough council hopes to improve business conditions along McBride Avenue with a new ordinance. The measure they adopted Wednesday night is intended to establish “a more cohesive central business district,” and puts into place plans that were set forth in the borough’s master plan, which [...]

BY RICHARD COWEN THE RECORD The Passaic Valley Water Commission remains determined to complete a $100 million project to replace three Garret Mountain reservoirs with concrete tanks, but the project is delayed and the Great Notch Reservoir may ultimately be spared, officials said on Wednesday. Meeting in Clifton, the commission inched forward with the reservoir [...]

BY TINA PAPPAS PASSAIC VALLEY TODAY Woodland Park – John J. Ciborski, former mayor, was recently honored by having the park and playground, located behind Beatrice Gilmore School, dedicated in his name on Sunday. Ciborksi served as mayor of the borough from 1961-1962. He spoke during the ceremony, accompanied by his family and friends. “We [...]