CVS Hearing, Fishing Contest, Budget Vote This Week

Washington Avenue will be closed for repaving between Pascack Road and Van Emburgh Avenue in Washington Township all day Monday. Drivers will still be able to use Parkway Exit 168, but will be able to make left turns only. The work is expected to be completed in one day.

The Hillsdale Board of Education will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the board's office. The Pascack Valley Regional Board of Education will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Pascack Hills High School.

The Washington Township Council meeting previously scheduled for Monday has been canceled.

The Westwood Council is scheduled to vote on the borough's annual budget during their meeting Tuesday. Officials introduced the $16.8 million budget last month. The Council's public session starts at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Municipal Complex.

The Washington Township Zoning Board is scheduled to continue hearing an application for a proposed CVS on the corner of Pascack Road and Washington Avenue during their meeting Tuesday. Signage expert Robert Oelenschlager testified at the previous hearing, and he is expected to speak about revisions to his plans. A hearing scheduled for last month was canceled after the Department of Environmental Protection found the property's owner had violated the state's Flood Hazard Area Control Act by building a retaining wall within 300 feet of the stream behind the site. The Washington Township Zoning Board meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Municipal Complex.

The Westwood Rotary Club will hold their regular meeting at 12:15 p.m. Thursday at Burke's on Old Hook.

The Hillsdale Fire Department is holding a pancake breakfast starting at 6 a.m. Saturday.

The annual kids fishing contest in the Pascack Brook is also scheduled for Saturday. The free event will take place along the brook between St. John's in Hillsdale and Brookside Park in Westwood. Children up to age 16 are invited to participate in the event. A judges' table will be set up at the police booth on the corner of Broadway and Hillsdale Avenue from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Prizes will be awarded to the children in different age groups who catch the biggest fish.

C.A.T.S. is holding a low-cost spaying/neutering clinic with volunteers from the Franklin Lakes Animal Hospital Sunday. Male cats are $25 and females are $39. Call 201-666-5444 to register.

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