West Nyack
Westchester County property owners are looking at a 3.3% property tax increase next year under a proposed $2.7 billion budget that county officials say closes a $113 million gap without cutting a single job. County Executive Ken Jenkins unveiled the spending plan on Monday, framing it as a way to protect services like youth programs, food assistance and affordable housing even as costs rise.
As part of Stew Leonard’s 47th Annual Turkey Brigade, 3,000 turkeys were distributed to approximately 45 nonprofits and community organizations in an effort to combat food insecurity.
The Bergen County Planning Board recently approved a site plan application for a new seven-story building at the corner of East Palisade and Grand Avenues in downtown Englewood. The county board’s approval comes four months after the city approved the site plan, which includes 170 apartments, retail space across two stories, and a parking garage for more than 200 vehicles.
A well-known Bergen County shopping destination is entering a new chapter. Tice’s Corner in Woodcliff Lake has sold to Massachusetts-based WS Development for $109.5 million. The 120,000-square-foot shopping center is home to 28 stores and restaurants, and plans are already in the works for new retailers, dining, events, and property updates. Read on for what we know about the sale + what’s next for Tice’s Corner.
Opened in October, Tarrytown Local is a hybrid grocery store, restaurant, and bakery owned and operated by people who are obsessed with food, including food systems, sourcing, and flavor. The team behind the new culinary concept is owner and operator Steve Wazny and chef/culinary director Fox Schanzer. On the bakery side, baker and miller Katrina Poulin mills the locally sourced grains every morning and bakes the bread. With a background in the arts, sous chef Rick Krebs is passionate about the essence of local cooking.
The Hive, a Hoboken and Jersey City-based coffee shop and bakery known for its oversized cinnamon rolls, is returning to Bergen County with a series of popups in South Hackensack thru the holidays. Following a recent pop-up at its South Hackensack commissary kitchen, the business announced that it will open...
Envoy and the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) are rolling out a shared electric vehicle program in New Jersey towns. An $8.5 million grant from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) pays for it. Envoy shared the plan Nov. 9 in Jersey City. The first cars should hit the road within a few weeks.
