ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. -- A pair of brush fires broke out in the Palisades area of New Jersey early Friday morning, sending clouds of smoke across the Hudson River and into New York City.

This area is particularly notable for its namesake "Palisades," a group of scenic rocky cliffs that lie along the Hudson ...

The river was never quite as putrid as people thought, he argued; nor is it as healthy, today, as people like to imagine. A steward’s work is never finished. “Look how the cliffs and the trees ...