Bill Van Ness, who died in November and would have turned 80 on Jan. 20, was one. His character and values were an extension of the people and landscape of his Northwest home. Bill’s ...

The letter that landed on Bill Van Ness's desk one morning in May 2005 was only five sentences long, but it packed a punch. The Board of Education for the city of Clifton, New Jersey, the letter ...

In May 2005, Bill Van Ness received a frightening letter. It informed him that the board of education in Clifton, New Jersey, wanted to buy a parcel of land owned by his company, Van Ness Plastic ...

Bill Van Ness, who died in November and would have turned 80 on Jan. 20, was one. His character and values were an extension of the people and landscape of his Northwest home. Bill’s ...