The Appalachian Trail stamp series includes one location in Vernon and one in Monroe, N.Y. (Image courtesy of the U.S. Postal Service) Appalachian Trail stamp series planned The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has released a list of its new stamps for 2025 that includes a set of 15 stamps commemorating... Home 26 Dec 2024 | 06:24
The Class of 2024 enters the commencement ceremony at Pope John XXIII Regional High School in Sparta on June 3. Provided photo Pay up or miss commencement At the end of each school year, schools are left with missing materials, unpaid lunch accounts and late library book fees.... Local News 08 Jun 2024 | 09:19
Counselors Mia and Michael Harrison, right, give Cesar and Kenia Gomez and their daughter Kacey, 5, a tour of the Bubbling Springs Day Camp in West Milford. Kacey is signed up for five of the seven weekly sessions this summer. The camp held an open house Saturday, June 1. (Photos by Kathy Shwiff) Summer day camps juggle high costs, low enrollment As summer begins, many parents turn to day camps operated by their municipality’s Parks and Recreation Department for activities... Home 06 Jun 2024 | 10:55
‘Too stressful’: why some students are saying no thanks to standardized tests As students across the tristate region sharpened pencils - or, increasingly, fired up computers - in preparation for multiple... Local News 02 May 2024 | 11:23
Mabel Roy (left) and Linda Gallup marching in New Jersey protesting the separation of immigrant children from their parents. “Can’t do the walking that much anymore like I was,” Roy said. “So I go the postcard route or letter to the editor route.” Surprise! You wrote a letter to the newspaper Between Jan. 2 and Jan. 5, Straus News received nine very similar letters to the editor, warning against the dangers of a... Local News 22 Jan 2024 | 01:56
Klaas Vogel showing his garden at the 2019 Kitchen Garden Tour. The longtime gardener will invite locals to check out his crops again at this year’s event Aug. 13. File photo. Award-winning food gardens return for the 2023 Kitchen Garden Tour Klaas Vogel’s gardening roots stretch back to World War II in the Netherlands; his grandfather, who started gardening to... Home 25 Jul 2023 | 04:59
Museum Village at night. ( Photo by Dan Pacella) Spooky tales and frightful encounters - a glimpse of our haunted history A strange knock in the dead of night. A disembodied whisper that seems to beckon you. Shadows that move without the direction... Local News 23 Oct 2022 | 08:48
Jerry Frits Smith, Sr. Jerry Fritts Smith, Sr., age 81, passed away on Thursday, September 22, 2022 at Hackettstown Medical Center. Born on August... Obituaries 26 Sep 2022 | 01:48
ORIGINAL - What special education services are available at a school near you? “Alex is thriving because of Vernon’s Special Education program. It’s a collaboration between parent and school,” Anna Colon*... Back to School 14 Aug 2022 | 11:50
How dirty is your dirt? Too dirty As victims of an illegal C&D dump on our property, it was all too familiar news to see your recent article. We did not realize... Letters to the Editor 06 Jul 2022 | 11:02
RS Landscaping LLC firewood ( Photo by Rob Scheuermann) ‘Wood-burning heat is cheap, but it kills’: Architect and others weigh alternatives As prices for natural gas, propane and oil soar, many turn to old-fashioned wood to heat their homes. But there’s a problem.... Local News 22 Mar 2022 | 01:06
Sculptor Carolyn Palmer working on her statute of Frank Sinatra in her studio in Saddle River, New Jersey. Provided photos. Frank Sinatra returns to Hoboken in style Frankie, aka “Ol’ Blue Eyes,” would be proud. Bobby-soxers, now in their 90s, may soon be swooning at the foot of the life-size... Local News 12 Jan 2022 | 01:08
A few telltale signs that fall has officially begun in Warwick: weekend traffic, tourists and the release of Naked Flock’s most popular seasonal release: pumpkin hard cider. Provided photo. Call your flock and mead up at Applewood Winery A few telltale signs that fall has officially begun in Warwick: weekend traffic, tourists and the release of Naked Flock’s... Home 27 Sep 2021 | 05:30
Rushing the duck since 2012 When Rushing Duck founders Nikki Cavanaugh and her husband, Dan Hitchcock, were gearing up to open a brewery in Chester,... Local News 08 Sep 2021 | 03:45
What stays? What goes? As the start of a new school year looms, Straus News wondered what routines and equipment from last year would remain and... Back to School 18 Aug 2021 | 08:07
