Hemlock Pond, Sussex County, in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. (File photo by Pamela Chergotis) Delaware Water Gap fee hikes proposed The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area is proposing an increase in fees and other changes. The public may comment... Home 05 Jan 2025 | 04:06
Funds OK’d for Dennis Library renovations The Sussex County Board of County Commissioners approved $329,500 for architect and engineering services related to renovations... Home 17 Sep 2024 | 09:26
An undated painting of the Delaware Water Gap by artist Louie Larsen from the book ‘Country Lanes: Portrait of a Century Past,’ by Bill Truran. Sussex County History Today: Tocks Island Dam saga During the early 1960s, when I was in eighth-grade social studies, we spoke about the Tocks Island Dam project. Here in Sussex... Columns 02 Jun 2024 | 05:47
The Delaware River at Milford Beach in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. (File photo by Pamela Chergotis) Meeting today on Delaware Water Gap plans The public is invited to a discussion sponsored by the Delaware Water Gap Defense Fund at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 9. The... Home 09 Mar 2024 | 10:10
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (Facebook page) Park prepares for summer visitors The 70,000-acre park Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area was the 10th most-visited national park in the country in... Entertainment 20 May 2021 | 03:12
Road repairs in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area on March 25 (Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Facebook photo) Road repairs begin in National Recreation Area The National Park Service will be undertaking repairs to aging-infrastructure along US Route 209 over the next year. Bridge... Local News 07 Apr 2021 | 03:40
"Reckoning," a collage by Kaitlyn Czifra, a student at Wallkill Valley Regional High School Local students to show their work in Peters Valley exhibition Peters Valley School of Craft will hold its High School Student Exhibition online only at petersvalley.org from April 11... Entertainment 06 Apr 2021 | 01:53
Park closes roads for restoration work, amphibian crossings The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area has closed a stretch of the Old Mine Road to accommodate construction work... Local News 12 Mar 2021 | 04:12
Len Frank (New Jersey Sierra Club) Saddened by the passing of Len Frank, creator of Paulinskill Valley Trail To the Editor: Len Frank, founding member of the Skylands Sierra Club ground recently died at age 96 in Newton. Len devoted... Letters to the Editor 25 Jan 2021 | 05:43
The Delaware River Valley from the top of Tusten Mountain on Sunday (Photo by Pamela Chergotis) Park service urges safety during Christmas storm Are you planning to take a trip over the river and through Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in the next few days?... Local News 24 Dec 2020 | 03:37
The McDade Recreational Trail in Milford (Photo by Pamela Chergotis) Park service drops entry fee proposal in response to public pushback The National Park Service will not be charging a parkwide entrance fee for use of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation... Local News 08 Dec 2020 | 12:30
The Delaware River facing Pike County (Photo by Pamela Chergotis) Fifth river drowning makes this year second-most deadly on Delaware A drowning that happened on Sunday makes this the second-deadliest year for drownings in the Delaware Water Gap National... Local News 05 Aug 2020 | 04:25
Restroom facilities have reopened at Milford Beach (File photo by Pamela Chergotis) Park opens beaches and restrooms, resumes fee collection The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area has opened its beaches as it uses a phased approach to increase recreational... Local News 24 Jun 2020 | 03:24
Pocono Environmental Education Center trails will re-open on Friday (Pocono Environmental Education Center Facebook page) PEEC trails and other park sites to re-open on Friday All trails on the Pocono Environmental Education Center Campus in Dingmans Ferry will re-open on Friday, May 29, according... Local News 27 May 2020 | 03:56
Wildland firefighters gather at Kittatinny Point for a morning briefing before heading up Mount Tammany. ( National Park Service) Rain helps extinguish last of Delaware Water Gap fire The fire on Mount Tammany was 95 percent contained as of Tuesday, according to the National Park Service. "It's raining!"... Police & Fire 26 Feb 2020 | 10:45
