Bald eagles no longer ‘endangered’ in New Jersey, but not everyone’s celebrating The day New Jersey removed bald eagles from the state’s endangered species list, David Blauvelt of Hamburg, N.J., spotted... Local News 06 Feb 2025 | 10:10
Newton recently joined other municipalities in Sussex County in hiring an in-house mechanic for fleet vehicle and DPW equipment maintenance and repair after choosing not to renew a contract with an independent repair shop. (Photo by Mandy Coriston) What’s driving mechanics away? A nationwide shortage of auto technicians is impacting our region, leading to a need for increased in-house municipal services,... Local News 27 Nov 2024 | 11:28
‘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
Fireworks over the Millponds in Monroe, N.Y. (Photo by Sammie Finch) Fourth of July events near you Friday, June 30 NEW JERSEY Lake Hopatcong – Since at least the early 1950s, the Lake Hopatcong Yacht Club has sponsored the... Local News 29 Jun 2023 | 03:02
William Vealey, who owns Vealey Landscaping in Wantage, hasn’t had his plow on his truck in more than a month. Photo by Kathy Shwiff. ( Photo by Kathy Shwiff) No snowfall, falling profits “As I sit here in my office looking out at the mountain, every flake of snow I see has been made by us, and not mother nature,”... Local News 15 Feb 2023 | 12:28
The hens have finally started laying at Meadowburn Farm in Vernon, N.J. ( Jesse Clarke) Eggsplainer They cost more than twice as much at the store as they did last year. Local farmers have waiting lists and customer limits,... Local News 30 Jan 2023 | 03:03
Four Cougars sign NLIs to continue lacrosse careers The good news has already started for the Kittatinny High School girls’ lacrosse program and the season doesn’t even begin... Sports 02 Dec 2022 | 12:46
(byrampd.prg) Erratic driving leads to DWI arrest Lawson S. Gordon of Bushkill, Pa. was charged with driving while intoxicated and failure to maintain lane after Byram Township... Police & Fire 14 Nov 2022 | 01:20
Pictured left to right: Jason Fruge, dean of Technical Education at SCCC, Rich Rebisz, regional External Affairs Consultant for JCP&L FirstEnergy Foundation and Stan Kula, director of the SCCC Foundation stand in the Welding area of the McGuire Technical Education Center where much of the program materials will be purchased for students. FirstEnergy invests in SCCC tech programs A $50,000 grant from The FirstEnergy Foundation will assist Sussex County Community College (SCCC) with the materials and... Business 01 Nov 2022 | 03:38
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
Researchers with the University of Washington take sediment samples around a confirmed ceremonial stone landscape on Overlook Mountain, NY. ( Photo courtesy Glenn Kreisberg) Native stones: Forgotten history in plain sight Hidden highways, road signs and rest stops lie beneath our feet, if you know where to look. Throughout the northeast, sometimes... Home 01 Sep 2022 | 09:02
The ins and outs of school meals In order to accommodate families during the pandemic, the US Department of Agriculture created school meal waivers to ensure... Back to School 28 Jul 2022 | 10:55
Shoplifting in the era of heavy surveillance Sometimes it’s a frazzled mom with kids in tow who’s fed up with a self-checkout machine that just won’t scan the sliced... Local News 19 Jul 2022 | 12:03
Gottheimer last month at the future site of the park-and-ride station for the Lackawanna Cut-off railway. ( PHOTO SUBMITTED) N.J. Transit OKs rail service to Sussex County The NJ TRANSIT Board of Directors on April 13 advanced the project to restore rail service to Sussex County along the Lackawanna... Local News 18 Apr 2022 | 03:24
College to host Civil War Roundtable The April Meeting of the Colonel Henry Ryerson Civil War Round Table will be hled on April 19, 7:30 p.m., at the Sussex County... Entertainment 11 Apr 2022 | 10:53
