Participants in the Viking Snowshoe Invasion on Jan. 27, 2024, at Mountain Creek. Photo by Sammie Finch. Snow much fun New York Snow tubing, skiing and snowboarding: • Mt. Peter Ski Area in Warwick Ice skating: • Bear Mountain in Tomkins Cove •... Local News 17 Feb 2025 | 01:04
Speed skaters Christopher McMullen, Avery Richardson, Kristina Pkhrikyan and Thomas Edward Hodnett compete in the Special Olympics on Tuesday, Feb. 4 at Skylands Ice World in Stockholm. (Photo by Nancy Madacsi) Special Olympians compete in Winter Games More than 300 people took part in the New Jersey Special Olympics on Feb. 3-4 in Sussex County. Alpine skiing and snowboarding... Home 12 Feb 2025 | 09:37
Volunteers welcome a guest and her buddy walking the red carpet into the prom last year at St. Francis de Sales Church in Vernon. (Photos by Kathy Shwiff) Giving others a Night to Shine Nearly 200 volunteers will welcome 88 special-needs people to a prom Friday, Feb. 7 at St. Francis de Sales Church in Vernon.... Home 04 Feb 2025 | 05:22
Vernon, SCCC students may apply for scholarships The John Cocula Memorial Scholarship Fund is accepting applications from Vernon and Garfield high school students who will... Local News 24 Jan 2025 | 10:35
Guilty verdict in manslaughter trial Former Tenafly Police Officer Joseph Grieco was found guilty of first-degree aggravated manslaughter in the fatal shooting... Police & Fire 23 Jan 2025 | 08:47
Snowshoe 5K set for Saturday The Yeti or Not snowshoe 5K will be Saturday, Jan, 25 at Mountain Creek in Vernon. The annual event organized by the township’s... Home 19 Jan 2025 | 06:15
Private First Class Ray Sisco of McAfee was killed in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II. (Photo courtesy of Ken Carlsen) ( Kenneth Carlsen) Sussex County History Today: A lost vet First of two parts. A face from the 1940s is that of a handsome young man, seemingly full of enthusiasm for life. This was... Columns 13 Jan 2025 | 03:44
35 Signal Hill Trail, Sparta, winner of the township Parks & Recreation home-decorating contest. (Photos by Nancy Madacsi) Photos: Deck the eaves, lawn and more Home 23 Dec 2024 | 05:14
Mountain Creek Resort’s new tubing center opens with seven lanes. (Photo provided) New snow tubing center opens Mountain Creek Resort’s new tubing center opened Saturday, Dec. 14. Located at the resort’s Cobblestone Village, the tubing... Home 18 Dec 2024 | 10:11
A toy collection train arrives Saturday, Dec. 14 in Vernon. The train also stopped in Sparta and Newfoundland. (Photo by Maria Kovic) Operation Toy Train sets records Operation Toy Train collected 44,191 toys this year - the most it has collected in a single season in its 16 years. The 21,749... Home 17 Dec 2024 | 06:23
Santa emerges from the train in Vernon in 2023. (File photo by Kathy Shwiff) Operation Toy Train is today For the 16th holiday season in a row, Operation Toy Train, a local nonprofit organization, will roll out its special train... Home 14 Dec 2024 | 07:58
Volunteers place wreaths on the graves at the Northern New Jersey Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Sparta in 2023. (File photo by Nancy Madacsi) Wreaths Across America to be observed today Wreaths Across America ceremonies are planned at several local sites Saturday, Dec. 14. The National Wreaths Across America... Home 14 Dec 2024 | 07:57
Mountain Creek plans to open for skiing Saturday, Dec. 7. (File photo by Maria Kovic) UPDATED: Mountain Creek ski slopes open The ski slopes at Mountain Creek in Vernon will open at 9 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 7. The last lift chair will be at 9 p.m. The... Local News 07 Dec 2024 | 07:48
Jackie Gunther, 9, with a snowman Friday, Nov. 22 in Wantage. (Photo courtesy of Rebecca Gunther) First snow means first snow day for some The first snowfall of the season Friday, Nov. 22 brought 20 inches to the High Point Monument in Montague at the elevation... Home 02 Dec 2024 | 04:51
The Wanaque Reservoir serving northern New Jersey, just over 10 miles from Sterling State Forest, is nearly 50 percent empty, despite recent rain and snowfall. Drone photo by Nicholas Horton, The Pathfinder Studios. Farmers weather the drought The region saw its driest October on record this year. And while wildfires burned more than 5,000 acres of Sterling State... Evergreen 02 Dec 2024 | 12:34
