The Appalachian Trail stamp series includes one location in Monroe, NY, and another in Vernon, NJ, just over the border. ( Image courtesy the United States Postal Service) Post office to launch Appalachian Trail stamp series The United States Postal Service recently released its new stamps for 2025, and among the list is a set of 15 stamps commemorating... Home 16 Dec 2024 | 03:53
The ABCs of bus stop safety Designed with safety at the forefront, school buses are too heavy to roll over, too bright to miss and 70 times safer than... Back to School 16 Aug 2024 | 11:44
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... Evergreen 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
Walden Savings Bank CEO Derrik Wynkoop presents a check for $5,000 to Orange County Land Trust on January 11. ( Photo by Lisa Reider) Historic acquisition: Public access to Sugar Loaf Mountain secured Sugar Loaf Mountain juts out above the hamlet that carries its name, but access to the wild precipice has always been prohibited,... Local News 12 Jan 2024 | 10:02
Joseph C. O’Brien Joseph C. O’Brien, 87, of West Milford, NJ, formerly of Paramus, NJ, passed away on Sept. 24, 2022. He was born and raised... Obituaries 27 Sep 2022 | 10:16
Sean O’Connor, whose mental health challenges inspired the SeansDream event. Mental health memorial event opens for registration Lisa Dembeck and her family are having their second annual SeansDream Reach Your Distance Challenge, with donations going... Local News 22 Mar 2022 | 10:02
Maria Trovato, center, Vincenza Denisi, right, in Downing Park in Newburgh in the 1950s. Provided photos. Discovering a long-lost friendship “It’s like a Hallmark movie,” said Dr. Mark Madis, Medical & Quality Director at St. Anthony Community Hospital. And yes,... Local News 17 Dec 2021 | 12:59
Susan Marie (Morgiewicz) Giza Susan Marie (Morgiewicz) Giza, beloved wife, mother, sister, friend, and teacher entered into rest on Monday, May 24, 2021,... Obituaries 30 May 2021 | 06:41
Carl Corcoran. Photo by Brendan Lyon/ImageBureau A welcome call from Dublin on St. Patrick’s Day On this past St. Patrick’s Day, many of the longtime listeners to the Frank Truatt Morning Show on WTBQ Radio (AM 1110/F... Entertainment 30 Mar 2021 | 03:05
Shared American resilience Over 88 years ago, the 32nd President of the United States uttered a phrase which has now become synonymous with American... Letters to the Editor 08 Mar 2021 | 01:57
Mary Elizabeth Lombardi Mary Elizabeth Lombardi was born October 19, 1957, in Brooklyn. She was endearingly known by many as MaryBeth and resided... Obituaries 16 Sep 2020 | 02:37
Carmen Iammatteo Carmen Iammatteo, more commonly known as Ann, resident of Warwick, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020, at Morristown... Obituaries 11 Sep 2020 | 03:49
