Swimming raft on Greenwood Lake Death by drowning: What local victims have in common As the summer draws to a close, residents may want to get in their last licks on local lakes, rivers and streams. Before you... Local News 27 Aug 2024 | 04:29
An example of a harmful algal bloom monitoring buoy. ( NJDEP) DEP, State Police investigate algal buoy vandalism at local lakes The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) is working with the NJ State Police to investigate the vandalism... Local News 15 Jul 2022 | 05:10
Upper Greenwood Lake. Photo source: commons.wkimedia.org Greenwood Lake. State approves funding for Greenwood Lake and other public lakes The New Jersey State Senate has unanimously passed the lakes Funding Bill #A5778 and S3618, funds that can be use for certain... Local News 08 Jul 2021 | 10:10
Source: The Lake Hopatcong Commission Funding to combat harmful algal blooms, lake conservation advanced by legislative committee As lake communities look to rebound from state shutdowns in 2019 and 2020, the Assembly Appropriations Committee approved... Local News 16 Jun 2021 | 08:41
Small lake communities do not want controls placed on Greenwood Lake to apply for their lakes. File photo Ann Genader. A proposed ice retardant system ordinance will be addressed in West Milford Last month members of the Township of West Milford Council found an email in their information packets from the Lakes Committee... Local News 29 Dec 2020 | 02:17
Ice retardant systems proposed for Greenwood Lake Devices in use around Lake Hopatcong to protect docks and make sure that ice from the lake does not corrupt the shore line... Local News 17 Nov 2020 | 02:25
Lake Lookover is one of the many private lake communities in West Milford. Photo by Ann Genader. Highlands Council approves funding to support watershed assessment The Highlands Council has approved funding up to $200,000 to support watershed assessment surrounding 22 private and public... Local News 19 Oct 2020 | 08:04
Photo illustration Highlands Act anniversary - still incomplete Editor’s note: The following column is from the New Jersey Sierra Club. Aug. 10th marked the 16th anniversary of landmark... Letters to the Editor 20 Aug 2020 | 11:39
A HAB on Pemberton Lake in Burlington County. ( DEP photo) NJ DEP gives Greenwood Lake Commission $53K to fight HABS The Greenwood Lake Commission will be getting some $53,000 in matching grant money to study how much Belcher’s Creek contributes... Local News 10 Mar 2020 | 06:03
Greenwood Lake from Brown's Point in West Milford, New Jersey on Jan. 23. ( Charles Kim photo) Public hearing on Greenwood Lake draw-down plan is Feb. 10 The state of New Jersey is considering a 20-year plan for Greenwood Lake draw downs and will hold a public hearing on the... Local News 30 Jan 2020 | 02:46
DEP extends HAB grant deadline The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has extended the application deadline by 15 days for a $2.5 million... Local News 16 Jan 2020 | 07:26
Assemblywoman Betty Lou DeCroce Assemblywoman thanks voters for support on election day I want to sincerely thank everyone who came out Tuesday to re-elect me as your assemblywoman in the 26th District.... Letters to the Editor 12 Nov 2019 | 03:56
Twp.: ‘No more blooming beach closures’ Mayor Michele Dale and the Township Council are letting state officials know that they no longer intend to close public and... Home 25 Sep 2019 | 05:37
The NJ DEP sign put up at Brown's Point on Greenwood Lake in July. ( File photo) NJ DEP denies state senator’s OPRA request regarding cyanobacteria levels The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection mostly denied State Sen. Joe Pennacchio’s Open Public Records Act request... Local News 05 Sep 2019 | 12:03
Carl Herron Carl L. Herron, 91 years, of Oak Ridge, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. Born on Jan. 6, 1928 in New York City, New... Obituaries 04 Sep 2019 | 10:58
