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
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
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
Arnold Prisco, 58 Arnold “Arnie-Man” Prisco of Chester, NY, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at home with his wife and daughter... Obituaries 29 Nov 2024 | 04:14
New inclusive playground opens Fulfilling a plan to expand healthy recreation opportunities for New Jerseyans of all abilities, the Department of Environmental... Local News 30 Oct 2024 | 08:14
The Vernon Township High School Marching Band and Color Guard perform during halftime of the game with Mount Olive on Oct. 11. (Photos by George Leroy Hunter) Marching band contest today in Vernon Vernon Township High School will host 21 high school marching bands in a competition starting at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct.... Home 19 Oct 2024 | 07:43
The West Point Military Academy Black Knights Parachute Team is scheduled to jump Friday, Sept. 13 at the West Milford High School football game. (Photo provided) UPDATED: Parachute team to jump tonight in West Milford The West Point Military Academy Black Knights Parachute Team will be jumping at two, rather than four, area high school football... Home 13 Sep 2024 | 09:14
Rep. Josh Gottheimer, left, with former Vernon Mayor Howard Burrell. (Photo provided) Burrell among Hometown Heroes Former Vernon Mayor Howard Burrell and a group of health-care professionals in Newton Medical Center’s Emergency Department... Local News 20 Jul 2024 | 12:12
Brianna Kimmel’s car after her accident on Philipsburg Road. (Photo by Brianna Kimmel) Danger on the roads We often blame outside elements for the cause of car accidents — snow, sharp turns, flooding — but according to our first... Evergreen 15 Jul 2024 | 09:46
Teen hurt in boating accident An 18-year-old man was seriously injured in a boating accident June 20 on Greenwood Lake, police said. At about 6 p.m., off-duty... Police & Fire 03 Jul 2024 | 12:40
First-place went to a 1976 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am owned by Luis Palaez. (Photo courtesy of Mayor Anthony Rossi) 1,000 attend township’s first car show Cars and trucks both old and new lined Main Street in Vernon on Sunday, June 23 for the township’s first car show. The show,... Home 01 Jul 2024 | 05:17
Kenneth Pier Kenneth J. Pier of Vernon passed away peacefully Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. He... Obituaries 03 Apr 2024 | 07:22
Douglas Walker Douglas E. Walker of West Milford passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, at Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice in Newton. He was 82.... Obituaries 02 Feb 2024 | 10:45
