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
Raymond Little Raymond D. Little passed away on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in Bradenton, Fla. He was 79. Ray was born in Newfoundland to Bud and... Obituaries 04 Feb 2025 | 09:25
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
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
Much of the Perciballis’ food comes straight from their backyard in Lafayette. Their garden will be one of more than a dozen to see on the Kitchen Garden Tour on Sunday, July 28. (Photos provided) Kitchen Garden Tour is today Local backyard food growers will open up their garden gates for Dirt magazine’s Kitchen Garden Tour on Sunday, July 28. This... Home 28 Jul 2024 | 08:41
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
