Four former mayors meet at the West Milford Airport Diner to select the recipient of the 2023 Mary B. Haase Lifetime Volunteer Award. From left are Carl Richko, Glenn Wenzel, Robert Moshman and Phil Weisbecker. (Photo provided) Today is deadline for volunteer nominations The recipients of the 2023 Mary B. Haase Lifetime Volunteer Award and the 2023 Volunteer of the Year will be announced April... Local News 08 Mar 2024 | 09:34
Eric and Gertrude Arnold with their son, John Eric. (Photo provided) Looking back: 1768 farmhouse burned A 1937 fire destroyed a 1768 historic farmhouse at 1566 Union Valley Road, where Battinelli Family Farms plans to build a... Columns 28 Feb 2024 | 09:35
The farmhouse at Two Pond Farm dates to the 1800s. (File photos by Ann Genader) Looking back: 2 women share their knowledge of gardens The good earth and its wonders are truly loved by two talented West Milford women. They like spreading their joy and happiness... Local News 07 Feb 2024 | 03:24
In the early days of the Church of the Incarnation on Marshall Hill Road, some parishioners plant a flower garden. (File photo by Ann Genader) Looking back: Greek church was built by Episcopalians The Holy Institution Panagia Soumela Greek Orthodox Shrine Church building at 253 Marshall Hill Road originally was an Episcopal... Columns 31 Jan 2024 | 02:52
The Newfoundland office of Lakeland Bank on Route 23 replaced a trailer that was the bank’s first office in 1969. (Photos provided) Lakeland Bank to be renamed Provident Financial Services, parent company of Provident Bank, and Lakeland Bancorp, parent company of Lakeland Bank, have... Business 17 Jan 2024 | 02:18
Hans Niederstrasser signs books at the Long Pond Ironworks Historic District in November. (Photo by Ann Genader) Founder’s biography translated Two historians curious about Peter Hasenclever, founder of the Long Pond Ironworks, soon learned that there was very little... Local News 13 Jan 2024 | 12:52
Newly elected officers of the Marshall Hill School Parent Teacher Association in 1968 are, from left, Mrs. Domnick Mennola, secretary; Mrs. Robert Masessa, treasurer; Mrs. W.J. Halbig, former president who became Parent and Family Life chairwoman; Gunther Goss, former Marshall Hill principal who became principal at the new Maple Road School; Mrs. Larry Sedlack, president; Mrs. Roy Farrell, corresponding secretary; and Mrs. George Steifel, vice president. (File photo by Ann Genader) Looking back: A century of PTA activities The first Parent Teacher Association (PTA) meeting in the Township of West Milford School District was held Oct. 4, 1926,... Columns 02 Jan 2024 | 04:28
Until recent years, music at St. Joseph Church in West Milford came from the pipe organ. Near it is a papier-mâché angel created by Father Bernie. (File photo by Ann Genader) Looking back: How Christmas celebrations have changed Observance of the Christmas holiday in West Milford has changed greatly over the years from the time when celebrating the... Columns 20 Dec 2023 | 11:49
Mary Frixel was the new president of the Upper Greenwood Lake Golden Jet Senior Citizen Club in 1992. From left: Betty Keepers, secretary; Frixel; Jim Rutherford, vice president; Elsie Steinman, secretary; and Volga Szabo, trustee. (File photo by Ann Genader) Looking back: Golden Jet Set was active club In the 1980s, residents of West Milford enjoyed getting together so much that they had clubs in Newfoundland, West Milford... Columns 13 Dec 2023 | 02:02
Charlie Decker, third from left, was who you called when you needed to dig a well in the late 1940s and early 1950s in the Echo Lake community. (Photo by Ann Genader) Looking back: Using a twig to search for water Old photos can be worth 1,000 words. Take this one, for instance. It was taken in the late 1940s or early 1950s when people... Columns 29 Nov 2023 | 07:22
West Milford Township Council Study of Hillcrest building OK’d The Township Council approved $43,500 for a study of possible uses of the Hillcrest building at its meeting Nov. 8. Councilman... Home 17 Nov 2023 | 01:22
Looking back: Route 287 link shortened trips A Route 287 “missing link” that was connected 30 years ago shortened the trip to grandmother’s house for many residents in... Columns 15 Nov 2023 | 11:58
Spotted lanternfly is in West Milford West Milford Environmental Commission chairman Steve Sangle and his wife, Janice, report that West Milford is being infiltrated... Local News 16 Aug 2023 | 08:29
The house where Frank Sell grew up, on Macopin Road at the corner of Maple Road, recently was put on the market. (Photo by Ann Genader) World War II hero’s home for sale Frank Sell, a well-liked teenager in West Milford in the early 1940s, was one of the many young patriots who, after the Japanese... Local News 25 Jul 2023 | 10:57
“Made in Paterson - The Life and Legacy of U.S. Senator William Hughes,” by West Milford resident Daniel Willever, was published recently. Local author will speak today at museum West Milford resident Daniel Willever, author of “Made in Paterson - The Life and Legacy of U.S. Senator William Hughes,”... Local News 03 Jun 2023 | 05:22