Residents pull water chestnuts from the northeast arm of Greenwood Lake on June 7. (Photo by Peter Lyons Hall) A losing battle at local lakes? “We’ve lost the north arm of the lake,” Eric Hastings told fellow members of the Greenwood Lake Commission at their meeting... Local News 03 Jul 2025 | 12:20
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
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
Lake Hopatcong man faces child pornography charges A federal grand jury has indicted William Mickel, 69, of Lake Hopatcong on one count of distribution of child pornography... Home 07 May 2023 | 12:48
Greenwood Lake would benefit from a bill pending in the New Jersey Senate. Lake funding bill OK’d by Senate panel The state Senate Environment and Energy Committee has approved bipartisan legislation, sponsored by Republican Sens. Joe... Home 16 Feb 2023 | 12:02
A harmful algal bloom on Pemberton Lake in Burlington County. (Photo courtesy of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection) Greenwood Lake, Lake Hopatcong to receive $1M each for water-quality projects The Greenwood Lake Commission will receive a $1 million grant for water-quality improvement projects, New Jersey officials... News 08 Dec 2022 | 05:12
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
The Lake Hopatcong Foundation Floating Classroom, a forty-foot, covered catamaran pontoon boat that serves as an interactive learning center on Lake Hopatcong. Cruise and learn on Lake Hopatcong’s Floating Classroom The Lake Hopatcong Foundation will be running 90-minute summer cruises on its Floating Classroom, an interactive education... News 28 Jun 2022 | 09:33
Snow tubing at Mount Peter. Photo by Roger Gavan. The best local spots for outdoor winter fun Editor’s Note: According to Punxsutawney Phil, we’ve still got a few more weeks of winter to go. Make the most of the season... Local News 18 Feb 2022 | 02:26
This is an artist's rendering of what the National Geographic calls the “camera-elusive, grooming-challenged, bipedal ape-man that roams the mountain regions of North America” and is known as Bigfoot. ‘So prehistoric and such a weird thing’: Meet the trackers on the trail of the Sussex County Bigfoot It’s 1991 or thereabouts, and Scott Nosal and his buddy are miles into the woods, along an old gas line in Vernon, setting... Local News 28 Jan 2022 | 02:04
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
Minnewaska State Park The best places to make a splash in the tristate area NEW YORK Lake Tiorati, Harriman State Park: Surrounded by meadows and rolling, wooded hills. ● Activities: Swimming, hiking,... Entertainment 16 Jun 2021 | 01:17
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
