https://www.westmilfordmessenger.com/news/local-news/west-milford-artist-blends-technology-nature-in-innovative-animated-paintings-JL5926319 hourly The West Milford Messenger en 2026-06-08T16:56:33-04:00 West Milford artist blends technology, nature in innovative animated paintings https://www.westmilfordmessenger.com/binrepository/processed-6bb114af-25f6-443b-a528-4e7_4-10803904_20260608165636.jpg Sue Siva https://www.westmilfordmessenger.com/milestones/obituaries/james-michael-blanke-BL5926377 hourly The West Milford Messenger en 2026-06-08T17:01:50-04:00 James Michael Blanke https://www.westmilfordmessenger.com/binrepository/obit-blanke_4-10803915_20260608170152.jpg https://www.westmilfordmessenger.com/opinion/columns/looking-back-gun-violence-EL5926512 hourly The West Milford Messenger en 2026-06-08T17:07:15-04:00 Looking back: Gun violence https://www.westmilfordmessenger.com/binrepository/img-5189_4-10803975_20260608170717.jpg Between 1934 and 1942 when Jack Ryan was appointed to the West Milford Police Force, Police Chief Moeller was the lone lawman for the entire eighty-plus square mile Township of West Milford. Later Louis Hall, James Kemble and James Semento were appointed individually, creating a five-man force until 1959 when five additional patrolmen were appointed. The force grew rapidly after that. Pictured from left that year are Court Clerk George Eckhardt, Judge T. Harry Cahill, Prosecutor Marcus Mandelbaum and Police Chief John H. Moeller. (Photo Ann Genader)