https://www.westmilfordmessenger.com/news/local-news/west-milford-buries-america250-time-capsule-at-wallisch-homestead-KF6007408 hourly The West Milford Messenger en 2026-07-06T16:40:50-04:00 West Milford buries America250 time capsule at Wallisch Homestead https://www.westmilfordmessenger.com/binrepository/dsc-3831_4-10895824_20260706164057.jpg Attendees pose in front of the America250 Time Capsule plot, which will be reopened in 2076. https://www.westmilfordmessenger.com/binrepository/dsc-3757_4-10895819_20260706164059.jpg Items are prepared for insertion into the time capsule by Wallisch Homestead Treasurer Susan Lynch, left, and West Milford Community Services and Recreation Department Director Daniel Kochakji https://www.westmilfordmessenger.com/binrepository/dsc-3782_4-10895828_20260706164101.jpg West Milford Community Services and Recreation Department Director Daniel Kochakji, left, and Mayor Michele Dale shovel soil atop the time capsule. https://www.westmilfordmessenger.com/binrepository/dsc-3823_4-10895831_20260706164104.jpg In attendance for the America250 Time Capsule ceremony were, left, Rudy Hass, Councilman and Commander of the West Milford VFW Post 7198, and John Trojanowski. https://www.westmilfordmessenger.com/news/sports/heat-doesn-t-stop-volleyball-players-JF6007478 hourly The West Milford Messenger en 2026-07-06T16:54:44-04:00 Heat doesn’t stop volleyball players https://www.westmilfordmessenger.com/binrepository/dsc-3841_4-10895895_20260706165446.jpg Temperatures exceeding 90 degrees did not stop a group from play at West Milford's Bubbling Springs Park volleyball court late afternoon Wednesday, July 1.