This telephone switchboard connecting calls to Township of West Milford municipal offices in use until 1975 is now at the West Milford Museum. ( Photo: Ann Genader) Looking back: Telephones came to town It was exciting for people in the villages throughout the Township of West Milford when in the mid 1930s telephone service... Columns 22 Jun 2026 | 03:35
Police Chief John Moeller leads a Memorial Day parade march along Union Valley Road, West Milford, in the 1960s. Frank M. Sell American Legion Post 289 Commander Jack Whitbeck marches next to him. Officers visible behind them include Capt. Jack Ryan, Sgt. Louis Hall and Officers Bill Genader, James Morreale, Bob Deaver and Bill Ohlmeyer. Among Township Council members visible are Township Committeemen Floyd Struble, Warren Brogan and Mayor George Egan. Buildings pictured that no longer are there include the Cracker Barrel Store and Finn family home at left; at right a Flying A Gas Station and the home where seamstress Louise Donnegan had a dry-cleaning business. ( Photo: Ann Genader) Looking back: Memorial Day, 1944 Memorial Day services have been held annually in the Township of West Milford since May 26, 1944. The day, originally referred... Columns 19 May 2026 | 04:13
Stegman’s Hotel, Upper Greenwood Lake, was the location of a June 12, 1936, “Supper-Bridge”, first event of its kind at the lake. ( Photo submitted) Looking back: 40 taverns in West Milford, 1936 In the 1930s self-contained communities throughout West Milford usually had a church, school and general store where people... Columns 13 May 2026 | 10:19
The Greenwood Baptist Church at 520 Warwick Turnpike, Upper Greenwood Lake, is pictured in the 1930s. ( Photo by Ann Genader) Looking back: Millionaire clergyman Thanksgiving may be a time when those interested in North Jersey religious history find the life of a millionaire clergyman... Columns 24 Nov 2025 | 04:20
ICE1 West Milford farmers who worked at the Echo Lake ice business are, first row from left, Martin Decker, Edward Decker, Walter Whritenour, Norman Fredericks, superintendent Arthur Kane, Henry Fredericks, Issac Morse, M. Sisco and Charles White. In back row, from left, are Charles Vreeland, Frank O’Dell, Daniel Morse, Ernest Fredericks, Raymond Fredericks, John Kimble, Lewis Sisco, Frank Price, Ernest Zabriskie, Robert Babcock, Thomas Cahill and M. Fredericks. (Photo courtesy of Ann Genader) Looking back: Smaller ice companies Along with the large-scale winter ice businesses at Greenwood Lake and Lake Hopatcong, smaller operations existed at some... Columns 19 Feb 2025 | 10:02
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
Peter Gillen Jr. and Patricia Gillen hold framed documents from Bishop Arthur Serratelli of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson recognizing their lifelong volunteerism at St. Joseph parish at Echo Lake. Photo by Ann Genader Local couple honored by Paterson's Bishop Serratelli A local couple who base their 50-year happy marriage on Christian values, was recently honored by Bishop Arthur Serratelli... Local News 18 Sep 2019 | 12:58
