The Phillips family, Joe and Mae and their children Barbara, Gail, Joe Jr. and Bob, all bus drivers, are seen with their Phillips Transportation Company in 1958. ( Photo: Ann Genader) Looking back: Transportation to Butler High School, 1930-58 In the 1920s the small number of West Milford rural elementary school graduates seeking a high school education could attend... Columns 28 Apr 2026 | 03:07
Peter Gillen, a four-term Township of West Milford Councilman celebrates his 88th birthday with his children Mary Ellen Gillen, P.J. Gillen and Ryan Gillen at Murphy’s Tavern, Greenwood Lake Village N.Y. ( Photo: Ann Genader) Looking back: Celebrating councilman Gillen Elected to a Township of West Milford Council seat for four terms (1975-1987) while working as an Operating Engineer crane... Columns 21 Apr 2026 | 08:26
Verina Mathews Genader, who received her K-8 education at the one-room Echo Lake School before a second room was added, became a teacher there. She is seated in the back of the primary-grade classroom with first-, second- and third-graders in 1949. (Photo provided) Looking back: A benefit of self-education Children who were educated in the small rural country schools in the West Milford until the mid-1940s, when the last of these... Columns 19 Mar 2025 | 09:30
