The Columns Museum of the Pike County Historical Society (Beyond My Ken/Wikimedia Commons) Museum director charged with criminal mischief for cutting realtor’s Christmas lights Lori Strelecki of Milford, director of the Columns Museum for the past 21 years, has been charged with criminal mischief... Police & Fire 13 Jan 2022 | 10:45
From left: Ashley Zimmerman, solicitor; Dawn Bukaj; Felicia Sheehan; Pat Lutfy; Jessica Decker, vice-president; Jack Fisher, president; Corey Homer; Rosemary Walsh; Dr. John Bell, superintendent; Julie Ewald, recording secretary. Corey Homer arrived after the vote, so did not vote. Brian Carso teaches a class on Tuesday night so was not present. (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) School board allows students to ditch masks with parents’ say-so When is a mandate not a mandate? The Delaware Valley School District is about to find out. A special school board meeting... Local News 29 Sep 2021 | 02:07
School board president Jack Fisher answered questions from anti-mask protesters outside the high school, where the Sept. 9 work session was held. (Photo courtesy of Tim Sohn) Jack O’Leary quits school board as anti-mask crowd converges on meeting Longtime school board member Jack O’Leary resigned abruptly from the Delaware Valley school board on Sept. 9. About 60 people... Local News 16 Sep 2021 | 10:12
John Ursin in 2013 as Vernon Municipal Utility Authority attorney (File photo by Daniel Fitzsimmons) Borough attorney acted improperly, says court seven years later An attorney who represents several municipalities in Sussex County was admonished in connection with a long-ago conflict... Local News 31 Aug 2021 | 08:57
People lined up to address the school board (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) ‘Ain’t happening!’ Public shouts down proposal to temporarily require masks in school Angry people came face to face, masked and unmasked, to fight over mandates at the Aug. 19 Delaware Valley school board meeting.... Local News 25 Aug 2021 | 12:04
Supporters of Selina McGinnis (third row, on left, seated next to Janet Heim) turned out to Wednesday’s humane society directors’ meeting as they had to court appearances. (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) After tumult, the Heims are no longer humane society officers Janet Heim was confused. She tried to enter Milford Borough Hall on Wednesday to join an executive session of the Pike County... Police & Fire 29 Jul 2021 | 02:35
Eighty-year-old John Curwood, wearing his pajama top, walked away from the Pike County Correctional Facility at 9:25 a.m. on July 8 in the middle of a downpour, complete with thunder and lightning (Photo by Joy McCann) 80-year-old prisoner is released into his daughter’s care At 9:25 a.m. last Thursday, July 8, eighty-year-old John Curwood walked away from the Pike County Correctional Facility in... Police & Fire 15 Jul 2021 | 08:29
Seventeen people turned out to support Selina McGinnis outside the Pike County Courthouse (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Court grants protection order to animal shelter worker Milford. A Pike County Humane Society employee was granted the protection order she sought against its director, Barry Heim.... Police & Fire 15 Jul 2021 | 08:22
Janet Heim last week at the Pike County Courthouse, where she showed up to support Selina McGinnis in her application for a protection order against Barry Heim (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Wife is second woman to seek protection from humane society director Janet Heim is the second woman to seek a protection order from Barry Heim, the longtime director of the Pike County Humane... Police & Fire 01 Jul 2021 | 11:33
From left: Connie Hamilton, Liz Walker, Richard Bloomer, Rabbi Frank Tamburello, Simone Kraus, and Steven Teague (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) ‘Feel loved and welcomed’ at TriVersity’s twice-weekly open houses Laughter and conversation filled the TriVersity Center for Gender & Sexual Diversity on a recent Tuesday. There were treats... Local News 30 Jun 2021 | 05:25
Left: Selina McGinnis (in the green shirt) is pictured at the Pike County Courthouse on June 23 (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Right: Barry Heim (File photo by Jerry Goldberg) Animal shelter employee details alleged assaults, harassment by director In records obtained from the Pike County Court of Common Pleas, Pike County Humane Society employee Selina McGinnis accuses... Police & Fire 25 Jun 2021 | 03:13
Then-Mayor Vic Marotta swears in Patrolman Emanuel Rivera at an August 2013 township council meeting as Chief Roy Wherry looks on. (File photo by Mike Zummo) Suspended police officer faces prison time in offered plea deal Emanuel Rivera, 37, the Vernon police officer suspended for groping a woman who had called for aid in a May 2019 domestic... Police & Fire 08 Jun 2021 | 10:08
Babette Smith at her private bridge (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Dangerous bridge owner starts GoFundMe page to raise money for repairs In the 1940s, after World War II, Overbrook Farms bought the property on the park side of the failing bridge in Dingman Township.... Local News 17 May 2021 | 12:20
Underside of the dangerous bridge (Photo provided by Melissa Mullins) Five households are trapped on the wrong side of a dangerous bridge Five households are stuck on the wrong side of a dangerous bridge on Wyckoff Lane. The owner said she doesn’t have the money... Local News 29 Apr 2021 | 10:12
Pike County Development Director Mike Sullivan cut the ribbon, and everyone cheered (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Nursing home grand opening ‘a joyous occasion for us all’ A 70-bed nursing home that includes 50 units of assisted living apartments has just opened in Westfall Township. People from... Business 28 Apr 2021 | 12:04
