Renee Burns spent a long spring training weekend with her West Milford High School lacrosse team in Florida this spring, before the season was canceled. She is headed to Monmouth University, where freshman orientation is still planned for early September. ( WMLAX) Roll with it 101: College-bound seniors ponder their future Isabella Sergent, a senior at Sparta High School, already has her roommate picked out and knows where she’ll be dorming when... Local News 28 May 2020 | 03:04
This 1900s farmhouse on 1.2 acres in Chester, N.Y., is under contract to a New York City buyer. The exodus from the city, combined with a pandemic-related hesitance to list houses, has created a historic housing shortage and a pronounced seller's market. ( Becca Tucker) Pandemic-driven house frenzy hits local towns Justin Melia and his family, who usually live in Astoria, Queens, closed in December on a vacation house in Warwick, N.Y.,... Local News 22 May 2020 | 02:02
Members of Alpha Fitness left notes on the facade saying how much they miss their gym. (Photo by Laurie Gordon) Are gyms 'COVID-19 mosh pits' or essential therapy? Locals react to reopening controversy Ian Smith and Frank Trumbetti, owners of a gym in Camden County, defied government COVID-19 mandates and opened on Monday... Local News 19 May 2020 | 05:45
Better days ahead in Warwick. Smiles of the Week 5.8 Paying it forward Melissa Lambert and her teenage daughter teach Sunday School to pre-K and Kindergarten students at the Sparta... Local News 04 May 2020 | 02:02
Laina Southway, 21, and her sister bottled 500 half-gallons in three hours last Saturday for a food bank. Is that a record? "That's pretty good," she acknowledged. ( Becca Tucker) At self-sufficient dairy farms, 'the pandemic hit, and people started coming' As shoppers face gap-toothed shelves at the grocery store, farms everywhere are feeling the pain from the other end of an... News 30 Apr 2020 | 03:57
Front: Harley (left), Bugsy (right) being pet by Blake. Back: Hope (left) and Rambo (right) being pet by Keira. Harley and Rambo are the newest additions. ( Tiffany O'Keefe) Pet adoptions are up, but so are surrenders The Harrison-O’Keefe family had two big dogs and wasn’t looking for more. But when Christopher Harrison and Tiffany O’Keefe... Local News 23 Apr 2020 | 04:59
Folks get out and enjoy pre-spring weather at the boardwalk section of the Appalachian Trail on Route 517. As one hiker put it, "might as well walk, there's no place else to go." ( Janet Redyke) Get off the Appalachian Trail, stay away from Mohonk Preserve The Appalachian Trail Conservancy wants you off the trail. The Mohonk Preserve has thrown up its gates. The parks departments... Sports 24 Mar 2020 | 08:51
Frozen apples in the Pennings' orchard following an ice storm. ( Photo provided) Local voices on climate change: 'You cannot deny it' If you don't believe in climate change, ask the farmer who never saw his father lose a crop to hail but has lost his own... Local News 13 Mar 2020 | 10:50
Estimated flu activity nationwide for the week ending Dec. 28, 2019. ( Source: CDC) Tristate health officials: Flu season is packing a punch To hear tristate public health officials tell it, this year’s flu season is packing quite the punch. As the director of primary... Local News 08 Jan 2020 | 12:25
