This image shows a mid-1800s blacksmith with his tools on the dirt road leading from the south (today’s Route 23) as it comes into Deckertown (today’s Sussex Borough). Introduced here, behind him, is the patented Deckertown Plow, perhaps not in time sequence, but also recognizing the timely and important technological advance produced locally that helped America to become the nation it is today. Sussex County History Today: Abram Shepherd, blacksmith Shepherd had ties to milia men killed during the Battle of Minisink during the Revolutionary War. As in the real battle,... Columns 27 Apr 2026 | 12:32
Proud that Wantage stood up for the health of its citizens I am proud to say that I live in Wantage Township these days. Proud because the Wantage Township Mayor and Committee moved... Letters to the Editor 19 Apr 2021 | 05:55
