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
The image posted by Edward Jacob Lang was included on his affadavit to the FBI Tusten native arrested for participating in Capitol riot (AP) Edward Jacob Lang, the son of former Town of Tusten council member Ned Lang, was arrested last weekend on charges related... Police & Fire 20 Jan 2021 | 02:02
