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By MIKE SCHAEFER
March 3, 2026
Looking in the rearview mirror of life has some interesting detours. Some good,and some not so good. But I can’t find a single moment in my 52 years in which Iwas disappointed with nature. To be honest, I embrace the outside as a wealth ofhealth and happiness. Let this be an official invitation to ...
SPARTA, NJ - Due to the timing and impact of the winter weather forecasted for today, Tuesday, March 3, 2026, Sparta schools will be closed, according to school district officials. Children's programs scheduled for today at the Sparta Library will also be canceled.
For more than three decades, I have worked tirelessly to help bring vital news and information to local communities- including owning and publishing community newspapers in upstate New York and Vermont for the past seven years.Every week, my team makes decisions about what to publish — and what ...
NEWTON, NJ – Newton schools are closed today, Tuesday, March 3 due to winter weather advisory with high winds and a wintry mix predicted to impact travel throughout the day, according to school officials.The missed day will be made up as an early dismissal day on Friday, April 3, officials said.
MONTCLAIR, NJ — With a high-stakes school funding vote only days away, a newly filed amended complaint in Montclair resident David Herron’s rekindled lawsuit is once again threatening to upend the Montclair Board of Education’s referendum plans — this time by seeking to invalidate the very meeting ...
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MONMOUTH COUNTY — In a landmark collaboration designed to expand healthcare access while strengthening workforce development, Brookdale Community College and Parker Family Health Center have formalized an agreement to establish what organizers say will be New Jersey’s first free dental clinic. The ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ — The Wood-Ridge Board of Education honored its December and January Students of the Month at the February 26 meeting. The meeting was rescheduled from Monday due to the blizzard.Each school administrator announced the student honorees from their building and posed for photos with ...
MOUNTAIN LAKES, NJ – Mountain Lakes rallied in the third quarter to take the lead and held on for a 43-38 victory over Hasbrouck Heights in the second round of the NJSIAA North 1, Group 1 Girls Basketball Tournament in Mountain Lakes on Monday.The Lakers outscored Hasbrouck Heights 13-9 to break a ...
UNION, N.J. — “Camy’s Corner,” a dedicated space designed to support pediatric patients and their families, opened last week at Atlantic Health Goryeb Children’s Hospital at Morristown Medical Center.The corner honors Camryn “Camy” Dudek of Union, who died June 2, 2025, at age 9 after a three-year ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The Chatham boys basketball team scored 43 points in the first half and eased to a 72-53 win vs. Cranford on Monday night in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 state tournament, earning a rematch with South Plainfield in the sectional semifinal round on Wednesday.No. 6-seeded ...
MIDDLETOWN, NJ – The Middletown South boys basketball team advanced in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 3 tournament with a 66-62 double-overtime victory over Hopewell Valley on Monday.Ryan Gannon finished with 24 points for Middletown South (16-11), which outscored ...
ROSELLE, NJ – The Middletown North ice hockey team advanced in the semifinal round of the NJSIAA South Public tournament with a 3-1 victory over Westfield on Monday.Lucas Laranjeiro scored all three goals for the Lions (15-6-2), one in each period, after Westfield (18-4) had an early 1-0 lead.Greg ...
SEA GIRT/SPRING LAKE, NJ – The Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners announced that repairs to Bridge W-27 on First Avenue between Sea Girt and Spring Lake will begin this week.“The essential bridge repairs will begin the week of March 2 and take approximately 10 weeks to complete,” said ...
Calling all #MonmouthCounty 4th-graders! You’re invited to enter the annual “My County” poster contest sponsored by our Constitutional Officers! Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon, County Sheriff Shaun Golden and Surrogate Maureen T. Raisch are challenging each student to create a ...
Calling all #MonmouthCounty 4th-graders! You’re invited to enter the annual “My County” poster contest sponsored by our Constitutional Officers! Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon, County Sheriff Shaun Golden and Surrogate Maureen T. Raisch are challenging each student to create a ...
Calling all #MonmouthCounty 4th-graders! You’re invited to enter the annual “My County” poster contest sponsored by our Constitutional Officers! Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon, County Sheriff Shaun Golden and Surrogate Maureen T. Raisch are challenging each student to create a ...
SEA GIRT/SPRING LAKE, NJ – The Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners announced that repairs to Bridge W-27 on First Avenue between Sea Girt and Spring Lake will begin this week.“The essential bridge repairs will begin the week of March 2 and take approximately 10 weeks to complete,” said ...
COLTS NECK, NJ – Emily Donahue scored 15 points to lead Colts Neck to a 62-28 girls basketball victory over Westampton Tech in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 3 tournament on Monday.Gabby Bryce finished with 12 points for the Cougars (21-6), who outscored Tech, 18-9, in ...
NEWTON, NJ – The Town of Newton is asking residents to fill open positions on several board and commissions. Anyone interested in volunteering is invited to apply using the online form. The boards, committees and commissions include:Advisory Board of Health – Meets the fourth Wednesday of March, ...
COLONIA, NJ – Top-seeded Colonia jumped on top early and never let up in a 68-28 victory over ninth-seeded Somerville in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA North 2, Group 3 boys basketball tournament on Monday.Colonia will host Mendham in the semifinals on Wednesday.Sophomore guard Jayce ...
tFRANKLIN LAKES, NJ – Ramapo advanced in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA North 1, Group 3 girls basketball tournament with a 51-38 victory over West Essex on Monday.Ava Brignola finished with 14 points, four rebounds and two assists for West Essex (9-18), which trailed by only one point, ...
SEA GIRT/SPRING LAKE, NJ – The Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners announced that repairs to Bridge W-27 on First Avenue between Sea Girt and Spring Lake will begin this week. “The essential bridge repairs will begin the week of March 2 and take approximately 10 weeks to complete,” said ...
CRANFORD, NJ – Lucy Arps enjoys a good challenge, and the sophomore Chatham guard was certainly faced with one on Monday night. The fifth-seeded Cougars were at fourth-seeded Cranford in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 tournament. It was Chatham’s first true ...
POINT PLEASANT BEACH, NJ – Four players scored in double figures as Point Pleasant Beach advanced in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 1 boys basketball tournament with a 70-57 victory over Dayton on Monday.Nick Perez of 10th-seeded Dayton (13-14) led all scorers with 26 ...
STAMFORD, CT - Putting together extensive coverage for this winter's Olympic Games in Milan was a huge undertaking. It truly does take a village to give viewers a front row seat at an Olympic competition. For South Plainfield's Jayden Hunter, an internship with Stamford Studies, which is a division ...
Princeton, NJ – Few people are as closely related to the Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad as Mayor Mark Freda. He began volunteering for the squad as a teenager in July of 1975. In 2018 he was appointed to the paid post of president. That’s been Freda’s “day job” ever since, including the ...
SPARTA, NJ – The final word was “advertise” and Lucas Jaffe knew how to spell it, earning him first place in the Junior Woman’s Club of Sparta’s 30th annual fifth grade spelling bee. The students participating in this year’s bee, “demonstrated impressive preparation, confidence, and composure ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ — In Annie Conover, the New Providence girls basketball team has one of the best players in New Jersey.Who the Pioneers' second-best player is, though, seems to shift on a continually rotating basis, to the benefit of the entire program.On Monday, it was senior guard Megan Henn, ...
Princeton, NJ — So we have pop-up retail stores, pop-up events, and of course pop ads every time we scroll through another website. So why not a pop-up choir?The Pop-Up Choir Princeton is the brain child of the Arts Council of Princeton and Natalie Cardillo, a music educator, vocal arranger, and ...