Highland Lakes News

I'm looking to make a winter ascent of Mount Rainier. I need an altimeter. I'm not sure if I should get an altimeter watch like the Casio Pathfinder or a GPS like the Garmin Oregon 400T, Oregon 300 or Dakota 20.

A 16-year-old hiding in an upstairs closet during a Sparta home break-in was able to call police and give descriptions that helped link three people to the crime, as well as to an attempted burglary in Vernon, police said.

On Sept. 28, Roberto Perez, 54, of Carlstadt, was observed by Police Officer Laura Paul who alleges that he was driving in an erratic manner on Union Valley Road.

On Sept. 27, Bianca Stevens, 18, of West Milford, was traveling north on Warwick Turnpike when, as she told police, an unknown animal darted into her vehiclea TMs lane of travel.

From left, Sherri Endriket, of Stockholm, and Theresa Healey, of Highland Lakes, work on computers at the Learning Link lab at the One-Stop Career Center, in Franklin, which may close.

A fire that gutted a home in Highland Lakes broke out sometime after the homeowner left to pick up his young daughter from a school bus stop, police said.

The black-and-white snapshot above was taken in a Franklin tavern sixty-eight years ago.

Police said an officer on patrol discovered a party that involved underage drinking on Parker Avenue.

By TOM HOWELL JR. thowell@njherald.com The number of bear-related incidents reported to the state Division of Fish and Wildlife from January to August is up this year compared to 2008, although there was a decrease in bear calls the last month compared to the same period last year.

The Sandyston Seniors will have a business meeting at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Sandyston Municipal building.

Following a rash of recent bear incidents in Vernon, residents on both sides of the issue voiced their concerns at Thursday night's township council meeting.

Sussex County Prosecutor David J. Weaver announced that Patrick A. Davenport appeared before the Hon.

Sussex County Prosecutor David J. Weaver announced the sentencing of Michael T. Bell, who appeared before the Honorable N. Peter Conforti, J.S.C. at the Sussex County Courthouse in Newton on July 22.

Sussex County Prosecutor David J. Weaver announced that Patrick A. Davenport appeared before the Hon.

A second bear in less than a week has been shot and killed in Vernon. According to Department of Environmental Protection spokeswoman Darlene Yuhas, the 150-pound adult female bear was shot Sunday by state Division of Fish and Wildlife technicians after being called to the scene by the Vernon Township Police.

The Sussex Skyhawks baseball organization has fired a part-time mascot actor accused of possessing computer files of child pornography and making them available to others.

There are not many instances in modern history of a soldier who, having once held a commanding position in the armed forces of his native land, is able to reinvent himself as a scholar in another country.

He was 97. For more than half a century he was considered a folk hero in Hungary, and returned in 1989 to serve in its post-Communist government.

Gen. Bela K. Kiraly talking to senators in Washington in 1957. His death was announced by the Hungarian Defense Ministry, which provided no details, The Associated Press reported.

Get used to the sight of bears in your neighborhood if you live in the Northeast., U.S. Fish and Wildlife experts warn.