Highlands News

Stephen Shaheen's Memoria Project features two figures carved from granite, a design inspired by Roman architecture and the Twin Towers.

Capt. Pete Wagner put the Eric Larsen party from Atlanta into a 67-pound dorado on his Dream Girl out of Los Suenos, Costa Rica today.

A Long Branch man was sentenced Friday to five years in state prison for his role in the sale of... TRENTON - Former Fair Haven Mayor Michael I. Halfacre is now the acting director of the state Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

Although we had to settle for the Super Bowl on NFL Radio during Sunday night's drive to Virginia, that made the five-hour trip to catch big stripers seem much shorter.

The Township of West Milford Council has adopted a resolution strongly recommending that further federal and state approvals - including Highlands Council endorsement - be withheld until damage already done by the Tennessee Gas Company pipeline project is corrected.

Vice President Joe Biden is coming to New Jersey next month to headline a fundraiser for Democratic U.S. Sen.

Activists and some state officials would like to kill a 7.7-mile natural gas pipeline, which would cut through West Milford , Ringwood and Mahwah .

Mayor Bettina Bieri selected a pair of newcomers to serve on the local government's Environmental Commission earlier this month.

The New Jersey Highlands Coalition and New Jersey's South Highland's Sierra Club Group will present a showing of "The Highlands Rediscovered" on Wednesday, Feb.

Valerie Montecalvo of Highlands owns Bayshore Recycling, located on Crows Mill Road in the Keasbey section of Woodbridge.

The Highlands Council on Thursday night delayed voting on a 7.7-mile natural-gas pipeline that would cross through forests in Passaic and Bergen counties, saying it did not have enough information on the $400 million project.

The Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company is applying for an exemption from the Highlands Act for their infrastructure expansion project that will enable increased exports of natural gas produced through the dangerous technique of hydraulic fracturing or fracking from the Marcellus Shale.

It's the first fatal accident reported in Middletown this year. This morning at about 10:51 a.m. a 46-year-old Highlands man was killed in a single vehicle rollover accident on Route 36 between Church and Main streets, Middletown Police Sgt.

By BRUCE A. SCRUTON bscruton@njherald.com The Highlands Council has scheduled a vote for Thursday on another leg of the Tennessee Gas pipeline upgrades, this one for just over seven miles through Passaic and Bergen counties.

Will Hopatcong conform to the Highlands Regional Master Plan? The borough will take its first real steps in exploring the process when Highlands Council Executive Director Eileen Swan meets with the mayor and council 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the municipal building.