Lake Hopatcong News

With the temperature at 34 degrees, it wasn't exactly swimming weather. But that didn't stop more than 200 people from leaping into Lake Hopatcong for the third annual Leap in the Lake fundraiser sponsored by Lake Hopatcong Elks Club 782 .A The event raised money for special needs of children in the 11 towns the Elks Club serves.A Patch was there ... (more)

Want to help Jefferson Township Middle School win $100,000 worth of technology? Your vote can help the school do just that.

The 10th annual concert for Pass It Along will be held Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Farmstead Golf and Country Club in Lafayette.

There's romance, there's fitness, there's music, there's family fun. Really, what more can you ask for? A comprehensive list of them all so you can decide what to do this weekend.

Hundreds will descend upon the Hopatcong State Park Saturday afternoon to jump in the water.

Do you know someone with a kind heart? Someone who is generous, sharing, giving? If you do, you may be able to honor them with a bouquet of flowers in a heart-shaped vase.

With little funding and few options, the Lake Hopatcong Commission will vote this month on whether it will allow the state to take over its responsibility for weed harvesting and the associated costs.

Job seekers look through a program naming prospective employers last month at Rutgers University in New Brunswick at New Jersey Collegiate Career Day.

Ready for round two? Here you go! A new business will soon be opening in the building that housed the Thirsty Moose on Rt.15 South in Lake Hopatcong.

The following Jefferson Township residents have been named to Dean's Lists at colleges across the nation: University of Hartford : Michael Azar of Lake Hopatcong and Marissa Madonna, Ryan Maurer, Thomas White and Jessica Currenti, all of Oak Ridge.

The Lake Hopatcong Commission is expected to vote next month on whether to give the state Department of Environmental Protection six weed harvesters and the responsibility for harvesting the pesky milfoil weeds that infest the lake every summer.

Rockaway Twp . Police arrested a Lake Hopatcong man on charges of drunk driving, following an incident on Route 15 on Dec.

The Lake Hopatcong Commission strongly urges all lakefront homeowners to safely operate their ice-retardant systems during the winter season.

A new business will soon be opening in the building that housed the Thirsty Moose on Rt.15 South in Lake Hopatcong.

Blue Morel chef Kevin Takafuji enjoys a white clam pizza and an everything pie with anchovies at Star Tavern Pizzeria in Orange.

A 19-year-old Hackettstown man was charged with simple assault and hindering apprehension after allegedly punching a woman in the face and pushing her, police said.

A worker for the Mount Arlington Department of Public Works unloads weeds harvested along Lake Hopatcong in Mount Arlington in this 2009 file photo.

Ashley Chacon-Baker of Oak Ridge, and Gail Speilberger and Matthew Dallicardillo, both of Lake Hopatcong, were named to the dean's list for the Fall 2011 semester at Quinnipiac University.

Matthew Dick went searching for Bigfoot in Lake Hopatcong. And while Dick didn't find Sasquatch, he found something strange.

GARDEN GROWS William King stood red-eyed and stunned. King and his wife, Jane, had driven an hour from their Nyack, N.Y., home Thursday night, hoping others would share the vision of their daughter, Alice, who died in a motorcycle accident in October.