Milford News

Citing the success of a 2008 holiday gift boutique, Wagner Farm Arboretum will offer extended hours and a greater range of vendors throughout the upcoming month-long boutique.

"A Night of Oysters and Champagne" returns to the Milford Oyster House , 92 Route 519, Milford, NJ, on Friday, November 27, beginning at 6:00 p.m. The event is designed to honor the restaurant's namesake bivalve.

In this Oct. 30, 2009 file photo, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani urges supporters to vote for Republican candidate for New Jersey governor Chris Christie, left, in West Milford, N.J. A spokeswoman for Giuliani insists he still hasn't made up his mind and won't be shy to say so when he does.

Staff Report The Cooperstown Parent Teacher Organization will be offering an entrepreneurship education program for youth called TREP$. According to organizers, the program will begin on Dec.

Share + Nov 17, 2009 6:14 pm US/Eastern Reporting Christine Sloan WEST MILFORD, N.J. It's a controversial debate in New Jersey.

The Highlands Council approved a 16-mile underground gas pipeline Thursday that cuts through West Milford and under the Monksville Reservoir - the second time in six months that it okayed a major energy project through the environmentally-sensitive region.

Farmers and business proprietors will open the Dvoor market on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. so you can stock up on food items for Thanksgiving.

Theft from a vehicle parked at businesses and four arrests for shoplifting were reported today by Raritan Township police.

Members of the new Neighborhood Watch Association patrolled the borough the night before Halloween and may have deterred some mischief.

These Oct. 2009 file photos show the three candidates for governor of New Jersey, from left, Democrat Jon.

Megan Grace, 15, of Dalton, and her friend, Julie Rosa, 16, of West Milford, N.J., were ready to see Michael Jackson's movie, "This Is It," on Wednesday.

The Federal Aviation Administration says the pilot of a small plane was killed when his aircraft hit a mountain near Bennington.

A hiker found the wreckage of small plan on Whipstock Mountain Monday morning that several witnesses said crashed Sunday evening.

Share + Oct 26, 2009 3:33 pm US/Eastern FAA: Cessna 172 Hit Mountain Near Bennington On Flight From West Milford, N.J. BENNINGTON, Vt.

In a surprise move, the Pike County Board of Elections -comprised of the three Pike County Commissioners-agreed with Delaware Township's request to remove the library referendum from appearing on its ballot on November 3. The referendum, which would impose a one-mill library tax, will appear on all other township ballots.

Police learned about the warrant after doing a random license plate check. Additional checks revealed that Garcia's driving privileges were revoked, police said.

Sixteen Kean University students in the geology and meteorology program at the Union-based school will present their research at the 34th Annual National Weather Association Conference from Oct.

Around this time of year, pumpkins take a lot of abuse - being carved into hideously scary Halloween faces, charred inside and out by jack-o-lantern candles and even hurled to a pulp by athletes or catapults in pumpkin-flinging contests.

The second annual Milford Oyster House Oktoberbest will be held this coming Sunday, October 18, from 12:00 noon - 7:00 p.m. Chef Ed Coss has planned a full menu of German style food, including potato pancakes with fresh applesauce, sauerbraten with red cabbage, and a whole roast pig from local Milford Farms.

The Bed Race, the traditional highlight of the Milford Merchants Association's Fall Festival, will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday on Bridge Street.