Pequannock News

A proposed six-mile hiking and biking trail that would run through Pequannock and Wayne, connecting to NJ Transit's Mountain View train station, has gotten long-awaited federal authorization, including $1.9 million in federal dollars, according to Morris County officials.

A Pequannock man who battled allegations of mob ties when he served as president of Teamsters Local 560 in the 1980s was arrested Thursday in an alleged plot to extort more than $200,000 from a Hawthorne landscaper by using the threat of Mafia muscle.

First it was two glasses of vodka mixed with Diet Sprite. Then it was four drinks.

Although red-light pedestrian crossings are limited on Route 23, I was surprised to learn that rush-hour traffic often comes to a respectful halt in Kinnelon to allow foot traffic, even where red lights aren't installed.

Ricci Carroll is very enthusiastic about the success of the pay-one-price lunch, dinner and catering menu, but even he can't believe its popularity.

In figuring out your finances "the rule of 72" tells you how long it will take to double your money.

Township officials visited Newark to investigate a way to make recycling a whole lot simpler for residents.

One by one the old summer homes built hard by the Pompton River in Pequannock disppear, returning the flood plain to a more natural state that can help control spring floods.

Students at the Torey J. Sabatini School in Madison have what they call 'trashless Thursdays,' a competition in which students compete to see which class can produce the least amount of lunchtime trash.

Pequannock police officers are holding a blood drive Saturday to help a 3-year-old Bloomingdale girl with a rare nerve-cell cancer.

Pequannock's Chilton Memorial Hospital's fifth annual NICHE Conference, "Excellence in Elder Care," was held on Thursday, Oct.

At its Thursday, Oct. 22 meeting, the Board of Education considered agenda items that included new district hires, stimulus grant money, and a new transportation agreement.

On Thursday, Oct. 22 at approximately 6 p.m., Pequannock Township Police were called to the A&P Food Store on Route 23 in Pompton Plains for a report of a shoplifting.

From driving to shopping to eating out, the punishing economy is changing the way we live.

Erickson Retirement Communities, which developed and operates the Cedar Crest community in Pequannock, filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, saying its real estate business has been hurt by the recession.

"Streetscape: Bad timing?" on a $500,000 grant for street work in Ho-Ho-Kus and "For towns, stakes are high in writing grants" on distribution of more than $500 billion in grant money nationally testify to the sometimes indiscriminate use and misuse of taxes.

It doesna t seem like that long ago that a bear sighting in Sussex County was front-page news.

ROCKAWAY -- White Meadow Lake residents Kelly Coyle and Nicholas Guerra are engaged.

Oceanography, pre-veterinary medicine, American pop music. Four Morris County area high schools have expanded their course catalogs to include these and some 140 other specialty courses by joining a virtual high school.

"The Last Picture Show." I'm not referring to the book by Larry McMurtry, but to the recent demise of the Abby Cinema in West Milford.