Rockaway News

ROCKAWAY - Cleo is a 5-year-old tortoiseshell cat who was surrendered to SOS Pets in February after her owner lost her home to a foreclosure.

Former Vernon High School principal Anthony Toriello played a crucial role in securing an unusually high-profile guest speaker -- U.S. Army Chief of Staff Raymond T. Odierno -- at today's Denville Rotary Club luncheon.

You Need to Know About its Owner: Chris Margo, a longtime Hopatcong resident, ran Kitties In-need-of Someone Special, or K.I.S.S., for more than three years as a part-time operation before making the nonprofit her full-time work in 2008.

It's more common in New Jersey to announce the opening of a new Italian restaurant, rather than one's closure.

Judge David Rand ruled the sender of a text message cannot be sued for liability in an accident that occurred after it was read.

"I just get very excited about all of it," said Abe Grove, who traveled from Rockaway, N.J. "I come up here and blow a little bit of glass.

Linda and David Kubert, shown in this 2009 file photo, who each had part of a leg amputated after a crash in Morris County with a texting teenager are testing the legal system today to see whether a person not directly involved in the accident can be held accountable.

Bloomingdale Public Schools Interim Superintendent Dr. Terrance Brennan defended the Bloomingdale Board of Education's selection of a candidate to serve as the new interim superintendent after several parents questioned his background and a 1997 lawsuit that alleged he had sexually harassed female employees of the West Essex school district and ... (more)

LONG HILL - A Morris County man charged with sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl performed the acts on two occasions in August and December at homes he owns in Rockaway Township and in Long Hill, according to an affidavit signed by a detective for the Morris County Prosecutor's Office.

Marshall Speizer has lived in Hopatcong 22 years. And he's been making a difference about that long.

ROCKAWAY, N.J. - A blind New Jersey man is declaring victory in a legal battle over his gun collection.

Members of the National Council of Jewish Women , West Morris Section, will take a morning's tour through the eyes of feng shui practitioner Deanna Trust of Denville, at the organization's Personal Giving Thank-you Brunch & Installation, beginning at 10 a.m., Sunday, June 10, at a private home in Morristown.

Rockaway Twp . Police was called to the scene of a motor vehicle accident on Daniel Street on April 12 at about 1:45 a.m., When officers arrived, they found Sean Ritz, 18, of Rockaway, and reportedly immediately detected a very strong smell of alcohol on his breath.

Mahendra Singh, executive chef and owner of Cinnamon Indian Restaurant in Morris Plains, has many uses for the restaurant's namesake spice.

The New Jersey Supreme Court heard arguments today, about whether Kyleigh's Law - which requires younger drivers to put a red decal on the license plate of their carA - violates privacy rights.A A Gregg Trautmann, a Rockaway attorney challenging Kyleigh's law, says "forcing people 17 to 21 years old to place decals upon their vehicle identifying ... (more)

Katie Murray of Mount Olive runs the second leg of the Girls Shuttle Hurdles at the Morris County Relays at Morris Knolls High School in Rockaway, NJ on 5/5/12. Mount Olive won the race.