Wanaque News

The Bloomingdale and Butler police departments say they've each cracked burglary cases in which a car, guns and jewelry were stolen.

WANAQUE a ' Celia Morales on Wednesday steps into the position of principal of Wanaque School.

Here are three other popular local institutions that have been reviewed: Palisades Park MESON MADRID ** 1/2 Everything is big here - from the ballroom-sized dining rooms to the lobsters to the heaping pans of paella.

A woman wanted in the theft last year of cash from a bank was charged this week in the theft of jewelry from her boyfriend's mother, police said.

Recent heavy rains have left pools of water everywhere and prompted the Passaic County Department of Health to begin spraying Thursday to combat mosquitoes.

Wine and cheese might be the classic pairing, but charcuterie is big these days, with platters of prosciutto and other cured meats popping up at a growing number of restaurants.

Just a few weeks ago, he was worried. The first three months of 2009 were the second-driest on record, he said.

Greg Bogert has been preaching for years to the state Department of Transportation about the dangers of southbound Route 23's intersection with Windbeam Road where motorists waiting at a red light have too often found themselves targets of runaway trucks on a highway hill infamously named by this newspaper as "Kill Hill." On Monday morning, his ...

Pequannock and Oakland representatives were in attendance because these municipalities have their own plans to bring dramatizations to their communities.

Out of the 120 letters the Wanaque School District dispatched to families about the summer school on March 19, it only received six responses.

With Wanaque Councilman Tom Balunis' assistance, Cliffside Park resident Joyce Broser received several awards from Congressman Scott Garrett's office earlier this month.

WOODLAND PARK a ' Authoritiesa TM search across three counties for the man suspected of dumping a dog and her nine puppies ended Friday when they confronted him at his job in Caldwell.

Police in New Jersey say the owner of a bulldog mix and her nine just-born puppies dumped them, and he is now facing charges.

Big rainbows caught in rivers this month were breeders held over from last fall at the Pequest Hatchery.

The $20,000 will come from employee benefits, according to School Board Administrator Joseph Kelly.

WOODLAND PARK a ' Two emaciated, dehydrated dogs found nearly two months ago wandering Garret Mountain Reservation have fully recovered and are ready for adoption.

The remains of veterans George Wells and Joseph Glass were interred Friday at a military cemetery, long after it appeared that their final resting place would be inside a pair of cardboard boxes on a shelf.

In November, the Pompton Lakes Diner reopened as Deea TMs Thai Cuisine & Diner. Gone were the full counter and booths, but diner menu staples remained until March, when the restaurant dropped the last vestiges of the diner and went full Thai.

The freshman transition program is scheduled for Aug. 19 and 20 for half a day each, said Ken Koury, an LRHS school board trustee from Ringwood.

What's happening? The Ringwood Council tomorrow night is set to order that $25,000 be cut from each of the voter-defeated tax proposals for the K-8 local district and Lakeland Regional High School.