West Milford News

West Milford junior Chris McCormack won today's Passaic County Championship by two strokes with 4-over 73 at the Preakness Valley GC West Course in Wayne.

Scotch Plains-Fanwood won today's North Group 3 golf sectional at Darlington GC in Mahwah with a shoot-five, count-four score of 329.

PATERSON - Detectives on Wednesday arrested five men and a woman from different towns in North Jersey following what Sheriff Richard Berdnik described as the "targeted surveillance" of a city intersection known for drug transactions.

WEST MILFORD - A fire caused moderate damage late Tuesday night to the Holy Faith Lutheran Church rear offices, authorities said.

A Wantage man was arrested and charged with possession of 11 packets of heroin on Spring Street on Sunday, May 5, police said.

According to West Milford police Lt. John C. Matarese, "a serious motorcycle crash" was reported on Union Valley Road near Van Orden Road at approximately 7:45 p.m. on Sunday.

The local government has thrown its support behind a state Assembly bill that would restore lost property tax payments from a telecom conglomerate.

Highlands Economic Development and Tourism Corp. Secretary Jon Sherwood, Republican town council candidate Dan Poeschl, HEAT Chairman Tim Wagner, Heat Treasurer John 'J.C.' Ringer, and Stu Feldman, vice president of the West Milford Chamber of Commerce, were on Echo Lake Road to install one of the township's dozen new roadside welcome signs last ... (more)

"I am proud that my colleagues support organizations for children such as Make-A-Wish that strive to provide a positive experience for thousands of children suffering from serious life-threatening illnesses," stated Thomas J. Shara, president and chief executive officer of Lakeland Bank.

From missing more than 60 days of school his junior year to becoming the fastest sprinter in Passaic County his senior year, Kevin Diana has made considerable strides.

A West Milford resident was arrested and charged with theft two months after jewelry was stolen from a residence, police said.

Freshman Matt Tietz reached base in four of five trips to provide a jolt to the lineup, scoring four times when leading off an inning.

A 54-year-old borough resident was arrested on Wednesday and charged with the theft of jewelry from a local home.

Port Authority Police Officer Jesse Turano saved a jumper on the George Washington Bridge Tuesday.

The Zoning Board of Adjustment narrowly approved Wednesday night a proposed 24-hour Walgreens drug store, over the objections of many residents in an adjoining neighborhood.

For thousands of high school students enrolled in advanced placement courses, spring means more than warmer weather, baseball or softball, track or lacrosse.

The preliminary through semifinal rounds are scheduled for Tuesday morning at Ramapo College in Mahwah with the finals to take place at West Milford on Wednesday afternoon.

Glenwild Gardens celebrated its 85th anniversary on Saturday, April 13 with members of its founding family planting a tree in Bogue Pond Park.

Maple Road School 6th Grader Tomasz Osuchowski recently won the 2013 West Milford Township School District Elementary Geography Bee.

According to Alice Steinheimer, West Milford public schools' director of special services, the district needs 12 to 14 additional automated external defibrillators on its grounds to comply with Janet's Law.