The ABCs of bus stop safety Designed with safety at the forefront, school buses are too heavy to roll over, too bright to miss and 70 times safer than... Back to School 16 Aug 2024 | 11:44
The Class of 2024 enters the commencement ceremony at Pope John XXIII Regional High School in Sparta on June 3. Provided photo Pay up or miss commencement At the end of each school year, schools are left with missing materials, unpaid lunch accounts and late library book fees.... Local News 08 Jun 2024 | 09:19
Counselors Mia and Michael Harrison, right, give Cesar and Kenia Gomez and their daughter Kacey, 5, a tour of the Bubbling Springs Day Camp in West Milford. Kacey is signed up for five of the seven weekly sessions this summer. The camp held an open house Saturday, June 1. (Photos by Kathy Shwiff) Summer day camps juggle high costs, low enrollment As summer begins, many parents turn to day camps operated by their municipality’s Parks and Recreation Department for activities... Home 06 Jun 2024 | 10:55
‘Too stressful’: why some students are saying no thanks to standardized tests As students across the tristate region sharpened pencils - or, increasingly, fired up computers - in preparation for multiple... Local News 02 May 2024 | 11:23
Mabel Roy (left) and Linda Gallup marching in New Jersey protesting the separation of immigrant children from their parents. “Can’t do the walking that much anymore like I was,” Roy said. “So I go the postcard route or letter to the editor route.” Surprise! You wrote a letter to the newspaper Between Jan. 2 and Jan. 5, Straus News received nine very similar letters to the editor, warning against the dangers of a... Local News 22 Jan 2024 | 01:56
Electrician admits to placing hidden camera in Chester woman’s bathroom Joseph Krenicky, 48, of Glenwood, N.J., pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree unlawful surveillance before Orange County... Police & Fire 30 Aug 2019 | 12:19