Hackettstown’s Rodriguez a flying pioneer in the drone industry
By Dan Hirshberg Amy Rodriguez has something in common with the great aviator and flying pioneer, Amelia Earhart. While Earhart earned recognition in the 1930s…
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New Jersey’s Harbinger of Spring
This week’s Photo of the Week focuses on a familiar bird to all of us, the American Robin! THE STORY BEHIND THIS WEEK’S PHOTO OF…
From the Halls of Warren Hills: March 12, 2021
PEOPLE Two student-made films were selected to be screened at an international, virtual horror film festival! The Mask, by junior Zach Neves, and In Time…
New Director Tackles New Challenges
By Cathy Miller The first Business Improvement District in the United States was the Downtown Development District of New Orleans, established in 1975. Very few…
Centenary University Professor Shares Expertise in Study of Highlands Waterway
The Musconetcong River rises out of Lake Hopatcong and flows for more than 45 miles to the Delaware River. This important tributary is the research…
103 and counting!
Endel Uiga, who lives at the House of the Good Shepherd, has just celebrated his 103rd #birthday! #url#
Great Horned Owl: “The Tiger of the Skies”
This week’s Photo of the Week features a barned owl bathed in sunshine! I’ve never found it easy to find an owl when I am…
Remembering Len Frank, Who Saw Potential in an Old Railway
Leonard “Len” Frank, a long-time Hackettstown resident who pushed for turning railroad tracks in Northwest New Jersey into hiking trails, passed away in January, New…
A Historian’s History
By Cathy Miller Brenda Heinrich Higgins was raised in the small Warren County village of Broadway, as was her mother, grandmother, great-grandfather, and their families….
All About Opossums, North America’s Rabies-Resistant Marsupial
This week’s column is about the Virginia opossum, commonly known as the North American opossum. INTRODUCTION As described by various publications, the American opossum is…