Highland Lakes News

Ninety-degree heat did little to deter over 200 women from having fun at the annual Women's Day at the Range held at the Cherry Ridge Range last Saturday.

A 17-year-old from from Sicklerville was arrested on a charge of shoplifting from Schooner's Warf July 14.

Vernon Township police arrested a man Sunday, charging him with intent to distribute after he was found to be in possession of marijuana.

MINE HILL - A Highland Lakes man was recovering Monday from the injuries he sustained here Saturday afternoon when the tree he was cutting rolled down a hill and pinned him against a house.

Verizon Wireless announced the activation of a newest cell site in Highland Lakes, New Jersey.

An 18-year-old Vernon man was arrested Thursday after officers found two while males attempting to break into the Highland Lakes General Store and caught one of them in a wooded swamp area, police said. via New Jersey Herald

“The homeowner climbed out of his bedroom window and phoned Vernon police from a neighbor's home”

State wildlife officials are trying to trap a large bear that broke into a house in Vernon and ran away when police shot at it, authorities said. via The Jersey Journal

A 19-year-old Hardyston man was arrested on multiple drug charges Saturday after a traffic stop on Woodport Road for a cracked tail light, police said. via New Jersey Herald

Elizabeth Pastrick, 86, of Highland Lakes died Feb. 23, 2008, at St. Claire's Hospital, Sussex. via Home News Tribune

“Every set of hands is being used.”

Old Man Winter delivered an icy Valentine on Wednesday, causing traffic, electricity and scheduling woes for much of Sussex County. via New Jersey Herald

The Remember M.E. fund has been set up in honor of Meredith Emerson, a former Vernon resident, who was murdered while hiking in Georgia last month. via New Jersey Herald

“This is certainly a group of people for and about the children”

In spite of some winter weather, more than 150 parents, students, faculty and board of education members gathered in the gymnasium of Walnut Ridge Primary School last night to kick off the 50th anniversary ... via New Jersey Herald

A 15-year-old male was booked Monday for stealing a 30-pack of Budweiser from a township resident's car at the Vernon A&P Plaza, police said. via New Jersey Herald

“I think he's got a lot of courage. Someone has to have a plan to get us out of our past mistakes”

GEORGE OLIVAR/Associated Press Gov. Jon S. Corzine discusses N.J.'s financial problems at his first town meeting Saturday about toll hikes. via CourierPostOnline

“Why are you asking, fundamentally in an unfair way, a few people to pay the burdens of everybody?”

A polite but inquisitive audience greeted Gov. Corzine on Saturday as he held the first public meeting on his plan to sharply raise tolls and halve state debt. via Asbury Park Press

An 84-year-old Lake Wanda man has been accused of striking a township woman with his car on Canistear Road and leaving the scene, police said. via New Jersey Herald

Letter To the Editor: In his recent letter on the Highlands Regional Master Plan, Paul Peters trots out the usual scare tactics. via Daily Record

Three teens were arrested for heroin possession after driving through a crime scene on Curving Hill Drive early Thursday morning, police said. via New Jersey Herald

A bear lumbered into downtown Newton today, frightening a group of youngsters who shouted "bear, bear" as the bruin scampered back into the woods. via Jersey Journal

A bruin with a sweet tooth smashed its way into a minivan in Vernon early this morning to gobble up a bag of Halloween candy inside, then took the vehicle for a "joyride," police said. via Jersey Journal