Lake Hopatcong News

July's the month rainbows start coming out at night at Round Valley Reservoir. Anglers have been catching rainbow trout for months, but this month and next 'bows bite best after dark, especially on chunks of cooked supermarket shrimp fished near the bottom around 45-50 feet down.

The Six Centuries Club of America, based in Lafayette, kicks off its six-month celebration of American history in the 1700s and 1800s with a free event Saturday at Village Hall at Olde Lafayette Village.

John Kadimak said he loves restoring and riding in antique boats. 'I grew up with them,' the Hopatcong resident said.

The 35th antique and classic boat show was held on Lake Hopatcong and hosted by the Lake Hopatcong Yacht Club over the weekend.

Two state senators whose districts include Lake Hopatcong have introduced a bill that would reconfigure membership on the Lake Hopatcong commission, while requiring the state to get the commission's approval before enacting any new water-level management plan.

Now that rain just about every day for two weeks has given Lake Hopatcong plenty of water, officials are back to worrying about weeds.

An airport shuttle company based in Northern New Jersey has stepped in to operate the routes of Olympic Airporter while it negotiates an agreement to purchase the company, officials said Monday.

Out in the lake, just offshore the Lake Hopatcong State Park beach, a motor boat cruised by.

DOVER -- A 20-year-old Lake Hopatcong woman suffered an apparent heroin overdose, lost control of her convertible and flipped it Saturday night, police said.

In baseball, there is nothing like hearing the crack of the bat. Likewise, chiropractor patients love hearing the crack of the back.

There are no waves from boats slapping up against the rock walls on Halsey Island.

Less than a month remains until the July 4th weekend, and it looks like Lake Hopatcong boaters can expect a more eventful time on the water than on Memorial Day, when the lake level was more than two feet below normal.

MOUNT ARLINGTON -- Police are investigating four burglaries that have taken place in the borough over the past several weeks.

The following students were inducted into a Seton Hall University honor society: Caitlin Jannucci, of Lake Hopatcong, was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society, the international honor society for business programs accredited by AACSB International.

When the doors closed on this year's 'Taste of Roxbury,' guests had consumed 21 cheesecakes from the Roxbury Diner and about 400 Irish egg rolls from the Woodport House of Lake Hopatcong.

The 51st annual Tomahawk Regatta was held over the weekend and featured Olympic medalists and other world class sailers competing on Lake Hopatcong in five races.

Lake Hopatcong needs more water this year, but last year it had the state's most Skillful Anglers Awards winners.

To the Editor: I have been reading the articles on how low Lake Hopatcong is and that people can't get their boats in to enjoy it.

JEFFERSON -- Nary a boat could be found in many of the dock slips around Lake Hopatcong during Memorial Day weekend.

Low water levels are keeping boaters out of the water and are hurting business. Tom Kaminski, flying high in Chopper 880, was over New Jersey's Lake Hopatcong to capture these images on Tuesday, May 26, 2009.