Awesome! Way to go Shane! Good luck in college!

Once upon a time Hopatcong was known for it Golf Courses. Nice to see one remnant that is left of Hopatcong's Great Golf heritage it once had. Also recognition to the Sickles' parents who chauffeured Shane outside of Town to golf courses that were preserved and remain in other parts of Sussex and Morris County. Too bad it was not a Shooting sport. Our Mayor and Council have been very supportive to this sport with Open Space Land grants and town resolutions to support a private 400+ acre shooting club. Maybe someday some Wealthy CEO will want to be in an open space land trust to have a golf course and provide golf practice for the local youth instead of pistol practice at the shooting range. Nice to see Hopatcong's youth interested in wholesome outdoor sport.

MVP for fours years straight? Very impressive! Best of luck in your future.

Enough with the political nonsense!

Michele please move your soapbox somewhere else. This is not about the mayor. It is about a young man's accomplishment and determination. Congratulations Shane and all the best to you in college.

Too Bad Shane and his parents did not stay for the rest of the Town Meeting. They had their cake and left. It is important for our Youth to learn about our local Gov. Then Shane and his parent's would have found out that the citizen only gets 5 minutes to speak about important issues at our Town Meetings - a much smaller meeting segment than what was given to having cake and giving out awards. Shane and his parents would have saw our diminishing democracy after the cake. However, they ate their cake took their award and left the Town Meeting like so many others. Our clever Mayor knows how to work a room - got it down pat. "Congratulation and Bye-Bye - you don't want to stay to the end of this boring meeting do you?" Award dedications take big chunks of Town Meeting time. Guaranteed - the more important the topics on the Mtg agenda the more award ceremonies beforehand. She has it down to a science. Big Issues - Eat more cake. The good uninformed citizen. YES this is about the Mayor and her clever scheduling of Town Meetings. Getting everyone to think she is concerned about the people of the town and what they are doing. This was a Photo Op for the Mayor that made it in the Local Press with Patch and the Alternative Press.- a Public Relations job. Even the press is clueless to her modes operandi - Where there is cake there is ALWAYS a STINK BOMB afterwards. They just happen really quick before the foul smell can be identified and the Meeting has ended.

My apologies though for using this as a soap box issue. it is MY BAD for doing this. It was a very impressive accomplishment by Shane and I wish him a very bright and happy future ahead. He makes the future a bit brighter to know great kids can come out of our Public school system and excel. And I am sure a lot of dedicated teachers and coaches had some involvement in this too besides very involved parents. We need more Shanes in Town which would resolve 50 percent of Hopatcong's problems. Still fustrated by the other 50% - wish we could work together on that problem.

Get help!

Emily & James can we count on YOUR HELP to attend these Town Meetings have cake and stay after the cake has been served. I was at the award ceremony and also the Town Meeting that followed - where were you? Just making my point across to the NO SHOW but I Love Hopatcong People. You know this is not going to be out on DVD we don't video record our Town Meetings even the award ceremonies although we have the technical ability to do so . So you'll have to get off your duff next time and get it live. Don't confuse Short - snarky comments on Patch as commitment to your community. You have to show up and be there.
Again Congrats to Shane! I was there -in - person- to cheer you on.

Emily - thank you for your contributions and kind words. It's people like you and the Mayor that have made Hopactong the rich and wonderful place it is today. Hopatcong could not have made it on the BEST list without you. I tip my green "Hopatcong - Recycle to Keep Clean and Green" tote bag to you great citizen.

Ted Wilhelm was a crank, and by his own admission, a wife beater. He used to pull the same stunt at BOE meetings. Great fun!

Michele you do need help. Again trashing me and now you involved my family. You want to attack me fine, leave my family out of this. I don't trash your family why do you feel the need to do that to mine. this an irrational person who insists on going after people and families she does not know. the thing you acccused me of is what your doing only with a vengence. What are you gaining by that. Disrespect on my part. Your a waste of my time. Please go get some help!!! Oh and I feel the love coming from you for the people of Hopatcong. Stick to the three people that are backing you. You'll go real far. My amusement with you is over your getting viscious and totally out of line with your comments.

Obviously Michelle is drinking something out of the well too......you are all over the place.

James it appears that I frequent the same places on Patch and so do you. You can't accuse Emily of being all over the place as we both frequent the same places. Also, I did not drink Hopatcong water in my Youth. My family lived in a Town with an established and progressive Public School System. Hopatcong did not have a HS until the early seventies. We just took day trips to Lake Hopatcong and I don't remember drinking the water there as a kid. Emily states she was born and raised here and she is 68 years old. Therefore, educated pre Hopatcong H.S. days. So Emily has done a lot more childhood Town Water drinking than me. So let's go easy on what water I've been drinking because you and Emily have been raised on this water. Which makes your Patch comments on the water I drink and Emily being all over the place on Patch lame comments. Although they were short comments they were not very nice or very smart ones.

Shane-Congratulations on your accomplishment. You are one of Hopatcong's shining stars!! I wish you a bright and successful future. I'm sorry your Patch moment has been marred by the above.

Michelle, pay attention....You are all over the place, not emily. Once again.....seek help.

Michelle, go play in somebody else's sand box from now on. Apologies should come from you, but your not a big enough person to do that. Then you would be wrong. Tammy is right, our comments have taken away from the good he has done. I am so sorry Shane and apologies to your family. I got carried away and forgoy what it was all about. YOU!!!!!!

Michelle, you might be on to something. For years I thought is was radon exposure!

She's on something alright ......

Michelle, ignore the cretins, you're still my muse!

Childish!!!

Way to bash the people of hopatcong Michelle. That will help your campaign.