10 Most Read Hopatcong Stories of July

Three firefighters suffered from heat exhaustion and were taken to the hospital after flames ripped through a boathouse at 19 Elba Ave.

An 18-year-old Randolph resident was identified as the pedestrian fatally struck by a furniture store box truck on Route 10 in Randolph that shut down the roadway for about a mile in both directions for several hours.

Rosco, who spent most of his life as a borough human-tracking dog, survived a life-threatening illness and surgery in November.

A 23-year-old Sussex County woman was among the 70 injured when a gunman opened fire and killed 12 at a movie theater screening of the new Batman movie in Aurora, Colo.

Hopatcong Mayor Sylvia Petillo broke a local government ethics law when she spent $2,316.11 of borough funds on a mailing to borough residents urging them to vote "yes" to a referendum last November, the state Department of Community Affairs said.

In perhaps the most contentious meeting in recent district history, complete with arguing and a reversed vote, Hopatcong's Board of Education hired a new high school principal when she agreed to a contract less lucrative than what she was first offered.

Hopatcong Patch Local Editor Brendan Kuty says a fond farewell to the site he launched and the people he served and covered.

A forest fire burned just less than an acre of woods near the Hopatcong High School football field.

High schoolers in Hopatcong will have an outdoor eating area in September—it will have hardly cost taxpayers a dime, school officials say.

There's something that the 67-year-old who often walks around Hopatcong wants you to know.