Longtime Firefighter Dies, Poor Conditions at Motel Top Local News

Dick Terwillegar, a former captain of Hopatcong Defiance Engine Co. No. 3 and a 25-year borough employee died on Wednesday. Terwillegar, who died after a battle with several illnesses according to his obituary, was 76.

Hopatcong police responded to the Lakeside Motel looking for three men with outstanding warrants but would end up arresting two more people, and summonses are expected to be issued due to the hotel's conditions.

The plan to reassess borough properties met Wednesday with objections from two residents as the Borough Council introduced an ordinance seeking $300,000 in an emergency appropriation to conduct a reassessment of the homes and businesses in the borough. 

Hopatcong police say they found cat shot to death underneath a bloody shirt on Monday, allegedly killed by a man found with blood covering his pants.

Family, friends and community members came together Monday night for a fundraiser at Salt Gastropub in Byram to benefit Jacci Fry, a Lenape Regional High School grad wounded in the Colorado theater shooting earlier this month.

The Borough Council approved a resolution saying it favors vacating some paper streets near Hopatcong State Park to foster the purchase of an adjacent property that will be added to the park.