As a white child living in Virginia in the 1960s... As a white child living in Virginia in the 1960s, I was scared when I saw TV footage and print photos of angry white people... Letters to the Editor Jul 24 2019 | 04:41 AM
Sierra Club: Lake Hopatcong's closed for a month, no end in sight Lake Hopatcong remains closed to swimming and water sports because of a toxic algae bloom that had shut down the lake for... Columns Jul 18 2019 | 11:08 AM
Algae raises Sierra Club concern about protecting area watersheds Hopatcong State Park has been closed to swimming due to a Harmful Algal Bloom in Lake Hopatcong. Freshwater HABs are caused... Columns Jul 05 2019 | 05:00 AM
Helping multi-cultural professionals improve their English pronounciation How many times have you thought to yourself: “Wow, that person seems really smart…too bad I only understand... Columns Jun 20 2019 | 10:19 AM
NJ makes the case against risky payday loans Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal this week called on the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to abandon... Columns May 23 2019 | 08:42 AM
Chelsea Choma, Clinical director at Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice reads to grades K-2 at Ogdensburg Public School from the book, "Germs Are Not For Sharing, by Elizabeth Verdick. (Photo provided) National Nursing Week Nurses week is celebrated May 6 – 12 nationally. The purpose of this week-long celebration is to raise awareness of... Columns May 16 2019 | 11:46 AM
Grewal calls out Facebook NEWTON - Division on Civil Rights calls on Facebook to monitor comments by group page that encouraged violence against Orthodox Jews in Ocean County Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and the Division on Civil Rights this week called on Facebook to help stem the “rising... Letters to the Editor Apr 25 2019 | 01:50 AM
Law Day to focus on Freedom of Speech President Dwight D. Eisenhower proclaimed May 1, 1958, as the first Law Day to mark the nation’s commitment to the... Letters to the Editor Apr 25 2019 | 01:35 AM
Urges all citizens to stay engaged in local and state decisions such as marijuana laws As the NJ recreational marijuana law did not have the support to pass, Gov. Murphy is retooling and trying to tie it to badly... Letters to the Editor Apr 12 2019 | 05:06 AM
Against raising minimum wage Feb. 26th's paper included a letter from ATNJ (Action Together NJ), a progressive activist group who praised the new $15... Letters to the Editor Feb 27 2019 | 11:35 AM
Attorney General, DEP announce enforcement action against owner of unlawful solid waste dump in Sussex County TRENTON – Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Catherine... Columns Feb 27 2019 | 11:10 AM
Oroho, Space, Wirths on DEP's Vernon action Senator Steve Oroho, Assemblyman Parker Space and Assemblyman Hal Wirths (all R-24) released the following joint statement... Columns Feb 27 2019 | 11:08 AM
Gottheimer makes the case for bipartisan deal to help fund Gateway This week Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) hailed the signing of the bipartisan deal that he voted for to keep the government... Columns Feb 20 2019 | 11:18 AM
Oroho, Space, and Wirths, address Vernon dump District 24 Lawmakers vow to use legislative action in absence of NJDEP response Senator Steve Oroho, and Assemblymen Parker Space and Hal Wirths (all R-Sussex, Warren, Morris) released the following statement... Columns Feb 20 2019 | 11:03 AM
The minimum wage law is bad for New Jersey The minimum wage bill signed by the governor will do more harm than good for the state, and it will do much more harm than... Letters to the Editor Feb 06 2019 | 07:56 AM
![Chelsea Choma, Clinical director at Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice reads to grades K-2 at Ogdensburg Public School from the book, "Germs Are Not For Sharing, by Elizabeth Verdick. (Photo provided)](http://www.townshipjournal.com/binrepository/169x225/0c0/0d0/none/1198400/RMSM/OPINION02-190519972-AR_TJ20190516190519972_MG5736564.jpeg "Chelsea Choma, Clinical director at Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice reads to grades K-2 at Ogdensburg Public School from the book, "Germs Are Not For Sharing, by Elizabeth Verdick. (Photo provided)")