Community Survey: COVID-19 infections and reactions While most recover within a few weeks, some people infected with COVID-19 end up becoming “long haulers,” who experience... Home 07 Feb 2022 | 12:30
Local Vaccine and Booster Guide Orange County Department of Health Booster Clinics: The Orange County Department of Health is hosting Pfizer and Moderna... Home 03 Jan 2022 | 04:56
Tested positive for Covid-19? Got exposed? Here’s the latest guidelines If you’ve been infected with Covid-19: The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has shortened the recommended isolation time... Home 03 Jan 2022 | 02:08
County to distribute free masks and hand sanitizer December 28 Orange County’s Emergency Management Office will be handing out free masks and hand sanitizer to businesses and residents... Local News 27 Dec 2021 | 05:45
Pandemic’s silver lining: a fitter lifestyle When Dolly Singh, 60, started working from home in March, at first it was kind of nice. Instead of waking up at 5:50 a.m.... Local News 05 Nov 2020 | 04:53
Truckers saved the world During the pandemic, truck drivers saved the world. It doesn’t matter how much food is at the farm. If that food can’t get... Letters to the Editor 21 Jul 2020 | 11:08
Most people at a recent rally in Milford, Pa., to support the police eschewed masks (Photo by Ken Hubeny Sr.) A little scrap of fabric, a growing division Most people have by now made a mask part of their daily uniform, out of a sense of civic duty, a requirement of their job,... Local News 25 Jun 2020 | 06:10
Be sure to thank supermarket employees We see lawn signs and newspaper articles thanking health care workers and first responders for all they do. This show of... Letters to the Editor 22 Jun 2020 | 04:53
A coronavirus poem We live in a scary world today It’s different than before No more hugs kissing Our happiness gone away Like never before The virus... Letters to the Editor 16 Jun 2020 | 10:40
Renee Burns spent a long spring training weekend with her West Milford High School lacrosse team in Florida this spring, before the season was canceled. She is headed to Monmouth University, where freshman orientation is still planned for early September. ( WMLAX) Roll with it 101: College-bound seniors ponder their future Isabella Sergent, a senior at Sparta High School, already has her roommate picked out and knows where she’ll be dorming when... Local News 28 May 2020 | 03:04
Make sure your face mask has a good fit I’ve spent a lifetime as an occupational health professional in industries where heavy-duty masks are often required. Lately... Letters to the Editor 27 May 2020 | 12:44
This 1900s farmhouse on 1.2 acres in Chester, N.Y., is under contract to a New York City buyer. The exodus from the city, combined with a pandemic-related hesitance to list houses, has created a historic housing shortage and a pronounced seller's market. ( Becca Tucker) Pandemic-driven house frenzy hits local towns Justin Melia and his family, who usually live in Astoria, Queens, closed in December on a vacation house in Warwick, N.Y.,... News 22 May 2020 | 02:02
Members of Alpha Fitness left notes on the facade saying how much they miss their gym. (Photo by Laurie Gordon) Are gyms 'COVID-19 mosh pits' or essential therapy? Locals react to reopening controversy Ian Smith and Frank Trumbetti, owners of a gym in Camden County, defied government COVID-19 mandates and opened on Monday... Local News 19 May 2020 | 05:45
Laina Southway, 21, and her sister bottled 500 half-gallons in three hours last Saturday for a food bank. Is that a record? "That's pretty good," she acknowledged. ( Becca Tucker) At self-sufficient dairy farms, 'the pandemic hit, and people started coming' As shoppers face gap-toothed shelves at the grocery store, farms everywhere are feeling the pain from the other end of an... Local News 30 Apr 2020 | 03:57
Springtime in New Jersey during the 2020 pandemic Soak up warmth and squint your eyes... Letters to the Editor 13 Apr 2020 | 03:45
