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From the Editor
This issue of Lake Hopatcong News kicks off the 14th year of publication and marks my 10th as
editor. Wow, these 10 years have flown by. It’s been a worthy challenge and I have treasured every
minute of it. I have especially enjoyed meeting all the wonderful and interesting people whose stories have
filled these pages.
And, for the most part, our formula of storytelling hasn’t changed much over the past decade.
We continue to bring you a variety of coverage, including highlighting local events, writing profiles and
features, and reporting on the issues that affect our environment and our local economy.
For this year, though, we are going to try something new.
Beginning with this issue, you’ll see a theme that will continue throughout the year. With the world
getting back to normal, we thought this would be a good time to shine a spotlight on the local music scene.
There are dozens of opportunities throughout the year to listen to all kinds of music at a variety of
venues. But with the warmer weather creeping in, the chance to listen to music becomes greater.
Many of our local bars and restaurants offer nightly or weekly musical entertainment that includes solo
acts and full-piece bands. If bars are not your thing, there are free outdoor concerts offered throughout the
area in warmer months. (Visit our events calendar on www.lakehopatcongnews.com for a comprehensive
list of outdoor concerts.)
We begin with two features in this issue.
Writer Melissa Summers introduces us to Kip Pierson, a Hopatcong resident who’s been behind a mic his
entire adult life. Retired from playing in bands, Pierson—known locally as Kip and Mr. Microphone—has
a loyal following as the house karaoke DJ at Pavinci Italian Grill. I spent two separate nights photographing
Kip and his friends at Pavinci’s.
What struck me was the confidence each person had as they grabbed the mic and sang with such gusto
and feeling—in public! In front of strangers! Kip asked if I wanted a turn. Oh no, I said shaking my hand
at him. You really don’t want to hear me sing. I’ll save those solos for my car.
Featured on the I AM… page is Maribyrd, a folksy musician who performs solo, in duets and with a
variety of bands. Her story can be found on page 17.
The Social page in this issue (page 30) is dedicated to an event at the Lake Hopatcong Historical
Museum where world-renowned pianist Peter Toth traded his Yamaha grand piano for a 120-year-old
Ackerman upright, a prized museum exhibit that was once owned by silent film star Joe Cook.
Toth entertained visitors with classics by Beethoven and Schubert. The short story on this page highlights
both the event and Toth, but his talent and the music are surely what lured people to the museum. (For the
record, Toth was featured in the Memorial Day 2019 issue.)
The cover story by Mike Daigle is about the undertaking of a three-year study to see if brown trout can
“hold over” in Lake Hopatcong. That is, can brown trout survive in the lake once water temperatures begin
to rise in warmer months. It’s an important study—and a relatively inexpensive one—that could be an
indicator that water quality in the lake is improving.
And speaking of water quality, the Lake Hopatcong Commission, tasked
with ensuring the lake is taken care of, has had a busy winter and is showing
no signs of slowing down now that spring has arrived. Daigle’s update begins
on page 6.
In my decade as editor, I’ve met a lot of people from all walks of life. But I
know there are people out there who deserve to have their story told whom
I’ve yet to meet. So, here, I’m asking for your help to introduce me to area
musicians (any type of music!) who you might want to see featured on these
pages. Call me, email me, tap me on the shoulder when you see me in the area.
There’s always a story to be told.
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Lake Commission Takes
Control of Weed Harvesting
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Story by MICHAEL DAIGLE
Sometimes it takes sheer determination to
carry on.
Sometimes it takes $105,000. And sometimes,
as it did in 2015 for the Lake Hopatcong
Commission, it took both, starting an effort that
figuratively pulled the commission and the lake
out of the weeds.
The result seven years later is that the lake
commission on January 1, 2022, finally took total
control of the lake weed harvesting operation
and, in the process, regained its footing as a key
organization working to maintain the quality of
life on Lake Hopatcong.
The removal of weeds is one of several targeted
programs designed to address a specific lake
pollution issue, and which has drawn millions of
dollars in grants and other funding.
The commission’s goal is to have the weed
harvesters on the lake on or about May 15, said
Commission Chairman Ronald Smith.
Until now, the weed harvesting operation
had been managed by the state Department of
Environmental Protection and the commission
was tasked with overseeing the lake’s water
quality.
“For years the commission had the
responsibility for the lake, but not the authority.
You can’t have the responsibility without the
authority.”
With the transfer to the commission of the weed
harvesting machines, the personnel who operate
them and the funding to run the program, Smith
said, “Now we have the authority.”
The commission, created by law in 2002, is
charged generally with the maintenance of the
water quality in Lake Hopatcong. For most of
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its existence, the prime method of maintaining
water quality was the annual mechanical removal
of weeds from the lake. Weed removal eliminates
a percentage of phosphorus, the key pollutant in
Lake Hopatcong.
After an initial bloom of optimism and the
success of some projects like new sewers installed
in Landing and Hopatcong and improved storm
drains in numerous locations, the commission
was soon steering toward a rocky cove.
By 2015, the commission’s state funding was in
dispute, its leadership was in turmoil, its ability
to operate was in question and it didn’t even have
a mailing address. Its mail instead was being sent
to Jefferson Township, and its administrator left
for the Lake Hopatcong Foundation when the
position was cut due to lack of funding.
Commissioners pondered the question of
whether the commission should simply go out
of business.
Daniel McCarthy, a commissioner from
Hopatcong, who in 2015 was acting chairman,
said there was an active discussion among some
commissioners to simply stop operating and
let the state Department of Environmental
Protection take over.
“It was real,” McCarthy said. “But faced with
walking out and locking the door, we decided
we didn’t want to be the group that gave up the
ghost.”
The commissioners, in keeping with the flow
of clichés, chose to jump from the frying pan
into the fire.
The lake was filled with weeds but the
harvesting operation, annually budgeted at
$350,000, was supported by state funding of
only $155,000, which meant the harvesters were
not on the lake as often as needed.
Funds had been cut for several years but were
reduced further in part because a 2014 state
ballot referendum passed by residents shifted the
largest percentage of a business tax designed to
support statewide recreation away from efforts
including maintenance and facilities to more
generously support land purchases.
The DEP, which funds the state parks and such
operations as the weed harvesting, had to juggle
its reduced funding. One casualty was the Lake
Hopatcong weed harvesting program.
At the same time, the lake commission was also
trying to transition its leadership. Jefferson Mayor
Russell Felter, who had been the commission’s
chairman since 2010, wanted to retire.
In 2013, Felter filed two separate letters of
resignation with then-Gov. Chris Christie, who
rejected both letters even though Felter had
promised to remain in the post until a permanent
successor was appointed.
Finally, Felter just quit, and in 2015, McCarthy
was named acting chairman, a post he held until
2017 when Smith was appointed chairman.
So, to summarize: Weeds growing, no money
to cut them, commission management in chaos
and no help coming from state government.
Then the $105,000 showed up in the state
budget, a result of an apparent agreement
between Sen. Anthony R. Bucco and then-
Senate President Steve Sweeney of Gloucester
County. (Bucco died in 2019 and Sweeney lost
his bid for re-election this year.)
McCarthy said that $105,000 was a key to
pulling the commission out of choppy waters,
even as the issue of proper funding and control of
the weed harvesting program remained unsettled.
Colleen Lyons, hired by the commission as a
consultant and administrator, reorganized the
commission’s basic operations, such as getting
a proper mailing address, creating a website and
strengthening outreach to the four lake towns
and the Lake Hopatcong Foundation.
With the appointment of Smith in 2017,
McCarthy said, “Suddenly we had again two
competent people in charge.”
The changes were slowly developed, but
impactful.
The commission began to partner with the
foundation and the towns more regularly on
grants that target the causes of the lake’s pollution.
Both the foundation and the towns had provided
funds and services to the commission during the
rudderless years of budget chaos.
The recovery of the commission as a
functioning body and the support of the weed
harvesting program got a significant boost in
2019 with the creation of the Lake Hopatcong
Fund, a $500,000 annual state allocation
collected through a share of annual boat fees.
Smith said the annual fund provides the
commission with operating expenses and
$350,000 to run the weed harvesting program.
This year, the commission plans to have four
harvesters on the lake, two large ones and two
smaller ones.
DEP spokeswoman Caryn Shinske said
with the commission now managing the weed
harvesting program, the department’s role will
change.
It will maintain “only a minor financial
oversight role of the Lake Hopatcong Fund” to
ensure sufficient funding is available in the power
vessel operator’s license fee account that supports
the lake fund. The DEP will also ensure the
quarterly payments into the fund are provided,
she said.
Even with the persistent trouble keeping
the harvesting program afloat, Smith said the

program provides an important element in the
effort to keep the lake’s water clean.
“But weed harvesting is not alone the solution,”
he said. “It is one of many solutions. It’s not just
harvesting or aeration or chemical treatments,
but all of them.”
Princeton Hydro, LLC, the lake’s water quality
consultant, includes in its annual report on lake
water quality a summary of the impact of the
harvesting program.
The key is that harvesting removes the weeds
from the lake and with them the phosphorus
load they represent, the reports say.
In the 2021 water quality report, Princeton
Hydro notes, “Given the size of Lake Hopatcong,
the composition of its aquatic plant community,
and its heavy and diverse recreational use,
mechanical weed harvesting is the most cost
effective and ecologically sound method of
controlling nuisance weed densities.”
Under a state remediation plan established
in 2003 and revised in 2017, the four lake
municipalities are required each year to take steps
to reduce the amount of total phosphorus in the
lake by an assortment of means, including offlake
programs such as drainage improvements
and sewers. This is in addition to the in-lake
efforts of weed harvesting.
The 2017 revision to the lake remediation plan
said the long-term goal is to reduce the lake’s
annual phosphorus load from 17,807 pounds to
10,560, a reduction over time of 7,247 pounds
of total phosphorus.
Measuring the success of the weed harvesting
program is a moving target, dependent on weather
and operational issues (available operators
and mechanical issues with the harvesters, for
example), which effects weed growth.
Removal of one pound of phosphorus from the
lake can result in the removal of 1,100 pounds of
wet plant material, numerous studies have said.
Princeton Hydro’s annual water quality
report shows how variable the success of weed
harvesting can be.
In 2006, 2007 and 2008, weed harvesting
removed 6 to 8 percent of the total phosphorus
load targeted for reduction under the lake’s longstanding
remediation plan.
While in 2009, when budget cuts whacked the
program, harvesting only removed 1.2 percent of
the required phosphorus, the report said.
In 2015, 2,842 cubic yards of weeds were
removed from the lake, registering less than 1
percent of the required phosphorus.
In 2016, the total was 4,024 cubic yards of
material, removing 1.2 percent phosphorus, the
report said.
Weeds harvested in 2019 from mid-May to
mid-August totaled 744 cubic yards.
The last two seasons had uneven results, the
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Lake Commission (con’t)
2021 water quality report noted.
A fatal accident in 2020 resulted in the
postponement of the program. That year, only
35 cubic yards of weeds were removed equaling 6
pounds of phosphorus.
In 2021, the state and lake commission
engaged in a prolonged debate over the operation
of the program, which resulted in harvesting
being assigned solely to the lake commission. No
harvesting was done while the talks took place.
In addition, Princeton Hydro said, the more
normal winter of 2020—2021, coupled with the
heavy amounts of rainfall in the second half of
the summer season, resulted in a smaller crop of
aquatic vegetation.
With the program now under the control of
the commission, at least the operational side
of the equation has been resolved. How many
weeds grow will depend on the weather and
the expected impact of an assortment of antipollution
programs installed in the past two years
around the lake.
Projects newly proposed and others begun
after 2019 focus individually on specific methods
to reduce pollution, including stormwater
management, wetlands restoration, new rain
gardens and the continuation of in-lake projects
such as floating islands to absorb contaminants.
(A re-energized weed harvesting program will
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also make an impact.)
The lake commission and the lake foundation,
in cooperation with Roxbury and Jefferson, are
seeking new funds from the state DEP’s 319(h)
grant program for two projects.
The first in Roxbury would upgrade a detention
basin and “wet pond” that control runoff into
King’s Cove from Mount Arlington Boulevard
and Singac Avenue.
Lyons, the commission’s administrator and
consultant, told the Roxbury Township Council
the project would remove invasive species,
connect two basins and add native plants to the
upper basin. Biochar, a woody charcoal product,
would be added to stormwater collectors to
improve runoff filtration.
A second, similar project, if approved,
would add a rain garden to Jefferson’s Lakeside
Recreation area on Swan Lane. Rain gardens are
drainage areas planted with native vegetation
that filter runoff.
Projects funded over the past two years will
continue or start this year.
One significant grant would fund four projects
around the lake.
The Lake Hopatcong Commission was
awarded a $500,000 grant as part of the DEP’s
2019 $13.5 million initiative to prevent future
harmful algal blooms, or HABs. In addition to
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the $500,000 state grant, the four lake towns and
Morris and Sussex counties provided $330,000
in matching funds to support the pilot programs.
The grant, which was submitted in partnership
with the Lake Hopatcong Foundation, will fund
the design and installation of floating wetland
islands in Landing Channel in Roxbury, shoreline
stabilization through plantings at Memorial Pond
in Mount Arlington, replacement of filtration
material in stormwater drains in Jefferson, and
replanting of a wetland stormwater basin in
Hopatcong.
The commission was also presented with a
$206,000 grant to conduct a refined study to
determine the lake’s current phosphorus load.
The results of this assessment will be used to
determine if further steps should be taken to
reduce the internal phosphorous load through
in-lake management efforts, and if such efforts
would be cost-effective.
The Morris County Park Commission is also
doing its part to help maintain water quality. The
commission received $495,000 in 2020 to install
several stormwater management structures at
Lee’s County Park Marina in Mount Arlington.
The commission will install curb cuts and grading
improvements to direct stormwater runoff to five
bioretention basins and retrofit eight stormwater
inlets with manufactured treatment devices
for removal of nutrients and sediments. The
infrastructure work is being done in conjunction
with a separate project to renovate the site’s
famous pavilion.
In 2021, the lake commission was awarded
$480,650 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
for stream bank stabilization programs in the
Musconetcong River watershed. The federal
funds were awarded through the Delaware
Watershed Conservation Fund.
The federal grants will be matched by $489,000
from the lake commission, the lake foundation,
the state DEP, Hopatcong, Roxbury, both
Sussex and Morris counties, the Musconetcong
Watershed Association, Rutgers University, the
Lake Hopatcong Historical Museum, the New
Jersey Highlands Council and Princeton Hydro.
The projects tied to this funding follow below.
Witten Park in Hopatcong will be restored.
Sperry Springs will be rehabilitated with new
plantings to stabilize its banks to better filter
runoff. In addition, a new stormwater system
will be installed to direct runoff to a naturally
occurring slope before it enters the lake.
On Glen Brook in Mount Arlington’s
Memorial Park, about 75 linear feet of the brook
will be regraded and new plantings added to
increase the filtration of runoff.
Along the Musconetcong River, below the
Landing Dam at Hopatcong State Park, about
four acres of streambank will be restored and
stabilized with native plants used to replace
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Brian Goode scoops water for testing
from a stream near Lake Winona.
Lou Marcucci shows the results of a
water test from January 28.
Road Salt Posing Pollution
Problem to Lake’s Waters
Phosphorus is still the number one bad
boy on Lake Hopatcong’s pollution hit
list.
Salt, however, is rising like the speed of a
bullet.
While lake area agencies are working under a
remediation plan to reduce the amount of total
phosphorus in the lake—and have received
funding for numerous projects designed
to control stormwater runoff and remove
phosphorus from the lake water—salt, that is,
road salt, is used each year to keep the area’s
330 miles of roads safe to drive in the winter.
And that is how it should be, said Deborah
Kratzer of the New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection at a recent virtual
salt forum hosted by the Raritan Headwaters
Association.
Kratzer, an environmental specialist with
the DEP’s Division of Water Monitoring and
Standards, Bureau of Environmental Analysis,
Restoration and Standards, said public safety
concerns require that governments plow and
treat roadways during snow and ice events.
The problem is the chemical compound in
road salt: sodium chloride.
“Sodium chloride does not break down, so
salt remains in the soil alongside the roads,” she
said.
It is absorbed by plants, eventually killing
them, runs into bodies of water and enters the
drinking water system where it can help erode
pipes, she said.
In water bodies, increased salinity can lead
to phosphorus leaching out of the water
and becoming available as food for weeds
or organisms like cyanobacteria. A rise in
cyanobacteria/phosphorus/weeds led to 2019’s
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Story by MICHAEL DAIGLE
Photos by KAREN FUCITO
LAKE HOPATCONG NEWS Spring 2022
hazardous algal bloom (HAB) that closed the
lake for the summer season. Too much salt in
fresh water can also lead to a loss of oxygen,
creating an “anoxic” situation that puts the fish
population at risk.
Lake Hopatcong has a long-standing body
of anoxic water at its deepest point (58 feet)
between River Styx and Great Cove.
While road salt is harmful, the alternatives—
sand, grit and an assortment of substitutes—
either clog drainage systems or are more
expensive, Kratzer said.
She also warned that substitutes sold in
home centers that are labelled calcium chloride
or manganese chloride, or products called “pet
safe,” are not any better than plain old salt.
Road salt does the job but at a cost.
“It’s the chloride portion of the formula that
holds the danger,” she said. “There are just no
good substitutes.”
A DEP 2018/2020 New Jersey Integrated
Water Quality Assessment Report said chloride
concentrations are increasing in the state’s
waters.
“In the winter, runoff of salt used to control
ice on roadways can be a serious problem, and
NJ’s salt use for road deicing is growing,” the
report said. “Eighty-five percent of chloride
samples over 230 mg/L occur in our cold
weather months (November through April).”
A measurement of 230mg/L indicates an
impaired water body.
In a 2018 study, professor Hongbing Sun
of Rider University measured the causes for
the increased salinity of the Delaware River
as measured in Trenton. The study provided a
look into the extent of the issues with road salt.
His study examined tributaries in the entire
Delaware River watershed from New York to
Delaware, including Pennsylvania and New
Jersey.
Tom Mintel uses
an extension
to scoop water
from a stream
on Howard
Boulevard on
January 31.
The Musconetcong Watershed Association
contributed to the study by measuring salt
content in 12 New Jersey rivers and streams in
Morris, Sussex and Warren counties.
Sun concluded, “Between 1945 and 2018,
sodium concentration in the Delaware River
at Trenton increased 4 times and chloride
concentration increased 6.3 times. There were
13 recorded periods in the Delaware River at
Trenton showing sodium concentrations being
above the 20 mg/l [sic] limit in drinking water
recommended by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency and America [sic] Heart
Association between 2009 and 2018.”
To measure the impact of road salt on the
water of Lake Hopatcong, the Lake Hopatcong
Commission and Lake Hopatcong Foundation
partnered with the New Jersey Watershed
Institute for a Road Salt Impact Study. Colleen
Lyons, the commission’s administrator, and
Donna Macalle-Holly, the foundation’s grant
director, coordinated with the Institute on the
study.
In 2020-2021, four lake sites were studied,
said Lyons.
In 2021-2022, a group of volunteers helped
take measurements at six sites around the
Lake Hopatcong area. Separately, volunteers
helped monitor more than two dozen spots
in the Musconetcong River Watershed from
Landing to Riegelsville, where the river enters
the Delaware River.
The sites near Lake Hopatcong were: the
Jefferson Canals, Route 15 Southbound; Lake
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Members of the Hardyston Fire Department accept a 403 Reasons to Run
Foundation donation on behalf of fellow firefighter Tony Ceglia.
Area Tunnel to Towers Team
Hits Stride with New Foundation
Story by MELISSA SUMMERS
Photos by KAREN FUCITO
The first time Mike and Jackie Pellek of
Byram Township stepped onto the course
for the Tunnel to Towers 5K Run & Walk in
New York City in 2014 they were in awe. The
event not only honors those who died in the
attacks on 9/11 but also changes lives for the
better every day.
“We loved it,” said Jackie Pellek, 53. “The
run was phenomenal. It was the most inspiring
thing I’ve ever done in my life. And every year,
there is no feeling like it.”
Her husband, Mike Pellek, 58, who serves as
the assistant fire chief for Byram Township and
is the fire official for Roxbury Township, was
overwhelmed. “As a firefighter, I realized that
every runner was holding a banner of a picture
of someone that made the ultimate sacrifice.
That’s when I saw how it affected the first
responder community.”
The group of 11 friends was new to the
experience, and battled a few logistical hiccups,
but knew they’d be back.
The following year, just by word of mouth,
the team grew to about 45 people. They got
a sponsor—Wayne Dietz of Skylands Risk
Management—who paid for team shirts, and
they chartered a bus.
They were intrigued by the enthusiasm and
names of all the other teams, Jackie recalled.
“When we got shirts, we just wrote a slogan
on the back: ‘Run in when everyone else runs
out.’” But they wanted the name to hold a
deeper meaning. “So, the next year we were
‘343 Reasons to Run,’ which is the number of
firefighters who died on 9/11. Then we thought,
what about everyone else?”
They decided they needed to include all the
first responders who died that day—firefighters,
police and EMT—and they became “403
Reasons to Run.”
Phillip Savarin, 48, of Byram joined the team
in 2018. He was drawn to Tunnel to Towers
when he heard Stephen Siller’s story, whom
the event honors along with others who died
on 9/11. A firefighter, Siller raced through the
Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to the Twin Towers
with 60 pounds of gear.
“Retracing Siller’s footsteps as you run or walk
through the tunnel, then seeing the faces of the
403 fallen first responders on banners as you
exit the tunnel, the cheerleaders and marching
bands cheering you on as you make your way to
the finish line, it’s very emotional.”
In 2020, when Tunnel to Towers was unable
to hold an in-person event due to the pandemic,
the Pelleks organized a virtual team, mapping
out a 5K on the trails and woods surrounding
the Byram firehouse.
By 2021, the team had grown to 210 people.
Members rode into New York aboard four buses
and raised more than $17,000 for the Tunnel to
Towers Foundation, not including what team
members raised individually.
“It’s a 5K—we’re runners so we do run—
Mike and some of the other firemen run in their
gear,” Jackie said. “My team is runners, walkers
and it’s comprised of people from the age of
7 to 75. We have little kids and two survivors
from 9/11 on our team. It runs the gamut.”
Since that first year, the team has raised over
$50,000. As they grew, the work of the Tunnel
to Towers Foundation and its empowering
mission to “Do Good” was not lost on the
Pelleks. “We decided that we love what they do,
and we wanted to be like them,” Jackie said.
The couple established their own charitable
foundation, where their priority would remain
Tunnel to Towers, but they would also look to
support local first responders and their families,
as well as anyone who had a catastrophic lifechanging
event like a house fire or the sudden
loss of a child or spouse, said Jackie.
“As a firefighter and first responder who
answers the call every day in our community, I
feel the need to give back even further to those
individuals doing what I am doing,” Mike said.
Jackie Pellek at a recent
presentation with Phil Savarin.
“Their families spend countless hours without
them during holidays, birthdays, etc.”
The Pelleks brought in some seed money in
January, and as of February were an official
501(c)(3) organization. Since then, they have
begun to hold fundraisers and have raised over
$3,000, Mike said. A seven-member board will
provide the structure of the newly established
foundation and help make decisions going
forward.
Savarin, who serves as vice president of the
403 Reasons to Run Foundation, envisions
its growth and success in the coming years by
continuing to support the Towers to Tunnel
Foundation and growing their 5K walk/run
team. “We will increase our visibility and make
a deeper impact on our local first responders,
their families and the community through more
robust fundraisers and community events,” he
said. The organization also plans to expand its
supporter base and its reach throughout Morris,
Sussex and Warren counties.
They are also networking with local fire
departments to assess needs and share contacts,
Jackie added. “Our goal is, if someone loses
their home, we want to be able to show up that
night with a check and say, ‘Go to Walmart,
buy what you need.’”
The first official recipient of the 403 Reasons
to Run Foundation was Tony Ceglia, 48,
a Hardyston firefighter diagnosed with an
aggressive form of acute myeloid leukemia
in January. He was given a check for $500 in
March during what the Pelleks hope will be the
first of many such presentations.
“When we heard about him [Ceglia] and his
situation it basically defined our mission and
we could not have had a better choice as our
first recipient,” Jackie said.
Ceglia, a firefighter since the age of 16 and a
past chief and officer with the department, was
initially hospitalized for 28 days and will receive
a stem cell donation from his brother in May.
“I own an auto repair business and trying to
keep that going while I’m not there is the tough
part,” he said. “Any financial help will eliminate
some of the stress of paying bills while I’m
trying to concentrate on my health and getting
better, so I don’t have to worry about bills.
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There’s going to be a lot of them coming up—I
just don’t know when or how much.”
Ceglia is thankful for the support from his
wife, Trish, and fellow firefighters. “The guys
at the Hardyston Fire Department have been
overwhelmingly helpful. Anything needed at
home, for my wife, they’ve been there every step
of the way.” In recent weeks, they’ve plowed his
driveway, sent food to the hospital and helped
out around the house.
In some ways, Ceglia said, it’s been harder on
Trish, who has been with him every day, yet still
manages everything at home and their business.
He feels honored to be the foundation’s first
recipient. “It means everything, it takes a lot of
pressure off of me and my wife—every little bit,
it helps us.”
There are some challenges as the foundation
races ahead. “A big concern of mine is that
everyone out there sees our name, 403 Reasons
to Run, and they think we are just about
running,” Jackie said, “but we are so much
more than just running, and that’s the message
we are trying to get out.”
“403 Reasons to Run is made up of an
amazing group of people dedicated to doing
good for others,” Savarin added. “I’m honored
and proud to be part of an organization that
gives back to our first responders, their families
and our community in their time of need.”
Jackie said she wants supporters to join their
team and walk with them. “But if you can’t do
that, we have so much more,” she said.
The 403 Reasons to Run Foundation has
several fundraisers planned, including an
evening with psychic medium Catherine
McCall at the Byram Fire Department on June
3, and a Charity Golf Outing at Farmstead Golf
& Country Club on June 10.
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side that also includes making music. During this time, Maribyrd—her musical alter
ego—picked up gigs that fit into her work schedule, often working at events and bars
in the lake region and only dreaming of being a full-time musician.
That all changed in 2016 when Maribyrd bid farewell to Mary Hubley and put music
before all else. Now, she said, she’ll fit in a painting job around her musical gigs.
WHERE DO YOU LIVE AND WHO MAKES UP YOUR FAMILY?
I live in Boonton. My family is made up of my blood relatives and my musical family,
which extends far and wide.
WHERE DID THE NAME MARIBYRD COME FROM?
It was a nickname given to me by an old roommate. I started using it as an email
address and folks just started booking me that way.
ARE YOU CURRENTLY PART OF A BAND OR HAVE YOU BEEN IN THE PAST?
I am part of a few bands and endless combos of duos and trios. Some of
my bands I perform in are with Christina Alessi and the Toll Collectors,
Big Boss Sausage. I front Byrdgrass, and Maribyrd and the Dream Band.
HOW OFTEN ARE YOU PERFORMING/RECORDING?
I usually perform regularly Wednesday through Sunday and am
currently recording a new album, which I am hoping to have finished
by late spring/early summer. We don’t want to rush the process, so
it’s hard to put a date on it quite yet. There are links to my music on
my website, www.maribyrd.com. I am on Spotify, Apple Music and
YouTube, and I sell CDs at all of my performances.
WHAT OR WHO MADE YOU WANT TO BECOME A MUSICIAN?
I started playing the guitar and singing in my youth group in high
school and just never stopped.
WHO HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST MUSICAL INFLUENCE IN YOUR
LIFE AND WHY?
Hard to pick one but Joni Mitchell comes to mind. She is an
incredible songwriter, a painter, plays multiple instruments, created
alternate tunings for herself and is just kind of a badass.
DESCRIBE THE TYPE OF MUSIC YOU TYPICALLY PLAY IN PUBLIC. IS IT
ORIGINAL? COVERS? COMBINATION OF BOTH?
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the ones that touch my soul—I’ll never create something as amazing as Bob
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WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT PLAYING MUSIC?
Everything. The lifestyle, traveling, magical moments on stage connecting
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BESIDES MUSIC, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER HOBBIES?
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Loyal Crowd Belts Out Karaoke Classics
with Longtime Charismatic Host
Story by MELISSA SUMMERS
Photos by KAREN FUCITO
If you step into Pavinci Italian Grill in
Hopatcong on a Wednesday or Sunday
evening, you’ll probably think you’ve been
transported back to a ‘60s lounge or a classic
crooner concert. In fact, you might do a double
take when you hear the sounds sailing out of
the bar area.
And, no, Kenny Rogers and Frank Sinatra
have not returned to make an appearance at
the popular lakeside dining spot. The sounds
emanating from a small setup in the corner are
those of Kip Pierson and his loyal following of
karaoke enthusiasts who come together each
week to share the mic and perhaps a beer or a
meal. And while it’s fairly certain that no one
here will be up for a Grammy any time soon,
the singers are most definitely giving it their all.
Carolyn Adams, 75, and her husband
Michael, 73, of Hopatcong have been attending
twice a week for the past six years. They mostly
sing individually but have done the occasional
duet. “We come here because he’s close to
home, but we like him as a person,” Carolyn
said. “He likes to get people involved.”
Thomas Stalter, 75, has driven from
Rockaway Township every week for five years.
He likes that Pierson allows them to sing two
songs back-to-back, but it’s the lake views and
the crowd that keep him coming back. “It’s
just nice, you know, the lake, the music…
nice atmosphere.” He’s been known to belt
out a classic Willie Nelson tune.
Known to his fans as Kip and Mr.
Microphone, Pierson, 73, of Hopatcong
has made the art of karaoke accessible to
everyone with an easy online database and
a repertoire of songs that spans genres and
decades.
Pierson is a long-time professional musician
and certainly not new to the music scene.
He grew up in Netcong and played in a high
school band. Later, he attended Montclair
State as a math major, where he and his college
roommate put together a group called The
Wanderers. They got together last minute for a
gig in the spring of 1967 at the Hotel Carroll in
Port Jervis, N.Y. Pierson continued performing
in and out of several bands over the next few
years.
But, as Pierson said, bands break up. “While
in between bands in the ‘70s, I started playing
by myself, just my guitar and a microphone,
and I would always bring an extra mic because
sometimes one of the fellas I used to play with
might show up and sing along,” he said. “I was
still playing the guitar with the drum machine
and brought an extra mic in case anybody
wanted to join in.”
Lenny O’Neal was one of those lucky enough
to have happened upon Pierson when he had
that extra mic. It was a night in 1986 at Monk’s
in Ledgewood.
“I’m having dinner and he’s playing guitar
and I’m singing with him and harmonizing
with him at the bar,” recalled the 72-year-old
from East Orange, “and he stopped in the
middle of one song to say, ‘Hey, you come here,’
and I came
up on stage
with him
and we
sang three
Lenny O’Neal takes his
turn at the mic.
songs together. Afterward, he said, ‘I’m Kip.
Who are you?’ and we’ve been together ever
since.”
The duo often played with other musicians in
the lake area. “We just had great fun together,
and it’s still pretty fun,” said O’Neal, who once
sang with the North Jersey Philharmonic Glee
Club and favors doo-wop and songs from that
era. He said it’s Pierson’s style and personality
that keep him coming all the way back to
Hopatcong week after week. “I have easy
harmony with him—it comes naturally.”
There’s nothing better in music than the
sound of harmony, according to Pierson. “I’ve
always said if you have two people playing
together—two voices—that’s two things but
the sound it makes is the third. It’s just a magic
thing, making music. People care about it. You
can’t do it half-hearted. You really have to make
an effort, and you feel it with the people you’re
playing with.”
Pierson always liked collaborating. “It might
be one of my old bandmates,” he said, “but I
met some people I never would have known,
except they came to sing along and we became
great friends. Through music, you really make
some strong friendships.”
So, it just made sense to add a karaoke
machine to his traveling act. But, at some
point in the late ‘90s, Pierson found that more
people wanted to sing, so he stopped bringing
the guitar along, and he became “Kip and Mr.
Microphone.”
Although he spent time as a teacher and at an
insurance company, it was house painting that
allowed him a schedule flexible enough to keep
singing.
He said he first
Pierson with
his wife, Diane.
started hosting
karaoke at Pavinci
once a week in 2004,
then as he became
more popular,
Wednesdays and
Sundays.
Pierson enjoys
Mike Adams sings Sinatra.
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Kip Pierson leading a night
of karaoke recently.
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Pete McDonald, Judy Zega and
Karen McDonald belt out a song.

quite the following of fans, according to the
restaurant’s owner, Mario Ferra, and manages
to keep his establishment entertained. “Kip
has an amazing voice and great personality,”
he said. “He engages the customers and at
times has the whole bar singing. He is also very
knowledgeable about the history of artists and
their songs.”
During the pandemic, Pierson suggested
singers bring their own microphones to make
people feel safer. “About 75 or 80 percent did.
Made everybody feel better,” he said. “To this
day, you’ll still see people walking in with the
little bag.”
Once the restaurant was allowed to welcome
guests for outdoor dining, Pierson took his act
outside to the deck, bringing much-needed
musical relief to guests who had been cooped
up for months. “People love to be entertained
and Kip always delivers,” Ferra said.
That sentiment certainly isn’t lost on Pierson’s
regulars. “I like to sing and a lot of times people
appreciate when you sing—some people like
the way you sound,” said Gene Muzyka, 68,
of Succasunna. “And it’s nice to get out with
friends and be able to do that. It’s fun.”
Pierson’s act caters to an older crowd, for
the most part, hosting little jam sessions on
Wednesdays from 5 to 9 p.m. and Sundays
from 4 to 8 p.m. “It’s good timing for everybody
because we don’t stay out late now. They are
hours an old guy like me can still do,” he said.
Many times, it’s the crowd itself that
fosters the encouraging atmosphere. “I’ll see
the ‘butterflies’ as I call them flit around to
everybody, see how they’re doing,” Pierson
said. “They’ll go right up to new people and
introduce themselves and make them feel
welcome. There’s a lot of nice people.”
Pierson has been married for almost 40
years to his wife Diane, whom he met when
his band was playing on one of those stages in
Hopatcong. “She sings once in a while—she’s
shy but has a lovely voice.”
He’s found there is something for everyone
in karaoke. “People like to sing, some have
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Kevin Lanzarone
releases bluetagged
brown
trout into Lake
Hopatcong.
Foot-long blue-tagged brown trout at the Musky Trout Hatchery.
Upper right: The same brown trout just beginning life in December.
Survivability in Lake Hopatcong:
A Three-Year Trout Study Begins
As a three-year study begins to determine
the survivability of Lake Hopatcong
brown trout, organizer Tim Clancy has one
request: Don’t eat the brown trout with blue tags.
Sponsored by the Knee Deep Club of Lake
Hopatcong, the Lake Hopatcong Commission
and the Lake Hopatcong Foundation, the study
aims to determine if trout survive the changes
in their Lake Hopatcong habitat—from spring
with generally cooler water, to summer days
when the lake surface temperature rises, to fall
when the lake’s temperature drops. The process
is called “hold over.”
Clancy said he understands the temptation
to turn a caught trout into dinner but urges
restraint in the case of the blue-tagged brownies.
“One thing we know is that any trout that
winds up in a frying pan is not going to hold
over,” and will not be counted in the survey, he
said.
The lake, despite decades of work, remains a
body of water harmed by man-made pollution,
especially stormwater runoff, the main source of
phosphorus, which is the lake’s chief pollutant.
A state-ordered remediation plan calls for a
variety of programs and processes to slow the
amount of pollution entering the lake.
The link between the trout hold-over
study and the lake’s water quality is clear, said
Daniel McCarthy, a lake commissioner from
Hopatcong, who served on a lake commission
panel that designed the study.
Trout thrive in clean, cold water and are greatly
affected by rising water temperatures.
“Trout are like canaries in the coal mine, one
of the first fish species to be affected by changes
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in water quality and temperature,” McCarthy
said.
Higher “hold over” rates could be a measure
of whether the efforts to clean up the lake are
working, he said.
And this might be the case. Despite a history
of rising water temperatures in the lake, recent
sightings of trout have occurred late in the
season. Lake cleanup efforts could be playing a
role in the trout’s survival.
A chart on the Knee Deep Club’s website
said brown trout thrive at water temperatures
between 55 and 65 degrees, but could survive in
water as cold as 43 degrees and as warm as 75
degrees.
For comparison, largemouth bass thrive in
waters at 63 to 75 degrees and tolerate waters
as cold as 49 degrees and as high as 85 degrees.
Yellow perch thrive at 66 to 68 degrees and
tolerate waters at 58 degrees and as high as 75
degrees.
Clancy said the idea for the study surfaced last
June after several of his fishing friends alerted
him to sizable trout they caught at what is
considered the end of trout season because the
lake is warming.
In the beginning of June last year, Clancy said,
five different friends caught a total of eight 12-
to 14-inch trout, six of which were brown trout.
“That made sense because brown trout are
more tolerant of the marginal conditions that
exist in the summer months,” Clancy said.
Clancy detailed the significance of the brown
trout: New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection Division of Fish and Wildlife annually
stocks 9,000 rainbow trout in Lake Hopatcong.
Story by MICHAEL DAIGLE
Photos by KAREN FUCITO
Brown trout
Additionally, the Knee Deep Club adds another
1,000, 400 of which are brown trout. Only 4 percent
of the trout stocked in 2021 were brown trout, and
yet, in the late season catch, 75 percent of the trout
caught were brown trout, he said.
Also important, he said, was the size and general
good condition of the trout when caught. Larger
trout tend to survive the hotter summer months.
The three-year study officially launched locally in
late March when 1,000 blue-tagged 12- to 14-inch
brown trout were released into the lake.
They started their lives at the Musky Trout
Hatchery in Asbury living in 45-degree spring water.
The family-owned hatchery provides the fish an
environment of clean, filtered water with a constant
cool temperature suited to their nature. Owner Vern
Mancini and his grandson, Chase, tagged 1,000 fish
in about four hours.
New Jersey has two trout-related designations:
trout production, where the fish naturally reproduce,
and trout maintenance, where the fish survive.
The Musconetcong River, for which Lake
Hopatcong is the headwaters, is designated trout
maintenance, while 18 tributaries of the river are
designated trout production.
Clancy, a past president of the Knee Deep Club,
thinks the fishing community will respond to the
“please release” plea once they understand the data
gleaned by the study is part of the ongoing efforts to
improve the water quality in the 2,600-acre lake and
thus improve fish habitat.
One thousand of the larger 12- to 14-inch trout
will be released each year of the study. The trout
released in years two and three of the study will have
different colored tags, Clancy said.
The tagged trout are separate from the 9,170 trout

Top and left: Vern Mancini clamps a blue tag onto
brown trout at the Musky Trout Hatchery.
Signs, like this one in
Landing, are posted
around the Lake
Hopatcong.
released this year into the lake by NJDEP, which
annually stocks trout in the state’s water bodies. The
department plans to release approximately 570,000
trout in 89 streams and 85 lakes this year, according
to its website. Trout season began April 9.
Conditions impacting trout survival are measured
and the results included in annual reports by
consultant Princeton Hydro LLC. Measurements
are made at 11 sites.
The 2021 report noted there has been a statistically
significant increase in surface water temperatures at
Lake Hopatcong over the past 33 years.
The July 2021 surface water temperature measured
at mid-lake was the fifth highest recorded at 80.4
degrees. The previous high July temperature at that
location was in 2005 at 83.3 degrees.
Another factor in the measurement of a healthy
lake is the level of dissolved oxygen in the water.
DEP criterion for dissolved oxygen concentrations
in surface waters is 5 mg/L or greater, “for a healthy
and diverse aquatic ecosystem.”
As the lake warms up, the water tends to “stratify,”
meaning the warmer surface water does not mix
with the lower cold waters, resulting in a decline in
dissolved oxygen levels the deeper the water. Oxygen
is added generally to surface waters through wave
action.
For years, the center bottom of the lake has been
considered “anoxic,” that is a pool of stagnant cold
water lacking dissolved oxygen and unsuitable for
most aquatic life.
Princeton Hydro concluded, “Oxygen is a necessary
element for most forms of life. As [dissolved oxygen]
concentrations fall below 5.0 mg/L, aquatic life is
put under stress…concentrations that remain below
1.0 – 2.0 mg/L for a few hours can result in large fish
kills and loss of other aquatic life.”
Thus, the study and the plea to catch and release
the blue-tagged trout.
As with previous monitoring reports, the 2021
analysis focused primarily on data collected at the
mid-lake sampling station, between Great Cove
and River Styx, the report said. For the sake of
this analysis, sections of the lake that had dissolved
oxygen concentrations equal to or greater than 5
mg/L and water temperatures less than 65 degrees
were considered “optimal habitat” for brown
trout, the highest standard.
“Acceptable or carry-over habitat,” a lesser
standard, was defined as waters containing
dissolved oxygen concentrations equal to or
greater than 5 mg/L and water temperatures up
to 79 degrees.
Some specific results indicate how the water
quality changes at mid-lake affected the trout
habitat: Optimal brown trout habitat was present
throughout the majority of the water column at
mid-lake during May but absent below 33 feet of
water depth. The temperature measured in May
was 70 degrees.
As the lake water warmed, trout habitat
declined.
The range of optimal brown trout habitat
declined by June but was present in the surface
waters through 18 feet. June temperature: 77
degrees.
By July, carry-over habitat was only present
from the surface through 12 feet. Optimal
habitat was not noted at mid-lake during this
time. July temperature: 79 degrees.
By September, with cooling water
temperatures, optimal habitat was observed at
the surface through 21 feet. September temp: 73
degrees.
Carry-over habitat was noted in September
through the water column at Woodport while
the remaining 10 stations yielded carry-over
habitat at the surface at 3 feet or both.
Optimal habitat was reestablished in
September throughout the entire lake except in
Byram Cove, whose lower depths lack oxygen.
These are not surprising findings.
A study released in 2015 by the DEP related
water quality to trout survival. It concluded,
“The three dissolved oxygen temperature
profiles conducted on August 19, 2013,
indicate significant thermal stratification with
temperatures ranging from 48 to 75 degrees and
dissolved oxygen ranging from 0 to 8.1 mg/L.
Anoxic conditions were present below 23 feet.
Water temperature and oxygen levels do not
appear to be conducive to supporting a fish
community below 23-25 feet during the summer
based on these anoxic conditions and indicate the
lake should be managed as a warmwater fishery.”
The organizers of the study are seeking the cooperation of all
those who fish Lake Hopatcong.
TROUT “HOLD OVER” STUDY
LOOK FOR BLUE: The trout released for this study will have blue tags.
SNAP A PHOTO: All such tagged trout should be photographed so that both the trout
and tag are pictured, then released.
DOCUMENT IT: Fill out a form at www.LHCtrout.com to record the catch. The form can
be downloaded or filled out on the site. The site also contains a QR code to access the
form. The form has also been posted around the lake in convenient locations close to
key fishing areas.
INFORMATION: Visit www.kneedeepclub.org for more information.
SUBMIT THE FORM: Completed forms can be dropped off at the following locations:
Dow’s Boat Rental, 145 Nolan’s Point Road, Jefferson;
Lake’s End Marina, 91 Mount Arlington Boulevard, Landing;
or mailed to the Knee Deep Club, P.O. Box 404, Lake Hopatcong, NJ 07849.
WIN A GIFT CARD: Each year of the study five $100 Visa gift cards will be given through
a drawing to anglers who registered the blue-tagged trout.
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Krysia Dour works
on the layout of
the “Heavenly
Delights 2”
cookbook for
Our Lady Star of
the Sea Church.
Below: A recipe is
formatted for the
cookbook.
Barbara Horacek
holds a cookbook
from 1955 that
contains a
handful of her
mother’s recipes.
A recipe from a 1980s cookbook from the
First Presbyterian Church of Succasunna.
At Some Churches, Cookbooks are
Back on the (Fundraising) Menu
Photos by KAREN FUCITO
They are time-honored, taste-tested and
most definitely very blessed. Some
may even contain an encrusted sample of a
cheesecake.
Once fundraising staples of many churches
and parishes, and a homemaker’s reference for
the holidays, church cookbooks are making a
slight comeback in the digital age.
The perks of the print editions? No pop-up
ads, no videos, no winding life stories to sift
through before you get to the recipe. Simply
pour on the love, the taste and perhaps a
sentimental anecdote on the side.
Amen to that.
And blessings to the home cooks who laced
up their aprons and put on their oven mitts for
the culinary cause of raising dough.
As history tells it, the first official charity
cookbooks date back to the Civil War, when
women collected recipes to raise money for the
Union army war relief efforts. Maria J. Moss
is credited with the first charity cookbook, “A
Poetical Cookbook,” which was published and
sold in 1864 to help offset medical costs for
Union soldiers.
Moss set her place in history as churches
today still carry on the tradition of creating
cookbooks as a means to raise money.
Take Milton United Methodist Church, for
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example.
Home to 125 active member households,
the church has decided to create a cookbook
in celebration of its 200th anniversary in 2024.
“This is our first attempt [at a cookbook],”
said Lynette Daniels Skok of Milton, a church
member since 1988. “I wanted to give myself a
great buffer, and I figured that with print and
distribution, it will be ready in time for the
church’s anniversary.”
Keeping it simple, Skok created a template
for recipes to be easily written down and had
the church secretary send it to parishioners. She
also provided additional space for an anecdote.
There have been two previously published
cookbooks: one in 1955 and another in 1975.
Barbara Horacek, a volunteer at the church’s
thrift shop, said she was 4 when the first
cookbook was published but did not have one
of her own until recently. By happenstance, a
copy of the cookbook made its way to the thrift
shop. Knowing her late mother’s recipes were
in the book, she snatched it up.
“My mother liked to cook—it was a hobby
for her,” she said. “There were always 9 of us at
the table every night.”
Upon completion of the 2024 edition, Skok
promises a “sizable” cookbook that will contain
a different theme for each month—such as
soups, egg as the featured ingredient and onepot
recipes, to name a few.
She’s also hoping parishioners who regularly
contribute home-cooked concoctions to
church events—like Dan Pojedinec—will rise
to the occasion.
Apparently, Pojedinec makes a taco dip to die
for.
“I made this dip for a luncheon at work years
ago,” he said in a text message. “People seemed
surprised I would pull off making something so
tasty. Now it is a standing demand to make at
parties I attend.”
Meanwhile, Skok will be contributing her
grandmother’s corn pudding recipe.
In the early stages of production mode, Skok
is still collecting recipes, crunching numbers
to figure out a price, and playing around with
cover designs. Proceeds from the book, she
said, will be used to fund the church’s children’s
programs.
Our Lady Star of the Sea in the Lake
Hopatcong section of Jefferson is another
local church trying its hand at a print-bound
cookbook—its first in 20 years, said Sue
Sacino, president of the Rosary Society.
“I had the old cookbook at my house, and
I realized that it’s been a long time,” she said.
The Rosary Society posted calls for recipes
in the church bulletin, and the dishes started
rolling in.
The book is divided into categories, including
appetizers, main courses and desserts. Its name

is reflective of the institution it represents:
“Heavenly Delights 2.”
“The original cookbook was [called]
Heavenly Delights so we’re using that as a
guide,” Sacino said. The Jefferson resident is
contributing a cheesecake recipe from her late
sister, Betty, for a section in the book dedicated
to family members who have passed away.
Another church chef, the Director of
Religious Education, Jaye Hedrick, is providing
a stuffed grape leaves recipe called “Yabra” in
memory of his aunt, who was of Syrian descent.
“She was very clever in her meal planning
as one week would be Syrian cuisine and the
next week would be what she called American
cuisine,” Hedrick wrote as part of the anecdote.
Parishioner Krysia Dour was tasked with the
design and layout of the cookbook, which was
available to church members in early April. To
date, 150 copies were printed and sold at $20
per book. Proceeds will go towards repairs to
the church’s prized stained-glass windows.
As Our Lady Star of the Sea and the Milton
United Methodist Church turn up the heat
on their cookbooks, other area churches have
decided to focus on different projects—or at
least reminisce.
“There hasn’t been one [a cookbook] since
the late 1990s,” said Sue Anderson, a member
of the First Presbyterian Church of Succasunna.
“Our priorities have shifted, and we’re now
focused on the directories, and even they come
out every five years.”
Anderson, a third-generation member of the
church, has four church cookbooks dating back
to the 1960s. She said she regularly uses recipes
from each of them. A favorite, her mother’s
chicken and rice casserole, is one of the dozens
of recipes found in the 1989 book, “Recipes
from The Old Suckasunny Plains Church.”
In the early 1980s, then-member Phyllis
Guerrero created a tribute cookbook to Linnet
Stoddard, daughter of the Rev. Elijah Stoddard,
who served as pastor from 1864 until his death
in 1913. One of the first recipes listed is for
Johnny Cakes, a food staple from around 1776.
The last time Grace Church in Oak Ridge
produced a cookbook, it was created by the
youth group to raise money for a mission trip.
“That was some 25 years ago,” said Debbie
Antonowich, a 30-year-member from Jefferson.
The cookbook, “A Taste of Grace,” is still
a topic of conversation among parishioners,
Antonowich said. “Of course, I have a few
favorites I enjoy from this and some of us still
talk about a few of the recipes.”
One such recipe is simply called “Fancy
Chicken.” It was created by parishioner Emily
Goutremout and is regularly served at small
gatherings of friends and church members, said
Antonowich.
“The recipe was very unique, easy and
delicious,” she said after looking through the
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Music at the Museum
Story and photos by KAREN FUCITO
On a Friday evening in April, world-renowned pianist Peter
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A Hopatcong resident, Toth played music from Beethoven,
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HISTORY
“Fly Me to the Moon”
by MARTY KANE
Photos courtesy of the
LAKE HOPATCONG
HISTORICAL MUSEUM
ARCHIVES
The “aeroplane”
ride at Bertrand
Island circa 1925.
The Whip ride
appears behind
it and there are
no houses in
sight.
“One of the finest aerial swings in the country is
located near the bathing beach in such a way that
one flies right out over the lake in a car which is
an exact replica of a practical aeroplane, even to
a propeller which whirls like a real machine. The
tower of the swing is nearly 90 feet high and over
1,400 colored lights adorn it, making it a thing
of beauty at night as well as a safe, but thrilling
ride.”
That is how the Lake Hopatcong Breeze
described Bertrand Island Park’s new
circle swing in May of 1925, the ride’s debut
season. An instant hit, the swing—later
modified to become the Aero-Jet so many of us
remember—would remain popular throughout
the park’s duration.
The concept of using centrifugal force to
spin patrons in carriages suspended from a
tower was the brainchild of Harry Traver,
who purportedly got the idea on a steamship
crossing to England as he watched seagulls
circle the ship’s mast.
Upon opening the Traver Circle Swing
Company on New York City’s lower Broadway
in 1903, he immediately started marketing
and taking orders for the new amusement. A
patent for the ride was filed in January 1905
and awarded the following year.
Traver’s timing could not have been better, as
America was fascinated by flight following the
Wright brothers’ success in December 1903.
The circle swings immediately became popular
at amusement parks across the country.
The first Traver swings carried patrons in six
baskets or gondolas made of wood and wicker.
A smaller children’s version with bird-shaped
gondolas was also manufactured.
As airplanes became more common in
the 1910s and 1920s, replacement carriages
in the form of bi-planes or seaplanes were
manufactured. Such “aeroplanes” were installed
when the swing opened at Bertrand Island
in 1925. As the ride powered up, realistic
propellers began to turn, and the planes spun
faster and faster around the tower until each
craft flew high in the air.
Traver Circle Swing Company went bankrupt
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in the 1930s as America navigated the
Great Depression. Ralph E. Chambers,
chief engineer at Traver, was able to
save the company and renamed it R.E.
Chambers Engineering.
Chambers had modified many of the
original circle swings over the years and
recognized that a retrofit could boost
business. Inspired by Buck Rogers and
Flash Gordon, Chambers introduced
rocket ships to replace the airplanes in
the late 1940s. Hundreds of circle swings each
received three new rocket ships. The 20-footlong
crafts had four rows of seats which could
fit two or three passengers each.
The evolution from airplanes to rocket ships
occurred at Bertrand Island a bit later than at
most other parks. This was because the rockets
did not come directly from R.E. Chambers
Engineering but were instead acquired used
from Olympic Park, an amusement park then
located on the Maplewood-Irvington border.
Evidently after a decade or so of rocket ships,
the management of Olympic Park decided it
was time to refresh again and converted their
rockets to flying fish.
In the early 1950s Ernest Tirella, the
Bertrand Island concessionaire who owned the
circle swing, removed the original six biplanes,
installed three silver rockets from Olympic
Park, and renamed the ride the Aero-Jet.
As a result of the increased weight, the new
carriages swung out far over the lake—much
to the delight of riders. These rockets remained
until the park closed in 1983.
Once a standard at almost all amusement
parks, circle swings began to be retired in the
1960s. The Chambers factory was destroyed by
fire in 1968, eliminating Chambers parts and
support and further hastening the removal of
the swings from many parks. The ride remained
Aero-Jet, circa 1980.
The Aero-Jet ride, circa 1960, with
the bathing platform off the beach.
a perennial favorite at Bertrand Island,
however, and was one of the last circle swings
still operating anywhere in the world when the
park closed.
There are no original circle swings still in use,
although at least one original tower stands in
Waverly, R.I., serving as a historic monument
to the Rocky Point Amusement Park, which
closed in 1995. The Golden Zephyr, a modern
recreation of the circle swing, can be found at
Disney’s California Adventure. It was designed
around the original Traver and Chambers
schematics and built to today’s safety standards.
A similar ride can still be enjoyed at Blackpool’s
Pleasure Beach in England. Designed in 1904
by inventor Hiram Maxim, the Captive Flying
Machine was intended to stimulate public
interest in powered flight and thus encourage
financing for Maxim’s experiments with
aviation. It is a remarkable coincidence that this
ride, one of the oldest surviving amusements
in the world, was built by the brother of Lake
Hopatcong’s own Hudson Maxim.
Following Bertrand Island’s closure, local
resident Russ Fisher received permission to
remove the rocket ships that were then lying
abandoned on the park’s beach. Many around
the lake will fondly remember Fisher, a collector
of antique cars and boats, and owner of Fisher
Auto Transmission in Fairfield.
Fisher gave two of the Aero-Jets away, kept

Lead restorer, Joe Tomaro, with the restored Beach Amusement Park.
Aero-Jet in Ohio in September of 2020. Once they agreed to take on the
project, the rocket was put on a
flatbed truck and hauled to Ohio
where Joe Tomaro and Joe Fortney
did an amazing job replacing missing
and crushed parts, matching the
original paint and securing a new
trailer.
The Aero-Jet returned to the
museum in October 2020, after
a nearly two-year restoration. The
shiny ship created quite a stir as it
rolled into its temporary storage
space in Dover, generously provided
the third and designed a trailer for it that he
by Landing resident Ryan Gilfillan.
used to joyfully tow the rocket for annual visits Because of the pandemic, the Aero-Jet has
from Santa as well as for various parades and remained in storage since its return to New
events. A great friend to the Lake Hopatcong Jersey.
Historical Museum, Fisher donated the rocket The Lake Hopatcong Historical Museum is
to the organization but continued to store, planning to have the restored Aero-Jet make
maintain and drive it for the museum. its debut at this year’s Lake Hopatcong Block
After his passing in 2012, the Aero-Jet Party on May 21.
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the museum by Katz’s Marina for most of the permanent home closer to the lake. If you are
period.
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The museum’s board of trustees had long enough for a rocket ship, please contact the
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COOKING
WITH SCRATCH ©
Waste Not, Want Not
by BARBARA SIMMONS
Photos by KAREN FUCITO
Don’t get me
wrong, there
is nothing I like
better than a fresh
crispy kaiser roll. It’s
been so long since I’ve had one, though. The
last time I had really fresh rolls at breakfast was
probably the last time I was in Germany, in
2015.
There are good bakeries on every street
corner in Germany, just like there are good
bars on every street corner in Bayonne, N.J. Or
Starbucks in Washington, D.C.
The tempting smells waft through the
doorways as customers bustle in and out—that
must be what heaven smells like.
I will never forget the best and freshest rolls
I ever had. It was 1977, and I was in Germany
helping to chaperone my mother, Gertrude
Kertscher’s, first high school exchange trip.
Gertrude taught German at Dover High
School for 15 years and ran an exchange
program every other year.
At the end of the two-week exchange, I was
going to visit my father’s relatives in what was
then East Germany. My home base was in
Sonnenberg, on the outskirts of Wiesbaden
where I was staying with my mother’s relatives
at Tante Lucie’s house. My cousin, Helmut
Neugebauer, Lucie’s son, offered to drive me.
I was so grateful I wasn’t going to be taking a
train all alone.
We were set to leave very early in the
morning. Tante Lucie wanted to pack us lunch,
so she sent me to the bakery.
I remember telling her it was too early, that
the bakery was still closed. The sun wasn’t
even up yet. Tante Lucie was persistent and
convinced me to go.
I trudged across the street dreading my
encounter with the baker. It was still dark in
the front of the shop as I peered through the
window and, after getting up my courage to
knock, the baker’s wife ran to the door and let
me in. I apologized for coming in so early.
“Quatsch [nonsense],” she said. “Herrein!
Was brauchen Sie? [Come in, what do you
need?]”
In the back of the shop, I could see the baker
pulling a huge tray of poppy seed kaiser rolls
out of the oven.
“Sechs Brötchen, bitte.” I told his wife that I
needed six rolls.
Deftly, she plucked the rolls from the baking
tray and popped them in a bag. I could barely
hold onto it because the rolls were so hot. Their
intoxicating fragrance filled my head as I made
my way back across the street where Tante
Lucie packed us our lunch and sent us on our
way. (It would be my first journey behind the
Iron Curtain but that’s a story for another
column.)
In most of the world it is a sin to waste bread,
no matter how stale it is.
To avoid wasting any leftover rolls, my
mother made Weck Klösse or bread dumplings.
Weck are kaiser rolls with poppy seeds, in my
mom’s Wiesbadener dialect, and Klösse are
dumplings. We enjoyed them fried in butter
with stewed fruit—Dörrobst—or applesauce
on the side.
In other regions of Germany, they are called
Semmelknödel or Serviettenknödel and are
often served with goulasch, sauerbraten or
other meaty dishes with gravy.
I have developed a recipe by trial and error,
consulting new and old German cookbooks
and watching several YouTube videos.
It was tough for me to get Gertrude’s
measurements and techniques down on paper
when I was still living at home. She never
measured the ingredients, saying, “I can feel
when the dough is right.” Or, “…depends on
how stale the bread is, how much milk you
need to put in.”
I would press her for details and exact
measurements, and she would get impatient.
“Ich hab’s im Handgelenk,” she would say,
which means roughly: “It’s all in the feel.”
Although she was impatient with me then,
I’m glad I pestered her and got most of her
material into my archives. To me, it is the most
gratifying thing in the world to hear my kids
walk into the house when I am cooking and
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WECK KLÖSSE – BREAD DUMPLINGS
(AKA SEMMELKNÖDEL OR SERVIETTENKNÖDEL)
Weck Klösse can be made with baguettes or semolina bread. The traditional recipe uses stale
poppy seed kaiser rolls.
Yield: about 20 (I know, this is a lot, but if you have any left over, freeze them on cookie sheets
and then pop them into a Ziploc bag. It is so rewarding to have a stash of these in the “vault.”)
Ingredients
12 cups dry bread from about 6 stale kaiser rolls
(about 3 ounces each), sliced and cut into cubes
3 cups scalded milk (additional milk, if needed,
depending on how dry the bread is)
3 eggs
¼ cup farina (Cream of Wheat)
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons fresh curly parsley, snipped
2 tablespoons poppy seeds if using a plain baguette
(toast for 1 minute in the microwave or a frying pan)
¼ – ½ cup plain breadcrumbs, for thickening the
mixture, if needed
For frying the dumplings:
3 tablespoons butter
¾ cup diced onions
Dörrobst (stewed dried fruit
to serve on the side)
⅓ cup dried apricots
⅓ cup prunes
⅓ cup dried apples
½ cup water
Procedure
Before preparing the dumplings, get the Dörrobst out of the way:
Combine the dried fruits in a small saucepan and cook until softened. Cover with a lid
and set aside. Or, put them all in a bowl, add the water, cover with plastic wrap to help them
steam and microwave for 3 minutes. Set aside.
1 Put the bread cubes in a large bowl.
2 Scald the milk in a medium-sized saucepan.
3 Beat the eggs in a small bowl.
4 Add the scalded milk to the bread cubes. Cover the bowl with a lid or flat plate to hold
in the steam, ensuring the hot milk thoroughly soaks into the bread.
5 Let the milk-soaked bread cubes cool for 30 to 45 minutes. Stir the mixture to see if it is
moist enough. If the mixture seems dry, add in a bit of milk (it’s OK if it is
cold), stirring after each addition until everything starts to smooth out.
6 Add in the beaten eggs, farina, salt and parsley. Add in the toasted poppy seeds.
7 Mix well with your hands. If the dough feels sticky or too wet, add in some plain
breadcrumbs and farina, about 1 tablespoon of each at a time, until the dough feels nice
and firm.
8 Bring a large stockpot of well-salted water to a boil. With wet hands, make the
dumplings using about ¼ cup of dough. I like to use a ¼ cup cookie scoop to portion
out the dough and keep the sizes consistent. Form the dough into a ball and then squish
it into an oblong “croquette” shape.
9 Drop the dumplings into the stockpot and let them simmer for 15 minutes after they
“swim” (rise to the surface).
10 With a slotted spoon, remove the dumplings from the stockpot and into a colander set
over a bowl. When cool enough to handle, put them on a rack set over a cookie sheet so
that they dry out a bit.
11 Melt the butter in a large frying pan. Add in the onions and cook until they are nice and
brown. Add in the dumplings, turning them over a few times until they get a little
browned, too.
12 Serve with the stewed fruit or applesauce.
Notes on preparing Weck Klösse
You do have to feel your way along and use a bit of cook’s intuition when making the dough
for these dumplings, adding more plain breadcrumbs, farina or milk as needed to get the correct
consistency. The big variable is the staleness of the bread or Weck. Gertrude was right—you have to
feel it.
Last time, I made these bread dumplings with plain baguettes instead of kaiser rolls and added
in poppy seeds—they added a lot of flavor and texture, which I really liked. I also used fresh curly
parsley which made them taste more authentically German.
If you have a ton of leftover bread, have someone help you cut it up. It’s more fun than cooking
alone. And if you’re lucky, like me, they’ll stick around and help you clean up. Note on cleaning up:
soak the bowl and any other utensils you used for making the dough with cold water, then wash.
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WORDS OF
A FEATHER
This winter I was very fortunate to spend
time reconnecting with some Lake
Hopatcong friends who wintered in south
Florida, where I live. We roamed beaches, hung
out poolside and reveled in nature.
Looking across a lake one day, we started
talking about anhingas and double-crested
cormorants and how to tell them apart. (Hint:
look at the shape of the bill. Anhinga bills are
pointed while cormorant bills are hooked.)
The conversation reminded me how special
cormorants are. They are quite common and, as
so often happens with anything frequently seen,
it can be easy to not pay them much attention.
They are, however, worth more careful
observation and they’ll soon be migrating
through New Jersey, so be on the watch for
them around the lake!
The name cormorant derives from Latin,
“corvus marinus,” which translates to sea ravens.
Double-crested cormorants are found near
fresh and salt water. They’re dark, fairly large
birds with a characteristic S-curved neck. Take
the time to look at them up close and you will
note some spectacular features.
Their eyes are a brilliant turquoise, their facial
skin is sunshine orangey-yellow and the lining
of their mouth is a startling bright blue. Only
in breeding season is their double crest visible.
When they’re swimming, most of their body
is underwater, so just their neck and head
cruise above the waterline. Out of the water,
they stand around on pilings, buoys and docks,
frequently with their heads pointed skyward
and their wings outspread in the sunshine. They
do this to dry their waterlogged feathers.
We all know the expression about water rolling
off a duck’s back; it does so because ducks have
a lot of preen oil and constantly ensure their
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LAKE HOPATCONG NEWS Spring 2022
feathers are covered in it to waterproof them
and maximize buoyancy. Cormorants, on the
other hand, have a lesser amount of preen oil.
They’re therefore able to more easily dive deep
to feed on bottom-dwelling fish.
Their diet is almost entirely fish-based, and
they’ve been known to consume 250 different
fish species. Cormorants are highly adept in
the water, holding their wings folded against
their sides as rudders and propelling themselves
entirely with their webbed feet.
These birds have a wide range, covering most
of the U.S. and central Canada at different
times of the year. They are gregarious birds in
general and are colonial breeders, building large
rookeries of up to 3,000 mated pairs.
A male courts a mate by performing an
elaborate water dance. He presents nest material
to the female and, if she accepts them, they
become a monogamous pair.
The female builds a nest on rocks, cliffs or
in tree tops. The nests are mostly sticks, but
cormorants are known to include bits of trash
such as rope or plastic in their nests. The birds’
droppings help cement the nests together.
Unfortunately, the guano produced by so many
birds can be quite pungent and can kill the trees
supporting the nests. When this happens, the
birds abandon the area and move to a new spot.
Cormorant chicks leave their nests and
congregate in groups known as creches,
spending time with the other chicks in the
rookery before returning to their own nests
to be fed by their parents. Because the sun
can intensely beat down on nests, adult birds
will often stand in the nests with their wings
outstretched to shade the chicks. They’ll also
collect water in their bills and pour it into the
mouths of their chicks. The chicks fledge and
are completely independent when they’re just
10 weeks old.
Every continent in the world has some kind
of cormorant living there, with a global total of
about 40 different cormorant species.
Historically, people have domesticated
cormorants to take advantage of their fishing
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hunt for fish but were prevented from eating
their catch by the ring. The fishermen gathered
the fish, shared enough to keep the birds
healthy and kept the rest. After years together,
many cormorants would keep fishing for people
even without the neck rings.
This photo of me, from Suzhou, China, shows
great cormorants hanging about on a fishing
boat, much as they would have centuries ago.
Great cormorants are a species distinct from
double-crested cormorants. They can be seen
in New Jersey but are much more uncommon.
Since they are a pelagic species, the best
chance to see great cormorants is along the
coast, in hotspots such as Sandy Hook, Island
Beach State Park and the Barnegat Inlet. Great
cormorants are larger than double-crested ones
and have a noticeable white throat patch.
Hopefully you’re now a bit more curious to
see and appreciate some cormorants, so get out
there and go birding!
James J. Leffler
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Al Hutchins Excavating
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Lakeside Construction
151 Sparta-Stanhope Rd.
Hopatcong
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Hopatcong Marketplace
47 Hopatchung Rd.
Lake Hopatcong Adventure
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Lake Hopatcong Cruises
Miss Lotta (Dinner Boat)
37 Nolan’s Pt. Park Rd., LH
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Lake Hopatcong Mini Golf Club
37 Nolan's Pt. Park Rd., LH
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Investors Bank Theater
72 Eyland Ave., Succasunna
973-945-0284
roxburyartsalliance.org
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50 Hopatchung Rd., Hopatcong
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HOME SERVICES
Central Comfort
100 Nolan’s Point Rd., LH
973-361-2146
Homestead Lawn Sprinkler
5580 Berkshire Valley Rd.,
Oak Ridge
973-208-0967
Happs Kitchen & Bath
Sparta
973-729-4787
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Harvest Green Oil
584-5333
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Jefferson Recycling
710 Route 15 N Jefferson
973-361-1589
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Land2Sea Titling Service
201-230-3354
The Polite Plumber
973-398-0875
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Wilson Services
973-383-2112
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AAA Dock & Marine
27 Prospect Point Rd., LH
973-663-4998
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Batten The Hatches
70 Rt. 181, LH
973-663-1910
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Lake Management Sciences
Branchville
973-948-0107
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Beebe Marina
123 Brady Rd., LH
973-663-1192
Katz’s Marina
22 Stonehenge Rd., LH
973-663-0224
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342 Lakeside Ave., Hopatcong
973-663-3214
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Lake’s End Marina
91 Mt. Arlington Blvd., Landing
973-398-5707
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Morris County Marine
745 US 46W, Kenvil
201-400-6031
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862-254-2514
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Lake Hopatcong Commission
260 Lakeside Blvd.,Landing
973-601-7801
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Lake Hopatcong Foundation
125 Landing Rd., Landing
973-663-2500
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260 Lakeside Blvd., Landing
973-398-2616
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180 Howard Blvd., Ste. 18
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546 St. Rt. 10 W, Ledgewood
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15 Commerce Blvd., Ste. 201
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973-328-1225
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RE/MAX
101 Landing Rd., Roxbury
973-420-0022 Direct
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Sotheby’s
670 Main St., Towaco
973-570-6633
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Christopher J. Edwards
RE/MAX
211 Rt. 10E, Succasunna
973-598-1008
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Sotheby’s
670 Main St., Towaco
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23 Main St., Sparta
973-726-0333
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Jim Leffler
RE/MAX
101 Landing Rd., Roxbury
201-919-5414
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RESTAURANTS & BARS
Alice’s Restaurant
24 Nolan’s Pt. Park Rd, LH
973-663-9600
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Andre’s Lakeside Dining
112 Tomahawk Tr., Sparta
973-726-6000
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Bagels On The Hill
175 Lakeside Blvd., Landing
973-770-4800
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Big Fish Lounge At Alice’s
24 Nolan’s Pt. Park Rd, LH
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The Windlass Restaurant
45 Nolan’s Point Park Rd., LH
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Preferred Care at Home
George & Jill Malanga/Owners
973-512-5131
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SPECIALTY STORES
AlphaZelle
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973-288-1971
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At The Lake Jewelry
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Best Cellars Wine & Spirits
1001 Rt. 46, Ledgewood
973-252-0559
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Hearth & Home
1215 Rt. 46, Ledgewood
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Helrick’s Custom Framing
158 W Clinton St., Dover
973-361-1559
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JF Wood Products
973-590-4319
Main Lake Market
234 S. NJ Ave., LH
973-663-0544
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Nature’s Golden Miracle
CBD Products
973-288-1971
NGM-oil.com
Orange Carpet & Wood Gallery
470 Rt. 10W, Ledgewood
973-584-5300
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STORAGE
Woodport Self Storage
17 Rt. 181 & 20 Tierney Rd.
Lake Hopatcong
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• Algae Bloom Lingers
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Teen program turns 2
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For the Birds
Andrew Eppedio (and his mom’s) great avian adventure
Fourth of July 2019
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
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Swimming Around
Bridgete Hobart-Janeczko becomes the firs to swim the
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Chicken
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Je ferson farm comes alive
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Bee-lieving
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Answering
The Call
Firefighter honored for 70 years of service
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•Wellne s center opens in Hopatcong
•Children’s author penning third book
•Bridge to Liffy Island taking shape
•DEP says no to carp in Lake Hopatcong
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Local vets honored during boat ride around Lake Hopatcong
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• Markets are open, bounty is fresh
• Smithsonian exhibi to open
• King House expands offerings
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• Hopatcong honors two
• Confusion at BRC meeting
• State Aid Comparison
• University Opens New Campus
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• Artist in residence
• Bertrand Island revisited
• Old-timers’ game days
Je ferson's selfless citizens
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•Qua ry Silt S eps into Lake Hopatcong: DEP Slow to React
•Working Sma l Proves Big for Local Artist •Girl Scouts Tackle Trail Maintenance
•New Fireboat for Lake Hopatcong
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