“It was like a switch went off and I realized, oh my goodness, I have to go back into the world,” said Stokes, 31, a senior manager for an upscale luggage company. He has been working out of his Brooklyn apartment for the past year. “I can’t keep wearing this […]
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WEST ORANGE, NJ — A new Bald Eagle Exhibit at Essex County Turtle Back Zoo opened on Wednesday. Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. announced the opening and also welcomed Freedom, a 4-year-old Bald Eagle, to the Turtle Back animal family. Freedom was rescued from a tree in Minnesota after […]
A ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new Bald Eagle Exhibit at Essex County Turtle Back Zoo was held on Wednesday, March 10. “We are pleased to open a new and improved Bald Eagle Exhibit in our Wild New Jersey area. This will enhance our visitors’ experience and provide them with a […]
Applicants for the two open seats on the Eagle Town Council each touched on a variety of issues in the small but growing town in their interviews. Those issues included supporting small businesses and recruiting new businesses, improving internet services, attracting younger people and families to town, helping older residents […]
EAGLE, Idaho — The tubing hill at Eagle Island State Park is bigger and better than ever as Gateway Parks took advantage of an early cold spell to make a mountain out of snow. “We were able to open on Thanksgiving Day,” said Ryan Neptune of Gateway Parks. “We have […]
Luke Barckholtz and Adam Sinagra, both members of Stanton Troop 1969, have achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. Barckholtz and Sinagra received the award in a Court of Honor ceremony held at America’s Grow-a-Row Valley Crest Farm & Preserve on Saturday, Oct. 17. Sinagra started in scouting as a Tiger […]
Michael Lichkay of Rolling Prairie doesn’t like mosquitoes, but he admits, “I don’t hate them, either.” He explains: “They only take blood to help them breed.” He sees something beyond the nuisance. If you’re weary of woodpeckers whacking away on trees or your siding, he’s quick to point out that […]