SOD Growing Strong, Space Shuttle Pine Planted in Local News This Week

The inaugural meeting of New Milford's grass-roots group, Stop Over Development (SOD), was held Monday night at the . New Milford residents gathered to begin the fight against the size and scope of the development of the United Water Property by the Hekemian Group.

A Reading Corner in the Media Center of Berkley Street Elementary School was dedicated to the memory of Melisa Sofia on Monday.  

Melisa had just completed her first year of kindergarten at Berkley when she died in her sleep on June 23, 2011. She was just 6 1/2-years-old.

Small crowd at Open Space Public Hearing yielded few comments; however, the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders will make their final decision on the allocation of $500,000 toward the Hackensack Waterworks chimney stabilization project at its June 20 meeting following Monday's public hearing.

After serving 27 years as a teacher in the New Milford School district, Florence "Peggy" Saslow was recognized Monday night when she was awarded the Janet S. Lobsenz Award by the Bergen County Board of Education.

34 students from the middle school and high school embarking on a week of summer service in New Orleans to help families rebuild after the devastation caused by hurricane Katrina.

Beating death four times, Bryan Mueller and his Cupcake Wars partner Leigh Mulvihill aim to make life as sweet as possible for others in need of a second chance. They are also assisting New Milford students raise money for their "Rebuild New Orleans" trip. 

New Milford to receive in excess of $23,000 to be used for activities and purchases that enhance the local environment.

White pine tree grown from a seed that flew on the Columbia Space Shuttle was given to New Milford by the N.J. Shade Tree Federation and planted at the library.

Get ready, get set, get running--NMFD Co. 1's run is June 16. 

Do you recognize this Dachshund? Found in New Milford on May 1, she's waiting for her family to come and get her at the Bergen County Animal Shelter.