Woman Found In River With Gunshot Wound to Head, Beaten Dog Put Down In Local News This Week

The body of a 37-year old New Milford woman was found by a close relative Tuesday morning with a fatal gunshot wound to the head in the Hackensack River across from the Dorchester Apartment Complex on Columbia Street. Authorities have ruled it a . 

A male juvenile admitted to police that he beat his five pound Yorkshire Terrier with a kendo stick at his New Milford residence.

An unidentified woman was struck by what witnesses described as a gray two-door Hyundai Tiburon at the intersection of River Road and Dilworth Road near .

Members of the newly formed grassroots group  (Stop Over Development) came out prepared to question the testimony of  engineer. Instead, the applicant had their affordable housing expert testify for the second time. 

 (NMRA) once again called Dr. David Kinsey, a professional planner, to testify that the affordable housing component included in the site plans for the  is an  at Tuesday's Zoning Board meeting.

Don Low, owner of Fresh & Fancy Farms, informed the Zoning Board that after meeting with representatives of the Bergen County Farmland Preservation Department of Planning & Economic Development he received a letter from them regarding his proposed barn and greenhouses for which he is currently seeking variances.

$8 million in Green Acres funds will be moved to the Blue Acres program to assist towns, including New Milford, in buying out properties that experience repetitive flooding in a resolution unamimously voted on by the Joint Budget Oversight Committee on Thursday.

The newly formed New Milford/Dumont High School swim team ended their inaugural season on a victorious note with the girls soaring to first place at the February 4 League Championships and the boys placing third.