This story was originally published in August 2023 and has been updated with additional information. New Jersey is in the midst of an oppressive heat wave with temps climbing into the triple digits.

Decades of planning, three years of construction and a $32 million grant laid the groundwork for the Pompton Valley Rail ...

Representatives of the Morris County Park Commission and Department of Public Works, the Passaic County Board of County Commissioners and Pequannock Township gathered on May 29 behind Pequannock ...

$32M recreation trail opens over old train line from Pequannock to Wayne 2-minute read William Westhoven Morristown Daily Record 0:04 ...

The derby takes place at one of Passaic County’s most scenic locations, offering a community-centered morning of fishing, recreation, and family engagement at Barbour’s Pond. Now in its fifth year, ...

4.5 Magnitude Earthquake Reported In US A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the US. It was reported near just before 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, April 22, north of Anchorage, Alaska. Its ...

The Passaic River has been named one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2025, with a national conservation group citing toxic industrial pollution along the river’s lower stretch as a long ...

The list of 10 most endangered rivers of 2025, according to the nonprofit American Rivers, includes the Mississippi River and the lower Rio Grande.

An 18-year-old New York state employee was killed Saturday battling a wildfire in Orange County's Sterling Forest. Dariel Vasquez, an aid working for the New York State Parks, Recreation and ...

A New York parks employee died battling one of a number of wildfires in New Jersey and New York amid dry conditions that have prompted air quality warnings in both states, authorities said Sunday.

New Jersey officials, meanwhile, reported 75 percent containment of a 175-acre (70-hectare) fire in the Pompton Lakes area of Passaic County that was threatening 55 homes, although no evacuations ...