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An inventory of current information offered by local groups and organizations, and by municipal, county and state institutions.


A Hundred Years Since The Birth of a Lake Legend
By Marty Kane I June 09, 2014 This spring celebrates the 100th anniversary of the opening of one of the lake’s most popular former hotels...
Marty Kane
Jun 8, 2014


Rhabarber-Barbara
By Barbara Simmons I June 09, 2014 What combination says summer more than strawberries and rhubarb? Here is a dessert that everyone will...
Barbara Simmons
Jun 8, 2014


Lentil soup – Gemütlichkeit in a bowl
By Barbara Simmons I April 17, 2014 Gemütlichkeit, the German word for coziness, is what you felt when came to our house on Castle Rock...
Barbara Simmons
Apr 16, 2014


Coming home to Eintopf
By Barbara Simmons I February 28, 2014 We moved to the lake “for good” in January of 1965. My parents bought our house on Castle Rock...
Barbara Simmons
Feb 28, 2014


“Clang, Clang, Clang Went The Trolley”
By Marty Kane I February 28, 2014 In its early years, Lake Hopatcong was a resort most visitors arrived at via the Central Railroad of...
Marty Kane
Feb 28, 2014


Summer’s Best Bounty
By Barbara Simmons I August 30, 2013 Our German relatives came in droves every summer. They would stay three to six weeks at a stretch....
Barbara Simmons
Aug 29, 2013

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