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Sweeney, Pennacchio, Oroho tour Lake Hopatcong

September 19, 2019 4:35 pmSeptember 20, 2019 12:26 pm

Senate President Steve Sweeney toured Lake Hopatcong with Sens. Joe Pennacchio and Steve Oroho Thursday. “It’s a bittersweet time to visit Lake Hopatcong because this lake was so important to my friend and colleague, the late Senator Tony Bucco,” Sweeney...

Deana Lykins hits Wirths, Space over Lake Hopatcong

August 14, 2019 10:26 amAugust 14, 2019 11:50 am

Another Assembly candidate is taking aim at Republican incumbents using an algal bloom that has left the state’s largest lake shuttered to public use for weeks. “It is unacceptable for this state’s environmental protector to so obviously fall down on...

Bhimani, Draeger claim Bucco lied about role in helping lake cleanup

August 1, 2019 3:37 pmAugust 2, 2019 10:50 am

Democratic Assembly candidate Lisa Bhimani and Darcy Draeger claimed Assemblyman Anthony Bucco lied about his role in helping Lake Hopatcong residents amidst an algae bloom that continues to keep residents out of the lake. “This is exactly why people call...