Last year, 10-year-old Christopher D'Amico fell off a pontoon boat, then was fatally struck by the vessel during a family outing on Lake Hopatcong. His family has kept his memory alive by dedicating the 24th of every month to paying it forward.
The developer of a housing project on a New Jersey lake has voluntarily halted construction to allow a pair of nesting bald eagles to care for their two eaglets.
As the search continues for what some local residents around Lake Hopatcong have described as a 16-foot long green snake, possibly an anaconda, swimmers in other parts of New Jersey could face another type of danger from a much less fearsome creature.