Upcoming community cleanup opportunities

| By Holly Odgers
Categories: community, News, Roxbury
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There are several cleanup opportunities coming in the next few weeks to do a little spring cleaning in your community. Every little bit helps, so jump in, grab a bag and let’s make a difference! Saturday, April 13 – 9 am – The Musconetcong Watershed Association 27th Annual River Cleanup – Volunteers will be provided with gloves, …

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Adopt-a-road community cleanup

| By Holly Odgers
Categories: community, News, Roxbury
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Wrap up Earth Week by joining us for a simple and fun morning cleaning up your community! On Saturday, April 27, from 8:30 am – 10:30 am, we will be picking up roadside debris along Mt. Arlington Boulevard in support of Roxbury’s Adopt-A-Road Program. No registration is necessary for this event, simply meet us at …

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Save the dates – 2019 events

| By Holly Odgers
Categories: Block Party, community, Events, Floating Classroom, General LHF Info, Lake Hopatcong, Lake Loop, News
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Block parties, native plant sales, trail hikes, fireworks, cleanups, boat shows and more… 2019 promises to be another great year on the lake!  So break out those new calendars and make sure you save the dates for the following Lake Hopatcong Foundation and lake related events. 2019 LHF Events Saturday, April 27 (8:30 am – …

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Lake cleanup proves very tiresome

| By Bill Woolley
Categories: community, Events, Jefferson, Lake Hopatcong, Lake Hopatcong Commission, Lake Hopatcong Foundation, LHF, Mt. Arlington, News, Projects and Initiatives, Volunteers, Water Quality
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It’s safe to assume that part of the fun of volunteering for the recent lake-wide cleanup of Lake Hopatcong is that it’s sort of like a treasure hunt. It may not have quite the same romance as, say, Indiana Jones’s archaeological exploits in the Raiders of the Lost Ark movies, but there’s something exciting about …

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Cleanup tallies, volunteers and quotables

| By Holly Odgers
Categories: community, Events, Jefferson, Lake Hopatcong, Lake Hopatcong Commission, Lake Hopatcong Foundation, LHF, Mt. Arlington, News, Projects and Initiatives, Volunteers, Water Quality
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2018 lake-wide cleanup tallies Every 5 years, the State of New Jersey draws down Lake Hopatcong by 60 inches to allow property owners to repair docks and seawalls. The drawdown can also help to kill off unwanted aquatic plants in shallow areas, while facilitating cleanup efforts.  The first lake-wide cleanup was organized by the LHF …

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Hundreds of volunteers venture out to remove trash from Lake Hopatcong

| By Bill Woolley
Categories: community, Events, Jefferson, Lake Hopatcong, Lake Hopatcong Commission, Lake Hopatcong Foundation, LHF, Mt. Arlington, News, Projects and Initiatives, Volunteers, Water Quality
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Shortly after 8 o’clock on a misty Saturday morning, the collar of two green-plaid boots peeked up above the dark-gray muck just off Brady Road in Jefferson Township. Barely a step away, Cora Haughney was desperately trying to find her balance on one foot, which she’d managed to plant on a friend’s clean boot while …

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2018 Lake Hopatcong Lake-Wide Cleanup

| By Holly Odgers
Categories: community, Events, Jefferson, Lake Hopatcong, Lake Hopatcong Commission, Lake Hopatcong Foundation, LHF, Mt. Arlington, News, Projects and Initiatives, Volunteers, Water Quality
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The Lake Hopatcong Foundation, along with the Lake Hopatcong Commission, is coordinating with the four lake municipalities, two counties, the state and local groups to organize hundreds of volunteers for the 2018 Lake Hopatcong Lake-Wide Cleanup on Saturday, November 3 from 8 am – noon. As the Lake Hopatcong community prepares for another five-year 60-inch drawdown …

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Hundreds of Volunteers Needed for Lake-Wide Cleanup on Nov. 3

| By Donna Macalle-Holly
Categories: community, Events, Jefferson, Lake Hopatcong, Lake Hopatcong Commission, Lake Hopatcong Foundation, LHF, Mt. Arlington, News, Projects and Initiatives, Volunteers, Water Quality
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A car dashboard, a mannequin, a lawn mower, and silverware were among the thousands of items pulled from the Lake Hopatcong shoreline the last time the lake was lowered five feet, in 2013. As the lake community prepares for another 60-inch drawdown this fall, the Lake Hopatcong Foundation is once again calling for volunteers to …

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