A Trip Around the Sun to Recharge & Renew

Today, I start my 60th trip around the sun, and I’m planning on using the coming year for a ‘mini bucket-list check-down,’ and to escape much of the growing absurdity and insanity that is Internet and American politics.

Birthdays offer a time to reflect on the past year, and look ahead to the coming […]

Thursday April 26, 2012 is “Poem In Your Pocket” Day

I was e-conversing with a good friend tonight – someone whom I admire and respect and do not see often enough – and she mentioned that tomorrow is “Poem In Your Pocket” day, something I’d never heard of until tonight. Since the object of our conversation had been the seemingly endless and […]

Act NOW! NPS Decision on Susquehanna-Roseland Power Line This Month!

Photo courtesy Bill Wolfe ©2012

The National Park Service (NPS) is expected to announce its “preferred alternative” for the Susquehanna-Roseland transmission line by the end of March. The transmission line which runs across the Delaware River and Appalachian Trail and through the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area is slated for a major […]

Join me in urging Senator Lautenberg to oppose Susquehanna-Roseland power line “Fast-Track”

Earlier this month, President Obama and the Department of Energy announced that the Susquehanna-Roseland transmission line project would be “fast-tracked” as part of a pilot program to support new power lines connecting renewable energy sources to major markets.

The Susquehanna-Roseland line is NOT a renewable energy project. Instead, this long-planned “coal-by-wire” project will allow for […]

May I call you “Sybil,” PSE&G?

Hello, Highlanders. Weekend rant time.

First and foremost – before I go off on a rant, I want to make sure that all of you read an OpEd by West Milford Mayor Bettina Bieri, “Why is West Milford enthusiastic about conforming to the Highlands Regional Master Plan?” I’d also like to ask you to forward […]

Corporate greed: The state of our media today is #%!+@!

Two weeks in a row I get to go off on a rant. Just what have I done to deserve this?

As most of you know, the regular Monday through Friday NJ Highlands News posts stick mainly to news directly or indirectly related to NJ Highlands issues. The Weekend Edition usually contains “leftovers” from the […]

Susquehanna-Roseland Line obsolete, destructive

OpEd piece by Nancy Shukaitis and Scott Olson on the proposed PSE&G Susquehanna-Roseland power line project and its potential impacts on the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. […]