BOE says it will most likely lay off teachers if council cuts from budget.
Education major Jessica Parigi: 'I've always loved children.'
Cliff Lundin, Evyn Tarvydas and Steven Munoz picked as delegates to American Legion Jersey Boys State.
Danielle Kovach started to cry when she met the president at the White House on Tuesday. But he comforted her.
Home economics might be cut to make room for new state-mandated financial course.
Danielle Kovach and rest of nation's top teachers gather in Washington, D.C.
Hour-long debate ends in stalemate as board defends budget, parents ask for different cuts.
Counselors, security on hand, but no more than usual, officials say.
Hopatcong voters defeated the proposed budget last week. What should the council do to it?
Editor David Danzis helps CCM earn 13 NJPA honors.
Moore beats many applicants for $1K Women's Club award.
Christie "got a little hot under the collar" when Kovach confronted him for calling teachers "bad."
Parent-funded marching band needs at least 30 pints to receive minimum donation.
Hopatcong's proposed $35 million budget narrowly loses. Bongiorno, Lavery and Madar win open school board seats. LoBue falls.
More than 1,200 people voted in the borough on Wednesday. Patch got some great pictures of them in action.
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A lifelong borough resident, Jerry Venturino was among five Hopatcong teachers told last week they could lose their jobs next fall. On Monday, Venturino said he was worried about what more school cuts could mean for borough children.
Hudson Maxim, Tulsa Trail give to Red Cross, teach students about tragedy.
District gives six teachers non-renewal or reduction-in-force notices. School superintendent says some will stay if budget passes, more will be cut if it fails.
The senior didn't win. But he earned the night's loudest ovation.
Budget, three school board seats in play.
Former student's essay honors borough high school history teacher.
State aid losses and and a defeated budget caused Hopatcong to make lots of cuts last year. But what can't be cut this time?
A collection of great shots from Tuesday night's talent show at Hopatcong High School.
Money benefits junior class; 12 acts wow filled high school auditorium.
But opinions vary on implementation.
Taped show will air at 5:30 p.m. on MSG varsity.
Michael Wills died of muscular dystrophy in 2006. A scholarship in his honor has aided Hopatcong High School students since 2007.
Eric Strand lends skiing knowledge to annual event.
Hopatcong High School Parent Teacher Student Organization collects clothes, cell phones.
Teachers, administrators bare funny sides for students.
Pair win awards from Chinkchewunska Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Hopatcong superintendent worries about fairness of evaluations.
Fourth-graders visit supermarket, keep budget while making healthy choices.
Borough Animal Control Officer Dale Sloat talks to students about his job, more.
The Newton transplant has been hitting well for Hopatcong.
Bongiorno, running for her first term, believes the district must excel while existing "within the confines of rising costs and budget constraints."
Lavery, who's served on the board since filling a vacant seat in November, seeks his first full term. He believes school employees 'must contribute a reasonable amount to their pensions and health care.'
Running for her second term, Madar wants to help schools, taxpayers find common ground.