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From the Editor
I
’ve been busy as a bee putting together a bumper crop of stories for this issue of Lake
Hopatcong News. And, while they are all interesting and important stories, there is no real
pecking order for their placement. So, please, read them all.
Though I wasn’t born in a barn, I feel like I belong on a farm and I’ve been having a wonderful
time visiting the area’s newest mini-farm—the cover story for this issue—and milking it for all
it’s worth.
See what I’m doing here?
Turns out, in our everyday conversations, metaphors and idioms related to farm life abound.
I think the closest rival to farm-related expressions might be sports-related catchphrases. And,
when I was visiting with farm manager Colin Ley at Hawk Ridge Farm to work on this story, the
metaphors came more easily than finding a needle in a haystack. They just rolled off the tongue
like, well, like water off a duck’s back.
Despite the lake region being the hub of two historically farm-rich counties in the Garden State,
a farm in this area is—let’s face it—unusual. The thick forests, the rocks and boulders left behind
when the glacier rolled through and the short, steep hills just don’t scream “farmland.” Add to that
large chunks of land are hard to come by. And, if that land exists, most towns have adopted rules
and regulations that cater to suburban living rather than farm life.
That’s not to say they didn’t exist.
Most of Roxbury was bucolic farmland before becoming what it is today—a sprawling suburban
neighborhood with a bustling retail hub. The Milton section of Jefferson also boasted several
family farms, dotted among the many lakes and streams that make up that part of the township.
The immediate lake region, however, was not a fit for most types of farms. That’s why Hawk
Ridge, organic and on its way to being self-sustaining, is so unique. (Full disclosure here, the farm
is owned by Béla Szigethy, who also owns Lake Hopatcong News.) Writer Jess Murphy spent time
with both Ley and Szigethy and crafted a story worth reading.
And speaking of self-sustaining, Mike Daigle takes a second look at solar power, this time
residential installations. (Last summer, Mike wrote about two big commercial projects in the
area.) New technology and more affordable prices are inspiring homeowners to make the switch.
Mike has another story in this issue about a new, nationally recognized trail in the area—a water
trail. Read about how Lake Hopatcong is now identified as the headwaters to the newly minted
Musconetcong National Water Trail.
Also in this issue is a story by Melissa Summers about a long-standing tradition of volunteerism
among a group of area United Methodist churches, whose members spend a week each summer
tackling home improvement projects for deserving homeowners. The work this group does is
impressive. They are literally digging in the dirt and raising the roof.
As most of you know by now, I am a lover of dogs. Any time there’s
a potential dog-related story, I jump at the chance to get it in the
magazine. So, meet Miko, courtesy of Jess Murphy, herself a lover of
dogs, especially her Joe. I found Miko on Instagram. Turns out, he’s
a follower of the Lake Hopatcong News Instagram page and he’s got
a great story to tell. (Yes, LHN has an Instagram page. No, I don’t
post that often. Truth be told, I’m just there for the dog videos…)
As I write this column, I am in the home stretch of finishing yet
another issue and thanks to a talented stable of writers, I think we
hit this one out of the park.
See what I did there?
—Karen (at the farm)
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Watershed Receives National
Water Trail Designation
The October 2020 announcement of 30
additions to the national recreation trail
system made by then U.S. Secretary of the
Interior David L. Bernhardt included places of
imagination: The wilds of the Colorado River,
the stark desolation of Utah’s Moab region, the
dark and mysterious Okefenokee wetlands that
straddle the Georgia/Florida state line, and
the charming, tree-slung Musconetcong River
Watershed.
The what?
Yes. Welcome to the Musconetcong National
Water Trail.
“We are very proud of the designation,” said
Alan Hunt, director of policy and grants for the
Musconetcong Watershed Association (MWA).
The National Trails System consists of 11
national scenic trails, 19 national historic trails,
over 1,300 national recreation trails, and seven
connecting and side trails, as well as one national
geologic trail, with a total length of more than
88,000 miles—and now includes 42 miles of a
small, at times shallow, but scenic and historic
river that flows from the Lake Hopatcong dam in
Hopatcong State Park to Riegelsville in Warren
County where the Musconetcong empties into
the Delaware River.
Work that led to the national water trail
designation began about 20 years ago, Hunt said.
The idea then had been to identify a New Jersey
state water trail network. By 2006, with the use
of a small state grant, the association developed
the idea of a waterways travel guide and a map,
aimed specifically at canoeists.
In 2018, the MWA received a grant from the
Hunterdon County based Mohawk Canoe Club
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to update the watershed maps, he said.
That idea grew into the application to the
National Park Service for a water trail designation.
Hunt said the efforts added partners: the Lake
Hopatcong Foundation for the upper watershed
and support from the four counties that share
the watershed: Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex and
Warren. The Warren County development
department created the maps, he said.
The trails effort built on work done to secure
a federal wild and scenic designation for the
Musconetcong in 2006, which focused on the
recreational uses of the river and identified
historic bridges and sites in the watershed.
That designation resulted in a river
management council, which devises policies and
practices in use throughout the watershed.
It also provided a model for applying for the
national water trail notice, Hunt said.
Besides being the only national water trail
in New Jersey, Hunt said, he was told by the
National Parks Service that it is the only one in
the country that includes a wild and scenic river.
This is an example of the cooperation that
exists between the lake and river communities,
said Karen Doerfer, MWA communications
coordinator.
“We [MWA] focus on the lower watershed and
the foundation focuses on the lake. It’s all the
same watershed,” she said.
Beyond the recognition, the designation is an
invitation to highlight public access points along
the lake and river, organizers said.
To the uninitiated, the shoreline of Lake
Hopatcong can appear like a wall of private
development, blocking access to anyone but a
landowner.
The same description could apply to stretches
of the Musconetcong River, which flows through
towns and past private homes that border either
Justin Leese, with the Hopatcong Borough Department of Public Works, gets ready to
install a National Water Trail sign at Roland May Eves Mountain Inlet Sanctuary.
side.
An online interactive map and a brochure of
the new water trail are in the works and will
highlight the over 60 public access points in the
watershed, Hunt said.
There are four designated public access sites
on Lake Hopatcong: Hopatcong State Park,
Roxbury; Lee’s Park Marina, Mount Arlington;
Ashley Cove, Jefferson; and Roland May Eves
Mountain Inlet Sanctuary, Hopatcong.
Among the access points on the Musconetcong
that are highlighted are: The Lake Musconetcong
boat ramp, Netcong; and traveling southwest
along the river are numerous pull-offs and
fishing spots, including near Hackettstown,
Beattystown, Penwell, Asbury, Bloomsbury,
Warren Glen and Riegelsville.
“The awareness of public access to the lake is
vital,” said Jule Girman, chair of the Hopatcong
Environmental Commission, which led the effort
to clean up the parking area at the Roland May
Eves Mountain Inlet Sanctuary in anticipation
of the installation of the new sign designating
the sanctuary’s place in the new national water
trail.
The designation is also a boost for non-resident
and casual users of the lake, Girman said. Those
visitors might pass up a day at the lake because
they are unfamiliar with the public access points.
She said the number of kayakers and canoeists
on the lake has been increasing as was evident
over the recent July Fourth weekend.
“This will be an important boost for paddlers—
kayakers and canoeists,” said Donna Macalle-
Holly, grant and program director for the Lake
Hopatcong Foundation.
She said she recently led a kayakers’ tour of the
lake; the 25 slots were quickly filled.
The designation incorporates two important
elements: Access to the lake or river, and the
identity of parking areas, Doerfer said.
Knowing where parking is allowed is key to
planning trips in the watershed, she said.
“With an accurate map, a kayaker can leave
their car at a parking spot downriver and travel
the three miles to that spot,” she said.
Clarity about parking is an important piece of
creating access to the river, Hunt said. Trespassing
on private property can undermine the goodwill
needed to further make improvements in water
quality and recreational uses, he said.
The addition of a water trail on Lake
Hopatcong expands the possibility that paddlers
could combine a water excursion and a land
hike, said Macalle-Holly.
“A kayaker could enter the lake at Ashley Cove
and cross the lake to Liffey Island and enter
the James Leach Memorial Trail,” she said. The
Leach trail connects with the Lake Hopatcong
trail that runs, at present, from Hopatcong to
Jefferson. A small public parking area is located
at Ashley Cove.
There is an economic value to the water trail

as well, she said: hikers and boaters visit local
businesses.
A 2010 survey for the Morris County Park
Commission found its trail users spent nearly
$13 per person per visit for refreshments and
supplies.
Jefferson Mayor Eric Wilsusen noted in his
2021 annual address that, “We have been trying
to think outside the box and have been focusing
on eco-tourism. We have a tremendous amount
of open space and public land and are looking
to form more trails for hiking and biking to
bring more tourists to the area to patronize our
businesses.”
According to the Land and Water Conservation
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national economy. That means that one in 20
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A New Jersey Travel and Tourism Industry
report said tourism in New Jersey generated
$5 billion in state and local taxes in 2018, and
that tourism spending directly supports 333,860
jobs in New Jersey and 531,000 jobs overall in
associated businesses.
Hunt said the importance of the national
water trail designation is that it recognizes both
the environmental value of the watershed and
the economic value it creates.
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Mark Rabe in his front
yard as volunteers clean
and paint his house.
Dan Page and Joe Smith
fit a piece of plywood
being used to patch
the roof on a house in
Highland Lakes. Emily
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Adam Hahn trys to remove brush and
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Photos by KAREN FUCITO
Summer means camp or a well-needed
vacation for most area families, but not for
these generous teens and adults, who spent a week
giving back to the community with paint brushes
and table saws.
Dedicated volunteers including 22 youth from
five area churches formed teams, tackling home
improvement and maintenance projects at the
homes of seven families.
For 39 years, the Christian Outreach Project
(COP) has worked with approximately 350
homeowners in Sussex, Morris, Warren and Passaic
counties, completing essential home repairs that
the homeowners wouldn’t have been able to do
themselves.
During the week of June 27, five crews of four to
five teens, accompanied by adult crew leaders and
supervisors, worked on homes in Highland Lakes,
Franklin, Newton and Oak Ridge, according to
Linda Diffley, 63, of Flanders, chairperson of the
COP Board of Directors.
Pastor Steve Bechtold, 66, of the Sparta United
Methodist Church, was part of the first group that
sat down to design the program in 1983. “We had
to do a lot of work introducing ourselves to social
service agencies because that’s where we got a lot
of our referrals from,” he said. “We started with
just two churches, and it’s grown. We have done as
many as 12 sites in a week.”
The board actively reaches out to organizations
throughout northwest New Jersey to find clients
who need home repair work, according to Brenda
Ehlers, 58, the associate pastor at Morrow Memorial
United Methodist Church in Maplewood. “We
evaluate applications based on what we can do in
a week—what can we accomplish with the people
and skillset we know we have, whether they’re
professionals or skilled volunteers.”
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COP normally receives about 30 applications a
year for both inside and outside jobs, according to
Diffley. “This year, we requested only outside jobs
due to COVID and ended up with around 22,”
she explained. Bechtold said the “sweet spot” is
between 6 and 10 projects a year.
Ehlers said they also prioritize the projects they
choose—because they’ll be back next year. “We
want to be sure that the most critical needs are
met.”
After applicants are chosen, they set a budget for
each project. The cost of materials “has been crazy
this year,” Ehlers said. “We ask if homeowners
can contribute but that is in no way a factor in
determining what we’re going to do.” Volunteers
are asked to pitch in $200 each, and participating
churches fundraise throughout the year and
direct donations supplement the materials cost,
according to Diffley.
The Rabe family was familiar with COP after a
crew visited their home in 2018. They reapplied
for 2021, with a request for work on their gutters,
soffits and siding.
Mark Rabe, 61, a former postal worker, lives
in the Oak Ridge home with his son and autistic
daughter. Mark’s wife, Sandra, passed away in
2008 when the kids were only 10 and 5. “I’m
a single parent and I have a daughter with a
disability, so I’m always taking care of her,” he said.
“I lost my job in 2014 because I had to take so
much time off work.”
Mark’s son, Stephen, now 24, helps out as
much as he can, but appreciates the extra hands.
“They are doing a great job,” he said. “They are
teaching kids skills, and they are helping us out
with something we can’t afford.”
Crew leader Sean Jans, 34, is the director
of Youth and Sunday School at Sparta United
Methodist Church. An IT specialist and computer
science teacher by day, he said taking time to
extend service to others is an important part of
the church’s teachings. “So many people have faith
in words but not necessarily actions,” he pointed
out. “We take those words and convert them into
action here on the work site.”
First-timer Archie Mumma, 15, a member at
the Morrow Memorial United Methodist Church,
is following in the footsteps of older siblings who
have come through the program. He’s volunteered
his time before but was especially excited to be at
the Oak Ridge site. “It’s nice helping out people
that can’t do it themselves and making new friends
and doing nice stuff for people.” Getting to use a
power washer didn’t hurt either.
A five-year veteran of the program, Melissa
Priester, 18, of the Succasunna United Methodist
Church, said the week is the culmination of a year
of fundraising by her youth group. But, getting
there makes it all worthwhile. “You hear all the
stories of the people you’re working with,” she said.
“It just feels really good to do something for them
that they need to get done and they can’t get done
otherwise.”
David Benitez, 50, and his wife Jysseth, 38,
have two children: Alyssa, 16, and Brian, 7, who
is on the autism spectrum. They’ve owned their
Highland Lakes home for two years, but this past
winter took its toll, creating significant roof leaks.
In January, after 25 years at ShopRite in New City,
N.Y., David was injured on the job, could no
longer work, and just couldn’t fix the roof. “The
crew was able to repair and reseal the whole side of
the roof and clean the gutters,” he said.
Dan Page led the crew at the Benitez home.
The week was always something that Page, 26,
a parishioner at Succasunna United Methodist
Church, looked forward to as a teen. “COP was a
great way to start the summer because it allowed me
to make new friends and be a part of meaningful
projects for some really deserving homeowners.”
Now he’s able to pay forward all of the skills and
knowledge that others taught him during his three
years as a crew member, and that’s his favorite part.
“This program is really unique because we don’t
expect that adult leaders or youth participants are
experts in construction or in any one particular
skill,” Page said. “COP builds crews that can

accomplish the project they’re asked to do.”
“The whole crew was so delightful, pleasant and
happy to help in any way they could,” Benitez
said. And, he plans to return the favor. “When I’m
better, I will offer help for others in my church
and community. I’m so happy there are outreach
programs like this available for everyone.”
The deck and walkways at Gary Powoski’s home,
also in Highland Lakes, were in need of a makeover.
A COP crew had been there in 2018 and when
the board reached out again this year, he was quick
to accept. Powoski, 65, is disabled with mobility
issues and limited income. “I power washed and
sanded the deck last summer, but it was as much
as I could do,” he said. “So, when this opportunity
came up, I was really grateful.” Volunteers secured
the deck and gave it a fresh coat of paint. They also
dug channels and poured concrete for brand new
pathways in the front and back of his house.
Programs like the Christian Outreach Project
teach valuable lessons about owning and
maintaining a home, according to Powoski. “I’m
a firm believer that if there is any utility left in
anything, that you should make it work.”
Many youth volunteers said they were inspired
to keep things local this year, especially since
COVID-19 restrictions prevented long-distance
travel.
Adam Hahn, 17, of Jefferson, has participated in
other project-based mission trips with the Sparta
United Methodist Church Youth Group, but this
year was his first with COP. Helping at Powoski’s
home was especially gratifying. “It’s satisfying
seeing that you’ve taken the time out of your day to
improve people’s lives,” he said. “I learn something
new every time I come on these trips, and curing,
mixing and pouring concrete was certainly new to
me.”
Camp Lou Henry Hoover in Newton hosts
the program participants during the week but
not just for nightly meals and accommodations.
The site also offers a chance for recreation and a
social atmosphere. “It’s a camp environment and
everyone is really friendly and you get to make a lot
of new connections,” Priester said. (Crew members
staying there contribute an additional $200 each
toward camp fees.)
Dick Preuss, 74, a parishioner at Succasunna
United Methodist Church, has been involved
with COP since 2013. He’s no longer an active
participant but helps in any way he can because
of the tremendous satisfaction it brings. “At first
it was working on the project but mostly it was
working with the youth,” he said. “The trick is, let
the kids do the work, they are very capable. They
need guidance but not direct supervision and that
was the biggest reward.”
“There is a tremendous need for the services that
programs like COP provide in our local area,” said
crew leader Page. He points out that it isn’t always
obvious when someone is struggling.
“One of the things I like about this program is
that we’re helping people understand the nature of
economic challenges in this area,” Bechtold said.
“It’s not unusual for people to go to work on a house
somewhere and they’ll say they pass this house
every week and never saw it. There are people in
need right around the corner.” He has found that
often crew members form long-term relationships,
even friendships, with the homeowners.
Bechtold said they tell their participants that one
of the best things they can offer someone is dignity
and respect. “I’ve met a lot of people who have
not experienced that from their neighbors, from
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Two other churches, Milton United Methodist
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Lake Hopatcong Pup Makes
Waves on Instagram
Story by JESSICA KITCHIN MURPHY
Photos by KAREN FUCITO
You might have seen him riding on a wave
runner to the Main Lake Market for ice
cream. Or being greeted by fans in Byram Cove.
Or leaping from a dock in Henderson Cove.
You might have seen him strolling the salt
flats in Utah. Or posing in front of the Rocky
statue in Philadelphia. Or overlooking the
Golden Gate Bridge in California.
Whether in real life or on social media, Miko
is regularly seen by hundreds. The 6-year-old
golden retriever has collected more than 600
followers on Instagram, where his handle, yay_
miko, showcases his everyday adventures, from
local hikes to faraway explorations. Each of
the hundreds of picture and video posts shows
Miko being Miko: often happily immersed in
natural beauty or near iconic landmarks, taking
in the world around him.
Sometimes that world is far from Lake
Hopatcong; Miko’s owner, Mark Hodgdon, has
taken him on dozens of road trips, and the pair
have visited 40 states since Hodgdon adopted
Miko poses
at a star
adorned
with
removable
letters
on the
Hollywood
Walk of
Fame.
Photo courtesy of Mark Hodgdon
Miko as a gift to himself in 2014. “He was the
best Christmas present ever,” Hodgdon said. By
the end of 2021, he intends for Miko to have
visited 48 states, closing in on his quest to hit all
50 states with his canine companion.
But Lake Hopatcong is home, and so the
backdrop to many of Miko’s photo and video
posts is New Jersey’s largest lake.
“I can’t keep him away from the lake any
time of year,” Hodgdon said. “Swimming in
the summer, playing on the ice in winter, riding
with me all the time. He just loves this lake.”
Hodgdon, who grew up in Kearny, has also
always been drawn to the water. A longshoreman
who operates cranes on piers, he lives in
Hopatcong, in a lakeside home on Henderson
Cove, where he soaks in the sunshine and lake
life in between lengthy road trips.
Hodgdon’s journey to the lake came after a
particularly dark time, following intense grief
and unstable living. He made the decision to
get his life together and set a goal to have a
home and a dog; the house came first in 2010,
and a few years later he adopted Miko from a
litter in Ohio. He said he continues to live the
12-step program every day and helps others in
Mark Hodgdon
and Miko go for
a ride on the
wave runner on
Lake Hopatcong.
Miko poses on the steps in his house on
Lakeside Avenue in Hopatcong.
recovery.
Miko, he said, has made his life so much
better. “I can’t believe how lucky I got,”
Hodgdon said. Miko is “totally attached to any
feeling I have,” and knows just how to respond.
“People say he’s practically human. Really, he’s
even better than human.”
Miko is the first dog Hodgdon has ever
owned, though there was a golden retriever
who was essentially adopted by the workers at
a junkyard where he had worked years earlier.
That dog inspired Hodgdon to get a golden
retriever someday. “He became one of my best
friends,” he said. “I just knew I had to get a
golden.”
When it came time to name his new family
member, Hodgdon honored his longtime friend,
the drummer of the band moe., Vinnie Amico.
In addition to dancing to moe.’s music, Miko
is quick to follow commands to give a high-five
or bring a “gift” (usually a stuffed animal) to
a guest at his home, which is decorated with
paintings of Miko and Hodgdon created by
friends of his, and a pillow that says, “All you
need is love and a dog.”
When it’s time to go for a ride on Hodgdon’s
wave runner, Miko will retrieve his doggy life
jacket and hop on the watercraft, where he sits
between Hodgdon and the handlebars and stays
put for the cruise across the water, the wind
making his soft golden fur glisten. “He can’t get
enough of it,” Hodgdon said.
Hodgdon has trained Miko
himself, and the two move through
the world in lockstep. They hike 3
to 5 miles together every morning,
regardless of weather. Locally, some
favorite hikes include Mt. Tammany
at the Delaware Water Gap, the
Stairway to Heaven trail in Vernon,
the Sparta Glen and the Lake
Hopatcong Trail off Roland May
Eves Mountain Inlet Sanctuary.
When they travel farther afield on
their road trips, Hodgdon said he
Miko dressed
as a ghost in
a cemetery in
Salem, Mass.
Miko atop
Cadillac
Mountain in
Maine.
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Photos above and right
courtesy of Mark Hodgdon

knows what Miko needs by his nudge: “There’s
one nudge that tells me he needs a break, one
that tells me he’s got to pee and one that tells
me he needs water.”
Hodgdon has a special staircase to make it
easier for Miko to climb into the car, and his
2019 Toyota Tundra is always ready to travel. “I
literally have the back loaded and ready for any
trip at any time for camping, overnight hiking,
beach, even snowboarding,” he said.
Catching the sunrise on the top of Mount
Cadillac or being carried on the snowboarding
hill, Miko is also always ready for a new
escapade with Hodgdon. The duo went on a
three-week road trip to California this spring,
hitting everywhere from Niagara Falls and the
Upper Peninsula of Michigan to Las Vegas and
Hollywood, with countless vistas (and dog
parks) in between.
Miko’s birthday being on October 31,
Hodgdon plans special Halloween trips to
locales where the holiday is distinctly celebrated:
Salem, Mass., Key West, and even the New
York City Halloween Parade (where Miko was
dressed as a spider).
With all of the experiences near and far,
Hodgdon had started collecting photos of
Miko when friends told him he should set up
an Instagram account for the dog. “They ended
up setting it up for me, and then it just grew
from there,” he said.
His posts regularly garner dozens of likes
and adoring comments, such as admiring the
“epic shot” of Miko lounging on Devils Bridge
in Sedona, Ariz. Miko also appears on other
Instagram accounts, including that of Lola’s
Tex-Mex Restaurant on the lake. “They love
him there,” Hodgdon said.
There are lots of photos Hodgdon takes that
he doesn’t post. “It really depends on how my
heart feels when I see the picture, if it’s really
showing the true Miko.”
Those photos and videos he does post on the
yay_miko account show a dog that is supremely
loved and that has gone on more adventures in
his six years than most humans do over decades.
“I just want to give him a good life,” Hodgdon
said. “He deserves that. And with Instagram,
I’m glad people are able to come along for the
ride with us.”
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BOB RICE
LOCAL
VOICES
While having never lived at Lake Hopatcong, Bob Rice, 78, said “it has been
the one constant in my life,” with minimal interruption, since he was 3. Originally from
Montclair, Rice lives with his wife of 51 years, Pam, on a quiet cul-de-sac on what was a
horse farm in Branchburg, N.J. “Great neighbors,” he said.
WHAT IS YOUR BEST MEMORY ABOUT LIVING WHERE YOU LIVE?
The annual hot air balloon festival [known officially as the New Jersey Lottery Festival of
Ballooning, which takes place in Readington, N.J.]. There are hundreds of balloons
and thousands of people.
HOW DID YOU EARN A LIVING?
I worked for just one company for my entire 30-year
career. I worked at a pharmaceutical company (Upjohn)
as a research liaison for medical schools, with
the scientific focus being developing potential
treatments for spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain
injuries and strokes. I retired in 2000.
WHAT’S THE CRAZIEST/MOST UNUSUAL JOB
YOU’VE EVER HAD?
During my college years, I had a side job cleaning
phone booths (younger readers may wonder what a
phone booth is).
WHO HAS BEEN YOUR BIGGEST INFLUENCE IN LIFE
AND WHY?
My father, who passed on quite young when I was a
school kid. He was a highly successful businessman and a
wonderful father. Lake Hopatcong was always a part of his
life dating back to his childhood in East Orange. He and his
brother and their father all were avid fishermen, and much of
that fishing was done on the lake. It may seem unbelievable, but
he and his brother used to ride their bikes the 30 or so miles from
East Orange, up and down all the hills, to spend the day at the lake,
whether to go fishing or to spend a few hours at Bertrand Island.
ANY HOBBIES?
Sports in my younger days. I went to the University of Richmond
[Virginia] on a football scholarship. Boating in all forms dating to the
late 1940s when we had a slip at Barnes Brothers marina. Whether
going for a ride in our Lyman or watching the mahogany speed boats
go by, I was an avid boater from my earliest days. It has been a lifelong
love. One of the boats I watched go by as a kid was the Isabel, which
I acquired in 1989 from the third owner and renamed Lieutenant. It
has been on the lake since it was new in 1949, and I knew the three
families who owned it before me. Aside from riding in boats, I have also
enjoyed restoring six antique boats over the years.
DO YOU VOLUNTEER?
I’ve served on the boards of the United States Power Squadrons, the Lake
Hopatcong Yacht Club and the Lake Hopatcong Antique Boat Club, the
latter for over 40 years.
IS THERE ANYTHING MOST PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED TO LEARN
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I am a decorated Vietnam veteran, deeply proud of my brothers and sisters in
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Homeowners Slash Electric
Bills with Solar Panels
For Ilir Kaba of Jefferson, the choice to
switch his home to solar power was simply
economic math: His monthly electric bill was
cut by nearly two-thirds after the new system
was installed.
Kaba, of the Milton section of the township,
is among the more than 60 homeowners in
the immediate Lake Hopatcong area who have
installed residential solar systems since 2019.
A chart of solar installations released by the
New Jersey Bureau of Public Utilities in April
includes more than 13,206 residential and
commercial solar installations statewide since
2019.
Other BPU data shows that since 2000,
Morris County has recorded 3,749 residential
installations, including 29 in 2021; Sussex
County, 1,422, including eight in 2021; and
Warren County, 1,327 including 15 in 2021.
The counties with the most solar installations in
that period were Ocean with 19,678, Middlesex
with 12,531 and Monmouth with 11,846.
Commercial installations listed during this
period include the Mount Arlington and
Hopatcong solar fields (both placed on old
landfills), numerous Wawa stores, Wells Fargo
banks, warehouses, college and public school
sites, church facilities and even a bowling alley.
Homeowners said the change was driven by
environmental concerns, the drive to keep up
with new technologies, home economics and
state and federal tax incentives.
The basic incentives: New Jersey does not
charge the state’s 6.625 percent sales tax on
solar equipment. This would save a homeowner
$1,325 in sales tax on $20,000 of solar
equipment, for example.
The federal tax incentive through 2022 is
a 26 percent tax break on the total cost of the
installation. So, for a $30,000 system, the federal
tax break would be $7,800.
The installation of a “net meter” allows the
system to send to the electric power grid excess
electricity produced by the home system,
resulting in lower costs for the homeowner.
These home solar installations are occurring as
New Jersey has set a goal of using 100 percent
clean energy by 2050.
The state’s 2019 New Jersey Energy Master
Plan stated that goal would be reached in part
by “electrifying the transportation and building
sectors, promoting energy efficiency, and meeting
more than a doubling of load growth with 94
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percent carbon-free electricity. (The remaining
6 percent can be provided with carbon neutral
electricity).”
Kaba said his family has lived in the
1,900-square-foot Milton home for 11 years and
three years ago chose to install a solar system.
“My monthly electric bill was $350 a month,”
he said. “It is now $120 a month. That’s a lot of
money.”
His house has excellent sun exposure on all
four sides, he said, a factor in the decision to add
solar power. His system includes 39 panels, a
storage unit and a net meter, he said.
“It is very good,” he said. “This was a very good
decision.”
For Jefferson resident
Dave Neal, the choice of
a Tesla solar system was a
natural one: He traded in
a GMC Yukon for a Tesla
SUV.
Neal said he rented his
lakeside home for three
years before buying it in
2017. When Tesla began
to offer its latest generation
of solar roofing in the
area, he was interested.
The property has full sun
exposure.
A Tesla system turns the entire roof into a solar
collector, where the solar panels are the roofing
shingles, he said. That compares to other systems
where solar panels are installed on top of the
existing roof.
He installed a 6 kWh (kilowatts per hour)
system on the garage. It includes a storage unit
and at the end of July he was waiting for JCP&L
to swap out his former electric meter for a net
meter.
Neal said his electric bill was averaging $125 a
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month. He had been unable to compute his new
lower bill since the solar system had only been
installed in late June.
The system cost $30,000, he said, and was
financed for 10 years. The 26 percent federal tax
incentive was a factor in choosing to make the
switch now.
He said as an engineer he found the new
technologies inherent in the Tesla solar system
attractive, and it allowed him to rethink energy
use in his home.
With the prospect of lower electric costs,
Neal said, he was studying the installation of an
electric geothermal heating and cooling system.
For Jonathan Lehmann, the update represented
by the Tesla third-generation roof system was
so enticing that in June, he had the existing
1,200-square-foot roof of his lake-facing home
in Jefferson replaced with the system.
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Dave Neal uses his phone
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appearance, that satisfied his scientific nature,
said Lehmann, who works in the genetics field.
“A major factor was the aesthetics,” he said.
The Tesla system presents a smooth-looking
roof that disguises the fact it is a solar collector.
The system can also be operated through
the Tesla app on his smartphone, Lehmann
said, giving him the ability to control energy
consumption as needed.
The company also offers an incentive program
to allow a new user a way to gain rewards.
“The installation was interesting because
installers had to make sure the tiles did not come
into contact with the metal flashing around the
chimney because the tiles conduct electricity,” he
said.
His new $26,000 system includes battery
storage. He is awaiting the installation of his
net meter. Lehmann said he expects his monthly
electric bill will drop by half.
Things to consider with a solar energy system:
The Lake Hopatcong region averages 207 sun
days a year, according to weatherspark.com.
The brighter period of the year lasts for 3.7
months, from April 30 to August 22, with
average daily sunlight generating more than 5.8
kilowatts of energy per hour. The brightest day
of the year is June 29, with an average of 6.8
kWh.
The darker period of the year lasts for 3.1
months, from November 5 to February 10, with
an average daily incident shortwave energy per
square meter below 2.7 kWh. The darkest day
of the year is December 23, with an average of
1.7 kWh.
An average American home uses 10,649 kWh
of electricity per year, the website said.
The Solar Energy Industry Association said the
average residential solar system generates 5 kWh
of energy and covers 299 square feet, roughly 25
panels.
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Cucumbers
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Hemingway and Paco,
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Cherry tomatoes
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Sugar, in her
space with
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background.
Some of the chickens enjoying
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Colin Ley, farm manager,
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Organic Farm Launch
It’s not exactly what you expect to see when
winding along Espanong Road in Jefferson
Township, but nestled among the suburban
homes and small local businesses it stands: a
terraced organic farm, perched up the hill across
from Jefferson Market and less than half a mile
from Lake Hopatcong.
Hawk Ridge Farm encompasses seven acres
and features dozens of varieties of produce, scores
of rescued farm animals and even totems of logs
growing mushrooms.
“The whole idea is to have small-scale organic
farming, with the wider community in mind,”
said farm manager Colin Ley.
Ley, 28, lives in the farmhouse on the property
with his wife, Sarah, and their two dachshunds.
Although he studied journalism at Indiana
University, Ley grew up outside of Chicago in
an ecologically minded community, minored
in environmental management and always had
his eye on a career more immersed in nature.
After graduating, he started working on farms
and began studying to get his certification in
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Photos by KAREN FUCITO
LAKE HOPATCONG NEWS Midsummer 2021
sustainable agriculture.
“I was looking for a farm management position,
and this opportunity came up,” he said. “It was
kind of a surprising location.”
Béla Szigethy, who owns the property (and
this publication), said he had kicked around a
variety of ideas for activities on the site, including
glassblowing and a treehouse. “I wanted the space
to engage the community and have a purpose that
gave people something to get together around,”
he said. “One of those was going to be gardening,
and as we went through and vetted the different
ideas, none really stuck except for the garden,
which then became this concept of a mini-farm.”
In March 2020, Ley traveled to the Garden
State to interview for the farm manager position.
He got the job and then watched the world
around him grind to a halt—including plans for
launching the farm.
He eventually moved to New Jersey in June
2020 and promptly started getting the garden
in order, though he was months behind where a
typical growing season would have been. In some
ways, however, the delay was a blessing. “We
ended up having a whole year as a dry run,” he
said. “The pressure was off, and I think the farm
is better because of it.”
During that time, Ley was able to craft a plan
for the property that would simultaneously aim to
provide produce to local residents and restaurants
(including those owned by Szigethy), provide an
interesting attraction for families to visit and be an
example of holistic organic farming.
To achieve those three goals, he first needed to
“build soil fertility” to overcome the alkaline soil
and lack of organic matter. For one thing, there
wasn’t an earthworm to be found, so he purchased
pounds of worms to add to the soil. He also added
cover crops to help increase nutrients. “We are seeing
improvements every day,” he said.
And when it comes to food production, Hawk
Ridge is just getting started: rows of plantings
include 13 varieties of tomatoes, three types of kale,
three types of lettuce, four types of garlic, as well as
several varieties of cucumbers, squash, peppers, peas,
beans, onions and potatoes. The orchard includes 50
peach and apple trees, with cherry and fig trees on
the way. Grapevines are expected to begin to bear
fruit for harvest in 2023.
Plans call for berries to line walking paths. Oyster
and shiitake mushrooms grow on carefully arranged
logs. Nearly 200 chickens produce 15 dozen eggs

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his staff. And the greenhouse contains herbs and
microgreens that are harvested weekly.
In addition, Ley intends for the farm to be the
source for a Community Supported Agriculture
(CSA) program that he hopes will be generating
produce boxes for subscribing residents by early
2022.
In terms of creating a destination for local
residents, a big draw is likely to be the assortment of
rescue animals that live on the property. Two sheep,
two goats, two horses, two alpacas and a potbelly
pig named Walter all reside in their own spaces on
site. Although there is a barn on the property, it will
generally only hold the animals in the winter, since
they are healthier outdoors.
A farm stand, growing lessons and a harvest festival
are also in the works to help provide a fun local
attraction for the community. “Families will be able
to come buy fresh, locally grown produce, and have a
farming experience,” Ley said.
As for providing an example of small-scale
sustainable agriculture, Ley’s efforts demonstrate a
commitment to minimizing waste and maximizing
the health of the land. A walk through the grounds
showcased numerous examples of his painstaking
efforts in this department: a pollinator strip of
wildflowers, including three different types of
nitrogen-fixing clover to draw bees. Aquatic
weeds harvested from Lake Hopatcong are used
as mulch. The poultry fencing is moved every
three weeks, so the chickens can eat the bugs and
the weeds. Any sprays that are used are naturally
derived and break down within two hours.
“Organic means you’re building soil fertility
year after year,” Ley said. “If you build a healthy
soil, a living soil, a thriving soil, your plants are
healthier at the end of the day and you don’t need
to supplement with synthetic fertilizers.”
The robust operation is made possible by the
support Ley has around him. In addition to his
first full-time employee who started in June, he
also has a neighbor who works part-time, and
a half-dozen volunteers who work in two-hour
shifts throughout the week.
Two of those volunteers are Hopatcong
residents Judy Caruso and Gloria Mosior, who
usually work together, collecting eggs and taking
care of the animals so Ley can focus on gardening.
“It’s hot and dirty work, but I love it,” Caruso
said. “I didn’t know what to expect, but when I
got here and met [Ley] it all fell into place. It’s
perfect.”
Mosior said it’s been educational. “I expected
to just be taking care of horses, but I didn’t expect
to learn as much as I’m learning. It’s so exciting
to understand how mushrooms grow, and how to
take care of all these living things. [Ley] is a jackof-all-trades,
and I’m learning so much.”
Ley has praise for his volunteers as well. “They
made this year possible,” he said. “If I didn’t have
them, I don’t know what this place would look
like.”
Szigethy is hopeful the operation will
eventually be self-sustaining, but is already
pleased with what he sees. “We wanted to bring
something to the neighborhood that hasn’t been
there before, in this case a farm-to-table concept
[that allows restaurants] to get fresher produce,
local customers to get better-tasting fresh food
and local gardeners a place to tend to their craft,”
he said. “We’re getting food production back to
consumers, which is a great way to eat better,
healthier and happier.”
Ley said he’s proud of what has been done so
far and is excited to see what the future holds for
Hawk Ridge Farm. “It’s still very much a work in
progress, but it’s nice to see it coming together.”
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A veteran enjoys the
view from the front of
Miss Lotta.
Well-wishers on Brady
Bridge in Jefferson.
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Photos by KAREN FUCITO
When Maryalice Hanzo of Oak Ridge
enlisted in the Navy in 1959, she was
hoping to see the world. “I was stationed in New
York City,” she quipped.
When Jim Flinchon of Hopatcong joined
the Air Force, he just wanted to get away. A
deployment to Thailand and Vietnam from 1968
to 1969 did just that.
Hanzo, along with her husband, Henry, who
served in the Air Force from 1959 to 1962, and
Flinchon, were among two boatloads of veterans
who enjoyed a cruise aboard Miss Lotta honoring
servicemen and women. Now in its fifth year,
the annual event saw cruises depart from Nolan’s
Point and included a 90-minute tour of Lake
Hopatcong, a complimentary breakfast and
goodie bags.
From Guantanamo to Germany to Vietnam
to Korea, all on board Miss Lotta served their
country from all corners of the globe. Residents
from the four lake towns pulled out all the
patriotic stops, with well-wishers greeting the
boat from multiple locations. The annual veteran’s
cruise is an initiative of Lake Hopatcong Cruises
and the towns of Hopatcong, Jefferson, Mount
Arlington and Roxbury.
It was Hanzo’s first time aboard Miss Lotta, and
she took her maiden voyage in stride. “I think this
is very nice,” she said.
With her heart set on a worldly endeavor,
Hanzo, a seaman, was stationed in the Brooklyn
Navy Yard and worked in the personnel office.
After marrying a military man and leaving
the Navy, Hanzo moved with her husband to
Guantanamo Bay, where he was stationed and
where they started a family.
“I was out of the service at that point,” she said.
Since then, a daughter, Laura, has followed
in their footsteps by joining the Navy. She
was stationed in Jacksonville, Fla., where she
performed maintenance on helicopters. “I
think everybody should join the service,” said
Maryalice.
The outpouring of public appreciation brought
Jim Perrin of Hopatcong to near tears.
“It’s unexplainable,” he said, choking up.
Perrin served in the Navy from 1966 to 1971
and was stationed in the Mediterranean. “I
consider myself very fortunate,” he said.
The early morning cruise honored veterans
from Hopatcong and Jefferson while the second
cruise paid tribute to veterans from Mount
Arlington and Roxbury. The camaraderie on
board and land was contagious.
At Wildwood Shores, the dock came complete
with a live Statue of Liberty and a sailor kissing
a nurse, reminiscent of the wartime photo taken
in Times Square in August of 1945. At a home
on Raccoon Island, 101-year-old Merrill “Doc”
Stern, a resident since 1968, was honored for his
service in World War II.
In Mount Arlington, resident Gary Pate,
who comes from a long line of veterans and is
a professional opera singer, serenaded the vets
from his dock. Afterward, he was presented with
a Marine Service blanket for his own service.
Both cruises were greeted by local fire
departments, Scout troops and patriotic residents
waving flags and shouting their thanks at Brady
and River Styx Bridges, the Mount Arlington
Municipal Beach and Shore Hills Country Club.
The lake’s fireboat, the Defender, also made an
appearance. Those cruising by in their own boats
waved and honked at Miss Lotta, while the
veterans basked in the outpouring of appreciation.
And there were plenty of “Thank You Veterans”
signs adorning private homes around the lake.
Maryalice Hanzo on the
top deck of Miss Lotta.
After disembarking and retrieving goodie bags,
the veterans boarded a shuttle from Nolan’s Point
to American Legion Post 245 in Jefferson for a
luncheon.
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participants of all ages on Sunday, June 27 at
Horseshoe Lake Park.
The event, which promotes kindness,
honors the memory of two local children who
passed away: Christopher D’Amico and Maya
Guberman. From each death grew a movement:
Kindness for Christopher, which encourages
random acts of kindness, and Maya’s Mission,
which promotes doing and being good.
Participants painted roughly 3 tons of fistsized
rocks (donated by Fullerton Grounds
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uplifting messages and then distributed them
around the park. The community is encouraged
to find the rocks and leave them around the
country, said Steve Alford, club advisor.
Hamburgers, hot dogs and drinks were
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HISTORY
A 1955 publicity photo showing the three styles of Barnes boats.
The Barnes Brothers boatyard, circa 1955.
Orrin Barnes framing a Barnes Craft at
the company’s marina, circa 1955.
Motor Boating magazine ad,
February, 1927.
Outboard mechanic
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Barnes Brothers boat
yard in 1961.
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From its beginning as a resort in the 1880s,
boats were an important part of Lake
Hopatcong’s development.
Steamboats met most visitors arriving by train
at the lake. As cottages began to spring up, it was
natural that their owners desired to own a boat. With
the introduction of launches powered by naphtha
in the 1890s, attention shifted from rowboats and
canoes to motorized vessels. Though relatively
unsafe, these early pleasure craft stunned spectators
with their speeds of 8 to 10 miles per hour.
They were soon replaced by motorboats powered
by internal combustion engines. While early models
from builders like Hacker, Matthews, Dunphy and
Elco were sold nationwide, many local boat builders
started turning out fine wooden hulls.
Such was the case at Lake Hopatcong where
many early launches and runabouts were built. By
purchasing from a local boat builder, customers
saved shipping and other costs and could have
a boat built to their exact specifications with a
commercially made engine. Boat building was
common at the lake over several decades, with
wooden motorboats still being produced into the
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A Century of Boating
1950s.
Boat ownership became much more common
at the lake in the 1920s, spurred by sales of such
national brands as Chris-Craft and Century. To
meet the demand, new boatyards opened at the lake.
And so it was 100 years ago that two brothers
opened a boat business at Lake Hopatcong.
Mr. and Mrs. Alpheus Fayette Barnes of Jersey
City spent summers at Lake Hopatcong in the first
decades of the 20th century and their two sons,
Alpheus Fayette, Jr. (known as Fayette or Fay) and
Orrin, grew up at the lake.
They evidently enjoyed working with the new
motorboats arriving at the lake, started tinkering with
them in the 1910s and, in 1921, an advertisement
in the Lake Hopatcong Breeze announced that the
Barnes brothers, “better known as Fay and Barney,”
were in operation at Nolan’s Point for boat and auto
repairing and supplies. Their business was thereafter
simply known as Barnes Brothers.
In 1922, the brothers moved their operation to
the dock of the Kenvil Store, the location known
for many years as Hockenjos Boat Yard (and now
Katz’s Marina at the Cove). It was during this period
that the brothers apparently constructed their first
motorboat.
The April 14, 1923 edition of the Lake Hopatcong
Breeze reported that in “keeping step with the
progressive era at Lake Hopatcong” the brothers had
equipped their shop with steam heat and modern
facilities for the construction and repairing of boats
and were in the process of building “one of the
classiest speed boats that ever delighted the eye of
a connoisseur.” Adding that the duo had completed
over a dozen rowboats, the Breeze went on to say
the brothers were “justly proud” of this new 32-foot
vessel and “invite anyone to come and view the craft
in any stage of its development.”
In 1924, the Barnes brothers were able to acquire
a place of their own by purchasing the lot next to
the Mount Arlington public dock and constructing
a new facility. This was a time before electric hoists
and forklifts so, as was the practice at the time,
the new facility was fully equipped with “marine
railways.” These consisted of a set of tracks running
from the building into the lake with a cradle used to
bring boats out of the water for repairs and winter
storage. Following a storm in 1925 that collapsed
their new storage building, the brothers built the
core of the marina that still stands today.
Boat building was a big part of the brothers’ early
business, keeping their staff busy during the quiet
winter months at the lake. The December 19, 1925
edition of the Breeze reported that the brothers had
“laid the keel and started the framework of a new
26-foot V-bottom runabout” to be launched in the
spring and were also working on “a couple of ice

“Baby Toots,” dockside at Barnes Brothers. Driver
is believed to be Warner Steinbach, circa 1939.
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and rigging.”
For the 1928 season, the brothers opened a
boat showroom on Altenbrand Avenue where they
displayed Dodge Watercars, Century Kids outboard
speedboats, engines and accessories. The business
soon became the Lake Hopatcong representative for
Gar Wood boats.
While the showroom was at the road, the facility
on the lake concentrated on service, repairs and
boat building. Custom built boats could always
be arranged. The facility also sold gas and was
eventually outfitted with new Texaco gas computing
pumps in 1937, eliminating the need to measure
each sale manually.
In 1931, Orrin Barnes bought his brother’s
share of the business, but Fayette remained at the
lake and still often worked with him. During the
1930s, Barnes Brothers tried its hand at racing
boats, building numerous 225-cubic-inch racing
hydroplanes. Its “Baby Toots” competed around the
U.S. and turned quite a few heads at the lake.
In 1938, the Breeze explained that “Orrin F.
Barnes, head of Barnes Brothers, is a staunch believer
in the latest and most original designs, having been
one of the inaugurators in this country of the direct
drive, forward cockpit, with motor aft and due to
this and other innovations is producing some of the
best boats in Northern New Jersey.”
Like many businesses, Barnes Brothers’ operation
changed drastically during World War II. The shop
was converted to support the war effort by working
on small assembly parts for radios, airplanes and
many other items, including plastic lipstick cases,
rouge packs and razor blades. With the end of the
war, while still doing some outside work, Barnes
Brothers was able to get back to building boats. The
marina used the slogan, “Come in and see them
being built” in its advertising.
During the early 1950s, Barnes Brothers started
construction of a series of three boats. In 2011,
antique boat enthusiast Joan Brack described these
two 19-foot and one 17-foot double cockpit crafts
for Woody Boater magazine as “teardrop style”
which were “very rounded and barrel nosed with
torpedo sterns.”
Barnes Brothers also accepted orders for tour
boats during this period, building 40-foot “Water
Omnibus” or “Barnes Brothers Waterbuss” boats for
Bertrand Island Park. Some readers will remember
the large “Maggie” and “Jigs” tour boats at the park.
Barnes Brothers also built a ferry for a proposed
Halsey Island development around this time.
After conducting interviews with several former
employees, Brack concluded that Barnes Brothers
built some 40 to 50 custom runabouts over the
years. According to Brack, “the last custom Barnes
Craft was built around 1955 and was a cabin boat
named ‘Shangri-La.’ It had a Chris-Craft engine,
DeSoto dash, copper-clad sheathed seatbacks, red
upholstery and a linoleum floor.” Interestingly, this
boat and a second Barnes craft have been acquired
by Seth Katz, owner of the lake’s two Katz’s Marina
locations. When restored, they will be the first
Barnes boats seen on the lake for many years.
Orrin Barnes sold the business in the early 1960s
and retired. He still visited the old marina in later
years. He died at age 87 in 1988. Fayette had passed
two decades earlier in May 1963.
The marina changed hands a few times and was
owned by Jimmy Grimes for a number of years
before being bought by Ralph Migliaccio in the
mid-1980s. Ed Alonge, who managed the business
for many years and became a co-owner, took the
helm after Migliaccio’s passing in 2019.
The footprint of the business has grown
considerably as the land behind the marina was
cleared and leveled and a large boat storage operation
was constructed. A salesroom was installed in the
front of the building in what was originally a work
area.
There is no doubt that Orrin and Fayette Barnes
would be quite proud of the business that still bears
their name.
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COOKING
WITH SCRATCH ©
All Things
Italian
by BARBARA SIMMONS
Photos by KAREN FUCITO
So, you may
be wondering
why a nice German
girl like me has such
a fascination for
Italian food.
It is because of a love affair with Italy and
all things Italian that started in the fall of my
sophomore year in college.
I was attending the University of Colorado
Boulder and on the recommendation from a
friend in my dorm, I signed up for Italian 101.
It was five credits and, so, what the heck?
It was taught by a tiny, super energetic,
hilarious woman who eventually inspired me
to become an Italian teacher later in life. Our
adjunct professor, Gianna Albi, taught with
such enthusiasm and humor, students were
eager to come to class every day. She encouraged
us to write skits and wear costumes, invited us
to her house for Italian dinners, and eventually
convinced all of us to take a semester abroad
the following spring.
So, in February of 1974, I set off for my study
abroad in Siena, a medieval town in the hills
of southern Tuscany. I landed in Wiesbaden,
Germany to spend a couple of weeks with my
Tante Lucie and cousin Jürgen Neugebauer,
acclimating to life in Europe before embarking
on my adventure.
Although I was familiar with the New York
subway system, I had never ridden a
train alone in Europe before, and I
was a bit nervous. You can imagine
my sheer delight and relief when
my entire class boarded the train in
Milan. We had a joyous reunion, and
I was relieved to be surrounded by
friends and classmates.
On arrival, our teacher, Gianna
Albi, met us at the bus station in
Siena where we were partnered with
our respective roommates and were
given the addresses of the apartments
where we would be living. My
roommate was Ann MacDougal,
a willowy blonde from Louisville,
Ky., who attracted lots of attention
wherever she went. I blended in with
the natives with my dark hair and
brown eyes, but blondes, especially
American blondes, were quite a
novelty. We shared an apartment
with two Italian girls and lived under
the watchful eye of “Signora,” our very strict
landlady.
Our classes were held in the Facoltà di
Lettere e Filosofia in several of the buildings
in the historic center of town. A teaching
assistant, Fabio Reale, a Sienese native, was
smitten with Ann, and I accompanied them
on many dates in his red Fiat Duetto Spider
convertible. I was paired with his goofy cousin,
Giovanni Pizzi, to whom I must credit with my
accelerated fluency in Italian due to our wildly
differing political views. He was a communist
but worked in a bank. I was an idealistic
American college student. Needless to say, our
conversations were often quite heated!
Ann and I met several friends of Fabio and
Giovanni and spent lots of time together
talking, joking and singing. There was always a
guitar that got passed around in our gatherings
and my new Italian friends loved my rendition
of the Beatles’ “Rocky Raccoon.” They taught
me a bunch of Italian songs, too, some of which
I still remember: “Mamma mia, dammi cento
lire” (Mamma mia, give me 100 lire so I can
go to America) and “Il cacciatore nel bosco”
(the Hunter in the Woods…who seduced the
young shepherdess).
Our classes went from about 8 a.m. to 1
p.m., when the entire city took a very long
lunch break. All businesses would close, so you
could not shop or run errands between 1 and 3
p.m. Lots of people would go home, have a big
lunch and possibly a nap. We students went
to the Mensa (cafeteria) or one of the cheap
trattorias nearby. We found the atmosphere in
the Mensa to be too predatory (guys flirting
with girls was like an Olympic sport back in
the ‘70s!) so Ann and I usually chose a quiet
trattoria near the church of Saint Catherine.
SPAGHETTI ALLA CARBONARA
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients
4 eggs
1/3 cup freshly grated Parmigiano cheese
1/3 cup freshly grated Pecorino Romano (sheep’s) cheese
A few grinds of fresh pepper
1 pound bacon or guanciale or pancetta, diced
1 medium red or yellow onion, diced (feel free to omit)
1-pound box of spaghetti (Some of the imported brands of spaghetti have a very rough
texture, which is great for holding the sauce. Look for bronze-cut spaghetti.)
½-1 cup reserved pasta water
Procedure
1 Add the eggs, grated cheeses and black pepper to a bowl and whisk thoroughly until mixed.
2 In a large frying pan, fry the bacon, guanciale or pancetta until slightly crispy. (If using the
onion, add it when the meat is about halfway through browning.)
3 Turn off the heat. Holding back the meat and onions, pour off and discard all but about
2 tablespoons of the meat fat from the pan.
4 Cook the spaghetti al dente.
5 See that the frying pan has cooled off.
6 Scoop out 1 cup of pasta cooking water and set aside in a bowl.
7 Using tongs, add the cooked spaghetti to the frying pan and scrape the egg-cheese-meat
(and onion) mixture on top of it.
8 Stir to combine and add the pasta water a few ounces at a time to smooth out the sauce
until a creamy texture is obtained. If the pasta sauce seems too loose, briefly heat the pan,
stirring constantly until a slightly thicker consistency is reached. Don’t overheat the
carbonara, though, or the eggs in the sauce will scramble.
9 Serve with additional grated cheese and pepper.
Buon appetito!
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For a few thousand lire (at the time, $1 was
worth 600 lire) we would enjoy a half liter of
wine and a couple of bowls of pasta, spaghetti
alla carbonara being our favorite.
There are many origin stories for spaghetti
alla carbonara. Some say it was a hearty, rustic
meal made for the carbonari, or charcoal
workers. Others say it was a dish that was
popular after World War II, made from eggs
and bacon supplied by American troops.
The authentic Roman recipe calls for
guanciale, a cured pork product that comes
from the cheek or jowl (“guancia’” in Italian)
or pancetta (from the pork belly) but regular
American bacon works just fine. Mapleflavored
bacon, which I tasted once in
carbonara, definitely does not work.
Spaghetti alla carbonara was always a great
fallback dish for me and my family. It was
something I could make when I had almost
nothing in the house. In my trusty pantry,
there were always boxes of spaghetti, packages
of bacon in the freezer and eggs in the fridge
along with either Parmigiano or Pecorino
cheese (or both).
My special touch is adding a diced, sautéed
onion to the dish.
Please note, my ingredient list contains no
cream. The starchy cooking water from the
spaghetti will smooth out the egg and cheese,
creating a silky sauce that blends the elements
of the dish together.
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WORDS OF
A FEATHER
Golden-cheeked
warbler
Photos by
KYLE MATERA
Rather spontaneously, some friends and I
decided to fly to south Texas for a weekend
of birding. All of us had been before (on separate
trips) and had missed seeing target birds. Most
birders want to see as many species as possible.
There are about 650 regularly occurring
birds in North America and another 350 visit
sporadically. Birders keep life lists to track each
species seen, and it’s a thrill every time a new
species can be added.
I am in spitting distance of 700 species, and
I’m eager to reach that milestone number. Our
weekend trip was another chance to see new
“lifer” birds that we had failed to see before.
We had a dozen target birds, the vast state of
Texas and very limited time. Our statistics, by
the end of the weekend were these:
•Hours spent in Texas: 50
•Hours (cumulative) spent sleeping: 9
•Miles driven: 1,057
•Total species seen: 118
•Lifers: one for Carl, three for me and seven
for Kyle (this month’s photographer)
•Total number of insect bites suffered: infinite
All those miles and hours spent driving
fostered many conversations. One debate we
particularly enjoyed was the requirements to call
yourself a birder.
How do you measure up? Ask yourself the
following:
•Are you willing to forego sleep for multiple
days to be in the field for both dawn chorus,
when birds wake up, as well as at night to see
and hear night birds such as owls?
•Do you consider gas station bathrooms a
luxury (compared to the alternative: the great
outdoors)?
•Will you happily carry 10 pounds of optical
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Kyle Matera, Kenny Miller, the author,
Carl Edwards and Andrew Virdee.
Can You Call
Yourself a Birder?
Column by
HEATHER SHIRLEY
equipment for several hours and miles?
•Do you enjoy eating all your meals on the go,
in the car?
•Can you spend hours walking in pouring rain
with no umbrella, getting eaten alive by bugs,
not see your target bird and consider it a day well
spent?
•Do you frequently run into people you know
while birding, no matter what state or continent
you’re in?
•When you’re on vacation, is the town landfill
a must-see destination?
Avid birders will readily answer affirmatively
to each of these questions. The last one, about
landfills, may seem like a trick question, but
birders know that town dumps are often hot
spots for birds. Omnivorous or scavenging
birds such as raptors, gulls and corvids find easy
pickings at landfills, so they are usually worth
checking out.
The highlight of our weekend trip was a
visit to the landfill in Brownsville, Texas. We
were hoping to see a very special visitor. The
Tamaulipas crow is common in its home range
around Tamaulipas, a northeastern Mexican
state. Most American birders, however, strictly
differentiate their life lists by a total world list
and a more specific list for the area defined by
the American Birding Association (ABA).
The ABA area includes North America north
of Mexico plus the Hawaiian Islands. For it
to count on an ABA life list, the goal is to see
the Tamaulipas crow in the U.S. rather than in
Mexico. Only one or two of the crows come
far enough north to Brownsville every couple
of years. My friend Carl, the most experienced
birder in my group, had tried unsuccessfully
for more than 10 years to see the crows there.
Tamaulipas crows are similar to North American
and fish crows habitually seen in New Jersey,
but they are smaller, have a bluish sheen to their
feathers and a distinctive call.
On our weekend trip, we birded all over south
Texas and saw spectacular birds such as the
golden-cheeked warbler and black-capped vireo.
Both species have very limited ranges. The only
place in the world the warbler nests is in central
Texas. It relies on a (disappearing) specific
habitat that includes deciduous hardwoods and
mature juniper trees, and it uses the shredded
bark of the junipers to build its nest.
The vireo similarly relies on very unique
conditions that include brushy vegetation and
junipers in rocky areas recovering from recent
wildfires. Their nesting range is limited to just
a speck of land in Oklahoma, central Texas and
northern Mexico.
Given these required conditions, the birds
are not easy to see; we were lucky to have great
chances to study both. Then we made the fivehour
drive down to Brownsville, got within sight
of the landfill, but just as we pulled up to its
entrance, saw workers shutting the gates.
Nooooooooo! It was the last night, the last
chance to try for the crows. We couldn’t believe
we missed our opportunity!
Frantically, we called and waved to the
workers. One finally saw us, standing and
waving, weighed down by scopes and cameras.
His shoulders slumped, and he shook his head.
Ambling over, he said, “Birders, right? Here for
the crow? How far did you drive?” We babbled
our sob story and begged to be let in after hours.
Sighing, he simply said, “Get in the bed of the
truck, I’ll drive you up there.” We scrambled in,
ecstatic.
At the top of the mountain of trash, we
encountered two amazing sights: first, birders we
knew from home in Florida were there, second,
they were pointing to a pair of Tamaulipas crows.
Score! The thrill of seeing a lifer, the happiness of
being with and running into friends sharing that
rare experience with you—it’s all part of what
makes birding so addicting and wonderful.
As you finish with this column, are you ready
only to turn the page, read the next article? Or
are you tempted to go explore the woods, see
what you can see, maybe run into friends, find
something amazing?
If so, perhaps you can call yourself a birder.
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47 Hopatchung Rd.
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37 Nolan’s Pt. Park Rd., LH
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37 Nolan's Pt. Park Rd., LH
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Landing
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Central Comfort
100 Nolan’s Point Rd., LH
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5580 Berkshire Valley Rd.,
Oak Ridge
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22 Stonehenge Rd., LH
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342 Lakeside Ave., Hopatcong
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91 Mt. Arlington Blvd., Landing
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NONPROFIT
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260 Lakeside Blvd., Landing
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15 Commerce Blvd., Ste. 201
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101 Landing Rd., Roxbury
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670 Main St., Towaco
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101 Landing Rd., Roxbury
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RESTAURANTS & BARS
Alice’s Restaurant
24 Nolan’s Pt. Park Rd, LH
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300 Lakeside Ave., Hopatcong
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45 Nolan’s Point Park Rd., LH
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158 W Clinton St., Dover
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234 S. NJ Ave., LH
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