Andover News

By BRUCE A. SCRUTON bscruton@njherald.com Nearly 40 Sussex County residents are being sought by the federal government wanting to give them a tax refund.

Voters are welcome to call the chairs of both major political parties if they need a lift to the polls Tuesday.

Turf field plans at Station Park have run into an unexpected environmental hurdle, according to officials.

From Nov. 2-20, the Sussex County Library System will support the Department of Social Services by placing food and toiletry collection bins in its branches.

Submitted Photo Jim DeGroat, of Frankford, stands by an early 1900s outhouse at his home, the old Pellettown School House.

Just shy of its fifth anniversary in Hardyston, the YMCA is considering adding a second Sussex County facility in Sparta.

The Vernon Township Land Use Board will continue a public hearing on a cell tower proposed for 3 Silver Spruce Dr.

Snow and cold aren't hurting the apples and pumpkins still in the fields, but the weather definitely is putting a big chill on businesses that cater to the fall tourist trade.

Redevelopment of a blighted lot at the Limecrest Quarry could pave the way for huge tax ratables -- and for round-the-clock industrial operations at the corner of three towns.

Rob Nicholson's days as a Cub Scout kindled an interest in the environment that has endured into his current position as president and CEO of Eastern Propane Corp.

A paving stone plant is the latest proposal for the Limecrest Quarry property. It also will be the sole focus of a town land use board hearing tonight.

By SETH AUGENSTEIN saugenstein@njherald.com A federal court will hear arguments Monday that New Jersey municipalities cannot keep local laws making public drunkenness an arrestable offense.

ANDOVER TOWNSHIP a ' A pair of township men have been accused of stealing a television and refrigerator Oct.

Fourteen Sussex County municipalities will share $2.4 million in state grants to aid local road projects in fiscal year 2010.

Freeholder Director Glen Vetrano, who will complete nearly a decade on the freeholder board at the end of the year, and chaired this year's inaugural "Heroes for the American Red Cross" campaign, which raised approximately $60,000 for the local chapter, will be the recipient of this year's Mrs.

Photo by Amy Paterson/New Jersey Herald Paul Baldwin, Newton's water supervisor, climbs out of a pressure-reducing station, in Andover, after explaining how the underground system works.

ANDOVER TWP. -- John Bradford was driving along Limecrest Road near Long Pond School and spotted the red balloon.

Belonephobics rejoice. Folks with a fear of needles now have the alternative of "needle-free injections" at some seasonal flu clinics in New Jersey.

The 20-acre farm in Sussex County where Linda Grinthal has started her day-care and gardening businesses could not be more different from her native Hackensack.

The long-planned restoration of the Lackawanna Cutoff commuter rail line from the Poconos to Hoboken, which will run along a route parallel to traffic clogged Route 80, has cleared a key environmental hurdle, officials said today.