Hackettstown News

The Middle School students received an extra bonus lesson on Nov. 19 in the form of volunteers who used their time to teach the students for one day as part of the American Education Week.

You've seen them flailing in the aisles of the supermarket when they don't get what they want.

Another candidate announced his bid Monday for the seat of outgoing Warren County Sheriff Sal Simonetti.

Two federal agencies, the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Farm Service Agency will host five public meetings to introduce new opportunities for farmers available through Farm Bill programs.

HACKETTSTOWN -- A town resident was charged with being under the influence of a narcotic after police were called to Mars Inc., the maker of M&M's candy, on Friday afternoon with a report of an unconscious male.

The Hackettstown Business Improvement District announces its final event of the year - the Hackettstown Hometown Holiday Event from 7 p.m. to midnight Dec.

Karen Mazanek of Hackettstown was a finalist in Martha Stewart's first ever pie contest for her apple-pear-blueberry pie and will be featured on "The Martha Stewart Show" on television tomorrow.

Due to the rain predicted for Saturday, the walk on part of the Highlands Trail in Stephens State Park in Hackettstown has been postponed to Sunday, Nov.

Victoria Mars says her favorite M&M color is green, a fitting choice for a company that today celebrated its recent installation of one of New Jersey's largest solar systems.

HACKETTSTOWN -- Join the Musconetcong Watershed Association for a hike beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov.

An 18-acre solar-powered facility dedicated Monday at Mars Snackfood US is designed to help power the maker of M& Ms and other candy while being unobtrusive to homes about 100 yards away.

MOUNT OLIVE -- A license plate light violation resulted in the arrest Sunday of 41-year-old Jeffrey Jennings and 19-year-old Joseph Draheim, both of Hackettstown, for intent to distribute heroin, police said.

Mayor Michael Lavery, right, and U.S. Rep. Scott Garrett, R-Warren, center, were among the officials present today for the unveiling of Hackettstown-based candy manufacturer Mars Chocolate North America's 18-acre solar garden.

An 18-year-old Hackettstown woman was arrested on marijuana possession Friday after she struck a car while leaving a White Castle parking lot, police said.

Those green M&Ms really are getting greener. The New Jersey candy factory that produces M&M's flipped the switch Monday on a new solar array that provides clean energy.

He was making his third local visit in the weeks leading up to Tuesday's gubernatorial election and the Republican crowd was happy to see him.

By TOM HOWELL JR. thowell@njherald.com A freelance cameraman from Warren County has filed a federal lawsuit claiming he was assaulted by a special officer in Newark while filming a demonstration against street violence outside a city church James Quodomine, 57, of Independence, says CBS hired him to film the demonstration at St.

A reading and signing this week of a book by Centenary College's president benefits a fund named for her brother, who was killed in the Sept.

Traveling by black bus and beckoning passers-by to "vote for change," a new sheriff came to the township Thursday.

HACKETTSTOWN -- The Hackettstown PBA 369 is sponsoring an autumn food drive to benefit the Trinity United Methodist Church Lords Pantry of Hackettstown.