Lafayette News

Advance admission tickets are available to the New Jersey State Fair along with carnival strip tickets and the new MegaPasses, which combine admission and a Pay One Price at the carnival on the day you choose.

When it came to declaring its independence from the control of the Crown, Sussex County was ahead of the curve.

Violent Enterprise Source Targeting or V.E.S.T . is described as a multi-agency effort to disrupt violent criminal organizations combining the resources and of local, county, state and federal law enforcement.

ROCKAWAY TWP. -- The 22nd Annual Gooch's Garlic Run of 2,500 motorcyclists riding from the Rockaway Townsquare Mall to the Little Italy section of Manhattan is scheduled for Wednesday.

A nameless pond along Father John's Lane was drained and wildlife was taken out the last several weeks.

By BRUCE A. SCRUTON bscruton@njherald.com NEWTON - When it comes to trash, what's generated in Sussex County might have to stay in Sussex County.

Natalie Batos-Vacca shows off the rack of ribs at the Walpack Inn. . If you think Munchmobile duty is all fun and games, think again.

SPARTA -- Standing on the old roadbed of Wilson Drive, state, county and local officials Monday cut the ribbon on an intersection project that will make the morning drive easier for some of the thousands who use Route 15 to commute daily to Morris County.

Friends of CNBC director Dave Van Dyck , who died last year following a battle with cancer, are organizing a golf tournament in his memory.

Last summer, Herb and Karen Wreden were fuming about the retaining wall that the township erected on the ridge overlooking their Dennis Road property.

Landscape architect Anna Cheng Young has won an award of merit form the New Jersey Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects for her design for the renovation of the Green.

Quick Chek, a chain of nearly 120 fresh food convenience stores throughout New Jersey and southern New York, said that more than 21,000 customers enjoyed a six-inch sub for lunch during Quick Chek's Sub Stimulus Day celebration on May 7, with more than 10,300 individuals enjoying their lunch "on the house." Customers purchasing any size Quick Chek ...

A petition drive is under way for a post office in the township. Township employees are collecting signatures to petition the U.S. Post Service for its own post office branch.

A congressman and local officials broke ground on a farmer's market building at the Sussex County Fairgrounds Monday afternoon.

Photo by Anna Murphey/New Jersey Herald Mom Isabel Russell, of Sussex, left, and daughter Laura Hedderick, of Hampton, won first prize in the New Jersey Herald's 2009 Mom in the Mirror contest.

Crawford also was found to be in possession of drug paraphernalia and an open bottle of liquor, police said.

It's a rainy Monday afternoon, but Casey is eager to go outside for a walk, pulling at her leash and bounding toward the door, tail wagging as she greets a visitor at Father John's Animal House.

"You look just like your mom." Most women -- and some men -- probably have heard that from someone.

Potter Joyce Maurus-Sullivan compares her craft to playing a musical instrument.

Nina Mitchell Wells, Esq., Secretary of State joined Deborah Dowdell, New Jersey Restaurant Association President, and Jeffry Zeiger, General Manager, Trenton Marriott at Lafayette Yard, Trenton, NJ to celebrate New Jersey Restaurant Week, April 20th 27th, as proclaimed by Governor Jon Corzine.