Netcong News

Have you ever tried to enjoy a ballet performance of 'The Nutcracker,' but could not make sense of the plot? Or perhaps you enjoy the story, but dread the thought of attending a ballet? Either way, you can resolve the conflict at the Growing Stage in Netcong, where this professional company, dedicated to stageworks for children, is reviving its ...

BYRAM--Two lanes of Route 80 East that were shut down after a tractor-trailer overturned this morning at milemarker 23.1 have reopened, state police said.

ROXBURY--A Washington Township man who was allegedly drunk behind the wheel sparked a two-vehicle crash on Route 80 that seriously injured himself and a second driver on Wednesday night, state police said.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. Six members of the Rutgers wrestling team appeared in multiple national rankings released this week after a shutout victory against Sacred Heart.

State police on Sunday continued to investigate a fatal accident that occurred on Route 287 early Saturday morning.

MONTVILLE -- One person died and traffic was tied up for hours on Route 287 where a tractor trailer caught fire after a collision with another vehicle and a center barrier in the early morning hours of Saturday, State Police said.

St. Patrick high school senior guard Kyrie Irving, recruited to play basketball at Duke next season, starred in his school's rendition of Disney's High School Musical before the start of basketball season.

When Emilie Rowan launched the Changing Lifestyles program at the Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute this past March, she said she wanted to encourage residents to become 'proactive partners' in their health.

MOUNT ARLINGTON -- Alison Harbinsky was like many children who stopped by the Edith M. Decker School Saturday morning.

Incumbents Edward Koster and ToniAnn McCullough fended off a challenge from Democrat Robert Hathaway Jr.

MINE HILL -- The Mount Olive and Netcong TNR Projects are having a joint adoption day at Country Lakes Animal Hospital in Mine Hill Saturday.

A Roman Catholic priest who was stabbed to death in his rectory was remembered Saturday as a "quiet voice of peaceful love" at his burial Mass in northern New Jersey.

A Roman Catholic priest who was stabbed to death in his rectory was remembered Saturday as a "quiet voice of peaceful love" at his burial Mass in northern New Jersey.

MOUNT OLIVE - Wharton has joined forces with Mount Olive to provide health services to its residents under a three-year $150,000 shared services agreement.

Halloween is coming, and it's getting a little freaky on the stages of Morris County.

A police officer secures the scene at St. Patrick's Church on October 23, 2009. A Church janitor was charged in the brutal murder of a New Jersey priest whose body was found in the rectory of his church, cops said last night.

A priest was found dead today in the rectory of his northern New Jersey parish in what authorities are investigating as a crime.

A motion to dismiss criminal charges against the owner of the Wild West City theme park for the 2006 shooting of an actor during a skit will wait until January, but developments about just who will represent him continued Thursday and will carry into next week.

NETCONG -- Plans to build 51 affordable housing units in Netcong through 2018 will satisfy the borough's affordable-housing obligations, according to the state's Council on Affordable Housing.

The township is one of nine statewide municipalities to receive substantive certification under the Council on Affordable Housing's revised third-round rules.