Newton News

The Hopatcong Council introduced an ordinance Wednesday that if approved would allow a company to install a data-only fiber optic cable on existing poles along borough streets, part of a statewide information superhighway.

Diplomas were awarded to 599 Drew University graduates Saturday on the school's campus in Madison.

Less than 10 months after three tickets split a world-record lottery prize, the jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing was nearing historic territory once again.

Project Self-Sufficiency will sponsor a free seminar about issues related to Family Law on Wednesday, May 22, from 7-9 p.m. at the agency's campus, located at 127 Mill Street in Newton.

Jerry Montgomery sits handcuffed on Radcliff Drive after being removed from the a vehicle at gunpoint by Sparta police Wednesday.

Freeholder Director Richard Vohden is well ahead of the three other Republican primary candidates in campaign fundraising, according to the latest disclosure reports.

An electrical supply company is suing Sussex County Community College, as well as the developer and general contractor of a county-wide solar project for withholding payment, but the college's attorney said he is confident the college will be dropped from the suit.

On Thursday May 9, 2013 at 1:57pm, upon identifying the driver of a vehicle as being the subject of an arrest warrant, Newton Police Officers conducted a motor vehicle stop on Woodside Avenue/Rt. 206.

A town resident was arrested on an outstanding warrant issued by State Police after a caller reported a suspicious person sitting behind the Newton roller hockey rink on South Park Drive, police said Monday.

Two members of a Bergen County burglary ring known as the new James Bond Gang entered not guilty pleas during a brief court appearance Monday morning.

Julian Specht,5, left, and Kira Caban Specht,4, right, play on a teeter-totter in jackets due to cold temperatures Monday in Memory Park in Newton.

A handful of Newton landlords turned out Monday night to oppose an ordinance that could hold them responsible for disorderly conduct of their tenants.

For Heather Burke, 27, of Newton, motherhood came a little more than two hours after midnight Sunday as she gave birth to a healthy baby boy named Dominick Michael.

Photo by Daniel Freel/New Jersey Herald - Heather Burke, of Newton, holds her newborn son, Dominick Michael Pino, as nurse Cate Collyer stands by.

The on and off rainy weather and grey skies, did not dim the colors on Spring Street on Saturday, as merchants and attendees participated in the Spring Street Tour of Art 2013.

NEWTON - A lengthy undercover investigation led to the arrest of a 41-year-old drug dealer with heroin and crack cocaine, Chief Michael Richards said.

Man's best friend was not the only one to get plenty of pampering and fun at the Northern New Jersey Pet Expo on Saturday.

A public debate among the candidates vying for the Republican nominations for county surrogate and two freeholder seats will be held Wednesday, May 15, at the Newton Theater.

A Newton man pleaded guilty in state Superior Court to the third-degree crime of burglary, the prosecutor's office said.

Ubardo Cartagena, 51, entered the plea before Judge N. Peter Conforti in state Superior Court in Newton for the fourth-degree crime of driving while suspended.