Newton News

George and Agnes Hayek will be honored at the St. Joseph Regional School annual dinner, dance, and auction scheduled to begin at 6 p.m., Saturday, March 3, at Perona Farms in Andover Township.

In response to one student's overdose episode last month and seven other drug-related incidents at Hopatcong High School this year, a drug trend presentation will be hosted by the Center for Prevention and Counseling Monday.

Scott MacLean has been named Executive Director of the Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault Crisis Center of Warren County.

Superior Court Judge Peter Conforti sentenced Alexander Antoniades of Nutley on Friday to 30 years for aggravated manslaughter in a Newton woman's death, the Sussex County Prosecutor's Office reported.

Cheryl Desiderio-Huberdeau gets emotional as she listens to the 2011 recording of her original 911 phone call she made as she testifies in the trial of Kristopher Heine of Fredon, held at Sparta Municipal Court.

The state's annual release of school test scores last week highlighted that while statewide scores are rising slightly, poor and minority students are still falling behind.

A woman crossing the street in an electric wheelchair was hit by a car Tuesday morning along a busy side street in Newton, police said.

Jake Connelly won his 100th career match Wednesday, recording a pin at 195 pounds during the Newton wrestling team's 56-17 loss to Hanover Park.

A Hopatcong man recently admitted to overdosing on heroin. Jesse Harvey, 24, pleaded guilty to third-degree possession of a controlled dangerous substance at the Sussex County Courthouse in Newton before Judge Peter Conforti on Jan.

Sparta joined a growing list of schools that will move the school board election to November and forgo a public vote on budgets under the cap.

Faced with deficits at the facility estimated to be $1 million or more for this year, the Sussex County Board of Chosen Freeholders has put on its agenda next week a resolution taking the first step toward the sale of the nursing home.

Natalia Burdzy, 22, is shown in this Sussex County jail mugshot. She is accused of trying to kill her father by stabbing him three times as he slept.

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"Don't stop, thinking about tomorrow, don't stop, it'll soon be here, It'll be better than before, yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone" are lyrics to one of the most well-known songs by the classic rock band Fleetwood Mac and one of the many songs covered by TUSK, The Ultimate Fleetwood Mac Tribute.

The Vernon Police are looking to its community for some assistance in solving a string of recent alleged burglaries.

Four Sussex County school districts -- High Point Regional, Green, Lafayette and Newton -- have decided to move school board elections to November, and possibly forgo a public vote if the budget is kept under cap.

"If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another." A -Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama Life often leads you where you least expect to go and where you never imagine you'll have the courage to prevail.

The Hopatcong man accused of shooting a 22-year-old borough woman to death in 2010 is due back in court today for a pre-trial conference, according to a prosecutor.

Since September, eight drug-related incidents have occurred at Hopatcong High School, including a recent case involving a student who overdosed on cough syrup.

Status conferences for two of the Missouri men who authorities have said were involved in the botched kidnapping of a Newton business owner in 2010 have been postponed until Jan.