Newton News

NEWTON, N.J. - A New Jersey man has been sentenced to nine years in state prison for dumping a body in a ravine in northwestern New Jersey.

Fourteen bands have lined up for the third annual "Something in the Square," a free outdoor music festival scheduled to start at 6 p.m. Saturday on the Newton downtown green.

NEWTON, NJ, July 03, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Donna Price, Business Success Coach, hosts Entrepreneur's Talk Radio and has special guest Kiki Ramsey joining her on July 7th, 1:00 PM -2:00 PM .

Photo by Christina Tatu/New Jersey Herald Elizabeth Ploshay of Chatham, left, Janet Cornish of Harding Township and Mary Roszkauski of Blairstown, far right, hold signs and listen to a speaker during Saturday's Independence Day Tea Party.

The five Superior Court judges in Newton will stay put in the coming year, although a new face could come to the bench when an appeals court judge retires in November, state judiciary officials said Thursday.

By SETH AUGENSTEIN saugenstein@njherald.com NEWTON - The township began a new year of government with a brief, seven-minute reorganization meeting.

Representatives of the Father John's Animal House are looking for a family to foster 9-month old Casey, a black Labrador, after surgery for hip dysplasia.

Photo by Amy Paterson/New Jersey Herald Ellen Courtright, a 99-year-old resident of the Sussex County Homestead, is overwhelmed as she shows her family, including Tom Gildersleeve, the award she received for being named resident of the year by the New Jersey Association of Homes and Services for the Aging.

A convicted sex offender was found dead behind a house on state Route 23. The New Jersey Herald reports the body of 44 year old Martin Gibbs was found near propane tanks in the back yard next door to his residence.

A convicted sex offender, arrested in 2006 for huffing propane in Newton, died Wednesday behind a house on state Route 23, authorities said.

Downtown business women went from Spring Street to the runway Wednesday for the first "Main Street Women of Spring Street" fashion show and fund-raiser. Models for the show held at The Springboard Shoppes and hosted by Inner Designs and Robin Lennon, included the women who own, operate or provide services for Spring Street businesses.

By TOM HOWELL JR. thowell@njherald.com The debate about whether Sonia Sotomayor is fit for the nation's highest court is blaring from Wolf Blitzer's Situation Room to your living room, but few Americans will ever come face to face with a Supreme Court justice.

By TOM HOWELL JR. thowell@njherald.com The corporations that own and operate Wild West City, in Byram, would have to pay a fine and implement safeguards under a plea offer for the 2006 shooting that seriously injured an actor at the theme park, attorneys said Monday.

Stephanie Suriano's choral career at Newton High School placed her among the elite high school singers in the state.

By BRUCE A. SCRUTON bscruton@njherald.com NEWTON - A 10-year-old Sussex County boy has become New Jersey's third victim of the H1N1 virus, also known as the swine flu, according to state health officials.

NEWTON -- Police are seeking the public's help to find a missing 61-ear-old man who resides at a Main Street group home.

The state Superior Court in Newton is seeking volunteers to consider facts surrounding juvenile cases and make recommendations to the judge.

Newton and Vernon high schoolers soon will be able to get more bang for their education buck, thanks to a $20,000 grant from the state of New Jersey to pay for an expansion of Sussex County Community College's concurrent education program.

Last year, long-haired chihuahua Bosco ruined his chances of winning the Newton Day dog show by barking at another dog.

A convicted sex offender was arrested for allegedly having sexual contact with a 6-year-old boy, police said today.