Sparta News

A well-appointed deck or patio can make summertime parties easy to host and fun to attend.

A Sparta woman pleaded guilty to stealing two credit cards and then making about $4,900 worth of purchases on them, the prosecutor's office said.

The New Sussex Symphony, under the baton of music director Karen Pinoci, will perform on Saturday at 3 p.m., at Sparta High School's Performing Arts Center at 70 West Mountain Road in Sparta.

Sparta resident Socrates Platides was back before the Township Council last Tuesday demanding a stronger response by the township to the continuing disruption of his neighborhood caused by PSE&G. According to Platides, the disuption is being caused by trucks heading to and from the PSE&G construction site in Hopatcong.

The streets around Lake Mohawk were closed to automobile traffic by yellow-shirted township police officers as young girls in bright green t-shirts and adults, many in similar white tees, ran around along the asphalt.

The Centenary Stage Company will host a tribute to one of the most exciting musical artists of our time, Ray Charles, with "Forever Ray", a stellar 13-piece lineup of powerhouse musicians.

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

As New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas Fisher visited the Sussex County Fairgrounds on Tuesday, he could see the excitement in the eyes of the kindergartners.

The Board of Education agreed to share the cost of a survey of the VanKirk property with the Sparta Historical Society.

The attorney for a Sparta woman who has severe mental illness and allegedly set her parents' house on fire entered a not guilty plea on her behalf in court on Monday.

A Cornwall man will operate the crane that raises the final piece of One World Trade Center to its new home high above New York City.

Christina Ginter, 35, will receive $1.165 million and her husband, Robert Ginter, 35, will receive $200,000. Christina Ginter was in a car crash in 2007 that left her with permanent spinal injuries in her neck and back, as well as an injury to her right knee.

Sussex County was hit hard by the events that followed Hurricane Sandy in October.

NJ Conservatory's Symphonic Chorus and Orchestra, Edwin Foster, conductor/director and Eric Schaberg, concertmaster, will present Mozart's "Grand Mass in C Minor" at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, 246 Woodport Road, Sparta, on Saturday at 8 p.m. The program will also feature Beethoven's "Symphony No.

A forest of tubes has risen on the banks of the Paulinskill and later this month, the woodlands will expand to neighboring Frankford as a project to reforest the stream's banks continues.

Teachers by day, musician by night. Three teachers are celebrating their CD with a release party at the St.

KEARNY - Gov. Chris Christie today stressed his commitment to giving people second chances alongside a former governor who knows a little something about redemption.

Jon Yohanan shot a match-best 43, helping Hopatcong eke out a 185-186 win over High Point on Tuesday at Farmstead's Hopatcong's Ming Zhang also shot a 44.

A Wantage man was arrested and charged with possession of 11 packets of heroin on Spring Street on Sunday, May 5, police said.

A married couple from Vernon and their 6-year-old son were injured Saturday afternoon after their Jeep veered off the steepest of Mountain Creek's 42 ski trails, authorities said today.