Sparta News

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. -- Marilyn Werner of New Port Richey, Fla., formerly of Sparta, passed away unexpectedly in her home on Monday, Sept.

A Sparta couple permanently injured during a head-on crash in 2006 -- resulting in a 10-year prison sentence for the accident's other, intoxicated driver -- is suing a local bar and their own insurance carriers ...

Seeking to cut costs, officials in Ogdensburg are considering plans to disband its police force and pay neighboring Sparta to provide coverage, authorities said.

Two partners of a prominent Sussex County law firm are joining another legal powerhouse in the region, an amiable split that is expected to benefit both firms.

One of the best things about any political convention are the parties. Anyone who has gone to merely one convention can tell you that.

A Jefferson man has been charged with car theft, witness tampering and using a juvenile in the theft of an automobile after neighboring Sparta police arrested him and two boys Tuesday morning.

In Sussex County, school districts believe in share and share alike. At last Thursday's meeting, the Hardyston School Board board voted to pursue the hiring of Linda Nick for the position of Hardyston's Chief ...

SPARTA - Patrolman Joseph Pensado and Sgt. John-Paul Beebe were on patrol Tuesday at 3:42 a.m. when they received an alert from Jefferson police about a vehicle, described as a green Dodge pickup truck, that ...

The house is a first and an only -- first frame house in Fredon and the only house in New Jersey that sits right under major electric transmission lines and in the path of a planned 500-kilovolt power line ...

A Wantage man was sentenced to three years in state prison for attempting to defraud a drug test by the county probation department by using another person's urine on May 14, the Sussex County Prosecutor's ...

' A plan for a new grocery store - ' and some high-end shops - ' was approved by the Planning Board at its meeting Wednesday night.

Sophomore Ashley Jones scored her third goal of the preseason to help Rutgers defeat Montreal, 2-1, Wednesday afternoon at Yurcak Field.

ROXBURY -- Succasunna residents Marisa Sierchio and Brian Brooks Wilson are engaged.

They say 'The Devil is in the details,' but for John Paff, the Chairman of the New Jersey Libertarian Party's Open Government Project, details can tell tales about a municipality's compliance with laws and ...

There's reason to rejoice in Wantage Township. PSE&G has chosen a route for its new Susquehanna-Roseland power line through the center of Sussex County, but it won't hit Wantage.

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The Sparta Township Police Department Traffic Bureau advises motorists that East Mountain Road will be closed for road work.

Two single-branch banks in Sussex County, Highlands State Bank and Noble Community Bank, jointly announced yesterday that their boards of directors have approved a merger of equals transaction.

After winning re-election, Township Supervisor Dale Bergman said his biggest challenge in the next four years - balancing the budget -- has been eased with passage of two fire millages.

PSE&G has made its mind up. Electricity lines will go through the center of Sussex County.