Stanhope News

The Chiefly Stanhope was on 666 this morning placating the nutters and wierdos who call in.

Two brothers from Netcong attacked a Byram resident early Sunday in a dispute over the woman one of the Netcong brothers previously dated, and the Byram resident currently dates, police said.

For now, the agreement between Netcong and Stanhope school districts is to share the same superintendent, who will work half-time in each district.

Stanhope Borough Police Officer Kurt Eller is thankful for his job every day. Not a surprise considering he previously worked in Stillwater Township, home of the most heavily debated police department in Sussex County.

STANHOPE - Authorities are looking for a man who fled a motor-vehicle stop on Friday night after attempting to give police phony identification, prompting a massive search by local agencies, police said.

A new shared interim superintendent took over this week for the Netcong and Stanhope school districts after a seven-month effort to keep the previous shared superintendent failed, due to red tape and muddy direction from the state, school officials said.

The ABC had an interesting story yesterday on Chief Minister Stanhope's anger in the face of 2,550 questions on notice lodged by the Greens and Liberals in the course of the estimates hearings.

The state Attorney General's Office will not represent a New Jersey state park ranger who is being sued by a fellow employee whom he shot at Hopatcong State Park in June 2005.

By TOM HOWELL JR. thowell@njherald.com Republican and Democratic candidates duked it out for party nods Tuesday, but additional names will fill up the ballot in November.

Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen, whose district extends into Sussex County, will make his annual report to the Sussex County Board of Chosen Freeholders at its meeting today.

On paper, the Stanhope School District is failing in all areas the state looks at to see how a district is doing, but the report card might note the student is beginning to make progress.

HOPATCONG a ' A borough man was arrested Tuesday after a resident returned to her Frances Avenue home at noon and found an intruder, police said.

About 25 county residents attended The Transit Citizens Advisory Councila s public hearing Tuesday at the Sussex County Administrative Building in Newton.

A 20-year-old Stanhope man was charged with eluding police, assault by auto and an array of other motor vehicle offenses after he lost control of his speeding car and crashed into a parked car on Route 606 in Byram, police said today.

A couple of hours after a poll of the school board found a majority would not offer a contract to the district's interim superintendent, and following an executive session, the board took a second poll and a majority now is willing to offer him a contract.

Who would have guessed that credit card terminal leasing may soon go the way of the horse and buggy? A new credit card terminal program may push credit card terminal leasing companies towards oblivion.

HOPATCONG - A thief with a fetish for high-end hair care was nabbed by a plain-clothes Hopatcong detective who saw him allegedly stuffing bottles of shampoo down his pants at the Rite-Aid on Wednesday afternoon, police said.

ROXBURY -- Lung Yung was established in 1975 and present owner Ming Lin took over two years ago.

Three men from the Morris-Sussex area were charged in connection with a former state Motor Vehicle Commission clerk who was indicted for allegedly selling hundreds of bogus motor vehicle titles, Attorney General Anne Milgram said Wednesday.

By SETH AUGENSTEIN saugenstein@njherald.com STANHOPE - Borough Police Officer Kurt Eller is gearing up for 300 miles of pedaling and gear grinding.