Vernon News

Heart of the Matter was the heart of the evening opening up for the punk rock heavy metal band, The Misfits, at the Vernon Township fundraising concert held on Saturday, May 19 at Mountain Creek.

Vernon Township High School's Class of 2013 has achieved the highest state assessment results in the history of the district.

The New York City police commissioner says a person who's in custody has implicated himself in the disappearance and death of Etan Patz 33 years ago.

President Barack Obama is pictured in April signing the JOBS Act into law. The law, meant to spur development at start-up businesses, also contains a provision to help small banks.

Nearly four decades ago, Jim Downing was peeling potatoes onto the New Jersey Herald newspaper when he glanced down to see a real estate advertisement.

With the economic recovery slowly coming to pass, two Sussex County towns are attempting to become more business friendly by revising long-standing rules and regulations centering on commercial signs.

Sussex County Prosecutor David J. Weaver announced that the Sussex County Grand Jury handed up an indictment to the Honorable N. Peter Conforti, JSC, at the courthouse in Newton on May 3. The indictment charges Richard Dobrowolski, age 43, of Vernon, N.J., with six Counts of Violating Community Supervision for Life, all fourth degree crimes.

The Vernon Township Republican Organization is pleased to announce the following recipients of its annual $1,000 VTRO Scholarships.

A Butler woman who was involved in a motorcycle accident that claimed the life of her husband Sunday remains in "fair condition" at Morristown Medical Center , according to a hospital spokesman, while the driver of the other vehicle, Kenneth Arent, was released from the hospital Tuesday.

John Harrigan, of Vernon, arrived early for Gov. Chris Christie's last town hall event in Morris County, intent on asking the governor about state aid for a proposed 66-acre veterans cemetery in Sparta.

Kathleen Fairlamb, wife of Preston Fairlamb Jr. who was killed in a motorcycle crash Sunday morning , is now in "fair condition" according to a Morristown Medical Center spokesman.

The first to receive congratulations from the BOE were a group of six, all of whom were recognized as 2012 governor teacher honorees: Susan Nadeau of Vernon Township High School, Michelle Gagg of Glen Meadow Middle School, Debbie Schiano of Lounsberry Hollow Middle School, JoAnn Fugowski of Rolling Hills Primary School, Vincent Gagliosto of Cedar ... (more)

On May 3, the Vernon Chamber of Commerce sponsored a Grand Opening for the second Highland Flowers location.

Jessica Ganly of Vernon, a respiratory therapy student at County College of Morris , was recently presented with a New Jersey Society for Respiratory Care Student Excellence Award.

On Tuesday, Freeholder Director Phil Crabb and Freeholder Rich Zeoli announced during a fundraising event that they would seek the $50,000 from the board, and the directive came during the freeholders' regular meeting.

Chief Dwaine Perry of the Ramapough Lenape Nation places a hatchet on the ground during a ceremony to raise awareness of fracking in Mahwah.