Wharton News

JEFFERSON--A Wharton man was injured after crashing his car into a vehicle and a bridge while traveling north on Route 15 on Tuesday night, police said.

The three Republican incumbents claimed victory Tuesday for three seats on the Morris County Board of Freeholders.

After graduating with a degree in philosophy, Matthew Tully never really imagined himself as a writer, an award finalist at that.

Morris County has launched a study of freight traffic in anticipation of a three-fold increase in the number of trucks using area roads that is anticipated once a wider Panama Canal is opened to traffic in 2015.

WHARTON - The exit from Route 80 East to North Main Street, which motorists take to Route 15 North, was closed for ramp reconstruction Friday and will not reopen until 5:30 a.m. Monday.

To say there has not been much of a campaign for Morris County freeholder would be an understatement.

MOUNT OLIVE - Wharton has joined forces with Mount Olive to provide health services to its residents under a three-year $150,000 shared services agreement.

Whether you're a family of four looking for kid-friendly scares or an adrenaline junkie in search of blood-curdling screams, you needn't look further than your own Morris County backyard this month.

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP - In a sparky debate tonight that drew 40 people to Long Valley Middle School, four township committee candidates clashed on taxes, the local emergency dispatch system, economic development and open government.

The Morris County Park Commission will apply for a $25,000 state grant to build or repair three trails.

New Jersey residents are heading out to their local convenience stores and purchasing Mega Millions tickets in anticipation of Friday's drawing, as the jackpot will be worth an estimated $200 million the next time the multistate lottery game is played.

The PresbyAires, a group of singing seniors who perform at nursing homes and assisted-living centers throughout Morris County, have a motto: 'Here in this place, a new light is shining.' "It means that, hopefully, we're bringing a ray of sunshine to these people," said Mount Tabor resident Joe Scala, 65, one of the group's 30-plus singers, who ...

Our great thanks for the Courier News' eight-part special report on the New Jersey tax crush.

To the Editor: I read the article in the Daily Record suggesting a 20-point tax plan to ease the tax crunch.

Police saw several discarded 'blunt' cigar wrappers on the floor of the vehicle and a small bag, then found a bag of marijuana along with other paraphernalia.

When Vito Gagliardi was helping Mine Hill Township fold its police services into the Wharton Borough Police Department in 2002, he said the township had to sidestep a state law in order to find actual cost savings.

WHARTON - The exit from eastbound Route 80 to Route 15 North will close for an entire weekend after a sinkhole developed atop an abandoned iron mine, the state Department of Transportation announced Wednesday.

St. Clare's Health System in Denville hosted its fourth annual nursing camp program this summer for students ages 12 to 16.

New faces are typical at the start of every school year. Students, teachers and staff are in a constant state of rotation from September to September.

MINE HILL - A Dover couple suffered severe injuries when the motorcycle they were riding and a pickup truck collided on Hurd Street on Monday evening, police said.