Andover News

An Andover neighborhood awoke Wednesday to the rattle and roar of machinery, and the crash and buzz of trees being destroyed.

The township's Republican Committee held a second meeting Monday to break the primary day tie between two party candidates.

Jennifer Karpf, 15, of Tobyhanna, on May 24 donated 11 1/2 inches of her hair, cut by Gerard Caruso, owner of Dazzles Salon in Hackensack, N.J., for the Locks of Love organization.

The race for the Republican nomination to the Township Committee still hasn't reached the finish line.

To the Editor: In response to Paul Havemann's letter, I would like to add my voice to his in asking Jeff Tittel of the Sierra Club what his objections are to the Lackawanna Cutoff.

A revived 7.3-mile stretch of the Lackawanna Cutoff railroad in Sussex County would be for commuter trains only and would not be a freight line, officials said yesterday during a public forum in Byram on the ...

"Eloquent Vistas," a new exhibit at the Montclair Art Museum, is the inspiration for the museum's free family day, "Summer Landscapes," Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. Families can do an art project together and watch ...

Meredith Hung hasn't slipped onto the back of a growling motorcycle since she was in college.

More than 50 people in the Andover school community voiced an active interest in the Board of Education's process of hiring a new superintendent on Tuesday night.

An Andover Township police dispatcher was arrested last month and charged with the theft of radio equipment from the department.

Motorists should be aware of a scheduled detour from Friday, June 27, to Monday, June 30, for repairs and improvements at the Route 15 railroad crossing at the end of the freeway near the 14-mile marker, police ...

The area's four-day heat wave ended Tuesday with a record 93 degrees that again shortened the day at many schools and brought an extreme heat warning for those working outside.

ANDOVER -- Frank J. Korp died on Tuesday, June 3, 2008, at Hackettstown Regional Medical Center.

By STEPHEN J. NOVAK snovak@njherald.com In response to growing demand in northern New Jersey, Public Service Electric and Gas Co.

In a reversal of fortune, two candidates for the Township Committee traded places within 48 hours of Tuesday's primary when two provisional ballots -- and a quick vote by the local Republican party in a tavern ...

The North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority voted unanimously Wednesday afternoon to approve plans that would bring the first commuter railroad service to Sussex County in decades.

Incumbent Bob Smith and newcomer Ben Bensley likely defeated fellow Republicans Charles Grotyohann and Phil Boyce, according to unofficial results of Tuesday's primary.

Scranton, the home of fictional paper company Dunder-Mifflin on NBC's 'The Office', may soon be linked again to Hoboken via a long-dormant rail line.

NEWARK - The Board of Trustees of the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority today approved plans to extend commuter rail to Sussex County via the Lackawanna Cutoff.

To the Editor: I am amazed at the article about the Lackawanna Cutoff and the Sierra Club's response to something that will help an entire region.