Budd Lake News

* Elizabeth M. Kuritz, 45, of Chester, was charged Wednesday with driving while intoxicated after a three-car accident on West Main Street at 12:10 p.m. Kuritz was also charged with reckless driving, talking on a cell phone without a hands-free device and failure to exhibit a valid insurance card. * Alfredo Rodriquez Vega, 31, of Budd Lake, was charged Thursday with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, failure to maintain lane, leaving the scene of an accident, failure to report an accident, drug possession in a motor vehicle, being under the influence of drugs and drug possession for having 25 Hydrocodone pills without a valid prescription, after police got a 911 call from a motorist about a vehicle with front-end damage traveling very slowly on Route 46. Police found the vehicle, stopped it and conducted field sobriety tests and then tests at headquarters by a drug recognition expert. An investigation into the car's damage revealed that Vega had struck the guardrail when entering Route 46 from Route 80. Vega was released pending a court hearing. * Lenny Syfor, 22, of Newton, was charged this week with criminal sexual contact and endangering the welfare of a child in connection with an incident that occurred on Aug. 10 when he allegedly forcibly placed a child's hand on an area of his pants. Syfor was sent to the Sussex County jail in default of $15,000 bail.

MOUNT ARLINGTON -- Toba Roskoff of Mount Arlington, N.J., died Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, at Compassionate Care Hospice in Dover, N.J. She was 78.

Amy Donovan needed one course to complete her master's degree in administrative science and was considering a return to the brick-and-mortar classroom after taking seven courses online.

When her daughter was deployed to Iraq last October, Budd Lake resident Joyce Ike knew it would be hard.

In a once-removed kind of way, Jay Smith of Budd Lake credits the Grateful Dead for inspiring his career.

ELIZABETH -- Shawn P. McLaughlin passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008, at Morristown Memorial Hospital.

ROXBURY -- A 49-year-old Budd Lake man was killed and two others were injured in a fiery five-vehicle crash on Route 80 in Roxbury late last night, authorities said.

Roxbury firefighters were called to the Kingtown Diesel gas station on Rt. 46 at around 10:50 am July 31st for the reported fire in the gas station.

Mr. and Mrs. John Niles Jr. celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary July 13. Niles and the former Innisfail Campbell exchanged vows July 13, 1948, in Budd Lake, N.J. Now retired, John Niles is known as an ...

Comedy Show -- Tom Whiteley, known as 'Coach' to his fans, will headline the first in a semi-regular series of comedy shows at the Wyndham Garden Hotel, 1000 International Drive, Budd Lake, on July 25 at 9 p.m. ...

Saturday afternoon in the hot July heat firefighters from Roxbury and Budd Lake were called to a car fire on Rt.

A Parsippany woman posing as a hospital employee attempted to fill a fraudulent prescription at a Budd Lake pharmacy, police said.

Juste, 22, of Boonton, was charged with obstruction on Saturday after she allegedly failed to properly identify herself to police during an investigation of a possibly wanted person.

HOPATCONG -- Donald S. Penque died on Wednesday, July 16, 2008, in Mount Arlington.

MOUNT OLIVE -- A 36-year-old Hopatcong woman has been charged with stealing her mother's identity and racking up $11,600 in bills in her name, police said.

Mary Ann Hopko, of the Brookfield Glen Section of White Township, passed away peacefully at home with her loving family at her side on Wednesday, July 16, 2008.

MOUNT OLIVE - Apparently irate from an earlier argument, two Dover men Wednesday morning drove to the apartment of a 19-year-old Budd Lake man with a set of brass knuckles and a partially smoked joint, and ...

Friday, July 11th and Saturday, July 12 kept firefighters busy with three trailer fires at the Morris County Transfer Station on Gold Mine Rd.

WHARTON -- John and Grace Schomp of Wharton announce the engagement of their daughter Katie Schomp of Hackettstown to Frank Katsigiannis, also of Hackettstown.

Will Polak is the rare 7-year-old who hates toy stores. After about 15 minutes in the shopping cart, his parents say the low ceilings, other children or toy selection can overwhelm him to the point of a ...