Hamburg News

Photo by Daniel Freel/New Jersey Herald A portrait of Anna Mae Schurko from her time in the United States Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II sits on a coffee table in her Hamburg home.

Photo by Daniel Freel/New Jersey Herald Croceann Moreira, of Wantage, transfers a bag of food from her cart to a food drive cart as the Wanderers Car Club gathers in the parking lot of the A&P supermarket, in Sussex Borough, Sunday for a food drive benefiting the Sussex Help Center.

Photo by Daniel Freel/New Jersey Herald Emergency responders man a roadblock in Franklin on Monday night.

Herald Staff Report newsroom@njherald.com A class trip became fodder for the swine flu rumor-mill earlier this week, as 16 out of 78 eighth-graders at Frankford School became ill with flu-like symptoms after a two-day trip to Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia.

The Vernon Township Land Use Board will continue a public hearing on a cell tower proposed for 3 Silver Spruce Dr.

Submitted Photo Jim DeGroat, of Frankford, stands by an early 1900s outhouse at his home, the old Pellettown School House.

A Hamburg woman has been indicted for allegedly borrowing $116,000 from a friend in Sussex Borough and falsely promising she'd be able to repay the loan with proceeds from a lawsuit settlement, according to court papers.

In order to plan for the future, Franklin Borough is taking lessons from its past.

School lunches need more fruits, veggies and whole grains and a limit on calories, said a report urging an update of the nation's 14-year-old standards for cafeteria fare.

Driver's license suspensions can ruin lives in Sussex County, attorneys say. Don't do the crime if you can't do the time, the saying goes, but children and other innocents are affected by the financial hardships that accompany mom's or dad's inability to get to work in rural-suburban areas without adequate public transportation, these attorneys ...

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The black-and-white snapshot above was taken in a Franklin tavern sixty-eight years ago.

The Borough of Hamburg Fire Department, observing its own centennial, will host the 89th Sussex County Firemen's Association Annual Inspection Day Parade Saturday.

A previously convicted sex offender with a long history of Megan's Law offenses admitted Wednesday he sent explicit letters and illustrations to an adult woman in Hamburg.

Years ago, Steven Oroho thought he was history when he told his boss some bad news.

By CHRISTINA TATU and ROBERTA FUGATE newsroom@njherald.com This school year, doorknobs, handles and the hands of teachers and students at local schools may be a little cleaner than usual.

Hamburg resident Jorge Reyes works as assistant crew chief for Lightships, the world's largest airship advertising company.

Even before their initial love connection, Erik Donough of Randolph was inspired by the humanitarian efforts of Cindy Garrison of Boonton.

Dr. Steven Fink of Kinnelon was sworn in as president of the township-based New Jersey Dental Association at the organization's recent 139th-annual convention in Atlantic City.

The weather wasn't always great and the recession left people with less money to spend, but many folks still gave two thumbs up to this year's New Jersey State Fair/Sussex County Farm and Horse Show.