Lafayette News

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.

Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Day at the Sussex County Solid Waste Facility will take place from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov.

The Friends of the Sussex-Wantage Library will welcome Robert Roger's Puppet Company for a free presentation of its tour de force marionette production at the Sussex Middle School auditorium Thursday at 11 a.m. The array of puppets includes not only clowns and acrobats, but also a carefully choreographed series of performances set to the classical ...

By SETH AUGENSTEIN saugenstein@njherald.com LAFAYETTE - Spirits of history haunted a short walk through the woods Saturday.

Sussex County, NJ Focus First I list some events...then I highlight some Sussex County organizations and the Sussex County Food Co-op. Here are some events from the Sussex County Democratic Party Calendar and the Sussex County website : November 01, 2009 9th Annual Salute to Military Veterans - Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 2 pm.

A paving stone plant is the latest proposal for the Limecrest Quarry property. It also will be the sole focus of a town land use board hearing tonight.

Fourteen Sussex County municipalities will share $2.4 million in state grants to aid local road projects in fiscal year 2010.

NEWTON a ' The Sussex County Division of Social Servicesa TM food pantry has reached emergency proportions and desperately is in need of help.

Photo by Anna Murphey/New Jersey Herald Freeholder Hal Wirths, left standing, introduces Mary Pat Christie, wife of GOP gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie, center, during the 22nd annual Sussex County Republican Women's Club's High Tea at the Farmstead Golf and Country Club, in Lafayette.

For centuries, garlic has been a common ingredient in many world cuisines. It has been praised for its pungency, used as medicine and worn as protection from vampires and werewolves.

Described as "extraordinary leaders who have an overwhelming compassion to help others," Beverly and Bruce Gordon are this year's recipients of the Sussex County Economic Development Partnership's "Distinctive Leadership Award." The couple was honored for their commitment and support of Project Self-Sufficiency's new facility and Springfest/New ...

Independent candidate for governor Chris Daggett today proposed an overhaul of the state's tax system, cutting property taxes by up to $2,500 per homeowner and applying the 7 percent sales tax to professional and household services.

The Greater Newton Chamber of Commerce will host its fall Business Expo from 4:30-8 p.m. Thursday at a new venue, the Lafayette House in Lafayette Village.

The Fredon Township Council meeting has been moved to 6 p.m. tonight at the Municipal Building.

BELVIDERE a ' The Family Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey for Warren County is seeking volunteers for the Child Placement Review Board.

The Sandyston Seniors will have a business meeting at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Sandyston Municipal building.

Tax abatements started the Jersey City waterfront development but did the sweetheart payments in lieu of taxes for developers continue way too long? Jersey City's liberal use of tax abatements has robbed the city, county and school district of revenue and has saddled residents not living in tax-abated properties with an unfair financial burden, ...

A resolution to require all trash produced in Sussex County to be shipped to the county's landfill will be introduced by the Board of Chosen Freeholders during its meeting this afternoon.

To a stranger passing by, the picnic lunch taking place in the Lafayette Park pavilion Sunday afternoon might have looked like any other summer gathering, complete with homemade deviled eggs and hamburgers fresh off the grill.

LAFAYETTE a ' A 25-year-old Hyattsville, Md., man caused a serious rollover accident at routes 15 and 94 Thursday by running a red light and striking a Ford utility box truck, state police said.