Lake Mohawk News

Photos by Amy Paterson/New Jersey Herald Nina Palumbo, an artist from Sparta who suffers from multiple sclerosis, left for Mexico with her husband, Salvatore, on Sunday for stem cell treatment.

Steve Moen and Mike Wenzel winners of Best in Show in the 2008 Home Brew Contest at the New Jersey State Fair with their a oeTurnpike Ale,a sample the brew at Krogha s Brew Pub where it was on tap Friday night for the first time.

A Sparta man accused of killing his brother in 2006 likely will face trial this fall, although he called the wait a "charade" Wednesday and reiterated the importance of his reported chemical poisoning.

As she walks through the family room of her Lake Mohawk home to answer the front door, it is difficult to imagine that 41/2 years ago this petite blonde with bright blue eyes was partially paralyzed and completely blind.

A 78-year-old Sparta man died after he lost control of his bicycle and hit his head on the ground as a school bus was passing him, police said today, not after being struck by a bus as authorities initially reported.

Bent Rasmussen grew up in Denmark, where bicycling is the mode of transportation for half the country.

A tip from an off-duty Blairstown sergeant who thought he saw a domestic dispute brewing at the Lake Mohawk Country Club last spring led to drunken driving charges against the chair of the Sussex County Democratic Party, witnesses said Monday.

Friends and family will honor an avid cyclist who served as a public official in Sparta with a memorial bike ride Saturday from Lake Mohawk to the site of a bicycle crash that claimed his life on March 1. Bent Rasmussen, 78, was on his regular morning bicycle ride when he was struck on Main Street by a small bus traveling to make a pick-up at 7:30 ...

SPARTA -- A 3.5-mile memorial bicycle ride through Sparta has been scheduled for Saturday, March 28, in memory of Bent Rasmussen, a 78-year-old man who died on March 1 after he was injured in a bicycle accident on Main Street in Sparta.

SPARTA -- Police said Tuesday that they have identified a school bus and driver that were in the vicinity of a hit-and-run accident on Friday morning that killed a 78-year-old man who was riding his bicycle ...

Police said they are continuing the investigation into the death of Bent Rasmussen, the 78-year-old man who apparently was struck by a school bus Friday while on his bike.

Afterglow Road might just be the prettiest road in town. On a clear day, a northward look through the Culver's Lake gap can reach for miles and miles, all the way to the Catskills.

SPARTA -- Sussex County Habitat for Humanity will hold a wine tasting benefit sponsored by the Sparta High School Habitat chapter from 6:30 to 10 p.m. March 14 at the Lake Mohawk Golf Club.

Perhaps it's no surprise that St. Patrick's Day generates buzz around Sussex County nearly a month before the actual holiday.

There's a floppy black witch hat, and a sign at her front door that warns "the witch is in," but Nicolena "Nina" Palumbo's spellbinding brushstrokes are definitely magic of the white variety.

Test drilling is expected to begin within two months in Sparta, where a Canadian company hopes to build a $2 billion underground hydroelectric plant, a company official said today.

Several St. Patrick's Day events have been scheduled in Sussex County for three consecutive Saturdays.

By TOM HOWELL JR. thowell@njherald.com The attorney for a Sparta man accused of killing his brother in November 2006 is examining evidence, as part of an insanity defense, that his client was poisoned by ...

Fitness trainer came to her career in a round-about way She went from Wall Street to Sparta Athletic Club By Laurie Gordon Charlene Beebe has been in the fitness industry for over a decade, enough time to see ...

Photo by Kelly Hill/New Jersey Herald Jake Ryan, 5, of Sparta, looks over wooden figurines from the Gifts Galore of South Plainfield, an importer of a large variety of gifts, during the German Christmas Market, ...