Newton News

Photo by Amy Paterson/New Jersey Herald Pope John seniors Greg Moore, of Newton, right, and Dillon White, of Newton, try to make space for more food in the Skylands Ride bus they stuffed with food for the Sussex County Social Services food pantry Tuesday.

A 26-year-old Sussex County man was sentenced to four years in state prison for following a woman and her 12-year-old daughter to the woman's vehicle parked at a shopping mall and stealing her purse during a violent struggle, the county prosecutor's office said today.

People gathered in Newton yesterday to remember a Sussex County Community College student who died in a car accident.

File Photo by Kelly Hill/New Jersey Herald Marge McCabe, administrator of the Sussex County Board of Elections, performs public testing on the iVotronic voting machines in preparation for last yeara s presidential election.

Photo by Daniel Freel/New Jersey Herald Guests of Project Self-Sufficiencya s a oeProject 200a recognition dinner Wednesday have the title screen of a slideshow projected on their backs as they make their way through the buffet line.

If you're in search of some gastronomic treats tomorrow, October 31st, you might give Andre's Restaurant & Wine Boutique a try.

A teenage delegation from small-town Germany has touched down in small-town America.

Several Sussex County municipalities are hoping long-standing curfews will discourage would-be mischief makers this Halloween weekend.

Some Students from the Merrimam Avenue school spent yesterday in Newton taking part in a walk, jog, ride and rollathon.

You may have seen him patrolling Newton's main drag, or maybe you ran into him in a dark alley.

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.

Vernon Township Council member Richard Carson has filed a lawsuit in Superior Court in Newton alleging Vernon Township officials and others conspired against him to force his resignation from the council last year.

A former Branchville man serving life in prison for kidnapping and killing a 17-year-old Parsippany girl in 1986 is not entitled to a new trial based on the arguments he raised in his last-ditch appeal, a state appeals court said Wednesday.

Rob Nicholson's days as a Cub Scout kindled an interest in the environment that has endured into his current position as president and CEO of Eastern Propane Corp.

ANDOVER TOWNSHIP a ' A pair of township men have been accused of stealing a television and refrigerator Oct.

By SETH AUGENSTEIN saugenstein@njherald.com A federal court will hear arguments Monday that New Jersey municipalities cannot keep local laws making public drunkenness an arrestable offense.

Photo by Amy Paterson/New Jersey Herald Both Newton Memorial Hospital, above, and Saint Clare's Hospital, in Sussex Borough, below, as well as Hackettstown Regional Medical Center, all scored near or above the state median scores in an annual report.

Other health news -- hospitals in Sussex County earn high marks in a state review.

Superintendent of Schools Robert Gratz, who once had the same administrative post in Newton, has been named as the state's northern region's Administrator of the Year.

Photo courtesy of Scott Sorenson Members of the Christ Community Church, in Newton, pick up paint brushes and trash cans for a day of community service Sunday at Memory Park in place of their usual church service.