Newton News

A former Newton man facing sex assault charges from 2005 -- the oldest case on the Sussex County trial list -- was ordered to be held without bail Tuesday for allegedly contacting his accusers.

Leigh Pecoriello stood outside the old Abigail's building on Spring Street, admiring the window display featuring a step-stool painted with jungle animals, a rocking chair adorned with a fairy, and two piggy ...

Agriculture Secretary Charles M. Kuperus will join Sussex County Freeholder Director Harold J. Wirths today at 11 a.m. at Sugarwood Farm, 1011 Fairview Lake Road in Stillwater Township, to announce a farmland ...

For the first time in Boston, a group calling itself Roman Catholic Woman Priests will hold an ordination ceremony.

When he was the principal at Key West High School, Brian Fogelson had an epiphany of sorts.

Those who knew 20-year-old Lance Cpl. Jeffery Stevenson described him as a quiet, young man, who always had a smile on his face and surrounded himself with friends and family.

As of today, July 17, 2008, at least 4,122 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Three women will be ordained as Catholic priests in a Back Bay neighborhood church this weekend, despite the Vatican's admonition that the trio will be excommunicated if they do so.

At a monthly meeting of township managers Thursday, an anti-fraud consultant cited the crimes of former Vernon Township Manager Don Teolis during his slide show presentation.

Thomas S. Russo Jr., the deputy manager in Randolph, has been hired as Newton's new town manager, replacing Eileen Kithcart.

A former Andover man serving a life term for two murders in 1978 sought protection Thursday from an Ogdensburg woman who he said put drugs in his residence during the investigation.

The non-hostile death of a lance corporal in Iraq on Sunday remains under investigation, Defense Department officials said Thursday.

The New Jersey League of Municipalities has begun a legal challenge against the new Council on Affordable Housing's latest regulations.

With the idea that first impressions matter, the Vernon Township Council has formed a Beautification Committee that will focus on improvements that can be made to enhance the beauty of Vernon through strategic ...

Police had responded to a burglar alarm at the Newton Driving Range and found the front door kicked in and an undisclosed amount of cash removed from the register.

A registered sex offender from Newton was jailed last week after police discovered he was staying in an Andover Township hotel following his arrest on separate drug charges.

The Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey has resurrected the harassment lawsuit of a former Vernon police officer and his ex-wife. The panel of three judges disagreed with the previous court's ...

NEWTON -- A Newton man who allegedly threatened to stab another man with a steak knife during a dispute on Monday night was arrested on weapons possession charges, police said.

Police arrested a man who allegedly threatened to stab another man with a steak knife during a dispute Monday night and charged him weapons possessions.

In closing remarks at his vehicular manslaughter trial, David Coursen's attorney said the 34-year-old passenger who was thrown from the car Coursen was driving in 2005 died because he wasn't wearing a seatbelt.