Sparta News

A Hope Township woman was found guilty of vehicular homicide Tuesday for the 2006 crash that killed her boyfriend.

By SETH AUGENSTEIN and ROBERTA FUGATE newsroom@njherald.com OGDENSBURG - Results of a feasibility study recommend the borough disband its police department and pay neighboring Sparta Township to provide its law enforcement.

Jennifer Locascio, of Hope Township, sits at the defense table on Oct. 28 in Courtroom 1 of the Warren County Courthouse in Belvidere.

By TOM HOWELL JR. thowell@njherald.com The owner of the former Sparta Pharmacy was indicted Monday for allegedly making false insurance claims in 2007 and 2008 for medications that customers never ordered, according to court papers.

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.

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The township's emergency responders are going to be compensated for their volunteer work.

A respected feminist and author will be a featured speaker at Greene's Beans Cafe in Sparta this weekend.

Voters of two towns could give their emergency volunteers some financial perks at the polls next week.

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Photo by Amy Paterson/New Jersey Herald Rita Nelson, of Frankford, shows the coupon for Hershey's candy she will use to buy supplies for Halloween at ShopRite, in Newton.

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

Just shy of its fifth anniversary in Hardyston, the YMCA is considering adding a second Sussex County facility in Sparta.

The public is invited to memorialize 44 people who dedicated themselves to their communities at the ninth annual Sussex County Emergency Services Memorial Tribute Friday.

SPARTA -- The township will set up a collection site at the police department, 65 Main St., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Nov.

It's a food even a confirmed dumpster-diving bear can't refuse -- acorns -- and this year's bumper crop of the oaken fruit has caused a steady rise in reports of incidents involving bears.

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.

A winter weather advisory has been issued here for accumulations of one to four inches over higher elevations in the state's first snowfall of the season.

Snow was falling in parts of northwest New Jersey today. Precipitation from a nor'easter that soaked most of the state Thursday fell as snow in the Garden State's higher elevations.

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