Sparta News

The winds of change are blowing through Sparta. The town is considering implementing windmills and turbines, as well as other alternative energy mechanisms, to potentially cut the town's energy costs in half.

For years he assumed the identities of Brian Jones, Mick Taylor and Ronnie Wood in Rolling Stones tribute bands.

MOUNT OLIVE -- A 36-year-old Hopatcong woman has been charged with stealing her mother's identity and racking up $11,600 in bills in her name, police said.

RARITAN - Adolph "Dolfe" J. Barberi, 85, entered eternal life Tuesday . Adolph was the owner and operator of Dolfe's Luncheonette on Somerset Street in Raritan for more than 40 years, retiring in 1985.

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

An Andover neighborhood awoke Wednesday to the rattle and roar of machinery, and the crash and buzz of trees being destroyed.

' A letter from a renowned New Jersey open government advocate has requested some changes to how local board of education meetings operate.

The 2008 council campaign was a banner year for controversy. It also was a banner year for campaign donations.

Maybe it slipped and you lived to regret it. Maybe you said it to someone you didn't like.

They walked into the first house on the tour, and found it to be a little small.

Independence Day celebrations will be held throughout the area beginning tonight.

Tom Morton has had a roller coaster tenure as the town's top educator. But this summer might be the highest peak -- so far.

A 15-year-old boy who was riding his bike in Sparta Township was hit by a car Monday night.

Police searching a township man's apartment Thursday in connection with a $195,000 robbery reported finding two bundles of heroin.

SPARTA -- Drivers are bracing for a major headache starting Friday night when a mile-long stretch of Route 15 will close for the weekend.

The Hackettstown Bureau of Fire Prevention has received a $1,150 grant from insurance company FM Global.

Three Sussex County gas stations were cited for alleged violations in last week's sweep of more than 1,000 stations across the state.

Meredith Hung hasn't slipped onto the back of a growling motorcycle since she was in college.

NORTH PLAINFIELD - Hazel E. Pangborn Smith, age 100, died Tuesday at Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center in Plainfield.

A citizens' group that has unsuccessfully petitioned the government several times has filed its second lawsuit against the township and its clerk, alleging the clerk has not properly considered their ...