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Sparta News

Local news for Sparta, NJ continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

22 hrs ago | New Jersey Herald

Sparta weighs going green

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.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Alternative Energy

Mon Jul 21, 2008

Daily Record

Band on the run

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

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Related Topix: Blues, Pop/Rock, The Rolling Stones, Mick Taylor, Boonton, NJ, Garwood, NJ, Stanhope, NJ

Sat Jul 19, 2008

Daily Record

Mt. Olive women charged in ID theft from mother

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.

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Related Topix: Budd Lake, NJ, Hopatcong, NJ, Wallington, NJ, Landing, NJ

Thu Jul 17, 2008

Courier News Online

Adolph 'Dolfe' J. Barberi decorated Army veteran

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.

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Related Topix: Raritan, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Monroe Township, NJ

Tue Jul 15, 2008

New Jersey Herald

Low-cost housing skirmish wages on

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

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Related Topix: Sussex County, NJ, Andover, NJ, Newton, NJ, Montague, NJ, New Jersey

Thu Jul 10, 2008

New Jersey Herald

Tree cutting upsets Andover

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

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Related Topix: Newton, NJ, Boonton, NJ, Rockaway, NJ, Andover, NJ

Tue Jul 08, 2008

New Jersey Herald

Sparta school board open to suggestions

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

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Mon Jul 07, 2008

New Jersey Herald

Sparta runoff breaks bank

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

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Sun Jul 06, 2008

New Jersey Herald

Sparta boy with disabilities finds sport to excel in

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

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Related Topix: Sussex County, NJ

Sat Jul 05, 2008

Daily Record

Bargain-hunters tour foreclosed homes

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

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Related Topix: Sussex County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Thu Jul 03, 2008

New Jersey Herald

Where to see fireworks

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

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Related Topix: Lake Mohawk, NJ, Augusta, NJ, Life, Holidays, 4th of July, Blairstown, NJ

Tue Jul 01, 2008

New Jersey Herald

Sparta school chief named Sussex County's No. 1 man

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

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing, Education, Sussex County, NJ

Mon Jun 30, 2008

WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

Bicyclist Hit By Car Near Sparta

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

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Sun Jun 29, 2008

Express-Times

Police search yields heroin

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

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Fri Jun 27, 2008

Daily Record

Railroad work to close part of Route 15 for the weekend

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

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Wed Jun 25, 2008

New Jersey Herald

Local Briefs for Tuesday, June 24, 2007

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

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Related Topix: Hackettstown, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Insurance, Augusta, NJ

Mon Jun 23, 2008

New Jersey Herald

State sweep cites three county gas stations

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

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Related Topix: Ogdensburg, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Stanhope, NJ

Sat Jun 21, 2008

The Jersey Journal

Bikers raise $$ for sick kids

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

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, Andover, NJ, Lafayette, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Rockaway, NJ

Thu Jun 19, 2008

Home News Tribune

Hazel E. Smith antique lover

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

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Related Topix: Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, North Plainfield, NJ, Plainfield, NJ, Home Gardening, Home

Tue Jun 17, 2008

New Jersey Herald

Local briefs for June 11, 2008

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 ...

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Related Topix: Branchville, NJ, Sussex County, NJ

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Sparta, New Jersey is located in Sussex County and is part of the Newark Metro Area. Zip codes in Sparta, NJ include 07871.

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