Sussex News

A bill introduced earlier this year could put municipalities on a financial diet, possibly requiring the state to get rid of its 30 "doughnuts," but local officials don't foresee a state-mandated slim down in the near future.

"It gives us an idea about what college we might want to go to," said Tabitha of Franklin Borough, a junior at Sussex Tech who is thinking about majoring in criminal justice and hopes to someday join the FBI.

On today's show: We explore the tricky business of town consolidation in New Jersey.

Michael Mondarelli, 32, and Jennifer Mondarelli, 29, both of Sussex, were arrested and charged Sunday, Nov.

It's one of the great paradoxes of New Jersey politics: most people agree their are too many layers of government, too many town halls and police departments and bureaucrats in a tiny state with 566 municipalities.

Michael Strada, 41, of Andover Township and former Democrat Wayne Yahm, 49, of Franklin announced they will run in the GOP primary in June to replace outgoing Sheriff Robert Untig, who was first elected sheriff in 1989.

1 deadline yesterday for a plea bargain agreement to be reached in the case of a Sussex County man charged with killing his wife.

Photo by Daniel Freel/New Jersey Herald Croceann Moreira, of Wantage, transfers a bag of food from her cart to a food drive cart as the Wanderers Car Club gathers in the parking lot of the A&P supermarket, in Sussex Borough, Sunday for a food drive benefiting the Sussex Help Center.

The Internal Revenue Service is looking for more than 200 taxpayers in Morris, Sussex and Warren counties who can claim their share of undelivered refund checks totaling more than $240,000, the agency announced.

A plan to merge Wantage and Sussex will not move forward. This after residents in Wantage overwhelmingly voted down the measure.

The Friends of the Sussex-Wantage Library will welcome Robert Roger's Puppet Company for a free presentation of its tour de force marionette production at the Sussex Middle School auditorium Thursday at 11 a.m. The array of puppets includes not only clowns and acrobats, but also a carefully choreographed series of performances set to the classical ...

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 Anna Murphey/New Jersey Herald Nurse Linda Spear administers the swine flu nasal vaccine to Cameron Gaechter, 11, of Wantage, Tuesday at a clinic at the A&P in Wantage.

The Tri-County Collaborative, composed of United Ways of Sussex, Hunterdon and Warren counties, recently received a $2 million state grant to help prevent homelessness.

From left, Sherri Endriket, of Stockholm, and Theresa Healey, of Highland Lakes, work on computers at the Learning Link lab at the One-Stop Career Center, in Franklin, which may close.

A Hamburg woman has been indicted for allegedly borrowing $116,000 from a friend in Sussex Borough and falsely promising she'd be able to repay the loan with proceeds from a lawsuit settlement, according to court papers.

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.

By CHRISTINA TATU ctatu@njherald.com With the year-long consolidation study complete, Sussex Borough and Wantage Township residents will answer the question this Election Day: a oeShould Wantage Township and Sussex Borough consolidate into the Township of Sussex-Wantage?a The answer isna t simple.

Chris Christie, Republican candidate for New Jersey governor, listens to a question at an event in Edison.

Just weeks before a referendum that will decide whether Sussex Borough and Wantage Township will consolidate, the Sussex Borough Planning Board has adopted an updated master plan.