By TAPINTO SPARTA STAFF
January 22, 2021SPARTA, NJ – A Sussex County man is facing a number of charges after a traffic stop on Stanhope Road. On January 18 around noon, Officer Brian Porter stopped Santyston resident Ian Schweizer, 38, police said.
Porter made the stop because the white Chevy van did not have an inspection sticker and had a broken brake light, police said.
When Porter found the car was not registered ...
By DANIELLE FRANCISCO
January 23, 2021NEWTON, NJ—Newton Girl Scout Troop 4224 is on a journey working towards their Gold award this year and is asking the community for assistance.
Five Newton High School students Aisling Gill, Reese Smith, Amanda Cleary, Sydney Cotter and Meghan Carr have been meeting remotely during the pandemic under the leadership of Meghan Gill.
The group has prepared for Girl Scouts highest award by ...
By GINA TRISH AND KATE MATTESON
January 17, 2021Dear Senator Oroho and Assemblymen Space and Wirths,
A longtime resident of this district told us that he reached out to our state legislators to ask why they haven't yet acknowledged the election results. He called Senator Oroho three times, and wrote him a letter. He still hasn’t received a response.
Now all three of you fail, in a bipartisan resolution with ...
Covid has already taken so much from the students at Newton High School; dances, graduations, celebrations, peer interactions, traditions, etc. Luckily, in the fall - some normalcy came back to our students; SPORTS! There were some limitations, but students were able to compete, be with their peers, and experience life outside of the pandemic.
Unfortunately, Winter sports are not being given ...
By KAITLYN DEBARTH
January 17, 2021BEACH HAVEN, NJ - Long Beach Island natives, Rob and Jane Romanowski are proud to announce the launch of Queen City Cycle Boat, making its debut for the 2021 season.
The Queen City Cycle Boat will be Jersey Shore's first and original pedal powered party boat, the Beach Haven couple told us.
With their many years of experience in the marina and hospitality industries ...
By LYNN GARAFOLA
Why Right Now May Be the Time to Sell Your House
The housing market made an incredible recovery in 2020 and is now positioned for an even stronger year in 2021. Record-low mortgage interest rates are a driving factor in this continued momentum, with average rates hovering at historic all-time lows.
According to the latest Realtors Confidence Index ...
By JACKIE LIEBERMAN
January 23, 2021NEW JERSEY — Disco fries, deep-fried Italian hot dogs, cheesy breakfast sandwiches — New Jersey restaurants are home to foods we crave, even if they’re not the best choices for our bodies on a daily basis.
We wondered, when it comes nutrition, can you have your cheesecake and eat it, too?
Michele Smith, licensed mental health counselor, certified intuitive eating counselor ...
By CRAIG PALLESCHI
January 23, 2021The Sparta Benevolent Society is holding a Super Bowl Squares fundraiser. They will be donating $1,200 "directly to the community."
There are 100 boxes available for $50 each. They will be paying out $950 per quarter.
Get additional information and register on the Sparta Benevolent Society's website.
The organization has been raising money ...
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(Newton, NJ) The Sussex County Board of County Commissioners Director Dawn Fantasia was forced to interrupt Wednesday night’s Commissioner meeting, reminding residents to be considerate of each speaker’s time to comment.
Things escalated during the public session, as well as a separate activated chat feature during the virtual Zoom meeting.
By JOHN CHRISTMANN
When I was little, my dad, who knew everything, gave me a present.
I watched with curious anticipation one day as he tied a long length of thread taken from my mom’s sewing basket onto the closed ends of a thick wire coat hanger. He instructed me to place the loop of thread over the top of my head so that the upside down hanger dangled freely in front of me, somewhere around my ...
By KAITLYN DEBARTH
January 17, 2021BEACH HAVEN, NJ - Long Beach Island natives, Rob and Jane Romanowski are proud to announce the launch of Queen City Cycle Boat, making its debut for the 2021 season.
The Queen City Cycle Boat will be Jersey Shore's first and original pedal powered party boat, the Beach Haven couple told us.
With their many years of experience in the marina and hospitality industries ...
