By LYNN GARAFOLA
In today’s housing market, homeowners have a great opportunity to sell their house and receive the best terms for their personal situation. That’s because there’s a limited number of homes for sale, which is creating competition among buyers. Right now, homebuyers want three things:
To be the winning bid on their dream home
To buy ...
By JENNIFER DERICKS
May 17, 2022NEWTON, NJ – The community is invited to enjoy Coffee with a Cop on Thursday at Hayek’s Market. The officers will be available to chat beginning at 10 a.m. at the Mill Street shop.
According to Newton Police Department the event is meant to “break down barriers between police officers and the citizens they serve by removing agendas and allowing opportunities to ask ...
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By TINA MULDOON
May 17, 2022Hello, an actual Sodexo employee here! I was disappointed to read the Letter to the Editor from May 16 titled “The Untold Truth about Sodexo School Lunch”. First, I refer you to stateofchildhoodobesity.com for current statistics. Poor mental health over the last year cannot be contributed to Sodexo’s food, it can however be contributed to the effects of a global ...
Childhood obesity rates have tripled since 2016, 664,000 people have gained mental health issues since last year. And there will be more plastic in oceans than aquatic life by 2050. Unfortunately they are all related. And it leads back to Sodexo school lunches, here is why:
The recent trend of thousands of schools across America switching from their original lunch to using a company ...
By JENNIFER DERICKS
May 16, 2022SPARTA, NJ - A third dog has been attacked by a bear in Sparta. On Saturday night around 11:30 p.m. police said they got a call from residents on Meredith Drive. Their dog had received “a laceration” from a bear.
“The homeowner said the dogs were barking like they wanted to go out,” Lt. Jeff McCarrick said. He said when they let the dogs out they ...
By LYNFORD MORTON
May 15, 2022HAWTHORNE, NJ - When 10-year-old Peyton Cohen decided to host a lemonade fundraiser for Natalie Ferguson, a 4-year-old battling brain cancer, Peyton had no idea how it would catch on, or that she could raise thousands of dollars in a single day. But word of the lemonade fundraiser spread throughout the town and brought an epic response.
“It was amazing! We had cars going all the way ...
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By MOLLIE SHAUGER
May 18, 2022HARDYSTON, NJ— The Sussex County YMCA will join an estimated 1,000 local groups to celebrate the 29th Annual National Senior Health & Fitness Day on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. As an official host site, the Sussex County Y will hold a free community event this day, from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., with a variety of activities and wellness resources for older adults.
The Y will join with an ...
Parents and caregivers are invited to attend an outdoor, in-person Family Expo on Project Self-Sufficiency’s expansive Newton campus, Thursday, May 26th, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Local social service and healthcare providers will be available to discuss resources for families in the areas of mental health, disability services, housing, domestic violence, social services, early ...
The Greater Newton Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that its traditional Memorial Day Parade returns to Newton this year. The parade, which begins at Lower Spring Street and proceeds down Spring and Moran Streets to Memory Park, kicks off at 10:00 AM on Monday, May 30.
Hosted by The Town of Newton, the parade aims to honor our service men and women while paying tribute to the ...
By MICHAEL SHAPIRO, TAPINTO FOUNDER AND CEO
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ — Publishers invest significant time and financial resources in building their audience. No one has the right to have their content placed in front of the audience you’ve built. Public relations firms and others say their content is newsworthy and they get paid a lot of money to try to make that case to publishers every day.
Drawing the line between news and ...
By JOHN CHRISTMANN
May 20th is World Metrology Day.
I am counting down the hours on an atomic clock which is accurate to 1 second in 10 million years.
Metrology is the scientific development of systems of measure. Unlike Meteorology, the study of weather, you don’t have to be chipper and TV good looking to study Metrology. You do have to have geekish tendencies and more degrees than a thermometer, ...
By LYNFORD MORTON
May 15, 2022HAWTHORNE, NJ - When 10-year-old Peyton Cohen decided to host a lemonade fundraiser for Natalie Ferguson, a 4-year-old battling brain cancer, Peyton had no idea how it would catch on, or that she could raise thousands of dollars in a single day. But word of the lemonade fundraiser spread throughout the town and brought an epic response.
“It was amazing! We had cars going all the way ...