By TAPINTO SPARTA STAFF
January 12, 2021SPARTA, NJ – A Glen Spay, New York man is facing drunk driving charges after being stopped on Route 15 for weaving and speeding. On January 10 around 9 p.m. Officer Brian Porter stopped Piotr Mikolajcak,52 for driving up to 76 MPH in a 55 MPH zone and not being able to stay in his lane, police said.
When speaking with the driver, Porter smelled alcohol on Mikolajcak’s ...
By JENNIFER DERICKS
January 8, 2021SPARTA, NJ-Members of the Sparta Woman’s Club took part in the national initiative Wreaths Across America. Joining with citizens across the country on December 19 the Sparta women joined with members of the McAfee Fire Department and the cemetery sponsors Vietnam Veterans of America Wallkill Valley Chapter #1002, laying wreaths at the Northern New Jersey Veterans Memorial Cemetery, ...
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 18, 2021There’s nothing like a steaming pot of soup to take off the chill on a cold day. Want to up your winter soup game? We’ve got seven simple tricks to make your favorites even better:
1. Save the bones from your roasted chicken (including storebought rotisserie chicken) in the freezer to make stock. The roasted bones will give your soups more flavor than raw.
2. Need to swap ...
By JAMES ADAMS
January 21, 2021WASHINGTON, DC — Today, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) released the following statement on an executive order announced by President Biden to rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement:
“Withdrawing the United States from the historic Paris Agreement on climate change was a mistake, an abdication of American leadership on the world stage, and a setback for the ...
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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 ...
