SPARTA, NJ — Sparta Middle School students celebrated the Week of Respect with a variety of activities to promote kindness. Students and staff participated in spirit days all week. They kicked off the Week of Respect by showing solidarity and wearing blue shirts on Monday, October 1 to honor World Day of Bullying Prevention.

All three grades had assemblies. Tyler Durham and David ...

SPARTA, NJ – The Award winning Sparta High School Marching Band honored their seniors on Saturday.  The band cut their halftime show for the recognition.  The band provided background music as the seniors were introduced, escorted onto the field by their families. 

“I always knew that eh band community had my back and would push me to become a better musician,” ...

SPARTA, NJ — The Sparta Board of Education presented the turf field project to the Planning Board last week. While the Planning Board’s role is simply advisory, they had a number of questions for the professionals making the presentation before giving their approval.

Representing the school district, attorney Richard Roy, engineer Bill Edwards and architect Bill Bannister were ...

SPARTA, NJ — It was the second loss of the season for Sparta as they fell to Randolph on Saturday 34-21.  It finally felt like football weather as the two teams battled on Cassels Field.

The Rams first drive ended with a blocked field goal attempt recovered by Carter Sheridan. A series of Randolph penalties would help Sparta get down field. Going for it on fourth and 1 Kenny ...

SPARTA, NJ – The girls soccer team moves to the semi final round of the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex tournament after taking Newton to 2-0 on Saturday.  Four seed Sparta took down the five seed Braves and will face third seed Vernon on October 20,

Keeper Julia Flake kept the Braves scoreless with seven saves.

Hope Davis and Anya Helmer got two for Sparta and Mikayla Bivona was ...

SPARTA, NJ — The evening began with hearty handshakes and heartfelt hugs as Sparta High School alumni and their families gathered for the second Athletic Hall of Fame Induction ceremony. The newly appointed Skyview Country Club was the backdrop for the evening’s festivities.

The 2018 Sparta High School Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees included:

Ted Barbato — Athletic ...

SPARTA, NJ – The atmosphere at the Pass it Along Youth Leadership Conference was like a freshmen orientation; enthusiasm and high energy with a focus on activity.  Students from around the county had a day out of school to attend the event at Sussex Tech last week.

The theme of this year’s conference was Shatter the Stigma, referring to the stigma associated with mental ...

HAMBURG, NJ – Blue skies made an appearance just in time for the Sussex County Association of Realtors annual golf outing last week.  About 140 attending the outing at Wild Turkey, most heading out to enjoy a good day of golf.

Proceeds from the event will go to support housing related Sussex County charities.  The checks will be issued at Christmas time, according to SCAR ...

SPARTA, NJ — Born in a snowstorm, raised on the family farm in Burlington County Charlie Mc Coy is the embodiment the common sense, pragmatic values one would expect from such beginnings. But there is more to the McCoy story.

So much more that a two part book has been written by Mary Parker. McCoy, a resident at Knoll Heights, got together with Parker as part of an outreach at the ...

SPARTA, NJ — The Sparta Historical Society held their third annual classic car show on Sunday, organized by Brian O’Neill. The beautiful fall day brought out approximately 70 cars and many more to admire the shiny pampered machines. 

A wide variety of cars were displayed in the middle school parking lot and at the historical society. A home made camper was a hit with young and ...

SPARTA, NJ – The third annual  Kiwanis Club of Sparta  Fall Celebration for Families.  Families took over the front lawn of the Sparta VFW on Sunday playing games, painting pumpkins and masks and having their faces painted as well. 

Inside the crowd was treated to musicians from the Bill Wright School of Music.

The Kiwanis members grilled hotdogs and there were ...

SPARTA, NJ — The Lake Mohawk Country Club hosted their third annual Oktoberfest. The weather could not have been better for the crowds that gathered on the boardwalk and on Beach 1 on Sunday. 

A band set the atmosphere as people enjoyed traditional German food and beer. Many simply enjoyed the chance to relax outdoors with friends and neighbors at tables set up on Beach ...

The Center for Non-Profits, New Jersey’s umbrella organization for the charitable community will convene over 550 attendees for the largest annual gathering of non-profit leaders and allies, at its 2018 New Jersey Non-Profit Conference, Raising the Voices of Our Communities, Wednesday, December 5 at The Palace at Somerset Park, Somerset, New Jersey.

This ...

SPARTA, NJ — The Sparta Township Council tabled the ordinance to ban marijuana at the meeting on Tuesday. Deputy Mayor Christine Quinn read a statement from Mayor Josh Hertzberg who could not attend because of an “unanticipated family obligation.”

All of the council members present approved the motion to table the ordinance that had a first reading on September ...

STONE TAVERN, N.J. – Five USEF Preliminary Combined Driving National Champions were crowned at the Garden State Combined Driving Event CDE at the Horse Park of New Jersey on Oct. 14.

It was the debut of national championships at the preliminary level in order to serve as a catalyst to ignite further interest in the combined driving discipline, and cultivate combinations for the ...