December 17, 2013 at 6:05 AM
SPARTA, NJ-Sparta publc schools will be operating on a 90 minute Delayed Opening Schedule today, Tuesday, Dec 17.
There will be no morning Kindergarten or Pre-School.
Alpine will open at 10:30 a.m.
Helen Morgan will open at 9:30 a.m.
Sparta Middle School will open at 9:35 a.m.
Sparta High School will open at 8:35 a.m.
Should there be a change to the delayed opening status an additional announcment will be published.
By SEAN LYNCH
April 22, 2018TORONTO, ON -- The start of the Major League Baseball season means summer is drawing closer. While there are no MLB teams to follow in the Greater Olean or Buffalo areas for summer, a trip across the border to Canada leads to the Toronto Blue Jays of the American League East.
The Rogers Centre, where the Blue Jays play, is regarded as one of the unique venues of baseball.
By ANNMARIE SHAFER
April 22, 2018The Center for Prevention and Counseling announces its Spring Conference to be held at Red Tail Lodge, Vernon, NJ on Thursday, May 31, 2018 from 8:30am until 3:00pm. Featured keynote speaker is Kevin A. Sabet, Ph.D., President and CEO, Smart Approaches to Marijuana. Dubbed by NBC News as “ the prodigy of drug politics,” author, consultant, advisor to three U.S. presidential ...
By JENNIER DERICKS
April 21, 2018SPARTA, NJ - Sparta Middle School Principal Michael Gregory has announced the Students of the third Marking for the 2017-2018 school year. The teachers of the three academic teams in each grade level recognized two students for their notable actions and contributions to the Sparta Middle School community.
The sixth grade teams are Amber, Sapphire and Topaz.
The Amber team ...
By JENNIFER DERICKS
April 21, 2018SPARTA, NJ – The Sparta baseball team easily took their first round of the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex tournament against Hopatcong on Saturday 15-3.
The game ended early with five Spartans batting 1.000 and three others going .500. The score was 8-0 going into the fourth where Sparta finished it off getting seven across the plate.
Hopatcong came back with three in the top of ...
By TAPINTO HORSES STAFF
April 21, 2018NEW YORK, N.Y. — ASPCA Help a Horse Day is celebrated annually on April 26 — a date chosen for its significance to the ASPCA’s long history of horse protection. In 1866, ASPCA founder Henry Bergh stopped a cart driver from beating his horse, resulting in the first successful arrest for horse mistreatment.
A national grant competition in honor of Help a Horse Day ...
By TRAVELS STAFF & DOHS
April 21, 2018Travels recommends that you always travel with a passport, even domestically. The U.S. Passport is our national I.D. With it you will be able to fly domestically to any state.
The DOHS offers this further explanation:
The REAL ID Act establishes minimum security standards for license issuance and production and prohibits Federal agencies from accepting for ...
By LYNN GARAFOLA
April 21, 2018Team Nest Builder wants YOU to know the truths about buying a New Jersey home!
Some Highlights:
The average down payment for first-time homebuyers is only 6%!
Despite mortgage interest rates being over 4%, rates are still below historic numbers.
88% of property managers raised their rents in the last 12 months!
The credit score requirements for mortgage ...
By TAPINTO SPARTA STAFF
April 16, 2018SPARTA, NJ – A Phillipsburg man pulled over for a traffic stop, ended up facing drug charges on April 11. Around 7:55 p.m. on Route 15 Sparta Police Officer Steven Guido stopped a silver Saturn Ion for having an obstructed license plate, police report.
Charles Williams, 29, was driving with two passengers in the car. When speaking with Williams, Guido smelled marijuana in the ...
SPARTA, NJ – A man stopped for driving through a red light on Route 15 wound up facing drug charges. On March 30 Sparta Police Officer Thomas Herd pulled over Steven Lassends, 27in a black Infinity, on Route 15, police say.
When the officer spoke with the Montague resident, Herd smelled raw marijuana. Herd, with the assistance of Sgt. Pensado, Cpl. Antonello and Police ...
SPARTA, NJ – A man from Ogdensburg is facing pot charges after a traffic stop on April 4 around 11 p.m. Police Office Thomas Herd pulled over a green Honda driven by John Malone, 23 for failing to move to the right lane, police report.
Herd smelled marijuana when speaking with Malone. Malone admitted there was a “small marijuana roach” left in his car by a friend.
By STEVE ROGERS, CHAIRMAN, AMERICAN WINNING COALITION
April 14, 2018The time of electing local school boards should come to an end. According to the National School Boards Association, “the local school board is a critical public link to public schools. Whether elected or appointed, school board members serve their communities in several important ways. First and foremost, school boards look out for students. Education is not a line item on the school ...
Fri, May 4, 7:00 PM
Sparta Evangelical Free Church, Sparta
Sun, May 6, 7:00 AM
Liberty State Park, Jersey City
By JENNIFER DERICKS
April 12, 2018NEWTON, NJ – Four candidates for the Town of Newton Council have the same idea; move the election for council members to the November general elections. Candidates Matt Dickson and Jason Schlaffer and Ludmilla Mecaj and Wayne Levante just do not agree on how to make that happen.
As a Faulkner Act town, Newton originally established their non-partisan elections to be held separately ...
By KRISTEN AGNES
April 9, 2018MORRISTOWN, NJ - Following a massive turnout of over 13,000 people at last month’s March for Our Lives Morristown rally, the students behind the march organized an event called “The Town Hall for Our Lives.” This event brought together 11th Congressional District candidates who were questioned by student panelists about their views on gun control and how make schools ...
By LYNN GARAFOLA
Team Nest Builder wants YOU to know the truths about buying a New Jersey home!
Some Highlights:
The average down payment for first-time homebuyers is only 6%!
Despite mortgage interest rates being over 4%, rates are still below historic numbers.
88% of property managers raised their rents in the last 12 months!
The credit score requirements for mortgage ...
By LYNN GARAFOLA
Over the next five years, home prices are expected to appreciate, on average, by 3.6% per year and to grow by 18.2% cumulatively, according to Pulsenomics’ most recent Home Price Expectation Survey. Team Nest Builder wants you to understand what that means for homeowners and their equity positions.
As an example, let’s assume a young couple purchased and closed on a $250,000 home ...
By LYNN GARAFOLA
House no longer fits your needs? Planning on buying a New Jersey luxury home? Now is the time to do so!
Recently, the Institute for Luxury Home Marketing released its Luxury Market Report which showed that in today’s premium home market, buyers are in control. The inventory of homes for sale in the luxury market far exceeds the number of people searching to purchase these ...
By LYNN GARAFOLA
Whether you’re a buyer searching for your first home, or a homeowner looking to move up to your next home, Team Nest Builder knows you should pay attention to where mortgage interest rates are heading.
Over the course of 2018, according to Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey, rates increased from 3.95% in the first week of January to 4.40% in the first week of April.
At ...
By LYNN GARAFOLA
Ever watched “Trading Spaces” and wondered, “How do they pull together a beautiful room so quickly?” Team Nest Builder knows! Read on for these 6 simple decorating tricks from the newly relaunched “Trading Spaces” stars. You’ll be amazed at what a difference they make in your New Jersey home!
Let Your Heart Choose Your Art
Laurie Smith ...
By LYNN GARAFOLA
You know those shoes in the back of your closet that scream.”I grew up watching “Friends”’? Team Nest Builder wants to help YOU get rid of them while doing good for Sussex County children, through the Sojihuggles Children’s Foundation.
Now through May 15th, donate your gently worn, used or new shoes to help underprivileged children in Sussex County while ...
By JOANNA HAYDEN, PHD, CHES
Researchers aiming to identify lifestyle factors related to weight management followed more than 4,500 young adults (average age 24) for ten years. At the end of the study period, 77% of the men and 72% of the women had gained weight. The lifestyle factors associated with no weight gain among the remaining 23% of the men and 28% of women were regular eating patterns (not skipping meals) and no ...
By ANNMARIE SHAFER
April 22, 2018The Center for Prevention and Counseling announces its Spring Conference to be held at Red Tail Lodge, Vernon, NJ on Thursday, May 31, 2018 from 8:30am until 3:00pm. Featured keynote speaker is Kevin A. Sabet, Ph.D., President and CEO, Smart Approaches to Marijuana. Dubbed by NBC News as “ the prodigy of drug politics,” author, consultant, advisor to three U.S. presidential ...
