Sussex Tech school board to meet today The Sussex County Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved a vote of no confidence in the administration and school... Local News 13 May 2024 | 08:45
Council approves 2024 budget The Town Council unanimously approved a 2024 municipal budget of about $15.6 million at its meeting April 8. The taxes on... Local News 30 Apr 2024 | 06:07
Paul DeMott of Wantage holds up a program for a recent theater production at Sussex County Technical School during the Board of Education meeting Thursday, April 18. His daughter is a junior in the theater arts program, one of three shops that the board has proposed closing. (Photos by Kathy Shwiff) UPDATED: Sussex Tech school board tables proposed cuts After listening to more than 100 students, parents, alumni and staff members criticize a plan to cut three shops at Sussex... Home 23 Apr 2024 | 04:13
Dianna Morrison, director of Pathways 2 Prosperity at Norwescap, shows plans for the new Center for Entrepreneurship, which will be created in the basement of Norwescap’s building at 37 Main St., Sussex. (Photos by Kathy Shwiff) Norwescap center is one of many USDA-funded projects The $77,797 Rural Business Development Grant to help establish the Norwescap Center for Entrepreneurship is just one of the... Home 10 Apr 2024 | 06:02
County budget approved The Sussex County Board of County Commissioners approved a 2024 budget of about $122.8 million at its meeting Wednesday,... Home 02 Apr 2024 | 10:13
Proposed budget is $15.6 million The Town Council introduced a proposed 2004 municipal budget of about $15.6 million at its March 11 meeting. About $9.6 million... Local News 23 Mar 2024 | 04:13
Brian Dowling, chief executive and founder, cuts the ribbon to open Sussex Cultivation’s processing facility in Vernon. At left is former Mayor Howard Burrell and at right is Mayor Anthony Rossi. (Photos by Kathy Shwiff) Cannabis processing facility opens Sussex Cultivation celebrated the opening of its cannabis processing facility in Vernon with a ribbon-cutting Thursday, March... Home 20 Mar 2024 | 08:50
Maureen Dykstra, center, of Girls on the Run hugs Dawnice Lafave, who was handing out grants. At right is Karin Meyer, a trustee emeritus and co-founder of the German Christmas Market. (Photo by Brielle Kehl) $122,000 given to nonprofits The German Christmas Market of New Jersey donated more than $122,000 to nonprofit groups in Sussex County. Members of the... Home 12 Mar 2024 | 06:05
Firehouse improvements planned The Town Council introduced an $800,000 bond ordinance to finance improvements to Firehouse No. 1 at its meeting Feb. 12.... Local News 25 Feb 2024 | 02:19
William Hayden Commissioners censure Hayden Four members of the Sussex County Board of County Commissioners voted to censure their colleague, William Hayden, at the... Home 20 Feb 2024 | 09:54
New municipal engineer proposed The Town Council proposed an ordinance to hire Cory Stoner of Harold E. Pellow & Associates as the municipal engineer at... Local News 18 Feb 2024 | 01:57
Build Jake’s Place, a nonprofit organization, opened Jake’s Place playground in Cherry Hill in 2011. It is an example of an inclusive playground that makes play available to children and adults with disabilities. Sparta, Byram seek playground funds Sparta and Byram officials plan to apply for New Jersey Green Acres funding to build completely inclusive playgrounds. Completely... Home 31 Jan 2024 | 09:27
Ryan Courten of Vernon poses with his son Liam at Garden State Comic Fest’s Winter Fest ’24 on Saturday, Jan. 27 at the Sussex Fairgrounds in Augusta. (Photo by Maria Kovic) Comic book fans meet artists Hundreds of people shopped for comic books and related items and met some of the industry’s artists at Garden State Comic... Home 31 Jan 2024 | 06:17
Carla Householder, 69, of Sparta will be a contestant on ‘Wheel of Fortune’ on Friday, Jan. 26. (Photo by Carol Kaelson/Wheel of Fortune®/© 2024 Califon Productions Inc. ARR) Puzzle solver takes turn at wheel Carla Householder has been watching “Wheel of Fortune” since her children were small. She used the television game show to... Home 23 Jan 2024 | 02:30
New Sussex County Commissioner Jack DeGroot, right, of Wantage is sworn in Monday, Jan. 1 as his parents, George and Katherine DeGroot, watch. Assemblyman Parker Space, left, administered the oath of office in the county courthouse. (Photo by Kathy Shwiff) DeGroot joins county commissioners Jack DeGroot, 24, of Wantage outlined plans to increase the county’s farmland preservation program after he was sworn in... Home 02 Jan 2024 | 08:27