The hens have finally started laying at Meadowburn Farm in Vernon, N.J. ( Jesse Clarke) Eggsplainer They cost more than twice as much at the store as they did last year. Local farmers have waiting lists and customer limits,... Local News 30 Jan 2023 | 03:03
Sneaking into Wendy Stamer’s Sparta, NJ, birdfeeder. Locals bear with local bears In a survey of 550 readers, 91% responded that they’ve spotted at least one bear around town this year. Bears where? Readers... Local News 12 Aug 2022 | 02:09
SCCC Dean’s List, Spring 2022 Sussex County Community College recently announced the 420 students who showed the academic achievement required to make... Honor Roll/Dean's List 16 Jun 2022 | 09:50
Members of the public who were squeezed out of the main meeting hall watched the hearing on television sets in the vestibule (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Overflow crowd determined to make its views known on massive Sparta warehouse The overflow crowd was limited in the questions it could ask when Sparta Township held its second public hearing on the 880,000-square-foot... News 11 Apr 2022 | 04:13
The warehouse complex site plan presented to the Sparta Planning Board ‘No decisions have been made’ about massive warehouse, Sparta council tells public Resident William Enright told the Sparta Township Council on March 8 that a petition objecting to a massive new warehouse... Business 22 Mar 2022 | 06:07
Ambulance crews are parked outside Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center in Andover on April 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) State blocks admissions to Andover nursing home after damning new report No new residents will be admitted to Woodland Behavioral and Nursing Center, after a damning report that cited dangerous... Local News 18 Feb 2022 | 11:30
Woodland Behavioral and Nursing Center, formerly Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation II (Photo by Vera Olinski) Commissioner encouraged by agencies working together on hard-hit nursing home Commissioners’ director Anthony Fasano was upbeat about the way agencies were working together at a press conference on Friday... Local News 11 Jan 2022 | 12:05
From left: Cassandra Barckett of Pompton Lakes, Jake Jackson of Washington, and Julia Kadar of Sparta star in North Star Theater Company’s production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” (Photo: Linda Kadar, North Star Theater Company) North Star Theater presents ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ on two weekends, two venues North Star Theater Company presents “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” on two weekends and in two venues: Jan.... Entertainment 10 Jan 2022 | 03:29
A photo of Andover Subacute II, before it was rebranded to Woodland Behavioral and Nursing Center. The nursing home is still under the same ownership. (File photo) National Guard coming: NJ’s worst Covid-19 outbreak strikes Andover nursing home, scene of 2020 disaster The nursing home that captured nationwide attention for its catastrophic number of Covid-19 deaths is amid an active outbreak,... News 05 Jan 2022 | 11:38
Howard and Sara Seidenfeld (Photo provided) Kindness and leadership to be honored at Chabad gala Chabad of Sussex County will hold an inaugural gala honoring members of the community on Tuesday, Nov. 16. “The gala is a... Entertainment 08 Nov 2021 | 04:03
(Photo by Laurie Gordon) The sun sets on health food co-op, beloved throwback to the ‘80s A well-loved go-to place for healthy foods, supplements, bulk nuts, grains and cereals, herbs, and sage advice, served up... Entertainment 05 Aug 2021 | 02:39
Ambulance crews are parked outside Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center in Andover, N.J., on April 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) ( Ted Shaffrey / AP) We need empathy, not politics, in getting answers about nursing home deaths To the Editor: My uncle was a resident of what was at the time called Andover Subacute nursing home for three years. During... Letters to the Editor 14 May 2021 | 01:49
I’m gonna keep watching baseball, reading Harry Potter books, and listening to Rage Against the Machine Letter to the Editor: Re: “I will not be buying tickets at Citi Field or Yankee Stadium this year” Mr. Finocchio said, “Only... Letters to the Editor 07 May 2021 | 04:46
Ambulance crews are parked outside Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center in Andover, N.J., on April 16, 2020. Police responding to an anonymous tip found more than a dozen bodies at the nursing home (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) ( Ted Shaffrey / AP) Investigation into nursing home deaths to be decided by voters Voters in Sussex County will weigh in on whether an independent and bipartisan investigation into the management of the state’s... Local News 07 May 2021 | 08:48
Mikaela Molnar of Simple Bare Necessities is ready to open her brick and mortar store on Earth Day (Photo by Lauren Cappadona/Loz Photography NJ) New businesses open in Sparta despite pandemic With the coming of spring, it’s refreshing to see flowers, robins — and the birth of some new businesses in our area. Amid... Business 09 Apr 2021 | 01:42
