Jury being tapped for trial of dentist accused of groping patients    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: The Jersey Journal
Jury selection began today for a Sussex County dentist accused in a civil lawsuit of groping five female patients while they were under anesthesia for oral surgery.... Full story...

County freeholders have a bittersweet new year    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: New Jersey Herald
Glen Vetrano will serve his last year on the Sussex County Board of Chosen Freeholders as its director, following his election Friday during the board's annual reorganization meeting.... Full story...

Hardyston man pursues argument that county overcharged him for photocopies    Posted on 2009-01-04
Source: New Jersey Herald
A retired journalist from Hardyston is appealing the dismissal of his class-action lawsuit against Sussex County, arguing the county overcharged for photocopies on its machines and case law is on his side.... Full story...

Passings    Posted on 2009-01-03
Source: New Jersey Online
They entertained us on screen and in print, pioneered new technologies and made headlines for deeds good and bad.... Full story...

Noted ex-county judge joins Sparta law firm    Posted on 2009-01-01
Source: New Jersey Herald
A retired Superior Court judge considered synonymous with the bench in Sussex County has joined a prominent Sparta law firm in a part-time role, the firm said Tuesday.... Full story...

Sussex County Prosecutor    Posted on 2008-12-31
Source: Photo News
Dec. 12 Eduardo Rodriguez-Machado, age 47, of Columbus, Ohio, was sentenced to four years in New Jersey State Prison.... Full story...

Thomas Oakley retires as Quincy Newspapers' CEO    Posted on 2008-12-30
Source: New Jersey Herald
Thomas A. Oakley will retire Wednesday as president and chief executive officer of Quincy Newspapers Inc., the parent company of the New Jersey Herald.... Full story...

Two Newton brothers accused of stealing cash-filled Christmas cards    Posted on 2008-12-28
Source: Millville News
Two Sussex County scrap metal collectors were arrested early today for allegedly stealing Christmas cards containing cash that homeowners had left out for their sanitation workers, police said.... Full story...

Sparta lab admits falsifying DEP water reports    Posted on 2008-12-27
Source: Daily Record
A Sparta man and his private water-testing laboratory on Tuesday pleaded guilty in Trenton to submitting falsified water analysis reports to state environmental officials, according to the attorney general's ...... Full story...

County among highest taxed    Posted on 2008-12-26
Source: New Jersey Herald
Metropolitan-area homeowners paid the highest median property taxes in the country, according to a study released this week by the Tax Foundation.... Full story...

Most county nursing homes received good marks from federal agency    Posted on 2008-12-25
Source: New Jersey Herald
About 22 percent of the nation's nearly 16,000 nursing homes received the federal government's lowest rating while 12 percent received the highest ranking possible in a new five-star system.... Full story...

Brothers accused of stealing Christmas tips in Andover    Posted on 2008-12-24
Source: Asbury Park Press
A pair of scrap-metal dealing brothers from Newton are accused of stealing Christmas cards containing cash tips for sanitation workers in Andover Township, Sussex County.... Full story...

Sussex County Prosecutor    Posted on 2008-12-23
Source: Photo News
Dec. 5 Salvatore Mattiaccio, age 45, of Stanhope was sentenced to three years probation and 40 hours of community service.... Full story...

14 schools Sussex County not up to par with state testing standards    Posted on 2008-12-23
Source: New Jersey Herald
New Jersey Herald File Photo Lauren Chiarchiaro, center, looks up at State Sen. Steve Oroho as he talks about the process for a bill becoming a law earlier this year at Glen Meadow Middle School in Vernon.... Full story...

Area businesses, organization give 3 Sussex County families newly refurbished vans    Posted on 2008-12-22
Source: New Jersey Herald
Imagine a day when you need to attend your child's school conference, go grocery shopping or take your child to the doctor.... Full story...

Bloomfield Man Plots Fake Murder-For-Hire    Posted on 2008-12-21
Source: Baristanet.com
This has to be one of the most idiotic revenge plans ever hatched. Has this Bloomfielder been watching too many Sopranos re-runs? Actually, his story has all the elements of a daytime soap: cheating husband, ...... Full story...

North Jersey: Murder-for-hire plot was fake, police say    Posted on 2008-12-20
Source: Daily Journal
NEWTON -- Authorities say jealousy over a stripper fueled a fake murder-for-hire plot in Sussex County.... Full story...

Murder-for-hire plot ensnares Sparta man    Posted on 2008-12-19
Source: New Jersey Herald
A Bloomfield man is accused of making up a murder-for-hire scheme to get back at a Sparta man for having an affair with the go-go dancer he used to date, authorities said.... Full story...

Family files suit in beating death of pi...    Posted on 2008-12-18
Source: Jersey Journal
The family of a transient pipeline worker who was beaten to death outside a hotel in Vernon where he was living have filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the hotel and those charged in his slaying.... Full story...

Driver charged with DWI after hitting sc...    Posted on 2008-12-18
Source: New Jersey Online
A bus carrying 19 students home from school in Sussex County was rear-ended by a drunken driver Wednesday afternoon, but there were no reported injuries, State Police said.... Full story...

Nearly 200 in Sussex still without power after ice storm    Posted on 2008-12-17
Source: The Jersey Journal
An estimated 188 homes in Sussex County remain without electricity late this afternoon after an ice storm caused power outages in higher elevations Thursday night.... Full story...

Severe ice storm sends shivers in Sussex    Posted on 2008-12-16
Source: New Jersey Online
Nina Podolsky remembers how the bombing sounded in World War II when she was a girl in Russia.... Full story...

Conservancy buys 205 acres for green space in county    Posted on 2008-12-15
Source: Photo News
The acreage provides a permanent buffer for the Paulinskill Valley Trail and includes a lake HAMPTON - Located within the heart of Sussex County, the Missionary Society of Salesian Sisters has recently sold 205 ...... Full story...

County names St. Patrick's Day Parade grand marshal    Posted on 2008-12-14
Source: New Jersey Herald
Monsignor Kieran McHugh has been named this year's grand marshal for the sixth annual Sussex County Saint Patrick's Day Parade.... Full story...

County recovers from ice storm    Posted on 2008-12-13
Source: New Jersey Herald
Most of Sussex County dodged a winter bullet. Downed tree limbs caused power outages throughout the county, mostly in the northeast section, but state police said there were no reports of major traffic ...... Full story...