June 6, 2021 at 11:11 PM
NEWTON, NJ The Newton Police Department’s former Chief, Robert Osborn’s son Trey, has decided to participate with his fraternity brothers in the Ability Experience: Journey of Hope.
Trey, a student at Virginia Tech and member of Pi Kappa Phi, will participate in the experience which helps “spread a message of disability awareness,” according to the mission statement.
He will undertake a journey that includes 7,000 miles of cycling. There are two routes that will kick off on the west coast starting on June 10. Two teams will spend the summer crossing the country until they reach their destination of Capital Lawn in Washington, DC on August 14.
SPARTA, NJ – Sparta has once again made it to the top of a list of safest cities in America for 2021. According to Safewise, Sparta was named the eighth safest town in the country. The only other.
SPARTA, NJ –Sparta Board of Education passed a resolution that was not on the agenda at their meeting on Thursday, addressing the issue of requiring students to wear masks in school.
May 25, 2021 at 11:25 AM
SPARTA, NJ – Students at Helen Morgan School had a special event to conclude their One Book One School. The celebration included guests, essay contest and the planting of a seedling from the Salem Oak, a 565 year old heritage tree that was uprooted and fell in June 2019.
They had finished reading the “Wishtree” by Katherine Applegate and were joined by guests board of education members Kim Bragg, Jennifer Grana, Niamh Grano and Rob Zywicki, Sparta Mayor Christine Quinn, Sparta Interim Superintendent Patrick McQueeney, Freedon Superintendent Matthew Beck, Sparta Historical Society members Marjorie Strohsahl and Renee Ferguson, Helen Morgan School PTO representative Melanie Zywicki.
By JENNIFER DERICKS
May 18, 2021 at 10:33 PM
Flossie Meyer, 2021 Sparta Township Senior of the Year, at her 102 Birthday celebration earlier this year
Flossie Meyer, 2021 Sparta Township Senior of the Year, at her 102 Birthday celebration earlier .
Credits: Jennifer Dericks
Flossie Meyer, 2021 Sparta Township Senior of the Year, at her 102 Birthday celebration earlier this year
Flossie Meyer, 2021 Sparta Township Senior of the Year, at her 102 Birthday celebration earlier .
Credits: Jennifer Dericks
Flossie Meyer, 2021 Sparta Township Senior of the Year, at her 102 Birthday celebration earlier this year
Flossie Meyer, 2021 Sparta Township Senior of the Year, at her 102 Birthday celebration earlier .
Credits: Jennifer Dericks
May 18, 2021 at 10:33 PM