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Jan 12, 2025 · Twenty-two years into her teaching career at Kittatinny Regional High School in Newton, Mary Houghtaling sees education as a way to help students become “whole people,” realize potential and new experiences, and unlock change for themselves and society.
UPDATED: SCCC president resigns - spartaindependent.com
21 hours ago · The Sussex County Community College (SCCC) board of trustees accepted the resignation of college president Jon Connolly on Friday afternoon, Jan. 17 and unanimously voted to make Cory Homer the interim president. “This was a mutually agreed upon resignation and faculty reassignment between the ...
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Jan 8, 2025 · The Advertiser-News (North) The Advertiser-News (South) The Chronicle; The Pike County Courier; The Photo News; The Sparta Independent; The Township Journal
Water rate increase approved - spartaindependent.com
Jan 5, 2025 · The Township Council unanimously approved an ordinance to increase the water rate at its meeting Dec. 10. The rate rose to $4.73 per 1,000 gallons of water consumption Jan. 1. It will rise to $4.85 per 1,000 gallons of water consumption in 2026 and to $4.97 per 1,000 gallons of water consumption in ...
N.Y. parks worker dies fighting fire - spartaindependent.com
Nov 16, 2024 · New York State Police said they were investigating the death of Dariel Vasquez, an 18-year-old state parks employee who died when a tree fell on him Saturday afternoon, Nov. 9 as he battled a major brush fire in Sterling Forest, located in …
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Water rate hikes, fee proposed - spartaindependent.com
Dec 1, 2024 · The Township Council introduced an ordinance to increase the water rate at its meeting Tuesday, Nov. 26. The ordinance would boost the rate to $4.73 per 1,000 gallons of water consumption effective Jan. 1.
N.J. declares drought warning - spartaindependent.com
Nov 19, 2024 · With wildfires burning after its driest September and October ever, New Jersey declared a drought warning Wednesday, Nov. 13.. Amid historically low precipitation, above-average temperatures and deteriorating water-supply conditions, Gov. Phil Murphy and Shawn LaTourette, commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), strongly encouraged the public to reduce water use.
Several school districts delay openings - Sparta Independent
Jan 9, 2024 · Several school districts delayed their openings Monday, Jan. 8 after a storm dropped more than a foot of snow of parts of Sussex County during the weekend.