Couple pleads guilty to fraud, money laundering A Sparta couple admitted fraudulently obtaining about $790,000 in federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) payments,... Home 22 Aug 2024 | 09:54
Flu, COVID-19 vaccination clinic today A walk-in flu and COVID-19 vaccination clinic will be held from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21. The clinic will be at 201... Home 21 Feb 2024 | 09:34
Sparta man charged with fraud, money laundering A Sparta resident was charged with one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering in connection with federal funds... Home 21 Dec 2023 | 03:00
UPDATE: Admissions halted at Limecrest The state Department of Health has halted admissions at Limecrest Subacute and Rehabilitation Center in Andover Township... Home 30 Nov 2023 | 09:44
A sign in the Walgreens in West Milford, N.J., informs customers that some over-the-counter medicines for children are not available because of supplier shortages. ( Photo by Kathy Shwiff) As immunity falls, 3 threats rise As three viruses make waves across the community, local moms struggled to find fever-reducing medicine for their children... Local News 23 Dec 2022 | 02:17
Government PPP loans I just wanted to take one minute to point out all the local Vernon loans forgiven under the pay check protection program.... Letters to the Editor 30 Aug 2022 | 10:23
Murphy lifts routine COVID-19 testing requirement for certain settings Following recent updates from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) regarding COVID-19, Governor Phil Murphy signed... News 18 Aug 2022 | 04:36
Applying to college post-pandemic: What’s changed? Over two years after the beginning of the pandemic, members of the class of 2023 are left with uncertainty as they apply... Back to School 05 Aug 2022 | 02:38
Woodland Behavioral and Nursing Center. Court orders change of control for Woodland Behavioral and Nursing Center The trouble at Woodland Behavioral and Nursing Center, formerly Andover Subacute, continues, now with a court-ordered receivership... Local News 03 Jun 2022 | 01:10
Community Survey: COVID-19 infections and reactions While most recover within a few weeks, some people infected with COVID-19 end up becoming “long haulers,” who experience... Local News 07 Feb 2022 | 12:30
Covid and opioids make ‘a great storm of the worst possible things’ Covid has amplified the already aggravated, ongoing opioid crisis. During the first pandemic year, 2020, the tristate area... Local News 25 Jan 2022 | 06:15
COVID-19 testing site to open January 25 at the fairgrounds A walk-in COVID-19 testing site will open Tuesday, January 25 at the Sussex County Fairgrounds: 37 Plains Rd. Augusta, N.J.... Home 20 Jan 2022 | 02:24
Through a partnership with Sussex County and Vault Health, a state sponsored COVID-19 testing site will soon be coming to the Sussex County Fairgrounds. File photo by Chris Wyman. State sponsored COVID testing site coming to Sussex County Our paper has learned that a state sponsored COVID-19 testing site is coming to the Sussex County Fairgrounds. While an official... Home 18 Jan 2022 | 01:31
Tested positive for Covid-19? Got exposed? Here’s the latest guidelines If you’ve been infected with Covid-19: The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has shortened the recommended isolation time... Home 03 Jan 2022 | 02:08
During his time working for the CDC’s Endemic Intelligence Service, Dr. Donald Thomas Allegra traveled the world investigating infectious disease outbreaks. Now, he is leading Newton Medical Center through the COVID-19 pandemic as the hospital’s head of Infectious Diseases. Photo provided. Local infectious disease specialist gives the 411 on boosters, infection rates Why is it important to get the booster shot? Only about 20% of population of the United States has had their third shot or... Local News 21 Dec 2021 | 10:23