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By TAPINTO STAFF
January 4, 2024
TRENTON, NJ — School districts in New Jersey are now required to add lessons about grieving to health classes for students in eighth through 12th grade. Gov. Phil Murphy signed S3330/A501 Thursday in Trenton. The law requires schools to provide instruction on coping mechanisms and techniques ...
VERNON, NJ - The Newton High School boys basketball team lost 57-39 when they played away against Vernon on Wednesday in the first game of the new year. The Braves trailed 31-12 going into halftime and although they scored 27 points in the second half, it was not enough to get them a ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School girls basketball team beat Vernon 44-40 when they hosted them in the first game of the 2024 year. Caitlyn Pokrywa led the Braves with 13 points. She put up five 2-pointers and three of the four attempted foul shots and had one rebound and five ...
NEWTON, NJ – The Newton Board of Education selected Stella Dunn to continue as board of education president at the reorganization meeting on Tuesday, January 2. Member Ed Caffrey was selected to serve as the board of education’s vice president. Both received unanimous support from the members ...
NEWTON, NJ—Newton High School senior Ariel Franzone was honored by U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer during his 5th District Hometown Heroes Ceremony. Franzone was one of 20 honorees at the event held at the Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood. “We are lucky to have so many unsung ...
SPARTA, NJ – On Wednesday, January 3 the Sparta Community Food Pantry will be holding a free produce market. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or while supplies last the pantry is offering free apples, spinach, lettuce, Brussel sprouts, potatoes and assorted fruit. No appointment is necessary and there ...
NEWTON, NJ—The 2023-2024 Newton High School sports teams will begin their season again this week starting on Wednesday, January 3. The line up is as follows: Wednesday, January 3: Girls basketball home against Vernon at 4 p.m. Boys ice hockey away against Whippany Park at 5:45 ...
NEWTON, NJ – The Newton Board of Education will hold their 2024 reorganization meeting on Tuesday, January 2 at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held at the board of education offices at 57 Trinity Street. The once all newly elected members have taken their oaths of office, the members will select ...
STOCKHOLM, NJ – Newton Lenape Valley ice hockey got past Nutley on Saturday 5-4 playing on their home ice at Skylands Ice World. Maksym Pastukh earned another hattie with three goals and an assist. Pastukh got the first goal with a little more than a minute to go in the first period. The second ...
SPARTA, NJ – A Hamburg man is facing drunk driving charges after a one car accident on December 9. Around 8:18 p.m., Sparta Police Department got a call from a property owner to report a man hit a boulder in his yard and was trying to leave. When Ptl. Erick Finley went to 75 Mountain Spring Drive ...
STOCKHOLM, NJ – The Newton Lenape Valley ice hockey team defeated Hoboken 6-2 on Thursday on their home ice at Skylands Ice World. Maksym Pastukh earned a hat trick against the Redhawk, his second of the season. NLV came out strong with a Ty Dellicker goal minutes after the first puck drop. ...
NEWTON, NJ – The Town of Newton council member have scheduled their reorganization meeting for January 4 at noon. They will select the mayor and deputy mayor from among the five elected members. In addition to selecting the leadership, the council members will vote to: Appoint members of ...
SPARTA, NJ – The Sparta Community Food Pantry distributed approximately 1050 meals during their annual holiday meal giveaway. Options of chicken, turkey or lasagna were offered with sides and snacks and even toys. In addition to the pantry volunteers, New Jersey State Police officers, Ronetco, ...
WANTAGE, NJ—The Newton High School girls basketball team defeated High Point at the Ranger Holiday Hoops Tournament on Tuesday and won 38-31. Newton led 24-16 at the end of the first half of the game. High Point tried to come back and scored another 15 points, but Newton added 14 more to their ...
NEWTON, NJ – Birth Haven, a compassionate haven for pregnant women, is pleased to provide an update on the progress made in rebuilding the shelter after a recent fire. The outpouring of support from the community and donors has been instrumental in helping them recover and continue their mission to ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton Boys Basketball team defeated Kittatinny on Friday, 61-48. Maxwell Maslowski led the Braves with 28 points; 10 2-pointers, two 3-pointers and two foul shots. Dominic Celi contributed 12 points, with two 2-pointers, two 3-pointers and two foul shots. Kevin Kozlowski added ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School girls basketball beat Hackettstown on Friday, 51-38. The Braves came out strong against the Tigers, leading 24-15 going into halftime. They scored another 27 points to take their fourth consecutive win on the season. Caitlyn Pokrywa led the Braves in scoring ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School wrestling team hosted North Warren on Thursday, December 21, taking the win 51-30. The results of the matches are as follows: 106 lbs.: Jacob McConnell (N) won due to a North Warren forfeit 113 lbs.: Conor Hallowich (NW) won over Ethan Whitesell (N) with ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School girls basketball team swept Sussex tech 61-18, when they hosted them on Wednesday. The Braves went into the second half leading 22-9, they scored another 39 points in the second half to Sussex Tech’s nine. Caitlyn Pokrywa led the Braves with 14, making seven ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High boys basketball team lost 53-40 against their rivals Hackettstown when hosted them on Wednesday in a night game. The Braves trailed 16-31 as they entered into halftime against the Tigers. They scored 25 points in the second half to Hackettstown’s 22, but it was not ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School bowling team won their sixth match in a row when they hosted Hopatcong on Wednesday and wont 7-0. The ending scores were 2,170 for Newton and 1,802 for Hopatcong. The high scores from the matches are as follows: Devlin Schmid with a total score of ...
TRENTON, NJ - Efforts to battle food insecurity among New Jersey youth took a step forward Thursday when the New Jersey General Assembly, by a vote of 74-1, passed legislation requiring school districts to provide information to parents and guardians about the National School Lunch Program and the ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School wrestling team fell to Jefferson on Tuesday, on the Falcons mat, 62-12. The results of the matches are as follows: 106 lbs.: Brayden Strauch (J) won with a 9-1 major decision over Jacob McConnell (N) 113 lbs.: Christopher Frank (J) won over Ethan ...
SPARTA, NJ – It took two officers to wake Dover resident Estanisla Breton Rojas who was asleep in he black Honda in the roadway near Brookside Drive and Natures Way. On November 29 around 3 a.m. Ptl Taylor May and Cpl. Grauerholz banged on the 54-year-olds window of the car that was still running, ...
STOCKHOLM, NJ – Newton Lenape Valley High School ice hockey beat High Point on Monday 7-4. Maksym Pastuky had another hat trick, including a shorty in the first period. Kellan Faessinger started off the NLV scoring on an assist from Cahterine Kraemer. Bradyden Dabrowski was next to find the net ...
SPARTA, NJ- An habitual shoplifter was taken into custody at the Sparta Shoprite. On December 4 Ptl Erick Finley met with the manager of the store who provided paperwork and surveillance video of John S. Alfieri, 53 having shoplifted in the store several times, according to police. The Highland ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School FFA chapter ran a toy drive for two weeks in December and collected around 300 toys, totaling around $2,400 in donated items. “Our Historian Emily Milej and Reporter Cora Bermingham came up with the idea of a toy drive”, said Claire Willis, the current Secretary ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School boys basketball team defeated Hopatcong 52-44, when they hosted them on Monday. The Braves were only up by three as they entered into halftime against Hopatcong, but came back in the second half to score nine points in the third quarter and 21 in the fourth to ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School bowling team shut out their fourth consecutive team this season, winning 7-0 over Sparta on Monday. The Braves have shut out Wallkill Valley, Lenape Valley and Vernon, so far this season, ending each match with a winning score of 7-0. The results of the match ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School girls basketball team took on North Warren on Saturday, away and won 42-39. Sophia May led the Braves scoring 15 with two 2-pointers and five foul shots, She had 13 rebounds against North Warren’s offense. Samantha Sutton and Caitlyn Pokrywa each contributed ...
