Sheriff Michael F. Strada (sussex.nj.us) Sussex County Sheriff calls for armed security at area schools Sussex County Sheriff Michael Strada is recommending that the county school superintendent seek funding from the State of... News 10 Jun 2022 | 03:27
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... News 03 Jun 2022 | 01:10
Plastic bags will no longer be distributed at stores in NJ and similar environmentally unfriendly items are sure to follow suit ( Photo by Laurie Gordon) Plastic bag ban goes into effect “Might sound crazy, but it ain’t no lie, baby bye, bye bye.” – N’Sync That lyric from the boy band’s late ‘90s popular hit... Business 03 May 2022 | 12:08
U.S. Josh Gottheimer speaks in Blairstown. Gottheimer urges broadband upgrades U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) on Monday urged the State of New Jersey to take immediate action to release the federal... Local News 26 Apr 2022 | 12:03
NJ weighs easing property tax bills for 1.8M owners, renters (AP) The number of New Jersey residents getting property tax relief would nearly quadruple to almost 2 million people under... Local News 04 Mar 2022 | 05:22
Ambulance crews are parked outside Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center in Andover on April 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) State blocks admissions to Andover nursing home after damning new report No new residents will be admitted to Woodland Behavioral and Nursing Center, after a damning report that cited dangerous... Local News 18 Feb 2022 | 11:30
Woodland Behavioral and Nursing Center, formerly Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation II (Photo by Vera Olinski) Commissioner encouraged by agencies working together on hard-hit nursing home Commissioners’ director Anthony Fasano was upbeat about the way agencies were working together at a press conference on Friday... Local News 11 Jan 2022 | 12:05
A photo of Andover Subacute II, before it was rebranded to Woodland Behavioral and Nursing Center. The nursing home is still under the same ownership. (File photo) National Guard coming: NJ’s worst Covid-19 outbreak strikes Andover nursing home, scene of 2020 disaster The nursing home that captured nationwide attention for its catastrophic number of Covid-19 deaths is amid an active outbreak,... Local News 05 Jan 2022 | 11:38
New Jersey to pay $53M over Covid deaths at veteran’s homes Covid deaths. (AP) New Jersey will pay about $53 million to settle claims that the state’s negligence contributed to the... Local News 30 Dec 2021 | 11:35
Ambulance crews are parked outside Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center in Andover, N.J., on April 16, 2020. Police responding to an anonymous tip found more than a dozen bodies at the nursing home that day. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) ( Ted Shaffrey / AP) Commissioners: Murphy administration’s settlement with families of Covid nursing home victims demonstrates need for answers PRESS RELEASE... Letters to the Editor 27 Dec 2021 | 09:54
‘Dirty dirt’ can cost a homeowner hundreds of thousands, Byram warns Four property owners in Byram have trucked in large amounts of dirt without showing that the soil is clean or where it came... Local News 07 Dec 2021 | 08:37
Sussex Borough Hall (File photo by Eileen Stanbridge) Sussex reaches tipping point with $8.3 million in water and sewer debt The Sussex Borough Water and Sewer Department has reached a tipping point. Running out of money from a water and sewer rate... Local News 27 Nov 2021 | 06:18
With Supreme Court poised to gut gun laws, New Jersey defends ‘common-sense limits’ New Jersey residents should be able to go to a shopping mall or sporting event “without having to worry about whether the... Police & Fire 01 Nov 2021 | 04:42
School mask mandate debated in testy meeting One of Sugeny Guzman’s children begged to go back to school this year. But Guzman said she hesitated because she wasn’t comfortable... Local News 01 Oct 2021 | 03:38
NJ day care workers will have to get vaccine or be tested Covid vaccine. (AP) Workers at New Jersey child care centers must be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo regular weekly... Local News 27 Sep 2021 | 05:51