Negligent companies contaminating our environment and sacrificing the health of New Jersey residents is unacceptable. We are pleased to see the Murphy administration and AG Grewal pursue these actions to recoup taxpayer money and hold irresponsible individuals accountable.

Governor Phil Murphy made an impromptu visit to The Windlass restaurant on Lake Hopatcong on Thursday to discuss issues of grant money, weed harvesting, and HABs with Jefferson Township Mayor Eric Wilsusen and the mayors of Roxbury, Mt. Arlington, and Hopatcong, which also surround the lake.

On Feb. 1, the all-Republican borough council of Hopatcong voted unanimously to designate a nearly 33-acre parcel of land within the Borough as “an area in need of redevelopment.”

While Sussex County progressives have celebrated election of the first Democrat to represent Congressional District 5 in decades, five county municipalities—Byram Township, Hopatcong, Ogdensburg, Sparta Township and Stanhope—are part of District 11, represented by Rodney Frelinghuysen, who has held that seat for 22 years.

For the past 13 years, the county Board of Freeholders has been an exclusively Republican club, and the results are in ...

Michael Francis, a borough resident for 44 years, was sworn in as mayor of Hopatcong on Thursday.

All three candidates seeking to take on incumbent GOP Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen in this year’s general election appeared at last night’s meeting of the Sussex County Democratic Committee. After brief opening statements, they answered questions covering a wide range of topics including the military budget, healthcare and international trade agreements.

The Sussex County Democratic Committee has invited all three candidates vying for the Democratic nomination in the Eleventh Congressional District to speak at the SCDC meeting on May 18, 2016. Candidates Joseph Wenzel (left in picture), Lee Anne Brogowski (middle) and Richard McFarlane have confirmed that they will take part in the meeting.

Folks are moving out of Sussex County faster than anywhere else in New Jersey. Two towns, Vernon and Hopatcong, are in the list of the top ten municipalities people are abandoning.