Senior John Ferrara rolled a high series of 607 and had a high game of 256 as the Sparta High School bowling team snapped a four-match losing streak with a 7-0 victory over Lenape Valley on Monday Joshua Lipton (385 high series) and Nicholas Vasquez (341 high series) also contributed to the win Sparta (2-7) is scheduled to bowl against Vernon at 3:30 p.m Here’s how other Sparta teams fared recently: Molly Chapman scored a team-high 15 points and Kaelyn Sabanosh added 12 points but the Spartans had their six-game winning streak snapped in a 63-49 loss to Caldwell there Saturday morning Brooke Shust added eight points for Sparta (8-4) five rebounds and two blocks and Katie Sutton collected 11 points six rebounds and three assists in a 48-33 victory at Parsippany Hills Sparta will play host to Morris Hills at 7 p.m Brady Shagawat had 15 points and Leshem Little added 13 points but Sparta dropped a 61-43 decision to Vernon at home Jan Shane Hoover totaled 18 points and seven rebounds Tyler Conlee added 17 points and 10 rebounds seven rebounds and four assists as Sparta defeated Passaic Charter Sparta (3-9) will play at Randolph at 7 p.m The Kinnelon/Jefferson/Sparta tri-op squad Braydon Sisco had a goal and an assist and Eddy Brown also scored for KJS United KJS United earned a 7-1 victory over Bernards/Somerville/Middlesex at Mennen Arena in Morris Township with Jake Prunty adding a goal and an assist Cormac Gibbons and Michael Pandiscia each added a goal and Brian Sisti anchored the defense with 10 saves Sisco has 23 goals and 14 assists this season with Prunty totaling nine goals and 12 assists KJS United will play Morristown-Beard at 4:30 p.m Sean Brown (144) and Liam Hassloch (215) each placed second in their respective weight classes to lead Sparta to a sixth-place team finish at the 15th annual Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex Tournament on Jan Ryan Hrenenko was third at 132 pounds and Garrett Vanhouten was fifth at 157 as the Spartans finished with 109 points Phillipsburg won the event with 223 points Junior Tamara Lelitka placed eighth in the girls 400-meter dash with a time of 1:06.35 to pace Sparta at the Wayne Valentine Invitational on Wednesday Other top 20 finishers for the Spartans were Viktoriia Lelitka (13th in 300-meter dash in 49.31) Sierra Harms (15th in 600-meter run in 1:59.25) and Jan Stas (20th in 1,000-meter run in 3:41.02) placing 29th in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 10.83 refugees and loneliness are on voters’ minds in Germany’s ‘most average place’ a month from the federal poll “This is the fun of shopping here,” Schneide Germany’s recently amended electoral system, combining direct and proportional representation, is fiendishly complicated. Its 61.5 million voters get two votes on a single ballot paper: the first for a local representative, the second for a party. Roughly half the Bundestag’s seats are guaranteed to go to the 299 representatives of the country’s electoral districts, each chosen by their constituents with their Erststimme, or first vote, in a straight first-past-the-post contest. The rest are allocated according to the national vote share won by every party that clears a 5% threshold in the second vote, or Zweitstimme – which is also used to determine the overall number of seats each party winds up with: if a party scores 25% of the national vote, it must get 25% of the seats. Sometimes parties return more Erststimme representatives than they are entitled to, according to the Zweitstimme. So to compensate, the other parties get extra seats – which means the Bundestag, theoretically made up of 598 representatives, could expand to as many as 800 (it currently has 631). Once a governing coalition has been formed, which can take up to a month, Germany’s president (a largely ceremonial role) nominates the chancellor – usually the leader of the largest party – who is confirmed by parliament in a secret ballot. Thank you for your feedback.About two-thirds of the population are said to be signed up as official testers, in return for vouchers or entries to prize draws. If Schneide is anything to go by, Haßlochers lap up their status as Germany’s decision-makers. “It’s quite something to know when I do the weekly shop I’m effectively making decisions on behalf of millions of other Germans,” she said. The GfK theory is that if it sells here, it will sell elsewhere in Germany. If a product flops during a trial run, it will be likely to be consigned to the dustbin of marketing history. The representative behaviour of Haßloch’s inhabitants is also viewed as a useful gauge of how Germans might behave when the country goes to the polls on 24 September. The election has been widely interpreted as a referendum on Angela Merkel’s 12-year chancellorship, and all polls so far predict a secure win for her Christian Democrats. Schneide’s stance was nonchalant. “There is not much of a decision to make, as far as I’m concerned,” she said. “Merkel has my backing.” Nearby, in the Falling Bird tattoo parlour Julia Willeke was having two foxes etched on to her thigh She said she had not made up her mind yet who to vote for as the election was too far away “Now I’d like to know who’s going to pay for the mistakes that were made,” she said a retired businesswoman who runs a weekly soup kitchen It is not really something that’s discussed by politicians Koob said stability would be uppermost in her thoughts on 24 September she’s good at working things out with England She’s smart enough to let Trump do the talking She brings equilibrium at a time of uncertainty.” Among Koob’s team of volunteers at the soup kitchen there was little in the way of support for Merkel’s Social Democratic rival but it’s not really clear that he’s very different to Merkel,” one volunteer said a typical Haßlocher takes pride in belonging to a society a theatre group and a neighbourhood watch group Stuhlfauth brought up an issue that has dominated much of the international media coverage of Germany in recent years: Merkel’s decision to open the country’s borders to refugees and migrants in September 2015 The centre of Haßloch. Photograph: Kai MehnAs the local police officer with responsibility for dealing with burglaries, Stuhlfauth said he had seen first-hand the negative effect of the policy. “They [burglaries] are mainly carried out by bands of eastern Europeans, and we’ve had 15 already this year, not including garden shed break-ins. We have a clear-up rate of just one in seven. Of those we catch, most just get let off with a caution.” Despite coming from a family of Social Democrats, Stuhlfauth joined Alternative for Germany (AfD) in 2015, and has become the anti-immigrant party’s local representative. The party’s popularity soared to almost 19% in local elections in March 2016. Nationally, it is polling at 8% and is expected to enter the Bundestag for the first time in September. Read more“I cannot be labelled a rabble-rouser for wanting criminals to be locked up and our borders properly controlled,” he said Another of Stuhlfauth’s gripes can be heard repeatedly across the country: the state of Germany’s infrastructure “We used to laugh at the standard of Poland’s roads,” he said The Badepark is a family leisure centre with saunas swimming pools and water slides on the north-western edge of Haßloch it became a local symbol of Germany’s postwar economic success but is in a poor state of repair and in need of an estimated €8.5m (£8m) overhaul The Badepark leisure centre in Haßloch Photograph: Kate Connolly/The GuardianSitting on the grass by the outdoor pool said: “It seems possible for Angela to find money to feed Schule pronounced the chancellor’s name as “Enjella” in the typical Rhineland-Palatinate accent She was chided by her 18-year-old granddaughter Janine taking in refugees has made us a better country.” Janine is due to vote for the first time but has not decided how Haßloch’s politicians insist they are working on a solution for the Badepark “If someone feels the problems when he opens his or her front door they won’t be thinking as far as Berlin or beyond when they put their cross in the box but much closer to home,” said Jürgen Vogt the chairman of the Christian Democrats in Haßloch Vogt joined forces with his Social Democrat counterpart in an attempt to win back voters from the AfD they knocked on doors to gauge local opinion “Of course some people want to talk about Berlin but mostly the conversation came back to Haßloch and what people perceive is going right or wrong here,” said Schuhmacher The Kuder family from Syria Photograph: Kate Connolly/The GuardianMissing sprinkler heads on watering cans in the graveyard the efficacy of a tractor introduced to tend the bike paths around the village and a project to boost the bee population are among subjects being debated at a local level Two years ago the refugee crisis dominated the political agenda in Germany leading to predictions that Merkel would fall for allowing in almost a million newcomers within a year it is unlikely to loom large in this election campaign Like the other asylum seekers who found themselves in Haßloch under a national distribution system the Kuder family from Aleppo were provided with a house and garden close to the centre of the village They talked about slowly embracing the Haßloch – or German – ways: riding bikes searching for new products in the supermarkets “We are grateful to Mama Merkel,” said Ahmad Qader translating for his parents and talking German in the local dialect Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors SPARTA -- Township police are 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Pope John XXIII on 177 and third-place North Hunterdon at 157 No surprise there – Phillipsburg looked like the state Group 4 title they are senior Luke Geleta won the first of the three P’burg championships blitzing through the quarterfinals and semifinals on technical falls showing off his trademark energy and high motor He pinned Sparta’s Sean Brown in 2 minutes Stateliner senior Gavin Hawk showed his personal style of bone crushing strength and maximum relentlessness to impressive effect with a 15-second pin in the quarters and an absolutely-doubt-about-it pounder of a fall in 1;48 of Hunterdon Central’s Grant Thompson the Princeton-bound Hawk became the Stateliners’ only four-time H/W/S champ It’s like watching a Sherman tank roll over a Fiat 500 Phillipsburg won the team title of the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex wrestling tournament on Saturday.Tim Wynkoop | lehighvalleylive.com contributor Phillipsburg’s Kevin Buonocore joined the rank of Stateliner H/W/S champions by … achieved with high aplomb – he decked Sparta’s Liam Hassloch in 2:48 in the final – the routine part of Phillipsburg’s H/W/S story flew out the window The junior came into Saturday with a 6-5 record He’d finished fifth at Paulsboro’s Vogelsong Tournament and won one consolation match at the Bethlehem Holiday Wrestling Classic having taken two years off from wrestling in the past in middle school Buonocore had certainly given little notice he was to be a county champion after having beaten Pope John XXIII’s Shawn Baumann 9-3 in the opener tech-falled Belvidere’s Yandel Rodrigues-Castagnetto in a quarterfinal and pinned Vernon’s Alexander Savage at the second-period buzzer in the semifinal cranks over Liam Hassloch of Sparta en route to a fall in 2:58 in the 215-pound final of Saturday's Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex wrestling championship.Tim Wynkoop | lehighvalleylive.com contributor Buonocore’s win set off many smiles in LinerLand – not least his own “I was confident in myself coming in,” Buonocore said. I was confident in my ability and I came out and showed it.” Buonocore had been wrestling at 190 pounds until Wednesday’s dual meet against Watchung Hills where lost 12-10 to Jake Carfaro and it helped me learned some things I took with me today to help me learn to wrestle a new weight class.” I weighed in today at 188 pounds today,” Buonocore said There’s a line rarely spoken around wrestling rooms in peak season but it may explain why Buonocore looked so comfortable on the H/W/S mats – he was quicker than his foes Buonocore looked so natural on the mat it was hard to believe he gave up the sport for two years and then I stopped in seventh and eighth grade,” I just missed it and decided to come back.” Buonocore never gave playing his other sport the whole time – he’s a catcher in baseball “I need to have quick hips and quick hands in both,” Buonocore said it helps with me wrestling and sprawling.” Buonocore sure threw one Saturday – and there may be some home runs coming up it’s a huge confidence (boost) to take it into the next one and just keep going,’ Buonocore said Now that does sound like business as usual at Phillipsburg Our journalism needs your support. 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All rights reserved (About Us) The material on this site may not be reproduced except with the prior written permission of Advance Local Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site YouTube's privacy policy is available here and YouTube's terms of service is available here Ad Choices SPARTA — A township police officer sustained contusions and bruising to both arms after a driver allegedly trapped his wrist inside the vehicle during a traffic stop The incident unfolded just before midnight Thursday Sparta Police Officer Brian Hassloch was on routine patrol traveling north on Route 15 near the intersection of Houses Corner Road when he observed a 2011 GMC Sierra pickup truck allegedly crossing over the double yellow lines and then swerving right across the white fog line Hassloch allegedly detected a strong odor of burnt marijuana coming from the interior of the vehicle and asked the driver to exit Hassloch radioed for backup and ordered the driver out several more times the driver locked it and then halfway rolled up the window Hassloch then reached in with his left arm and attempted to unlock the door The driver then grabbed his left wrist and trapped it inside the vehicle The officer reached in with his right arm and attempted to break his grasp utilizing his flashlight pushed it up under the driver’s chin attempting to force the elder Van Boerum to let go The driver and the officer continued to struggle The driver was able to continue to activate the window a little bit at a time until it had partially trapped the officer’s left arm above the elbow The younger Van Boerum then slid over from his seat and attempted to put the truck in gear allegedly yelling at his brother to “Go,” police said The officer was able to free his left arm as the pickup sped away from the scene Hassloch attempted to pursue the Van Boerum brothers but they were traveling at a high rate of speed when the vehicle’s headlights were turned off as it made a right turn onto White Lake Road Several small cardboard boxes allegedly were thrown from the vehicle during the initial portion of the chase The boxes were found to be empty but they had Van Boerum’s address on at least one of them The officer eventually lost sight of the vehicle All law enforcement agencies in the region were advised of the situation vehicle description and the identities of the suspects New Jersey State Troopers from the Sussex Barracks reported that they had arrested both brothers at their home in Branchville The Van Boerum brothers were then transported back to Sparta police headquarters for processing Mark Van Boerum was charged with eluding a law enforcement officer aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer resisting arrest and obstructing the administration of law Nicholas Van Boerum was charged with obstructing the administration of law and hindering apprehension Both were then lodged in the Sussex County jail Hassloch was transported to Newton Medical Center where he was treated and released later Friday morning Residents are invited to have Coffee with a Cop from 9 to 11 a.m The annual event is a chance to meet local police officers There will be a craft table set up for children Sparta High School junior Kaela Burke knows the mental toughness that's required of cross country athletes “It's your feet pounding the pavement 180 times a minute for 20-30 minutes it's your lungs burning and heart pounding in your ears," Burke said "It's hard and tiring at times but every race is a triumph and the work you put in with your team grows a bond like no other to the point where you celebrate their victories as if they were your own." Sarah Pisano is in her seventh year coaching the Sparta girls' team and has been a Biology and Biomedical Science teacher at the school for eight years the captains generally run practices through July and the runners also volunteer at the Sparta Cross Country Track Camp in July The Sparta boys' team begins running independently and in groups around the end of the previous school year They are coached by Robert Gilmartin who has been teaching at Sparta for more than 15 years and is in his second season coaching the high school team after having coached the middle school team Brian Corcoran is coaching in his 26th year at the school and has been the head cross country coach since 1996 He teaches Business and Introduction to Computer Science the teams meet twice a week beginning after July 4th for optional practices “Every year we volunteer at the local 5K race that raises money for mammograms for individuals in Sussex County who cannot afford them,” Pisano said “The girls also volunteer for the middle school meets that are held at Sparta high school the girls get together for pasta parties before big meets This year we are also racing the Six Flags invite and doing a team bonding day at the amusement park afterward.” Corcoran said that team members organize various pasta parties and events outside of school to gather as a group “Running with people naturally lends itself to talking to each other about a ton of different topics and lends itself to friendships,” Gilmartin said of his team “The boys volunteer at a few of the middle school cross country meets...This year we are running the Six Flags Invitational and spending the afternoon in the park after the races as well." Some schools have separate boys' and girls' programs while others combine the two under one coaching staff “But the teams work together for the most part which is great to bond the two squads,” Gilmartin said we could barely field a team,” Coach Pisano said Corcoran said it ebbs and flows from year to year “Our team is slightly bigger this year than the past year or two but we still have a squad of about 20 boys which makes us one of the smallest boys sports teams at Sparta,” Gilmartin said of the Sparta boys' team runners are unseen as they navigate the hills and dales of the course “Cross country is one of the only sports that you can pick up anytime and become a runner at any point in their life,” Gilmartin said “I always find the energy I didn’t know I had left when I see my teammates cheer me on during a race and it’s so important to pass on that powerful energy to my teammates,” said Sparta junior Coach Gilmartin said the Sparta team "probably has the greatest potential of any teams that I have coached." and has a strong chance of advancing to the group tournament They're also in contention for the NJAC divisional title it would be the first time in 30 years for Sparta High girls cross country.” “We have a solid front runner in Eion McClain and a big pack behind him,” Corcoran said of the Pope John boys “We are working on getting the pack closer to Eion The lower compression should help us compete in the championship meets we are working on self-improvement currently With only 10 healthy runners (lost a top runner to a stress fracture) Natalie O’Hearn is the top runner and should be able to compete for the top position at most meets..” “It takes a lot of hard work," said Sparta High sophomore Kayleigh Simpson "But...joining cross country is like joining a second family." By Rose SgarlatoSPARTA — Many young entrepreneurs were hard at work selling their wares last Tuesday evening at Treps Marketplace held at Sparta Middle School.The after-school program sponsored by the Sparta Middle School PTO teaches students skills needed to start their own businesses The five-week workshops incorporate product development 28 at Treps Marketplace where the 110 participants sold their products.There are Treps programs in a number of schools in the county seventh and eight graders represented a total of 67 businesses some worked individually and others teamed up There was quite a cross section of commerce: food jewelry and housewares to name a few categories.In the bath sector there was no lack of soaps known as ‘bombs’ or soap balls that get fizzy and dissolve when thrown in the tub There may have been a few more also and to be fair to the students each display had their own twist and draw like sixth graders Kylie O’Neil and Luci Wicker of The Bomb who donned p.j.’s and bathrobes to drive home the message.Kavya Komath a 7th grader and owner of Bath Muffins makes a fair comparison:“It’s like cooking You have your wet ingredients and your dry And you put one into the other.”Although not invited Brothers Louis and Thomas Dynia (grades six and seven respectively) were quite busy at Dog House Bakery selling homemade the brothers had a variety of offerings including cat food that our Mom would make dog and cat treats for her customers So we learned early on,” said Thomas Dynia And technology played a part at Crystal Prints by sixth graders Owen Hassloch and Aiden Mahoney who used popular sports images and super heroes to create magnets with a printer that uses crystals.The businesses received great support from their peers and the community who came to shop.“It's such a great experience to watch the students their businesses and their products progress throughout the program and to see the final results of all their hard work at the marketplace,” Kristen Davis PTO President.Sparta Middle School was proud of the Treps participants.“The students work so hard throughout the program they really don't appreciate how much work and attention to detail is required to run your own business,” said Brad Davis when they make it to the Marketplace they get it and can stand back and look at all they have accomplished and be really proud of themselves By Rose SgarlatoSPARTA — A joint effort from Sparta schools resulted in the 2nd Annual Family Service Night on Friday Students and their families gathered together to help less fortunate Sussex County foster children.The local and school communities of Alpine Elementary Mohawk Avenue School and Helen Morgan Elementary donated approximately 1,000 toys and over $1,500 in gift cards About 60 Sparta families volunteered their time on Family Service Night by wrapping all the gifts and preparing them for distribution The Denicola family of Sparta attended the event.“We have three boys Vito and Luca who all attend Sparta schools so we are happy to come tonight and do what we can for other kids,” said Frank Denicola father of the students.The Division of Child Protection and Permanency in Newton will deliver the gifts to the Sussex County children According to event organizers Tracy Layman and Jessica Nelson all 86 children currently involved with the division had their wish list covered.“Our 2nd Annual Family Service Night and Gift Collection was a great opportunity for many of our families to make a positive difference in the lives of local children in need,” said Doug Layman principal of Helen Morgan Elementary School “Having families wrap the gifts for individual children was a powerful way of making the collection that much more meaningful for those who donated as it was for whom the gifts will be given to.” By Rose SgarlatoFRANKLIN — Friends and family came together from near and far on Saturday night to show their support for Sparta resident Devon Carbery at the Sparta Fraternal Order of Police's annual beefsteak dinner.Hosted by Sparta FOP Lodge # 26 at the Franklin Fireman’s Pavilion this year’s event held a special meaning to the police officers and the community a 36 year-old woman born and raised in Sparta has been on the Sparta Township Police for 13 years Devon is employed as a teacher’s aide at Alpine Elementary School and together they have two young children: Ashely 5.When choosing a beneficiary of this year’s event and all net proceeds will go to the family.“Our whole union voted on this and we are thrilled to give all the proceeds to Adam and Devon,” said Detective Jeff McCarrick of the Sparta police In the past we have distributed to local organizations or causes but this year we chose the Carberys.”McCarrick added that he was most grateful to local businesses and people who donated raffle prizes Volunteers including police officers and related friends and family orchestrated the entire evening including cooking 500 pounds of filet mignon and 60 pounds of penne vodka Antipasto platters and sides were also served to the large crowd A disc jockey volunteered his talents and time as did many others who contribute to the fundraiser.Devon Carbery’s parents who reside on the same street in Sparta as their daughter remarked on the generous response of their community.“We'v lived in Sparta for the past 30 years and we are grateful to all of our friends and family and to the FOP who have been fantastic,” Charlie Collver said.“Her faith is going to get her through this,” added Barbara her mother.Devon’s brain tumor has been removed and the family is optimistic.“She is doing well and is dedicated to beating this,” Adam Carbery said It was a beautiful and we couldn’t ask for a better night.”The honoree Devon was grateful to the outpouring and enjoyed the evening “This event was nothing short of spectacular," she said The turnout was amazing and The Sparta Fraternal Order of Police did an excellent job of organizing it There is no better feeling than to see smiling faces and share a laugh with so many people.“This was not a somber event," she added My family and I were truly touched by everyone showing up and all of the effort behind the scenes that made this event possible This is an honor that my family and I will never forget Thank you to all family and friends for making this a memorable occasion The world has been truly blessed with the introduction of the delish Kinder Bueno Pearls A post shared by JunkFoodGuru (@junkfoodguru) on Jul 23 Spotted by Instagrammer Junk Food Guru in Germany the tasty-looking new chocolates appear to be tiny little round bites of the gorgeous Bueno bars we all know and love it looks like the delicious treats are only available in Germany but I bet it won't be long until someone starts an e-petition imploring Kinder to release them in the UK & Ireland and I if any of you are off to Germany pick me up a few packs Developed by Square1