WANTAGE - The Sussex-Wantage Library will host a program celebrating Constitution Day, courtesy of the Sussex County Constitution Party of New Jersey (www.constitutionparty-nj.org).  The program, Wednesday September 17, starts at 7:00pm and concludes with light refreshments.

Sussex County GOP Chairman Richard Zeoli was re-elected last night without opposition.

GREGG PRAISES APPROVAL OF SUSSEX COUNTY REGIONAL GROWTH PLAN BY STATE PLANNING BOARD

SHOWS SUSSEX COUNTY MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

INACTION ON ABBOTT WASTE INSULTS TAXPAYERS
Reckless Spending Goes on Unchecked by Trenton Democrats

Senate Republican Budget Officer Robert E. Littell (R-Sussex/Morris/Hunterdon) issued the following statement regarding to reports that Abbott school districts spent monies with little in-house oversight and controls according to audits released by the Department of Education.

Littell: New Jersey Farmers Be Ready for New Year’s Tax Attack!Democrat Plot to Sneak Tax on Farmers through Legislature before January 8th

Senator Robert E. Littell (R-Sussex/Morris/ Hunterdon) issued the following statement in order to warn farmers about Democrat legislation to hike farmland “roll-back� taxes and hobble New Jersey’s agricultural industry.

Megan Ward will become the new Sussex County Democratic Chair when Howard Burell steps down in January to take a job at the state Department of Labor. Ward, 45, has served as Vice Chair for the past several years. She is a lawyer who represents Byram and Hardyston Township; her law partner, Kevin Kelly, is the Newton Republican Municipal Chairman and represents several municipalties in Sussex, Morris and Passaic counties.

GOVERNOR FLOUTS THE LAW & IMPERILS PUBLIC SAFETY
Ignores Science, Law and Common Sense to Block Bear Hunt

Senator Robert E. Littell and Assemblywoman Alison McHose representing
Sussex, Morris and Hunterdon counties in northwestern New Jersey issued the following statement regarding Governor Corzine’s refusal to permit the bear hunt authorized in the 2006 Fish and Game Code.

THE JAIL NEEDS A SHERIFF

Essex County Corrections, Abused for Years by an
Inattentive Executive, Should Be Run Under the
Umbrella of the County Sheriff's Department

(Newark, NJ) -- Today Rich Mastrangelo joined members of PBA Local 382 and their allies from across the county and state to protest the violence and unsafe conditions at the Essex County Jail. PBA Local 382 President Joe Amato organized the rally to call for the replacement of the jail's under-qualified director, Scott Faunce. Mastrangelo proposed that the Department of Corrections be removed from control by the County Executive and transferred to the constitutional office of Sheriff, as is the case in Bergen , Cape May, Monmouth, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, and Sussex counties.

GREGG BILL SEEKING TO REDUCE EXCESSIVE GOVERNMENT REGULATION ADVANCES

Paul Aronsohn, a Rotarian-American who served as a top aide to Governor James E. McGreevey, captured the Democratic nomination for Congress in the 5th district and will face two-term Congressman Ernest Scott Garrett in November. But his victory over attorney Camille Abate, a political newcomer who ran to Aronsohn's left, was a less-than-impressive 66.5%. Aronsohn had the support of Democratic organizations in Bergen, Passaic, Sussex and Warren counties, and had raised $249,000, while Abate spent just $33,000. Abate held Aronsohn to just 58% in Passaic County and 59% in Sussex.