Harper Schmid, left, and Paige Parlapiano trained six days a week before the competition. 9th-grade skater wins bronze Two Sparta girls took part in the 2024 Eastern Sectional Singles Final ice skating competition Oct. 31-Nov. 4 in Coral Springs,... Local News 29 Nov 2023 | 04:16
Col. Joseph Abegg, New Jersey state president of the Air & Space Forces Association, congratulates Sparta High School teacher Mark Meola, right. (Photos provided) STEM teacher wins statewide recognition Sparta High School teacher Mark Meola was named 2023 STEM Teacher of the Year for New Jersey by the Air & Space Forces Association... Local News 19 Aug 2023 | 08:49
Dom Perruccio of Sparta holds his dog, Cannoli. Her death inspired him to write ‘The Adventures Of Miss Cannoli the Scamp.’ (Photos provided) Book follows dog over Rainbow Bridge After Dom Perruccio’s beloved dog, Cannoli, died, he researched the Rainbow Bridge, an old poem about what happens to our... Local News 20 Jul 2023 | 08:11
Sparta High School senior Thomas Schottland will attend the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. (Photos provided) Schottland heads to West Point Thomas Schottland, a senior at Sparta High School, will be reporting to West Point this summer, just four days after he graduates... Local News 28 May 2023 | 08:38
Jack Simon of Sparts is the eighth St. John’s University player to win the Big East individual championship and the first since 2015. (Photos provided) Sparta native wins Big East golf tournament Jack Simon, a Sparta native and fifth-year student at St. John’s University, won the Big East individual golf championship... Local News 08 May 2023 | 08:38
Isabeau with her winning design. Photo provided. Meet Sparta’s winning wrap artist It’s a wrap: Sparta Independent readers voted and chose Isabeau’s wintery walrus and penguin design as the 2022 Wrapping... Local News 19 Dec 2022 | 01:21
