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VOLUNTEER TO HELPMONITOR ROAD SALT CONCENTRATIONS INTHE PAULINS KILL WATERSHED AND BEYOND ! Become a community scientist and help monitor road salt concentrations! To register click here!
Road salt keeps our roads safe, but can cause damage to the local ecosystems & infrastructure. Monitoring can lead to improved application methods that will ensure healthy drinking water, sustain our natural resources!
The New Jersey Division of Aging Services (DoAS) within the New Jersey Department of Human Services administers a number of federal and state funded programs that enable older adults to live in the community as long as possible with dignity, independence, and choice. DoAS creates a single point of access for older adults, people with disabilities and their caregivers regardless of NJ FamilyCare/Medicaid eligibility.
The Stay New Jersey property tax relief program will begin issuing benefit checks after February 15, 2026.
Calling All Sparta Families with Roots in American History!
Sparta's RevolutionNJ committee was established last year to develop a plan for the commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the establishment of the United States as an independent Nation in 2026. The committee will promote the maximum involvement of our residents, neighborhoods, businesses, schools, civic organizations, and institutions in the commemorations.
The Revolution 250th Anniversary Committee is inviting Sparta families with ancestral ties to the American Revolution and American history in the 1700s and 1800s to come forward and share their stories. By sharing your family's history, you will contribute to the collective memory of US history and help create a comprehensive record of the families who shaped our nation's early years. The committee will collect these stories and develop methods to share them with the community.
To participate, please contact the Sparta Revolution 250th Anniversary Committee at revolutionnj@spartanj.org and provide the following information in your e-mail:
1. Your full name
2. Contact information (phone number and email address)
3. An overview of your family's connection to the American Revolution or history in Sparta in the 1700 and 1800s
4. Any supporting documents or evidence, such as family trees, historical records, or personal accounts that you wish to include
Once we receive your e-mail, a committee member will be in touch to discuss further steps and gather additional information if necessary.
For more information about the Sparta Revolution 250th Anniversary celebrations and related events, please visit our website: https://www.spartanj.org/318/Sparta-RevolutionNJ-250-Celebration. You may also send us an e-mail at revolutionnj@spartanj.org
and ask to learn more about the committee, including ways you may participate.
Join us in honoring the legacy of Sparta families who played a significant role in shaping American history. Let's celebrate our shared heritage and create a lasting tribute to those who came before us.
Sparta NJ Revolution 250 Committee
Sparta Township’s Public Works Department will be picking up residents’ used Christmas trees this holiday season beginning on Monday, January 5th. No additional branches or tree parts will be collected at this time.
The trees must be bare with no stands, ornaments, lights, tinsel, bags, etc. Please be sure to secure your tree off the street and along the curb for collection.
Trees put out later than this date will not be picked up by the Township.
*As per USPS Mailbox Guidelines
https://www.usps.com/manage/mailboxes.htm
With the upcoming snow season, your mailbox may need one or more of the following repairs prior to the snow season – please review the following list, USPS mailbox standards, and have your mailbox secured to help prevent damages by the snow/ice coming off the plows. Thank you in advance for your cooperation; this will help keep damages to a minimum.
Please help keep your mailboxes up and in good order by following the suggested solutions to the problems indicated. We don’t want your mailbox to come down during a snow event however we’ve found over the years the above situations cause almost all the problems with mailboxes during the winter season. If you have any questions, please give the DPW a call at (973) 729-6178, Monday through Friday, 7:00 am to 3:00 pm.
21-2.1 Obstruction Prohibited.
No person shall deposit, place, dump, drop, throw, spill or permit the depositing, placing, dumping, dropping, throwing or spilling of any stones, earth, dirt, debris, ashes, rubbish or other materials or things on any street within the Township.
Every owner or occupant of lands lying within the Township adjoining a public roadway is prohibited from placing or allowing to be placed within five (5) feet of the road right-of-way any obstruction, including, but not limited to, fences, walls, signs, and pillars. This section shall not apply to signs installed by the Township, Federal, County or State Governments, utility poles, fire hydrants, or mailboxes installed in accordance with this subsection. However, under no circumstance shall a mailbox be installed in or about a wall, pillar or other permanent structure except by a post or pole as described below. Mailboxes shall be set on a single wood post that is not greater than four (4) inches square or has a diameter of four and one-half (4 1/2) inches or less, or affixed to a metal pole not greater than two (2) inches square or has a diameter two and one-fourths (2 1/4) inches or less. All such mailbox posts must be set back twelve (12) inches from the curb block. Also, all mailboxes must be installed in accordance with the rules, regulations and standards established by the U.S. Postal Service.
Except as provided for below, any obstruction installed in a way other than in the manner allowed by this subsection and that was installed prior to the date this subsection is adopted may continue in existence until such time as the obstruction is removed regardless of the cause or reason that such obstruction is removed. In the event that the obstruction is removed, it shall not be replaced, except however, a mailbox may be replaced as provided for in this subsection. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any obstruction, including a wall or fence that is deemed by the Township Police Department or the Township Engineer to create a hazard to persons traveling along the roadway, shall be removed by the property owner as ordered by the Township.
Any obstruction that is installed in violation of this subsection or is not removed after notice from the Township that an obstruction is causing a hazardous condition, may be removed by the Township at the property owner's expense. Prior to the Township taking any action to remove an obstruction, the property owner shall be afforded written notice of no less than thirty (30) days to remove the obstruction, unless an emergency situation exists which requires the obstruction to be removed in less than thirty (30) days. Notice shall be given either by personal delivery or by Certified Mail/Return Receipt Requested. Any costs incurred by the Township in removing an obstruction found to be in violation of this subsection shall constitute a lien against the owner's property to the extent allowed by law. Additionally, any violation of this subsection shall be subject to the penalties provided for in Sparta Chapter I, Section 1-5.
Any person given a notice to remove an obstruction may appeal such decision to the Township Manager, by giving written notice to the Township Manager within seven (7) days of receipt of the notice to remove the obstruction.
Should the Township, through its required maintenance activities (snow plowing) destroy a post and/or mailbox properly placed in the right-of-way, the Township at its option may reimburse the property owner the sum of fifty ($50.00) dollars for parts and labor, or replace and install the post and/or mailbox with a post and/or mailbox selected by the Township. The property owner must notify the Township within three (3) days after the snow event. (1978 Code § 14-3.1; Ord. No. 05-19; Ord. No. 13-15)
