UPDATED: Officials take oaths of office

Republicans Chris Carney and Alan Henderson took the oath of office at the annual reorganization meeting of the Sussex County Board of County Commissioners on Wednesday, Jan. 1 at the county courthouse in Newton.

Carney won a second term on the board in the Nov. 5 election, and Henderson, former mayor of Lafayette, was elected for the first time.

Carney and Henderson defeated three other candidates, including Commissioner Earl Schick, in the Republican primary in June.

Other reorganization meetings are scheduled:

Friday, Jan. 3

Hardyston Township Committee: 6 p.m. at the municipal building, 149 Wheatsworth Road, Hamburg. Carl Miller will be sworn in to a three-year term.

Monday, Jan. 6

Sparta Board of Education: 6 p.m. at Mohawk Avenue School, 18 Mohawk Ave. Emily “Ramos” Serafino, Rebecca Williams, Roque Martinez and Michelle Hinkle will be sworn in. Serafino won re-election Nov. 5; the others will become board members for the first time.

Hamburg Borough Council: 6:30 p.m. at the municipal building, 16 Wallkill Ave. John Haig and Mark Sena will be sworn in to three-year terms.

Fredon Township Committee: 7 p.m. at the municipal building, 443 Route 94, Newton. Erin Corcella and George Plock Jr. will be sworn in to three-year terms.

Green Township Committee: 7 p.m. at the municipal building, 150 Kennedy Road, Tranquility. James DeYoung will be sworn in to a three-year term.

Tuesday, Jan. 7

Franklin Borough Council: 6 p.m. at the municipal building, 46 Main St. Gilbert Snyder and Rachel Heath will be sworn in to three-year terms and Patricia Carnes to a two-year term.

Sparta Township Council: 6 p.m. at the municipal building, 65 Main St. Mark Scott and Marjory Murphy will be sworn in.

Hardyston Board of Education: 7 p.m. in the middle school cafeteria, 183 Wheatsworth Road. Danuta “Donna” Carey, Ronald Hoffman and Clarissa “Robin” Marotta will be sworn in to three-year terms.

Newton Board of Education: 7 p.m. at board’s office, 59 Trinity St. Danielle M. Gyles-Zito, Meghan Gill and Joan Faye will be sworn in to three-year terms.

Sussex Borough Council: 7 p.m. at municipal building, 2 Main St. Frank Dykstra and Charles Fronheiser Jr. will be sworn in to three-year terms.

Wednesday, Jan. 15

Newton Town Council: Noon at the municipal building, 39 Trinity St. Mayor John-Paul Couce and Councilwoman Michelle Teets will be sworn in to their second terms.

Vernon Township Council: 6 p.m. at the municipal building, 21 Church St. No council members were up for election in November.