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NEWTON, NJ—The Town of Newton is losing a dispatcher but gaining a town council member.  Michelle Lozier-Teets, had her last day at her part-time job as a dispatcher for the Newton Police Department on Sunday, December 27 after almost 30 years.  She will be sworn in as a Councilwoman in a few days.

Lozier-Teets began her career with the Newton Police Department in August 1992. “I had a few friends at the time in Law Enforcement and at the suggestion of one friend I applied to be a Communications Operator,” she said…