|
Welcome to the Highlands
News Service! We have undergone a major
reconstruction. Mt. Olive residents now have the unique
opportunity to have a total news service that covers world, Morris
County and Mt. Olive on line...at your fingertips...day and night.
More
MT. OLIVE
NEWS:
Village Green resident arrested on gun charge
MOUNT OLIVE (12/13/08) –
Matthew Pickett, 19, of Budd Lake was arrested yesterday on a charge
of Unlawful Possession of a Weapon and Criminal Mischief. He was
released yesterday pending a court hearing.
Full Story
Another
Bucco envisions a seat in State Assembly
BOONTON TWP. (12/10/08) -
Anthony Bucco Jr., the son of State Senator Anthony Bucco,
announced yesterday he was a candidate for what will be a vacant
seat in the State Assembly’s 25th District. The seat presently is
held by Assemblyman Richard Merkt who has announced his retirement
to run in what surely will be another difficult primary election for
Governor.
Full Story
Mount Olive Rec. Department is sponsoring a Photo Contest
MOUNT OLIVE (12/08/08) –
The Township Recreation Department is sponsoring a winter photo
contest celebrating what makes Mount Olive “a Great Place to Live,
Work or Play.” Deadline for entries is March 1 at mid-night.
Full Story
School Board President Mark Werner to confront Council over sewer
fees
MOUNT OLIVE (12/9/08) – The
simmering disagreement between the Board of Education and the
Township Council over some $450,000 in back sewer and water fees was
kicked up a notch last night when Board President Mark Werner said
he will confront the Council over the issue. The Council is meeting
tonight but Werner did not specify when he would go before the
Council.
Full Story
Fall story reading time at library through Dec. 15
MOUNT OLIVE (12/08/08) – Fall
story times will continue through the week of December 15 at the
Mount Olive Public Library.
Full Story
Scout Troop 18 to host Hanukkah Party Dec. 14
MOUNT OLIVE (12/07/08) –
Boy Scout Troop 18, Patriot’s Path Council Jewish Committee will
host a family Hanukkah party next Sunday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at
Temple Hatikvah, located on Pleasant Hill Road in Flanders.
There will be food, games, crafts, music
and door prizes. The suggested donation is $4 per person, $15 per
family of four or more.
For reservations call Troop Scoutmaster
Edward Gold at (973)927-3674 or e-mail eagold@optonoline.net
“White Christmas” Broadway show planned by Recreation Department
MOUNT OLIVE (12/07/08) –
The Township Recreation Department is planning a trip to New York to
see the Broadway production of White Christmas on December 17.
Tickets for the 8 p.m. performance cost $145 each for front
mezzanine seats.
Full Story
Chamber Holiday Food Drive in full swing again
MOUNT OLIVE (12/06/08) –
The Mount Olive Chamber of Commerce Holiday Food Drive now in its
18th year has been ongoing since November 1 and expectations are it
will be the most successful ever. Last year the Chamber collected
more than 2,000 pounds of food and nearly $1,500 in monetary
donations.
Full Story
State “Safe Haven” law a prudent response for unwanted infants
MORRISTOWN (12/05/08) –
The Morris County Department of Human Services has been designated
by the NJ Division of Youth and Family Services to be responsible
for implementing the Safe Haven Infant Protection Law in the county.
Full Story
Budd Lake man charged with aggravated sex assault
MOUNT OLIVE (12/05/08) –
Reinaldo Bracero, 22, of Budd Lake is in the Morris County jail in
lieu of $30,000 bail on charges of aggravated sexual assault and
endangering the welfare of a minor.
Full Story
Morris/Warren/Hunterdon legislators to hold open house Wednesday
NEWTON(12/4/08)
–
Sen. Steven V. Oroho,
Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose and Assemblyman Gary R. Chiusano
(all District 24, Sussex, Morris, Hunterdon) will hold a holiday
open house on Wednesday from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in their Sparta
district office, 115 Demarest Road, Suite 2B (on the corner of
Wilson Drive and Demarest Road).
Full Story
Trooper stops speeding car finds 160 bags of heroin
MOUNT OLIVE (11/20/08) –
Desmond Mercer is 21 years old and from what police found in his
possession his aspiration was to be a drug dealer. A bad choice. You
have to have some smarts to be a criminal. Desmond appears not to
be gifted in that area.
Full Story
Time running out for Lake Hopatcong staff
MOUNT ARLINGTON (11/20/08) – State
Senators Anthony Bucco (R-Morris) and Steven Oroho (R-Sussex)
are working feverishly to round up funding support for the Lake
Hopatcong Commission next year.
Full Story
Oroho asks Gov. Corzine to detail
plan to balance next year’s budget
SPARTA (11/20/08) –
State Sen. Steve Oroho (R-24), a
member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, today
urged Gov. Corzine to immediately provide specifics about the
savings he expects from state departments and agencies to help
eliminate the estimated $1.2 billion budget shortfall.
Full Story
Republicans need to start working together By
Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose
It happens after every election defeat.
Prognosticators appear to boldly tell us who we need to become to
win in the next election. It’s a curious exercise to peer into the
future to guess at what will make the voters love us at a distant
point in time.
Full Story
Mount Olive hires Reynolds to be schools head replacing Lamonte
MOUNT OLIVE (11/11/08) -
The nearly 100 concerned school supporters who came to last night’s
school board meeting “loaded for bear” over what appeared to be a
pre-determined decision by the board to appoint Dr. Larrie Reynolds
the new schools superintendent were pretty much turned back by a
detailed presentation of the search process by the board
President, Mark Werner.
Full Story
Township
police and road department take surprise snow storm in stride
MOUNT OLIVE (10/29/08) –
It was “all hands on deck” when yesterday’s “October Surprise” snow
storm struck, piling up to five inches of snow in some areas of the
township.
Full Story
School board president slammed on superintendent
recruiting process
MOUNT OLIVE
(10/28/08) - What appeared to be a well planned effort to
recruit a new schools superintendent to replace retiring Dr. Rosalie
Lamonte ran into a brick wall last night. The brick wall being some
short fused Mount Olive women.
Full Story
Tom Wyka poll shows he has a real shot Frelinghuysen
PARSIPPANY (10/21/08) –
The Wyka campaign team
is on “fire.” In this last week of a “real hard work” campaign a new poll shows
that Wyka really has a shot at upsetting seven term Republican Congressman
Rodney Frelinghuysen next Tuesday. Full Story
McHose and Karrow criticize
Corzine Assistance Package
SUSSEX (10/25/08) -
Assembly Budget Committee members Alison Littell McHose and Marcia
Karrow charged today that the proposed economic assistance
legislation that moved through that committee this week falls far
short of the comprehensive approach needed to help the vast majority
of New Jersey residents struggling to make ends meet.
Full Story
County needs poll workers Pay for the day is
$200
MORRISTOWN (10/22/08) –
The Morris County Board of Elections is in need of poll workers for
General Election Day, November 4. There are openings in all 39
municipalities.
Interested parties must be a registered
voter and be able to read and write English. They must also complete
a training class. Pay for the day is $200. Interested parties may
call (973) 285-8350 ASAP.
High School
choir to participate In concert honoring Tim Janis
MOUNT OLIVE (10/23/08) –
The Mount Olive High School Choir has been invited by NJN Public
Television to join with 12 other school districts to participate in
a prestigious documentary program honoring the world famous New
Jersey composer, Tim Janis, in a “Celebrate America” program to be
aired next March. The 47 member student choir will perform their
rendition of the Irish favorite, “Danny Boy.”
Full Story
Frelinghuysen-Wyka debate Sunday morning in Parsippany
PARSIPPANY (10/22/08) –
Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen who is seeking re-election to a sixth term
and his Democratic opponent Tom Wyka, will participate in their
third and final debate Sunday at 10 a.m.in the Men’s Social Club at
the Temple Beth Am, 879 Beverwyck Road. A radio debate is planned
later in the month.
Oroho calling for “bottoms up” review of state
budgeting process
SUSSEX
(10/22/08)
State Sen. Steve Oroho (R-Sussex, Morris, Hunterdon), a
member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, today
called for a bottom-up review of all state spending that challenges
long-held assumptions regarding the state’s budgeting process.
Full Story
Time running out for Lake
Hopatcong Commission
No
state funds available; to shut down November 28
LAKE HOPATCONG (10/23/08) –
The NJ Department of Environmental Protection and the
Lake Hopatcong Commission both appear to be sticking firmly to their
positions concerning funding for maintaining New Jersey’s largest
lake.
Full Story
Lake
Hopatcong Commission Still Fighting for Funding
JEFFERSON TWP. (10/21/08) –
The jobs of the six staff members of the Lake Hopatcong Commission
are on the line and in danger of termination on November 28.
Full Story
Target Store Opening
WASHINGTON TWP. (10/21/08) –
The recently opened Target Store on the Route 46 Washington
Township-Mount Olive border had been in the works since the
Washington Planning Board signed off on the preliminary plan for it
five years ago.
Full Story
Mount
Olive flu shots Saturday at Senior Center
MOUNT OLIVE (10/21/08) –
Flu shots will be available for residents on Saturday from 9 a.m.
until Noon at the Senior Citizens Center (behind the municipal
building on Flanders-Drakestown Road). No charge for Seniors, 65
and older with their Medicare card. There is a $15 fee for
residents between the ages of 18 and 64. For further information
call (973) 691-0900 (Ext. 7353).
Musconetcong River
receives “wild and scenic” designation
BYRAM (10/21/08) –
It’s been a long time coming, but due to the efforts of
Representatives Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-11th Dist) and Scott Garrett
(R-5th Dist) the Musconetcong River has been federally designated as
a “wild and scenic” river.
Full Story
Last two school superintendent candidates
Present themselves in public interview
MOUNT OLIVE
(10/19/08) –
Replacing a school superintendent who many in the township believed
to be irreplaceable appears to be working out fine.
Full Story
Final two candidates for school superintendent to be interviewed at
public meeting on October 18
MOUNT OLIVE
(10/10/08)
The Board of Education has narrowed the search for a new
superintendent to replace retiring superintendent Dr. Rosalie Lamont
to just two candidates.
Full Story
Budd Lake man arrested on drug charges in Village Green Shopping
Center
MOUNT OLIVE (10/09/08) –
Police made three drug arrests yesterday and the day before
in the township, one charged as an apparent drug dealer.
Full Story
McHose
demanding audits
of foreclosure tax bill
TRENTON (10/09/08) -
Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose today urged the Democratic
majority in the State Assembly to reconsider and modify their plan
to tax the state banking system by an estimated $44 million and then
give $5 million a year from the proceeds to politically connected
organizations.
Full Story
You are visitor #
|
