Morris Conservatory presents Spring Concert this Sunday

         SPARTA (4/28/08) - This Sunday, May 4, the Morris  Conservatory Symphonic Chorus and Orchestra will present a ‘Spring Concert’ at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, 246 Woodport Rd., Sparta at 4 p.m. Full Story

Mount Olive PTA to host Benefit in Middle School on May 17

      MOUNT OLIVE (4/24/08) - The Mount Olive PTA will host a benefit on  May 17, in the Mount Olive Middle School.  Doors will open at 5:30 p.m., drawing will begin at 7:00 PM.  Full Story

Chiusano appointed to COAH Committee his main interest: abolishment of  RCA’s 

    SPARTA (4/24/08) - Assemblyman Gary R. Chiusano (R-Sussex, Morris, Hunterdon) has been named to serve as one of the Republican members of the Joint Committee on Housing Affordability. Full Story

Mount Olive School Administration To best respond to 2^nd Question defeat  

    MOUNT OLIVE (4/22/08) - Now it’s time to deal with the aftermath of the defeat of the second question on the Board of Education ballot last week. Full Story

K of C pancake breakfast lots more than pancakes

MOUNT OLIVE (4/22/08) – The Knights of Columbus Council 5410 Blessed Mother Seton in Flanders is sponsoring a Pre Mothers Day “all you can eat” Pancake Breakfast on Sunday May 4th from 7:30 a.m. until Noon at the Council Hall, 3 Schmidt Lane, Flanders. Full Story

Pal Fishing Derby is set for May 4 

   MOUNT OLIVE (4/21/08) –The Mount Olive Police Athletic League 2008 Fishing Derby is set for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 4th at the PAL pond, Kevin Drive, Flanders.  The rain date is May 18th at the same time. Full Story

Camp Merry Heart taking reservations for summer family week-ends

     WASHINGTON TWP (4/21/08) – Easter Seals Camp Merry Heart presently is taking reservations for week-end programs through the summer.  Two new ones, like the others, are designed to provide support recreational experiences for families with autism affected members. Full Story

“4H Science Bridges” meetings to be held in Mount Olive library on alternate Tuesdays 

    MOUNT OLIVE (4/21/08) – The Morris County 4H Club sponsored “4H Science Bridges” meetings will continue to be held at the Mount Olive library on the second and fourth Tuesday evenings of each month from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The meetings started on April 8. Full Story

Mount Olive Travel baseball team need funds for Cooperstown tourney 

     MOUNT OLIVE (4/21/08) - The Mount Olive 12U Travel Baseball Team will be participating this summer in a tournament in Cooperstown, New York. Full Story

US Attorney Christopher Christie to speak at Daytop Awards Dinner 

   MENDHAM (4/21/08) – U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie will be the main speaker at the 2008 Spirit of Daytop Awards dinner on Thursday, May 8 in Mendham. Full Story

4th District legislators win “parks” concession 

     TRENTON (4/19/08) - Legislators in the 24th District are among the legislative leaders who have applied enough pressure on the Corzine Administration to win a promise from the DEP Commissioner to re-think a budget cutting option to shut some state parks. Full Story

Wyka hits Rep. Frelinghuysen On Bush Free Trade Agreement

     MORRISTOWN (4/18/08) – Tom Wyka, the Democratic candidate in the 11th Congressional District facing incumbent Rodney Frelinghuysen wasted no time this past week-end sharply criticizing Frelinghuysen’s position supporting extension of the Bush Administration’s Free Trade Agreement with Columbia. Full Story

Lions Golf Outing Set for June 11 

Twenty Fourth District legislators

Blast Routes 78 & 80 toll proposal

     SPARTA (4/10/08) – The 24th Legislative District representatives are vehemently opposed to any proposal to toll Routes 78 and 80 to pay for the proposed trans-Hudson tunnel and have taken exception to Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Cryan’s proposal that the state should even consider it. Full Story

Scapicchio sees agreement coming on Budd Lake land and boathouse plan 

    MOUNT OLIVE (4/09/08) – It took a little time but Mayor David Scapicchio is confident the Township Council will approve a proposal at the April 22 Council meeting to accept more than $275,000 in state and county grants to purchase several hundred feet of Budd Lake beachfront as well as an area to expand parking, a building that was at one time a restaurant and bar and a boat ramp.  Full Story

Accused school bus vandals to pay a very heavy price 

   MOUNT OLIVE (4/09/08) – The seven high school seniors accused of participating in disabling 44 buses in the school bus compound last month are paying a heavy price for what they apparently thought would be a prank. Full Story

Congressman Frelinghuysen to seek eighth consecutive term 

   MORRISTOWN (4/07/08) – Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-11), in one of his first activities since announcing his plan to run for re-election, is on a trade mission  to Columbia with U.S. Trade Mission Representative Susan Schwab.  They will meet with Columbia President Alvaro Uribe and other senior leaders to discuss trade and commerce issues. Full Story

McHose still fighting Ag. Dept. demise proposes shifting related DEP jobs into it 

      SPARTA (4/05/08) - Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose today said she was stunned that it appears nobody with expertise in the agriculture industry was consulted before Gov. Corzine proposed eliminating the Department of Agriculture and reiterated her stance that the downside of losing the department will far outweigh possible cost savings. Full Story

Oroho calls for “spring cleaning” for a stable business environment 

 SPARTA (4/03/08) – State Sen. Steve Oroho (R-Sussex, Morris, Hunterdon) today issued a statement during the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee hearing  focusing on economic development and job creation in New Jersey: “It’s time for a spring cleaning,” he said. Full Story

Tom Wyka back to take on Congressman Frelinghuysen 

    MORRISTOWN (4/03/08) – Tom Wyka of Parsippany is back again to take another crack at knocking off seven term Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen in this year’s election contest for the 11th Congressional District.  Full Story

Police Chief Mark Spitzer warns “Don’t drink and drive in Mount Olive 

   MOUNT OLIVE (4/03/08) – Police Chief Mark Spitzer has announced theTownship’s police department was one of the highest performing departments in the state last December during the statewide holiday crackdown on drunken driving. Full Story

MO Library to host holistic health care 

   MOUNT OLIVE (4/03/08) – The Mount Olive Public Library will host “Springing into Spring” a Holistic Health Approach on Tuesday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the library gathering room. Full Story

Free rabies shots Friday, April 11  

   MOUNT OLIVE (4/03/08) – The township health department will conduct its free rabies clinic on Friday night, April 11 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Tractor Supply building on Route 206 in the Flanders A&P Shopping Center. Full Story

Oroho: high price lawyers are not more important than farmers 

    SPARTA (4/3/08) - State Sen. Steve Oroho is again criticizing Governor Corzine for proposing to eliminate the NJ Department of Agriculture. Full Story

McHose livid over Corzine proposal  to close parks in Republican areas 

        SPARTA (4/2/08) - A fired up Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose expressed outrage at the NJ Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) announcement today that it will close at least nine state parks and cut services at three others at the height of the summer tourist season.  The proposal, she said, was in Governor Jon Corzine’s proposed budget cuts. Full Story

Sen. Oroho wants to investigate distressed Cities Program

     SPARTA (3/31/08) – State Senator Steve Oroho (R-24), a member of the Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee, today called for subpoena power to compel the N.J. Department of Community Affairs (DCA) to release all records pertaining to the distribution of funds through the Distressed Cities Program. Full Story