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An M60 Vietnam-era Army tank at Montville VFW Post 5481 on Changebridge Road is the subject of this week's Where In Montville. Douglas Vliet posted the correct answer on our Facebook page. He wasn't the only one to post the correct answer. Patti says in the comments, Is this the army tank at the community park Bill Weiss answers, The tank at community center And Heidi Calcagno confirms: I agree with Bill and Patti...definitely the Army tank by the VFW offices. Another reader writes in an email, "It's a picture of the tank at the rec center." These folks know Montville and for that they get a …
Last week's Where In Montville took us to a spot just south of Condurso's and north of Knoll Road. Can you pinpoint our whereabouts this week? The game is simple. We post a photo. You tell us where we took it (or anything else you want to say). Winning comments get a shout-out when we post the answer on Friday.
At the end of the day, it's a blue post. But it catches your eye. I've noticed it, and it turns out I'm not alone. In a comment on this week's Where In Montville challenge, Larry D'Oench notes the post's proximity to Condurso's Garden Center & Farm Market: River Road between Condurso's and the road to Lake Hiawatha And Dick Vreeland tips the answer in an email. Hi Jake, that post is from the real estate sign on River Road just South of Condurso's They nailed it. Congratulations and thank you to our winners. Usually we try to upload some other photos of the subject when we post the answer, but…
Last week, our photo ID challenge featured a beautiful sundial engraved with poetry at the Community Park Playground. This week, we bring you ... a blue post. You've seen it before. But can you put your finger on where? The game is simple. We post a photo. You tell us Where In Montville we took it. Winning comments get a shout-out when we post the answer on Friday. Have a spot you think no one will guess? E-mail your photos to Jacob.Remaly@patch.com.
This week's Where In Montville featured a closeup of a sundial at the Community Park Playground and received comments from two Montville mayors. Former Mayor Art Daughtry correctly IDed the spot and noted the sundial was dedicated to Carl Kieber, the first president of the Kiwanis Club. Current Mayor Tim Braden suggested that perhaps Mr. Daughtry had an advantage because, as it turns out, Mr. Daughtry installed the sundial along with Mr. Braden. Art, I am not going to say that you cheated in this contest but I have a picture of you installing this sundial! Carol said she was showing her son …
Time stands still when ... So begins a rhyme engraved on this thing that is somewhere in Montville Township. We've written previously about a possible Montville time warp in front of Montville Township High School, but this is not that. Tell us in the comments Where In Montville we took this photo and you could be this week's winner. Bonus points for anyone who can complete the rhyme. And, as always, any other amusing or insightful commentary is appreciated.
It's not at every intersection you get to read a brief exchange of dialogue. Near J.A. Van Riper Realtors and the Montville Inn on Main Road, you can. There is a stop sign there with a message: "Stop Eating Animals," and below it, a response, "Shut Up Hippy!" (It was apparently doctored with a couple stickers.) A huge shout-out to readers who posted the correct answer: Eileen Galley, abc123 and Bill Weiss It's on the corner of River Road and Rt. 202. : ) River Road across from the Montville Inn At the end of River Road by the Montville Inn
Do you recognize the red octogon above? The sign in question has two stickers on it. One says, EATING ANIMALS The other says, Shut Up Hippy! Tell us in the comments Where In Montville we took this photo, or pretty much any interesting or amusing thing you want, and you could win a shout-out when we post the answer later in the week. (Last time, per a reader's excellent suggestion, we snapped slanted and discolored stop signs in front of the Montville Post Office.)
It rang out in unison: Montville Reformed Church. Posts from Ruth Worth Nieskens, Linda Spinella, Dan Grant and Bill Weiss all correctly noted the Church Lane house of worship was the location of our latest Where In Montville photo ID challenge. Another reader emailed the answer and noted they attended the church in the 1950s. The challenge photo featured the church's historic bell tower. A church committee began raising $40,000 to restore the historic tower in 2008, according to the church website. The church is led by the Rev. Charles Bigelow. From Dan Grant: The Montville Reformed Church …
Does this photo ring any bells? If so, chime in. Tell us in the comments Where In Montville we took this photo, or pretty much any interesting or amusing thing you want, and you could win a shout-out when we post the answer on Friday. We didn't plan this or anything, but (as you can see by the bulletin at the top of the page about schools and town hall being closed) Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day and our featured photo is of a bell. King sometimes cited a John Donne passage featuring church bells, and he did so in his last Sunday sermon, "Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution," …
When we snapped a photo of an elusive sprite and featured it in last week's Where In Montville, Liz Kril knew exactly where we took the photo. In fact, her answer offered more info about the location than we were prepared to tell you on our own, including what was at the site before the perched fairy (a swan) and what happened to it (wear and tear from the weather): Located at the entrance of 146-148 Main st. It used to be something else, I think it was a swan sculpture. The elements of nature destroyed it. Motorists pass the spot, which is next door to Harrigan's Family Restaurant, as they …
Does anyone recognize this fairy sculpture? You've probably glanced it a million times without getting a good look. The game is simple. We post a photo. You tell us Where In Montville we took it. Winning comments get a shout-out when we post the answer on Friday. Last week's Christmas tree sign in front of Bader Farm didn't get any guesses, so I'm hoping you can make up for it with some correct, outlandish or witty guesses this week. Begging for clues also is permitted. Have a spot you think no one will guess? E-mail your photos to Jacob.Remaly@patch.com.
Last week's Where In Montville: Holiday Edition featured a photo of the Christmas tree sign in front of Bader Farm on Changebridge Road. It's the Christmas tree place I pass most often, but we counted at least four places in Montville Township to pick up a tree. Bader Farm has been family-owned and operated since the late 1800s and is owned by Ivan Bader and his wife, former Committeewoman Jean Bader. The 20-acre farm is run by the couple and their two sons, Sean and Ian, according to the farm's website. Stay tuned for the next Where In Montville photo ID challenge.
Last week's Where In Montville took us to Seceder Cemetery across from the township municipal building. (And Dan Grant provided some information about the seceding from Montville Reformed Church that gave the cemetery its name.) This week we're "going green" with a sign for Christmas trees. The game is simple. We post a photo. You tell us Where In Montville we took it. Winning comments get a shout-out when we post the answer on Friday. Don't be shy about posting an answer that's already been given—especially if you add insightful or amusing commentary. We think that's great.
This week's Where In Montville takes us to Seceder Cemetery at Changebridge and Cambray roads, across from the municipal building. A huge shout-out to abc123 who is on a roll with guessing where we take our photos and correctly guessed this week's spot: it is in the graveyard on changebridge across from the municipal building. Our first photo of the fence reminded reader Mr. Schmidt of a place around Lake Valhalla, but once we posted another photo with a gravestone in it, he realized he was looking at something else entirely. A Montville Kiwanis plaque at the site says Seceder Cemetery was …
The game is simple. We post a photo. You tell us Where In Montville we took it. Winning comments get a shout-out when we post the answer on Friday. Don't be shy about posting an answer that's already been given—especially if you add insightful or amusing commentary. We think that's great.
The intensity of the competition at the horseshoe pits that we encountered in August was impressive. So we took took some photos, which became the subject of a Where In Montville. We didn't get many (OK, any) guesses at first, but after we posted a clue, Two teams were horsing around this "TWO" sign. No one has guessed it yet, so if you can figure it out, you'll be a shoe-in for a shout-out when we announce the winners on Friday. abc123 posted the correct answer: "its at the pavilion right outside the playground where you can play horseshoes." The Montville Community Park Horseshoe Pits is …
The game is simple. We post a photo. You tell us Where In Montville we took it. Winning comments get a shout-out when we post the answer on Friday. Have a spot you think no one will guess? Email your photos to jacob.remaly@patch.com.
The bald eagle that was the subject of last week's Where In Montville was taken at the Columbia Inn—which happens to have an eagle motif going on as you can see in the other photos in the gallery. Bill Weiss posted the correct answer. Congratulations, Bill! Another reader emailed the right answer to me, so kudos to them, too. I've sometimes gotten off the original "Post the question on Tuesday, answer on Friday" schedule, and I apologize for that. I'll blame this most recent delay on the Black Friday shuffle. (You can take a digital tour of the Columbia Inn here.) According to the Columbia …
The game is simple. We post a photo. You tell us Where In Montville we took it. Winning comments get a shout-out when we post the answer on Friday. Have a spot you think no one will guess? Email your photos to jacob.remaly@patch.com.

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