Monday, April 15, 2013
Jake Remaly makes a comeback in Montville.
He's baaaaack. A year ago, Patch Editor Jake Remaly handed over the reigns to Montville Patch to me, giving me the opportunity to explore, learn and write about your community. Now, as I embark upon a new role with Patch, I'm giving them back to Jake. Much like he welcomed me to the site, I'm now re-welcoming him. Jake's been a Patcher since August 2011 when he started with the company as editor of Montville Patch. Last March, he moved over to Madison Patch, which he will continue to manage in addition to Montville. "Jake once hiked up Pyramid Mountain to Tripod Rock and has the pictures to prove it," according to his bio. I won't be going far though and you'll likely see my name still on the site often (plus I live in town so don't be …
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Township committee will also meet.
The Montville Township Recreation Department will host its annual Earth Day Cleanup this year on Saturday from 9 a.m. until about 11 a.m. Pre-registration was required but Saturday's event will have volunteers teaming up in groups to rid Montville streets, streams and walkways of litter. Teams will gather before the cleanup for refreshments at 8 a.m. at the Montville Township Municipal Building. The Montville Township Committee will be meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the municipal building on Changebridge Road. At the last township committee meeting (on April 2), the administration introduced the 2013 municipal budget and discussion could continue at this week's meeting. Under the introduced budget, taxes on the average Montville home …
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Hatfield Creek cleanup, food pantry's new home also make headlines.
State police said a Pequannock driver was startled and suffered scrapes and cuts after a live turkey crashed through her windshield and ended up alive in her backseat on Route 80 in Montville Monday morning. Frank Santangelo allegedly accepted more than $700K in bribes to have physicians order blood tests and have samples be referred to Parsippany company. Montville Township High School has been ranked as having a "high" level of students graduating with college and career readiness when compared to other schools in the state according to new information released Wednesday by the New Jersey Department of Education. After discussion on the topic spanned two township committee meetings, the Montville Township administration is working with …
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Library to host how-to gardening program.
A task force formed to study class rank and its effect on district students and their college admission process will share its recommendations with the Montville Township Board of Education during Tuesday's meeting. Studying class rank was one of the school district's goals for the school year and the task force was formed to take a closer look at what the district could do to improve the class rank experience for students. Last year, a similar task force was formed for the district to evaluate the effectiveness of its homework procedures. That task force presented its recommendations in a similar meeting fashion and at a later meeting, the board voted to implement several of the changes recommended, including teachers not giving homework …
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Living wax museum, 'Housewives' brawl also make headlines.
Montville will once again have a contested primary election race as three Republican candidates filed nominating petitions indicating intentions to run for the two three-year seats that will be open this November. The municipal tax bill on an average Montville home assessed at $528,000 will increase by $95 under the terms of the 2013 budget reviewed by the Township Committee on Tuesday evening. Linda Gannon got an unusual gift for Christmas last year: a certificate and a promise that her family would start a foundation in her name to fund research for curing the rare form of cancer that she has. Two longtime township employees who are retiring were recognized at Tuesday’s Montville Township Committee meeting. Fifth graders at William Mason…
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Also, high school will celebrate Spirit Week.
During the Montville Township Committee meeting this week, committee members are expected to resume discussion on the 2013 municipal budget. Budget planning has been underway for months and at the last township committee meeting on March 12, Township Administrator Victor Canning presented two options, one of which would bring the tax increase to 3.87 percent but utilize $275,000 from the Water Utility fund balance. "We've reached pretty much the wall and there's not much room to move," Canning told the committee before recommending this option and explaining that taking money from the utility fund balance is common practice elsewhere in New Jersey. But committee members were not entirely in favor of pulling $275,000 from the utility fund, …
Bomb threats, school time change options among most-read stories of the month.
Police and fire officials were on the scene of the Robert R. Lazar Middle School where officials said a written bomb threat was called in as the students were beginning lunch. Upon the request of Montville Township Board of Education members, Superintendent Dr. Paul Fried presented two more options for rearranging times at district schools to shorten the Robert R. Lazar Middle School day. Just days after another district school was evacuated because of a bomb threat, Cedar Hill Elementary School students were also evacuated because of a similar threat, according to Montville Township Police Capt. Rudy Appelmann. The "boss" is coming to town, and not Bruce Springsteen. Buddy Valastro, star of the hit TLC show "Cake Boss" will be visiting …
Saturday, March 30, 2013
MBSA to kick off season, Morris Canal maintenance grant also make headlines.
Sidewalk maintenance may be a property owner's responsibility, but the majority of Montville Township Committee members feel tree maintenance within a township right of way should not be after the idea of having residents foot the bill for maintaining damaged trees in sidewalks was rejected. A Montville man was charged with DWI and leaving the scene of an accident Monday after police said he struck and pushed a car off the roadway of Route 46 West. A group of local Girl Scouts led the Montville Township Committee in the flag salute and Pledge of Allegiance during the March 12 Montville Township Committee meeting. While they seemed to agree that work needs to be done to clean up a portion of the Morris Canal along MacCulloch Drive, …
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Schools off on spring break and township committee will not meet.
The Pine Brook Jewish Center will host a community seder for the second night of Passover on Tuesday at 6 p.m. This wil be the first community seder hosted by the Center. "Just as the Passover story is the commemoration of an adventure, the PBJC is exploring something new," the organization wrote in a flier for the event. Tickets are $50 for adult members; $60 for adult non-members and $25 for children 5-13. Reservations can be made here. The Montville Rotary Club will host its monthly meeting on Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. at IHOP in Boonton.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Environmental Commission will also meet.
The Montville Township Recreation Department will host its annual Easter egg hunt on Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Montville Community Park Turf field at 130 Changebridge Road. The hunt is geared toward kids from pre-K through third grade. The Egg Hunt is open to Montville residents only and will have plastic eggs scattered throughout the field, some with special prizes marked on notes inside. Also during the event there will be a petting zoo, balloon-sculptor and face-painter. The kids will be broken down into age groups for the egg hunt. Parents will not be allowed to participate in the egg hunt for their kids and baskets will not be provided. The Montville Township Board of Education will host its final presentation on the 2013-14 school …
Mrs. Smith
6:52 am on Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Not too thrilled about this. I gave him a story once and we initially spoke and then he never got back to me. Didn't return my phone calls or emails. more ›