Morris native wins Navy recognition for recruiting    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: Daily Record
MORRISTOWN -- After graduating from Morristown High School in 1989, Benjamin Heath wasn't quite sure where his life was headed. "I was very immature and irresponsible," he said. He tried a job as a bank processor and enrolled...... Full story...

Cops seek masked gunman who robbed Morris Twp. gas station    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: Daily Record
MORRIS TWP. -- Police are searching for a masked gunman who held up a Madison Avenue gas station on Friday night. The robbery took place at the Madison Gas Mart / Exxon gas station, 215 Madison Ave., at 8:30 p.m. Friday, police...... Full story...

Film to be shown at Boonton service    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: Daily Record
BOONTON -- Deepak Chopra's film "How to Know God" will be presented at the Unity Christ Church of Boonton, 221 Main St., Boonton (the VFW Hall), at noon Jan. 18, following the 10:30 a.m. service. Suggested offering is $...... Full story...

Florham Pk. to name 2 to Sewerage Authority    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: Daily Record
FLORHAM PARK -- Two members of the Florham Park Sewerage Authority have resigned in anticipation of the dissolution of the 40-year-old authority. The mayor and council are expected to appoint new authority board members at...... Full story...

Chatham Twp. apartment fire sparked by water leak    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: Daily Record
CHATHAM TWP. -- The Christmas night fire at the Chatham Hill Apartments that destroyed eight units and rendered another eight units uninhabitable apparently started when water leaked into an electrical outlet and triggered...... Full story...

Rockaway won't get Democrat after all    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: Daily Record
ROCKAWAY -- The first Democrat elected to the Borough Council in 20 years has declined his three-year term for personal reasons, Mayor Kathyann Snyder said during Monday's reorganization meeting. Scott Hiler, 28, was the...... Full story...

Denville to review need for repairs at 3 schools    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: Daily Record
DENVILLE -- School officials who abandoned a $69.5 million plan to build a new middle school will now consider less expensive improvements at the K-8 district's three schools, Superintendent Drucilla Clark said Monday....... Full story...

Morris trying to keep spending flat    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: Daily Record
The Morris County Board of Freeholders are planning a 2009 budget that reflects little or no spending increase over 2008, newly appointed freeholder Director Gene Feyl said Monday. Feyl, a one-term freeholder from Denville...... Full story...

Cops: Flares ignite UFO calls    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: Daily Record
MORRISTOWN -- Agents Mulder and Scully won't be needed in Morristown after all. The UFOs hovering in the sky over the neighborhoods around Columbia Road and West Valley View Drive weren't space ships or flying saucers...... Full story...

Madison food vendor fights for Monmouth jail contract    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: Daily Record
The lucrative business of providing meals for prisoners has led to a food fight between Monmouth County officials and a Madison vendor whose bid for the contract was rejected -- even though it was $450,000 lower than the winning...... Full story...

Police Blotter    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: Daily Record
Boonton• Floyd Perry, 48, of Boonton was charged with simple assault on Saturday morning after he allegedly slammed a car door on the knee of a male acquaintance during a dispute, police said. Floyd was released pending a municipal...... Full story...

Mt. Arlington firefighters brave frozen lake to rescue swan    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: Daily Record
MOUNT ARLINGTON -- A swan trapped in ice on Lake Hopatcong was rescued by firefighters who donned special water survival suits for the operation. Darla Quaranta, who lives on the lake, called police at about 9 a.m. Friday to...... Full story...

Teen admits spree of burglaries, thefts    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: Daily Record
A 16-year-old boy who remains a suspect in the deliberate torching of three sheds at Willow Lake Day Camp in Jefferson pleaded guilty Monday to six unrelated charges of breaking into homes and stealing cars in the Lake Hopatcong...... Full story...

Registration open for theater classes    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: Daily Record
MORRISTOWN -- Musical theater acting classes will be offered by the Community Theatre Performing Arts School for children ages 5 to 18. Registration is now in session at the Community Theatre at Mayo Center for the Performing...... Full story...

Morristown man in ski mishap buried    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: Daily Record
MORRISTOWN -- A funeral mass for Gerard M. Reilly, the town resident who died in a skiing accident last week, was held Monday at Assumption Church. Burial followed at Holy Rood Cemetery in Morris Township.Reilly died Dec. 29...... Full story...

Local Calendar    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: Daily Record
TODAY HanoverTRACE YOUR ROOTS at the Genealogy Society Meeting's winter workshops and discussions at the Morris County Library, 30 Hanover Ave., Hanover, 6:45 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Information: (973) 635-2310. MorristownROBERT...... Full story...

Teen suspect in Jefferson arson pleads guilty to break-ins    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: Daily Record
A 16-year-old, who remains a suspect in the deliberate torching of three sheds at Willow Lake Day Camp in Jefferson, pleaded guilty Monday to six unrelated charges of breaking into homes and stealing cars in ...... Full story...

Local Calendar    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: Daily Record
TODAY MorristownAGING AND SPIRITUALITY at Temple Bnai Or, 60 Overlook Road. Free. Information: (973) 417-5687. Rockaway Twp.ITEMS FOR THE HOMELESS NEEDED through Jan. 19, being collected at the library, 61 Mount Hope Road....... Full story...

Seeing Eye's CEO Kutsch to ring NYSE's opening bell Tuesday; school turning 80    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: Daily Record
MORRIS TWP. -- The president and CEO of The Seeing Eye, Jim Kutsch, with Seeing Eye dog Colby at his side, will ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, ringing in a year-long celebration of the school...... Full story...

Old-fashioned medicine in Madison    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: Daily Record
MADISON -- There are two weeks left to see "Crafting Cures," an exhibit at the Museum of Early Trades and Crafts on Main Street about often gruesome medical treatments from the 1700s that were about as likely to kill patients...... Full story...

In Roxbury, more space for church's youth events    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: Daily Record
ROXBURY--The smell of fresh paint greeted congregants of the Ledgewood Baptist Church as they entered the gleaming new annex behind the Main Street sanctuary on Sunday morning, and gathered in the 5,000-square-foot gymnasium...... Full story...

In tough times, military seen as an option    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: Daily Record
Matthew Selems worked as a Fairleigh Dickinson University campus police officer until he was laid off last year, a development that directly affected his decision to enlist in the U.S. Army National Guard. "I basically wanted...... Full story...

Madison woman needs marrow match    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: Daily Record
MADISON -- A borough mother of four often seen running the Madison Soccer Club's concession stand needs to find someone whose tissue type matches her own. Kelli Wynne then needs some of that person's stem cells so...... Full story...

Cops say driver tried to hit officer    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: Daily Record
MORRISTOWN -- A town man who drove his car directly at a police officer after a botched drug transaction on Speedwell Avenue was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, along with drug and weapon possession, Wednesday...... Full story...

Nurse educator: Soaps can teach safe sex    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: Daily Record
BOONTON TWP. -- "Hey baby, you OK?" Mike asks his girlfriend as she sits down next to him. "Yeah, I'm OK," Toni says, and she puts her head on his shoulder. Mike thinks it's safe to move in for a kiss."Slow down,"...... Full story...