MORRIS COUNTY, NJ — The Pfizer vaccine opened to children 12 – 15 in New Jersey Wednesday night, state health officials said.

The state Health Department in a statement said that following federal authorization of the Pfizer vaccine for children in that age range, it is allowing the vaccine to be administered to those children.

“With today’s ...

NEW JERSEY -- Touting the benefits of vaccination in curbing the spread of COVID-19, Gov. Phil Murphy at his press briefing Mon May 10 said that he anticipates the CDC and the FDA will give the green light to Pfizer’s emergency use authorization application to vaccinate adolescents between the ages of 12 to 15. Murphy added that the New Jersey Dept. of Health is currently ...

MORRIS COUNTY, NJ -- The Morris County Homebound COVID-19 Vaccination Program is a program that finds, contacts and inoculates residents in Morris County who may not be able to leave their homes. The program, according to officials has reached more than half of the 800 residents targeted since April.

“These are people whose names came to us either through nutritional programs, ...

NEWARK, NJ -- NJ TRANSIT has announced a new partnership in a statement on May 4 to help get more New Jersey residents vaccinated. The partnership, called VAXRide, should help approximately 11,000 residents get free rides to both public and private vaccination destinations. 

Novartis, a NJ-based healthcare company, is the program’s lead sponsor with a commitment of $120,000 for the ...

TRENTON, NJ - Governor Phil Murphy announced the latest New Jersey COVID-19 figures on Sun May 2.

There were 1,048 new PCR cases reported and 238 antigen tests, with 19 new deaths. Cumulatively, there are now 875,277 positive PCR cases, 124,733 positive antigen cases, and 22,975 deaths, and 2,625 probable COVID-19 ...

DENVILLE, NJ -- The Denville Township Council unanimously approved the annual budget for the Downtown Denville Business Improvement District (BID) during the council's meeting on May 4. Downtown Denville BID is a nonprofit organization that promotes the business community on Broadway and the surrounding downtown areas.

This year, the budget for Downtown Denville BID amounts to $249,160, ...

DENVILLE, NJ -- The fee to obtain a senior ID will be reduced to $5 (from $15) announced Morris County Clerk Ann F. Grossi, Esq. The fee will be reduced during the month of May.

Morris County senior ID cards are available for senior citizens, 55 and older, who may no longer possess a driver’s license or are just looking for an additional form of photo identification. In addition, many ...

TRENTON, NJ -- With COVID-19 numbers trending decisively in the right direction and New Jersey progressing toward its adult-age vaccination goals, Gov. Murphy on Mon May 4 announced an additional easing of restrictions, including a removal of all percentage capacity limits for indoor and outdoor businesses, a lifting of the prohibition on indoor bar seating, and an end to the outdoor ...

WAYNE, NJ — For the last fourteen months, New Jerseyans have been in the midst of the worst global pandemic in most of our lifetimes. The number of positive cases of COVID-19 in NJ has just recently reached the 1 million mark. This is one out of every nine people in the state. Just over 25,000 have died due to complications from COVID, while all of us have been suffering under forced ...

DENVILLE, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Kids Safe Community is offering free car seat inspections at six sites in Morris, Essex and Warren counties. According to the organization, four out of five car seats are misused.

Throughout the world, almost one million children die of an injury each year, and almost every one of these tragedies is preventable, they stated. Safe Kids Northern ...

DENVILLE, NJ -- The HOPE ONE van will be making several stops in Morris County this month.

The May schedule for the van is as follows:

May 3 - Morristown Green- all day
May 4 - Boonton Walmart - 9am - 2pm
May 5 - 138 Lakeside Blvd in Roxbury - 9am - 2m
May 6 - Turkey Brook Park in Mount Olive - 9am - 2pm
May 10 - Mendham Kings; 9am - 2pm
May 11 - Our Promise (51 ...

RANDOLPH, NJ -- County College of Morris (CCM) will be honoring the more than 1,200 members of the  Class of 2021 with a virtual commencement ceremony. The ceremony will include messages from CCM’s President Anthony J. Iacono, a keynote speaker, academic deans and vice presidents. The commencement ceremony will premiere virtually to the public at 7:30 p.m. on Fri May 21 on YouTube ...

RANDOLPH, NJ -- Denville resident, Sohier Abdelfattah, is one of 15 Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) students at County College of Morris (CCM) to receive achievement awards from the New Jersey Office of the Secretary of Higher Education in recognition of their academic success. This was the largest number of CCM students to be recognized within a given year.

“While we always have ...

KINNELON, NJ -- Seventeenth-seeded Morris Knolls baseball team fell to 16th-seeded Kinnelon, 4-3, in the preliminary round of the Morris County Tournament, in Kinnelon, Sun May 9.

Despite Morris Knolls putting up one run in the first inning and two in the third, Kinnelon came back in the bottom of the third to erase the 3-0 deficit with a four-run rally. Neither team scored ...

DENVILLE, NJ – Morris Knolls and Mountain Lakes baseball played 12 full innings to a 3-3 tie on Fri May 7.

The Golden Eagles got on the scoreboard first with Sean Beller batting in Andrew Brezina in the fourth inning. After Mountain Lakes scored two in the sixth inning, Michael Simone’s double brought Gehrig Eckoff home in the seventh to even the score for Morris Knolls. To match ...

DENVILLE, NJ – The Morris Knolls softball team stumbled against Mount Olive, 3-1, at home on Thu May 6. Mount Olive took a 2-0 lead in the top of the second inning and never looked back.

The Golden Eagles ended the game with five hits against Becky Palmisano, who pitched all seven innings and struck out five batters.

Leah Kleczkowski nailed a double in the second for Morris Knolls.

NEW JERSEY — The community is being alerted to a nationwide safety recall of certain Kidde smoke detectors for failing to sound off during smoke conditions or a fire.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission on May 6 announced the recall of some 225,000 Kidde smoke and combination smoke/carbon monoxide alarms — Model Series 2040, 2050, 2060 and 2070, which have a TruSense logo or ...

DENVILLE, NJ -- More than 110 esidents of Denville Township gathered in the back parking lot of Saint Clare’s Hospital for the annual Rockaway River Clean-Up on May 8.

The Denville Township Rivers and Streams Committee organized the event, having held river cleanups for the past 10 years. What first started off as an effort to combat debris and damage during Hurricane Irene and Hurricane ...

DENVILLE, NJ -- Morris Knolls High School presented its annual spring musical production of Broadway classic “Godspell,” led by musical director Sharon Garry, April 29-May 1.

“As a senior, I am so thankful that my last show is taking place on stage with my fellow cast mates,” said 18-year-old Jacob Kantrowitz, who plays the role of Nick.

“Ms. Garry has done an ...

TRENTON, NJ – Governor Phil Murphy announced "Your Voice, Your Shot" video contest that urges New Jersey residents to share why they and others are getting vaccinated.

The contest calls for compelling, creative and captivating videos, and a number of finalists will be chosen. The public then will be invited to vote on their favorites. The winning video will ...

RANDOLPH, NJ -- Come explore the creative works of photography technology students at County College of Morris (CCM). Nine students, who are completing their course of study, will have their work on display in the Photography Studio Portfolio Exhibition “Subconscious Dreamers” in the college’s Art & Design Gallery.

The exhibition takes place April 30 through May 13.

New Jersey Date Night is a series on NJ Flavor by relationship writer Craig Rogers.

There’s always something growing in New Jersey, be it excitement for warmer weather or the flowers in everyone’s yard. Celebrating springtime in the Garden State requires a garden date. We have so many options at our fingertips — possibilities guaranteed to inspire romance and ...

NEW JERSEY — They don’t call this The Garden State for nothing.

Want to bring out your inner green thumb this season? There’s no better time than now to get started on a kitchen garden.

“There is no mastery of gardening, you just get better at guessing,” said Bloomfield’s L. Be. Sholar, who offers gardening tips on her blog, Farm-Based ...