Green
By ELISE PHILLIPS MARGULIS
March 3, 2023
MILLBURN, NJ – On February 23, Millburn students shared their environmental ideas at the US Summit on transformative education. The participating students were the Environmental Education winners and Environmental Bees of the 2022 Millburn Ed Foundation Environmental Challenge. Radhika Iyengar, ...
MILLBURN, NJ — Millburn for Climate Action (MCA), a non-profit conservation organization, is circulating a petition to prevent New Jersey American Water (NJAW) from selling its eight acres of mixed forest, field and wetlands on JFK Parkway to a developer. According to the MCA, “NJAW needs to ...
MILLBURN, NJ - Some of the largest generators of food waste in cities and towns across New Jersey are not hospitals or restaurants, but, in fact, schools. “We have about 1,400 students at our school, eating lunch in the cafeteria 5 days a week. That’s a lot of half-eaten peanut butter jelly ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. announced that Essex Edwina, Essex County Turtle Back Zoo’s resident groundhog, saw her shadow and is predicting another six weeks of colder weather. Essex Edwina made her prediction during Turtle Back’s annual Groundhog Day ...
MILLBURN, NJ – PSEG has announced that beginning on January 30,, PSEG contractor Franklin Energy will begin to conduct door-to-door visits between 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.to educate and register customers for a free Quick Home Energy Check-up (QHEC). Franklin Energy shared, “Employees will check ...
MILLBURN, NJ — The Millburn Township Police Department recently purchased two new hybrid-electric Ford Escape Police Parking Enforcement patrol vehicles. When the vehicles are fully charged, they can be driven 37 miles and get up to 40 miles to the gallon when the gas engine is active. The ...
Millburn Township reminds residents to check the Leaf Collection Schedule flyer for their Zone's pick up dates. Please do not put grass clippings in the leaves. If grass is found in leaf piles, they will not be collected. Place all leaves in the street leaving room between the curb and the ...
MILLBURN, NJ -- Michael Van Clef, the Stewardship Director of the Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space, Mercer County and Program Director of the NJ Invasive Species Strike Team, spoke at the township committee about invasive plant species and deer management. Business Administrator Alex ...
Autumn just couldn't wait to put on a show, according to the NJ Forest Service, the entire state is putting on a colorful show. The drought conditions this summer, combined with low rainfall and heat put stress on trees across the Garden State, resulting in an earlier-than-usual foliage show in ...
Millburn resident Simran Seth, a sophomore at Boston University (BU), has been promoting sustainable fashion since she was a junior in high school--before her family moved to Short Hills last year from Vancouver, Canada. She shared, “In my Social Justice course, I learned from my teacher about how ...
Environmental Commission member Priya Patel made a presentation about Millburn setting up an Open Space program at Tuesday's Township Committee meeting. She began, “How do we balance the need for more open space, more green space with development? Local financing is one tool that we have in our ...
Short Hills native Peter P. Blanchard III, who grew up on the 28-acre parcel of land that ultimately became Greenwood Gardens, passed away at age 70 on August 7. Peter, an educator, author, environmentalist and philanthropist, spent his childhood in Short Hills in the 1950s. In 2013, he opened ...
The Township of Millburn would like to remind all residents that curbside recyclables can no longer be accepted in plastic bags. Giordano Co., Millburn Township’s solid waste and recycling hauler, does not accept recyclables placed in plastic bags for collection. Recycling bins containing plastic ...
NEW YORK, NY - The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a Heat Advisory for our area from 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5. The NWS reports a chance of rain, and possible thunderstorms Thursday night. Showers and thunderstorms are also likely on Friday, with some storms ...
According to Millburn Recycling Coordinator Jesse Mohlmann, residents can still sign up to participate in the Millburn Food Waste Recycling Program. Last year, 45 households participated from January 1 to June 30, 2021, in the program, a collaboration of the Millburn Recycling Committee and the ...
Township Committee members talked about flood mitigation during their meeting on Tuesday. Business Administrator Alex McDonald reported, “The Mayors Council of Rahway River Flood Control had a meeting with the Army Corps of Engineers, and they are basically resetting and re-starting the process.” ...
NEW JERSEY - With June officially marking the start of hurricane season, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are encouraging residents along the Atlantic Coast to get prepared. NOAA’s current outlook of the 2022 Atlantic ...
NEW YORK, NY - The National Weather Service (NWS) extended the weekend heat advisory through 6 p.m. Sun. May 22. Water in the states lakes and at the Jersey Shore is in the 50s and 60s, presenting a risk for hypothermia. Local residents and those in Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, and Union ...
NEW YORK, NY - The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a heat advisory for Sat. May 21 from noon to 8 p.m. Local residents and those in Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, and Union counties should expect high temperatures and high humidity. Heat index values across much of the affected area are ...
MILLBURN, NJ — Batten down the hatches. Some stormy springtime weather is headed our way Monday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service, which indicated a tornado isn't out of the question in Northeast New Jersey. “Thunderstorms ahead of an approaching cold front on Monday have the ...
Much to environmentalists’ delight, the New Jersey plastic ban starts in less than two weeks. Hopefully, this law will reduce and eliminate the plastic bobbing around in the oceans (and on land) and being eaten by birds and marine life. According to the New Jersey Government “Get Past Plastic” ...
NEW YORK, NY- The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch for Northeast New Jersey including Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, and Union Counties for Monday night into Tuesday morning. All five boroughs of New York City, as well as Rockland and Westchester Counties are also under the ...
Millburn Green Team is celebrating Native Plant Appreciation Month with a series of events that will teach residents about native plants. Today’s virtual discussion is on transforming school spaces into pollinators pathways. According to Millburn Green Team member Radhika Iyengar, “Lori ...
Millburn Township is looking for volunteers to coordinate and lead a Green Business Recognition Program by following the policies of Sustainable Jersey. Sustainable Jersey's mission is to "Empower New Jersey communities to build a better world for future generations with the tools, training and ...
Millburn is hosting a Taylor Park Gateway information session on Tuesday, March 29 at 7:00 p.m. Residents can attend in person or on Zoom. Many residents, including Short Hills Garden Club (SHGC) members, have expressed concern about the roses being killed if transplanted for the Gateway ...
In February 2021, the Township of Millburn and the Millburn Environmental Commission (MEC) began the Food Waste Recycling Program with 50 households that participated for six months. MEC partnered with West Orange’s Java’s Compost, and participants brought their food waste to the Milburn Town Yard ...
NEW YORK, NY — Rain on Thursday night will change into a wintry mix into Friday with the potential to create slick roads throughout the day, the National Weather Service reported. A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect from Friday, February 4 at 6 a.m. - 4 p.m. Several hours of freezing rain, ...
Christmas tree recycling is scheduled from January 3rd through January 15th! The collection is NOT zone-based and trees may be placed at the curb any day of the week. For proper collection please: Remove all bags, garland, lights, ornaments and tree stand. Remove all nails and wire used to ...
NEW YORK, NY - The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a Winter Weather Advisory for portions of Northern NJ from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sun. Jan. 9. Freezing rain is expected. According to the NWS, the ice accumulation is expected to be a light glaze. Travelers should expect very slippery ...
Eco-ambassador Veda Bindal, a fifth-grade student at Washington Elementary School, sold saree bags (cloth Indian bags) to save plastic bags being distributed during a book drive at her school and put gently used toys in one of the bags. Millburn Schools Green Team Co-Chair and Research Scholar for ...