- Former Montville Township Schools Superintendent Dies
- Montville Township Committee Discusses Goals: Speed Reduction, Communication, ...
- Dem Candidate's Petition for Montville Twp Candidate Disqualified
- Police Officer Offers Cyber Safety Tips
- Montville BoE Goals' Progress Checked, Beloved Teacher Retires
- Sen. Pennacchio Sponsors Bill to Increase Penalties to Power Companies
By MELISSA BENNO
April 23, 2018MONTVILLE, NJ – The Montville Township Committee held a special Saturday meeting on April 7 at which they discussed their goals for the year.
Township Administrator Victor Canning and the township committee had put together a list of possibilities at a previous special Saturday session held January 13, 2018.
Speeding continues to be a problem in the township, one which Committee ...
MONTVILLE, NJ – The state Senate Economic Growth Committee has passed legislation sponsored by Senator Joe Pennacchio to hold utility companies accountable for their failure to provide reliable service, according to a release from the senator’s office.
“Right now, a negligent utility only pays $100 a day in fines,” Senator Pennacchio (R-26) explained in the ...
MONTVILLE, NJ – The Montville Township Committee voted to censure Committee Member June Witty for a personal Facebook post she made on April 8 which compared Democrats to Nazis. All four members of the five-person committee asked for her resignation.
The post, a chart which states that Nazis believed in “media mind control,” “no guns,” abortion, and ...
By MELISSA BENNO
April 24, 2018MONTVILLE, NJ – Former Montville Township Public Schools Superintendent Paul Fried passed away on April 23. He was 67.
He was superintendent from 2010 until the end of the ’14-15 school year when he resigned due to restrictions on his salary based on the New Jersey legislation on salary caps for superintendents. He went to White Plains, NY and became that district’s ...
MONTVILLE, NJ – The Montville Township Board of Education set five goals for the district for the 2017-2018 school year, and Superintendent of Schools René Rovtar included an update with the agenda for the April 10 meeting. The district has just completed its third quarter, or “marking period.”
Goal number one was the passage of a referendum to fund construction ...
MONTVILLE, NJ – Goal number two for the Montville Township Public Schools Board of Education was to examine the start time of the high school, currently 7:25 a.m., to see if a later start time was feasible. At the April 10 board of ed meeting, members of the feasibility committee presented their findings to the board. The answer? Well, it’s complicated.
High school ...
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By KELLY CHAN
April 16, 2018MONTVILLE, NJ - After tackling the unpredictable weather this spring season, the Montville Township High School softball team has started off their season with a record of 3-3.
Although the girls began their season with a 3-5 loss against Mendham, Lady Mustangs have fought their way back to a .500 record with wins against Randolph and Newton this week as well as Kittatinny in Randolph’s ...
By LORI SICA
April 25, 2018FLORHAM PARK, NJ - Ricky Godoy was a confident, intelligent and outgoing entrepreneur. Ricky refused to let his diagnosis define him and went on to establish his own multimedia business, YODOG media (his last name backwards!).
Within the year, he became a thumbtack pro because of his genuine personality, outstanding services and unparalleled work ethic. However, he was much more ...
MONTVILLE, NJ – Forty-year veteran Towaco volunteer firefighter Joe Gretkowski was honored by the New Jersey Firemen’s Home in Boonton for his dedication and devotion to the social needs of the residents there, according to Towaco Volunteer Fire Department officials.
Recreation Assistant Sheila Thiesfeldt, representing Firemen’s Home President Hugh E. Flood, came to the March ...
By SEAN LYNCH
April 21, 2018TORONTO, ON -- The start of the Major League Baseball season means summer is drawing closer. While there are no MLB teams to follow in the Greater Olean or Buffalo areas for summer, a trip across the border to Canada leads to the Toronto Blue Jays of the American League East.
The Rogers Centre, where the Blue Jays play, is regarded as one of the unique venues of baseball.
BRANT BEACH - The Long Beach Island Shuttle, an extremely popular service for visitors and residents of Long Beach Island, will have a fee for the first time beginning Memorial Day weekend.
The Long Beach Township Board of Commissioners made the announcement at their meeting on Monday, April 9.
Here is the overview on the fees:
One-way shuttle rides from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
By TAPINTO SUMMIT STAFF
April 10, 2018SUMMIT, NJ - Atlantic Health System’s Overlook Medical Center received the Employer of the Year Award from the New Jersey chapter of the Association of People Supporting Employment First (NJ APSE) during the Facing the Future 26 Conference on transition and employment. The Association of People Supporting Employment First (APSE) is the only national organization with an exclusive ...
By TAPINTO PARSIPPANY STAFF
April 25, 2018PARSIPPANY, NJ - Thirteen Hundred Miles. That's the distance of a loop uniting three 9/11 memorial locations: The World Trade Center, The Pentagon and the Flight 93 Memorial. That loop is now a bike trail and today in Parsippany, at the Morris County September 11th Memorial, a celebration was in order as the riders hit their 700 mile mark right here in Morris ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – Strains of “Happy Birthday” filled the atrium recently at the Carol G. Simon Cancer Center at Morristown Medical Center. The occasion was the kick-off party to a month’s long celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the opening of the center.
Even before the song rang out, music filled the atrium, as it has for the past 17 years from 9 ...
PHILADELPHIA, PA - Seeking to bring clinical trials and innovations in medicine even closer to home, Atlantic Health System, parent company of Summit's Overlook Medical Center, is now part of a group of six regional health systems that are founding members of a nonprofit clinical research consortium – Partners in Innovation, Education, and Research (PIER Consortium) ...
By MELISSA BENNO
April 22, 2018MONTVILLE, NJ – Montville Township Committee Member and current Deputy Mayor Frank Cooney’s three-year term expires on Dec. 31 of this year, and he is running for re-election. Democrat Emily Ryzuk submitted a petition to run against him early in April, but was removed from the ballot soon after.
Township resident Lisa LoBiondo submitted a letter to Montville Township Clerk and the ...
By TAPINTO MONTVILLE STAFF
April 18, 2018LAWTON, OK. – Montville Township High School graduate and U.S. Army 2nd Lieutenant Brandon Hatzel thought he’d be able to relax and have a smoothie in a café in Lawton, OK on March 19, but instead ran into the parking lot to aid police in the arrest of a would-be carjacker, according to the Fort Sill Tribune.
Hatzel and a fellow student in the Air Defense Artillery Basic ...
By TAPINTO HORSES STAFF
April 23, 2018MILLSTONE TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Some Standardbreds in imminent danger of shipping to slaughter were returned to their former owners, but others await help.
Since Friday, April 20, of the 21 horses weighed and tagged to ship for slaughter:
Mr. Mystic N was helped by his past owner, Eric Goodell, and trainer Joshua Green, and is being returned to Goodell.
Jeremy Sharky was helped by ...
Applications for The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program’s (T.I.P.’s) two annual awards, the Thoroughbred of the Year Award and the Young Rider of the Year Award, are now available online at tjctip.com. Applications are due June 30.
The T.I.P. Thoroughbred of the Year Award recognizes a Thoroughbred that has excelled in a non-competitive career, such as equine-assisted ...
WELLINGTON, Fla. —The Ridge wrapped up its final week of Friday Night Lights and Turf Tour shows before heading back to their spring, summer, and fall base in Asbury, N.J.
The High Classic’s reserve champion rider and overall high point winner, Kelly McInerney, stole the show under the lights. She and Dinletto RK placed so well during the Friday evening series at Polo West their ...