MONTVILLE, NJ – The Montville Township Committee honored Montville Police Explorer Post 805 at the committee’s Nov. 27 meeting. The Explorers had earned three third-place finish trophies at the Law Enforcement Exploring Competition held at Purdue University in Indiana in July.

Deputy Mayor Frank Cooney read the proclamation, citing how the group won third place in law enforcement ...

MONTVILLE, NJ - Former Montville Township Mayor Arthur Daughtry received the approval of his subdivision and variance applications from the Montville Township Planning Board on Thursday, Nov. 8. This allows the subdivision of his property at 60 Horseneck Road into two lots; one of which will be a flag lot.

Last year Daughtry sought to subdivide this same property into three lots. The ...

MONTVILLE, NJ – On Nov. 29, TAPinto Montville reported that a substitute teacher at Cedar Hill Elementary School told first graders that Santa did not exist. In addition, the sub told the kids that the Tooth Fairy, the Elf on the Shelf, and the Easter Bunny are all fake as well. Parents in Montville were extremely upset and angry on social media, calling for the firing of the teacher.

On ...

MONTVILLE, NJ – The Montville Township Public Schools Board of Education held a special meeting on Nov. 2 at which they ratified the contract of the Montville Township Education Association, covering the period from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2021. The negotiations for the contract had taken place over the past few months according to ongoing updates at board meetings announced by ...

MONTVILLE, NJ - The Montville ice hockey team suffered a 4-0 setback against Vernon on Monday night at Mennen Arena.

Montville went into the game in a three-way tie for first place in the Halvorsen Division with Kinnelon and Vernon. But it surrendered a goal near the end of the first period, before giving up three more in the second period.

With the loss, Montville fell to ...

MONTVILLE, NJ - Brendan Perretta scored twice to help Montville pick up its first win of the season on Wednesday evening, as it defeated Roxbury 4-3 at Mennen Arena.

The Nov. 5 game was dubbed the “Remembering TJ Sefcik Memorial Game” by the Mustangs. TJ Sefcik was a Mustangs ice hockey player who succumbed to adolescent depression and took his own life in 2010. At ...

MONTVILLE, NJ - The Montville ice hockey team continued its tough start to the 2018-19 season, as it dropped to 0-2 on the year with a 4-1 loss to Morristown-Beard on Saturday at Mennen Arena.

Montville suffered a 3-0 setback against Sparta-Jefferson in its season opener on Monday, which made Saturday's game against a Morris County and statewide power in Morristown-Beard all the more ...

MONTVILLE, NJ – Mayor Richard Conklin swore in new Montville Township Police Patrolman Michael Thomas at the Nov. 27 Montville Township Committee meeting.

Thomas was raised in Ridgefield Park, NJ, according to a bio read by Acting Police Chief Andrew Caggiano.

He graduated from Ridgefield Park Jr./Sr. High School in 2012 where he took part in various activities such as football, track ...

PARKLAND, FL  — Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Allen Hurns, an alumnus of Miami Carol City High School in Florida, has chosen to honor the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting victims as the NFL season closes out.

Hurns wore cleats with all 17 victims’ names written on the side of the shoes, and he also has changed his number to 17 to honor all 17 people that lost their lives ...

ROXBURY, NJ – Struck by the determination of a man who rides a bicycle to work each day on Route 46 in all types of weather, a Roxbury policeman has so far purchased the fellow two replacement bikes.

The generosity of the officer, Roxbury Police Patrolman Silvio Valdes, was heralded today by the police department on social media. Noting Valdes is retiring soon after 25 years on the job, ...

MONTVILLE, NJ – Residents were treated to a lesson in Native American culture at the Montville Township Public Library on Nov. 29. November is Native American heritage month, and so the performers, who are from the Redhawk Native American Arts Council, were invited to perform at the library.

Cliff Matias of the Taino tribe explained that stating that one is Native American is a bit like ...

MONTVILLE, NJ – The Towaco Civic Association sponsored its second annual Shop Hop Nov. 28 and 29.

Twenty three businesses participated in the event, giving out treats, sponsoring raffles and offering discounts on products and services. Shoppers who participated were offered a kind of bingo game sheet with the businesses listed and all the premiums and offerings listed. A sticker was ...

MONTVILLE, NJ – The Montville Township Planning Board will have to re-hear the application to build a Wawa in the Pine Brook section of town due to violations of the Open Public Meetings Act.

The application to allow the Wawa Company to build on the property located at the corners of Changebridge Road, Bloomfield Road and Route 46 East was made by Pine Brook property owner Raymond ...

MORRIS PLAINS, NJ - Honeywell Corporation, which is ranked #77 on the Fortune 500 list of the country's largest US based corporations, is moving to North Carolina and when it does it will take 750 local jobs with it.  

This is happening less than one year after Governor Phil Murphy included massive business tax hikes in his first budget he presented after becoming ...

MONTVILLE, NJ - Members of The Garden Club of Montville participated in holiday decorations for the Montville Township Public Library.  The Garden Club members commented that the Montville Library is now appropriately decorated for the season.

The members of The Garden Club of Montville also maintain all library gardens for the four seasons, which include the indoor ...

MORRISTOWN – The Morris County Sheriff’s Office is advising the Morris County community to be aware of a continuing phone scam that has been making the rounds again targeting residents of Morris County as well as communities nationwide.

Sheriff James M. Gannon said, “In the most recent calls, the caller and/or message will use an agency number for their caller ID and will ...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Despite battling a brain tumor, Larry Lederman was on the microphone at the Meadowlands on Dec. 6 as the track kicked off its “Borrow Ken’s Binoculars” Thursdays as guest announcer.

It was a great night for Lederman – and for the fans who love his style – given the fact that he has been battling a brain tumor for some time now. He had ...

RARITAN TWP., N.J. — Little Annie is a miniature horse who helps children suffering from trauma. She also stars in Little Horse Big Medicine, which won a Winnie Award at the 2018 Equus Film Festival held in Brooklyn, N.Y.  from Nov. 30 to Dec. 2. The story is told from Annie’s point of view as she is the film’s narrator.

Filmmakers came to the festival from near and ...

TRENTON, N.J. — Take A Wish has been named the New Jersey Sire Stakes Horse of the Year for 2018.

The award, which is voted annually by the New Jersey Sire Stakes Board of Trustees, is based solely on performances in races for New Jersey-sired horses, including NJSS-sponsored races and other major stakes for New Jersey-sired or bred horses.

Take A Wish, is a daughter of Wishing Stone, ...