Home & Garden
By MELINDA MYERS
March 19, 2023
RANDOLPH, NJ - Start this year’s tree pest management with a stroll through the landscape. As you enjoy the scenery, be sure to look for any unwelcome pests that may be overwintering on the twigs of trees. Look for and remove egg masses of tent caterpillars now through spring. These clusters of ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- Join us as Randolph Township hosts its third annual Community-Wide Garage Sale. With the 2023 township bulk collection right around the corner, there is no better time for you to “clean up and clean out” your homes and garages. The Community-Wide Garage Sale event will take place ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- New technology and targeted tree trimming prevented thousands of hours of outages over past three years Recently installed smart grid technology is helping to keep flowing to Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) customers around the clock. In 2019, JCP&L began ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- Due to forecasted inclement weather, Randolph Township Schools will have a delayed opening tomorrow, February 28. The district will monitor the weather and road conditions in the morning. If an emergency day needs to be used, we will notify our school community via text message, ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- One of the unintended consequences of any municipal snow removal program is mailbox damage. In most cases, damage to mailboxes results from snow being displaced from truck plows into the township right-of-way. The township plow drivers make every effort to avoid such damage, however, ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- Jersey Central Power & Light plans for trees to be trimmed along the following roads beginning mid-January: Bennett Ave. Coolidge Ave. E. Blackwell St. Elena Place Franklin Rd. Monroe Ave. Red Oak La. Reed St. Rockaway Rd. Roy St. Salem ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- The Randolph Township Public Works Department will be picking up residents’ used Christmas trees this holiday season. The trees must be bare, with no stands, ornaments, lights, tinsel, etc. Place at curb without plastic bags. The collected trees will be chipped and the chips will ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- The leaf collection for District 1 and 2 has been completed for the 2022 season. Residents in District 1 and 2 should not put any more leaves at the curb. If you live in District 1 or 2 and still have leaves needing to be picked up, please put them in the brown biodegradable bags ...
NEWARK, NJ — Gov. Phil Murphy headlined a host of public officials at Newark Liberty International Airport to celebrate Tuesday’s opening of its new $2.7 billion Terminal A, described as the “largest design-build project in New Jersey history.” “So, this what $2.7 billion dollars will get you,” ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- The Randolph Middle School Greenhouse Club meets after school every week to work in the district’s greenhouse. The beautiful facility was made possible thanks to the generosity of the Bosch USA Community Fund and the Randolph Education Foundation. During every club meeting, students ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- The public works department will begin the township’s annual leaf collection program at the end of October. The specific information by district can be found at the bottom of this page. Residents, landscapers, contractors and lawn services may place loose leaves at the ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- Both residents and the Township showed some frustration over a lack of communication by New Jersey Natural Gas, which has started work on a gas pipeline on one of the town’s major roads. According to Brad Swenson of Soulshine Farm, 54 Park, residents of Park Avenue received word ...
TRENTON – The New Jersey Department of Agriculture is encouraging residents and business owners to go to www.badbug.nj.gov to find information that can assist them in learning how to fight the spotted lanternfly. The webpage includes a timeline for the stages of growth for the insect as well as ...
MONTVILLE, NJ – The Morris County Mosquito Commission wants you to know that they have been closely monitoring mosquito populations in Morris County. Inspectors have been checking routine (approximately 2,000) mosquito sites, treating for mosquito larvae, responding to service requests, and ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - Free tree seedlings will be available to residents as part of the New Jersey Forest Service’s Tree Recovery Campaign. Municipalities will be giving away 5 Free Bare Root Tree Seedlings to all residents of New Jersey Locally, residents can pick up tree seedlings from the ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- Fine shredded wood mulch is available to residents. You may help yourself to it (free) at the recycling center on Sussex Turnpike or place an order for delivery to your residence. There is a delivery charge of $100.00 per truckload. Each load is approximately 6-8 cubic yards. If ...
RANDOLPH, N.J., March 16, 2022 – Morris Habitat for Humanity has been awarded $3 million in federal funding to help construct the largest project in its 36-year history—25 new condominiums on the former E.A. Porter industrial site at 42 Bennett Avenue in Randolph, New Jersey. Funding for the ...
NEW JERSEY -Many gardeners are busy pruning shrubs to remove winter damage, control the size, or provide a bit of shaping before the season is well under way. Save some of the branches or cut a few from spring flowering shrubs to brighten your indoors. You’ll enjoy the added spring color provided ...
RANDOLPH, NJ – The active storm pattern that has been in place for the past week continues through the weekend, as a storm coming up from the Ohio Valley will couple with an oncoming Alberta Clipper overnight on Wednesday night/Thursday morning. Expect rain to start late this evening, and in ...
RANDOLPH, NJ – All of the models have confirmed what had been developing throughout the weekend. The impending storm will be a major event, but for all but the most northern and western portions of New Jersey and counties immediately north of New York City, it will be almost entirely a rain ...
RANDOLPH, NJ – After Monday’s southern storm, and then the Wednesday morning icing issues all over state highways, attention now shifts to a focus on a likely statewide snowstorm during the overnight and daytime period between Thursday night and Friday. In what has become the classic winter ...
Looking for some motivation to get in some steps around the holidays? How about taking a walk on Randolph’s section of the September 11th National Memorial Trail! The first trail blazes were dedicated and installed on Morris County Park Commission's signature Patriots Path trail in Randolph ...
RANDOLPH, NJ — As Halloween draws closer, families are putting out jack-o-lanterns to celebrate, unfortunately, many of these pumpkins are at risk of being devoured by squirrels. If you don’t remember this being a problem in the past, there’s a lot of speculation as to why squirrels are ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- Tree King will be removing trees on Tuesday, September 7 and Wednesday, September 8, 2021 between 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Detours will be in place and residents will have limited or no access at the following roads: Lawrence Road, Fords Road, Mountainside Drive, Quaker Church Road and ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- At the direction of the Randolph Police Department and New Jersey Fish and Wildlife, the trails in Hidden Valley Park (trail head at Everdale Road) and the trails running from the township municipal building to Freedom Park and towards West Hanover Avenue (trailheads at municipal ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- On or about Monday, June 28, New Jersey Natural Gas will begin replacing gas lines on Route 10 west overnight Mondays through Thursdays from approximately 8:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. The work is expected to take several months to complete and will commence between Millbrook Avenue ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- In an effort to conserve water, the township adopted an odd/even lawn watering schedule for property owners served by township water. We have put together an informational page which spells out the days and times when watering is permitted. Please take a moment to familiarize ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- Randolph Township is hosting its first community-wide garage sale. With the township bulk collection on Monday, there is no better time for you to “clean up and clean out” your homes and garages. The community-wide garage sale event will take place on April 24 and 25, 2021, rain ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- Fine shredded wood mulch is available to residents from March through October. You may help yourself to it (free) at the recycling center on Sussex Turnpike or place an order for delivery to your residence. There is a delivery charge of $100.00 per truckload. Each load is ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- The township will be conducting the annual spring branch collection beginning the week of April 19. All branches need to be placed curbside by this date as it will be a ONE TIME ONLY pick up. No return trips will be made. This collection usually takes four weeks to complete. Branch ...