ROXBURY, NJ — The Recycling Center, shuttered in March due to COVID-19 and then reopened two months later but only on Saturdays, will resume original weekend hours this weekend, said a township official on Wednesday.

That means the center, on North Dell Avenue in Kenvil, will be open on Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

“Residents are ...

ROXBURY, NJ — Measured last week, the bacteria off two Lake Hopatcong beaches reached levels that last year would have prompted officials to issue statements warning people to avoid contact with the water.

However, due to a change in state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) policy, there were no big announcements along those lines based on the tests, which found ...

ROXBURY, NJ – As promised in January, Morris County is giving some TLC to potholed, crack-ridden West Dewey Avenue and Berkshire Valley Road.

The road surface, which has been milled, will receive a fresh coat of pavement next week. The paving is scheduled to run from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, officials said.

The section of West Dewey Avenue in Roxbury that is getting a ...

ROXBURY, NJ – A Roxbury Boy Scout is hoping to make it easier for people to go kayaking on a local pond.

The Scout, 16-year-old Corey Smith, is raising money to build a floating kayak launch off the shoreline of Black River Pond in Succasunna. It will be an Eagle Scout project for Smith, a member of Roxbury Boy Scout Troop 159, who will be a junior at Roxbury High School in the ...

MORRISTOWN, NJ - A new program willprovide volunteers to grocery shop for older or disabled residents in Morris County. 

The effort, through the Morris County Office on Aging, Disabilities and Community Program along with Jersey Cares, will keep persons most vulnerable to COVID-19 out of harms way in supermarkets and other food markets, said officials

To be eligible, participants ...

ROXBURY, NJ – Meeting in the Horseshoe Lake Park pavilion, a structure it built for the township in 1993, the Roxbury Rotary Club on Thursday welcomed local firefighter Bill Diamond as its new president.

Diamond, 50, a plumber and member of Roxbury Company 1 Fire and EMS in Succasunna, replaces Steve Alford as the club's leader. He said he looks forward to continuing the ...

ROXBURY, NJ - Tropical Storm Isaias took a toll on travel and electrical service in Roxbury, flooding roads, downing trees and cutting power - at least temporarily - to nearly 70 percent of the township, according to Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) and authorities.

The utility said about 7,300 of its 10,269 customers in Roxbury were impacted by the storm as of 3:20 p.m. It said ...

ROXBURY, NJ — Investigators plan to return Saturday to the scene of a Thursday night fire that destroyed two liquid glue tanks at Holland Manufacturing in Succasunna, said Roxbury Fire Investigator Mark Sylvester

Although the probe will continue, Sylvester said it appears some type of mechanical malfunction initiated the fire at the company, situated on Main Street.

ROXBURY, NJ – Roxbury resident Tyler Bartol became a Morris County Sheriff’s Officer this week, one of two recruits whose Basic Police Training Class was interrupted for 10 weeks during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bartol, and fellow newcomer Michael Smith of Jefferson, were officially sworn-in to their positions Monday by Morris County Sheriff James Gannon, said Sheriff’s Office ...

ROXBURY, NJ — A plan that allows a limited return to classrooms by Roxbury students in September was approved Thursday by the township school board.

The board, meeting virtually through WebEx, endorsed the back-to-school plan put forth two weeks ago by Roxbury Schools Superintendent Loretta Radulic. The board had tabled action on the plan at its July 27 meeting because several members ...

ROXBURY, NJ — The Roxbury Board of Education on Monday postponed until July 30 voting on the school administration’s proposed plan for reopening township schools in September.

The 6-3 vote to table the decision came after nearly four hours of discussion about the plan at a special virtual board meeting that included an unusual level of public participation.

The move to postpone ...

ROXBURY, NJ — Roxbury schools will start the new year in September offering students three options, all entailing at least some time at home, said Roxbury Schools Superintendent Loretta Radulic.

The options:

A mix of virtual and in-person instruction with four hours of in-classroom instruction two days each week and all Mondays being remote
Full virtual instruction at ...

ROXBURY, N.J. – A Roxbury man who formerly owned a Morristown pharmacy faces up to five years in prison and thousands of dollars in fines for participating in a conspiracy that involved bribes and kickbacks, said authorities.

The man, Robert Fazzini, 53, of Succasunna, pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday, admitting that — as a pharmacist — he illegally gained ...

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ROXBURY, NJ – A Morristown lawyer lied about making campaign contributions to Mount Arlington officials in 2016, a year before her firm was awarded a “lucrative contract” with the borough, according to law enforcement officials.

The lawyer, Elizabeth Valandingham, 47, of Morristown, now faces up to 10 years in prison and fines of up to $150,000 if convicted, said the ...

ROXBURY, NJ — The 11U Roxbury Youth Baseball Team is headed to the state tournament in Wayne this week having recently won its third district championship in four years.

Playing in Mount Olive on July 28, the 5-0 Roxbury team defeated 4-1 Mount Olive to take the Cal Ripken Northern N.J. District Championship. Roxbury dominated the contest, ending with a no-hitter, 2-0 ...

ROXBURY, NJ - The Roxbury 10U baseball team hosted the Cal Ripken Northern N.J. District 7 Tournament  July 25 -July 28 at Kiwanis Field in Succasunna. Teams from surrounding towns, including Montville, Denville, Wayne, Kinnelon and Long Valley, competed to receive the prestigious title of District 10u Champs. 

For the second year in a row, Roxbury beat ...

ROXBURY, NJ – This year marks the 50th anniversary of competitive summer swimming at Roxbury's Horseshoe Lake.

The team, which started in 1970 as the "Horseshoe Lake Swim Team," officially became the "Roxbury Racers" in 1981.

Because of Covid-19, this year's Racers, led by head coach Jen Bauman, are conducting an abbreviated season ...

ROXBURY, NJ – Registered voters who want to participate in this year’s primary election must get their "vote by mail" (VBM) ballots in the mail by the end of tomorrow (July 7) or put them into one of five official “ballot drop boxes” scattered throughout Morris County or come to Roxbury Town Hall before 8 p.m. to cast provisional ballots.

The official ...

MORRIS COUNTY - Morris County is seeking poll workers for the Primary Election on Tuesday, June 2. The hours are 5:15 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

In addition to receiving a stipend of $200 for the day, poll workers perform a valuable civic service by helping to ensure that every eligible voter can exercise their right to vote.

“Poll workers are on the front lines of our democracy, so we ...

ROXBURY, NJ - Tayfun Selen, aTurkish immigrant who came to America more than two decades ago and started his career pumping gas in Madison, was elected today to serve as a Morris County freeholder.

Selen's selection took place when the Morris County Republican Committee convened for a special election. The convention was called to choose someone for the freeholder board seat formerly held ...

Akron, Ohio – FirstEnergy Corp. utility personnel are prepared to respond quickly to restore power to customers should Tropical Storm Isaias impact the areas where the company provides electric service.

Company meteorologists are tracking the storm system, which is forecast to move up the east coast into New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania, with the possibility of producing heavy ...

TRENTON, NJ -- Roxbury restaurants that set up tents recently for outdoor dining, assuming it would be a very temporary way to get back to business, might be using them for longer than they anticipated.

Although he planned to loosen restrictions on indoor dining in New Jersey on July 2, Gov. Phil Murphy announced today he will delay the reopening. He provided no timetable of ...

ROXBURY, NJ – It took COVID-19 to prompt Roxbury officials to allow something they never before permitted in the township: Outdoor table service at restaurants.

The township this week granted permits to several establishments allowing them to serve customers outside. Indoor dining remains prohibited under Gov. Phil Murphy’s COVID-19 restrictions.

Roxbury Township Manager John ...

ROXBURY, NJ — The Roxbury Public Library, closed to the public for several months due to COVID-19, is preparing to reopen, library officials said.

The current plan calls for an Aug. 10 reopening to visitors who make appointments.

Library staff has made improvements designed to help the facility function safely and to offer a better use of space. Significant shelving ...

ROXBURY, NJ — (Updated to include sponsors) In a first for Roxbury, the township will be turning a portion of Horseshoe Lake Park into a makeshift drive-in movie theater on a Friday night next month, said Mayor Bob DeFillippo on Tuesday.

The “Drive-in Movie Night at Horseshoe Lake” will take place Aug. 14 in the parking lot next to the Succasunna park's fairgrounds, said ...

ROXBURY, NJ - For Roxbury Township, the end of summer is marked by thousands gathering on Main Street for Olde Suckasunny Day, an indoor-outdoor festival of fun featuring community organizations, food and vendors.

However, with the threat of COVID-19 remaining present, the festival's hosts at the Roxbury Public Library, the First Presbyterian Church of Succasunna, and Succasunna ...

ROXBURY, NJ – Two historic buildings in Roxbury are among 28 across Morris County recommended by an advisory panel to receive historic preservation grants, the county said today.

The former Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DL&W) station in Landing and the King Homestead Museum in Ledgewood are on the list of projects the Morris County Historic Preservation Trust Fund ...

ROXBURY, NJ –The Lake Hopatcong Foundation (LHF) this year is using an online system to take orders for its annual native plant sale, but customers will still be able to pick up their purchases in person.

The non-profit organization, based in Landing, is offering more than 40 types of plants, all native to New Jersey. The sale runs until 6 p.m. May 21.

Those who order plants will be ...

ROXBURY, NJ — He operates an Italian restaurant in a town that suffers no shortage of Italian food, so Roxbury Pizzeria owner Albert Lepore knows he must be on top of his game to keep customers happy and win new ones.

Good thing the 51-year-old restaurateur, an athletic guy, thrives in competitive environments.

“I’ve been playing sports since I was a kid,” said ...

ROXBURY, NJ – Several Lake Hopatcong inlets are the sites for an experiment that could help control harmful algal blooms (HABs), the green bacterial growths that shut down the lake last summer.

Workers from Princeton Hydro installed, at four places, tethered flotation bags containing “Biochar,” a material that might help remove dissolved phosphorous from ...

ROXBURY, NJ – People who suspect the green stuff on their favorite lake is a harmful algal bloom (HAB) - the material that essentially shut-down Lake Hopatcong last year - now have a better way to tell the state about it.

The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today announced the launching of an interactive HAB mapping tool. The tool allows users to provide the ...

ROXBURY, NJ – It’s a rather boring video that might be exciting to those who love - or make their livings off - Lake Hopatcong.

Shot by a drone hovering above Landing Channel in Roxbury, the video shows a weaving boat leaving in its wake a milky zig-zag pattern, sort of like a jet contrail. Piano music supplements the somnolence.

It is the stuff creating that ...

MORRISTOWN, NJ — Rabbi Inna Serebro-Litvak, of Temple Shalom in Roxbury, recently joined a panel of local clergy that met with the county freeholders to discuss the county's new Recovery Task Force.

The Task Force was interested in learning how COVID-19 has affected religious organizations, the challenges they face and how the Morris County government ...

ROXBURY, NJ - Six days after it donated Shoprite gift cards to Roxbury Social Services, the Roxbury Rotary Club was at it again; this time giving a bunch of the cards to a group representing the township's houses of worship.

On Thursday, Roxbury Rotary Club President Steve Alford presented 43 Shoprite gifts cards to the Roxbury Interfaith Clergy Council. The cards were accepted, on behalf ...

ROXBURY, NJ — Roxbury commuters who use Route 80 eastbound take note: The state is planning major upgrades to the interchanges between the interstate highway and Route 15 in Rockaway Township.

Although the project is likely have an impact on Roxbury motorists who travel Route 80 and/or frequently drive East Dewey Avenue through Wharton, the state Department of Transportation ...

MONTVILLE, NJ – A Montville nurse tragically affected by the COVID-19 pandemic recently received a new roof thanks to a program through Morris Habitat for Humanity, Blue Nail Roofing and GAF Roofing.

Called Roofs for Heroes, the program is designed to provide a roof, free of charge, for an essential worker affected by the pandemic.

Life-long resident Kristina Scorpo lost her ...

ROXBURY, NJ - The beloved Morris County 4-H Fair is going virtual this year thanks in part to the work of a Teen 4-H member from Roxbury.

4-H members were disappointed to learn that the annual Morris County 4-H Fair — normally held at Chubb Park in Chester Township — would be cancelled this year due to COVID-19 restrictions. But Teen 4-H members Johanna Pipoli of Ledgewood and ...

NEWARK, NJ - US District Judge Esther Salas released a video message two weeks after her son was killed and husband was shot multiple times during an attack at their North Brusnwick home. While barely holding back tears, she described the days before her son was killed and the moment when she heard the gunshots. 

Her message is that federal judges need better protection. Their home ...

TRENTON, NJ — Gov. Murphy reported the daily COVID-19 figures, slammed people who attended overcrowded house parties, defended the performance of the Motor Vehicles Commission (MVC) and discussed the updates to the state’s travel advisory regulations at his COVID-19 press briefing on July 29.

Travel-Quarantine Update

New Jersey’s travel advisory was updated. There are now ...

NEW JERSEY — While asking New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) customers not to crowd or hunker down overnight at local agencies, Gov. Phil Murphy outlined a set of extensions Friday during his coronavirus briefing in Trenton.

Expiration dates have been lengthened for driver’s licenses, non-driver identification, vehicle registrations, inspections and temporary tags. Any ...