ROXBURY, NJ – A monument at VFW Post 2833, honoring 15 Hercules Powder Company employees killed in World War II, will be saved by the township if the VFW building is sold.

The request to preserve the monument was made at Tuesday’s meeting of the Roxbury Mayor and Council by Nancy Bottona, a member of the VFW Post 2833 Auxiliary.

She questioned whether the commemorative ...

ROXBURY, NJ - The Roxbury Library Foundation's inaugural gala, which took place Wednesday evening, was a big success both in raising money for a future expansion of the library and in honoring those who helped Roxbury during the worst days of COVID-19 mayhem.

A Who's Who of Roxbury officials, business owners, educators and first-responders attended the affair at The Windlass restaurant ...

ROXBURY, NJ – Restoration of the historic Ledgewood Pond Dam – an expensive project that’s been discussed and postponed for about a decade - is likely to happen next year, said Roxbury Township Manager John Shepherd.

The project is a thorn in the side of Roxbury officials. They question its necessity and, more adamantly, the fact that the state – while ...

ROXBURY, NJ - Roxbury High School’s yearbook design team again took top honors in competition.

The team's 2021 yearbook publication, “Beyond the Mask,” was awarded the first place gold award in the Garden State Scholastic Press Association (GSSPA) annual yearbook contest.

Roxbury High School Advisor Scott Schilling worked with the Yearbook Production ...

ROXBURY, NJ - The Roxbury School Board this week approved spending about $45,000 more on the district’s new outdoor classroom pavilion along Meeker Street in Succasunna, money that will pay for a some new elements at the site.

“The change order for the pavilions was for additional site work,” said district Business Administrator Joseph Mondanaro. “We added an additional ...

ROXBURY, NJ – Eighth-grade students eligible to attend Roxbury High School may consider applying to a Morris County Vocational School District (MCVSD) Academy, such as the one about sports medicine taking place in Roxbury next month.

The MCVSD is urging students and parents to attend an information session to learn about this "unique high school experience ...

ROXBURY, NJ - A sold-out crowd on Wednesday greeted the Roxbury High School ice hockey team and its opponents from West Morris Central for the annual Coach Jason Tannenholz Memorial Charity Game.

Played at Sports Care Arena (Aspen Ice) in Randolph, the game raised money fund a scholarship for a graduating Roxbury senior ice hockey player that has played at least two seasons on the JV ...

ROXBURY, NJ - The 4th Annual Coach Jason Tannenholz Memorial Ice Hockey Game takes place this week and the public is invited to join the Roxbury High School Ice Hockey team as it takes on the West Morris Central Wolfpack.

The charity game is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 24 at at Sports Care Arena (Aspen Ice), 6 Aspen Drive in Randolph. Admission is $5 for ...

ROXBURY, NJ - Undaunted by the brisk breeze that blew unrelentingly early Saturday at the Lakeside Recreation Complex in Jefferson, the 6th Grade Roxbury Jr. Gaels football team beat the undefeated Rockaway Rockets to win the Morris County Youth Football League (MCYFL) Championship.

The Roxbury sideline was packed with Roxbury fans wearing blue and gold as, late in the first quarter, ...

ROXBURY, NJ - Election Day saw Roxbury's incumbent township council members easily glide to victory while candidates in the school board contest found themselves in a much tighter, more dramatic situation.

Five people were seeking election to three seats on the school board. With all districts reporting - but mail-in votes still to be counted - Roxbury School Board Members Leo ...

ROXBURY, NJ – There are both school board and township council contests in Roxbury this Election Day, and voters have four ways of submitting their ballots.

Those choosing to vote by machine at their traditional polling sites can do so starting at 6 a.m. Polls close at 8 p.m.

Voters can also drop ballots, before 8 p.m., in the Secure Ballot Drop Box situated at the Roxbury Municipal ...

ROXBURY, NJ — Voters interested in learning more about the five people running for three, 3-year-long seats on the Roxbury Board of Education can do so this week at a session sponsored by the Lincoln/Roosevelt Parent Teacher Organization (PTO).

The PTO has scheduled a "Meet the Candidates Night" for Tuesday, Oct. 12. The 7 p.m. event will take place in the auditorium of ...

ROXBURY, NJ - Standing today before a crowd of well-wishers outside police headquarters, retiring Roxbury Police Chief Marc Palanchi bid farewell.

He did so with a 26-minute-long, deeply emotional reflection on the many joys and sorrows experienced during 27 years in uniform. Repeatedly saying the difficult tasks encountered by a police officer "take a chunk out of you," Palanchi ...

ROXBURY, NJ - Roxbury police are asking the public to help them find the driver of a white business van that hit a bicyclist Thursday in Succasunna and left the scene.

Police said the incident took place at about 5 p.m. near the Beechwood Drive intersection with Hillside Avenue. They described the vehicle that struck the cyclist as having a business name on the side, but they did not ...

ROXBURY, NJ -_ Elementary and middle school students and their families will have a special opportunity to explore the wide world of work, all while enjoying hands-on activities, games and giveaways, at an event taking place in Roxbury on Oct. 24.

The event, called Career Carnival for Kids, will take place at Horseshoe Lake Park in Succasunna from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. It will be a ...

ROXBURY, NJ – Canceled last year due to COVID-19, Operation Toy Train is back this year with four Roxbury area stops scheduled on Dec. 5.

On that day, workers aboard a special train will collect toys for the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Foundation. The toys will later be given - through the Toys for Tots program at Picatinny Arsenal - to underprivileged children in North ...

ROXBURY, NJ - Nov. 30 is "Giving Tuesday," and Roxbury High School students involved in the annual Rox-THON fundraiser are hoping people consider making donations.

Rox-THON raises money for pediatric cancer, with 70 percent of money raised by the students earmarked for Goryeb Children’s Hospital in Morristown and 30 percent for Four Diamonds THON at Penn State ...

ROXBURY, NJ - A cub scout pack in Roxbury is hoping to raise money by selling kits to build luminaries.

Cub Scout Pack 54 is calling its fundraiser "Light up Roxbury." The pack, based in Succasunna, is allowing people to order the kits online and pick them up on Dec. 11, from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., at the Roxbury Senior Center situated at 72 Eyland Ave.

Alternatively, ...

NEW JERSEY -- The New Jersey Judiciary has expunged more than 362,000 marijuana and hashish cases from court records since the Marijuana Decriminalization Law became effective July 1.

Eligible cases are expunged automatically by the Judiciary. Once a case is expunged, it is removed from the court’s public record and does not have to be reported on applications for jobs, housing, or ...

ROXBURY, NJ — Roxbury Police Detective Cpl. William Manisa was among several law enforcement officers praised this week by county prosecutors for helping solve a long-dormant case involving the sexual assault of children in Roxbury three decades ago.

Manisa and the others were commended by Acting Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, First Assistant Prosecutor Maggie ...

ROXBURY, NJ – Roxbury lawyer Marshall Gates was recently awarded by the Morris County Bar Association for his many years of offering free (pro bono) legal services.

Gates, a TAPinto Roxbury sponsor whose office is in Succasunna, was presented with the Bar Association’s 2021 Pro Bono Award on June 17.

In accepting the award, Gates said he is sometimes asked why he does so much ...

SUCCASUNNA, NJ — Bayada Home Health Care, an international nonprofit home health care provider with more than 360 offices in 23 states, is supporting the Alzheimer’s Association Greater New Jersey Chapter (AAGNJ) as an Elite Level sponsor in addition to being a National Team of the 2021 Walk to End Alzheimer’s. The Alzheimer’s Association Walk ...

ROXBURY, NJ — About 3,000 Roxbury residents have contracted COVID-19 since the pandemic began in early 2020, with 80 new cases being confirmed in the past two weeks, said Roxbury Mayor Bob DeFillippo on Tuesday.

The mayor reported the numbers as part of his bi-weekly “Community Update,” a statement he began reading before Roxbury Mayor and Council meetings early last year ...

ROXBURY, NJ — The Lake Hopatcong Foundation’s annual “Lake Loop” fundraiser returns for a second year as a virtual challenge that will run from Oct. 8 -15. Participants can have fun, get active and win prizes, all while supporting New Jersey’s largest lake.

Walking, running, biking, paddling, doing yoga, jumping rope — any activity counts ...

ROXBURY, NJ ­– The owners of a largely vacant shopping center in Landing have agreed to meet with township officials to discuss their plans for the property, said Roxbury Township Manager John Shepherd.

The agreement to meet came in response to a Nov. 1 letter from Shepherd to Forsons Partners of South Orange, the owners of the shopping center at 175 Lakeside Blvd. In the letter, ...

ROXBURY, NJ – A proposal to put a small office building on a long-vacant, half-acre site at the corner of Eyland Avenue and Route 10 in Succasunna was shot down this week by Roxbury officials.

The proposal, by NYC Maintenance & Restoration of Staten Island, was rejected Wednesday in a 5-4 vote by the Roxbury Planning Board. Opponents on the board cited concerns about the effect ...

ROXBURY, NJ – The developers of The Shops at Ledgewood Commons shopping center plan to demolish the building that once housed a Pizza Hut and build a new structure that will be occupied by a Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen.

Advance Realty Investors Director of Asset Management Jared Minatelli said the demolition of the structure will take place after its current occupant, Lemon ...

ROXBURY, NJ – Musician Ray Anderson is no stranger to the adult side of the rock scene; he’s performed around the world with some of the genre’s most famous grownups – including Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Meatloaf and Chuck Berry.

But when he comes to Roxbury on Saturday to perform as “Mr. Ray,” Anderson won’t be singing about sex, drugs and rock ...

(Note date change) ROXBURY, NJ – Members of the Roxbury Interact Club are hoping the high school auditorium is full of happy kids Dec. 16 for a “holiday movie night” to benefit Roxbury Social Services.

The film, being sponsored by Roxbury Public Library, will be the 2018 animated Christmas fantasy film The Grinch, produced by Illumination and distributed by ...

ROXBURY, NJ - If variety is the spice of life, the Roxbury Arts Alliance is making life pretty spicy this weekend as it presents a concert featuring the music of Lionel Ritchie on one day and a crystal singing bowl meditation session on the next.

The Saturday show, at Investors Bank Theater in Horseshoe Lake Park, features Amani, a group of musicians who will perform Lionel Ritchie ...

ROXBURY, NJ – The names of men from Roxbury who fought in the Spanish-American War and Philippine War are being sought by historians working for the county Office of Planning and Preservation.

The office “has compiled a growing list of those soldiers and sailors, and hopes to fill in many blanks on their history, as well as find others who served,” said the county in a recent ...

ROXBURY, NJ – A team working on restoring the long-dormant historic fountain at Hopatcong State Park in Landing is making “great progress,” said local historian Marty Kane.

The century-old fountain was built in 1925 when the Morris Canal was abandoned. Its function was to maintain a pre-determined water level in Lake Hopatcong by governing the amount of water released into ...

ROXBURY, NJ - The First Presbyterian Church of Succasunna is inviting you to an evening guided tour of its cemetery on Saturday, Nov. 6.

During the Fourth Annual Historic Cemetery Tour, you will meet several "spirits" who will tell you about their lives in Roxbury.

You will learn from people who were instrumental in the Morris Canal, a teacher at the Alpaugh School, the wife ...

ROXBURY, NJ — The 8th Annual Roxbury Community Yard Sale will take place tomorrow (Saturday, Sept. 25) at Horseshoe Lake. The event is sponsored by the Roxbury Area Chamber of Commerce.

This rain or shine event will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., providing one-stop shopping right at the Horseshoe Lake pavilion area (far left rear of the park).

 The sale will feature ...

RANDOLPH, NJ - A Roxbury resident was one of several County College of Morris (CCM) Hospitality Management & Culinary Arts students recently inducted as members of the world's oldest and most prominent international food and wine society: The Bailliage Joseph Donon chapter of the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs.

The student, Patrick Lockman, of Succasunna, ...

ROXBURY, NJ ­– The Roxbury Rotary Club has closed the door on pre-sales for its annual pre-Thanksgiving fruit and pie fundraiser, but those who want to participate should be at Horseshoe Lake Park in Succasunna on Nov. 20.

The club ordered a bunch of extra pies and fruit to be sold that day on a first-come, first-served basis, said Roxbury Rotarian Steve Alford. The direct sales ...

ROXBURY, NJ - The lake management efforts of the Lake Hopatcong Commission and the Lake Hopatcong Foundation were acknowledged this week by the North American Lake Management Society (NALMS).

At its 2021 virtual conference, the organization honored the commission and foundation with a joint “Lake Management Success Stories Award" praising the work they do to ...

ROXBURY, NJ — When Lake Hopatcong is low, an island appears. If it’s low enough, you can practically wade from the backyards of the Lakeside Boulevard houses to the exposed ground.

The usually sunken island will get some neighbors in Roxbury’s Landing Channel next year as part of the efforts to reduce weeds and algae in the lake water: Artificial islands, called ...

ROXBURY, NJ - It's time for the St. Therese Black Friday Bonanza Raffle!

This benefit for St. Therese RC Church will make one lucky person a $25,000 winner and 25 others $1,000 more wealthy.

The drawing will be Nov. 26 at 3 p.m. at St. Therese Church, 151 Main St., Succasunna.

Only the first 2,000 tickets will be accepted.

Entries are $50 each or three for $100.

See the .pdf ...

MORRISTOWN, NJ - The Morris County Board of County Commissioners will honor local veterans during Veterans Day week by presenting Morris County Distinguished Military Service Medals to several former service members and hosting the return of a long-lost Purple Heart issued to a Morristown solider during World War II.

With Rockaway Borough, the Commissioners also will honor the late four-star ...

Morristown, NJ - The Morris County Board of County Commissioners adopted a resolution tonight authorizing the Morris County Park Police to be absorbed into the Morris County Sheriff’s Office, a move that will keep the 29 park officers on staff and enable an increase in overall park patrols.

The resolution followed a vote on Monday by the Morris County Park Commission to merge the ...

MORRISTOWN, NJ - Did you know Buddy Lane in Mendham Township was named for the first Seeing Eye Dog? And whatever happened to Devil's Punchbowl Road in Morristown and Florham Park?

There are histories, legends and mysteries surrounding the names given to the streets where we live in Morris County. Who still recalls that Shunpike Road in Chatham Township was so-named because it was an ...