- Succasunna's Main Street Might Have a Few New Faces
- Roxbury Library Wants Your Old Books
- Fistball Championships Wrap Up With Action-Packed, Emotional Matches
- Roxbury Football Players Tackle Home Construction
- Roxbury PBA's 13th Wiffleball Tournament; Having Fun and Helping Kids in Need
- Grand Jury Indicts Owner, Wife & Associates of Smiles II Go-Go Bar in Roxbury
Government
By MATTHEW GRADY
July 19, 2018Looking to bring new faces to Main Street, the Roxbury Planning Board discussed a proposal to amend the Master Plan for Housing and Zoning and add seven new housing units on 75 Main Street in Succasunna, near Succasunna Methodist Church.
The area is a historic district, so the notion of adding two affordable housing units and five housing units to be put on market did raise some ...
ROXBURY, NJ - Taking a more hands-on approach to its duties than usual, the Roxbury Environmental Commission on Thursday left town hall and visited a proposed building site to address possible concerns.
Making field trips is not something the panel does often. Most projects are pretty far away from its meeting place.
But Thursday's foray, to a site behind Philips Accessories ...
ROXBURY, NJ - The upcoming U18 Fistball World Championships, taking place at Horseshoe Lake Park, are not expected to cause any major traffic problems for Roxbury, said Roxbury Township Manager John Shepherd today.
Although the international event, which runs July 11 through July 15, will bring quite a few newcomers to the township, Shepherd said he doesn't foresee traffic ...
By FRED J. AUN
July 18, 2018ROXBURY, NJ - You could try Craigslist to get rid of those old books that are cluttering your house. You can try e-Bay or set up a card table on your front yard.
But here's what might be a better idea: Donate them to the Roxbury Public Library and get a tax write-off.
The Friends of the Roxbury Township Public Library will be sponsoring a fall book sale from Sept. 6 ...
ROXBURY, NJ - On Friday nights during its season, the Roxbury High School football team plays under the lights.
But on Friday, July 13, the team shined a light on its generosity. The Gaels donated their time and strength to help build a house for Habitat for Humanity, a non-profit organization that helps families build a place to call home.
The goal was to have ...
ROXBURY, NJ - Raising money for children with illnesses, 45 teams of all ages faced off at Horseshoe Lake Park on Saturday at the Roxbury PBA’s wiffleball tournament. It was the thirteenth installment of the popular event.
The tournament this year is raising money for fourth grader Matthew Adonis, who is fighting a brain tumor, and five-year-old Samantha Russell, who is combating ...
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Sports
By MATTHEW GRADY
July 16, 2018ROXBURY, NJ - Under the hot Succasunna sun, players pushed themselves to their limits Sunday as the the U18 Fistball Championships closed out a 4-day run at Horseshoe Lake with Germany taking home the gold in the women’s division, and Brazil winning it in the men’s division.
Despite rain earlier on, players continued to play their game to the very end with great shows of ...
ROXBURY, NJ - On Friday nights during its season, the Roxbury High School football team plays under the lights.
But on Friday, July 13, the team shined a light on its generosity. The Gaels donated their time and strength to help build a house for Habitat for Humanity, a non-profit organization that helps families build a place to call home.
The goal was to have ...
ROXBURY, NJ - The upcoming U18 Fistball World Championships, taking place at Horseshoe Lake Park, are not expected to cause any major traffic problems for Roxbury, said Roxbury Township Manager John Shepherd today.
Although the international event, which runs July 11 through July 15, will bring quite a few newcomers to the township, Shepherd said he doesn't foresee traffic ...
By MATTHEW GRADY
July 14, 2018ROXBURY, NJ - Raising money for children with illnesses, 45 teams of all ages faced off at Horseshoe Lake Park on Saturday at the Roxbury PBA’s wiffleball tournament. It was the thirteenth installment of the popular event.
The tournament this year is raising money for fourth grader Matthew Adonis, who is fighting a brain tumor, and five-year-old Samantha Russell, who is combating ...
ROXBURY, NJ - People continue to leave their cars unlocked and thieves continue to find out, according to Roxbury police.
The department said it is investigating several thefts of items that were taken from vehicles left unlocked. The incidents took place on Laurie Road, Rogers Drive and Arnold Road, police said.
The department urged people to not make bad behavior so ...
ROXBURY, NJ – More than 20 teams have signed-up so far for the Roxbury PBA’s annual wiffleball tournament and its co-organizer, Roxbury Police Patrolman Brian Feeney, expects there will be more.
The July 14 tournament, the 13th, is taking place at Horseshoe Lake Park in Succasunna. The event, open to both adults and minors, raises money for local children fighting serious ...
By ROXBURY SCHOOLS AND TAPINTO ROXBURY STAFF
July 4, 2018ROXBURY, NJ - School's out for summer, but before that happened the Roxbury School Board took some time to hear from, and congratulate the educators and athletes involved in Roxbury High School's spring sports successes.
At the recent meeting, Roxbury Schools Director of Athletics Stuart Mason attributed part of the success to the way the school's coaches mix ...
JEFFERSON, NJ - The Lake Hopatcong Foundation recently announced the winners of its 2018 scholarships: Nicholas Karpiak of Hopatcong Borough and Liam Fitzgerald of Jefferson.
Each year, the Foundation awards two $1,000 scholarships to local graduating seniors whose future studies have been shaped by their time on New Jersey’s largest lake.
A life-long lake ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ - South Orange-Maplewood school officials are defending their lack of candor about a former Maplewood teacher's aide who was charged with several lewd acts involving minors, including sexually assaulting them in a Roxbury supermarket last year.
A June 19 report on NJ.com about the charges facing the former paraprofessional, 21-year-old Kenneth Palmer, prompted ...
By FRED J. AUN
July 13, 2018ROXBURY, NJ - Two years after they were arrested, the owners of the Smiles II go-go bar in Ledgewood, and seven associates, were indicted this week by a state grand jury, officials said today.
Attorney General Gurbir Grewal today said the grand jury asserted Kevin Lipka, 63, of Livingston, the owner of the closed establishment, his wife, Shelly, 62, and the ...
ROXBURY, NJ - The parents of a 6-year-old special needs student who, according to authorities, was hung upside down and shaken by a frustrated teacher's aide in March, filed a notice of tort claim today, the first volley of a forthcoming lawsuit.
The notice says the Landing couple intend to sue the aide, the Roxbury school board, a number of school administrators and ...
NEWARK, N.J. – A former fire inspector for Middlesex Borough and other New Jersey municipalities today admitted conspiring with a Roxbury man to commit a strongarm extortion, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
Billy Donnerstag, 49, of Hackettstown, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo in Newark federal court to an indictment charging him with ...
By FRED J. AUN
March 20, 2018ROXBURY, NJ - Asserting it's more important to keep Democrats at bay than to become a Congressman, Succasunna resident Craig Heard said Monday he will not wage a primary election challenge this year against U.S. Rep. Leonard Lance (R-7th Dist.).
Heard, who unsuccessfully tried to beat Lance in the 2016 GOP primary, had been weighing another run against the 5-term ...
BOONTON, NJ – State Assemblyman Anthony Bucco (R-Morris), who also serves as Roxbury's township attorney, announced today that he will not run for Congress.
Bucco, who considered a campaign for the House of Representatives seat being vacated at year's end by Republican U.S. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, instead threw his support behind fellow GOP state Assemblyman Jay ...
MONTVILLE, NJ – In the wake of long-time Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen announcing his plans to not run for re-election, Assemblyman Jay Webber (R-26), who represents Montville Township, announced Feb. 3 his intention to run for the Republican nomination in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District.
“The 2018 elections present our great nation and Republican Party with an ...
By JCP&L
July 17, 2018MORRISTOWN, N.J. -Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) filed a four-year infrastructure plan today with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) aimed at enhancing the reliability and resiliency of its distribution system against severe weather and reducing the frequency and duration of power outages.
JCP&L Reliability Plus includes about $400 ...
FLORHAM PARK, NJ - Morris County Chamber of Commerce President Paul Boudreau will retire on Dec. 31 and the chamber board has retained a search firm and formed a search committee to find a replacement, said Jack Miller, chairman of the chamber's board of directors.
Boudreau has been president of the chamber since 2008. During the last ten years he led the effort to grow the ...
ROXBURY, NJ – A plan by Lake's End Marina in Landing to expand its business on property across the road from its current site can proceed, thanks to approvals to be granted by township officials.
The Roxbury Zoning Board voted recently to allow the marina to merge several lots on the west side of Mount Arlington Boulevard and use the property for the sale, display, repair and ...
By THE FRIENDS OF THE FRELINGHUYSEN ARBORETUM
July 11, 2018MORRISTOWN, NJ – On Saturday, July 14 and Sunday, July 15, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., explore what’s growing in your local community gardens at the Morris County Community Garden Open Gates Weekend.
The latest buzz surrounding food and health topics center on the growing number of community gardens across the country, as they foster civic engagement, offer support to local food ...
ROXBURY, NJ – Kellie Ann Keyes, who runs Roxbury's recycling program was honored recently by Morris County for her efforts, with the county dubbing her its “Rox-Star Recycler.”
Keyes was one of 10 people and businesses to receive a 2018 Environmental Excellence Award from the Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority (MUA). The MUA gave her the award in ...
ROXBURY, NJ - In honor of Earth Day last Sunday, two Roxbury Schools celebrated the day through sustainable programs.
The Eisenhower Middle School Builders Club with the assistance of club advisors, Elizabeth Tucker and Marie Pessolano celebrated the day by cleaning up Eyland Avenue. This club is the middle school version of Kiwanis, Key Club, K-Kids which meets every two weeks after school ...
By FRED J. AUN
July 18, 2018ROXBURY, NJ - You could try Craigslist to get rid of those old books that are cluttering your house. You can try e-Bay or set up a card table on your front yard.
But here's what might be a better idea: Donate them to the Roxbury Public Library and get a tax write-off.
The Friends of the Roxbury Township Public Library will be sponsoring a fall book sale from Sept. 6 ...
ROXBURY - What better way to welcome the first weekend of summer than with a spring cleanup of the garage, basement or attic?
Summer arrives Thursday, June 21 and the Sixth Annual Town-Wide Garage Sale, a fundraiser for The Roxbury Area Chamber of Commerce, will take place June 23 and June 24.
On those days, bargain hunters will roam the township with cash in hand hoping to find ...
MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - With the sun finally expected to show itself starting tomorrow and over the Memorial Day weekend, Morris County residents can reduce the number of all mosquitoes, including the aggressive Asian Tiger variety, in their own backyards by taking action now.
The ankle-attacking, aggressive Asian Tiger variety transmits viral disease and bites all day long, unlike many other ...
By FRED J. AUN
July 1, 2018ROXBURY, NJ - The people brainstorming about upgrades to the "Landing Gateway" area of Roxbury are beginning to unveil their ideas, some of which borrow from the past in order to make a better looking future.
A big example: The latest architectural plan for the new bridge that will span the NJ Transit railroad tracks and former Morris Canal.
Plans for the new Landing ...
ROXBURY, NJ - People passing the King House Museum at 209 Main Street in Ledgewood might be wondering why some windows of the historic residence are covered in plywood.
It's OK.
The windows have been temporarily removed as part of a major exterior restoration taking place at the building, thanks largely to grant funding and support from Roxbury Township.
Historic ...
ROXBURY, NJ - Plans to preserve a parcel in Ledgewood that might have been the very first section of the Morris Canal got a boost recently when a historic society gave money to the township.
The Canal Society of New Jersey donated $4,000 to Roxbury to help fund improvement to what is being called Riggs Canal Park. The land lies a bit east of 199 Main ...
By MORRIS COUNTY
July 8, 2018CHESTER, NJ - The annual Morris County 4-H Fair, a fun celebration of the work of 4-H youths from across Morris County, mixed in with hot air balloons, fireworks, and amusement rides and games, will kick off a four-day run on Thursday, July 19 to Sunday, July 22 at Chubb Park in Chester Township.
A wide variety of family-friendly activities are planned, including pony and hay rides, petting ...
ROXBURY, NJ - Joseph Soriano, a Succasunna resident and 2012 Roxbury High School graduate, was recently awarded a scholarship to perform with Imperial Brass, the New Jersey-based 28-piece brass ensemble founded in 1991 by Rutgers University alumni.
Soriano will be joining Imperial Brass as the first recipient of the Mark Freeh Memorial Scholarship. He will be performing a solo this ...
ROXBURY, NJ - The Investor's Bank Theater at Horseshoe Lake will be the site for a special performance Sunday by a professional jazz group that includes a Roxbury High School graduate.
The 4 p.m.performance of American jazz by the Joe Davidian Trio (JD3), will be a scholarship fundraiser for the Roxbury Arts Alliance. The $20-per-person show, with tickets available ...
By SUCCASUNNA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
June 9, 2018ROXBURY, NJ - Succasunna United Methodist Church presents Rolling River Rampage Vacation Bible School (VBS) and invites kids to experience the ride of a lifetime with God!
Join us as we take the kids on an action-packed adventure using relevant music, exciting science, creative crafts, fun recreation, and memorable Bible stories to help kids know that God is always with them as they ride ...
Health & Wellness
By FRED J. AUN
June 25, 2018ROXBURY, NJ – Roxbury resident John Robbins, manager of the nonprofit Morris Community Wellness Center, was recently named Morris County’s Terri Belske Consumer Advocate of the Year.
Robbins heads the Parsippany-based center that “promotes responsibility, recovery and wellness by offering supportive and respite housing, human rights advocacy and educational and innovative ...
ROXBURY, NJ - New Jersey Blood Services/New York Blood Center (NYBC) has declared a blood emergency. The organization is asking people across New York City, the Hudson Valley, Long Island and New Jersey to donate blood to help replenish the blood supply for hospitals throughout the area.
In order to maintain a safe blood supply, a seven-day inventory of all blood types must be continually ...
MORRIS COUNTY, NJ— The American Red Cross is counting on volunteer donors to give blood and help ensure patient needs can be met this summer.
Around Memorial Day, the Red Cross sees a steep decline in blood donations. Busy summer schedules, vacations and school breaks also cause a drop in donations. Accidents and medical emergencies don’t take a summer break – patients need ...
By THE FRIENDS OF THE FRELINGHUYSEN ARBORETUM
July 11, 2018MORRISTOWN, NJ – On Saturday, July 14 and Sunday, July 15, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., explore what’s growing in your local community gardens at the Morris County Community Garden Open Gates Weekend.
The latest buzz surrounding food and health topics center on the growing number of community gardens across the country, as they foster civic engagement, offer support to local food ...
FLORHAM PARK, NJ - Morris County Chamber of Commerce President Paul Boudreau will retire on Dec. 31 and the chamber board has retained a search firm and formed a search committee to find a replacement, said Jack Miller, chairman of the chamber's board of directors.
Boudreau has been president of the chamber since 2008. During the last ten years he led the effort to grow the ...
MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - With the sun finally expected to show itself starting tomorrow and over the Memorial Day weekend, Morris County residents can reduce the number of all mosquitoes, including the aggressive Asian Tiger variety, in their own backyards by taking action now.
The ankle-attacking, aggressive Asian Tiger variety transmits viral disease and bites all day long, unlike many other ...
By FRED J. AUN
ROXBURY, NJ – Twenty years ago this month, Bob Idakaar experienced an unprofessional real estate agent. That’s when he decided to be a good one.
Idakaar, a lifelong Succasunna resident and TAPinto Roxbury sponsor, bought his fifth home in July 1997. A big event, one that could have been joyous, ended up being stressful and unenjoyable.
“I had a bad experience,” he ...
By FRED J. AUN
ROXBURY, NJ – Roxbury was being buried in snow March 14 and most businesses were closed. Not Roxbury Diner.
Roxbury Diner isn’t like most businesses.For co-owner Jimmy Dontas, a snowstorm – even a blizzard – isn’t a reason to suspend operations. Instead, it’s a call to action.
To many in town, Roxbury Diner – a TAPinto Roxbury sponsor – is ...
By KATHRYN MORRIS
When we drive east on Route 10 through Roxbury, many of us might remember a Shell station at the Randolph border next to the golf range. It was in that station that Nancy and Peyton Knight began their long history of auto repair in the township.
That was 1983 and soon the Knights’ business grew and expanded. The humble gas station gradually morphed into a state-of-the-art ...
By FRED J. AUN
ROXBURY, NJ – It’s a pleasant Sunday morning, you’re playing volleyball in the back yard with the kids and – forgetting you’re not 17 anymore – you jump up to smack that ball.
Instead of feeling the satisfaction of an unanswered spike, you feel the stinging pain of a wounded ankle.
The only good thing about this scenario is that you live in Roxbury. That ...
By FRED J. AUN
ROXBURY, N.J. – Most local real estate agents can tell you what houses are for sale in Roxbury. Ted Miller can probably tell you what was there before the houses were built.
Miller, a TAPinto Roxbury sponsor, grew up in the township and has watched it change from bucolic to bustling. The son of a local Realtor, ...
By LINDSAY IRELAND
ROXBURY, N.J. - Running water and a warm house during winter months are some of the most important amenities we enjoy -- and often take for granted -- in our homes.
With John Klein Plumbing & Heating, a TAPinto Roxbury sponsor, residents of Roxbury (and beyond) have a father-and-sons company they count on for reliable plumbing and heating services to keep the ...
