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ROXBURY, NJ – The Roxbury Road Department expects to embark on its 2022 paving projects next week, with its initial focus on some rough roads in Succasunna, said Roxbury Department of Public Works Director Rick Blood today.

Speaking at a sparsely attended “Succasunna neighborhood meeting” of the Roxbury Township Council, which took place in the Roxbury Senior ...

ROXBURY, NJ – The developers of a large housing project in Landing have yet to fully comply with all the erosion control measures they were ordered to implement after heavy rains last month washed away dirt that ended up in nearby Lake Rogerene, according to a report.

The report was issued Wednesday by the Morris County Soil Conservation District (MCSCD), the agency that hit the project ...

ROXBURY, NJ – Public criticism this week of a plan to outlaw short-term rentals of houses and apartments in Roxbury did not appear to dissuade the Roxbury Township Council from moving forward.

Although the proposed ordinance is still being drafted, Roxbury Mayor Jim Rilee said the township is determined to take action.

The opposition was voiced by several people at the April 26 ...

ROXBURY, NJ – Construction of the Villages at Roxbury housing development in Landing will be shut down May 3 - and heavy fines will be imposed - if the developers do not address violations of the state's Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Act.

The warning was included in a violation notice served on the developers today by the Morris County Soil Conservation District ...

ROXBURY, NJ – Insisting the township supports the efforts of the Roxbury Arts Alliance (RAA), Mayor Jim Rilee last week defended the township’s rejection of the organization's request for $2,000 to help pay for summer concerts.

The request, made late last year by RAA President Jean Potters, was brought up by RAA Board Member Richard Goldberg at the April 12 meeting of the ...

ROXBURY, NJ – The short-term rental of houses and apartments in Roxbury through services such as Airbnb is on the verge of being outlawed by the township.

Roxbury officials are in the process of amending the township’s zoning ordinance to regulate the practice, with Roxbury Mayor Jim Rilee noting short-term rentals of places on Lake Hopatcong have become particularly ...

ROXBURY, NJ – In what one area resident called an “environmental Armageddon,” dirt from a massive construction project in Landing was washed away by recent storms and ended up in Lake Rogerene, leaving the water brown and lake lovers livid.

The runoff came from the 161-home housing development called The Villages at Roxbury now being built off Shippenport Road in ...