Denville News

A pair of Morris County natives are making appearances in the Hollywood magazines this week - each announcing her engagement to her own singing celebrity.

To the Editor: Wow, what a homecoming. On June 27, more than 400 family and friends attended a welcome home picnic for five National Guard soldiers from Denville and our son, Senior Airman Dan Zaleski.

Danielle Deleasa wasn't exactly a celebrity. Until now! The girl-next-door just got engaged to Kevin Jonas , 21, the oldest member of the music-making trio, the Jonas Brothers .

LEDGER STAFF The Star-Ledger A 115-year run for the Greystone Park Fire Department has ended.

Katie Collazo, an honor roll student at the Morris County School of Technology in Denville and member of the West Essex YMCA, was recently presented with their Russell Colgate Youth of the Year Award at the Metropolitan YMCA of Oranges 32nd Annual Fellowship Dinner.

Joe Bella never envisioned that the catastrophic illness fund named in honor of his late son would still be helping seriously ill children in the Morris County area 20 years later.

As Denville Mayor Ted Hussa introduced New Jersey National Guard Sgt. Ronald Joseph, a single voice called out from somewhere in the crowd.

Morris County approved $2 million worth of historical preservation grants for 30 projects Wednesday.

Denville Police Officer Richard Byrne was honored Wednesday by the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police for his role in a traffic stop that occurred one year ago today and ended with Byrne fatally shooting 21-year-old motorist Ruben Martinez.

A Kinnelon woman who fell asleep behind the wheel Monday and crashed into a dilapidated barn escaped with minor injuries, authorities said.

A 10-year-old Sussex County boy died of swine flu Wednesday at Morristown Memorial Hospital, making him the third person to die in New Jersey this year of the H1N1 influenza strain, the state Department of Health and Senior Services said Thursday.

DENVILLE -- The Openaki Road Bridge in Denville will be closed until officials inspect a possible structural problem with the Lake Openaki Dam, Denville police said Saturday.

Resembling an oversized bird cage, a 170-foot-long enclosed bridge will open to pedestrian traffic next month.

Anyone with vertigo won't enjoy this view from the top of the Ferris Wheel at Denville Rotary's Street Festival on Sunday, June 7. Photo courtesy of Beverly Cooper The Lakeland Hills Family YMCA brought its "Zumba" class to the Denville Rotary Street Fair on June 7 and everyone had a ball.

A neighbor who helped rescue a wheelchair-bound resident of this house, John Rovnanik, 28, stands next to the steps where he had to help lower the wheelchair-bound man to safety.

To the Editor: It looks like a few people "in charge" made a mess of things in Denville.

Let the games begin! Two Denville Republican incumbents lost last week in the GOP town council primary election.

New Jersey's proposed $28.6 billion budget relies so heavily on temporary fixes that passage of the bill will lead to ``the worst budget crisis in state history,'' the Senate Republican budget officer said Friday.

School board member Alfred Gellene and a group of township residents have filed suit against Morris County claiming the 60 percent supermajority required to approve second questions in school elections violates the equal protection clauses of both the state and federal constitutions.

Township school board member Al Gellene, several parents and local school students have filed a lawsuit challenging a state law that requires 60 percent voter approval of budget items that exceed a state-mandate spending cap.