Mine Hill News

MINE HILL - Ever since he was little, Sam Morris has been fascinated by Christmas lights.

More than 600 people marched in Trenton calling on state lawmakers to pass a same-sex marriage bill in New Jersey.

WHARTON - A 33-year-old Franklin man is facing a variety of charges after he fled from police in his 2006 Audi, leading them on a chase over Routes 46 and 80 before abandoning the car and fleeing into woods that happened to be right behind Roxbury police headquarters.

With South Brunswick driving in the final minute, North Brunswick stripped the ball from the quarterback to ensure a 6-2 victory.

Officers responded to a Camden Rd. home in the Lake Parsippany section on Nov. 12, at 3:18 p.m., to investigate a report of a home burglary.

Morris municipalities received almost $1 million of a record $14.5 million in grants awarded statewide by the Department of Environmental Protection to boost local recycling efforts.

WHAT: New Jersey Bar & Grill West WHERE: 172 Lackawanna Drive, Stanhope. The restaurant sits directly on Lake Lackawanna.

How Can a Car Build A Home? Sounds impossible, but it is not! It is quite easy. Mine Hill N.J. - Marjorie Roller, a resident of Boonton Township for the past 16 years became involved with Habitat International from her daughter Catlin who is now treasurer of the University of Maryland Habitat Chapter.

Health official Matthew Zachok screens more than 200 people for their H1N1 vaccination at the Roxbury Health Department.

DOVER - Two more transportation companies have been charged with operating illegally in Dover, police said.

To the Editor: As outlined in your story of Oct. 17, we are very lucky to be alive after an accident in which we were involved on Hurd Street in Mine Hill.

Alcatel-Lucent in Murray Hill is part of a consortium of companies working on a connected car of the future.

All 26 Republican incumbents in 16 Morris County towns coasted to victories Tuesday, and in 8 towns Republican challengers ousted 10 Democratic incumbents.

MOUNT OLIVE - Wharton has joined forces with Mount Olive to provide health services to its residents under a three-year $150,000 shared services agreement.

Our great thanks for the Courier News' eight-part special report on the New Jersey tax crush.

The Roxbury Public Library Youth Services Department, in conjunction with the Roxbury Woman's Club and the New Jersey State Federation of Women's Clubs of GFWC, is sponsoring the My Favorite Book Contest.

STANHOPE -- Mary Runne of Stanhope and Gary Runne of Lake Hiawatha announce the engagement of their daughter Tracey Lynn Runne of Stanhope to Marvin H. Autrey III of Landing.

BOONTON - The Rockaway Valley Garden Club has awarded a $500 scholarship and a $500 internship to two area students.

MORRIS PLAINS - Longtime borough councilman Stephen Welsh has pulled out of November's election, saying that federal authorities have determined that he can't run for office because of his position as Mine Hill's business administrator.

When Vito Gagliardi was helping Mine Hill Township fold its police services into the Wharton Borough Police Department in 2002, he said the township had to sidestep a state law in order to find actual cost savings.