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

Photo by Amy Paterson/New Jersey Herald A copy of Grey's Anatomy, philosophy by Aquinas and Aristotle and a book on Buddhism lie across Matthew Tully's dining room table in Wharton as he talks about the sequel to his recently published novel "The Chimera Seed." The book was a finalist for the USA Book News' 2009 National Best Books Award.

DOVER - A painting known as "The Peaceful Charm of Woods and Water" by Kate Sutton that hung in the Dover Public Library for 75 years has been restored and some of its history uncovered.

The Morris County Freeholders presented Morris County Distinguished Military Service Medals this Veterans Day week to 11 veterans in recognition of their service.

JEFFERSON--A Wharton man was injured after crashing his car into a vehicle and a bridge while traveling north on Route 15 on Tuesday night, police said.

The three Republican incumbents claimed victory Tuesday for three seats on the Morris County Board of Freeholders.

After graduating with a degree in philosophy, Matthew Tully never really imagined himself as a writer, an award finalist at that.

Morris County has launched a study of freight traffic in anticipation of a three-fold increase in the number of trucks using area roads that is anticipated once a wider Panama Canal is opened to traffic in 2015.

WHARTON - The exit from Route 80 East to North Main Street, which motorists take to Route 15 North, was closed for ramp reconstruction Friday and will not reopen until 5:30 a.m. Monday.

To say there has not been much of a campaign for Morris County freeholder would be an understatement.

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.

Whether you're a family of four looking for kid-friendly scares or an adrenaline junkie in search of blood-curdling screams, you needn't look further than your own Morris County backyard this month.

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP - In a sparky debate tonight that drew 40 people to Long Valley Middle School, four township committee candidates clashed on taxes, the local emergency dispatch system, economic development and open government.

The Morris County Park Commission will apply for a $25,000 state grant to build or repair three trails.

New Jersey residents are heading out to their local convenience stores and purchasing Mega Millions tickets in anticipation of Friday's drawing, as the jackpot will be worth an estimated $200 million the next time the multistate lottery game is played.

The PresbyAires, a group of singing seniors who perform at nursing homes and assisted-living centers throughout Morris County, have a motto: 'Here in this place, a new light is shining.' "It means that, hopefully, we're bringing a ray of sunshine to these people," said Mount Tabor resident Joe Scala, 65, one of the group's 30-plus singers, who ...

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

To the Editor: I read the article in the Daily Record suggesting a 20-point tax plan to ease the tax crunch.

Police saw several discarded 'blunt' cigar wrappers on the floor of the vehicle and a small bag, then found a bag of marijuana along with other paraphernalia.

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.