Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Short Hills Association hosts public meeting with Millburn Police Chief on Thursday at the Library.
The rash of vehicle burglaries and car thefts, as well as two recent carjackings and some home break-ins, have prompted many residents to call for a Town Hall meeting on crime and safety. While it's not a Town Hall meeting per se, the Short Hills Association is hosting a meeting with Millburn Police Chief Greg Weber to allow him to address crime and safety concerns. The public meeting will take place Thursday night at 7 p.m. at the Millburn Library.
Committee will also spend up to $43,000 to study ways to improve the sanitary sewer system.
The Millburn Township Committee on Tuesday decided to spend up to $43,000 for an in-depth study of its sanitary sewer system to find out just how much it will cost to make improvements to prevent it from overflowing into residents' homes and into the streets during big storms. Part of the South Mountain neighborhood, in particular, was hit hard during Hurricane Irene – not by the storm itself but by sewerage that filled their basements and first floors of their homes long before the Rahway River breeched its banks and flood walls. The study will look at Millburn’s pipes and the pipes leading into area’s system, run by the Joint Committee, which serves seven communities. One of the issues for Millburn is that the flow from all of those …
New Jersey fans welcomed the Giants back home following their Super Bowl win with a large celebration at MetLife Stadium.
Two days after winning Super Bowl XLVI, the Giants came back to their home turf to celebrate with their fans. Thousands of fans packed MetLife Stadium to welcome their returning heroes in blue. Naughty by Nature opened the rally by performing some of their biggest hits, as well as singing with YouTube sensation Josh Hyman. Hyman had recently been seen on YouTube making his own rendition of Naughty by Nature’s "You down with OPP," titled "You Down with NYG." Speakers at the rally included Giants owners John Mara and Steven Tisch. Both owners specifically thanked New Jersey fans. Head Coach Tom Coughlin recanted President Barack Obama's quote earlier in the day where the president heaped praise on the team and quarterback Eli Manning in …
The Mayors Council on Rahway River Flood Control will join local engineers and environmentalists for a meeting at the Community Center next week.
The mayors of towns along the Rahway River will meet in Cranford next week to discuss ways in which their municipalities can revise ordinances and improve their stormwater management plans. The stormwater management conferencewill take place Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the Cranford Community Center, 220 Walnut Ave. Members of the Mayors Council on Rahway River Flood Control as well as municipal engineers, environmentalists, planning board and zoning board members will gather to develop some consensus on changes to current practices, according to former Cranford Mayor Daniel Aschenbach, who still has some involvement with the committee. He was instrumental in forming the organization in the months following Hurricane Irene. "It is important for…
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Thousands pack MetLife Stadium for Super celebration
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New York celebrates Super Bowl XLVI victory in style.
Check out the gallery above to see photos from Tuesday's Ticker Tape parade in New York City, celebrating the Giants' victory in Super Bowl XLVI. Hundreds of thousands of fans flocked to the Canyon of Heroes in downtown Manhattan to ring in New York's latest championship. Paper flew from buildings, fans tossed toilet paper rolls back and forth over Broadway Avenue, and the Giants rolled by with smiles as they ended at City Hall to accept keys to the city from Mayor Michael Bloomberg. RELATED: PHOTOS: To relive action from Super Bowl weekend, check out this Patch gallery
Audience members at a symposium talked about both the financial burden of the law as well as issues around enforcement.
The "Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights" created a financial burden on school districts as well as an implementation and enforcement burden that was often poorly executed by school staff — according to attendees at a symposium in Newark today. Assemblyman John F. McKeon fielded those comments and other questions and said he was open to criticisms and feedback regarding the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights after he gave the keynote speech at the day-long anti-bullying symposium at Seton Hall University School of Law this morning. The symposium came just a week after little-known Council of Local Mandates struck down four provisions of the anti-bullying law as an unfunded mandate. McKeon (D-27th District) sponsored both the Anti-Bullying Bill of …
Families learn ways of making practicing math fun.
Wyoming School PTO has brought back Family Math Nights for fourth graders and their families, helping them learn skills and games that complement the Everyday Math curriculum. At Family Math Nights, parents and students have played math games togehter, stregthening math skills and helping to make math practice fun. Families are also provided with take-home activities to help make practice more fun at home fun as well, encouraging families to hone those math skills outside of school. Fourth Grade family math night was revived with the help of the school's PTO, as well as third grade teachers Lea Monaco and Cristina D’Alessio.
Arrest information is provided by Millburn Police Department and does not indicate a conviction.
The Millburn Police Department responded on Monday night to The Mall at Short Hills on a report of a stolen car. When they got there at 8:05 p.m., a Livingston resident told them his 4-door black Audi was stolen from parking area D-2 between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. This vehicle was later recovered in Newark. Police also three vehicle burglary cases and several shoplifting cases in the last week, as reported in this week’s blotter:
Hair will benefit children with medical hair loss
Hair today, gone tomorrow! West Orange Patch editor Karen Yi cut 10 inches off her long hair over the weekend for Locks of Love, a nonprofit organization that creates hairpieces for children with long-term medical hair loss from donations. Yi, whose hair nearly reached her lower back, traded her flowing locks for a chic asymmetrical shoulder-length bob. Josephine Castrovinci, who co-owner of Salon Jofi in West Orange, did the honors. Watch the video above for more information.
david adelman
8:58 pm on Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Great coverage, Ms. Griffin! Thanks for staying with this important story. more ›