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New Jersey Hills Media Group $695 OurOur TownTown Informational Directory 2018-20192020-2021 Boonton Boonton Twp. Denville • Montville Mountain Lakes Dover • Rockaway Rockaway Twp. The Citizen PAGE 2 Our Town denvillecitizen.com HAVEN Eagle Scout Sean Tucker and Troop 17 of Boonton worked to create a shady haven to read at the Boonton Holmes Library. From left are: Tucker and his father, John; Michael Baresh, Matthew Baresh, Nathan Gupta and Patrick Anderson. Several others helped with the project, but are not pictured. They include: Elizabeth Tucker, Devin Gaglione, Ian Tucker and Jack Tucker. INSIDE Boonton ................................... 6-7 Boonton Township ................... 8-9 Community Groups ............... 29-32 Our Town Dover ................................... 10-11 Denville Township ................. 12-13 is published annually as a supplement to its newspapers Education .............................. 26-28 by New Jersey Hills Media Group, Golf Courses .............................. 33 Suite 104, 100 S. Jefferson Road, Whippany, N.J. 07981 Healthcare ............................ 39-40 Montville Township ............. 14-15 PUBLISHERS Morris County ............................. 5 Elizabeth K. Parker and Stephen W. Parker Mountain Lakes ................... 16-17 New Jersey Hills Media Group ..... 4 OUR TOWN COORDINATOR Places of Worship ................. 34-38 Jacob Yaniak, [email protected] Public Libraries ......................... 22 Public Safety ............................. 23 Executive Editor Elizabeth K. Parker Vice President of Sales and Marketing Public Schools ....................... 24-25 Business Manager Stephen W. Parker Jerry O’Donnell Recreation & Parks .................... 22 General Offices Manager Diane Howard Advertising Designer Assistant Executive Editor Philip Nardone Toni Codd Rockaway Borough .............. 18-19 Rockaway Township ............. 20-21 New Jersey Hills Media Group denvillecitizen.com Our Town PAGE 3 ABOUT THIS GUIDE Latest figures show the Essex-Hunterdon-Morris-Som- the longtime resident. In it you will find brief histories of our erset area served by The New Jersey Hills Media Group communities, listings of service clubs and organizations, with more than 220,000 residential households, including health care facilities, schools, places of worship, libraries single- and multiple-family dwellings. and the key people to contact for any of those organizations. The area is a diversified one inhabited by high-level cor- You will also find listings of the key players in munic- porate executives, middle management, and trade and ser- ipal government. Not sure of the name of the president vice employees in all fields. Schools are ranked with some of the local Board of Education? You can find it in this of the best in the state and cultural offerings are plentiful. book. Want to contact the chairman of the Planning Residents can enjoy music, art, theater and other en- Board? You can find it here. deavors as spectators or participants. Recreation opportu- The map at the top of this page shows the entire area nities abound with many playing fields, bikeways and oth- covered by the New Jersey Hills Media group, the name er sites for the active. Scenic parks beautify the area for the of each newspaper and the area it covers. passive. Community service clubs and other organizations You can browse through Our Town, download the pdf are plentiful, forming the lifeblood of our communities. file, and print out pages. Our Town is a guide for both the newcomer to the area and Refer to it often. New Jersey Hills Media Group PAGE 4 Our Town denvillecitizen.com NEW JERSEY HILLS MEDIA GROUP Our Staff Business Manager: Stephen W. Parker [email protected] Executive Editor: Elizabeth K. Parker [email protected] STEPHEN ELIZABETH W. PARKER K. PARKER Asst. Executive Editor: Philip J. Nardone Publisher Publisher [email protected] (908) 766-3900 ext. 220 New Jersey Hills Media Group is a family-owned print and online V.P. of Sales and Marketing: media company that publishes 15 Jerry O’Donnell weekly newspapers and web sites [email protected] covering 57 municipalities in Som- (908) 766-3900 ext. 230 erset, Morris, Hunterdon and Essex Classified Advertising: counties. The newspapers and the Thea Giardina municipalities each covers are: [email protected] The Citizen Entertainment (908) 766-3900 ext. 243 Essex County Denville Twp., Dover, Rockaway To place an ad call (800) 624-3684 Borough, Rockaway Twp., Boonton, Out & About Circulation: The Progress Boonton Twp., Montville and Moun- The company’s entertainment section Cassie Fillebrown Caldwell, Essex Fells, Fairfield, North tain Lakes. appears online and as a separate [email protected] Caldwell, Roseland and West Caldwell. section that is included monthly in (908) 766-3900, ext. 242 Echoes~Sentinel the company’s newspapers. Special Long Hill Twp. (in Morris County), sections on a variety of topics also Hunterdon County Warren Twp. and Watchung (in Som- are included. Our Staff (CZD) erset County). Hunterdon Review Advertising Representative: Califon, Clinton, Clinton Twp., High Florham Park Eagle Classified Bridge, Lebanon Borough, Lebanon Twp., Florham Park. Loretta Kieffer Readington Twp., and Tewksbury Twp. A separate classified word for [email protected] Hanover Eagle (908) 766-3900 ext. 217 Today in Hunterdon East Hanover Twp., Hanover Twp. word section including automotive, Clinton, Clinton Twp., Flemington, real estate, help wanted, for sale, Real Estate Advertising: Madison Eagle Franklin Twp., Lebanon Borough, Rar- work wanted and many more list- Marc Liloia Madison. itan Twp., Readington Twp. ings are carried in all New Jersey [email protected] Morris NewsBee Hills Media Group newspapers and (908) 766-3900 ext. 256 Morris Plains, Morris Twp., Morris- web sites. Somerset County Citizen Editor: town. Mike Condon The Bernardsville News Observer~Tribune Office Address [email protected] Bedminster Twp., Bernards (908) 766-3900 Chester Borough, Chester Twp., Hard- New Jersey Hills Media Group Twp., Bernardsville, Far Hills and ing Twp., Mendham Borough, Mend- Out & About Editor: Peapack-Gladstone. Suite 104, 100 S Jefferson Road, ham Twp. and Washington Twp. Whippany 07981 P.C. Robinson Echoes-Sentinel Mount Olive Chronicle [email protected] Warren Twp. and Watchung (in Web site: Mount Olive Twp., which includes newjerseyhills.com Somerset County), Long Hill Twp. (in Budd Lake and Flanders. Morris County). Phone: Randolph Reporter (908) 766-3900 Randolph Twp. and Mine Hill Twp. Morris County Fax: Roxbury Register (908) 766-6365 Chatham Courier Mount Arlington Borough and Rox- Chatham Borough, Chatham Twp. bury Twp. New Jersey Hills Media Group denvillecitizen.com Our Town PAGE 5 Morris County: A Rich History Centrally located in the Highlands region 2020 Morris County The park system attracts about 3.5 mil- in northern New Jersey, Morris County lion visitors annually, encompass more blends natural landscapes, a history span- Board of Freeholders than 18,800 acres, 150 trail miles and 38 rec- ning the Colonial era though the technolo- reational, historical, horticultural and en- logical breakthroughs of the 20th and 21st Deborah Smith vironmental facilities. These include the Centuries, with charming communities Director, Denville Patriots Path hiking trail network, which and impressive corporate campuses. includes accomodation for the seeing im- Situated about 30 miles from New York Stephen Shaw paired; active and passive recreation fields, City, Forbes Magazine described Morris Deputy director, Mountain Lakes four award-winning golf courses, picnic County as “… a suburb of the New York sites, gardens, camping, cross-country ski- area which reaps the benefits of the big ing, and lakes. Some notable locations in the city’s financial industry.” Forbes also rated Tayfun Selen, Chatham Twp. county park system include, Fosterfields Morris as one of the top 10 wealthiest coun- Kathy DeFillippo, Roxbury Twp. Living History Farm, the Frelinguysen and ties in the country. Between 2015 and 2019, Thomas Mastrangelo, Montville Willowood Arboretums, Mennen Sports Money Magazine has selected several com- Doug Cabana, Boonton Twp. Arena, Central Park of Morris County, His- munities in Morris County as being among John Krickus, Washington Twp. toric Speedwell Village, and Lee’s County ‘The Best Places to Live.’ Park Marina on Lake Hopatcong. U.S. News and World Report in 2019 named Morris County as one of the top 30 Education counties in the nation. And Morris County tune 500 companies, several with their cor- Education in Morris County commands was ranked as the healthiest county in N.J. porate headquarters located within the a leading role, with outstanding public and in 2019 by the Robert Wood Johnson Foun- county’s border. private elementary, secondary and high- dation. Morris County is rich in history and er educational facilities. The Morris Coun- Morris County was incorporated on home to more than 150 historic sites listed ty School of Technology in Denville offers March 15, 1738/1739, from portions of Hunt- on New Jersey’s Register of Historic Plac- high school students and adult learner’s erdon County. The inconsistency in the year es, with most also being included on the Na- vocational education and training. The relates to the Old Style (OS) and New Style tional Register of Historic Places. Four of School of Technology offers both shared