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New Jersey Hills Media Group $695 OurOur TownTown Informational Directory 2018-2019 Boonton Boonton Twp. Denville • Montville Mountain Lakes Dover • Rockaway Rockaway Twp. The Citizen ON THE LINE FOR YOU. Over the years, it’s been our privilege to deliver the energy that has helped make this area a great place for business ... and for living, too. Our Private Care program offers carefully VNA provides comprehensive home care, We’re reducing inpatient stays for screened, specially trained and closely from skilled nursing and rehabilitation clients of all ages and making it supervised aides and homemakers to volunteers who assist homebound possible for the elderly to age in place part-time, full-time or on a live-in basis. seniors with grocery shopping. in the comfort of their own homes. A legacy of caring The Visiting Nurse Association of Northern NJ (VNA) Comprehensive has been pioneering and leading the way in home care in this region since 1898. 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For a tour and complimentary lunch, please call (973) 627-5000 SaintFrancisRes.com A Ministry of the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother Since 1895 122 Diamond Spring Road Denville, NJ 07834 Equal Housing Opportunity Ask about our private room rentals, meals included denvillecitizen.com Our Town PAGE 5 THE PLUNGE A total of 36 people took the annual plunge into the frigid Cook’s Pond in Denville to raise money for a new playground at Gardner Field. This year’s plunge was held on Feb. 24. More than $8,000 was raised to rebuild the play- ground. Photo by Megan Roche • INDEX OF ADVERTISERS • Academy of St. Elizabeth ..................... 55 Highlands State Bank ........................ 56 Restore .......................................4 Atlantic Neurosurgical. 25 Holiday Inn .................................. 14 Restore ..................................... 14 Aura Lighting ............................... 17 Jaeger Lumber .............................. 11 Seaton Hackney Stables ...................... 41 Basking Ridge Country Club .................. 13 JCP&L .........................................2 St. Francis Senior Living .........................4 Bernardsville Chamber of Commerce .......... 15 Jiffy Lube ................................... 18 Studio 7 Fine Art Gallery ...................... 16 California Closets ............................ 29 Juniper Village ............................... 28 Superior Custom Kitchens .................... 14 Closet Experts .................................4 Keiling Tree Care ............................. 42 The Albrook School .......................... 44 Dance Innovations ........................... 54 Landscape Aesthetics. 31 The Craig School ............................. 44 Delbarton School ............................ 45 Liberty Corner Presbyterian Church ............ 12 The Thrift Barn .............................. 10 Dickens Jewelers ............................. 12 Matheny .................................... 45 The Willow School ........................... 43 European Deli ............................... 42 Meeker Sharkey & Hurley .................... 40 True Leaf Kitchens ........................... 17 Far Hills Country Day School .................. 53 NJ Audubon Society ......................... 54 VNA of Northern NJ ...........................3 Giorgios Pappas Furrier ....................... 17 One of a Kind Consignment .................. 16 Wavelength Audio Video .................... 32 Harmony Brookside .......................... 26 Randolph YMCA ............................ 45 Wavelength Automotive ..................... 39 Hibernate Bedding .......................... 30 Red Mill Museum ........................... 27 • WHAT’S INSIDE • Our Town Boonton .................................... 8-9 Boonton Township .................... 6-7 is published annually as a supplement to its newspapers Community Groups .............. 24, 33 by New Jersey Hills Media Group, Denville Township ................. 20-21 Suite 104, 100 S. Jefferson Road, Whippany, N.J. 07981 Dover .................................... 22-23 Golf Courses ............................... 52 PUBLISHERS Montville Township .............. 34-35 Stephen W. Parker and Elizabeth K. Parker Morris County ............................ 38 Mountain Lakes .................... 36-37 OUR TOWN COORDINATOR Rockaway Borough ............... 48-49 Jacob Yaniak, [email protected] Rockaway Township .............. 50-51 Public Libraries .......................... 10 Business Manager Stephen W. Parker Vice President of Sales and Marketing Public Safety ......................... 41-42 Executive Editor Elizabeth K. Parker Jerry O’Donnell Recreation & Parks ..................... 10 General Offices Manager Diane Howard Advertising Designers Schools .................................. 46-47 Assistant Executive Editor Philip Nardone Toni Codd and Sally Harris New Jersey Hills Media Group PAGE 6 Our Town denvillecitizen.com BOONTON TOWNSHIP The rolling hills and fields of eight- >> MUNICIPAL BUILDING (open 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. weekdays) square-mile Boonton Township are the pride of its conservation-minded residents. 155 Powerville Road This pastoral community is preserved by a Telephone: (973) 402-4002; fax: (973) 402-4013; Web site: www.boontontownship.com concerted local effort to protect the natural character and rural charm of its farmland MUNICIPAL OFFICES and other open space. The township has continued to support Title Name Telephone Fax the renovation of the historic Oscar Kin- Administrator Barbara Shepard (973) 402-4012 (973) 402-4013 caid House and preserved farmland prop- Animal Licensing Carolyn Donadio (973) 402-4004 (973) 402-0787 erty. Clerk Barbara Shepard (973) 402-4012 (973) 402-4013 The township’s recorded history be- Construction Official Pat Calabrese (973) 402-4005 (973) 402-4013 gan around 1710 when Quaker William Court Administrator Joan Egan (973) 402-4006 (973) 402-4013 Penn chose to locate in the northern val- Engineer R. Henry Huelsebusch (973) 989-1120 (973) 989-3930 ley, which contained 1,430 prime field and Finance Norman Eckstein (973) 402-4003 (973) 402-4013 woodland acres. James Bollen’s bordering plantation Health Department Carlos Perez (973) 402-4008 (973) 402-4013 stretched south and was described as “sit- Public Works Barbara Shepard (973) 402-4012 (973) 402-4013 uated on a fork of the Rockaway with an In- Recreation Kristin Groeneveld (973) 402-4001 (973) 402-4013 dian plantation on it.” Tax Assessor Mark Burek (973) 402-4004 (973) 402-4013 In 1765, David Ogden purchased the Tax Collector Norman Eckstein (973) 402-4003 (973) 402-4013 Great Boonton Tract of about 3,600 acres. Welfare Director Morris County (973) 285-6863 When Boonton Township was created in Zoning Official Barbara Shepard (973) 402-4005 (973) 402-4013 1867, most of Penn’s land, part of the Bol- len and Great Boonton tracts fell within its Rev. David R. Russell. A third company, Johanson Manufactur- boundaries. McCaffrey Lane, the oldest recorded ing Corp., a family-owned electronics and The first settler of record was Frederick thoroughfare in the area, was built in 1767 fiber optics company founded in 1945 and DeMouth of French Huguenot lineage. By by Samuel Ogden, son of David Ogden. In international in scope, settled in the town- 1758, his Rockaway Valley plantation com- 1822, N. Main Street was created along the ship and remains there today. prised 672 acres, and it was on this land that proposed route of the Morris Canal. One of four campuses of St. Clare’s Hos- the large Stickle, Bott and Kincaid farms In 1824, the Morris Canal and Banking pital is located in the township and offers would prosper. Co. was chartered with John Scott, commis- specialized adult medical day care as well Well-educated and prosperous families sioner of Powerville. as behavior health services. St. Clare’s re- settled the early community and supported By 1928, radio broadcasting’s popular- cently began a campaign that will include an excellent school system.