Week in Review: Events Cause Smiles

Many Madison residents had smiles on their faces thanks to a couple of unique events this week.

On Monday, we told you about one of them that we had also highlighted over the weekend: the Jets sendoff to the AFC Championship game in Indianapolis. Although the Jets had their magical run end, you can see in our photos that people truly enjoyed sending Gang Green off. We also told you about what seeds the girls and boys basketball teams received for the upcoming Morris County Tournaments, with the undefeated boys receiving the No. 3 seed. We also showed you Cindy Loh's newest restaurant review from around the borough, this one on Poor Herbie's.

On Tuesday, we were able to give you a glimpse of the second event, as a group from Madison Public Schools were able to make a Special Olympics bowling event a great one. We also told you about how Fire Chief Doug Atchison was stepping down from the post and department, and will be replaced by long-time colleague and friend Lou DeRosa. You were also able to see how the borough council voted to contract a survey and design work for improvements to Lincoln Place.

On Wednesday, we told you how a man lying down in the street was arrested for narcotics possession. We also told you about how the boys basketball team dominated Mountain Lakes to remain undefeated in what became a physical contest in the fourth quarter. Finally, we told you about the group which owns 122 Main St. going before the Planning Board to continue its site plan hearing.

On Thursday, we told you how the Planning Board adopted the Open Space and Recreation Plan update as part of the master plan. This will allow the borough to remain eligible for Green Acres funding. We gave you a quick weather update on snow that developed quicker than expected, but then melted quickly away after causing some problems in Morris County. You learned that R.J. Graddy broke his own triple jump record for the high school indoor track team. We also told you about the wrestling team falling for the first time in over ten matches in a close one with powerful Pequannock.

On Friday, we told you about the 2010 schedule at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey at Drew University. We also showed you how the boys basketball team remained undefeated, this time beating Parsippany. We also gave you the run down on the girls basketball team's game against the same school.