Sunday, June 16, 2013
NY Jets open practice and new leadership program for students also make headlines.
A subcommittee was scheduled to meet this week to begin the final stages of identifying the company that will purchase and redevelop the five-acre Green Village Road School property. The Chief Executive Council for Madison, which brings business, government, nonprofit and education leaders together to network and collaborate, recently held its second meeting and launched a leadership program to benefit Madison students. The Madison Police Department is continuing its involvement in the national crime prevention program National Night Out and wants to hear from residents who are interested in hosting block parties the evening of the event, Detective Kenneth Shannon said. Practice makes perfect, and if you take a look at the Jets’ …
Sunday, June 9, 2013
A look at the week's top stories in Madison.
The wife of a volunteer Madison firefighter has been charged with embezzling more than $11,000 from the fire department's members over several years, police said Tuesday. Unofficial primary election results Tuesday night showed Councilman Robert Catalanello and Board of Education Vice President Pat Rowe winning the Republican nominations to two Borough Council seats, coming out ahead of three other candidates in the GOP primary. They'll be on the ballot in November with Democratic nominees Jeff Gertler and Maureen Byrne, who ran unopposed for their party's nomination. Four Madison residents have filed to run for two seats on the Board of Education up for vote in November. The owners of a Park Avenue salon, a Waverly Place bar and …
Sunday, June 2, 2013
A look at the week's top stories in Madison.
It was a beautiful morning that welcomed the ceremonies and parade in Madison Monday as the community honored those who served their country and lost their lives. The Borough Council adopted an amendment to its underage drinking law after a public hearing in which Tim Andres, the budget and appropriations chair for Drew University's Student Government, brought up a "minor concern with wording" in the law. An application to construct a helipad at 1 Jets Drive in Florham Park won't be heard by the Florham Park Planning Board until June. Billions of cicadas are emerging after 17 years underground, and a reader clued us in on a hotbed of cicada activity in one section of Madison. Madison High School students who have been learning about …
Sunday, May 26, 2013
A look at the week's top stories in Madison.
While some divisions are leaving, 475 employees will be staying in the borough. A Madison seventh-grader is growing pizza ingredients that she plans to donate to a local soup kitchen and food pantry as part of her Girl Scout Silver Award project. People can now dispose of their unwanted or expired prescription drugs at Madison police headquarters anytime. Hundreds braved Wednesday evening's heat to run the Pfizer 5K Run With Pride on the Giralda Farms office campus in Madison. For around 20 years, the annual race has benefited Project Community Pride, a non-profit agency that offers families from Madison, Florham Park and Chatham clinical mental health services. A gallery from graduation at the IZOD Center. Below dozens of street signs in …
Saturday, May 18, 2013
A look at the week's top stories in Madison.
An application to build a helipad at the New York Jets training facility in Florham Park has hundreds of neighbors in Madison petitioning to stop the project. The Madison Board of Education opted not to reappoint the school district's director of curriculum and instruction in a 5-3 vote at its Tuesday meeting. Drew University’s 145th annual Commencement was held Saturday, marking the graduation of its Class of 2013. In light of concerns that Madison's new law banning underage drinking on private property could give students pause when considering calling for medical help, the Borough Council has proposed a Good Samaritan clause meant to address the issue. An annual race between bicyclists, train riders and electric car drivers is set to …
Sunday, May 12, 2013
A look at the week's top stories in Madison.
The weather was perfect when the bullhorn sounded to start the 10th Annual Madison 5K Run/Walk. If you've dealt with someone at a Madison business who went above and beyond to provide exceptional customer service, the Madison Chamber of Commerce wants to hear from you. Hundreds of bicyclists pedaled through Madison in memory of law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty. The Madison Junior School Dodgers Boys Lacrosse Team is 5-3 so far this season and proved its mettle in a Peck School rematch. May Day in Madison saw hundreds of volunteers weeding, spreading mulch and picking up litter, along with the opening of the Madison Sidewalk Gallery, last weekend. A line started forming outside Dewey's Comic City more than an hour …
Sunday, May 5, 2013
A look at the week's top stories in Madison.
Two Madison firefighters and a Madison police officer credited with saving a Madison resident from a burning home in November were honored last week at a dinner recognizing heroic actions by first responders in Morris County. A flash mob that formed on a Madison Area YMCA soccer field afternoon brought a burst of energy to the YMCA's Healthy Kids Day event taking place at the time. A new Madison Senior Center van that gives seniors in the borough free lifts to medical appointments, supermarkets and social activities has been purchased with the help of a $35,000 Investors Foundation grant and matching funds from the borough, the foundation has announced. Rose City officers used their Twitter account, @MadisonPoliceNJ, to provide real-time …
Sunday, April 28, 2013
A look at the week's top stories in Madison.
A new law that prohibits underage drinking on private property in Madison with some exceptions won't take effect until after Drew University's May 17 commencement because of concerns the law could give students pause when considering calling for medical help if needed. Madison High School ranks No. 27 among the "Best High Schools" in New Jersey—up two spots from last year—on a list published by U.S. News and World Report this week. Madison's governing body voted 4-1 on Monday to amend the borough's open space tax rate, lowering the rate to partially offset an automatic "stealth" tax hike. A longtime Fairleigh Dickinson University administrator has been named the school's seventh president, the FDU Board of Trustees announced Tuesday. …
Friday, April 26, 2013
Basilone Bowl and Ridge High's top schools' ranking also make headlines.
Writing on a bathroom wall at Woodmont Elementary School in Montville prompted a bomb scare and an evacuation of the school Wednesday morning while police and a bomb squad checked the building to be sure it was safe, police and school officials said. No bomb was found. Police have released a slideshow of an individual they are trying to identify who was on Finley Lane in Wayne at the time a home on that street was burglarized April 20. Zach Rice of Long Valley, who suffers from avascular necrosis of the hip, has joined forces with Goryeb Children's Hospital to raise funds for gaming systems for patients. The 'Action for Distraction' 5k will be held Saturday at Loantaka Brook Reservation in Morristown. Ridge High School is this year ranked …
Sunday, April 21, 2013
A look at the week's top stories in Madison.
A math teaching method based on the curriculum widely used in Singapore is coming to Madison elementary schools starting next year. A gallery of photos from Monday's fundraiser for the Madison Rotary Club, Madison Chamber of Commerce, and Downtown Development Commission. The Boston Marathon bombing this week, like 9/11, was an evil act that shatters the idea of national security, former Secretary of State and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said during an appearance at Drew University in Madison Thursday night. Madison resident Marcia Postallian has dreamed of running the Boston Marathon and qualified for the race this year, but did not go Monday because of an injury. Fairleigh Dickinson University's College at Florham was …
