Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
To say that the utility companies have done an inadequate job of restoring service to the residents of Morris County would be a great understatement. Are we angry? You bet we are! But as your friends and neighbors, it is much more than that. Rather, we are sad, dismayed and frightened for our residents and those in other communities that have been impacted by the storm; especially those that have been displaced and forced to do without heat while combatting freezing temperatures and not being provided with any reliable answers to when their lives will be restored. We are also frustrated about the lack of expedient and competent response by utility companies to our needs during this tragic storm event. Not being able to restore power within…
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Purchases of severely damaged homes will create new open space in Lake Hiawatha.
The Parsippany Township Council unanimously approved the plan to buy homes that were substantially damaged in the 2011 tropical storm that came in Hurricane Irene's wake. The vote came during the body's Tuesday night meeting at Town Hall. The move executes a grant agreement between Parsippany and the N.J. Office of Emergency Management to make use of disaster relief funds under the Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. Under the agreement, the town will use about $5 million in FEMA funds and additional money from the Morris County Flood Mitigation Program to cover the cost of purchasing the uninhabitable homes. The county program will release $1.676 million in county grant funds to provide a 25 percent match …
Friday, June 1, 2012
Ten months post-Irene, owners of 26 flood-damaged Parsippany homes finally may be able to move on from the disaster.
The Morris County Freeholders gave the go-ahead to releasing matching funds to a county effort to buy severely flood-damaged properties in four municipalities including Parsippany. If the measure wins final approval, 26 township properties can become permanently preserved open space. The purchases would be made under the new Morris County Flood Mitigation Program, and would cover a total of 67 properties in Parsippany, Denville, Pequannock and Lincoln Park. With the freeholders' preliminary approval, it authorized spending $5 million in county grant funds to provide a 25 percent match for the $14.5 million in Hurricane Irene hazard mitigation funds received from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, according to Jennifer McCulloch, the …
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Montville political newcomer is sworn in Saturday after winning the party convention's support.
Political newcomer William “Hank” Lyon was sworn in as a Republican Morris County freeholder Saturday after winning a court-ordered special convention. Lyon will serve in this seat until the end of the year. An election will be held in November to fill remainder of the 3-year term. Also up for grabs in that general election ballot are three freeholder seats now held by incumbents Gene Feyl, Bill Chegwidden and John Murphy. Former freeholder Jack Schrier welcomed Lyon. "We wish him the very best, especially as the Freeholder Board is now in a state of major reorganization, with even more to come in June," Schrier said. Saturday’s convention was ordered by a state appeals court in February when it removed incumbent Margaret Nordstrom from …
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Democratic nominee for the Morris County Board of Freeholders speaks against a tax increase the body is considering.
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Morris County’s Board of Freeholders is currently considering a tax increase in the second half of 2011 or steep budget cuts for 2012. Board finance subcommittee chairperson Margaret Nordstrom’s panel has suggested a solution that has to infuriate every hardworking resident of Morris County: increase taxes by 1.92 percent and cut services to find a needed $3 million for operating costs. What makes this approach especially reprehensible and unwise is that the Morris County budget has a $19.2 million surplus. Why would anyone suggest increasing taxes with a $19.2 million surplus? It’s time for Morris County residents to say, “Enough is enough.” The tax rate has increased every year for the past decade in the county. The increase from 2000…
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