Rockaway News

The Morris County freeholders are supporting legislation that would allow them to merge the county superintendent of elections office and the board of elections.

ROCKAWAY -- The owners of Salon Moulin Rouge decorated their store over the years with items representing the famous Paris cabaret, after which they named their business.

A.J. Santiago was 3-for-3 with three runs scored and four RBI as Rockaway National blitzed Mendham, 19-9, in a District 1 Little League pool play game.

More than 90 percent of the 30,000 bats living in the Hibernia Mine are dead as concerns mount regarding the mysterious illness decimating their numbers throughout the Northeast.

MORRISTOWN -- Although the members of the Dover Professional Services Group are concerned with 'landing,' their preferred term for securing employment, something else ranks equally high on their agendas.

A pair of Morris County natives are making appearances in the Hollywood magazines this week - each announcing her engagement to her own singing celebrity.

"It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them.

It was an earthquake. People called police in South Jersey and Delaware this morning reporting a loud booming noise and rumble that shook their homes and everything inside.

The opening of a new mega-church in Rockaway Township Sunday was every bit the jubilant mix of song, dance and praise the pastor had prayed for, and the uneventful, carefully orchestrated event that town officials and residents had hoped would happen.

Morris County approved $2 million worth of historical preservation grants for 30 projects Wednesday.

To the Editor; My parents have lived on East Cooper Street in Rockaway Township for more than 55 years.

Main Streets in Morris County are innovating behind the scenes to retain the businesses they have and recruit new ones as the recession plays out in reduced store sales and rising office vacancy rates.

A former volunteer fire company treasurer has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $70,000 from the organization over a six-year period.

A former treasurer of a volunteer fire department in Rockaway Township pleaded guilty today to stealing $69,870 from the squad over a seven-year period.

Don't miss a unique opportunity to own an affordable, historic home situated in the desirable Boonton Township community.

About one-third of the graduating class of eighth-graders at Rockaway Valley School was out sick on Wednesday with various ailments, but school officials say swine flu is not the culprit.

LINCOLN PARK - The Jerry and Dolores Turco Rehab Center, a new, 65,000-square-foot short-term rehabilitation center, is staging a preview event from 4 to 7 p.m. on July 23.

ROCKAWAY TWP. -- Christ Church will begin holding Sunday services at 140 Green Pond Road starting on June 28, according to an announcement on the megachurch's website.

ROCKAWAY TWP. -- The 22nd Annual Gooch's Garlic Run of 2,500 motorcyclists riding from the Rockaway Townsquare Mall to the Little Italy section of Manhattan is scheduled for Wednesday.

Northwest Environmental LLC of Rockaway, N.J., achieved success with Mayrich Construction Corp., Soil Safe Inc.