Township Times

Weekly edition

News for the next week...

3/14 - Township Committee Meeting - 7 PM - Introduction of 2022 Municipal Budget

3/16 - Board of Education - 7:30 PM

3/17 - Curbside Recycling

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Each week we will include a fun fact or historic tidbit about our great hometown

89 years ago the State Aviation Commission

issued a license to officially operate the

Rockaway Valley Airdrome field

If you have any old photos or newspaper articles about Boonton Township that you would like to share please let us know

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Rockaway Valley Garden Club

The Rockaway Valley Garden Club generally meets the 2nd Tuesday of each Month.

Meetings begin at 10: 00 am and are held at the Boonton Township Municipal Building, 155 Powerville Rd.

Guest are always welcome, and we encourage you to come join us to see what we are all about.

Check us out at our website: www.RockawayValleyGardenClub.org or on our Facebook page.

Any questions can be sent to our email address: info@rockawayvalleygardenclub.org

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Registration is OPEN for the 19th Annual Township Classic Golf Outing sponsored by the Boonton Township Education Foundation.

What better way to spend the day than supporting Boonton Township Education Foundation's efforts to fund grants and programs to benefit Boonton Township students, schools & teachers at both Rockaway Valley School and Mountain Lakes High School.

Your ticket includes full breakfast, shotgun start at 9AM, open bar cart on the course for 4 hours, and BBQ lunch.

Register here: https://one.bidpal.net/btefgolfouting/welcome

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News from our Health Officer

Public Health Nurse Office Hours

Our Public Health Nurse office hours have resumed on Friday mornings from 9AM to 10AM. If you would like to confer with our nurse, Cindie Bella, RN, BSN, REHS, MAS,

she can be contacted at

973-631-5491 or cbella@co.morris.nj.us

The Public Health Nurse serves as a vital resource to our community for health-related referrals such as COVID tests and vaccines or weigh loss management. Blood pressure screenings are done during office hours - no appointment is necessary. Stop by during office hours for more information.

Weekly Coronavirus Update

The cumulative number of cases in Boonton Township as of the start of community transmission in Morris County of COVID-19 in early March 2020 now stands at 895 since March 11, 2022.

For health related information visit the Morris County Public Health website at: https://health.morriscountynj.gov/coronavirus/#cases for up-to-date data and information.

Go to https://www.morriscountynj.gov/Residents/Health/Coronavirus to find vaccination and testing sites in Morris County.

If you have any questions, call the County COVID Hotline at 973-829-8250.

COVID Testing Center open at CCM is closing on Friday, March 11th

The COVID-19 testing inside the Student Center at the County College of Morris (CCM) will be closed permanently as of close of business today.

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Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey located in Whippany

is holding a donation drive for Ukraine

to contribute or for more information please go to:

https://uaccnj.org/event/humanitarian-aid-drive-for-victims-of-the-russian-war-in-ukraine/

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Book Club

Monthly meetings on the second Tuesday of every month at 7pm in Town Hall.

Our next meeting will be held April 12 at 7pm in Town Hall.

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In search of old Boonton Township photographs

for display in the Municipal Building

we can certainly arrange to reprint your photograph if you cannot donate it to the Township

recent donations of Township art for display in the Municipal Building

courtesy of Dick Seabury, Sue Salsberg and the Nelson Family

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A Message From the Boonton Township Police Department

STAY CONNECTED WITH…

BOONTON TOWNSHIP’S EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM

TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO REGISTER

This notification system allows residents to receive e-mail, text message, and/or other alerts regarding emergency notifications and other important messages regarding our community. With this program, you can choose to receive alerts by whatever method of communication you prefer.

Visit www.btpolice.org and click on the “emergency notifications” tab on the right side of the page. Follow the instructions to be redirected to the "Alert Boonton Township" registration page. Once redirected, ensure you are on the page for Boonton Township New Jersey and follow the step by step instructions on the web page to create an account and receive emergency alerts for Boonton Township.

"Alert Boonton Township" also automatically signs you up for Smart911 which provides you and your family with a potentially life-saving resource. Smart911 is a free emergency 911 component which helps our emergency dispatchers better assist you during an emergency. This service also allows residents to create a safety profile which can include any information they would like to share with first responders during an emergency.

FOLLOW THE BOONTON TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT ON FACEBOOK!

Type in @BOONTONTWPPD IN YOUR FACEBOOK SEARCH BAR OR IN MESSENGER TO FIND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PAGE

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