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3 days ago | 
newjerseyhills.com | Ingrid Kretschmann
HANOVER TWP. – The township’s recreation department recognized its young basketball and wrestling athletes at the winter Youth Sports Leadership Awards ceremony on Tuesday, April 15, at the Community Center on North Jefferson Road.
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1 week ago | 
newjerseyhills.com | Ingrid Kretschmann
HANOVER TWP. - Mountain Avenue residents are fighting plans to build a group home for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities at the end of their road, on a wooded lot with walking access to Mountainview Road School.
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2 weeks ago | 
newjerseyhills.com | Ingrid Kretschmann
HANOVER TWP. - Chris Herren, an extraordinary high school basketball player from Falls River, Mass., hosted a presentation at Whippany Park High School on Wednesday, April 2, on substance abuse. Herren explained how he lost his successful career in the NBA to the disease of addiction. Now, his mission is to bring education and awareness to substance use disorder, with a focus on prevention. kAmw6CC6? D2:5 96 92D 366?
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3 weeks ago | 
newjerseyhills.com | Ingrid Kretschmann
HANOVER TWP. - The Township Committee is vehemently opposed to a bill currently being discussed in the state Senate that would authorize office parks and retail centers to be converted into mixed-use residential developments.
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3 weeks ago | 
newjerseyhills.com | Ingrid Kretschmann
HANOVER TWP. - Local rules and regulations regarding hotels and temporary housing accommodations are in the process of being tightened. The Township Committee introduced an ordinance at its meeting on Thursday, March 27, to update its existing ordinance with stricter guidelines. According to township officials, the legislation had not been touched in several decades. kAm%96 9:89=:89ED @7 E96 ?6H @C5:?2?46 2C6 E9C66\7@=5] xE :?4=F56D FA52E6D E@ E96 =:46?D:?8 AC@46DD[ E96 567:?:E:@?
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1 month ago | 
newjerseyhills.com | Ingrid Kretschmann
HANOVER TWP. – About 40 area residents sat and listened to Pam O’Donnell of Bayonne give her presentation on the dangers of distracted driving in the main meeting room at the municipal complex on Wednesday, March 19. She focused on how she converted her pain and sadness into a tool that has empowered her to bring awareness and education to the prevention of distracted driving, though the audience may not have been prepared, however, for the tragedy she shared.
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1 month ago | 
newjerseyhills.com | Ingrid Kretschmann
MORRIS PLAINS - "Crossing at 10," a mixed-use development offering multiple retail and office spaces surrounding Stop & Shop on Route 10 East approved by the Planning Board in March 2024, required the approval of five additional variances.
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1 month ago | 
newjerseyhills.com | Ingrid Kretschmann
MORRIS PLAINS - A group of about 20 residents attended the Morris Plains Planning Board meeting on Monday, March 17 to show their continued dissatisfaction with the borough’s approval of a resolution to allow a McDonald’s restaurant to be built at 415 and 435 Speedwell Avenue, the site of the former Friendly’s restaurant. On March 6, a lawsuit was filed in Morris County Superior Court by some of those residents that hope to overturn the Planning Board’s Dec. 18, 2024, approval of the project.
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1 month ago | 
newjerseyhills.com | Ingrid Kretschmann
HANOVER TWP. - The average homeowner in the township, with an assessed home value of $429,500, would pay about $63 more on their municipal tax bill this year under the budget introduced by the Township Committee on Thursday, March 13. The total budget is $32,893,928.86, which is a 2.75 increase from last year's $31,960,666.16 budget. kAm%96 >F?:4:A2= E2I C2E6 :D ]d_h 46?ED A6C S`__ @7 2DD6DD65 9@>6 G2=F6[ @C Sd_h A6C S`__[___ @7 2DD6DD65 G2=F6[ 2?
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1 month ago | 
newjerseyhills.com | Ingrid Kretschmann
HANOVER TWP. - The Township Committee held a lengthy discussion on the topic of affordable housing at its Thursday, March 13 meeting. Township Attorney Fred Semrau reported that there will be a hearing at the end of March for all municipalities to resolve any differences between what each feels is their feasible obligation and the laws that the state Legislature imposed on the towns for the fourth round, which begins in June 2025. kAm~?46 E92E >66E:?8 92D E2<6?
