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Morris Township’s Daddy Daughter Sweetheart Dance for girls age 5-10 is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 11, at the Mount Kemble Fire House from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. It’s a great way for Dad to spend time with his favorite girl, his daughter. Reservations must be received by Feb. 9. Cost is $10 per child [...]

Volunteer youth sports coaches will continue to undergo free criminal background checks in 2011 thanks to a second year of grant funding. The $5,000 award was made possible by the Megan Nicole Kanka Foundation, based in Mercer County. The Kanka Foundation previously funded the borough in 2010, the first year that criminal background checks were [...]

Mendham Borough Library, 10 Hilltop Road, Mendham, will host a two-part genealogy lecture presented by Peggy Lake Oswald at 7 p.m. Feb. 17 and March 3 at the Fletcher Art Gallery. Lake Oswald has been researching genealogy for 15 years. She started with her own family tree and has expanded her research to include most [...]

Students from Parsippany were among those who participated in the finals of the Poetry Out Loud competition on Jan. 13 at the Morris County School of Technology in Denville.

Members of Rockaway Township-based Boy Scout Troop 113, sponsored by St. Clement Church, camped in the Boston area. While there, they hiked the Freedom Trail visiting each of the 16 historic sites along the five-mile route. Each Scout was assigned a site to research and act as historian-guide for the site. At the conclusion, the [...]

The Martin Luther King Day breakfast in Morristown is an annual event, attracting hundreds from throughout the county for a morning of tribute to civil-rights leader. More than 400 people attended this year’s breakfast, the 26th, at the Hyatt, singing “We Shall Overcome” at the end.

The Chester Lions Club will once again collect unwanted functional clothing, in good repair, preferably new or gently used, including jackets, coats, pants, shirts, etc. The donations can be dropped off at: — Offices of Joseph J. Gaudio, DDS, 530 Main St., Ste 2C, Chester — Skylands Community Bank, 510 Main St., Chester — GianAngelo’s [...]

Compiled by MadisonChatham This Week BIANCA WEBER AGE: 17 GRADE: 12 SCHOOL: Chatham High School What is your Girl Scout Gold Award project? Bianca Weber: I am instructing teachers in the Chatham school district in CPR. The goal of my project is to provide CPR and AED certification to the high school teachers in my [...]

Compiled by FlorhamParkHanover This Week ALYSSA SATRIANO AGE:  17 SCHOOL:  Hanover Park High School GRADE:  Senior What is your favorite subject? My favorite subject is math. I have always liked math since elementary school mainly because it is a subject that I do well in and it comes easy to me. What school activities do [...]

The Friends of the Florham Park Gazebo finalized the 2011 Summer Concert Series schedule but need additional funding of approximately $5,000 to hold the concert series. No donation is too small! Donations can be sent to Friends of the Florham Park Gazebo, Inc. P.O. Box 370, Florham Park, NJ 07932 or made electronically through http://www.florhamparkgazebo.com. [...]

Once again, the Leprechauns will be invading Chester. The Knights of Columbus Council 5410 and St. Lawrence the Martyr Church will host their annual St Patrick’s Dinner Dance 6 to 11:30 p.m. March 12 at the St. Lawrence Parish Hall. The night will include a traditional Irish dinner and refreshments, plus music by Peter McKiernan’s [...]

Planned Companies’ Green School Cleaning Initiative visited Newark on Jan. 26 to take part in a beautification project at Lafayette Street Annex School. Approximately 40 employees from Planned Companies’ Parsippany headquarters, along with President & CEO Robert Francis, will participate in the project within Newark’s oldest school, using environmentally sensitive cleaning products. Established in Newark [...]

Compiled by Parsippany This Week SHEFALI JAIN AGE:  15 GRADE:  10 SCHOOL:  The Academy for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at Morris Hills High School What is your favorite subject? Shefali Jain: History, because it is really interesting learning about the back stories that led to events that changed the world and seeing recurring patterns throughout [...]

The Long Valley Woman’s Club will present the 25th Annual Antiques in Long Valley show 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 26 at the Long Valley Middle School on Route 513 (51 W. Mill Road) in Long Valley. Admission is $6 and children under 12 are free (no strollers permitted). Food may be purchased during [...]

We’re back at George and Martha’s on Morris Street in Morristown, a hopping place for both food and drink. We like the name, not to mention the food. As did these folks.

The Morris United Soccer Club held its 3rd annual “Souper Soccer Saturday” food drive at Frelinghuysen Middle School in Morris Township to support the Interfaith Food Pantry. This year more than 1,600 pounds of food was collected for the pantry. Over three years the total is nearly 6,000 pounds (there are more than 900 children [...]

The Washington Township CEO is hosting its 3rd annual comedy night on March 5 at Schooley’s Mountain Fire House in Long Valley. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and the comedy starts at 7:30 p.m. Advance tickets are $25, or $30 at the door. Tickets include draft beer and soda, light appetizers, door prizes and, [...]

The Briarwood Elementary School preschool held their annual holiday party with all the children working hard through the winter holidays reading and listening to stories about The Gingerbread Man. The youngsters learned to identify the gingerbread man shape, listen to the Gingerbread Man story aloud and used felt pieces to help their teachers retell the [...]

Alain Nisen and Martin Matousek are the owners of Soho 33, a trendy spot on Main Street Madison that combines their affection of all things food. Here’s a spot where you’ll find French, Italian and Polish combined with a deep love of South American cuisine. Pecan-crusted salmon is a favorite on the lunch menu, and [...]