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The Morris County Divisions of Road/Bridge is accepting applications for Public Works Repairer:

Under the direction of the Road/Bridge Divisions, successful candidate performs semi-skilled and skilled labor tasks along the 300 miles of roads owned and maintained by the County of Morris, and or the 1000 bridge and culvert structures throughout Morris County (39 Municipalities).

Routine tasks include basin repair and reconstruction, pothole patching, paving of small road sections, salting and road plowing, sidewalk repair and snow removal, painting, welding, line stripping, road sweeping, road blocking for equipment operation, salt loading, grass and brush cutting along the county’s right of ways, guiderail repairs, drainage improvements, stormwater management and traffic control.

Candidate will operate various equipment, such as sweepers, skid steer, jackhammer, saws, loaders, backhoes, paving box, hot box, welder, generators, forklift, and roadside mowers.  Proper work zone safety standards are taught and practiced.

Requirements:

  • One (1) year of experience in the construction, maintenance, and/or repair of streets, sewer, water, sanitation, or other public works facilities or similar heavy construction work.
  • Candidate must possess a Class D license at all times.
  • Applicants should be able to read and write English sufficiently enough to perform the duties of this position.

Salary:

$35,127 ($16.89 per hour for 40 hour work week) and is not negotiable.

Apply:

Fill out our online application form to apply.

In addition to the Morris County job application, all applicants must complete the Civil Service Application which is currently announced for Morris County. Fill out the Civil Service Application  by the closing date 11/5/2018 at 4PM.

Landscapes of New Jersey opening at Frelinghuysen Arboretum

'Landscapes of New Jersey One framed photograph for each county (21) in New Jersey to represent our open space and natural resources. Come check out the exhibit at the Frelinghuysen Arboretum on November 10th at 2PM. Cheese & Wine will be served!'

NOV 10

Landscapes of New Jersey opening at Frelinghuysen Arboretum

Public

Join us for the opening of my “Landscapes of New Jersey” photography exhibit.

The exhibit includes 1 framed piece for each county within New Jersey (21 in total). The purpose of the exhibit is to celebrate open space and the importance of our local natural resources. The centerpiece of the exhibit “Day’s End at Great Bay” is my personal favorite and is framed to over 3 feet.

If you don’t care for art you can just come for wine and cheese!

https://www.arboretumfriends.org/our-gallery-november-1

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Enter At Your Own Risk!
Check Out Spook-Tacular Halloween Festivities!

 

‘The Time to Mourn’

Ages 12 & Up.
Tour the Foster family home, The Willows, to explore the unique death and mourning traditions of the Victorian period. Customs, now considered strange, influenced loved ones for months and years after the deceased had passed.

Date: Wednesdays through Sundays, October 3 through 21, Wednesday October 24 through Friday, October 26, and Sunday, October 28
Time: 1 p.m. & 2 p.m.
Location: Fosterfields Living Historical Farm, 73 Kahdena Road, Morris Township.
Cost: $6 per adult, $5 per senior, $4 per child age 4-16, $2 per child age 2 & 3, FREE per child under age 2.
Contact: 973.326.7645.


Scaredy Plants

Ages 6 & Up.
Voodoo lily? Bat flower? Some plants are simply wicked! Celebrate Halloween with scary, smelly plants from around the world. Go on a creepy plant scavenger hunt, create a spooky craft, explore a display of flesh-eating plants, and play plant-themed games.

Date: Saturday, October 20
Time: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Location: Frelinghuysen Arboretum, 353 Hanover Ave, Morris Township.
Cost: $5 per child.
Contact: 973.326.7601.


Pumpkin Creations

*REGISTRATION CLOSED*

All Ages.
Have a blast decorating your own pumpkins just in time for Halloween using natural plant materials.

Date: Sunday, October 20
Time: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Location: Fosterfields Living Historical Farm, 73 Kahdena Road, Morris Township.
Cost: $6 per adult, $5 per senior, $4 per child age 4-16, $2 per child age 2 & 3, FREE per child under age 2.
Contact: 973.326.7645.


Teeny Tiny TRAIL TALES

Ages 2-5 with an adult.
Enjoy a less spooky version of the popular Halloween event, Trail Tales. Enjoy silly and nature-themed tales told by costumed storytellers along the decorated trails. Feel free to wear your own costume, too. Sign up in advance for a time slot.

Date: Saturday, October 27
Time: Time slots between 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.
Location: Great Swamp Outdoor Education Center, 247 Southern Blvd., Chatham Township.
Cost: $3 per person.
Contact: Preregistration is required. To register, 973.635.6629.
 


TRAIL TALES

Ages 6 & Up.
Hear silly, slightly spooky, and nature-themed tales told by costumed storytellers along the decorated nighttime trails. Sign up in advance
for a time slot as they fill up quickly.

Date: Saturday, October 27
Time: Time slots between 5:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
Location: Great Swamp Outdoor Education Center, 247 Southern Blvd., Chatham Township.
Cost: $6 per person.
Contact: Preregistration is required. To register, 973.635.6629.

 

 


A Miller’s Halloween

All Ages.
Come in costume! Enjoy spooky storytelling at 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Create corn husk dolls and creepy crafts, and play old-time games. Tour the Gristmill, and look for surprises around every corner.

Date: Saturday, October 27
Time: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Location: Cooper Gristmill, 66 Route 24, Chester.
Cost: FREE! Donations appreciated.
Contact: 908.879.5463.

 


MANY DREADFUL – Tales From Yesterday and Today

All Ages.
Enter the Vail House to hear both old and new tales in a particularly special setting. Enjoy horror stories from the Victorian period shared
by a costumed interpreter, along with modern day instances from museums all over the country.

Date: Saturday, October 27
Time: 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Location: Historic Speedwell, 333 Speedwell Ave., Morristown.
Cost: $7 per adult, $6 per senior, $5 per child age 4 – 16, FREE per child under age 4.
Contact: 973.285.6537.
 


Historic Halloween Happenings

All Ages.
Play special Halloween games, decorate cookies, and try on old-fashion costumes. At 3:30 p.m., take a guided walk to see how many pumpkins are hiding in the nearby woods. Afterwards, board the open-air wagon for a ride to the Visitors Center.

Date: Sunday, October 28
Time: 1 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Location: Fosterfields Living Historical Farm, 73 Kahdena Road, Morris Township.
Cost: $6 per adult, $5 per senior, $4 per child age 4-16, $2 per child age 2 & 3, FREE per child under age 2.
Contact: 973.326.7645.
 


Historic Haunting

All Ages.
A scary and fun afternoon awaits! Enjoy spooky ghost stories and Halloween fun and games. Come in costume for an old-fashioned costume contest. Prizes are awarded to all winners.

Date: Saturday, October 27 & Sunday, October 28
Time: 12 noon – 4 p.m.
Location: Historic Speedwell, 333 Speedwell Ave., Morristown.
Cost: $5 per adult, $4 per senior, $3 per child age 4 – 16, FREE per child under age 4.
Contact: 973.285.6550.

 

 


Sprouts: Scaredy Plants

Ages 2 – 4 with an adult.
Plants protect themselves in many interesting ways. Take a Halloween walk to see some plants in action, read a fall tale, and create a spooky craft.

Date: Wednesday, October 31
Time: 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. or 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.
Location: The Frelinghuysen Arboretum, 353 Hanover Ave, Morris Township.
Cost: $5 per child.
Contact: Preregistration is required. To register, 973.326.7601.

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#Denville #MorrisCty -NAMI Family Mental Health

National Alliance on Mental Illness – Sussex NJ
NAMI Morris and NAMI Sussex, in collaboration with Family Partners of Morris & Sussex Counties, are pleased to co-sponsor
NAMI Basics: A Free 6-session Course for Parents/Family/Caregivers of Children (2-18) with Emotional, Behavioral, or Mental Health Challenges.

This can include mental health conditions, ADHD, ODD and autism spectrum disorder. Learn about helping your child, coping with stress, working with schools and healthcare providers, and more. Classes are taught by trained volunteer parents who’ve been there and would like to share their knowledge and support other families.

Tuesdays, Oct. 2 – Nov. 6, 2018, 7:00-9:30 p.m.

St. Francis Residential Community & Conference Center
Garden Room
122 Diamond Spring Rd., Denville, NJ
(Use main entrance and inquire at reception desk)

Classes are FREE. Registration by phone is required. Participants should plan to attend all 6 sessions.

To register, call Jeri at 973-214-0632 or Lauren at 201-532-2267.
The course will include:
• Current information about Attention Deficit Disorder, Major Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Conduct Disorder,
Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Childhood Schizophrenia
• Empathic understanding of the subjective, lived experience of the child living with mental health challenges
• Effective problem solving, listening, and communication skills
• The stages of emotional reactions of the family to the trauma of mental health challenges
• Current research related to the biology of mental health challenges
• Evidence-based practices and effective treatment strategies, including how medications work and discussion of the controversy over using psychotropic medications with children
• Record keeping systems that have proven to be effective for use with the school and healthcare systems
• Crisis management planning
• Finding supports and services within the community “No one should have to face this journey alone!”
www.familypartnersms.org

#MorrisCty – Check Out At Your Own Risk!

Enter At Your Own Risk!
Check Out Our Spook-Tacular Halloween Festivities!

‘The Time to Mourn’

Ages 12 & Up.
Tour the Foster family home, The Willows, to explore the unique death and mourning traditions of the Victorian period. Customs, now considered strange, influenced loved ones for months and years after the deceased had passed.

Date: Wednesdays through Sundays, October 3 through 21, Wednesday October 24 through Friday, October 26, and Sunday, October 28
Time: 1 p.m. & 2 p.m.
Location: Fosterfields Living Historical Farm, 73 Kahdena Road, Morris Township.
Cost: $6 per adult, $5 per senior, $4 per child age 4-16, $2 per child age 2 & 3, FREE per child under age 2.
Contact: 973.326.7645.


Scaredy Plants

Ages 6 & Up.
Voodoo lily? Bat flower? Some plants are simply wicked! Celebrate Halloween with scary, smelly plants from around the world. Go on a creepy plant scavenger hunt, create a spooky craft, explore a display of flesh-eating plants, and play plant-themed games.

Date: Saturday, October 20
Time: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Location: Frelinghuysen Arboretum, 353 Hanover Ave, Morris Township.
Cost: $5 per child.
Contact: 973.326.7601.


Pumpkin Creations

*REGISTRATION CLOSED*

All Ages.
Have a blast decorating your own pumpkins just in time for Halloween using natural plant materials.

Date: Sunday, October 20
Time: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Location: Fosterfields Living Historical Farm, 73 Kahdena Road, Morris Township.
Cost: $6 per adult, $5 per senior, $4 per child age 4-16, $2 per child age 2 & 3, FREE per child under age 2.
Contact: 973.326.7645.


Teeny Tiny TRAIL TALES

Ages 2-5 with an adult.
Enjoy a less spooky version of the popular Halloween event, Trail Tales. Enjoy silly and nature-themed tales told by costumed storytellers along the decorated trails. Feel free to wear your own costume, too. Sign up in advance for a time slot.

Date: Saturday, October 27
Time: Time slots between 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.
Location: Great Swamp Outdoor Education Center, 247 Southern Blvd., Chatham Township.
Cost: $3 per person.
Contact: Preregistration is required. To register, 973.635.6629.


TRAIL TALES

Ages 6 & Up.
Hear silly, slightly spooky, and nature-themed tales told by costumed storytellers along the decorated nighttime trails. Sign up in advance
for a time slot as they fill up quickly.

Date: Saturday, October 27
Time: Time slots between 5:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
Location: Great Swamp Outdoor Education Center, 247 Southern Blvd., Chatham Township.
Cost: $6 per person.
Contact: Preregistration is required. To register, 973.635.6629.


A Miller’s Halloween

All Ages.
Come in costume! Enjoy spooky storytelling at 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Create corn husk dolls and creepy crafts, and play old-time games. Tour the Gristmill, and look for surprises around every corner.

Date: Saturday, October 27
Time: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Location: Cooper Gristmill, 66 Route 24, Chester.
Cost: FREE! Donations appreciated.
Contact: 908.879.5463.


MANY DREADFUL – Tales From Yesterday and Today

All Ages.
Enter the Vail House to hear both old and new tales in a particularly special setting. Enjoy horror stories from the Victorian period shared
by a costumed interpreter, along with modern day instances from museums all over the country.

Date: Saturday, October 27
Time: 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Location: Historic Speedwell, 333 Speedwell Ave., Morristown.
Cost: $7 per adult, $6 per senior, $5 per child age 4 – 16, FREE per child under age 4.
Contact: 973.285.6537.


Historic Halloween Happenings

All Ages.
Play special Halloween games, decorate cookies, and try on old-fashion costumes. At 3:30 p.m., take a guided walk to see how many pumpkins are hiding in the nearby woods. Afterwards, board the open-air wagon for a ride to the Visitors Center.

Date: Sunday, October 28
Time: 1 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Location: Fosterfields Living Historical Farm, 73 Kahdena Road, Morris Township.
Cost: $6 per adult, $5 per senior, $4 per child age 4-16, $2 per child age 2 & 3, FREE per child under age 2.
Contact: 973.326.7645.


Historic Haunting

All Ages.
A scary and fun afternoon awaits! Enjoy spooky ghost stories and Halloween fun and games. Come in costume for an old-fashioned costume contest. Prizes are awarded to all winners.

Date: Saturday, October 27 & Sunday, October 28
Time: 12 noon – 4 p.m.
Location: Historic Speedwell, 333 Speedwell Ave., Morristown.
Cost: $5 per adult, $4 per senior, $3 per child age 4 – 16, FREE per child under age 4.
Contact: 973.285.6550.


Sprouts: Scaredy Plants

Ages 2 – 4 with an adult.
Plants protect themselves in many interesting ways. Take a Halloween walk to see some plants in action, read a fall tale, and create a spooky craft.

Date: Wednesday, October 31
Time: 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. or 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.
Location: The Frelinghuysen Arboretum, 353 Hanover Ave, Morris Township.
Cost: $5 per child.
Contact: Preregistration is required. To register, 973.326.7601.

#MorrisCty – Everyone needs a Sugar Daddy!

 

SUGARDADDY will be:

NOV 24 – Sat 9 PMby SUGARDADDY
SAT, Nov 17 AT 8 PM

 

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