News for the next week...
3/14- Recycling Center open from 9 AM to Noon
3/14- Morris County St. Patrick's Day Parade - Morristown - canceled
3/17- St. Patrick's Day
3/19- Curbside recycling
3/19- Rockaway Valley Quilters 10 AM - canceled
3/16- 3/27 - Rockaway Valley School and Mt. Lakes High School closed
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Coronavirus update from the Township Committee:
The Township officials have been continually monitoring developments with the Coronavirus (COVID-19). We are working closely with our partners at the Morris County Health Department and Office of Emergency Management. All updates will be posted on the Township website: http://boontontownship.com and through our social media pages. You can sign up for "Alert Boonton Township" to receive important updates and notifications by visiting: http://www.btpolice.org/emergency-notifications.html. For more information about school closures and related school information please visit http://rvsnj.org and http://mlschools.org
For health related information visit the Morris County Health Management website at: https://health.morriscountynj.gov/
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The Boonton Township Police Department is pleased to announce the introduction of our new emergency notification system.
Please sign up for "Alert Boonton Township" to receive important updates and notifications about our community
Registrants can sign up by visiting: http://www.btpolice.org/emergency-notifications.html
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BOONTON TOWNSHIP
SEMI-ANNUAL
PAPER SHREDDING EVENT
SAVE THE DATES!!
Gather all those old files and paperwork in need of shredding and "come on down"!
Saturday—April 11th
Saturday—September 26th
Location: Recycling Depot– 155 Powerville Rd
Time: 9:00 am-12:00 noon
You can either watch as your docs are shredded for security reasons, or leave them to be done. No limit!
Boonton Township residents only
Thanks to our sponsor & his team
Tony Frederico
Broker/Sales Associate
Coldwell Banker
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MORRIS COUNTY NEEDS POLL WORKERS
For more information about serving as an Election Day Poll Worker
call the Morris County Board of Elections Office at 973-285-8350
or apply online at www.elections.morriscountynj.gov/pollworkers
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RABIES CLINICS
upcoming rabies clinics in our area
check out the Morris County Health website at:
https://health.morriscountynj.gov/public/rabies/
Rabies clinic will be at the Boonton Township Municipal Building on Saturday, November 14, 2020 from Noon to 2 PM
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RECREATION NEWS
Sponsors needed for 2020 recreation programs
Event sponsors needed for our annual Easter Egg Hunt; Summer Camp field trips and inflatables; Halloween Trunk or Treat, Senior Citizens program and our annual Township Picnic
For more information please call or email Township Administrator Doug Cabana
973-402-4012 or dcabana@boontontownship.com
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Summer Recreation Camps 2020
Summer Recreation Camp
Once again the summer recreation camp is being offered for children entering kindergarten thru 5th grade. It will run from June 29th –August 7th. Each week is centered around a theme.
Special events include Fire Truck Wet Downs, Inflatables, Computers, Tennis, Bike Rodeos and Field Trips.
You will have the opportunity to participate on a weekly basis for $100 per week.
Camp runs Monday - Friday, from 9 am-12 pm at Rockaway Valley School.
New campers are welcome at any time.
Preschool Summer Camp
The Preschool Camp is offered to 3 and 4 year olds. It will be held at RVS the same weeks and hours as our recreation camp.
Spots are limited! If interested please register soon. $100 per week.
All Sports Camp
Offered to Students entering 4th-8th 9:00 am-12:00 pm at RVS. Cost is $100 per week. Choice from 6 weeks- June 29th – August 7th.
Different sports will be played each day with an hour of agility training by a certified instructor.
Summer Theater Camp
This creative theater camp gives children in grade 1st-5th the opportunity to sing, dance, act, create scenery and design costume accessories for original plays.
A new performance will be performed each week on Fridays. Three weeks will be offered: Weeks of July 6th- 10th, July 20th-24th, and July 27th-31st. Cost is $115 for each week.
This camp will be held at Rockaway Valley School from 9 am-12 pm.
Specialty Camps
Each week is $100. Camps held at RVS from 9:00 am-12:00 pm
Lego Camp - June 29th July 2nd
Creative Crafts - July 6th - 10th
Engineer and Design - July 27th - 31st
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New Jersey Devils Discounted Tickets
Boonton Township Recreation now has discounted Devils tickets!!
As a member of the Devil’s family we hope you are excited for the 2019-2020 season and are looking forward to seeing you at the Prudential Center!
Below is a link to exclusive offers for specially priced tickets to upcoming Devils games!
https://fevo.me/HERLANDS
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Mountain Creek Season Pass
Exclusively priced lift tickets and passes for Mountain Creek Ski Resort
Link: https://mountaincreek.mysnowcloud.com/Group/Access/58A22
Pin#: 935 Password: When prompted for password new members create your own or existing members can use the password they created last year (or reset password, if they don’t remember it).
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Men's Basketball
Head over to RVS on Tuesdays at 7:30 PM for men's basketball. These are informal pick-up games - all are welcome!
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Yoga at RVS
Yoga classes will be held on Tuesday evenings from 7:00-8:00 and Thursdays from 6:00-7:00 at RVS. Cost is $15 per person/per session- the program runs for six weeks.
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Rockaway Valley Garden Club
The Rockaway Valley Garden Club generally meets the 2nd Tuesday of the month. Meetings begin at 10:00 AM and are held at the Boonton Township Municipal Building, 155 Powerville Rd.
Guests are always welcome and we encourage you to join us to see what we are about.
Check us out at rockawayvalleygardenclub.org or on our Facebook page.
Questions can be sent to info@rockawayvalleygardenclub.org
For information on membership, contact Karen at (973) 588-7599
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Book Club
The Book Club meets the second Tuesday of the month at 7 PM in the Municipal Building.
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2019 INCOME TAX PREPARATION
AARP TAX-AIDE PROGRAM
The AARP Tax-Aide program offers free income tax preparation in conjunction with the IRS and the AARP Foundation. The program is open to everyone regardless of age but is primarily geared to senior citizens. There may be some limitations depending on the complexity of the return.
There are locations throughout Morris County: local offices include Boonton Senior Center (Tuesdays), Parsippany Community Center (Tuesdays and Thursdays), Kinnelon Fire House (Thursdays) and Denville Municipal Building (Wednesday).
Taxpayers need to bring a social security card, picture ID, last year’s tax return, all documents dealing with wages (W-2), income from various sources (1099 INT, 1099 DIV and 1099 Misc), records of all expenses (medical costs, donations. Real Estate tax, higher education costs, etc).
The hours are 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM from February 4 thru April 14. Individuals must call and leave a message stating their name and telephone number, preferred date, email address and a time when they can be contacted to firm up the appointment. Calls will be returned in a timely manner when we are able. Once an appointment is made please arrive a few minutes early to complete necessary paperwork. If for some reason you cannot make your appointment you should call the above number to reschedule. This will allow us time to contact other taxpayers in need of our services.
Site contacts for those mentioned above:
For contact information to make an appointment and a list of all sites in Morris County go to www.freetaxesmorrisnj.org. Offices will be open February 3 thru April 15.
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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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