Godfather Expanding, High School Referendum Top Local News

The Hanover Park Regional High School District Board of Education will hold a special meeting next week to discuss possible revisions to plans to upgrade the sports facilities at the district's two high schools, a project estimated to cost approximately $20 million, based on concerns raised at a public hearing Wednesday night.

The board is aiming to advance a referendum on the project in time for a March 12 vote.

Elm St. Park Could Go to Bid in November

Florham Park Council President Mark Taylor said the borough could go to bid with the proposed Elm Street Park as early as November.

The Godfather Coming to Highlands at Morristown Station

After several years of silence, the retail floor of Highlands at Morristown Station is finally ready to be occupied.

The Godfather of East Hanover, a brick oven pizza and seafood restaurant located on Route 10, is expanding from that location founded in 1975 and moving into an area of Morristown that has quickly become a hotbed of new business.

A Cranford man threatened to have a Mt. Pleasant Avenue resident killed and struck him in the face with a brick during a dispute last week, East Hanover Police said.

Florham Park resident Sarah Flatt saw roadrunners, scorpions and the biggest spider she's ever seen while she was living in Arizona for several months.

But when she moved back to Morris County, where she grew up, there was another surprising animal encounter in store.