Vandals Broke Sign At Historic Park In Mendham: Police

MENDHAM, NJ — An act of vandalism at Mendham Township’s newest park is under investigation, its police chief said.

A sign was damaged the weekend of Feb. 13 at the Historic Park at Pitney Farms, Mendham Township Police Chief Ross Johnson told Patch in an email statement.

“One sign was damaged, resulting in a crack and part of it breaking off,” Johnson said.

Johnson said the sign appeared to have been “kicked or hit a number of times.”

He said that anyone with any information should contact the police department’s detective bureau at 973-543-2584.

Township, county and state officials celebrated the grand opening of the seven-acre park in September, an historical property where 11 generations of one family lived, its original residents having had ties to the American Revolution and General George Washington. The property formerly had a home on it, destroyed by a fire in 2016, which had been built in 1722. The township, which originally acquired 12 acres, had planned to preserve the home.

Mendham Township hosted fundraisers in August and November to dedicate trees and markers in the park, to build a reserve fund for park maintenance.

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