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'Deck The House' In Hackettstown For The Holidays
Hackettstown’s Recreation and BID are looking for the best decorated homes this holiday season. Find out here how to enter and to vote.

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Hackettstown’s Recreation and BID are looking for the best decorated homes this holiday season. Find out here how to enter and to vote.

After a modified celebration in 2021, the Holiday Happenings weekend is planning a comeback, with events the weekend of Dec. 4 and 5.
The New Jersey State Police, who found the plane, say two people have died. The FAA sent out an alert at 3 p.m. that the plane was missing.
Mayor Thaddeus Kobylarz said the measure aimed to attract companies that may like to rehabilitate existing buildings in that area.
Sophia Kissling’s photo “Feasting Mantis” took first place in the NJ Highlands Coalition 2021 juried exhibit.
The yearly Brookside Community Club Holiday Boutique is back, with lots of gifts to buy locally.
Morris County Commissioners plan to decide on four open space project grants before the year ends, one for 17.74 acres in Chatham Township.
The Old Farmers Road School run this Saturday is fundraising for recreational upgrades. Find out about donating here.
The Warren County Prosecutor’s Office charged a Hackettstown and Irvington man, in investigations that stretched more than a month.
Mendham Borough’s DPW is hosting a “contactless” donation drive this coming Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Find out how to help here.
The girls soccer team faces Chatham on the field at home on Friday in the NJSIAA Section 2, Group 3 Tournament.
Democratic incumbent Kathy Abbott may ask for a recount, with mail-in and provisional ballots placing opponent Mark Lois, 25 votes ahead.
Scott Fairlamb was sentenced to 41 months on Wednesday, the first sentenced for assaulting a police officer, in the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot.
Long Valley’s Knights of Columbus plans on its 30th yearly dinner and auction fundraising event on Dec. 4.
Having celebrated its 100th anniversary, the Chester Volunteer Fire Company is hosting its yearly fund drive and looking for volunteers.
From a Thanksgiving Bingo-style board, donors are encouraged to collect as many types of shelf-stable food items as possible by Nov. 13.
The Sparta Police Department is a drop-off site through Dec. 10 for new and unwrapped toys and gifts, for Toys for Tots Operation Toy Train.
The holiday food drive is planned on Saturday, Nov. 20 in the Panera Bread parking lot on Route 57, between 9 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
People reminisced online about Bernie Koerner, the man they fondly nicknamed the “Mayor of Main Street,” who passed away during the weekend.
Monroe County Coroner’s Office announced Timothy Parks was the name of the man who shot a dog in a car before troopers reportedly shot him.