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DeLaney, who died on Sunday, was remembered by leaders across Morris County for both his temperament and his downtown redevelopment plans.

The Morristown Green braces for two of its big annual events, with the Jazz and Blues Festival on Sept. 17 and the Fall Festival on Oct. 2.

The lineup is announced for this year’s Morristown Jazz and Blues Festival, which draws thousands every year to the Morristown Green in September.

Live music and a whole lot more will return to the Morristown Green in September and October. Last year, the COVID-19 pandemic forced one-year cancellations of the annual Morristown Jazz & Blues Festival in August and the Festival on the Green in September. Both free-admission outdoor events attract thousands of visitors to the Green and surrounding businesses. Last month, organizers announced that the jazz and blues fest would return on Sept. 18. They released the lineup Wednesday, to be headlined by Mendham resident Rob Paparozzi, a veteran of Blood, Sweat and Tears and the Original Blues ...

Morristown Daily Record Linda Kiger Smith, who led a grassroots volunteer organization that transformed the decaying Community Theatre in Morristown into a vibrant, nationally recognized performing arts venue, died Friday. She was 72. A former resident of the historic district of Morristown, she later founded and continued to produce the annual Morristown Jazz & Blues Festival with her business partner and husband, Don Jay Smith. The free outdoor concert typically draws thousands of visitors each year to Morristown, where the economic revival she helped to ignite continues to this day. A nat...