Mount Olive Council considers opposing school mask mandate
After a tense discussion during Tuesday night's council meeting, Mayor Rob Greenbaum asked Gov. Phil Murphy to reconsider masks in schools.
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After a tense discussion during Tuesday night's council meeting, Mayor Rob Greenbaum asked Gov. Phil Murphy to reconsider masks in schools.
View Comments Authorities say it was a flick of a cigarette that caused a historic building in the Flanders section of Mount Olive to go up in flames, leaving behind a shell of what once was a thriving 1800s grist mill. The stone-covered building located on Route 206 and Flanders Netcong Road dates back to at least 1868, the first known record of its existence, according to Thea Dunkle, the president of the Mount Olive Historical Society. The four-story mill was once powered by a tributary to Drakes Brook, milling grains for local farmers to feed their animals, Dunkle said. But just bef...
New Jersey Herald MOUNT OLIVE — An elderly Parsippany man has died after an apparent fall on frozen Budd Lake over the weekend. Authorities confirmed the man's death Sunday after receiving a report shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday that he was missing. They found his vehicle parked adjacent to the lake, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said. The man's body was found in the ice and recovered Sunday morning after an all-night search by members of the New Jersey State Police, the Prosecutor's Office said. Authorities were continuing to withhold the man's name and other details late Sunday ...
Morristown Daily Record Authorities are still looking into the cause of last week's fire at the LongHorn Steakhouse in Mount Olive, which engulfed the eatery in a maelstrom of flames, leaving little more than a charred exterior. However, investigators from the Morris County Prosecutor's Office and Mount Olive police say the fire is not suspicious, according to a statement from Acting Prosecutor Robert Carroll. Crews responded to the steakhouse in a shopping center in the Flanders section of Mount Olive, near Route 206, in the early-morning hours of Jan. 19, but could not quell the raging f...
Future of LongHorn Steakhouse location gutted by fire not yet known, restaurant chain says Updated Jan 26, 2021; Posted Jan 25, 2021 Facebook Share The cause of the blaze was still undetermined this week but the fire remained under investigation, according to a joint statement from Morris County Prosecutor’s Office or the Mount Olive Police Department. The blaze that broke out during the early morning hours of Jan. 19 at the restaurant on International Drive couldn’t be brought under control and the building had to be demolished, the town’s fire marshal said last week. The restaurant ...