PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE AVAILABLE TO
MENDHAM TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS!
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The Township's Public Health Nurse, Margie Corbett, RN, BS, will be available to provide free blood pressure screenings, health information, referrals, and resources to Township residents. Please stop by on the 1st Thursday of every month at the Township Municipal Offices from 9:00 am t0 12:30 pm or at the Township Library on the 4th Tuesday of every month from 9:30 am - 12:30 pm. No appointment necessary.
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE SCHEDULE FOR 2022
March 3, 2022
March 22, 2022
April 7, 2022
April 26, 2022
May 5, 2022
May 24, 2022
June 2, 2022
June 28, 2022
July 7, 2022
July 26, 2022
August 4, 2022
August 23, 2022
September 1, 2022
September 27, 2022
October 6, 2022
October 25, 2022
November 3, 2022
November 22, 2022
December 1, 2022
December 27, 2022
Mendham Township Joins Movement to Become a Wildlife-Friendly Town
Mendham Township, led by the Environmental Commission, recently registered with the National Wildlife Federation & NJ Audubon's Community Wildlife Habitat program. Each certified site within the community provides the four basic elements that all wildlife need: food, water, cover and places to raise their young, while integrating sustainable gardening practices like using native plants and not using pesticides.
Native plants are great choices for your garden or landscape. Because they evolved in your region, they thrive in the local climate, weather patterns, rainfall levels, soil moisture with little need for extra watering or pesticides or fertilizers and provide green infrastructure to prevent flooding & storm water runoff. But most importantly, native plants are the plants that wildlife rely on for survival. If each of us added one new garden bed filled with native plants each year, the impact on wildlife and essential pollinators would be huge. We already have 14 homes certified, will yours be next? Visit https://www.nwf.org/CertifiedWildlifeHabitat to certify your yard.
The Mendham Township Committee supports this exciting new initiative and encourages homeowners to learn more about the project and consider certifying their yards in order to make Mendham Township a more wildlife-friendly community. Mayor Nick Monaghan "hopes that residents will recognize how important their yard is to the health of our town and its wildlife. Providing habitat and using sustainable gardening practices support our local pollinators and other wildlife."
Our kickoff event will be participating in the 2nd annual Great Swamp Watershed Association's Native Plant Sale. From April 1-22 you can order native plant plugs from https://www.greatswamp.org/native-plant-sale/ Local pickup will be on April 30 from 2-4pm at the Mendham Township Municipal parking lot at 2 West Main St in Brookside. We hope to also give away free tree seedlings during this time. All residents are encouraged to come by and learn more about the project and take home some free trees to help wildlife in their yard.
Also save the date for a webinar on May 12 from 7-8pm titled "Gardens with Buzz" by Mary Anne Borge. Mary Anne led Lambertville Goes Wild, which already achieved certification and is an instructor at Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve, a Pennsylvania Master Naturalist, and the Editor of Butterfly Gardener, a magazine published by the North American Butterfly Association.
For more information and updates including upcoming webinars, follow us on Instagram @sustainablemendham<http://www.instagram.com/sustainablemendham/> and on Facebook at The Nature of Mendham<http://www.facebook.com/thenatureofmendham>
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A Reminder that The Covid-19 Testing Clinic is Tomorrow, Saturday, 2/26, Beginning at 9:30 am
Mendham Township Middle School will host a Covid-19 Testing Clinic
When: Saturday, February 26, 9:30 am - 3:00 pm
Where: Mendham Township Middle School, 16 Washington Valley Road, Brookside, 07926
Registration: testnj.online<https://testnj.online/> or by scanning the barcode in the flyer below
No out-of-pocket cost to participants. Rapid and PCR testing available.
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Preparing for Snow Later Tonight and Early Tomorrow
Earlier this week, it might have seemed that spring was right around the corner but unfortunately Mother Nature is throwing us a curve ball.
Tonight and into early tomorrow, we are expecting snow.
If you lose power, please report your outage to JCP&L directly by calling 1-888-LIGHTSS (1-888-544-4877), or by visiting www.firstenergycorp.com<http://www.firstenergycorp.com> and clicking the "Report Outage" link on firstenergycorp.com, or by texting 544487.
If you notice a downed power line or a tree blocking the road, do not go near it, and report it immediately by calling the non-emergency police number at: (973) 543-2581 and pressing 0 to speak to an operator or email: mendhamtwpoem(a)gmail.com<mailto:mendhamtwpoem@gmail.com>. Extra caution should be used in areas where downed lines are tangled with trees or other debris. Motorists are cautioned to treat intersections with inoperable traffic signals as four-way stops.
Call 911 for emergency situations.
To receive weather updates in advance of major storms and updates on scheduled or extended power outages, please visit www.firstenergycorp.com/connect<http://www.firstenergycorp.com/connect>. You can also follow JCP&L on Twitter @JCP_L, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/JCPandL<http://www.facebook.com/JCPandL> or online at www.jcp-l.com<http://www.jcp-l.com>
Mendham Township Middle School will host a Covid-19 Testing Clinic
When: Saturday, February 26, 9:30 am - 3:00 pm
Where: Mendham Township Middle School, 16 Washington Valley Road, Brookside, 07926
Registration: testnj.online<https://testnj.online/> or by scanning the barcode in the flyer below
No out-of-pocket cost to participants. Rapid and PCR testing available.
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MENDHAM TOWNSHIP: COVID-19 VACCINE AND BOOSTER CLINIC
Covid-19 Vaccine and Booster Clinic is scheduled for tomorrow, 2/16. Book Your Appointment Today.
When: Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Time: 4-8pm
Where: Mendham Township Middle School
16 Washington Valley Road, Brookside, NJ
*Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson vaccine available for ages 12 and older.*
SCHEDULE YOUR APPOINTMENT THROUGH ATLANTIC HEALTH:
https://tinyurl.com/8k6384vz
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Recycling Notice for Monday, February 21, 2022 (President's Day)
Mendham Township Recycling will continue as scheduled for Monday, February 21, 2022. Please place bottles/cans/plastics outside for pick up no later than 7:00 am.
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Attached, please find the Township Committee agenda for Tuesday, February 15, 2022 - 7:30 PM.
The meeting will be held in-person at 2 West Main St., Brookside and via the Zoom platform; the access information can be found on the last page of the attached agenda.
Thank you,
Maria Coppinger, RMC
Township Clerk
Township of Mendham
2 West Main Street * PO Box 520
Brookside, NJ 07926
973-543-4555 Ext. 211
Beginning Thursday, February 17, 2022, Tempe Wick Road will be closed from Corey Lane to Leddell Road for a period of 60 days. Detours will be in place. Allow extra time for travel.