The Brookside Community Club's Fourth of July Parade is Today @ 9:00am
- Primary parking will be at the Mendham Township Elementary School and other side streets including Hilltop Circle.
- East Main Street, Tingley Road, and Washington Valley Road from the Mendham Township Middle School to Tingley Road will be closed starting at 8:30am.
- No parking areas will be designated along the parade route and throughout Brookside. Please do not park within 50 feet of a "No Parking Sign".
- If you are participating in the parade, please plan on being at your designated staging area by 8:30am.
Although, Mendham Township's Fireworks Show has been rescheduled until Monday night (July 5th), the Brookside Community Club's Fourth of July Parade is still on tomorrow morning - Rain or Shine!
The Fourth of July Parade is Tomorrow - Saturday, July 3rd @ 9:00am:
* Primary parking will be at the Mendham Township Elementary School and other side streets including Hilltop Circle.
* East Main Street, Tingley Road, and Washington Valley Road from the Mendham Township Middle School to Tingley Road will be closed starting at 8:30am tomorrow.
* No parking areas will be designated along the parade route and throughout Brookside.
* Please do not park within 50 feet of a "No Parking Sign".
* If you are participating in the parade, please plan on being at your designated staging area by 8:30am.
Due to the inclement weather forecast for this evening and tomorrow, Mendham Township has rescheduled tonight's Fireworks Show to this Monday, July 5th.
Further details will be forthcoming.
On May 6, 2021, Walker Cole Roghanchi spoke to Mayor Neibart and requested that the Township recognize a day for people to celebrate love, be kind, and do good deeds for one another. This past Monday, the Mendham Township Committee presented a proclamation to Walker and proclaimed that today - Thursday, July 1st is Love & Kindness Day in Mendham Township.
Today, the Township Committee encourages community members to pay it forward by initiating a series of activities in support of kind actions. Additionally, thanks to Walker’s suggestion, the Township of Mendham is formally rededicating itself to kindness and asks Mendham Township residents to further their practices of love and kindness in the coming year.
Sarah Neibart, Mayor
Nick Monaghan, Deputy Mayor
Tom Baio, Committee member
Amalia Duarte, Committee member
Jordan Orlins, Committee member
Due to the 4th of July holiday, there will be no Recycling Collection on Monday, July 5. ALL Recycling (paper/bottles/cans) will be collected the following Monday, July 12.
This Friday is Going to be a Blast! Kick of the 4th of July Weekend on 7/2, 6:30 pm, Mosle Field
Mendham Township will kick off the 4th of July Weekend with a Boom! Join us for Fireworks this Friday, July 2, beginning at 6:30 pm on Mosle Field. The band will be playing music for the duration of the event (until 10:00 pm). Giveaways, food trucks, and arts and crafts for the kids. The gates will open at 6:30pm - please arrive early to guarantee a parking spot! There will be handicap parking spaces and transportation from the parking lot to the field available for those who require assistance. After sunset, the fireworks will be set-off from behind the baseball diamond and all attendees will be seated on the football field. Feel free to bring lawn chairs and blankets. The Township Committee will permit alcohol at this event, so feel free to BYOB and please consume responsibly. If you have any questions about the event or if your organization would like to set up at table, please email our Recreation Director David Guida at dguida(a)mendhamtownship.org<mailto:dguida@mendhamtownship.org>.
Like last year, the fireworks display is free to the public and being funded through private contributions. If you or your business would like to sponsor this celebratory event, a donation can be made directly through the Recreation Department's Community Pass platform<https://register.communitypass.net/reg/cat_program_class_detail.cfm?s=&t=&s…>
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As of this morning (Sunday, June 27th), 9,667,021 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered throughout the State of New Jersey and 4,937,670 individuals who live, work, or study in NJ are fully vaccinated.
Over the last couple of weeks, the state has reported record low numbers of new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. The Governor announced last Monday that the rate of transmission is almost exclusively measuring the spread of the virus among the unvaccinated.
Last week, the NJ Department of Health Commissioner also announced that the highly transmissible variant B.1.617.2, known as the “Delta variant”, has been detected in NJ.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/variant.html> upgraded the B.1.617.2 mutation of COVID-19 to a “variant of concern<https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/variant-info.html#Concern>”. It has been detected in at least 66 countries and seems to spread more easily and quickly than other variants. Children and young people seem to be the ones spreading the Delta variant in England. While this variant has increased in NJ recently, it is only about 7.3% of the variant reports that have been captured over the last 4 weeks.
So far, studies suggest that the authorized vaccines work on the circulating variants. In one recent study<https://www.gov.uk/government/news/vaccines-highly-effective-against-hospit…> (not yet peer-reviewed), Public Health England researchers found that a two-dose regimen of the Pfizer vaccine was 88% effective against symptomatic disease from the Delta variant.
With over 50% of the total population of NJ fully vaccinated and about 3/4 of the total population having received at least one dose, NJ’s vaccination program has made significant progress but there is still much work to be done. To find a location to receive your COVID-19 vaccine, click here: https://covid19.nj.gov/pages/finder.
Have a good week.
Sarah Neibart
Mayor, Mendham Township
Township Committee Meeting - Monday, June 28, 2021 starting at 6:00PM Executive Session / 7:30PM Regular Meeting
Attached, please find the Township Committee agenda for Monday, June 28, 2021. The Bills list will be uploaded to the township's website. http://mendhamtownship.org/cn/Meetings/?tpid=9854
The Township Committee will convene at 6:00 PM and will immediately adjourn into Executive (closed) Session. The purpose of the Executive Session is to discuss matters relating to personnel.
At 7:30 PM, the Committee will reconvene into Regular Session to discuss and/or act upon the items described in the attached agenda.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Thank you,
Maria Coppinger
Township Clerk
Mendham Township
PO Box 520
2 West Main Street
Brookside, NJ 07926
973-543-4555 Ext. 211
973-543-6630 FAX
The Township will kick off July 4th Weekend with the Township's 2nd Annual Public Fireworks Show at Mosle Field on Friday, July 2nd.
Like last year, the fireworks display is free to the public and being funded through private contributions. If you or your business would like to sponsor this celebratory event, a donation can be made directly through the Recreation Department's Community Pass platform<https://register.communitypass.net/reg/cat_program_class_detail.cfm?s=&t=&s…>.
The Fireworks event will take place from 6:30pm - 10:00pm and a band will be playing music for the duration of the event. There will be giveaways, food trucks, and arts and crafts for the kids. The gates will open at 6:30pm - please arrive early to guarantee a parking spot! There will be handicap parking spaces and transportation from the parking lot to the field available for those who require assistance. After sunset, the fireworks will be set-off from behind the baseball diamond and all attendees will be seated on the football field. Feel free to bring lawn chairs and blankets. The Township Committee will permit alcohol at this event, so feel free to BYOB and please consume responsibly. If you have any questions about this event or if your organization would like to set up a table, please email our Recreation Director David Guida at dguida(a)mendhamtownship.org<mailto:dguida@mendhamtownship.org>.
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