February 12, 2020, @RenzoGracieDenv has some open spots for anyone that wants to see what Mixed Martial Arts is all about!
This Wednesday night! We have a few spots remaining so give us a call now to register or go to our Facebook events page and click on Tickets! Don’t miss out on the teaching from the most exciting grappler alive,… https://t.co/wuWs7mx9D1
My son is a proud student of @RenzoGracie. During bootcamp, the MIL sets up games for platoons within their battalion to challenge and apply their skills against each other. My son, a proud student of @RenzoGracie learned all of his one to one combat skills from there. He ended up being his platoons secret weapon and was undefeated against every single soldier sent in to challenge him during the entire duration of bootcamp.
The Denville Township Police Department will be conducting our fourth annual Citizens Police Academy beginning on Tuesday, February 18th, 2020. The Academy will take place over the course of ten weeks, meeting once a week on Tuesday nights from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in the Community Room at the Denville Township Municipal Building, unless otherwise noted.
The purpose of the Citizens Police Academy is to give the public a working knowledge and understanding of the operations of our police department and of law enforcement in general, to include our agency’s goals and objectives. Areas of instruction will cover various topics routinely addressed by law enforcement, to include: criminal and constitutional law relating to arrest, search and seizure; patrol techniques; drug trends and the use of force. Classes will be formulated to incorporate an interactive format, providing participants with a “hands-on” experience whenever practical. It is our intention that the graduates of the Citizens Police Academy will gain an awareness and appreciation of the services provided by our police department and will become good will ambassadors for the law enforcement community as a whole.
This course is limited to sixteen qualified applicants. Applicants must be a Denville Township resident eighteen years of age or older without a criminal record. In addition, all applicants are subject to a background check before being accepted to the program.
The deadline to submit applications is Friday, February 7th, 2020. Application packets are now available at Police Headquarters from the Police Dispatcher or can be downloaded from our website, www.denvillepolice.org (under Latest Events on Home Page). For more information on this program, please contact Sgt. Dennis Subrizi of the Community Services Bureau at 973-627-4900 x 365 or by e-mail at dsubrizi@denvillepolice.org.
Denville Library’s busy Youth Services Department, which serves kids from birth right up through our teenagers, is looking to expand.
They are hiring a part-time (16 hours per week) Youth Services Communications Assistant to help with all aspects of their digital and print media, website, and special events.
Current college students are encouraged to apply!
The Denville Public Library is seeking a part-time Youth Services Communications Assistant to work 16 hours per week.
The Youth Services Communications Assistant will help with our digital and print media; new and upcoming advertising; special events; and tween / teen programming. In 2019, our Youth Services Department held 491 programs that were attended by almost 17,000 people. We want to continue to expand our reach to engage patrons in Denville and our surrounding communities.
Our ideal candidate will be comfortable being involved in every part of the creative process, from generating ideas to engaging partners to producing a finished project.
Job responsibilities will include: ● Assist with current Youth Services social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter) and cultivate social media presence in new environments. This includes creating interesting posts with photos and videos, generating and maintaining engaged followers, and helping manage our Youth Services social media advertising budget and strategy; ● Assist with Youth Services marketing using our WordPress-generated website, creating and maintaining event posts, news posts, and other content; ● Assist with our Youth Services e-newsletters, which feature news and upcoming events for over 1,100 current subscribers; ● Assist with Youth Services print marketing of our events, including program flyers and brochures highlighting department services. We currently use Canva and Microsoft Publisher for print media communications but are open to exploring new avenues; ● Serve as point person on special, one-time Youth Services events, including programs like open houses, comic / pop culture conventions, and more. ● Assist with tween / teen programming, including monthly Teen Nights. ● Cover children’s desk, as needed. ● Perform other tasks in the children’s and teen rooms, as assigned. The hours for this position are Monday to Thursday, 4 pm to 8 pm, with one monthly Friday night, occasional Saturday hours, and possible additional hours during our Summer Reading program. Pay rate is $15/hour. Minimum qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree preferred, but current college students are encouraged to apply. Experience / familiarity with social media, print and digital marketing, and event planning preferred, but if you are creative, organized, flexible, and tech savvy, please apply. Please send cover letter and current resume to maryellen.liddy@denvillelibrary.org.
Examples of your creative work can also be included, either as PDF files or links to external sites.
Kicking off festivities for the Year of the Mouse during the Lunar New Year celebration at Disney California Adventure park!
From now through Feb. 9, experience Asian culture through cuisine, musical performances, family activities and entertainment—all to welcome another year of good fortune.
Hi! I am Denny and you may remember me from being the site host last Lunar New Year! I am here to talk all about Lunar New Year!
No, I am sorry Denny. Year of the Pig was last year. This is Year of the Mouse.
Hi I am pigMouse Denny here to talk about Lunar New Years!
A cultural celebration of Lunar New Year, which is celebrated by nearly half the world. The event will be sponsored by Hunan Taste, NJ’s Best Chinese Restaurant and chaired by Viva La Pet and The Urban Muse. It will feature a Pet Parade, Ice Sculpting, Dragon and traditional Chinese Dancers in Hunan’s Parking Lot after the parade, A huge maze for the kids and so much more. Supplies for Denville’s Animal Shelter will also be collected and awareness and fundraising for a local animal charity to be announced soon.
The Denville Beatification Committee will present its inaugural Spring Fling on Sunday, March 22, 2020 at St. Francis Residential Community. The event will celebrate the return of Spring with an afternoon of art, music and flowers to raise funds for future Beautification projects.
The event will take place from 2:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m in the Green Room, and will include light refreshments, an art auction and a silent auction featuring local artists.
Beautification volunteers maintain over 30 municipal garden areas around Denville Township. We are asking for your support of the Committee through this event and welcome your sponsorship on any level as a supporter of Beautification.
Other donation opportunities are welcome in the form of ads, silent auction items, gift certificates, gift baskets or door prizes.
Below are some of the future projects your donations will support: • Route 53 Corridor – Native plantings and beautification along both sides of the roadway • Muriel Hepner Park – Entrance enhancement and revitalization of plantings around the lake • Hogan Park – Walkway repair, new plantings around gazebo, prune and restore garden walkway • McCarter Park – Continue planting of perennials, shrubs and bulbs; repair walkway.
For more information about sponsorships, projects or tickets please contact us at 973-625-8300, ext. 290.
Thank you for your support of Denville and the hard working volunteers on the Denville Beautification Committee.
The 4th Annual Denville Polar Plunge will be held at Cooks Pond in Denville. All proceeds from The Plunge go to help our young adults at S.P.A.R.K.! Read more about S.P.A.R.K. at denvillespark.com
EVENT DATE: Feb 22, 2020
DEADLINE TO GIVE: Mar 17, 2020
FUNDRAISER SET UP DEADLINE: Feb 21, 2020
COST TO PLUNGE/INCENTIVES:
$30 – Cost to Plunge (free T-shirt included!) ($35 after 2/1/20)
If you fundraise an additional $50 you will receive a $10 gift card to a Denville town retailer!
Day of Event Registration – $40
HOW TO GET STARTED:
Plungers –
1.click on the “JOIN” button above. Creat a team or register as an individual!
(If you choose not to fundraise, just register, pay your $30 and you’re done!)
Chicken???…For those afraid of cold water, you can donate to a Plunger by clicking the “DONATE” button above and select the person or team you wish to support!
DAY OF PLUNGE SCHEDULE:
11:30am – Registration opens
12:45pm – Registration closes 12:50pm – Plungers safety meeting by the beach
12:55pm – Plungers walk onto the beach for set-up and group photo
1:00pm – WE PLUNGE!!!
RULES & REGULATIONS:
-Minimum age to plunge is 10 years old.
-You will required to fill out a waiver at The Plunge. Anyone under 18 must have parent/guardian to sign the waiver and accompany them while at The Plunge.
-All Plungers must be registered in order to Plunge, even if you’re on a team!
PLUNGE SAFETY/AMENITIES:
-Trained Divers and EMT staff to insure you safety before, during, and after The Plunge
-Access to Women’s and Men’s Heated Changing Tents after The Plunge
-Porta-Pottys will be available on-site
WHAT TO BRING:
-Warm clothes/shoes to change into after The Plunge
-Plastic garbage bag to put your wet clothes in
-A warm towel!
WHAT TO WEAR TO PLUNGE:
-Bathing Suit, must be appropriate. (Bikinis -yes, thongs – no.)
-Costumes are allowed. Yes, they can be ridiculous, but they must be family appropriate. Any clothing deemed inappropriate by the Plunge Staff must be removed or you will not be allowed to participate.
-Old Sneakers or Water Shoes – you MUST wear these for The Plunge to avoid slipping and falling. No flip flops.
ADDITIONAL SAFETY TIPS:
-Leave valuables at home, including jewelry and rings which could fall off in the cold water.
-There is no diving or flipping into the water. Our Divers will enforce this to insure Plunger safety!
-Sneakers or water shoes must be worn for the Plunge. No exceptions! No shoes, no plunge!
-NO ALCOHOL – Please do not bring alcohol or show up to The Plunge under the influence of alcohol. Violators will not be permitted to plunge.
-Try not to run out of the water after The Plunge. The sand and parking lot will be wet and slippery on the way to the changing tents.
-Have friends or family waiting for you immediately after the Plunge with a blanket or robe. Staff members will also be available to help.
OTHER:
-Complimentary Hot Chocolate/Coffee/Refreshments will be available for the Plungers afterwards.
-The Polar Plunge will take place rain or shine, or hopefully SNOW!
-On-Street Parking will be available in front of the Cooks Pond main gate on Entrance Way and surrounding streets. Please do not park inside the gates as this parking is for emergency vehicles only.
-Only in the event of an extreme weather condition such as an active blizzard or thunderstorm will the Plunge be moved to the next day, Sunday, February 23rd at 1pm. If the whole weekend is a wash-out, the event will be cancelled without refund.
** The Polar Plunge Staff reserves the right to terminate your participation in The Plunge without a refund if you do not comply with the above stated rules!
The Township of Denville held a public bid opening as required by the NJ Local Public Contracts law for the renewal of our residential garbage and recycling collection and disposal services. The bid contained a variety of alternatives for bi-weekly single stream recycling, weekly single stream recycling and weekly dual stream recycling. The bid submitted for twice weekly garbage collection and weekly rotating dual stream recycling was the most competitive and was the only bid alternative that could be awarded for 2020 within the current $80/quarter garbage fee charged to our residents. All of the other bid alternatives would have required an immediate increase in the quarterly garbage and recycling fee.As many residents may be aware, the market for recycled materials worldwide has virtually collapsed. As recently as six (6) years ago, the Township received a year-end dividend for the sale of its recycled commodities, which helped keep our garbage and recycling collection rates stable. However, due to the deteriorating international recycling market, not only does the Township no longer receive a year-end dividend, during the past two years, the Township has had to pay a recycling disposal surcharge. In 2019, the surcharge (in addition to the contractual collection fees with the (MCMUA) is projected to be an extra $115,954.For that reason, we examined various alternatives and starting in 2020 will provide weekly dual stream collection without increasing our residential garbage and recycling user fee. Two questions many might be asking – (1) what is dual stream recycling and how will it work? And, (2) if the international recycling market has collapsed, how can the Township provide increased weekly collection at the same rate?
What is Dual Stream Recycling and How Does it Work?
Starting in January 2020, Gaeta Recycling, Inc. will collect commingled materials (glass, plastic, aluminum, etc.) one week and they will collect mixed paper materials (newspaper, cardboard, paper, etc.) the next week in accordance with the calendar. This will rotate during the entire 2020 year with 53 collections of recycling (26 commingled and 27 fiber materials) as compared to 28 single stream collection dates in 2019.
If the International Recycling Market has collapsed how can the Township provide weekly service at the same rate?
Although commodities such as recycled glass, plastic and aluminum have virtually no value on the recycling market, one product has retained and even increased in value. This product is mixed paper (i.e. – paper and cardboard).
With the advent of online shopping and delivery services, there is a growing need from online retailers for recycled paper and cardboard products. The value of the paper, if not mixed with commingled items, retains a much higher value on the market, which translates into a lower collection cost for the Township and its residents.
The Township structured its recycling contract to be a fixed rate contract. Therefore, even if the mixed paper commodity falls in price, we are locked in at a fixed price over the three (3) year term of the contract and will not be subject to surcharges by the vendor.
The following are some general guidelines for what items are recyclable:
Commingled Materials: Any plastic items #1,#2,#4,#5 & #7, glass bottles and metal cans. These recyclables must be placed curbside in a solid metal or plastic reusable container with handles.
All recyclables must be emptied and rinsed.
Plastic shopping bags and Styrofoam will not be collected with your recycling. Plastic bags can be returned to most local supermarket and Styrofoam can be placed in the trash.
Mixed Paper: Newspaper, corrugated cardboard, magazines, office paper, junk mail, chipboard, telephone books, catalogs, books with hard covers removed and paper bags may be mixed together. All mixed paper product must be placed in containers, tied into bundles or placed into secure paper bags.
Will the Recycling Yard also be Dual Stream?
What will be the hours?
The Recycling Center will also convert from Single Stream to Dual Stream, effective January 1, 2020. For the convenience of our residents, the recycling center is open seven (7) days per week on the following schedule:
Monday – Friday: 7:00 AM to 2:30 PM Saturday: 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM Sunday: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Will my Garbage Collection Change?
No. Trash collection will remain unchanged and is scheduled to be collected twice per week as follows:
North of US Highway 46 – Tuesday and Friday South of US Highway 46 – Monday and Thursday
There will be no trash pick-up on:
New Year’s Day
Memorial Day
July 4th
Labor Day
Thanksgiving
Christmas Day
If your collection is scheduled for any of these days, it will be collected the next day).
What about Pick-up of Large Metal Items?
Denville provides curbside pick-up of large metal items:
air conditioners
dehumidifiers
freezer
microwaves
refrigerators
and more
by appointment only, every Wednesday. Please phone 973-625-8334 no later than 11 :00 AM Tuesday to schedule a pick-up. .
Township of Denville 1 Saint Mary’s Place Denville, NJ 07834 (973) 625-8300 Hours – 8am-4pm Monday-Friday http://www.denvillenj.org
