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Anyone who has knowledge of someone returning home from
any of the Military Branches on either leave or active
duty please notify Borough Hall so that we can place
it on the web site.
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
COUNCILMAN ROBERT MODICK
BOROUGH OFFICES WILL BE
CLOSED ON JULY 3, 2009
GARBAGE AND RECYCLING
WILL BE PICKED UP.
ALL CANS MUST BE OUT BY 6:00 AM
AS PER BORO ORDINANCE. TRUCKS
WILL START PICK-UP 6:30 AM SHARP.
PRIVATIZATION OF SOLID WASTE/RECYCLING COLLECTION
Projected Five Year Savings
Click here
for report
TO SIMPLIFY THE NEW
RECYCLING PROJECT
THE FOLLOWING WILL
TAKE EFFECT THE WEEK
OF JUNE 30, 2009
That week will be all glass/plastic products.
The following week will be paper, etc.
The following week will be glass/plastic,
again.
The following week will be paper, etc. again.
The following week will be glass, etc. again.
So in effect we will now be having recycling
every week as opposed to every other week.
These changes will be reflected on the next
monthly calendar.
County Launches Swine Flu Crusade
Click on the link below for more details.
Mayor Petillo welcoming new Borough
Administrator, Catherine Steinel.
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Jim Vanderhoof celebrating 50 Years
with the Hopatcong Fire Department. Thank you Jim!
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Click on photos to enlarge
Bill Bulger Swim
21st Year
Date - July 23, 2009
Rain Date - July 24, 2009
The swim will begin at the Jefferson House
at 12pm and
end at Kabobs at the Northwood Inn between
4 & 6pm.
Donations can be sent to St. Jude's Hospital
for Cancer,
c/o Bill Bulger
106 Camp Trail
Andover, N.J. 07821
Please help out with this important cause.
We have all known someone who has suffered
with Cancer.
"HOPATCONG DAYS" BAKING CONTEST
JULY 11th
"BAKERS NEEDED" before Hopatcong
Days
Baking Contest
*PIES* BREADS* COOKIES*
for information or entry form: call Sue (973)770-2701
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JULY 11, 2009 11AM-4PM
PET ADOPTION DAY
MODICK PARK
Help local homeless animals find a safe home.
Share your love and your life with an animal that
needs your help.
All animals are spayed/neutered, tested for leukemia,
feline aids as well as their rabies shots.
This event is organized and run
as a chosen project for Carly Wolff's
Girl Scout Gold Award.
The Hopatcong Borough Community Emergency Response Team ( C.E.R.T.
) will be hosting a new C.E.R.T. class beginning July 15, 2009.
The class runs every Wednesday night from 7 pm - 9 PM for 10 weeks.
The last class and graduation will be held on September 16, 2009.
The classes are held at Northwood Fire Co #2. There is no cost for
this class. If you like to help your community, then become a member
of a Volunteer organization such as C.E.R.T.
For more information or to sign up for the class, contact
Ptl. R. Haffner at (973)-398-5000 ext. 247.
Please join us for Isshinryu Traditional Karate
Do Annual Golf Outing at Apple Mountain Golf & Country Club
on August 29, 2009.
We will have a great day of golf.
You can register now on-line by clicking on:
http://www.golfdigestplanner.com/12770-ITKD
Register now and remember to invite your friends
to play. Just click on "Tell A Friend" and you can send
them a link to this site automatically.
See you on August 29, 2009.
HOPATCONG ANIMAL SHELTER
FUND RAISER
Sponsored by Leanne Grant who is working towards
her Girl Scout Gold Award.
Collection boxes will be available at all the Elementary
Schools,
the Middle School and in Borough Hall.
Please help the homeless animals by donating all
pet supplies.
Our animals need blankets, towels, pet food (dog
and cat), small paper plates, cat litter, bleach, and any other
cleaning supplies that are safe for animals.
On behalf of Leanne and the Borough
thank you for your support.
NEW GARBAGE & RECYLING IN EFFECT
AS OF March 2, 2009 If you have not received the new newsletter
from the Borough you may pick one up at Borough Hall between 9-4:30
or at Police Dispatch after 4:30pm.
Click here to
access the newsletter online.
We will not be mailing them out.
Please read carefully the new rules on the front page of newsletter.
State raised the income limit for the Property
Tax Freeze.
ATTENTION RESIDENTS
New Jersey SHARES helps households that have fallen
behind on their utility bills
due to a temporary financial crisis.
Contact Information:
Toll Free: 866-NJ SHARES (866-657-4273)
TO APPLY IN SUSSEX COUNTY
Call (973) 300-0200 for either
Honorable Steven Oroho
or
Honorable Alison McHose
Address for both is
115 Demarest Road, Suite 2B
Sparta, N.J. 07871
Postal Address: 1901 North Olden Ave. Extension,
Suite 1A,
Ewing, N.J. 08618
Electronic Mail: General Information: info@njshares.org
ATTENTION HOMEOWNERS:
Any homeowners that are having difficulty paying
their mortgage payments should call
1-800-NJHOUSE.
NJ Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency
Foreclosure Fast Facts
This program provides homeowners with housing counselors
and court trained mediators to resolve foreclosure actions.
This program will also provide lawyers to income-eligible
homeowners.
Call (888)989-5277 or sign up or visit
"Emergency Assistance Programs" Click
Here for information
HOW TO GET THE MOST FROM HOME
ENERGY ASSISTANCE!
All households who are eligible for the
LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM (LIHEAP) receive an automatic benefit amount
based on heating type.
There is extra help available called the "emergency
program".
If you have not received any benefit yet or have
used up your initial "automatic" benefit gets you additional
help for any heating source except electric and natural gas.
Emergencies for electric and natural gas begin
after
March 15, 2009. Call NORWESCAP at
888-454-4778 and request this extra help.
PEOPLE HELP of SUSSEX COUNTY
Must be Sussex County resident one time need.
Please call (973)729-1745
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. COAST GUARD AUXILIARY
ATTENTION ALL POWER BOAT OPERATORS
As of June 1, 2009 all operators of power boats in NJ must possess
a N.J. State Boating Safety Certificate. If you are not in compliance,
go to our Flotilla web site:
for a schedule of courses being offered
Employment opportunities with the Census Bureau:
The Bureau will be hiring individuals within the next 60 days
to assist with Address Canvassing during the Spring of 2009. Please
call toll free
1-866-861-2010 for more information.
Free Radon Testing Kits
Now available though the Sussex
County Department of Environmental and Public
Health Services to homeowners within
the County.
NEED A PASSPORT
PLACE: THE HOPATCONG POST OFFICE
Application hours: Monday - Friday
9:30am to 2:30pm & Saturday 9:30am
to 12:00pm.
For more information on application
process and documentation necessary
please call (973)398-1046.
THE HOPATCONG POUND IS IN NEED OF TOWELS,
BLANKETS, FOOD FOR DOGS OR CATS, KITTY LITTER, AND ANY CLEANING
SUPPLIES WHICH INCLUDE BLEACH. PLEASE DROP OFF YOUR DONATIONS AT
THE POUND BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9AM -12PM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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on the Hopatcong Borough website requires Adobe Reader.
If needed please click
here to download.
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