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Morris
Plains
Known as the “community of caring,†Morris Plains
is one of the smaller municipalities in the county. Route 202 serves
as the main thoroughfare. The borough is home to the Warner-Lambert
Division of Pfizer.
2002 POPULATION: 5,236.
GOVERNING BODY: Borough council. Mayor Frank
Druetzler; council President Donald L. Underhill; Michael Carlucci;
Suzanne B. McCluskey; Ralph R. Rotando; Stephen S. Welsh; George
Coogan. Meets first and third Thursdays at borough hall, 531 Speedwell
Ave. (Except June, July and August, when they meet the third Thursday
only, and in November there is only one meeting and it is on the
second Thursday of the month.)
SCHOOL BOARD: Tina Genest, president; Greg
Gibson, vice president; Anthony Gallerano; Mark Heckler; Phyllis
Grant; Terri Kaag; Patricia Cassidy-Zimel; Alice Collopy and William
Brazzel.
E-ACCESS: www.morris.k12.nj.us/mps.
SUPERINTENDENT: Kenneth Knops, 500 Speedwell
Ave., (973) 538-1650.
SCHOOLS: Mountain Way School, Mountain Way,
(973) 538-0339, Principal Kenneth Knops; Borough School, 500 Speedwell
Ave., (973) 538-1650, principal position vacant; Morristown High
School, 50 Early St., (973) 292-2100, Principal Richard Garibell.
PARKS: Community Park, Jim Fear Drive; Simon's
Park off Mountain Way; Watnong Park, Granniss Avenue.
LIBRARY: 77 Glenbrook Road, Monday through
Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Also open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
from 7 to 9 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Closed Sundays.
RECREATION: Year-round activities for all
ages. Contact recreation director at (973) 538-0325.
SENIOR CITIZEN FACILITIES: Morris Plains
Seniors Monday Club meets at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post on
Tabor Road on the second and fourth Mondays (fourth Monday only
in July and August).
TEEN FACILITIES: The Leo J. Buckley House
and Meeting Place on Mount Tabor. Coordinators Jennifer and Chris
Brady, (973) 292-3392.
POLICE: Non-emergency phone (973) 538-2284,
Chief Douglas Scherzer.
BOROUGH SERVICES: Garbage is collected on
Mondays and Thursdays. Recyclables are picked up on the first, third
and fifth Tuesdays. Brush is collected on the last Monday of each
month.
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