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šŸŒ± Patch AM: Beloved Morristown Food Truck Opens 1st Brick & Mortar Storefront

Also check out White Meadow Lake Karaoke on the Morristown Patch calendar

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Good morning Morristown! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Morristown's Colonial Grill rebounds from fire with new Jersey City restaurant
  • What big changes are coming to the vacant storefronts by the Green?
  • See how volunteers just brightened a beloved Morristown historic landmark.

Also on today's calendar: White Meadow Lake Karaoke and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Nice with some sun, with a high of 78 and low of 64 degrees.
  • Saturday: Humid with rain, temps: high: 73, low: 66.
  • Sunday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 81 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Beloved Morristown Food Truck Opens 1st Brick & Mortar Storefront (patch.com) — Morristown food lovers can celebrate as Colonial Grill, a longtime local favorite food truck, expands from its two-truck operation in Morristown and Hoboken to a new brick-and-mortar restaurant in Jersey City. The Afro-Colombian, father-and-son-owned business is rebounding from a recent Morristown kitchen fire, offering its popular fusion dishes while thanking Morristown supporters for helping make the growth possible.
   

• Morristown Properties To Be Redeveloped After Years Of Vacancy (patch.com) — Morristown officials have tapped SJP Properties to redevelop long-vacant storefronts around the Morristown Green into a mix of housing, offices, retail, and parking, promising a more vibrant downtown core. The project, following the success of M Station, is still early in the planning and approval stages, with detailed designs and timelines to come before town boards.
   

• Morristown Beautiful, Macculloch Hall Celebrate a Partnership in Full Bloom (tapinto.net) — Macculloch Hall Historical Museum's entrance just got a colorful upgrade thanks to Morristown Beautiful, whose volunteers donated plants and gardening expertise to refresh the garden around the welcome sign. The project continues a decades-long partnership between the museum and the beautification group, which has spent more than 50 years enhancing public spaces and community pride throughout Morristown.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Morris

  • New Jersey announces $16.45M investment to open five regional crisis receiving and stabilization centers (binje.com)
  • As vaccine rates fall, NJ grandparents recall that diseases maim, kill (dailyrecord.com)
  • 10 Areas In New Jersey With The Highest Reported Tick Risk This Summer (takingthekids.com)

Morris Plains

  • Mosquito Control Treatment Scheduled for Morris Plains Early Friday Morning (tapinto.net)

Hanover

  • Cedar Knolls Resident Creates Movement and Community Through Chair Yoga (tapinto.net)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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