P.C. Robinson

A leak at a Branchburg repackaging facility is apparently the culprit behind that funny taste and smell New Jersey American Water Company customers throughout Far Hills, Peapack-Gladstone and other towns have experienced since Monday, Dec. 16.

Buy NowFar Hills Borough Councilman David Karner, who is stepping down after more than 26 years in office, was honored with a glass crystal Recognition of Service Award at the council's meeting on Monday night, Dec. 9. Standing, from left, are council members Charles Schwester, Peter Cocoziello Jr. and Mary Chimenti, Mayor Kevin Welsh, Karner and his wife, Deidre Karner, and council members Rick Rinzler and Joseph Carty. Karner's vacancy will be filled by Planning Board Vice Chair Robert Wilson, who was unanimously appointed on Monday, Dec. 23. Photo by W. Jacob Perry

Debris awaits clearing after police say a vehicle crashed through the wall of Wightman Farms in Harding Township on Tuesday, Dec. 31, causing "significant damage" and injuries not considered to

The wall at Wightman Farms in Harding Township remains boarded up following an accident in which a car crashed through on Tuesday, Dec. 31, causing "significant damage" and injuring several,

Buy NowFrom left, Bedminster Township Committeeman Colin Hickey watches as Municipal Court Judge Kathy Howes swears in Township Committeeman Larry Jacobs as mayor while Jacobs'wife, Mimi, holds the Bible during the township's annual reorganization at The Pingry School on Thursday, Jan. 2. This is the seventh consecutive time Jacobs has been selected by the five-member, all-GOP committee to serve as mayor, exceeding more than half the 13 years he has spent on the dais.

Matthew Bruin, left, is sworn in to his first, three-year term as a Mendham Borough Councilman by state Sen. Anthony Bucco, R-Morris, right, as dad Mike and mom Barbara hold

The Rev. Michael Drury receives the Mayor's Service Award from Mendham Mayor Christine Serrano Glassner during the borough's reorganization meeting at the borough firehouse on Friday, Jan. 3.

Long time Mendham Borough First Aid Squad member and library volunteer Wayne Leblond receives the Mayor's Service Award from Mendham Mayor Christine Serrano Glassner during the borough's reorganization meeting at

Matthew Bruin, left, is sworn in to his first, three-year term as a Mendham Borough Councilman by state Sen. Anthony Bucco, R-Morris, right, as dad Mike and mom Barbara hold the Bible during the borough's reorganization meeting at the firehouse on Friday, Jan. 3 Photo by P.C. Robinson

The newly renovated Mendham Township town hall in Brookside will be the venue for a workshop on the future of garbage and recycling collection at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan.