Week in Review: History, Future Meet in LV

It was a frigid week in Washington Township, but there was a lot of great goings on that took place and news to report on. As always, to see a full plate of news from the past seven days, go here.

For some of the bigger headlines, keep reading.

The Washington Township Committee decided it would move forward with altering the traffic light at the intersection of Bartley and Naughright Roads to allow for more vehicles to flow heading south on Naughright toward Coleman Road and West Morris Central High School. During school days, the intersection is often backed up all the way to Fairview Avenue.

Long Valley Patch had the opportunity to speak with Martha Symon, daughter of Harry Robinson, the man who sculpted Bert the Liberty Eagle at the intersection of Flocktown and Schooley’s Mountain Roads. The carving, completed in 1999, took Robinson some six months to complete. He passed away at the age of 87 on Dec. 23, 2011. To learn more about his .

The swim and fencing teams were in action recently, and both teams fared quite well. To see how the fencing team did in its dual meet against Morris Hills, . Find out how the swim teams did against Roxbury .

Sixth grade students at the are fully entrenched in making a difference this year, and are taking part in social studies teacher Matt Marciano’s Change the World project. The work requires students to come up with a  problem they see, figure out a solution, and work toward that solution to better the world in some way.

Finally, Long Valley Patch posed a question to readers this week, asking what goals they’d like to see Washington Township accomplish in 2012. Did you weigh in with your thoughts? If not, .

It was another great week in Long Valley, and we hope you enjoyed it.