Week in Review: Personal Journeys, Budgets Lead The Way

The week started with snow and ended with rain, which means one of two things: Mother Nature can’t make up its mind, or spring is on the horizon! Hopefully for Long Valley’s sake, it’s the latter. It was another eventful week in Washington Township, and in case you missed anything, here’s a recap.

Adam Gibbon, a Long Valley native , went through a life-changing journey as a teenager in the Second Nature Wilderness Program. The Gibbon family has set up a memorial fund benefitting the program in Adam’s name. Go .

Long Valley Patch profiled resident Keith Hayes, president of the Washington Township Land Trust. Hayes has been renovating an apartment at the LaTourette Grist Mill to help create revenue for the land trust, but a debilitating illness has slowed his progress. Go , and see what you can do to help.

The Washington Township Committee held its regular meeting on Monday, and that will allow for in Washington Township in 2011. The governing body also heard requests from the , and will be reviewing proposals for for the department.

Long Valley native and musician Tom Spears spent some time with Long Valley Patch and and where it hopes to go.

The West Morris Central Wolfpack Ice Hockey team made it back to the Haas Cup finals on Wednesday to defend its crown against Park Regional High School. To see how they fared, and to check out great photos from Long Valley resident Jim Peel, .

We learned this week that both the Washington Township and West Morris Regional school districts will be for the 2011-12 school year. West Morris Regional High School and Washington Township Schools spoke with Long Valley Patch about how this will factor into the forming of school budgets.

The Washington Township Planning Board held a public hearing to hear the final site plan details of the new Verizon Wireless communications tower that will be installed behind the . Check .

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