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These North Jersey Towns Have State's Highest Property Taxes
The average property tax bill in New Jersey last year was $8,767, an increase of $77 from $8,690 in 2017.
Many towns, though, paid more than $10,000.
Millburn residents paid the most in the state ($24,308) with Alpine trailing in the second spot at ($21,299).
Here are the towns in North Jersey with the highest property tax bills in the state for 2018, according to a report by NJ.com.
26. Mendham, Morris County: $15,598
25. Chester, Morris County: $15,602
24. Maplewood, Essex County: $15,630
23. Livingston, Essex County: $15,933
22. North Caldwell, Essex Cou…
Former Schools Admin, Fiancé Roll Gourmet Shaved Ice Truck Into Morris County
Kona Ice is rolling into Morris County.
Local resident Steve Good, a former school district administrator, is teaming up with his fiancé and her two kids, shifting good times into overdrive.
The mobile truck was born in 2007 in Kentucky. Kona Ice now has hundreds of trucks on U.S. roads, and has given back more than $60 million to neighborhood schools, organizations and sports teams.
Beyond fundraisers, popular spots for the Good's truck include stops throughout Dover, Mount Olive, Chester, Mendham, Wharton, Picatinny Arsenal, Roxbury, Mine Hill, Netcong and Lake Hopatcong State Park of W…
Driver Whose Jeep Hit Route 208 Guardrail, Median Was Under Influence, Franklin Lakes PD Says
A driver was under the influence of drugs when her Jeep bounced off the shoulder guardrail and smashed into the center median of Route 208 in Franklin Lakes Tuesday night, authorities said.
Aimee Dumont-Peppel, 59, of Chester, NJ (Morris County) was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center following the 9 p.m. southbound crash, Capt. John Bakelaar said Wednesday.
The Jeep had just passed the Colonial Road exit when it “veered into the right lane, crossing the rumble strips and striking the guard rail,” he said.
It then “crossed all lanes into the left shoulder, approximately 150 feet …
