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New Milford is pleased to welcome you to our web site! Nestled in the heart of Bergen County, New Milford, "The Birthplace of Bergen County" was incorporated in 1922 and is proud of its unique small town character and flavor. Our community provides excellent public services, quality education and strong recreational programs. We also have a long tradition of dedicated community volunteers that contribute to all aspects of the community from emergency services, environmental protection and historic and cultural education. In an effort to increase the lines of communication between the borough and its residents, we now offer a place along the information super highway to communicate online with citizens, local businesses, and visitors – a “virtual Town Hall” that is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (including holidays!) Our site is designed to offer basic information about New Milford’s latest developments and public safety. Here you will also find information regarding our boards, committees and commissions, garbage and recycling, agendas for upcoming meetings, a borough directory and important public notices. Our website is a work in progress. We will continue to update the website with the latest information regarding our community and we hope that you visit us often! Once again, we thank you for visiting our website and helping us to make New Milford a wonderful community to live and raise a family. For demographic information please visit http://www.city-data.com/city/New-Milford-New-Jersey.html |
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Summer is Here!
As always, thank you for visiting our borough website. We hope you find our web pages enjoyable and informative.
Being that summer is here, our young residents will be out and about and I ask that in addition to obeying all traffic laws that you please take extra precautions while driving through town.
We are very close to adopting our 2009 budget. Our council finance committee did an exceptional job in putting together our overall budget, they worked hard to cut spending while maintaining our valuable services. We think you will be pleased with the results. There is a projected slight increase on the municipal portion but just remember there is also the local school and the county budget to account for. Although there have been a few small signs towards the process of recovery in our national and state economies, we remain cautious and prudent.
We are continuing to do more with less. New Milford has been proactive in looking for new opportunities of sharing services with our neighbors, expanding upon the cooperative purchasing and regionalization programs we are already involved in.
During the summer, New Milford offers library and recreational services for our young and elder residents. Our seniors can take advantage of our Senior Center. The New Milford Swim Club is a beautiful facility that you can join and frequent all throughout the summer. It is much more reasonable than traveling to the Jersey Shore!
Do you have some free time this summer? If so we are always looking for volunteers to serve on our various committees and commissions. Please visit the borough hall for a list of openings. Being a volunteer gives residents a chance to give back to the community while meeting and working with other residents who share common interests and goals.
During these summer months, our health department reminds us all about being careful when it comes to heat, overexposure to the sun and dehydration. Keep a close watch on children, the elderly and pets. Check on them occasionally.
As I have mentioned before, we are New Milford; a community of hard working people who dedicate ourselves to creating a great place to live, work, play for ourselves and our children. I thank you for visiting our latest informational investment to bring the word to you and back to us in an effort to create a paperless society for all to enjoy and become better informed.
I thank you for your time and please enjoy the summer. See you at our carnival, our national night out, our wet-down for our newly acquired fire truck and for those health conscience folks; walking, jogging and bicycling the streets. As always, check our website and our message board for all up to date information that New Milford has to offer.
I remain,
Frank
Frank DeBari, Mayor New Milford Borough |
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- Bench-a-thon to benefit the New Milford Touchdown Club will be held Wednesday, June 17th from 7PM to 9PM in the New Milford High School cafeteria. All proceeds will benefit New Milford High School's Football and Cheerleading. Food will be donated by Outback Steakhouse! For more information pleas visit www.newmilfordfootball.com
- United States Census 2010
Beginning in late March 2009 the Census Bureau will be sending out address canvassars as a part of early operations. This workforce will walk or drive through neighborhoods to check that all addresses are in our database when the questionnaire is delivered in March 2010.
May people don't realize that the Address Canvassing operation occurs as much as a year ahead of the official Census day on April 1, 2010. Listers will use hand held computers with maps to verify and list structures. All information collected is kept strictly confidential and cannot be shared with any other persons, institutions or agencies. Please note Census workers wear an official identification badge.
For more information about the 2010 Census visit www.census.gov.
We are sorry to report that the New Milford fireworks display will not be held this year. Our reason for this is budgetary. There is no department in our town that is not feeling the current budget crunch. We hope that this does not cause any inconvenience to you.
The Mayor and Council are doing everything we can to keep the budget in check. We hope that next year we can resume our joint venture with River Edge and once again share the cost of putting on a July 4th fireworks show.
New Milford Fire Co. 2 announces its 3rd Annual Golf Outing on Monday August 17, 2009 at Spook Rock. For more information on this event please call 201.913.5978.
If you need assistance with Foreclosure Issues or to learn about what resources may be available, please refer to the following links. For additional information, please contact 1-888-995-HOPE or one of the counseling agencies listed on page 2 of "Foreclosure Fast Facts". All information contained in these links is available to download and copy for distribution.
1. Foreclosure Fast Facts: A 2-page listing of assistance, numbers to call, and general assistance, including counseling agencies experienced in foreclosure: http://www.nj.gov/dca/hmfa/foreclosureprevention_resources.pdf 2. The NJ HOPE (Home Ownership Preservation Effort) website provides information about resources that are available for homeowners who are delinquent in their mortgage payments, need counseling or have questions: http://www.state.nj.us/dobi/njhope/
BERGEN COUNTY UTILITIES AUTHORITY 2009
HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTIONS:
PARAMUS- BERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, 400 PARAMUS RD, PARAMUS, NJ
SUN., APRIL 5TH
SUN., JUNE 28TH
SUN., OCT. 4TH
9AM – 3PM OPEN RAIN OR SHINE
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