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Morristown's sweeping plans to transform the predominantly Hispanic downtown area around Speedwell Avenue would add 1,100 residents to the estimated population of 19,000--including 64 more schoolchildren who would cost taxpayers in Morristown and Morris Township a total of about $1 million a year to educate.

That's one of the findings of a fiscal impact analysis of the Speedwell Avenue redevelopment by Richard B. Reading Associates of Princeton.

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It took lots of compromising, but Morris Township finally obtained Harding's blessing to build two soccer fields on property near the border of both towns, reports The Daily Record.

The fields will have lights--which Harding officials had opposed--but they won't have artificial turf, bleachers, concession stands or a public address system:

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Not exactly. Unless Santa flies a spaceship with a faux fireplace and little green trees inside.

It's one week until the Jolly One himself lands on the Green and takes up temporary residence there. Santa's helpers--Raymond McConnell and Taylor Fenske of Bruen Custom Builders--were painting feverishly today, almost like contestants on some holiday home improvement show. . .

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Alison Larkin will have a book signing and reading at the Morristown & Morris Township Library on Sunday December 7 at 2 PM . Her best- selling novel "The English American" is according to the Chicago Sun Times "a funny, charming and poignant book - the kind that you can't resist reading in a single day. It's impossible to dislike this scatterbrained Brit, who overstuffs her suitcase and then ties it together with nylon stockings... But the book, based on Larkin's one-woman comedy show, has a serious heart. It deals with both the bureaucratic difficulty of finding your birth parents and the emotional difficulty of integrating them into your life. The English American has a love story, too, with Pippa trying to figure out two very different men..."

So come to the library for a fun and funny afternoon with Alison Larkin. Copies of her book will be available for purchase so bring your holiday gift list with you. Light refreshment will be served. The library is located at 1 Miller Road Morristown, directly across the street from the Community Theatre. Call 973-538-6161.

Charles Dickens said, "Charity begins at home and justice begins next door."

You don't have to look far in Morristown to see those words ring true.

This holiday season, the volunteers, fundraisers and staffs of local charities are being tested as seldom before. With the stock market plunging, unemployment rising to decade highs, and debt surging on the state and federal levels, Morris County families are suffering.

Increasingly, more middle-class families are turning to faith-based charities for guidance and support.

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With the stock market plunging, unemployment rising and government debt surging, more families are turning to Morristown's faith-based organizations for guidance and support.

Find out which groups are helping out, and how you can help them.

Also read our review of Grasshopper Off The Green and see the best costumes worn by party-goers at the Palm Bar -- all in the latest edition of MG.

Pick up a free copy at any of these locations in Morristown, Morris Township and Morris Plains.

Mayor Donald Cresitello today made public a redevelopment agreement which, if adopted by the town council on Tuesday, would change the face of a predominantly Hispanic section of the downtown.

The agreement calls for 650 residential units, 35,000 square feet of retail and office space, 822 parking spaces, and major road work along Speedwell Avenue, Early and Spring streets and Clinton Place.

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From soft rock to alternative rock, and everything in between, there's an abundance of choices when it comes to finding live entertainment on the Green.

For a look at the bands and solo musicians making their rounds to bars and clubs in Morristown this weekend, along with the next few weeks, click on our updated Music Watch column on our Morristown Nightlife page.

Don't let the season of giving suffer because of the economic downturn.

The Morristown office of Jackson Lewis LLP is asking all residents to find clothing, writing supplies and hygiene items to send to people who give to our country year-round.

The law firm has organized its first "Donation for the Troops," which will send donated items to United States military personnel currently serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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