Morning
Morristown
Monday, May 19th, 2025
Good morning, Morristown. Here's your local news at a glance for Monday, the 19th of May.
COMMUNITY NEWS
- ➤ Memorial Day weekend brings parades, festivals and remembrance ceremonies across North Jersey, with events in Morristown, Paramus and Ridgewood. Schedules range from morning services to afternoon celebrations with low-cost tickets and free entry for many community activities - including fairs and food truck events. Daily Record
CULTURE NEWS
- ➤ Seven Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Newark will host Memorial Day Masses on May 26 starting at 11 a.m.—most ceremonies will be held outdoors with seating provided while Gate of Heaven and Maryrest hold indoor services, and Cardinal Tobin will officiate at Holy Cross Cemetery in honor of the men and women who died in service. Daily Record
EDUCATION NEWS
- ➤ Today the vote opens for North Jersey Student of the Week as school administrators from Bergen, Essex, Morris, Passaic and Sussex counties have nominated standout students—voting will close at 5 p.m. Thursday—and top candidates will be announced around noon Friday. Daily Record
GOVERNMENT NEWS
- ➤ NJ Transit ended its three-day strike and trains are set to run today for commuters. Union leaders reached a deal that boosts engineers' wages (with a contract vote scheduled next). Daily Record
- ➤ NJ Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen ended a three-day strike on Sunday that halted rail service, and Gov. Phil Murphy said wage increases for engineers will come without raising fares—train service is expected to resume Tuesday after safety inspections and equipment placement. Daily Record
LIFESTYLE NEWS
- ➤ North Jersey restaurants offer a range of fresh BBQ sides for Memorial Day on May 26, giving party hosts better options than traditional burgers and hot dogs. Local picks include potato salad from Red White + Que Smokehouse and mak n' cheese from The Front Porch among several choices from neighborhood eateries. Daily Record
TODAY'S FOOD FOR THOUGHT
The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it, but the way those atoms are put together.
~ Carl Sagan
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