Good morning, Morristown.

Friday Nights on the Farm returns at Donaldson Farms in Mansfield Township from today through August 29, offering live music, local food, and family fun activities like laser tag and balloon sculpting during events held from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tickets cost $12 for adults and $5 for children 5 to 15 + no event will be held on July 4.

The Morris County Sheriff’s Office honored Warden Christopher Klein and Corporal Erica Valvano for their community service at Scouting America’s Patriots’ Path Council’s Lifetime Achievement Awards Dinner in East Hanover on June 18.

Sheriff James M. Gannon praised their work with the county jail and community outreach programs (which have reached several counties).

Denville Township Police arrested daycare employee Alysha Zarzycki (26) of Mount Arlington Borough after an 11-month-old child was injured at the Goddard School of Denville on June 18 following alleged neglectful actions.

Sister Monica Clare is a 59-year-old nun at an Episcopal convent in rural Morris County who uses TikTok to share faith and skincare tips with 215,000 followers.

Her memoir A Change of Habit details how she left a life in Hollywood and personal struggles behind to find joy in a close-knit community — her journey shows that following your heart is never too late.

Popular viral videos of black bears have drawn attention while state data shows that bear sightings dropped 33% and nuisance complaints fell 27% this year compared to last year—officials credit improved garbage control with reducing incidents even though bears entered homes nine times and reports came mainly from northern and western regions. This data follows three years of bear hunting that lowered the overall population.

New Jersey’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development announced that stronger unemployment insurance contributions will let employers pay a lower tax rate starting July 1.

The new rates, reduced from 0.6% to 6.4% to 0.5% to 5.8%, are expected to save businesses about $300 million in the coming fiscal year.

A Rutgers study showed that New Jersey cut its low-risk cesarean rate from 30.2% in 2016 to 27.3% in 2023, with Medicaid patients’ rates dropping from 24.8% in 2018 to 21.3% in 2023—bringing the state closer to the federal goal of 23.6%.

The state credits these improvements to the Nurture NJ initiative—an effort to reform policies for better maternal and infant health.