MOUNTAIN LAKES — Nominations are now being accepted for the Mountain Lakes Citizen of the Year and the Janice D. Hunts awards. Nominations are due by October 30.
Please complete the Mountain Lakes Citizen of the Year nomination form (Click here to download) or the Janice D. Hunts award nomination form (Click here to download).
Award recipients will be honored at the Volunteer Recognition Event in December.
The purpose of the Citizen of the Year Award is to honor a Mountain Lakes citizen who, by his or her actions, has shown themselves to be an asset to the Borough of Mountain Lakes. The citizen must be nominated for their volunteer efforts during the 2019 calendar year. The citizen must currently reside in the Borough and must have been a resident of Mountain Lakes during the entire 2019 calendar year. Nominations may be made for an individual or may also include couples or families. Paid employees of the Borough and other civic and community organizations are not eligible for nomination.
2020 nomination forms must be submitted to the Borough Clerk, 400 Boulevard, Mountain Lakes, or via email to clerk@mtnlakes.org no later than noon on October 30. Awards are presented at the December Volunteer Recognition Event.
Past Recipients
| 2019 | Latest Recipient |
| 2018 | Steve Castellucci |
| 2017 | Martin Kane |
| 2016 | Mimi Kaplan |
| 2015 | Marnie Vyff |
| 2014 | James P. Bailey |
| 2013 | John L. Reilly |
| 2012 | Members of the Centennial Steering Committee |
| 2011 | Kenneth Stokes |
| 2010 | Jason H. Eveleth |
| 2009 | Dede Conlan |
| 2008 | Thomas & Jean Ryan |
| 2007 | Andrew Bulfer |
| 2006 | Joan Nix |
| 2005 | John Pendleton |
| 2004 | Jim & Necy Chambers |
| 2003 | James Moody |
| 2002 | William & Jacqueline Burkett |
| 2001 | Adrian ‘Duke’ Smith |
| 2000 | Herbert Kirby |
| 1999 | Carol Rufener |
| 1998 | Glenn Tippy |
| 1997 | William O’Brien |
| 1996 | Peggy Bulfer |
| 1995 | James Stansfield |
| 1994 | Sally & William Elliott |
| 1993 | Roland Mueser |
| 1992 | Joan Belz |
| 1991 | Chris Sullivan |
| 1990 | Janice Hunts |
| 1989 | Linda Stansfield |
| 1988 | Claude ‘Skip’ Watts |
| 1987 | Henry Popp |
| 1986 | Jessie & Charles Hyson |
| 1985 | George Lilieholm |
| 1983 | Lyman Wilson |
| 1982 | James Nelson |
| 1980 | Robert Wason |
| 1979 | Ruth & William Harrison |
The purpose of the Janice D. Hunts Lifelong Service Award is to honor a Mountain Lakes citizen who, by his or her actions, has shown themselves to be an asset to the Borough of Mountain Lakes. The citizen must be nominated for their volunteer efforts and contributions to the Borough over the course of ten (10) or more years. The citizen must be a current or former resident of the Borough for at least a ten (10) year period. Nominations may be made for an individual or may also include couples or families. Paid employees of the Borough and other civic and community organizations are not eligible for nomination.
2020 nomination forms must be submitted to the Borough Clerk, 400 Boulevard, Mountain Lakes, or via email to clerk@mtnlakes.org no later than noon on October 30. Awards are presented at the December Volunteer Recognition Event.
Past Recipients
| 2019 | Latest Recipient |
| 2018 | Glenn Tippy |
| 2017 | Mountain Lakes Garden Club |
| 2016 | John VonSternberg |
| 2015 | John Grossmann |
| 2014 | William J. Robinson |
| 2013 | George B. Jackson |
| 2012 | Members of The Trout Derby Committee |
| 2011 | Lisa Shohen |
| 2010 | Frank Dunn |
| 2009 | Richard A. Urankar |
| 2008 | Herb Kirby |
| 2007 | Adrian ‘Duke’ Smith |
| 2006 | Tim Delchamps |
| 2005 | Jerome & Lynn Unrig |
| 2004 | Hoke Brissenden |
| 2003 | Ralph Osgood Wells |
| 2002 | Sandy Batty |
| 2001 | Bill & Ruth Harrison |
