MORRIS COUNTY — Barbara Kuppersmith, chair of Voter Services for the Morristown Area League, will help attendees navigate the voting process, touching on the following topics: Who can vote, how and when to vote, early voting, vote by mail, in person, why residents should vote, residency requirements, the process of removal from voting rolls, checking voter status, and how to learn about the candidates.

Title: Know Your Voting Rights – Voting in New Jersey
Date and Time: Wednesday, July 26, at 6:30 p.m.
Location: Brookside Community Club, 1 East Main Street, Mendham Township

Liza Weisberg, a staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Jersey, will join to answer questions about voting and the Voters Rights Act. The League of Women Voters is a non-partisan organization, neither supporting nor opposing candidates or political parties at any level of government, but always working on vital issues of concern to the public. For more information, click here.

The presentation will be available live and after the event on the LWV Morristown Area YouTube channel by clicking here.

MORRIS COUNTY – The I-287 southbound Exit 35 ramp to Route 124 is scheduled to close this weekend from 7:00 p.m. on Friday, July 14, until 5:00 a.m. Monday, July 17, in Morristown.

If construction is completed earlier than expected, the ramp will reopen sooner. The closure is necessary to repair a sinkhole on the ramp.

I-287 southbound Exit 35 to Route 124 detour:
•    Motorists on I-287 southbound wishing to take the Exit 35 ramp to Route 124/Madison Avenue will be directed to take Exit 36 to CR 510/Morris Avenue, which is before Exit 35
•    Stay left to continue on CR 510/Morris Avenue/Lafayette Avenue
•    Continue on Lafayette Avenue
•    Turn right onto Morris Street/CR 510
•    At the fork in the road, keep left to continue on Morris Street/CR 510
•    Turn right onto East Park Place
•    Keep left to turn left onto North Park Place
•    Keep left to turn left onto West Park Place, which becomes Route 124/South Street

The work is part of a $15.8 million state-funded maintenance project to repair stormwater facilities at various locations in eight counties throughout North Jersey.
The precise timing of the work is subject to change due to weather or other factors. Motorists are encouraged to check NJDOT’s traffic information website (http://www.511nj.org/) for real time travel information

MORRIS COUNTY — Two adults and two juveniles were taken into custody following a chase in a stolen car in Montville Township, according to Montville Township Police Chief Andrew Caggiano.

On July 9, at 9:22 a.m., the Montville Township Police Department was notified that the Lincoln Park Police were pursuing a stolen black BMW 750 on Route 202. Officers assisted Lincoln Park in the pursuit. The stolen vehicle entered Route 287 North and became disabled on the highway. The occupants of the stolen vehicle fled with officers pursuing on foot.

Officers searched the area for the occupants over several hours. There were five occupants, and Officers located four of them. There were no weapons recovered. The Montville Township Police Department was assisted by the Lincoln Park Police, Fairfield Police, Pequannock Police, Morris County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit, the New Jersey State Police K-9 Unit, Auto Theft Task Force, and the Aviation Unit.

Diana Graham, 21, and Nathan Holmes, 18, both residents of Newark, were identified as the two adults involved. Furthermore, authorities took into custody two sixteen-year-old juveniles, also from Newark.

All four individuals were charged with the following crimes:

1. Conspiracy to Receive Stolen Property (Stolen Vehicle) 2C:5-2a(1)/ 2C:20-7a A crime of the 3rd degree.

2. Receiving Stolen Property 2C:20-7a, A crime of the 3rd degree.

3. Resisting Arrest 2C:29-2a(2), A crime of the 4th degree.

4. Unlawful taking of a Means of Conveyance 2C:20-10b, A crime of the 4th degree.

The Juveniles were issued a summons and turned over to their parents.

The adults were charged and transported to the Morris County Correction Facility.

Editors Note: A criminal complaint is merely an accusation. Despite this accusation, the juveniles are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

MORRIS COUNTY Art historian Mallory Mortillaro will give a presentation on major art heists and what makes art so alluring to criminals at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 3, at the Library of the Chathams.

Mortillaro made national headlines in 2014 when, while cataloging art at the Hartley Dodge Memorial Building in Madison, she discovered a lost Auguste Rodin bust worth several million dollars missing for 80 years. Her presentation will include several examples of art theft in the past 150 years while discussing what piques the interests of those with shady intentions in the art world.