Governor Murphy has signed Executive Order 123 which reads in part: All property and casualty insurance companies, life insurance companies, insurance premium finance companies, health insurance companies, health maintenance organizations, health service corporations and other entities issuing health or dental benefits plans in this State (collectively, “subject entities”) shall not cancel...

April 10, 2020 - All caught up on your favorite TV series. Waiting for the next season of that Netflix series? Try our Washington Township themed Weekend Crossword.   Next week, I will be hosting two Washington Township Recreation Department “Virtual Bingo Bonanzas!” Registration info is available for our first bingo...

Municipal Offices remain closed to the public, but staff will be off Fri April 10. Staff will be back to work on Mon. April 13. The staff contact list can be found here: http://ow.ly/Xy6t30qwBkM And issues can be reported by using the online portal at www.wtmorris.net    

Have you submitted your Census response yet? It is important to answer the Census. These numbers are used for many things, including assistance and funding.  School lunches, plans for highways, support for firefighters and families in need.  The results will impact our community.  You can respond online, by phone, or by...

April 9, 2020 - The Governor has issued several new executive orders yesterday. The primary election has been moved to July 7, following the extensions of the state of emergency Tuesday. Though certain school elections were moved, those in Washington Township are held in November.    Executive Order 122 ends all...

On April 9, 2020, Governor Murphy issued Executive Order 120 rescheduling the primary election until July 7 and Executive Order 122 ending all non-essential construction projects and imposing additional mitigation requirements on essential retail businesses and industries to limit the spread of COVID-19.  This follows the extension of the state of emergency...

April 9, 2020 - The Washington Township Health Department, in conjunction with the New Jersey Department of Health, has confirmed 34 cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) in Washington Township through April 8, 2020. Four of those have been confirmed as recovered and released from isolation. The other cases are in isolation, and...

April 8, 2020 - The Governor has issued Executive Order 118 closing state and county parks completely effective April 7 at 8 p.m. Please contact Morris County Park Police for violations at county parks and trails by calling 973-285-2951. Hacklebarney is a state park and violations can be reported to the...

April 8, 2020 - The Washington Township Health Department, in conjunction with the New Jersey Department of Health, has confirmed 30 cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) in Washington Township through April 7, 2020. Four of those have been confirmed as recovered and released from isolation. The other cases are in isolation, and Washington...

The Governor has issued Executive Order 118 closing state and county parks effective April 7 at 8 p.m. Please contact Morris County Park Police for violations at county parks and trails by calling 973-285-2951. Hacklebarney is a state park and violations can be reported to the state park police at 877-927-6337....

The Primary Election has been moved from June 2 to July 7    The Morris County Clerk's Election website can be found HERE.  All forms can be found on this website.     

April 7, 2020 - The Washington Township Health Department, in conjunction with the New Jersey Department of Health, reports it has confirmed 28 cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) in Washington Township through April 6, 2020. The Washington Township Health Department has confirmed recoveries in four cases. A confirmed case is those where...

April 7, 2020 - The Washington Township Health Department, in conjunction with the New Jersey Department of Health, has confirmed 28 cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) in Washington Township through April 6, 2020. Four of those have been confirmed as recovered and released from isolation. The other cases are in isolation, and Washington...

The State of New Jersey has created a COVID-19 Jobs and Hiring Portal. Businesses across New Jersey need thousands of workers for immediate hire. Learn more about who is hiring at https://jobs.covid19.nj.gov/ Also, employers in critical industries can submit information about openings with urgent hiring needs related to COVID19 at https://jobs.covid19.nj.gov/intake    

April 6, 2020 - The State of New Jersey has created a COVID-19 Jobs and Hiring Portal. Businesses across New Jersey need thousands of workers for immediate hire. Learn more about who is hiring at https://jobs.covid19.nj.gov/ The CDC is recommending wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing...

April 6, 2020 - The Washington Township Health Department, in conjunction with the New Jersey Department of Health, has confirmed 18 cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) in Washington Township through April 5, 2020. To date, 34,124 cases of COVID-19 are confirmed in New Jersey and 1,618 cases have been identified in Morris County....

Governor Phil Murphy and Superintendent of State Police Colonel Patrick Callahan announced an Administrative Order that permits blood donation drives to continue in order to meet the critical medical needs of New Jersey residents. In order to operate, blood drives must undertake appropriate mitigation efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19,...

    The Washington Township Health Department would like to make residents aware that testing for COVID-19 is available through the County of Morris in partnership with Atlantic Health.  A drive-through testing center has been established in Parking Lot #1 of the County College of Morris, Dover Chester Road, Randolph, NJ  07869.  Testing ...

April 3, 2020 - I received the following info on the Governor's weekly conference call yesterday:   The State has a total of 25,590 confirmed cases with 537 fatalities. There have also been more than 33,000 negative tests.    The Governor has issued an Executive order protecting health care workers (EO-112)...

April 3, 2020 - The Washington Township Health Department, in conjunction with the New Jersey Department of Health, has confirmed 14 cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) in Washington Township through April 2, 2020. To date, 25,590 cases of COVID-19 are confirmed in New Jersey and 1,082 cases have been identified in Morris...