The William G. Mennen Sports Arena , commonly referred to as Mennen Arena , is a multi-purpose arena in Morris Township, New Jersey primarily used for ice hockey and other skating activities. The building houses three regulation-sized ice rinks . The main rink has seating for 2,500 spectators.
26-740: Mennen Arena is a facility of the Morris County Park Commission . The venue is the main home ice rink for the New Jersey Colonials youth hockey program and the main training center for the Skating Club of Morris. Morris Rugby Corporation holds events at Mennen Arena. It is also the host rink for the County College of Morris hockey team as well as most of the public high school hockey teams in Morris County, New Jersey . During
52-578: A feud with Morris because of a decision of the New York Supreme Court. Morris was Chief Justice, and wrote a dissenting minority opinion which Cosby found deeply offensive. Cosby recommended Morris' removal from the New Jersey Council on February 5, 1735. In 1738, New Jersey petitioned the crown for a distinct administration from New York, and Lewis Morris served as Governor of New Jersey until his death in 1746. On March 16, 1715, Morris
78-522: A few slaves that had been captured and resold. He was even successful in petitioning for an additional land grant with the help of family friend, Walter Webley. When the childless Col. Lewis and his wife, Mary, died, the now fully-grown Lewis inherited the estate in 1691. Lewis Morris showed a passion for politics from an early age, and first appears on the political scene in 1692, serving in the East New Jersey Provincial Council during
104-488: A new system of government. On July 29, 1703, in the instructions to Governor Viscount Cornbury Morris was appointed to the New Jersey Provincial Council , and would serve, with several suspensions, through the administrations of seven governors. During much of this time Morris was President of Council. Morris and Cornbury soon found themselves at opposition, and Cornbury responded by suspending Morris from
130-707: A source of clean drinking water for over 300,000 people. Circa 2021, the Morris County Park Commission received the permit. The MCPC expects to break ground in the trail's creation in 2022. In 2021, the MCPC unanimously voted to authoriz improvements to Lewis Morris County Park in Harding Township . The area receiving improvements is dedicated to Russel Myers, titled the Russ Myers Recreation Area. The "halfmile ADA Accessible loop trail encircling
156-482: A sports venue in New Jersey is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Morris County Park Commission The Morris County Park Commission ( MCPC ) is a board of commissioners that manages parks, facilities, and historic sites in Morris County , in the U.S. state of New Jersey . It is the largest county park system in New Jersey. Russel Myers was its first Secretary-Director and Director, serving
182-560: A voter referendum in 1956 formally established a Morris County Park Commission, and this was reported upon in American City . Its first leader was Secretary-Director Russel W. Myers, a landscape architect . That year, the Garden Club of America announced an alliance with the Morris County Park Commission's mission of "acquiring land, preserving natural areas, [and] protecting watersheds and streams from pollution." In March 1958,
208-469: The 350-acre (140 ha) Lewis Morris County Park in Morristown was the first park to be dedicated by the MCPC. As of 2021, it has expanded to 2,196 acres (889 ha) with 22.1 miles (35.6 km) of trails. The park alone includes "hiking, off-road biking, and equestrian trails[,] picnic areas[,] athletic fields, a dog park, group camping areas[,] sledding, snowshoeing, and cross-country skiing" and, in
234-542: The Governor, but also had the opinion printed for public distribution, along with an explanatory letter stating, If judges are to be intimidated so as not to dare to give any opinion, but what is pleasing to the Governor, and agreeable to his private views, the people of this province who are very much concerned both with respect to their lives and fortunes in the freedom and independency of those who are to judge them, may possibly not think themselves so secure in either of them as
260-577: The June 27, 1708, instructions to Baron Lovelace ; Lovelace died eleven months later, and Morris was again suspended, this time by Lt. Gov. Richard Ingoldesby . Morris was again reinstated to the Council in the instructions to Governor Robert Hunter , with whom he had a good relationship. Sir William Cosby , who served as governor of New York and New Jersey (as did all governors beginning with Viscount Cornbury), showed little interest in New Jersey politics, started
286-606: The MCPC for use as an educational farm and historic site. Upon Foster's death in 1979, the Park Commission received the farm. In 1979, Myers announced that the commission was opposed to the proposed alignment of Interstate 287 . This was due to the environmental detriment to the Sunset Valley Golf Course as well as noise and drainage issues created by the proposed road. In 1983, the Russell M. Myers Scholarship
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#1732859109296312-538: The Morris County Park Commission constructed a nature education center on part of the 556 acres (225 ha) of the Loantaka Brook Reservation . Circa 1973, Myers, a landscape architect and MCPC's Secretary-Director, had weekly tea for years with Morristown farmer Caroline Foster . In 1973, they arranged for Foster to bequeath her farm estate to the MCPC. In 1974, farmer Caroline Foster designated in her will that Fosterfields would be bequeathed to
338-507: The administration of Governor Andrew Hamilton . After the late 1690s the government of East and West Jersey became increasingly dysfunctional. This ultimately resulted in the surrender by the Proprietors of East Jersey and those of West Jersey of the right of government to Queen Anne . Anne's government united the two colonies as the Province of New Jersey , a royal colony , establishing
364-421: The area...will have an 8’ wide paved surface, a picnic shelter with electricity to accommodate 200 people, landscaping for screening and beautification, and additional parking to accommodate increased capacity, including ADA parking." The estimated cost is $ 904,000. The below parks and historic sites are overseen by the Morris County Park Commission. Morris County is home to four golf courses that are open to
390-661: The borough is named. In the fall of 1672, both Richard and Sarah died, leaving only the infant Lewis, barely a year old, as the lord of the manor. Although the manor was left in the trust of five prominent Westchester citizens until Lewis could rightfully inherit the estate, Matthias Nicoll , secretary of the colony, sent word to Colonel Lewis Morris, the infant's uncle in Barbados. Col. Lewis immediately made plans to move to Morrisania to care for his young nephew and his nephew's estate, which had been somewhat embezzled. Col. Lewis made great pains to secure his nephew's lost property, including
416-639: The laws of his Majesty intended they should be. This even further angered Cosby, who removed Morris from the court. His dismissal led directly to the John Peter Zenger trial affirming freedom of speech in the United States . On November 3, 1691, Morris was married to Isabella Graham (1673–1752), the eldest daughter of James Graham , who served as Speaker of the New York General Assembly and Recorder of New York City . Together, they were
442-603: The public and overseen by the MCPC, with each offering golf lessons and practice facilities. Lewis Morris (governor) Lewis Morris (October 15, 1671 – May 21, 1746), chief justice of New York and British governor of New Jersey , was the first lord of the manor of Morrisania in New York City (in what is now the Bronx ). Born on the estate of his parents, Richard Morris (originally from Monmouthshire, Wales) and Sarah (Pole) Morris in 1671, this Lewis Morris
468-782: The summer months the ice surface in the main rink is removed. The arena has hosted the Shrine Circus , dog shows, professional wrestling and MMA events such as Grapplers Quest and Cage Fury Fighting Championships (CFFC). Mennen hosted one game for the New Jersey XTreme of the National Indoor Football League in 2005, and was formerly the home of the New Jersey Revolution of the American Indoor Football Association . The Mennen Arena
494-534: The summer, the Sunrise Lake Beach Club, a water obstacle course, a flume, paddleboat riding, and fishing. The park was named for Lewis Morris , the first Governor of New Jersey (according to some sources) while it was part of Britain's Thirteen Colonies . Since 1962, the Morris County Park Commission developed buffer areas and programs to protect the Great Swamp from urban development. The following,
520-466: The system from 1955 until 1983. The MCPC provides the public with more than 20,000 acres (8,100 ha) for recreational, leisure, and educational use. As of May 2022, it operates 38 facilities including outdoor parks, trails, a marina , an ice skating arena, a horse stable , a historical farm and an operating mill. Morris County likely followed in the footsteps of other local park commissions. For example, New York City's Central Park Commission
546-678: The upper house. The first time, in September 1704, Morris apologized to the governor and was reinstated, but in December 1704 Cornbury suspended him. Morris was elected to a seat in the New Jersey General Assembly in 1707, representing an at-large constituency within the Eastern Division of New Jersey. After the recall of Cornbury by the Crown, Lewis Morris was reinstated to the Council in
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#1732859109296572-443: Was appointed Chief Justice of New York . When William Cosby was appointed Governor of New York and New Jersey in 1732, his opponents were called "Morrisites" as Lewis Morris was a prominent critic. In 1733 Morris presided over the case of Cosby v. Van Dam . Although the case was decided in favor of Gov. Cosby, Morris wrote the minority opinion, which infuriated Cosby. Cosby demanded the written opinion from Morris. Morris complied with
598-565: Was built in 1973 on land donated by the Mennen Company, now part of Colgate-Palmolive . It was opened to the public on January 12, 1975. At that time, the facility consisted of one indoor multi-purpose arena with artificial ice in place for most of the year. A second ice surface was added in an expansion building in 1986 and a third surface added in 2002. 40°48′56″N 74°28′31″W / 40.81545°N 74.475267°W / 40.81545; -74.475267 This article about
624-474: Was established, named for the first Secretary-Director and later Director of the MCPC. In July 2020, WKXW and InsiderNJ reported that Morris County parks saw increased use after Governor Phil Murphy reopened parks during the COVID-19 pandemic . In 2019, the Morris County Park Commission announced their intention to create a recreational trail looping around the 700-acre (280 ha) Boonton Reservoir ,
650-706: Was founded in 1856; the Hudson County Park Commission was created in 1892; and the Essex County Park Commission was created in 1895. Circa 1955, the Morris County Planning board recommended the creation of a Park Commission to the Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders. The goal of the commission was to provide attractive recreation areas , as well as aid traffic problems and protect limited water resources. Passage of
676-407: Was the first in a lengthy string of men with the same name to inherit the prominent estate of Morrisania in the southwest section of today's Bronx. Richard and Sarah moved their estate from Barbados to the Bronx after buying the estate from Samuel Edsall in 1670 when it was still known as Broncksland. As the name suggests, Broncksland was the original settlement of Jonas Bronck and his wife, for whom
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