PARSIPPANY — Patrol Officer T. Armenti responded to a residence on Josham Lane for a burglary. After a brief investigation it was determined that the victim’s 25 inch Sanyo Television was stolen while he was away between February 14 and March 13. Josham Lane is located in the Knoll Garden Apartments in the Lake Hiawatha section of Parsippany.
This incident remains under investigation and anyone with information is asked to contact the Parsippany Police Department Investigative Division at (973) 263-4311.
PARSIPPANY — The annual “Scouting For Food” drive National Boy Scout Good Turn took place on Saturday, March 24. Boy scouts from Troop 173 collected donations of non-perishable food from neighborhoods throughout Parsippany. 2,646 items including soups, baby formula, pasta, pasta sauce, personal care items, canned vegetables, canned fruit, baby cereal, peanut butter, powdered milk, hot or cold cereal, dried fruit, and canned meats were collected by 38 scouts and delivered to the Parsippany Christian Church Food Bank on Vail Road to help replenish their shelves. The food bank is currently serving over 300 families in the Parsippany community.
PARSIPPANY — The Woman’s Club of Parsippany-Troy Hills is once again collecting used or broken smartphones, cell phones, iPads and other tablets, iPods and MP3 players from now until the end of April. All money earned by recycling these items will be donated to Jersey Battered Women’s Service (JBWS) of Morris County. JBWS provides a safe house and transitional living accommodations for victims of abuse, who are often forced to leave their homes with only the clothing they are wearing. For additional information on JBWS, please contact info@jbws.org.
Collection boxes are located at Boiling Springs Savings Bank on North Beverwyck Road, Cerbo Lumber & Hardware at 1855 Route 46 Eastbound, Green Pond Dry Cleaners on Baldwin Road, IHOP Restaurant in the Arlington Plaza Shopping Center on Route 46 Westbound, Cerbo’s Parsippany Greenhouses at 440 Littleton Road, Four Knives Deli at 166 Halsey Road and at Village Nails & Spa at 1711 Route 10 Eastbound in the Kohl’s Shopping Center.
The Woman’s Club of Parsippany-Troy Hills is a member of the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs of GFWC (NJSFWC), which is the largest volunteer women’s service organization in the state, providing opportunities for education, leadership training, and community service.
The April General Meeting is on Monday, April 23 at 7:00 p.m., at the Lake Parsippany Rescue & Recovery Building, 100 Centerton Drive. All area women are welcome.
For more information call Cathy at (973) 984-0758, e-mail the club at womansclubofpth@gmail.com, or click here to view their website.
PARSIPPANY — Local resident Nick Sauter has been a pillar of the community for countless years and has touched the lives of so many as a former vice principal, athletic director, teacher, football and track coach at Passaic Valley High School.
As an active member of St. Agnes Episcopal Church in Little Falls, he’s been a member of the vestry, and was involved with the church’s food pantry for many years. He’s helped countless local families who are struggling to get the assistance they need.
A graduate of Passaic Valley High School in 1973 and Rutgers University in 1977, Sauter discovered he was in need of a kidney last year, according to his sister-in-law Donna Tissot. Nick continues to suffer from end stage renal failure, also known as end stage kidney disease, and is in need of a living kidney donor to undergo kidney transplant.
When Nick’s story was first published in May 2017, he was already receiving dialysis three times a week, but in the meantime Nick developed a blood infection that traveled to his 21 year old knee replacement. Due to the infection, Nick had to sustain two additional surgeries on his knee this past year and his hopes for a kidney was put on hold. Nick went through three months of physical therapy along with his dialysis. With these ongoing challenges, his sister-in-law Donna Tissot says, “Nick tries to stay positive through his good and bad days”. For those who are dependent on dialysis, life is grim and challenging and time is of the essence to find a healthy living kidney donor in order to go through transplantation.
Anyone who might be interested in being a donor, or knows of someone who would like to be a donor, please contact Parsippany resident Donna Tissot at (973) 714-7016 who will provide additional information and connect you with the transplant coordinator. In the meantime, the appropriate links and forms have been included:
Saint Barnabas Medical Center Living Donor Referral Form, click here.
Saint Barnabas Medical Center The Living Donor Institute, click here.
As Nick’s blood type is A-, interested donors can also be type A-, as well as O, A+ and O+.
However, in addition to blood type there are other ways to determine if someone is a match so please do not let your blood type deter you from thoughts of being a donor.
The family is still hopeful that by continuing to get the word out they will soon find a match for Nick so he can once again lead a normal life and enjoy watching his family grow.
Nick and his family are very thankful for the outpouring of love and support and thank you from the bottom of their hearts.
PARSIPPANY — Mike Ilic has earned recognition from the New England Wrestling Association.
Sharif Shamsudin, and Former Council Vice President Robert Peluso congratulating Michael Ilic
Brendan Marion was tabbed as the New England Wrestling Association (NEWA) Co-Rookie of the Year while head coach Steve Hall ’87 took home the association’s Coach of the Year award. Tyler Marsh added to the Crimson and Gray honors by being selected the All-NEWA first team while six others drew honorable mention praise from the conference and 13 were named to the all-academic team.
Marion had an outstanding freshmen year going 26-6 and finishing fifth at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship. The 165-pounder helped lead the Engineers to a dual meet record of 18-4, their best since 1994. WPI finished third at the NEWA Duals and second at the Northeast Regional. Marion was the RIT Invitational Champion, the NEWA Duals Outstanding Wrestler, and was also named a Scholar All-American with a 3.52 GPA in Aerospace Engineering. He shared top-rookie billing with Southern Maine’s Austin Shorey and was named to the All-Rookie team along with Mike Ilic, who was above .500 with six pins, at 174.
Hall was selected the NEWA Coach of the Year after winning the NCAA Northeast Regional Coach of the Year award last month. Since that accolade, the Crimson and Gray, bolstered by seven regional place winners, collected a second place finish at the 17-team regional tournament and Marsh represented the team at the NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships. WPI also boasted four Scholar All-Americans.
Marsh, a mechanical engineering major and repeat NWCA Scholar All-American, finished second at 157 pounds at the NCAA Northeast regionals and concluded the campaign with a 31-5 record and a team-best 13 pins. The sophomore garnered co-rookie and All-NEWA second team honors a year ago. Mike is a graduate of Parsippany High School Class of 2016.
Austin Shrewsbury, a second teamer last season, garnered his second honorable mention nod at 285 (29-8, 6 pins) while Michael Curtis collected his third at 197 (27-10, 12 pins). Dan Wensley and Stephen Jendritz were repeat selections at 184 (27-9, 3 pins) and 133 (29-10, 5 pins), respectively. Ben Zogby earned his first at 125 (20-9, 5 pins) as did Marion at 165.
Academically, the Engineers were 11th nationally, and fourth in the region, with a 3.49 GPA. The group was led by national honorees Marsh, Zogby, Chase Lind at 165 and Marion. In addition to Marsh, Zogby and Lind, repeat regional selections featured Curtis, Nick Day, Andrew Ellis, Jendritz, Pete Nash, Jack Nigro, Wensley and Tyler Wilson. Marion and Jake Smith represented the Class of 2021. To make Academic All-NEWA a wrestler must have been a major contributor to the team and have over a 3.2 GPA.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute was founded in 1865 in Worcester, Mass., WPI is one of the nation’s first engineering and technology universities. Its 14 academic departments offer more than 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science, engineering, technology, business, the social sciences, and the humanities and arts, leading to bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees. WPI’s talented faculty work with students on interdisciplinary research that seeks solutions to important and socially relevant problems in fields as diverse as the life sciences and bioengineering, energy, information security, materials processing, and robotics. Students also have the opportunity to make a difference to communities and organizations around the world through the university’s innovative Global Projects Program. There are more than 40 WPI project centers throughout the Americas, Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Europe.
Today as I watch the coverage of the March for Our Lives in Washington DC I realize that I do not know where Jay Webber and Mikie Sherrill, who are running for Congress in New Jersey’s 11th District, stand with regard to strengthening the laws required to control the sale of guns. I am sure that both of them, like all of us, are shocked and saddened by the non-stop gun inflicted violence in our streets, schools, movie theaters, and churches. However knowing that Jay and Mikie share our horror is simply not enough.
What we need to know now is if either of them has accepted or plans to accept money from the NRA or any of its affiliates. What we need to know now is if either of them plans to support efforts to ban the sale of automatic weapons. What we need to know now is if either of them plans to support the strengthening of background checks. What we need to know now is where they stand on all of these questions and what they plan to do if elected to represent us in Congress.
Where Jay and Mikie stand will determine how a vast majority of us (Republicans, Democrats and Independents) will vote in November and we will vote !
So Jay and Mikie tell us today – Where you stand so that we can decide whether or not to stand with you in November.
PARSIPPANY — On Thursday March 22, Parsippany-Troy Hills Mayor Michael Soriano took the time out of his busy schedule to visit with the Northvail School third graders. The third grade is currently learning about their local government. He explained to the children how as Mayor he works with all of the township’s departments and services such as the town administrators, police and fire departments, parks and recreation, and utilities.
Mayor Soriano talking to the third grade students at Northvail
The children were given the opportunity to ask Mayor Soriano questions about his job as Mayor. He took the time to answer each of their questions. One student asked, “What is the most difficult task you have had as Mayor so far?” He told the children about a recent challenge helping the hundreds of residents who were left without power during the recent snowstorm. Mayor Soriano spoke to the power company throughout the restoration period and even went personally to assist older community members shovel their driveways. Another student asked “What do you want the people living in the community to do for Parsippany?” He encouraged the students to volunteer in the community and help their neighbors whenever possible.
He also offered the students advice by quoting one of his favorite quotes by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” He explained to the children that they should try to find the positive in any given situation and always face challenges and conflict with a positive attitude and kindness.
The third-grade teachers Mrs. Diggle, Mrs. Garcia and Mrs. Messier would like to thank the Mayor for sharing his time with the children. The students thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to meet Mayor Soriano and learning about his role as a leader in our community.
PARSIPPANY — Parsippany-Troy Hills Patrol Officer Lampros Nicos responded to a cell tower on Eastmans Road for a reported theft. Upon his arrival he met with a technician who stated between February 20 and March 17 sixteen batteries with an approximate value of $6,000.00 were stolen.
This incident remains under investigation and anyone with information is asked to contact the Parsippany Police Department Investigative Division at (973) 263-4311.
PARSIPPANY — While investigating a complaint at Quick Chek, 490 North Beverwyck Road, Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Officers made contact with Robert Barthelus, 27, Lake Hiawatha. This incident occurred on Saturday, March 17 at 10:51 p.m.
After a brief investigation it was determined that he had an active warrant for his arrest issued by the Morristown Municipal Court.
He was advised of the warrant and was also found to be in possession of marijuana. He was placed under arrest and transported to police headquarters for processing.
While at Police Headquarters, Mr. Barthelus was charged with possession of less than 50 grams of Marijuana and failure to give CDS to Law Enforcement
He was released on his own recognizance on the Parsippany charges pending his court date. He was also released on his own recognizance pending a new court date for his warrant from Morristown Municipal Court.
Editors Note: A criminal complaint is merely an accusation. Despite this accusation, the defendant is presumed innocent until he or she is proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
PARSIPPANY — On Wednesday, March 14 at 11:52 p.m. while travelling South on North Beverwyck Road behind another vehicle, Parsippany-Troy Hills Patrol Officer John Garza observed a 2017 Ford Fusion driving North in the Southbound lane.
The Ford then swerved back into the correct lane narrowly missing a head-on collision with the vehicle in front of his patrol car.
Officer Garza was able to turn around and conduct a motor vehicle stop on the Ford Fusion in the area of North Beverwyck Road and Farrand Drive.
Officer Garza made contact with the driver, Robert Horvath, 60, Lake Hiawatha. After a brief investigation he was placed under arrest and transported to police headquarters.
While there Mr. Horvath was charged with Driving While Intoxicated
and Careless Driving.
He was released on his own recognizance pending his court date.
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