RANDOLPH — Freddie wants everyone to know he is looking for his furever home. He is a playful puppy about twelve weeks old. Freddie was rescue from a high kill shelter in North Carolina and he is now living in a foster home in New Jersey.
His foster family says…….” Freddie is going great. He is one happy puppy! Freddie enjoys playing with toys, playing tug of way with my dog and running in the yard. He has the cutiest, funniest run and you can see him running in the video.
Freddie is definately a little love bug. He does this adorable thing where he presses his nose up to your face. It’s so darn cute! And, Freddie has the funniest sleeping patterns, he starts off sleeping in his stomach or side then rolls into his back and ends up with his feet in the air. It’s so adorable!!
Freddie is a smart puppy who loves tto please. He already knows the commands sit, no and lay down. Freddie sleeps through the night without having accidents and he is doing a good job with house training. and is doing good witrh house training. Freddie is so cute and sweet. We know he is going to make someone very happy!’
If you have a furever home for this pet, please e-mail FHDR@att.net and request an adoption application. You can see more photos of Freddie at www.fhdr.petfinder.com.
PARSIPPANY — Parsippany Area Chamber of Commerce (PACC) will host a Speed Networking event on Tuesday, March 8, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Barefoot Rehabilitation Clinic / Crossfit, 5 Eastmans Road, Parsippany.
Join the chamber for food, fun and networking. Bring plenty of business cards.
The event is free for chamber members and is an opportunity to make the most of one’s membership. Non-members can also attend for $15.00.
PACC’s Speed Networking is an intensive session of two-minute mini-meetings. Looking for a web designer? Perhaps a new banker? On the lookout for a mentor? Searching for a potential business partner? The possibilities and outcomes are endless.
Appetizers and beverages will be served compliments of Rehabilitation Clinic / Crossfit.
RANDOLPH — Relay for Life of Central Morris County recently held its kick-off celebration at the Denville Municipal Building. The attendees had the opportunity to learn about the opportunities to join the 2016 Relay of Life event. They learned how to celebrate cancer survivors and caregivers, and how to remember those lost and how to “Make a Difference.” Relay for Life is looking for people to get involved. Cancer touches us all in one way or the other.
This year, the event will be held on Saturday, June 4 starting at 2:00 p.m. and continues through Sunday, June 5 at 6:00 a.m. at County College of Morris, 214 Center Grove Road.
Western Pest Services is sponsoring the event.
The Empty Table — The chair is empty. Many of those who fought the battle with cancer are no longer with us, but rather than mourning their loss, we choose to celebrate their life. These people are unable to be with their loved ones and families now, so let us join together to recognize and honor them, and to bear witness to their struggle and their memory. The table is small, symbolizing the frailty of a single patient, sometimes alone in the fight against his or her disease…
Bonnie Rosenthal, the Event Lead
Zack Forman, Youth Captain, “What It Means to be a Team Captain”
Parsippany resident Al Goldberg with Karen DeChristopher
Michelle Dunn, Honorary Member
Don Fast
Tara Pettoni
Margie Forman, Survivor Recruitment
Karen DeChristopher, Luminaria Co-Chair
Susan Rosenthal, Luminaria Co-Chair
Louis Valori, Robert Peluso, Karen DeChristopher, Bonnie Rosenthal, Paul Carifi, Jr.,
Randolph Mayor Roman Hirniak, Bonnie Rosenthal, Karen DeChristopher and Louis Valori
Howie and Marge Forman
Bonnie Rosenthal, Karen DeChristopher and Police Chief Paul Philipps
As the nation’s largest fundraising event, Relay For Life of Central Morris County rallies families, friends, businesses, schools, hospitals, service and faith-based organizations in communities throughout Morris County and beyond and is asking you to participate in the event by: starting or joining a team, making a donation, sponsoring the event, purchasing a track sign or just coming out to show your support to those who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and by providing an opportunity for everyone to fight back against the disease. We are also looking for survivors and caregivers, as we would love for you to join us so that we can celebrate and honor you during our special Survivor activities and dinner, as well as during the Luminaria Ceremony.
In attendance was Randolph Mayor Roman Hirniak, Parsippany Council President Louis Valori, Parsippany Council Vice President Robert Peluso, Council member Paul Carifi, Jr.,, Parsippany Police Chief Paul Philipps and Parsippany Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Board Member Frank Cahill.
The American Cancer Society Relay For Life movement is the world’s largest and most impactful fundraising event to end cancer. It unites communities across the globe to celebrate people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and take action to finish the fight once and for all. With the support of thousands of volunteers like you, the American Cancer Society is helping save more than 500 lives a day. Please join us and take action against a disease that has taken too much!
For more information about getting involved, making a donation, sponsoring the event and/or purchasing a track sign, contact Bonnie at bonnie@rainbowpeace.net or call (201) 317-0810. Visit their website by clicking here or like their Facebook page for event details.
PARSIPPANY — Parsippany-Troy Hills Police is on the scene of Exxon, On The Run, 2959 Route 10, across the street from Kafe Mozart, on a report of a vehicle crashing through the front window. No injuries were reported.
Damage to the window at Exxon On The Run
Damage to the window at Exxon On The Run
Damage to the window at Exxon On The Run
Parsippany Building Department and Parsippany Board of Health was called to the scene to determine the extent of the damages.
Parsippany Focus will update this story as details become available.
PARSIPPANY — Parsippany Police Dispatchers received a 911 call reporting that a male student had collapsed and was unresponsive at Central Middle School, at approximately 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 3.
Dispatchers were further advised that CPR was in progress by staff at the School. Par-Troy Emergency Medical Services, Saint Clares Paramedics, along with multiple Parsippany Police Patrol Units responded to the scene.
Emergency Personnel immediately began treating the victim upon their arrival. Par-Troy Emergency Medical Services and Saint Clares Paramedics transported the student, with police escort, to Morristown Medical Center.
The student is currently in critical condition.
Preliminary investigation indicates that the student was participating in gym class when he asked to be excused to the bathroom.
A short time later other students utilized the same bathroom and alerted the gym teacher that something may be the matter with the person in the bathroom stall.
Staff immediately responded to the victim and began rendering aid.
PARSIPPANY — A student at Central Middle School had a medical emergency, on Thursday, March 3 at approximately 10:57 a.m.
He was attended to by staff and medical personnel and has been transported to a local hospital.
The parents of Central students have been notified of the situation and during the medical emergency Central went into a soft lockdown so that medical emergency personnel had free access to the building.
The school district is providing counselling services to staff and students who witnessed the medical emergency.
Central Middle School is running its normal schedule and we will provide updates as soon as they are available.
It’ll be crisp and dry Thursday, but a shot of snow is expected for New Jersey beginning late Thursday or early Friday morning. Two to three inches of snow will fall along most of the Interstate 95 corridor and in Monmouth and northern Ocean counties, according to the National Weather Service. One to two inches are…
PARSIPPANY — Deputy Police Chief Richard Pantina held the promotion to the rank of Sergeant for Officer Peter Rizzolo. The promotion was held in the Council Chambers at Town Hall on Wednesday, March 2. Sergeant Rizzolo, 46, started his career with the Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Department in 1992.
Mayor James Barberio, Robert Rizzolo and Former Mayor Frank Priore
He is a graduate of the 41st Basic Police Officers class at the Morris County Public Safety Academy and has an Associate Degree from the County College of Morris. He currently serves on the Tactical Rifle Team and also holds certifications as a Crash Investigator, Firearms Instructor and DARE Instructor.
Sergeant Rizzolo also received two Unit Commendation Awards and one Command Citation Award during his time at the Parsippany Police Department. He will remain assigned to the Patrol Division. He is a married father of three and his father Robert Rizzolo is a retired Detective from the Parsippany Police Department.
The family celebrated the promotion at Kafe Mozart.
Mayor James Barberio administering the oath to Sergeant Peter Rizzolo, as Nicholas Rizzolo holds the bible.
PARSIPPANY — Intervale School, along with many other schools in United States, celebrated Read Across America by celebrating Dr. Seuss birthday on Tuesday, March 1. Dr. Seuss was born Theodor Seuss Geisel on March 2, 1904.
NEA’s Read Across America is an annual reading motivation and awareness program that calls for every child in every community to celebrate reading on March 2, the birthday of beloved children’s author Dr. Seuss.
Geisel published 46 children’s books, often characterized by imaginative characters, rhyme, and frequent use of anapestic meter. His most-celebrated books include the bestselling Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat, The Lorax, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, Fox in Socks, The King’s Stilts, Hop on Pop, Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose, Horton Hatches the Egg, Horton Hears a Who!, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. His works have spawned numerous adaptations, including 49 television specials, four feature films, a Broadway musical and four television series. He won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958 for Horton Hatches the Egg and again in 1961 for And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street. Geisel also worked as an illustrator for advertising campaigns, most notably for Flit and Standard Oil, and as a political cartoonist for PM, a New York City newspaper. During World War II, he worked in an animation department of the United States Army, where he wrote Design for Death, a film that later won the 1947 Academy Award for Documentary Feature.
Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
Council Vice President Robert Peluso reading to the fifth grade students in Mr. Valleau’s class
The class of Mr. Valleau with Council Vice President Robert Peluso
The third grade students listening to Mayor James Barberio
Mayor James Barberio reading to the students of Mrs. Worthington and Mrs. Krail classes
Patrolman Brian Conover with the first grade students of Mrs. Petersen
The Cat In The Hat, one of the popular Dr. Seuss books
Dr. Seitz reading to the fourth grade students of Mrs. Brown
Board member Andy Choffo reading to the second grade students
He was a perfectionist in his work and would sometimes spend up to a year on a book. It was not uncommon for him to throw out 95% of his material until he settled on a theme for his book. For a writer he was unusual in that he preferred to be paid only after he finished his work rather than in advance.
Geisel’s birthday, March 2, has been adopted as the annual date for National Read Across America Day, an initiative on reading created by the National Education Association.
PARSIPPANY — The Parsippany Rescue and Recovery Unit held a training session on their new equipment made by Res-Q Jacks, on February 21.
These jacks are designed to stabilize a vehicle no matter the position of a vehicle after a motor vehicle accident. The jacks are designed to assist in other areas of technical rescue including partial building collapse and trench rescue.
The jacks were purchased through Mid-Atlantic Safety and as apart of the purchase a day of free training was included. “The jacks look overwhelming with all of the parts included in each set but after using them Sunday they are relatively quick and easy to use. They are an amazing tool and hold a car in any position without an inch of movement.”
The most important aspect of a motor vehicle accident is to secure the car for the safety of the passengers and the rescue technician. If a car has movement when the passenger is being removed it can cause further injuries. The same goes for the rescuer, a car can move and fall on top of them if it is not properly stabilized. It also make working with the Jaws of Life easier when working against a solid surface rather than a wobbly, not stabilized car. The training lasted about eight hours and over twenty-five members were on hand to receive certificates of completion for the new equipment.
Since 1960, a special unit in Parsippany’s network of emergency responders has been hard at work developing skills and tactics for dealing with unique problems. The members of this unit have all signed up to do something that is vastly different from the more commonly known branches of emergency response in the fire departments and ambulance squads. Like the firefighters and EMTs, members of this unit assist residents of Parsippany and surrounding towns during some of the most frightening and desperate times, when lives are on the line. However, the Parsippany Rescue & Recovery Unit is on call to handle the types of emergencies that require a special level of skill, precision, and specialized training.
An overturned vehicle was used as part of the drill
Rescue and Recovery using the Res-Q Jacks
Rescue and Recovery Lieutenant Andy Zaharopoulos and Chief Louis Yuliano examining the Res-Q Jacks
The Rescue & Recovery Unit is most often associated with major motor vehicle accidents, but their abilities go far beyond the highways.
For more information on Rescue and Recovery click here.
