PARSIPPANY — Employees of Marks Paneth, a nationally ranked accounting firm with an office location in Parsippany, spread holiday cheer to Morris County children through the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree program. The employees’ donated holiday gifts were distributed to local families through the Salvation Army in Morristown.
Marks Paneth is located at 8 Campus Drive in the Mack-Cali Business Campus.
NORTH JERSEY — New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials today announced a traffic shift on I-280 westbound to allow for construction to advance, as part of the I-280 over Passaic River bridge deck replacement project in Essex County.
Beginning at 9:30 p.m. Monday, December 18, until 6:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 19, NJDOT’s contractor, Joseph M. Sanzari, Inc., is scheduled to close the existing temporary lane on the right shoulder of I-280 westbound bridge over the Passaic River to restripe the roadway and reposition construction barriers. Traffic will be shifted from the right shoulder onto the newly constructed left lane of the I-280 westbound bridge. The new temporary configuration is expected to be in place for several months.
Two lanes of I-280 will continue to be maintained in each direction by use of the temporary crossover. During the removal and reconstruction of the westbound bridge decks, the I-280 eastbound bridge over the Passaic River between East Hanover, Morris County and Roseland, Essex County is temporarily maintaining two lanes of eastbound traffic and one lane of westbound traffic by using the median as a crossover.
The $7.2 million federally-funded project, which started construction in July 2017, will demolish and replace existing structurally deficient bridge decks. NJDOT has coordinated with local officials throughout the design and construction process. The project is being accomplished in stages and is expected to be completed in spring 2018.
Variable message signs are being utilized throughout the project limits to provide advance notification to motorists of all traffic pattern changes associated with the bridge deck replacements project. Throughout the project, NJDOT will provide information before upcoming road closures.
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 www.511nj.org for real-time travel information and for NJDOT news follow us on Twitter @NJDOT_info.
PARSIPPANY — Northvail Elementary School students collected canned goods and other food items for our annual winter food drive organized by Mrs. Vento a fourth-grade teacher, and members of the Student Council. Two carloads of bags and boxes of goods were dropped off at The Food Pantry in Lake Hiawatha, which helps to feed hungry children and families. Mrs. Vento said, “At Northvail, we like to expose students to community service and the act of giving back.”
Our second-grade classes organized by Mrs. Hedden, participated in a Pajama and Book Drive sponsored by Scholastic Book Club. Twenty families donated new pajamas. The pajama drive is a great reminder of how important a bedtime storybook can be. The national program provides children who live in shelters, group homes, foster care and other at-risk children with a pair of pajamas and a bedtime storybook.
We all know how great it feels to receive gifts. Joy comes from helping others to better their lives. Thank you to everyone who donated!
RANDOLPH — The County College of Morris (CCM) Library is offering a free workshop on research tools for small businesses on Tuesday, January 9.
The workshop will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the Sherman H. Masten Learning Resource Center, Room 205, on CCM’s Randolph campus, 214 Center Grove Road. Attendees can park in Lot 7.
The purpose of the workshop is to help small business owners find information to help their business grow.
During the session, small business owners will learn about a variety of databases, including Reference USA, Business Source Elite, Regional Business News, Small Business Reference Center and others provided through the New Jersey State Library.
The workshop is free but registration is required. Call (973) 328-5300 to reserve a seat.
PARSIPPANY — Centenary University’s School of Professional Studies (SPS) is coming up to its one year anniversary at its new location at the Mack-Cali Professional Building at Seven Campus Drive. New classes are starting soon in January. SPS offers many different programs including a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting.
This program was developed as a result in growth in the Accounting field and the resulting job demand. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of accountants and auditors is projected to grow 10 percent from 2016 to 2016, faster than the average for all occupations. Globalization, a growing economy, and a complex tax and regulatory environment are expected to continue to lead to strong demand for accountants and auditors. The continued globalization of business may lead to increased demand for accounting expertise and services related to international trade and international mergers and acquisitions.
“This program was created as a result of that demand,” says Frank Longo, Assistant Professor of Accounting at SPS. “It is our goal to fill that need to for this highly sought after profession.”
The accelerated classes, which are completed in eight weeks rather than the traditional 15, are held in Parsippany. Classes run 3.5 hours in the evening and are taught by professionals in the field. Students participate in courses in-person or can connect remotely.
“This is conducive to accommodating the needs of an adult learner who is juggling many responsibilities,” says Professor Longo. “These students also have an advantage of having the ability to complete a Bachelor’s degree in much less time than the traditional timeframe of four years.”
In addition to the Bachelor of Science in Accounting degree, other programs that are available starting in January include an Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts, a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with concentrations in Management and Social Media Marketing, a Master in Business Administration degree with concentrations in Management, Marketing, Leadership and Health Administration. In addition, we offer certificates in Social Media Marketing, Leadership and Health Administration.
First established in 1999, Centenary University’s School of Professional Studies (SPS) provides an entrepreneurial approach to the educational experience by offering professional studies to an adult population, allowing students to select the modality most conducive to their busy lifestyle. Students can take classes in a variety of formats: one-night-per-week, completely online or through a blended approach, which combines online and in-class methods.
The curriculum combines theory and practical experience, allowing students to apply knowledge acquired immediately. Having conferred thousands of A.A., B.S.B.A. and M.B.A. degrees, the School of Professional Studies serves as an inclusive and collaborative learning community dedicated to preparing adult students to progress further in society and to contribute directly to the state’s economic engine.
For more information about SPS offerings click here.
Founded in 1867 by the Newark Conference of the United Methodist Church, Centenary University’s academic program integrates a solid liberal arts foundation with a strong career orientation. This mix is designed to provide an educational experience that prepares students to succeed in the increasingly global and interdependent world.
Centenary University’s main campus is located in Hackettstown, with its equestrian facility in Washington Township (Morris County). Centenary’s School of Professional Studies offers degree programs in Parsippany, as well as, corporate sites throughout New Jersey.
PARSIPPANY — The neighbors in Sedgefield gather around the home of President Carlos Guzman, and trimmed the tree, ate delicious cookies and donuts, drank hot chocolate and coffee waiting for the arrival of Santa.
Santa arrived by the Mount Tabor Volunteer Fire Department and joined the crowd, greeted the children and posed for pictures.
The history of Sedgefield:
In the late 40″s Justus Nienaber purchased a 200 acre tract from Peter Freylinghuysen Jr. This was formerly the Ballantine Estate and included a beautiful two-story white colonial mansion, complete with gazebo, creek, pond and other outbuildings.
In 1949, he started to develop Sedgefield with a group of builders. The name was taken from a charming and peaceful Carolina resort hotel, The Sedgefield Inn, which is surrounded by a development of gracious homes.
The name Sedgefield itself is derived from two Anglo-Saxon words: secg (a sword), its popular meaning – any course, grass like herb, growing in damp places; and feld – a cleared piece of land.
Carrying on with the Anglo-Saxon Association, all the streets bear the names of English towns, villages or locations. The three entry streets are Sherwood, Sedgefield and Dartford. All streets between Sedgefield and Dartford are in alphabetical order. All streets between Robinhood and Friar are of English origin but are not in alphabetical order.
Development in Sedgefield can be determined by the type of roads in the area. The first section contained ranch or single story homes built on streets with no curbs. The second section contained ranch, split-level and two-story colonials built on streets with concrete curbs. The third and final section contained two-story colonials or split-level homes built on streets with Belgian block curbing and sidewalks.
Long time residents can remember when Littleton Road (US 202) was a two-lane tree-line road with very little traffic. It passed Rusty’s Hardware Store, the old St. Christopher’s Church (which was housed in the Blue Swan Inn) and a goat farm that used to be in the area of the Littleton Road bridge over Route 80. Alderney Dairy had a barn and pasture where Gatehall is now located. Cows and deer used to wander into Sedgefield along Robinhood Road. A few deer still visit us on occasion.
Back then, the Morris Plains Shopping Center had a Two Guys from Harrison store. Sip and Sup was located at the intersection of Route 202 and Route 10 where one could enjoy food and dairy products in a leisurely manner and watch the few cars going through the intersection. The area now covered with commercial buildings (Campus Drive, Sylvan Way and Dryden Way) contained dairy farms and was used by the Civic Association for picnics and fireworks.
In the 1970s, Sherwood Village (the section around Sherwood, Friar, Robinhood and Littlejohn Roads) was included as part of Sedgefield. Crawford Road was the last area to be developed.
The last home in Sedgefield was erected in 1988, a two-story colonial manufactured in Pennsylvania. This was the 295th home in Sedgefield.
PARSIPPANY — Parsippany Town Hall Council Agenda Meeting (12/05/2017).
PARSIPPANY — Santa was escorted on the firetruck throughout neighborhoods located in Parsippany-Troy Hills Volunteer Fire Department district with members of the department on Sunday, December 17.
PARSIPPANY — Santa made a visit at the Learning Experience on Saturday, December 16.
The children had breakfast with Santa before they had the opportunity to sit on his lap, take pictures and tell Santa what they want for Christmas. There was a surprise visit from Bubbles the Elephant. Bubbles played and danced with the children.
The Learning Experience for more than 30 years, the founders of The Learning Experience®, the Weissman family, have been positively impacting the lives of children by developing and implementing ground-breaking care and early education programs throughout the country. Starting in 1980 with a single location in Boca Raton, FL, the unique and proprietary programs that the Weissmans developed quickly caught on and expansion soon followed.
The Learning Experience is located at 1159 Parsippany Boulevard. For more information call (973) 607-3577.
The Learning Experience offers:
PARSIPPANY — The Troy Hills Elementary PTA Bake was held at the PAL on Baldwin Road.
Among the homemade specialities were cupcakes, cookies and everything sweet. They were also selling water and potato chips.
Troy Hills Elementary School is located at 509 South Beverwyck Road.
PARSIPPANY — Chanukah was celebrated at the Parsippany Municipal Building on Thursday, December 14 with the lighting of the menorah, live music, potato latkes, donuts, Chanukah gelt for the kids and fun for the entire family. Rabbi Baumgarten, Chabad Center of Northwest New Jersey emceed the event.
Rabbi Rudin played Chanukah favorites: Oh Chanukah, Oh Chanukah; I have a Little Dreidel and Light One Candle.
Chanukah — the eight-day festival of light that begins on the eve of Kislev 25 – celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, of purity over adulteration, of spirituality over materiality. More than twenty-one centuries ago, the Holy Land was ruled by the Seleucids (Syrian-Greeks), who sought to forcefully Hellenize the people of Israel. Against all odds, a small band of faithful Jews defeated one of the mightiest armies on earth, drove the Greeks from the land, reclaimed the Holy Temple in Jerusalem and rededicated it to the service of G-d. When they sought to light the Temple’s menorah, they found only a single cruse of olive oil that had escaped contamination by the Greeks; miraculously, the one day supply burned for eight days, until new oil could be prepared under conditions of ritual purity. To commemorate and publicize these miracles, the sages instituted the festival of Chanukah. At the heart of the festival is the nightly menorah lighting: a single flame on the first night, two on the second evening, and so on till the eighth night of Chanukah, when all eight lights are kindled. On Chanukah we also recite Hallel and the Al HaNissim prayer to offer praise and thanksgiving to G-d for “delivering the strong into the hands of the weak, the many into the hands of the few … the wicked into the hands of the righteous.”
Chanukah customs include eating foods fried in oil — latkes (potato pancakes) and sufganiot (doughnuts); playing with the dreidel (a spinning top on which are inscribed the Hebrew letters nun, gimmel, hei and shin, an acronym for Nes Gadol Hayah Sham, “a great miracle happened there”); and the giving of Chanukah gelt, gifts of money, to children.
Parsippany Rescue and Recovery was lighting up the outside area.
PARSIPPANY — Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany Foundation received a donation from Gourmet Cafe.
Accepting the donation was Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany President Frank Cahill, Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany Foundation President Greg Elbin and Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany President-Elect Karen DeChristopher.
Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany participated in Gourmet Cafe’s “Make-a-difference Monday” fundraiser.
Since the owner/chef Matthew Pierone started the program in May of 2008 Gourmet Cafe has donated over $71,000 to non-profit groups raising money for their organizations.
Although December 4 was the last day of the program, groups can still count on Gourmet Cafe for help with fundraising through the restaurant. Gift certificate and other cash donations this year were an additional $2,000 plus.
Thank you to all of those involved including my staff.
On Monday, December 11 and Monday, December 18, Gourmet Cafe will be donating 10% of the sales to Toys for Tots and the Salvation Army.
Gourmet Cafe is located at 136 Baldwin Road. You can learn more about Gourmet Cafe by clicking here.
Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany supports nine K-Kids clubs: Lake Parsippany Elementary School, Eastlake Elementary School, Mt. Tabor Elementary School, Littleton Elementary School, Lake Hiawatha Elementary School, Troy Hills Elementary School, Northvail Elementary School, Knollwood School and Rockaway Meadow Elementary School, two Builders Clubs: Central Middle School and Brooklawn Middle School; two Key Clubs: Parsippany Hills High School and Parsippany High School and one Aktion Club.
Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany raises funds and donates to the Parsippany Food Pantry, Parsippany-Troy Hills Public Library, Parsippany PAL Youth Center, Parsippany High School Scholarship Program, Parsippany Hills High School Scholarship Program, Parsippany Child Day Center, Prevent Child Abuse-New Jersey, Camp Nejeda, NJ Sharing Network, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of Parsippany, Parsippany Project Graduation, Jersey Battered Women’s Services, Family Promise of Morris County, Parsippany Little League West, Parsippany Little League East to name a few.
The Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany meets at the Empire Diner, 1315 Route 46 every Thursday morning at 7:15. For more information, click here.
ROCKAWAY — Now through December 17, guests are invited to participate in Rockaway Townsquare’s Wish Wall, a program that provides gifts to more than 500 area children through a collaboration with community agencies and foster homes. Individuals interested in participating can pick an envelope from the wall, which contains a child’s wish, and purchase a giftcard at Simon Guest Services to the store of the child’s choice. The wish wall is located on the upper level, near the elevator.
An expansive retail destination for fashion, discovery and community, Rockaway Townsquare is located at Route 80 and Mt. Hope Avenue in Rockaway, and is managed by Simon, headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. A two-level, super-regional mall, Rockaway Townsquare is anchored by Macy’s, Lord & Taylor, Sears and JCPenney and has more than 180 specialty stores. For additional Simon information, please visit simon.com. Visit simon.com/mall/rockaway-townsquare for the latest mall events and retailer updates. Rockaway Townsquare also is on Facebook, at www.facebook.com/RockawayTownsquare, and @ShopRockaway on Twitter.
PARSIPPANY — The Morris County Board of Freeholders this week honored four Eagle Scouts from across Morris County for a series of ambitious scout projects that assisted a local library, a baseball league, and local churches in projects that required hundreds of hours of volunteer efforts by the scouts and their volunteer project teams.
“It is a privilege for the Board of Freeholders to celebrate the positive efforts of these four young men who undertook ambitious projects that have made positive impacts on their respective communities,’’ said Freeholder Director Doug Cabana.
“They, obviously, have set an example for all of us, and are obviously future leaders of Morris County,” he added.
The freeholders, at their meeting in Morristown, awarded county certificates of achievement to:
Take a look at the great work these scouts have done by clicking here.
Each of the scouts who received county certificates have impressive personal resumes, featuring outstanding family, school, scouting, and personal achievements. The following is a snapshot of their Eagle Scout projects:
For more information on Eagle Scouts click here.
For more information on Girl Scouts’ Gold Awards, click here.
PARSIPPANY — The Woman’s Club of Parsippany-Troy Hills (WCPTH) just held its annual Operation Candy/Cookie Meeting and wrapped over 160 tins of holiday cookies, along with 75 packets of holiday cards, for area nursing and care homes. The goodies already have been donated to residents of The Country Home, The Morris View Health Care Center, Sunrise Assisted Living all in Morris Plains and Eric Johnson House in Morristown.
Operation Cookie/Candy has been a project of New Jersey Women’s Clubs for over 50 years. Another recent holiday project of the club was Boatsie’s Boxes. Club members filled 100 Christmas stockings with toiletries, games, telephone cards and other items for members of the military serving overseas. These stockings were taken to the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs (NJSFWC) headquarters to be shipped with the 1,495 stockings filled by the other women’s clubs of NJSFWC. And later in December WCPTH club members will be donating toys and other gifts to be distributed to children in the Dover area through the Adopt-A-Family Head Start Community Program.
The Woman’s Club of Parsippany-Troy Hills is a member of the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs of GFWC, which is the largest volunteer women’s service organization in the state, providing opportunities for education, leadership training, and community service. The next General Meeting is on Monday, January 22.
For more information about the January General Meeting or the club, call Cathy at (973) 984-0758, e-mail the club at womansclubofpth@gmail.com, or visit their website by clicking here or follow the club on FaceBook.
PARSIPPANY — Cub Scout Pack 177 sang carols at CareOne Parsippany on Wednesday, December 13. Songs included “Frosty the Snowman,” “Winter Wonderland,” and “Rockin Around the Christmas Tree,” among others.
Many residents attended and sang along. Special features included cub scout Dhruva Koushik playing the piano on “Jingle Bells,” and Webelo II scouts Tommy Allen, Paul Lomelo, Ryan Murphy, and Loei Moustafa singing a spirited version of Carol of the Bells.
At the end of the performance the scouts gave out handmade holiday cards and exchanged holiday wishes with the residents.
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PARSIPPANY — A Brooklawn Middle School student was named Music Student of the Month – Outstanding Vocalists by the Mayo Performing Arts Center.
Students are nominated by teachers, and are chosen by the Theater Education Department for their commitment and excellence in the performing arts.
Nicole Narvaez, an eighth grader at Brooklawn Middle School, was nominated by Tiffany Schifano. Read about her accomplishments, as written by her school:
Nicole has an incredible and diverse voice. She was accepted into Junior Region Choir for Region 1 last year and loved singing with the honors ensemble. At Brooklawn she is the heart and soul of my alto section and is constantly assisting other students and leading with her beautiful voice and love of music. The thing that impresses me most about Nicole is her ability to sing and appreciate every style of singing there is. Nicole is humble and is never one to brag about her tremendous instrument. She fiercely cheers on her fellow classmates and is always first to compliment someone else’s voice.
MORRIS COUNTY — The Morris County Board of Freeholders today issued a resolution to the the County College of Morris and staff of the student-produced literary magazine The Promethean, which recently won national recognition for design, continuing an award-winning tradition that dates back more than a decade.
The 2016-17 edition of The Promethean was recognized for design excellence earning a Bronze Award in the Magazine Design category in the 47th Creativity International Awards Print and Packaging Design competition. In addition, the 2016-17 edition was selected by Graphic Design:USA as a winner in its 2017 American Graphic Design Awards contest.
“This magazine highlights the remarkable personal talents of these students, showcases the great education offered at County College of Morris, and makes all Morris County residents very proud,” said Freeholder Director Doug Cabana, who presented a resolution of congratulations to CCM students and officials at the county governing board’s Wednesday, December 13, work session meeting in Morristown.
Among those accepting the resolution were CCM President Anthony Iacono, CCM graphic design instructor and The Promethian advisor Kathy McNeil, and three members of the student design team, Marshall Williams of Mount Olive, Yanira Rodriquez of Mount Olive, and Brian Larney, of Livingston. Each of the students also received a county certificate of congratulations.
Other student design team members responsible for the 2016-17 edition — and who could not attend the event — are Danielle Kerr, of Lake Hopatcong; Elizabeth Wise, of Rockaway; Jack Mandrake, of Randolph; and Patrick Moriera, of Dover.
Regarding the national awards, the Creativity International program, one of the longest running independent design competitions, is considered a barometer of excellence in the graphic design and advertising fields.
This year’s winners were from 28 countries. Submissions for the competition came from major ad agencies, publishers, graphic designers, freelance designers, marketing departments, nonprofits, in-house and corporate art departments.
While the competition does offer a student design category, The Promethean placed in a professional category.
Meanwhile, the American Graphic Design Awards is the largest showcase for original work created by graphic designers.
This is the 12th year in a row that the Promethean has received a American Graphic Design from GraphicDesign:USA. This year’s contest had approximately 10,000 items submitted for consideration. Fifteen percent of the total, or 1,500 submissions, were selected for recognition by the panel of judges.
The American Graphic Design Awards contest does not include a student category, so The Promethean was judged against work produced by professional designers. Submissions were sent by designers from around the world.
Earlier this semester, the college was informed that the 2015-16 edition of the Promethean was selected as a winner in the American Inhouse Design awards, another contest sponsored by GraphicDesign:USA. This is the seventh consecutive year that the Promethean has been chosen for this award.
The 2015-2016 CCM student staff was made up of graphic design students Alexandra Paterson, of Mount Tabor; Jacobo Aristizabel, of Whippany; Elizabeth Comings, of Denville; Sabine Formanek, of Basking Ridge; and Sandra Stites, of Randolph.
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