PARSIPPANY — Registration is now for Parsippany’s Youth Roller Hockey and Street Hockey Program. Residents and nonresidents are welcomed to join! Cost is $50.00 per child. Street Hockey is for first to third grade, and Roller Hockey is for third to ninth grade.
To register online, click here.
Register in person is available at One Knoll Drive, Lake Hiawatha or at Central Middle School on Tuesday, March 20 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
For questions click here to email.
PARSIPPANY — Parsippany-Troy Hills got an estimated 22 inches of snow this week. Numerous power lines and trees down all over the roads, the last thing our volunteer firemen need to do is try to dig out a fire hydrant when there’s an emergency. Please help our volunteers and dig out your fire hydrants. While it may not seem like an issue, when you think about all of the trees and power lines that may affect us, the last thing the firemen need to worry about is being able to access a hydrant.
This small task that you do can help out so much in the event of an emergency.
Parsippany-Troy Hills Ordinance 169:16c states: The owner, tenant or occupant of any lands upon which a fire hydrant is located or the owner, tenant or occupant of any lands abutting the sidewalk upon which a fire hydrant is located shall be responsible for keeping the fire hydrant clear of any obstructions.
MORRIS COUNTY — The Morris Area Coalition for Education and Positive Choices is rapidly becoming a household name in Morris County. Word is spreading about the many initiatives being instituted by this unique, powerful group that provides the community with facts and information in the fight against drug and alcohol abuse. Everyone is quickly realizing the benefit to families when they sign-on. The importance of introducing kids to new activities and promoting substance-free events that keep them occupied (such as sports, exercise, career days, teen dances and activities with law enforcement) is of paramount concern when it provides ways to uphold a child’s self-esteem. The Coalition is a proactive team comprised of elected officials, law enforcement, educational leaders and concerned citizens who are up to date on the latest crazes and abuses that are plaguing our children.
Law Enforcement Night will be held on March 16 at 7:00 p.m. at Mennen Arena, 161 East Hanover Avenue, Morristown.
Please join officers and police departments from all over the state at the Coalition’s Second Annual Law Enforcement Night. It is at this event that youngsters get to see firsthand how law enforcement officers are positive influences in our community. Law Enforcement Night has been known to further develop these relationships often providing career opportunities for teens who might not have ever considered such a path.
The equipment on display at this event is known to even awe adults. Never will one see such an array of machinery like this at one location. Kids are able to ride the horses provided by the Park Police, see the Morris County Hope Van, jump in helicopters, ambulances, emergency vehicles of every shape and size, wear riot gear, try on handcuffs and comingle with the law enforcement community in a fun atmosphere.
The important aspect to remember here is that law enforcement is trained to make these kids feel safe and important. Confidence and self-esteem go a long way in helping a child say no to his peers when the time arises.
MORRISTOWN — Attendees were wind-blown and snow covered as they arrived at the Westin Governor Morris in Morristown on Friday, March 2. Over 200 guests weathered the storm to attend Homeless Solutions 18th Annual Dream Builders’ Bash. Despite the nor’easter guests filled the ballroom for an evening of cocktails, dinner, and dancing. They enjoyed participating in the Wine Pull, Raffle, and Silent & Live Auctions allowing them to further support HSI.
This year the Bash was themed Riding Home Together, representing Dream Builder Award Honorees, Gran Fondo NJ (GFNJ) founders Marty Epstein of Marty’s Reliable Cycle and Bill Ruddick, GFNJ Director. Seven years ago they created the GFNJ to give back to their local community. “We love to support Morristown, we love to support our community, that’s why we do this,” Marty Epstein said during his acceptance speech. “You are a great organization and inspire us to keep doing this. We are beyond honored to be your award recipients tonight,” stated Bill Ruddick.
Longtime Homeless Solutions volunteer and Parsippany resident Diane Martin received the Mary E. Van Kirk Volunteer Spirit Award. Diane is a superstar volunteer and someone HSI can rely on no matter the task. She is a regular cook at the shelter and helps in so many other ways from painting rooms at the shelter, stuffing envelopes, to leading the HSI Gran Fondo rest stop in Chester.
Before the evening came to a close, guests heard from former HSI Transitional Housing Program participant, Rebecca. She shared her emotional journey and the fairy tale life she feels she is living today. With the help of Homeless Solutions, Rebecca says she was empowered to take charge of all aspects her life. She is now on her way to purchasing her own home. She took time to thank donors and volunteers, “Because of your generosity and support my life is forever changed.” Rebecca was surprised by her 19-year-old daughter who delivered her flowers at the end of her speech. An emotional moment everyone enjoyed.
Homeless Solutions CEO Dan McGuire said, “I was deeply moved to see so many people in attendance despite the storm. We are truly fortunate to have such dedicated and loyal supporters. Many people remarked that the awful weather and power outages were a stark reminder of how the event helps to keep our community’s homeless safe and warm every day.”
The Dream Builders’ Bash is Homeless Solutions, Inc. (HSI) signature fundraising event. It is a dinner/dance, that brings together attendees from Morris and Somerset County to raise funds for HSI shelter programs. It has sold out for the last four years in a row.
Homeless Solutions, Inc. (HSI) is a private, non-profit organization with 35 years of experience in meeting the needs of those affected by homelessness in Morris County. Our philosophy is, “a Hand Up, not a Handout”. There are many ways we work to accomplish our mission to offer shelter, services, and supportive housing to homeless and low-income people. HSI runs four shelter programs and a Transitional Housing Program to help guests develop the skills to successfully return to independent living. We also operate the Mt. Kemble Home for Senior Women of limited means and develop and manage Affordable Housing throughout Morris County. For more information click here.
PARSIPPANY — The Goddard School celebrated its 10th Anniversary, along with Dr. Seuss’s birthday on Saturday, March 3.
There was a special appearance from “Cat In The Hat.”
Mayor Michael Soriano read “Oh, the Thinks You can Think” to the children, and then Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Officer William Stone read “Green Eggs and Ham.”
To prepare for Read Across America Day on Dr. Seuss’s birthday, Goddard School hosted their second annual book drive to support Bridge of Books Foundation.
There were plenty of raffle drawings for the children along with entertainment by Annie B.
Annie B is an interactive musical experience! In a moment she had children become fabulous farm animals, play musical games, and reach for their ‘Heads Shoulders Knees and Toes’. Children sing and dance along to kids’ classic favorites and to Annie’s original songs.
The Goddard School is located at 311 Smith Road.
The Goddard School is a member of the Parsippany Area Chamber of Commerce.
PARSIPPANY — JCP&L has approximately 78,232 outages in New Jersey to repair. Out of that total, 4,255 are Parsippany customers.
Please know they are working 16 hour long shifts to get the power restored as soon as possible. If you encounter linemen or their trucks parked and appear not to be working, please realize they need short breaks and sleep to safely do their jobs.
Here is a list of partially or fully blocked roads throughout Parsippany, along with downed or low hanging utility lines. We currently have 12 fully blocked roads, along with numerous others that partially one lane is passable. Everyone is working as quickly as possible to clear the roads.
Current highly travelled roads that are blocked:
• South Beverwyck Road between Bee Meadow Parkway and Reynolds Avenue
• Park Road between DeHart Drive and Geoffrey Drive
• North Beverwyck Road between Vail Road and Farrand Drive
• Jefferson Road between Parsippany Road and East Halsey Road
• East Halsey Road at Jefferson Road (access to office buildings from Parsippany Road on East Halsey only)
• East Halsey Road going west toward Route 287 can only make a right on to Jefferson Road which brings you to Smith Road
If you need to report a tree down, call the Mayor’s Action Center (973) 263-4262. If you need to report a power outage, please call JCP&L at (888) 544-4877.
The Parsippany PAL Youth Center, 33 Baldwin Road, is currently open as a warming and charging center. It will be open until at least 9:00 p.m.
The Parsippany Community Center, 1130 Knoll Road, Lake Hiawatha is now open as a warming and charging center. It will be open to at least 5:00 p.m. we are currently expecting to extend those hours.
Parsippany-Troy Hills Library, 449 Halsey Road, is open until 5:00 p.m.
Parsippany-Troy Hills Library, Mt. Tabor Branch, 26 Simpson Avenue, is open until 1:00 p.m.
Parsippany-Troy Hills Library, Lake Hiawatha Branch, 68 Nokomis Avenue, is open until 5:00 p.m.
Parsippany Buffalo Wild Wings, 1540 Route 46 is open as a warming and charging center. Please let them know when you arrive and they will serve complimentary soft drinks. They are open until 2:00 a.m.
PARSIPPANY — Three Republican lawmakers called on Governor Phil Murphy to send in the National Guard to help local communities recover. Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce, Assemblyman Kevin J. Rooney, and Assemblyman Christopher DePhillips questioned Murphy’s slow response to two recent nor’easters that left thousands without power and hundreds of stranded vehicles on North Jersey roadways.
“There is great concern from municipal officials with roadways shutdown and continued power outages across Morris, Essex, and Passaic counties since Friday,” said DeCroce (R-Morris). The administration needs to provide greater resources to the municipalities in helping get residents out of their homes and into warming centers.
Morris County OEM Center has been staffed around the clock since the first storm on Friday, March 2. They have been coordinating efforts with JCP&L to assist vital situations immediately and ensure the safety of Morris County residents.
“Governor Murphy should have mobilized the National Guard to help local officials deal with these destructive storms,” said Rooney (R-Bergen). “Thousands of North Jersey residents remained in the dark and cold even as yesterday’s nor’easter was bearing down on them.”
Upon meeting with the JCP&L workers staged at CCM on Wednesday, March 7, the Governor did not provide outage numbers for Morris County. Freeholder Heather Darling attended the meeting with JCP&L workers, thanking crews from Kentucky, Florida, Pennsylvania and other areas who were being dispatched to assist JCP&L crews already working to restore power to Morris County residents. Darling explained to workers that, with 70,000 outages from last week’s storm and approximately 10,000 still without power, additional anticipated outages from Wednesday’s storm further delaying restoration were more than some families in Morris County could withstand. Outages were around 60,000 after Wednesday’s storm.
Rooney noted there were some 500 to 600 stranded vehicles blocking roadways in North Jersey last night and, as of this morning, more than 243,000 households have no power.
“Clearly JCP&L isn’t equipped to handle these outages,” continued Rooney. “With a possible third storm on the near horizon, the governor’s failure to activate the National Guard is troubling.
The National Weather Service says another storm is possible next week, making it the third coastal storm in 10 days.
Currently JCP&L, with over 2,000 workers, cannot access all the neighborhoods they need to get into,” DeCroce continued “The governor needs to strongly consider sending out members from the National Guard to help assist the communities. We need to address the current needs in the event another storm hits us possibly on Monday.”
DeCroce said a pileup on Route 10 yesterday left people stranded in their vehicles for hours.
A dump truck overturned on Route 10 Wednesday evening, making the road impassable. The Morris County Sheriff’s Office assisted by providing blankets and water and rescuing those in need of immediate help. The scene was quickly cleared in spite of the strong wind and snow conditions.
Resources that would have been used to help plow Routes 46, 80 and 287 were sent instead to deal with the accident.
“Storm response requires tenacious and persistent follow through from the administration,” said DePhillips (R-Bergen). “We have had two destructive and deadly storms in five days- and a third is on the horizon.”
“The administration can, and must, provide all available resources to the utilities and municipalities in our area so clean-up and power restoration can occur rapidly before another deadly storm hits us,” concluded DePhillips.
More than 320,000 homes and businesses lost power during the storm’s height. Friday’s nor’easter left 300,000 New Jerseyans without power. Areas of North Jersey received up to two feet of snow from yesterday’s storm.
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PARSIPPANY — The Women’s Theater Company, a professional theater company in Parsippany presents [title of show] written by Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell.
[title of show] by Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell involves two struggling writers who hear about a new musical theater festival. However, the deadline for submissions is just three weeks away. In 90 minutes, they write and perform their show at the festival and learn lessons about themselves as people, friends, and artists. The musical received a Tony Award Nomination for Best Book of a Musical in 2009.
[title of show]: Starring, Kathleen Clancy, Patricia Durante, Joe Elefante, Gerry Mastrolia
Producing Artistic Director Barbara Krajkowski, Direction and Musical Staging by Lauren Moran Mills Musical Direction by Deborah Martin
[title of show] runs March 9-18 Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p.m. Tickets are $25.00 for adults and $20.00 for seniors. To purchase tickets online click here or call (973) 335-3038.
The Women’s Theater Company is located at the Parsippany Playhouse at 1130 Knoll Road, Lake Hiawatha. For GPS driving directions, please enter the town of Boonton, 07005.
The Women’s Theater Company’s mission is to provide a fertile environment for the advancement of professional women theater artists and to provide quality theater for the community at large. Through their main stage, educational outreach, and new works development programs, the Women’s Theater Company supports the development of new women artists, promotes new works in the American theater, and provides entertaining and enriching productions for growing audiences. Women’s Theater Company is located at The Parsippany Playhouse, 1130 Knoll Road, Parsippany. For more information contact (973) 335-3038, or email info@womenstheater.org.
The Women’s Theater Company is proud to be a member of the New Jersey Theater Alliance Funding for the Women’s Theater Company has been made possible in part by funds for the Morris Arts through the New Jersey State Council on the Art/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Women’s Theater is proud to be a member of the Parsippany Area Chamber of Commerce.
PARSIPPANY — Photographer Phil Buehler and Woody Guthrie’s granddaughter, Anna Guthrie Canoni, will share stories and photos from the folk singer’s days at Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital on Sunday, March 25, 2:00 p.m., at Morris County Historical Society’s Acorn Hall.
Guthrie, who suffered from Huntington’s disease, a degenerative neurological disorder, was a patient at Greystone from 1956 through 1961. He lived in Ward 40 and referred to it as Wardy Forty. It was here that a young and unknown Bob Dylan met his idol and a musical torch was passed.
Buehler has dedicated much of his life exploring the ruins of 20th century America. While visiting the Greystone site, Buehler stumbled upon photographs and negatives of Guthrie as a patient. He reached out to Guthrie’s daughter, Nora, at the Woody Guthrie Foundation & Archives, and with Guthrie’s case number in hand, Buehler began a 10-year odyssey that resulted in a book, co-authored with Guthrie Canoni, Woody Guthrie’s Wardy Forty: Greystone Park State Hospital Revisited.
Buehler and Guthrie Canoni’s presentation will include untold and inspiring stories of Woody’s life at Greystone. Images of the decaying hospital are juxtaposed with Guthrie’s letters, family snapshots, home movies and recollections of his friends, family and doctors. A book signing for Buehler and Guthrie Canoni’s Wardy Forty: Greystone Park State Hospital Revisited will follow their talk.
As seating is limited, RSVPs and advance ticket purchases are strongly encouraged. Tickets are $12.00 for adults; $10.00 for seniors; $7.00 for students; and free for MCHS members and children under 12.
To RSVP, purchase tickets, or for further information, click here, or call MCHS at (973) 267-3465. Acorn Hall is located at 68 Lafayette Avenue, Morristown.
Founded in 1945, MCHS is a member-supported 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to preserve and promote the history of Morris County. MCHS receives general operating support from the Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders, New Jersey Historical Commission, and Campbell Family Foundation, and project-based funding from the NJ Historic Trust, 1772 Foundation, Preserve NJ Historic Preservation Fund, Morris County Historic Preservation Trust, and Historic Preservation Fund of the National Park Service through the NJ State Historic Preservation Office, awarded by the NJ Historic Trust.
PARSIPPANY — Jeffrey Karger, a 2014 Graduate of Parsippany Hills High School made the Dean’s List for the fall semester at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Karger is in the game design and development program.
Degree-seeking undergraduate students are eligible for Dean’s List if their term GPA is greater than or equal to 3.400; they do not have any grades of “Incomplete”, “D” or “F”; and they have registered for, and completed, at least 12 credit hours.
Rochester Institute of Technology is home to leading creators, entrepreneurs, innovators and researchers. Founded in 1829, RIT enrolls about 19,000 students in more than 200 career-oriented and professional programs, making it among the largest private universities in the U.S.
The university is internationally recognized and ranked for academic leadership in business, computing, engineering, imaging science, liberal arts, sustainability, and fine and applied arts. RIT also offers unparalleled support services for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. The cooperative education program is one of the oldest and largest in the nation. Global partnerships include campuses in China, Croatia, Dubai and Kosovo.
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