Baby Jesus stolen in Parsippany

Frank L. Cahill
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Baby Jesus stolen in Parsippany

PARSIPPANY — Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Department was advised by a resident on Adams Street that an unknown individual stole her baby Jesus from her property.

Upon arrival of Patrol Officer Adam Clark, the resident advised the officer that between Sunday, December 6 and on Monday, December 7

an unknown person stole her baby Jesus statue from her nativity scene on her front yard.

The statue had an approximate value of $80.00.

Witnesses reported a black vehicle driven by a male stopped in front of the victim’s house and placed an item into the vehicle at which time they left the area.

This incident is still under investigation and anyone with information is asked to call the Investigative Division at (973) 263-4313.

Clothing Drive for Chennai Floods

Frank L. Cahill
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Clothing Drive for Chennai Floods

PARSIPPANY — The 2015 South Indian floods resulted from heavy rainfall during the annual monsoon in November-December floods 2015.

The flooding has been attributed to El Nino phenomenon, which broke a 100 year record and the areas effected were capital of Tamil Nadu – Chennai and adjacent villages and cities. Nearly 400 people have died and 1.8 million have been displaced, with damages exceeding US $15 billion.

Thousands of people have been rendered homeless and are in immediate need of basic requirement: food, shelter and clothing. In an effort to help people, Indian community living in New Jersey have come up with a novel idea to donate clothing. As part of this clothing drive, we are collecting new and gently used clothes for all age groups. Goal: We are a group of more than 20 volunteers who are actively involved in this drive. We have 20 feet container, which is roughly 300 large home depot boxes. The estimated shipping cost is $3,000.

The organizers notified Parsippany Focus, that they received enough clothing at this point, and is just requesting donations money to help pay for the shipping costs, and can be anything from $1 to $10 or even more.

You can donate at PAL (Police Athletic League) at the following times:

Saturday, December 19: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon.

The Parsippany PAL is located at 33 Baldwin Road.

Par High Marching Band receives Resolution from Freeholders

Frank L. Cahill
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Par High Marching Band receives Resolution from Freeholders

PARSIPPANY — The Morris County Freeholders presented Parsippany High School Marching Band on Wednesday, December 9.

Parsippany High School Marching band enjoyed a very successful 2015 season, capturing the Group IV A State Championship and National Championship. The talented musicians and color guard also landed numerous caption awards for Best Overall Effect, Best Music, Best Visual, and Best Percussion; and the U.S. Marine’s “Esprit de Corps” Award.

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Band Director, Mr. Dalakian. Drum Majors Miki Hansen, Megan Wang, and Dev Lad. Color Guard Captains Bee Kelley, Xue Ting Lin, and Justina Avent with Freeholders Hank Lyon and Thomas Mastrangelo
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Band Director, Mr. Gregory Dalakian; Drum Majors Miki Hansen, Megan Wang, and Dev Lad. Color Guard Captains Bee Kelley, Xue Ting Lin, and Justina Avent

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Kiwanis Club cooks breakfast for Parsippany Child Day Care Center

Frank L. Cahill
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Kiwanis Club cooks breakfast for Parsippany Child Day Care Center

PARSIPPANY — On Saturday, December 12 the children at Parsippany Child Day Care Center enjoyed a breakfast and a visit from Santa sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany.

The chefs from Kiwanis Club volunteers prepared the breakfast which consisted of scrambled eggs, bacon, turkey sausage, pancakes, bagels and muffins.

The children received coloring books and crayons from Santa as well as a goodie bag.

Santa arrives at Lake Parsippany Fire Department

Frank L. Cahill
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Santa arrives at Lake Parsippany Fire Department

PARSIPPANY — Santa arrived at the Lake Parsippany Volunteer Fire Department on Saturday, December 12 and enjoyed his visit with area children.

Santa stays in the firehouse rather than going around on the fire trucks because it’s safer for the children and gave him the opportunity to talk with each child to hear those special Christmas wishes.  Parents brought their cameras and take pictures to catch that special time the children spend on Santa’s lap.

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Sisters Olivia, 3, and Pricilia, 6, Licin sitting on Santa’s lap at Lake Parsippany Volunteer Fire Department
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The Nolan family at Lake Parsippany Volunteer Fire Department’s Santa arrival. Antoinette holding 2-year old Katherine, Ken and 6-year old Liana with 8-year old brother Ryan

Mount Olive Man Sentenced For Aggravated Arson

Frank L. Cahill
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Mount Olive Man Sentenced For Aggravated Arson

MORRIS COUNTY — Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp announces the sentencing of Douglas J. Scherr, 34, of the Budd Lake section of the Township of Mount Olive, on December 11, 2015, before the Honorable Catherine Enright, J.S.C.

Judge Enright sentenced Scherr to serve five years in New Jersey State Prison on one count of Aggravated Arson. Scherr will be required to serve 85% of the sentence before he is eligible for parole, pursuant to the No Early Release Act (“NERA”).

On August 18, 2015, Scherr entered a guilty plea to the crime of Aggravated Arson (a crime of the second degree) before Judge Stephen J. Taylor, P.J.Cr.

On May 2, 2014, at approximately 3:13 a.m., emergency personnel were dispatched to Scherr’s Budd Lake Apartment, 8A of 33 Eagle Rock Village, Budd Lake, in the Township of Mount Olive on a call of a smoke condition with an audible fire alarm.

Upon arrival, first responders encountered heavy smoke and extinguished a fire located in the kitchen area of the apartment. The source of the fire was determined to be a glass candle that was underneath a chair with clothing draped over it.

Throughout the apartment, officials located multiple propane tanks that were venting a flammable substance into the apartment.  Officials were able to evacuate the adjacent apartments and no one was injured. Scherr was not present at the apartment at the time emergency personnel responded but he was arrested in New York State later the same day.

During his guilty plea, Scherr admitted he placed open propane canisters in the living room and kitchen of his apartment, and started a fire in the kitchen with an intent to ignite the propane, thus placing others in the apartment complex in danger of death or bodily injury.

The State was represented at sentencing by Assistant Prosecutor Christopher Schellhorn.

Prosecutor Knapp would like to thank the Arson-Environmental Crimes, Major Crimes and High-Tech Crimes Units of the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, the Mount Olive Township Police Department, the Morris County Sheriff’s Office-Criminal Investigation Section, as well as the New York State Police and Chenango County (NY) Sheriff’s Department, whose collective efforts contributed to Scherr’s arrest and conviction.

First Night Morris Celebration to Feature Some 200 artists on New Year’s Eve

Frank L. Cahill
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George Esparza: Phydeaux’s Flying Flea Circus and Wahoo Medicine Show
George Esparza: Phydeaux’s Flying Flea Circus and Wahoo Medicine Show

MORRIS COUNTY — It’s almost time to say goodbye to 2015, a reminder that comes with the notice that tickets to the 24th annual First Night Morris celebration are now on sale, with the New Year’s Eve just four weeks away.

This New Year’s Eve, First Night Morris will feature more than 200 artists and 80 performances in 24 venues, all within walking distance of the Morristown Green. This celebration of arts and culture in an alcohol-free environment includes two fireworks displays – at 9:15 and 12:00 Midnight.

There is also free shuttle service all evening.

The December 31, 2015 event will feature dance, theater, music, world cultures, visual arts and children’s events. More than half of the program will feature new artists (or artists returning after several years), many of whom have performed at top venues, performed on national radio/TV, in major films, and/or collaborated with superstars of performing arts.

For the cost of a ticket is $17.50 to $25.00 — you can experience everything from classical chamber music to the Australian aboriginal didgeridoo.

Some examples: On the jazz/rock front, audience favorite The British Invitation Tribute (which opened for Ringo Starr) performs note-perfect classic 60’s rock, while the Zydeco Revelators share Cajun rhythms. James Langton offers a Salute to Sinatra, or for classic bluegrass, fiddlin’ and banjo pickin’, catch the Feinberg Brothers.

First Night also offers cultural experiences from around the world such as Music from China’s Youth Orchestra  the sounds of the Norwegian Hardanger Fiddle, and the elemental drone of the Didge Project’s Australian aboriginal didgeridoo, compelling rhythms and high energy movement of Féraba’s West African Dance, Drumming and Tap, Latin salsa, merengue and tangos of Daniel Herrera’s DREAMS dancers or the beautiful costumes and elegant choreography of the Korean Traditional Dance of Choomnoo.

For a complete listing of events, venues and ticket information please click here.

Art 4 Kids with artist Christine Wagner
Art 4 Kids with artist Christine Wagner

VTSeva Parsippany donates 1,500 lbs. of food to Interfaith Food Pantry

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VTSeva Parsippany donates 1,500 lbs. of food to Interfaith Food Pantry

 

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Parsippany-Troy Hills Councilman Lou Valori, Joanne Rinaldi-Brashier Interfaith Community Relations & Development Associate, Anjani Katikaneni, Ramsatish Katta and Prakash Yalamanchili

PARSIPPANY — VTSeva Parsippany held its second annual food drive from November 17 to December 9. This year the group raised a total of 1,500 pounds of quality food items, topping last years total of 1,250 pounds. Parsippany-Troy Hills Councilman Louis Valori helped the group unload the donated food from the vehicles.

The team delivered the food to Interfaith Food Pantry on December 9 and Joanne Rinaldi-Brashier, Director of Community Relations and Development conducted a tour of the facility.

Middle school and high school children from Mazdabrook Preserve went throughout the community distributing flyers and collecting donations for the annual food drive. The impact in raising awareness in the community, helped some people responding very positively.

Mazdabrook Commons community also did active campaigning for the food drive and some people became involved in VTSeva this year.

With team work and the efforts of sincere, dedicated volunteers they were able raise almost twice the amount of food as the group did last year.

In this holiday season which is the season of giving, we hope that with our team effort we made a small difference in the lives of few homeless families of Morris County.

VTSeva Parsippany encourages students in middle school, high schoolers or any individual interested in participating in community services to contact them at vtsevaparsippany@gmail.com or call (862) 571-9518.

VTseva does several community service activities under the guidance of the founder HH Sri Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swami. VTSeva has different branches nationwide who do holiday food drives, toy drives, environment protection programs and walkathons throughout the year. You can Find the group on Facebook by clicking here or visit www.vtsworld.org to learn more about the organization.

VTSeva Parsippany sincerely thanks the participants and the donors for their support.

Bravo Recalls Select Pet Foods Due to Possible Salmonella Risk

Frank L. Cahill
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Bravo Recalls Select Pet Foods Due to Possible Salmonella Risk

Bravo Pet Foods of Manchester, Conn., is recalling select lots of Bravo Chicken Blend diet for dogs and cats due to the possible presence of Salmonella.

Routine testing by the Colorado State Department of Agriculture revealed the presence of Salmonella contamination in a single package of Bravo Chicken Blend Diet for Dogs and Cats (2 lb. chub only) made on 11/13/14 with a best used by date of 11/13/16.

The recall includes the following product and production lot:

Product Name: Bravo Blend Chicken Diet for Dogs & Cat
Item Number: 21-102
Size: 2 lb. (32 oz.) chub
Best Used By Date: 11-13-16
UPC: 829546211028

According to an alert on the Bravo website, 201 cases of this product were sold to distributors, retail stores, Internet retailers and directly to consumers in the US.

In addition, the company is voluntarily recalling products that were produced in the same manufacturing facility on the same day as the product that tested positive. These additional lots are being recalled out of an abundance of caution and have not tested positive for Salmonella contamination.

Product Name: Bravo Blend Chicken Diet for Dogs & Cats
Item Number: 21-105
Size: 5 lb. (90 oz.) chub
Best Used By Date: 11-13-16
UPC: 829546211059

Product Name: Bravo Blend Turkey Diet for Dogs & Cats
Item Number: 31-508
Size: 5 lb. bag of 8 oz. patties
Best Used By Date: 11-13-16
UPC: 829546315085

Product Name: Bravo Balance Turkey Diet for Dogs
Item Number: 31-401
Size: 3 lb. bag of 4 oz. patties
Best Used By Date: 11-13-16
UPC: 829546314019

These products were sold to distributors, retail stores, Internet retailers and directly to consumers in the U.S. All products tested negative by a third party independent laboratory prior to release for distribution to consumers.

The company has received no reports to date of illness in either people or animals associated with these products.

Salmonella can cause serious illness or fatal infection in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal cramping and diarrhea. Consumers exhibiting these signs after having contact with this product should contact their healthcare providers.

The recalled product should not be fed to pets. Pet owners who have the affected product at home should dispose of it in a safe manner. To submit a claim, pet owners should fill out Bravo’s claim form by clicking here and return to the store where they bought the product.

More information can be found by clicking here, or call toll free 866-922-9222 Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (EST).

Enroll Now for Spring 2016 at CCM

Frank L. Cahill
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Enroll Now for Spring 2016 at CCM

RANDOLPH — Enrollment is now taking place for the Spring 2016 Semester at County College of Morris (CCM). By applying and registering early, students are more likely to get the classes that best fit their schedules.

Offering a high-quality education at an affordable price, full-time students can save up to $50,000 or more by beginning their education at CCM. Along with that savings, students benefit from small class sizes and a faculty specifically focused on teaching.

In addition to offering a wide range of academic programs, CCM has a wide selection of transfer agreements to simplify the process of transferring credits to a bachelor’s program. A listing of those agreements can be found by clicking here.

After being accepted to CCM, students have the option of registering for courses online, mailing or faxing their registration, or attending an in-person registration session. In-person registration sessions will be held January 14 – 16.

The Spring Semester begins January 19. To apply online, click here or visit the Admissions office in the Student Community Center on CCM’s Randolph campus, 214 Center Grove Road.

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