Morris Habitat for Humanity Accepting Applications for Affordable Housing

Frank L. Cahill
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Morris Habitat for Humanity Accepting Applications for Affordable Housing

RANDOLPH — Applications are now being accepted for one single family home to be renovated on Sussex Avenue in Andover Township.  Once completed, the home will be sold as affordable homeownership to the selected applicant. The sales price will be $110,000 for a low income applicant and $140,000 for a moderate income applicant.

The home will feature four bedrooms and two baths.  The home will be energy efficient and feature energy star rated appliances. Additionally the home will have a den, unfinished basement, one car garage and deck.  This home will not be handicap accessible.

The Habitat for Humanity homeownership program does more than put a roof over someone’s head.  In affordable, healthy, decent, stable homes:

  • Families can provide stability for their children.
  • A family’s sense of dignity and pride grows.
  • Health, physical safety, and security improve.
  • Educational and job prospects increase.

Applicants should click here for details on eligibility and exact qualifications.  Applicants should have a household income of at least $30,000 and there are maximum income limits based on household size. Additionally, applicants should have good credit scores and a clean credit history. Most important to Morris Habitat is the willingness of the applicant to fulfill the Habitat path to homeownership requirements.  These requirements include attendance and participation in home buyer education workshops and the willingness to contribute “sweat equity” in the amount of at least 300 hours helping to build their home. All the details will be discussed at the mandatory orientation meetings which will be held at:

Morris Habitat for Humanity
274 South Salem Street, Randolph

On the following dates:
Saturday, August 5 at 10:00 a.m.
Tuesday, August 8 at 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, August 9 at 6:30 p.m.

Register by clicking here. Feel free to contact the Morris Habitat for Humanity offices with any questions you may have at (973) 891-1934.

The sessions start right on time, and no one will be admitted late. Please do not bring children to the meeting as space is very limited. Morris Habitat to renovate and sell this home as affordable housing.

Morris Habitat for Humanity is part of a global, nonprofit housing organization operated on Christian principles by building homes, communities and hope. Morris Habitat is dedicated to eliminating substandard housing locally and worldwide through constructing, rehabilitating and preserving homes; advocating for fair and just housing policies; and providing training and access to resources to help families improve their living conditions. Habitat for Humanity was founded on the conviction that every man, woman and child should live in dignity and safety, and that decent shelter in decent communities should be a matter of conscience and action for all. Morris Habitat welcomes volunteers and supporters from all backgrounds and serves people in need of decent housing regardless of race or religion.

Since 1985 Morris Habitat has served 400 households though home ownership opportunities, home preservation, and international home building programs. Of these 100 homes were home repair projects and 80 new homes were built as well In addition, proceeds from the ReStore, opened May 2007, have funded 22 homes and diverted almost 5,800 tons of useable material out of landfills.  The store is located at 274 South Salem Street, Randolph. Store hours: Tuesday and Thursday 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

 

State Agriculture Chief Touts Jersey Fresh Produce In Morris County

Frank L. Cahill
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State Agriculture Chief Touts Jersey Fresh Produce In Morris County

MORRIS COUNTY — State Agriculture Secretary Douglas Fisher visited a Harding farm and supermarkets in Parsippany and Hanover Township as part of a Jersey Fresh homegrown agriculture promotional tour.

Fisher was joined by Morris County Freeholder Christine Myers at his stop at the ShopRite of Greater Morristown (located in the Cedar Knolls section of Hanover).

He touted the importance of New Jersey’s agricultural community and the Jersey Fresh fruits and vegetables sold across the state and nation.

It was a message he repeated at the ShopRite of Parsippany and Wightman’s Farms in Harding, which were part of his promotional tour.

Jersey Fresh is an advertising, promotional and quality grading program launched in 1984 to help farmers inform consumers about the availability and variety of fruits and vegetables grown in New Jersey.  Through the many years of the program, consumers’ awareness has increased, and it has become the benchmark for other states to initiate their own state-grown agricultural marketing programs.

Freeholder Myers spoke of the county’s commitment to agriculture through the taxpayer-supported farmland preservation program, which has permanently preserved 132 farms totaling nearly 8,000 acres, at a cost of more than $158 million since 1987.

“Our farmers produce a wide variety of crops ranging from hay and grain to bedding plants and from hydroponic lettuce, to sheep milk for gourmet cheese,’’ said Myers. “Many of our farmers now focus on fruits and vegetable, which they market through local supermarkets, their farm stands, and community farmers markets.

“Morris County also is now a major agri-tourism destination. Farmers welcome consumers on their farms to pick strawberries, apples and pumpkins,’’ added Myers, noting that work being done on these preserved farms fits right into Secretary Fisher’s Jersey Fresh model.

The New Jersey Department of Agriculture has continually worked to bring Jersey Fresh to all who want it, by working with restaurants, schools, colleges, big box stores, local communities, hotels, hospitals and more. The program has evolved over time with the Jersey Fresh logo getting a new look in 2006.

Wegmans Food Store, which opened on Sunday, July 23 is known for offering an unmatched variety, with hundreds of different fruits and vegetables on any given day, including many organic choices. Their Fresh Cut Market provides a variety of cleaned, cut, and ready to sue/eat fruit and veggie items, including veggie noodles, cauliflower rice, and fresh-squeezed orange juice made daily. The Hanover store builds a strong partnership with “Near Our Store” growers and, in season, offers locally grown fruits and vegetables picked daily and delivered directly to the store.

Advertising has been a key component of the Jersey Fresh program since its inception.

For more information on Jersey Fresh click here. For more information on Morris County’s farmland preservation program click here.

Wegmans ready to open on Sunday at 7:00 a.m.

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Wegmans ready to open on Sunday at 7:00 a.m.
Store Manager Tim Lockwood

HANOVER — On Friday, July 21, officials from Wegmans, Morris County Freeholder Douglas Cabana and Hanover officials cut the ribbon at the new Wegmans Food Market, located at 34 Sylvan Way.

Store Manager Tim Lockwood said “opening a brand-new Wegmans Food Market in Hanover is a dream come true.” The store located near the intersection of I-287 and NJ Route 10, is the family-owned company’s 93rd store overall, eighth in New Jersey, and the first to open this year.

“The opportunity to introduce a whole new way of shopping to this community is exhilarating,” he says. “When you add to that the chance to build a new team and instill the Wegmans values in nearly 500 employees, you’ve reached the pinnacle of your career.”

Lockwood himself has worked at Wegmans for 28 years and looks upon his new assignment as a fresh chance to give back. The new Wegmans will open to the public at 7:00 a.m. on Sunday, July 23, Wegmans’ core value for making a difference in every community it serves began more than a year ago in Hanover.

Early on, the store’s management began establishing community partnerships, supporting local agencies like the Interfaith Food Pantry and the United Way, awarding honorary scholarships to local students in a nod to the company’s employee scholarship program, and getting to know the neighborhood by attending and sponsoring events.

The new Hanover store is 113,000 square feet, has a light and airy feel, an open floor plan on a single level, and a generous seating area in the Market Café, with space for more than 300 diners indoors and out. The store also features one of Wegmans’ popular restaurant concepts, The Burger Bar. The Burger Car is Wegman’s fast, fresh, and flavorful restaurant within the Market Cafe. The menu, developed by their own chefs and made fresh to order, offers the best burgers, salads, sandwiches, soups, sides, specialty milkshakes, and kids’ meals.

A 15,000 sq. ft. wine, beer, and spirits shop leased to a third-party owner in an adjoining space offers the convenience of one-stop shopping for beverage pairings to complement meals.

Among the 65,000 individual products carried at Wegmans Hanover are more than 3,000 organic items, up to 700 produce offerings, 300 imported and domestic cheeses – including Wegmans’ own cave-aged cheeses – a wide array of international ingredients, and whole fish delivered daily and cut to order. Store hours are 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight, seven days a week.

Lockwood’s goal is “to have all my people share in our success. I’ve always strived to work together not just to set goals, but to achieve them and then to celebrate the accomplishment.” Employees have spent the last several months training and preparing for one goal: to dazzle customers with incredible service, quality, selection, and low prices.

A few minutes before 7:00 a.m. on opening day, employees will gather in the entryway of the new store to do the Wegmans cheer, a time-honored tradition that precedes each opening. When the doors open and customers begin walking in, the celebration truly begins.

Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. is a 93-store supermarket chain with stores inNew Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, and Massachusetts. The family-owned company, recognized as an industry leader and innovator, celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2016. Wegmans has been named one of the ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ by FORTUNE magazine for 20 consecutive years, ranking #2 in 2017.

Mack-Cali Realty Corporation the owners of the property in the Mack-Cali Business Campus signed a lease with 24 Hour Fitness. 24 Hour Fitness will join anchor tenant Wegmans and will occupy approximately 40,000 square feet.

“Mack-Cali is thrilled about bringing 24 Hour Fitness to the Parsippany/Hanover area. 24 Hour Fitness will join Wegmans as key amenities not only for our office tenants and residents in the area but also the entire community. Adding amenities like 24 Hour Fitness and Wegmans are at the core of Mack-Cali’s commitment to its tenants and the markets in which we are a part of,” said Michael J. DeMarco, Mack-Cali Chief Executive Officer.

In 2013, Hanover Planning Board approved a 140,000 square-foot Wegmans supermarket along with three restaurant buildings, a bank building and parking for 1,178 cars at Sylvan Way and Ridgedale Avenue located on the northern side of Route 10 across from Ridgedale on what is was vacant wooded land.

The site will use water and sewer from Parsippany-Troy Hills for the property, under an agreement that dates back some 25 years, and was renewed by the Township Council in 2013.

The site is approximately 4.5 miles from the approved Whole Foods site in the Waterview Marketplace, on Waterview Boulevard and Route 46, which they broke ground earlier this month. Whole Foods Market that will occupy 48,000 square feet, which is less than half the size of new Hanover location.

Update: Police investigate Santander Bank robbery

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Update: Police investigate Santander Bank robbery

PARSIPPANY — Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp and Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Chief Paul Philipps released official information regarding the active investigation into a bank robbery that occurred Thursday, July 20.

At approximately 3:30 p.m. law enforcement was notified of a bank robbery that occurred at the Santander Bank at 1980 Route 10 West.  The investigation revealed that a man entered the bank and demanded money.  He was armed with a handgun at the time.  The suspect was able to obtain a sum of money and fled the bank on foot.

Various surveillance photographs from the interior of the bank have been obtained. The suspect can be further described as a white/light-skinned male, who was wearing a construction-type hard hat, reflective-style jacket, dark shorts, boots, light colored gloves, dark sunglasses, and a dark colored object over his mouth and nose.  The suspect was carrying a handgun and a bag.

Numerous law enforcement agencies have responded and are currently investigating this incident, including the Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Department, the Major Crimes Unit of the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, the Morris County Sheriff’s Office, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Anyone with information about this incident, including the identity of this male, is asked to call the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office – Major Crimes Unit at (973) 285-6200, the Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Department at (973) 263-4300, or Crimestoppers at (973) 267-2255.

On Monday, December 23, 2013 at approximately 1:32 p.m., a robbery occurred at the Santander Bank located at 239 Littleton Road, Parsippany.  The suspect fled from the scene and was later captured and arrested. Newark residents Avery Spotswood and Quiama Harris were charged with the robbery.

In August 2012, nearby Provident Bank. 401 Smith Road was robbed at gun point, and the robber is still at large. The robber made off with a large sum of money, although bank officials would not comment on the exact amount.

Indus American Bank, was robbed July 20, 2012, and that robber was caught. On September 5, 2012 the PNC Bank on Route 46 was robbed and the robber was caught a few hours later in Secaucus. Stephen L. Smith, 29, of Brooklyn was charged with robbery and theft

On March 6, 2017 the Lake Hiawatha branch of TD Bank, 435 North Beverwcyk Road was robbed on Monday afternoon, at approximately 3:00 p.m. Gabriel Reyes, 25, Washington Township, Morris County, was arrested later and charged with the Robbery of TD Bank.

Santander Bank (formerly Sovereign Bank) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Spanish Santander Group. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, the bank—whose principal market is in the Northeastern United States—has more than $77 billion in assets, operates 723 retail banking offices, over 2,300 ATMs (including 1,100 in CVS pharmacies throughout the Northeast and employs approximately 9,000 people.

Santander offers an array of financial services and products including retail banking, mortgages, corporate banking, cash management, credit card, capital markets, trust and wealth management, and insurance.

Sovereign Bank was rebranded as Santander Bank on October 17, 2013; the stadium, arena, and performing arts center for which it has naming rights were also rebranded.

Letter to the editor: Aurora payments need investigation

Frank L. Cahill
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Dear Editor:

During the Tuesday, July 11 Parsippany-Troy Hills Township Council meeting, an emergency appropriation was presented to the council to pay a $290,000 settlement to Morris Township.

CFO, Ann Cucci, and BA, Ellen Sandman, described the appropriate manner an unexpected, large payment is made. Cucci goes as far as to explain that the term emergency simply means that a significant payment needs to be made that was not in the budget. Clearly they know budget law and the appropriate way to abide by it. 

Why didn’t they do the same thing for the Aurora payment?

This is a clear indication they knew better and manipulated the council and the people of Parsippany to pay the $250,000 to Aurora Information Systems. 

BA Sandman and CFO Cucci need to answer the questions that James Carfi posed several meetings ago. Specifically, they need to answer for their comments about taking care of the Aurora thing to protect the mayors attorney.

Additionally, there needs to be an investigation to get to the bottom of what they did. 

Sincerely
Alex Brown

Burglary to Motor Vehicle at LA Fitness

Frank L. Cahill
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Burglary to Motor Vehicle at LA Fitness

PARSIPPANY — Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Officers responded to a reported burglary to a motor vehicle in the parking lot of LA Fitness. at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, July 17.

Upon arrival of Patrol Officer Jamie Mendez, he was advised by the victim that unknown suspect broke into their locker in LA Fitness and removed their car keys.

The unknown suspect then went to his 2012 Honda Civic and stole currency from his wallet which was in the vehicle. The burglary and theft occurred between 4:00 p.m. and 5:30 p..m. on Monday, July 17.

This incident remain under investigation and anyone with information is asked to contact the Parsippany Police Department’s Investigative Division at (973) 263-4311.

Arrest for Possession of CDS

Frank L. Cahill
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Arrest for Possession of CDS

PARSIPPANY — While patrolling Route 46 at 9:49 p.m. on Thursday, July 13, Patrol Officer C. Dottino observed a 2005 Chevrolet Impala traveling east with nonfunctioning rear lights.

A motor vehicle stop was conducted and the plate was checked, at which time he found the registered owner’s license was suspended. Upon making contact with the driver, Elwiser White, 54, Passaic, Officer Dottino requested her documents.

While she was retrieving the documents, Officer Dottino observed a small bag of marijuana in the vehicle.

After a brief investigation Mrs. White was placed under arrest for Possession of Marijuana and transported to Police Headquarters.

While there, she was charged with the following: Possession of Under 50 Grams of Marijuana, a Disorderly Persons Offense;  Failure to Maintenance of Lamps; Driving While Suspended and Possession of CDS in a Motor Vehicle

She was released on her own recognizance pending her court date.

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 Town Hall Council Agenda Meeting July 11, 2017

Frank L. Cahill
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Parsippany Town Hall Council Agenda Meeting July 11, 2017

Parsippany Town Hall Council Agenda Meeting, Part 2

Update: Santander Bank on Route 10 robbed

Frank L. Cahill
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Update: Santander Bank on Route 10 robbed

PARSIPPANY — Parsippany-Troy Hills Police, Denville Police, Morris Plains Police, Morris County Prosecutors Office and Morris County Sheriff’s Office were at the scene investigating a bank robbery. Early reports indicate Santander Bank, 1980 Route 10, Parsippany was robbed at gun point at approximately 3:45 p.m. by a suspect wearing a hard hat, vest and glasses. The suspect fled on foot.

Parsippany-Troy Hills Police referred questions regarding the investigation to the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, but sources confirmed that a robbery took place.

On Monday, December 23, 2013 at approximately 1:32 p.m., a robbery occurred at the Santander Bank located at 239 Littleton Road, Parsippany.  The suspect fled from the scene and was later captured and arrested. Newark residents Avery Spotswood and Quiama Harris were charged with the robbery.

In August 2012, nearby Provident Bank. 401 Smith Road was robbed at gun point, and the robber is still at large. The robber made off with a large sum of money, although bank officials would not comment on the exact amount.

Indus American Bank, was robbed July 20, 2012, and that robber was caught. On September 5, 2012 the PNC Bank on Route 46 was robbed and the robber was caught a few hours later in Secaucus. Stephen L. Smith, 29, of Brooklyn was charged with robbery and theft

On March 6, 2017 the Lake Hiawatha branch of TD Bank, 435 North Beverwcyk Road was robbed on Monday afternoon, at approximately 3:00 p.m. Gabriel Reyes, 25, Washington Township, Morris County, was arrested later and charged with the Robbery of TD Bank.

Santander Bank (formerly Sovereign Bank) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Spanish Santander Group. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, the bank—whose principal market is in the Northeastern United States—has more than $77 billion in assets, operates 723 retail banking offices, over 2,300 ATMs (including 1,100 in CVS pharmacies throughout the Northeast and employs approximately 9,000 people.

Santander offers an array of financial services and products including retail banking, mortgages, corporate banking, cash management, credit card, capital markets, trust and wealth management, and insurance.

Sovereign Bank was rebranded as Santander Bank on October 17, 2013; the stadium, arena, and performing arts center for which it has naming rights were also rebranded.

Audrey Lips is engaged to Louis Contaldi, III

Frank L. Cahill
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Audrey Lips is engaged to Louis Contaldi, III
Audrey Jennifer Lips and Louis Michael Contaldi III

PARSIPPANY — Mr. and Mrs. James A. Lips, Jr. of Parsippany are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Audrey Jennifer to Louis Michael Contaldi III. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis M. Contaldi, Jr., also of Parsippany.

The couple are graduates of Parsippany High School where they met.

Louis is a graduate of Loyola University, Maryland with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and Political Science. He continued his education, earning a Juris Doctor from the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University.

He is employed at UBS Financial Services as a Compliance Enquiry Management Analyst. Louis is also Editor-in-Chief at Dual Shockers, Inc.

Audrey graduated from Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Media Studies. She is an Account Manager at Comdata.

The couple currently reside in Nashville, Tennessee.

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