Two PHHS Football Players among MSG Varsity Top 125

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Two PHHS Football Players among MSG Varsity Top 125

PARSIPPANY — Jared Salgado and Nick Verducci, were among the MSG Varsity “Top 125 Players Football to Watch in North Jersey.”

Salgardo a senior at 5’11’, 220 pounds. He plays running back and linebacker for the Vikings.

Verducci, a quarterback and defensive back, is a sophomore, 5’11’, 175 pounds.

The Parsippany Hills Vikings football team has their first game of the season away at West Morris Central on Friday, September 11.

PHHS Vikings are Division 2, Group 3, State Final Champions in 2014, having crushed Cranford into cranberries, final score Vikings, (20) vs Cranford, (13) at MetLife Stadium on December 7.

Their 2015 schedule is:

09-11 at West Morris West Morris HS
09-18 Vernon Parsippany Hills HS
09-24 Pope John Parsippany Hills HS
10-03 at Morris Hills Morris Hills HS
10-09 High Point Parsippany Hills HS
10-17 at Montville Montville HS
10-24 at Sparta Sparta HS
10-31 Chatham Parsippany Hills HS
11-06 Roxbury Parsippany Hills HS

 

 

New Jersey Updated Child Restraint Laws goes in effect today

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New Jersey Updated Child Restraint Laws goes in effect today

NEW JERSEY — New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed a bill into law that amended New Jersey’s child restraint law, on May 7, 2015. This new law takes effect today, September 1, 2015.

We know that legal jargon is very confusing so here is the updated carseat and booster seat law in plain English:

Children under the age of 8 (through age 7) are legally required to ride in the back seat* as follows:

  • Under age 2 (0-23 months) and weighing less than 30 pounds are required to use a rear-facing carseat with a 5-point harness. This means a convertible used in the rear-facing position or an infant seat. (Note: Most babies will outgrow an infant carrier before their second birthday and will need to transition to a convertible seat used in the rear-facing position. Unless you start off with a convertible seat from birth and then there is no need to transition to a bigger rear-facing seat.)
  • Age 2 through age 3 (24-47 months) secured in a carseat with 5-point harness either rear-facing (until reaching the weight or height limit) or forward-facing. Having a 3-year-old in just a booster seat is not legal unless they weigh more than 40 pounds.
  • Age 4 through age 7 (48 months until 8th birthday) and less than 57 inches tall (4’9″) secured in a forward-facing carseat with 5-point harness or a booster seat. There is no weight requirement in this updated law – only age and height requirements. (Note: If you have an older child who weighs more than 80 pounds. and you’re having a hard time finding a booster seat that they actually still fit in – consider a Safety 1st Incognito Kid Positioner. It’s specifically designed for bigger, older kids.)
  • Age 8 through 17 shall wear a properly adjusted and fastened seat belt.

Exceptions: If there are no rear seats (e.g., standard cab pickup truck), the child shall be secured in a carseat or booster in the front passenger seat except that no child shall be secured in a rear-facing carseat in the front seat of any motor vehicle which is equipped with a passenger-side airbag that is not disabled or turned off.

Full text of the new law can be found by clicking here.

March of Dimes presents plaque to Kiwanis for their active participation

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March of Dimes presents plaque to Kiwanis for their active participation

PARSIPPANY — Angela Debrot, Community Director of the New Jersey Chapter of the March of Dimes, is shown with President Mimi Letts at a recent meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany presenting a plaque to thank the Club for its active participation in the March for Babies.

The New Jersey Chapter held its annual March for Babies fundraiser this past April in Florham Park.  The Kiwanis Club has been an active supporter of the March, not only with financial contributions, but with volunteer staffing service since the Kiwanis Club was founded nearly 25 years ago.

The March of Dimes mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. The foundation, headquartered in White Plains, NY, has 51 chapters across the U.S., including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The March of Dimes provides mothers, pregnant women and women of childbearing age with educational resources on baby health, pregnancy, preconception and new motherhood, as well as supplying information and support to families affected by prematurity, birth defects, or other infant health problems.

The March of Dimes, founded in 1938 by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, had fighting polio as its original mission.

For more information on Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany, click here.

New center to focus on Lyme disease and its long-term consequences

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New center to focus on Lyme disease and its long-term consequences

BALTIMORE — Antibiotics have been so effective in wiping out all traces of Lyme disease infections that doctors haven’t always believed people who said they still suffered for months or even years. Many chafed at the idea of “chronic” Lyme disease because they believed patients no longer had it. But the scientific community has been coalescing…

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Hot, sunny weather in Parsippany for next few days

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Hot, sunny weather in Parsippany for next few days

The 90 plus degree weather that began Sunday is expected to continue on Monday. Highs reached 91 at Newark Liberty International in mid-afternoon and are expected to reach 93 there today, according to the National Weather Service. The final day of August will be sunny, as will Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The mercury each day will…

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Red Hawks traditional football motorcade rolls on

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Red Hawks traditional football motorcade rolls on

PARSIPPANY — If you were driving around the east side of Parsippany on Saturday, August 29 and you saw a motorcade of Firetrucks, ambulances, police cars, school buses, rescue and recovery and a dozen convertibles, then you witnessed the Parsippany High School Football team motorcade.

The motorcade started at the High School on Baldwin Road and went to fourteen different homes picking up the seniors until it finished on Roosevelt Avenue and then the motorcade continued back to the High School to celebrate with a picnic near the football field.

Lake Hiawatha Volunteer Fire District 4, Parsippany Volunteer Fire District 5, Rockaway Neck Ambulance Squad, Parsippany Rescue and Recovery, Parsippany Police Department all participated in the motorcade.

Express check-in? Vehicle crashed into hotel lobby windows

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Express check-in? Vehicle crashed into hotel lobby windows

PARSIPPANY — Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Department responded to the Fairfield Inn Suites, Route 46 and Cherry Hill Road on Saturday morning after a vehicle crashed into two lobby windows near the entrance to the hotel.

The accident occurred some time after 10:00 a.m. at the hotel. A Parsippany police officer responded to the scene along with a Parsippany Volunteer Ambulance squad.

A hotel employee said two window panels were damaged.  No one was injured.

Pictured: A hotel employee blocking off the two windows damaged by the vehicle.

Ferring Pharmaceuticals donates to fire department

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Ferring Pharmaceuticals donates to fire department

PARSIPPANY — Ferring Pharmaceuticals donated money to the Rainbow Lakes Volunteer Fire Department #2 to purchase equipment needed for firefighting operations.

Pictured, Ferring Pharmaceuticals placed in service a Blow Hard battery-powered fan and a 360 LED portable light. Rainbow Lakes Volunteer Fire Department thanks Ferring Pharmaceuticals for being a great supporter of our fire company.

Ferring Pharmaceuticals is located at 100 Interpace Parkway.

Ferring is a visionary, privately held biopharmaceutical company recognized around the world.

Their mission is to help patients live better lives: by researching, developing, manufacturing and marketing the most effective and innovative products in reproductive health, women’s health, urology, gastroenterology, endocrinology and orthopedics.

For more information on Ferring Pharmaceuticals, click here.

Household Hazardous Waste and Electronics Collection Day

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PARSIPPANY — Mark Saturday, September 12 on your calendar as the day to get rid of all of your unwanted hazardous household products and old electronic equipment that has been accumulating in your basement or garage.

The Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority’s free Household Hazardous Waste Disposal and Computer/T.V. Drop-off event will be held on Saturday, September 12.

It will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Morris County Public Safety Training Academy, 500 West Hanover Avenue, Parsippany, at the border of Morris Township.

Morris County residents can drop-off, at no charge, unwanted hazardous materials and electronic devices, including computers, monitors, printers, scanners, fax machines and televisions from their homes.

The list of acceptable hazardous materials include, pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, oil-based paints, stains, paint thinners and removers, solvents, automotive fluids, lead acid and rechargeable batteries, pool chemicals, and darkroom chemicals.

Also accepted are aerosol cans (not empty), propane and helium cylinders, small quantities of asbestos (wetted, double bagged and sealed with duct tape), driveway sealant, roofing tar, fluorescent bulbs, PCB-ballasts, mercury thermometers and switches, household cleaning products, muriatic acid. Latex paint will not be accepted.

Explosive or highly reactive materials, such as picric acid or nitro compounds, will not be accepted. For information about safe disposal of explosive or reactive material, call (973) 631-5109.

It is important to note that this event is for residential household waste and electronics. Businesses are not permitted to attend this disposal event. For information on business disposal, call (973) 631-5109

For more information about these events, call (973) 285-8394, or visit the Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority website, www.MCMUA.com\

Another Household Hazardous Waste Disposal and Computer/T.V. Drop-off event has been scheduled for Sunday, October 18, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Jefferson Department of Public Works garage.

The MUA holds several disposal days each year at the County Academy and other locations around Morris County. For more specific information, click here.

 

Search for Applicants for the CCM Board of Trustees has been Expanded to Four Seats

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Search for Applicants for the CCM Board of Trustees has been Expanded to Four Seats

RANDOLPH — There are now four seats on the County College of Morris Board of Trustees to be filled by the Morris County Board of Freeholders this fall due to a recent trustee resignation.

Morris County residents interested in serving on the CCM Board of Trustees are invited to send their resumes to a special trustees’ search committee of the Morris County Freeholders.

The committee will review all of the applicants and then submit recommendation to the freeholders, who will make the appointments this fall.

Three four-year terms of freeholder-appointed trustees expire at the end of October, while the recent resignation of Trustee William Schievella has resulted in a two-year vacancy that also must be filled. The three sitting trustees also must reapply by the September 6 deadline if they wish to be considered for reappointment.

To qualify for consideration by the search committee, a candidate must be a resident of Morris County for at least four years, and may not hold a current elected office in Morris County or be an employee of Morris County government or CCM.

Applicants must be able to demonstrate independent judgment, distinction in their profession, knowledge of higher education, and a firm commitment to serving the college. A candidate must be willing to commit at least 15-20 hours a month to his or her duties as a college trustee to be considered for appointment.

Duties of trustees include appointing, supporting and evaluating the college president; clarifying and, if necessary, revising the college’s mission statement; ratifying long term plans; approving the college’s educational program; insuring fiscal viability; and maintaining the college’s physical plant.

The CCM search committee requests that resumes be accompanied by a background statement from each applicant outlining why he or she wishes to serve as a trustees and what specific skills the applicant would bring to the board.

Applicants are asked to send eight copies of their resume and that brief background statement to the Office of the Morris County Counsel, County of Morris, P.O. Box 900, Morristown, N.J. 07963-0900.

The County College of Morris Board of Trustees is composed of eleven Morris County residents from business, education, law and other professional fields, who volunteer their services in four-year terms.

By statute, eight members are appointed by the Morris County Freeholders and two members are appointed by the Governor. The Morris County Superintendent of Schools is also a member of the Board by statute. One non-voting CCM graduate member is elected for a one-year term by each year’s graduating class. In addition, the CCM President serves as an ex-officio member.

The Board of Trustees sets policy and has final authority over budgets and expenditures, and the President is responsible for internal administrative operations.

For more information on CCM, click here.

For more information on the Board of Trustees, click here.

 

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