CCM to close for College-Wide Electrical Repairs

Nicolas Limanov
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CCM to close for College-Wide Electrical Repairs

RANDOLPH — The County College of Morris (CCM) will be closed from Saturday, August 1, through Sunday, August 9, due to the installation of new electrical switchgear that will replace the original equipment that was installed when the college first opened in 1968.

The upgrades will result in improved reliability of the college’s electrical service and reduce equipment maintenance costs.

Switchgear or electrical switchgear is a generic term which includes all the switching devices associated with power system protection.

Both CCM’s main Randolph campus and its Morristown location will be closed during that period. The CCM Department of Public Safety will maintain patrols of the campuses during the closure.

The CCM website will not be affected by the shutdown, but WebAdvisor, the online tool that allows students and others to access class schedules and related information, will not be available beginning on 5:00 p.m. Friday, July 31, due to a system upgrade.

It is anticipated that WebAdvisor will be available again on Thursday, August 6. A message will be posted on the CCM website when WebAdvisor becomes available.

 

Local Students Named To Dean’s List At Loyola University

Frank L. Cahill
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Local Students Named To Dean’s List At Loyola University

PARSIPPANY —  Loyola University Maryland has announced the members of its spring 2015 Dean’s List. In order to qualify for the Dean’s List at Loyola, a student must achieve a minimum QPA of at least 3.500 for the term, provided that, in the term they have successfully completed courses totaling a minimum of 15 credits. The following local students have achieved this honor:

Andrew Rodrigues, a 2013 Graduate of Parsippany High School. He is a member of the class of 2017.

Nelson Gonzalez, Graduated Brooklawn Middle School Class of 2010, and  St. Peter’s Preparatory School, Class of 2014.  He is a member of the class of 2018.

John Mucciolo, Graduated Parsippany Hills High School Class of 2014 and is a member of the class of 2018 at Loyola University Maryland.

Established in 1852, Loyola University Maryland is a Catholic, Jesuit comprehensive university comprising Loyola College, home to the University’s arts and sciences programs; the Sellinger School of Business and Management; and the School of Education. Loyola enrolls 3,700 undergraduate and 2,300 graduate students from across the country.

Motor Vehicle stop in Parsippany nets seizure of a quarter kilo of cocaine

Frank L. Cahill
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Motor Vehicle stop in Parsippany nets seizure of a quarter kilo of cocaine

PARSIPPANY — Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp announces the guilty plea entered by Pablo A. Home, 30, of Sparta, on Wednesday, July 15 before the Honorable William J. McGovern, J.S.C.

Home pled guilty to one count of first-degree Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance with the Intent to Distribute (Cocaine), in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5a(1)b(1). The State is recommending ten (10) years New Jersey State Prison with thirty-one (31) months parole ineligibility. Defendant also agreed to forfeit $13,676.00 which were the proceeds of his drug distribution activity.

This plea is the culmination of a three month long investigation into the drug distribution/money laundering activity of Home. Money Laundering is also known as the financial facilitation of criminal activity. Home transported U.S. currency derived from his drug distribution activities.

This case was initiated in February of this year based on intelligence gathered by a municipal patrol officer in the Borough of Wharton following a motor vehicle stop on Route 46. This intelligence ultimately led to law enforcement halting the importation of a large quantity of powder cocaine and crack cocaine into Morris County by Home.

This investigation concluded on Thursday, May 21 with the motor vehicle stop and arrest of Home in Parsippany and the seizure of a quarter kilo of cocaine with a street value in excess of $12,000.00 as well as U.S. Currency.

Home has been lodged in the Morris County Correctional Facility on a $200,000.00 no 10% bail set by the Honorable William J. McGovern, J.S.C.

This investigation was led by Assistant Prosecutor Anthony Scibetta and Detective George Tsimpedes of the Morris County Prosecutor’s Narcotics Task Force.

Prosecutor Knapp stated “This investigation and prosecution was a coordinated effort of our Narcotics Task Force and municipal police. Municipal law enforcement remains a critical element of narcotics interdiction and our special thanks go out to the Wharton and Parsippany Police Department’s for their vigilance.”

Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp specifically wishes to thank the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Special Enforcement Unit (Narcotics Task Force), the Morris County Sheriff’s Office, theTownship of Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Department and the Borough of Wharton Police Department.

Home is scheduled to be sentenced before The Honorable Stephen J. Taylor on September 11, 2015.

 

Update: Downed utility pole on Route 46 caused traffic jams

Frank L. Cahill
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Update: Downed utility pole on Route 46 caused traffic jams

PARSIPPANY — On Saturday, July 11, at approximately 12:29 p.m., Mr. Antonio Ybanez, 18, Parsippany, was traveling west on Route 46, in the right lane, when he veered off the roadway and struck and knocked down a utility pole.

Mr. Yabanez, who was driving a 2001 Blue Toyota Wagon stated he was driving and the steering wheel began shaking and he veered off the roadway.

Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Officer Robert Appel investigated the accident and determined th driver was at fault due to inattention.

There were no summons issued at the time of the incident. Ajaco Towing towed the vehicle from the scene.

At the time of the incident, Route 46 was closed in both directions, causing traffic jams for a number of hours.  In addition, some of the traffic was diverted into the Arlington Shopping Center, causing traffic jams for the shoppers.

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The telephone pole hanging over Route 46
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Police were allowing cars on Route 46

Steven Lieberman Is Recognized as Investment Leader

Frank L. Cahill
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Steven Lieberman Is Recognized as Investment Leader
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Steven W. Lieberman

PARSIPPANY — One of the largest independent financial planning and wealth management firms in the greater New York City area, Summit Financial Resources, Inc., announced that Steven W. Lieberman, MBA, CFP® was named the firm’s 2014 Investment Leader. For over a dozen consecutive years, he has consistently held this recognition as Summit’s top-ranking investment management practice. Summit Financial is located at 4 Campus Drive.

The award recognizes Mr. Lieberman as leader of Summit Financial Resources, Inc.’s most productive investment management practice.

As a financial advisor for nearly 25 years, Mr. Lieberman specializes in providing clients with a range of sophisticated wealth management services, including comprehensive financial planning, investment management, risk management, estate planning and retirement planning.

Mr. Lieberman graduated from the Wharton School of Business with his Bachelor’s Degree (BS) in Economics and his Masters of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance. Mr. Lieberman has been an active Board Member and/or Investment Committee member of numerous charitable organizations, clubs and societies.

Steve is a member of the UJA Ben Gurion and Lester Societies, and is a National Cabinet alum.  He has been a member of the Essex County Estate Planning Council, NALU and Financial Planning Association (FPA), as well as the Wharton Club of New Jersey and the Penn Clubs of Metro New Jersey and New York.  He is a founder of Simcha Chai and an active patron of Weizmann Institute of Science, Stand with Us, AIPAC, Chai Lifeline and Juvenile Diabetes.

Steve currently resides in Short Hills with his wife, identical twin daughters and son.

Summit Financial Resources was established in 1982 and headquartered in Parsippany, Summit Financial Resources, Inc., and Summit Equities, Inc. Member FINRA/SIPC are privately owned financial planning and wealth management firms with over 200 professionals and support personnel and advise clients on over $3 billion in assets. The firm’s multi-disciplined approach to financial planning (combining expertise in estate planning, business planning, investment planning, retirement planning, fringe benefits and insurance) is designed to give clients a coordinated and comprehensive set of solutions to the financial problems faced by successful individuals today. For more information, visit www.summitfinancial.com.

 

Man accused in triple-fatal crash on Route 80 had 19 past traffic violations

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Man accused in triple-fatal crash on Route 80 had 19 past traffic violations

MOUNTAIN LAKES — The 22-year-old Mountain Lakes man accused of causing a chain-reaction crash that killed three people on Route 80 in Rockaway Township early Saturday morning had committed 19 traffic violations from 2012 through 2014, according to state Motor Vehicle Commission records. The MVC provided NJ Advance Media a list of the violations by Bhavuk…

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Unknown driver swerved into lane causing driver to hit tree

Frank L. Cahill
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Unknown driver swerved into lane causing driver to hit tree

PARSIPPANY — Ms. Sudha Shah, 24, Parsippany, was traveling north on Parsippany Road, (in the area of 300’s) when a vehicle traveling south on Parsippany Road, swerved into her lane causing her to swerve to the right and crash into a tree. The passenger side of the vehicle, occupied by Mr. Subhash Shah had airbag deployment.

Ms. Shah was unable to give a description of the other vehicle due to the extreme glare from the sun.

Parsippany Volunteer Ambulance responded to the scene as a safety precaution for a one-year old, but no injuries were reported.

Hiawatha Towing arrived at the scene and removed the vehicle.

Parsippany-Troy Hills Patrolman Ernest Ebanks investigated the accident and no summons were issued.

Another Par-Troy East Little League softball team is headed to the State Tournament

Nicolas Limanov
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Another Par-Troy East Little League softball team is headed to the State Tournament

POMPTON LAKES – The Par-Troy East Little League softball team is headed to the state tournament. Down 5-3 headed to the bottom of the sixth inning, Par-Troy East rallied for three runs to defeat Pequannock 6-5 and win the Section 1 title. “Today we struggled, but we didn’t give up — these kids won’t give up,” Par-Troy East manager Robert Devens said.

“They work too hard in practice, they work too hard in the games, and they don’t give up. To be down, it’s the first time we’ve been down all year, so to battle back was really good.” Second baseman Jenna Devens led off the bottom of the sixth with a single to center field, and with one out, right fielder Lil Vidal reached on an error. First baseman Talie Braga then hit a two-run double to center to tie the game 5-5. “It felt good because I made an error and it was pretty big, so they tied the game, and it felt good to redeem myself,” Braga said. Left fielder Rachel Volarich then hit a grounder that the shortstop couldn’t handle, which scored Braga to give Par-Troy East the come-from-behind win. “I just knew I had to get a hit to drive in Talie. I felt relieved and happy,” Volarich said.

Par-Troy East took a 1-0 lead after the second inning, but Pequannock scored twice in the top of the third. Right fielder Emma Harlow led off with a single to left, and third baseman Brielle Zaccone followed with a single to right. With two outs, first baseman Alexa Shalongo hit a two-run single to right to put Pequannock ahead 2-1. In the bottom of the third, Par-Troy East retook the lead. With one out, pitcher Tori Freire reached on an error, and with two outs, Braga singled to right, which scored Freire to tie the game 2-2.

Catcher Gabby Gennarelli reached on an error, which sent Braga to third, and she scored on a passed ball to give Par-Troy East the 3-2 lead. ”I think it shows that we have a lot of depth on our team,” Braga said of Par-Troy East’s ability to rally. “Everyone hits, everyone gets on base, we’re all even.”

Pequannock scored three runs in the top of the sixth. With one out, Shalongo and shortstop Emily Dietch hit back-to-back singles, and Isabella Arrigo reached base on an infield single. Center fielder Gianna Celletti grounded into a fielder’s choice as Par-Troy East couldn’t get Shalongo at home. With two outs, Harlow laced a single to center, which scored Dietch and Celletti to put Pequannock ahead 5-3. For Par-Troy East, Freire started the game and allowed five runs on eight hits, walked one and struck out eight in 52/3 innings.

Devens came on and got the final out, a strikeout, in the top of the sixth. Brielle Toone pitched a complete game for Pequannock and allowed six runs on eight hits, walked three and struck out six. “These girls deserve it. They’re a great bunch of girls and they work hard at what they do,” Robert Devens said. “Sometimes they get down on themselves, and you have to pick them up a little bit, and they jump right back in there.”

Editors Note: This was published in the Daily Record on Monday July 15 2015

The state tournament begins Thursday, July 16 and will be hosted by the Clifton Little League.

Letter to the editor: Regional Planning is only hope for Future

Frank L. Cahill
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lettersDear Editor:

In many if not post large development proposals the first thought is tax rateable; or what amounts to the Planning Board being over-zealous toward outside the community large property owners, favoring private economic considerations over public environmental values, not considering future costs and cumulative impacts over time inflicted on the community. Possibilities like having EXISTING COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSTRAINED SUBZONEs are diminished.

It is ironic that COAH or affordable housing cannot be built on environmentally sensitive lands; however private corporate development, “speculation development” can do so with NJDEP waivers and if a township allows this.

Parsippany has no Natural resource Inventory, which would allow these areas to be venerable especially if they are privately owners.

Parsippany officials would like us to believe there are limited choices like during the Waterview episode the town officials many voting against their own communities best interest under the assumption only two choices existed, public housing project or a whole Foods and additional retail space despite there being no need and it would forever change the character of the existing neighborhood. No argument was made for zoning the land as a “community environmentally constrained subzone”. A questionable and not worth having tax rateable was the goal and objective of the administration.

Councilman dePierro an advocate of the ‘home-rule” even sided against the community, which seems to contradict his sacred home rule; from a 2013 article concerning RMP and Parsippany’s conformance. “Mr. dePierro explained that the Township would give up control of development and hand it over to the Highlands Commission if they accept full Highlands Conformance and have not pursued it for that reason.  He also was misinforming others by stating “In the original open space calculations COAH (not the Highlands) included wetlands, gold courses and cemeteries” said dePierro ‘does it still include those areas?  He cannot seem to separate the benefits of the Highlands regional Planning from COAH.

dePierro back in June of 2010 was also quoted in a new article saying; “I have no desire to join the Highlands RMP.” The Councilman must be asked then to explain; what is the advantage from being sued by developers when they don’t have their way; or does he consider all development suitable for Parsippany according to the developers remedy or retaliation? Another claim made by officials was that they were saving the tax payers money from lawsuits inflicted by outside the community property barons that want their best interest, not Parsippanys in mind. dePierro has not advocated for a natural Resource inventory or even considered Parsippany is already heavily developed and may still have lands unsuitable or inappropriate for more developments.

It is obviously Parsippany opted in to conformance in 2009 because of the possible lessening of the housing obligation and no other reason. Ignoring all other benefits of regional planning including legal shields from developers lawsuits, they later opted out of the plan; not being able to separate housing obligations from regional planning, oranges and apples shall we say. In conclusion if Parsippany had completed a natural resource inventory of its landscapes, small remaining forest, over 2,000 acres of ground water recharge areas, steep slopes, well head protection areas and other discretionary landscapes likewaterview they may very well have protected themselves from such housing threats, by identifying and recognizing remaining landscapes of an environmentally sensitive character there-by off-limits to public housing. As our water deficits only get worse and our landscapes become more unnecessarily developed we can thank our lack of concern for the natural world for tax rateable not worth having. Regional Planning in truth would bring more transparency, public trust and public participation, learning and understanding. Home Rule is developers rule. Regional Planning is in the best interest of Parsippany keeping our property worth the taxes we do pay.

Nick Homyak
Lake Hiawatha

Briley needs a home; Can you help?

Frank L. Cahill
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Briley needs a home; Can you help?

Briley is beautiful!! He is about 4 months old and he is tall and lanky. He has a shinny black coat with a strip of white on his chest and on tips of some of his paws. Just stunning!

Briely was in a high kill shelter in North Carolina. After FHDR found out about Briley and how sweet he was, they brought him to New Jersey to live in a nice foster home.

This is what Briley’s foster mom has to say about him….”Briley is a happy go luck pup! He is friendly with everyone…he gets along with my dogs, he is wonderful with my young son & he is even ok with our cats. Briley is a silly, happy, fun pup. He enjoys being outside and playing with toys, his favroite toys are chew toys. He is real snuggler and likes to sleep right next to his foster mom. He sleeps through the night without having accidents and he is almost completely house trainied. Briley is very easy going and what ever you do, he is willing to follow.”  

We are sure when you meet Briley he will make you smile! 

If you have a furever home for this pet, please e-mail FHDR@att.net and request an adoption application.

To see more photos and a video of this pup and to see our other adoptable pups, please go to www.fhdr.petfinder.com.

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