MORRIS COUNTY — Senator Joe Pennacchio slammed the Democrat-sponsored $10 billion borrowing scheme that could cost New Jersey taxpayers tens of billions of dollars throughout the next four decades:
“It is the definition of insanity to blindly approve borrowing $10 billion when the executive branch has not even proposed a budget yet for next year and we have no clue how much we will actually need. We also shouldn’t forget that Governor Murphy has been sitting on $2 billion of unspent federal funds from the CARES Act for months.
“The governor’s borrowing scheme includes $2.7 billion to fund shortfalls that he says exists in the current fiscal year. That frankly does not make any sense. He recently signed a balanced budget extension bill that will get our State through the end of the fiscal year in September, claiming we’ll end the year with a $1 billion surplus.
“It’s increasingly clear that this borrowing scheme is not about actual fiscal need, it’s about giving Governor Murphy a $10 billion slush fund that our grandchildren will be stuck repaying for a generation.”
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PARSIPPANY — Empire Diner, 1315 Route 46 East, has officially opened for outdoor dining. They will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., seven days a week. They also offer curbside pick up service.
Here is the most up-to-date list of restaurants offering outdoor dining in Parsippany. Please support local businesses and continue to use safe health practices. #EatParsippany #PrideInParsippany #ParsippanyChamber #ParsippanyFocusMagazine
Adyar Ananda Bhavan (A2B) South Indian Cuisine
Applebee’s
Bosphorus Restaurant
Bruno’s Italian Bistro
Buffalo Wild Wings
Churrasco Grill
Dhaba Express
Eccola Italian Bistro
Elmas Turkish and Mediterranean Cuisine
Empire Diner
Fuddruckers
Gourmet Café
Honest Restaurant
Hoover’s Tavern
Houlihans
IHOP
Jashan by Dhaba
Kabab Paradise
Lake Hiawatha Dairy
Las Leyendas De Mexico
Marakesh Restaurant
McDonald’s
Outback
Panera Bread
Pasha Mezze Grill
Rayhoon Persian Kabob House
Reservoir Tavern
Sakura Hibachi Steak House
Singas Famous Pizza
Spa Restaurant
Tabor Pizza
Tandoori Flames
Valentino’s Pizza & Restaurant
Verde Ristorante
Village Restaurante
Wendy’s Restaurant
Reprinted from Parsippany Focus Magazine, July 2020. Click here to view.
PARSIPPANY — We’re excited to announce that Parsippany’s bus service will be returning to operation on an altered schedule this coming Monday, July 20.
Our Director of Public Works Greg Schneider has worked hard to get this important program restarted. The A and B routes and schedules:
Remember there is no weekend bus. Also, there will not be a stop at the Community Center for the time being. If you have any questions, please call (973) 263-7273.
PARSIPPANY — This week, our Director of Public Works Greg Schneider will be talking about our Sanitation Division, which includes trash collection, recycling, and yard waste.
PARSIPPANY — Principal Dr. Matthew Thompson announced the graduates of 280 students for the Class of 2020.
Dr. Matthew Thompson addressing the Class of 2020
Nathan H. Abraham, Alyssa F. Ackerman, Dylan Douglas Acree, Kikiola Jinikun Zoe Adeyanju, Amber Afzal, Jeremy Christopher Aguesseau, Miriam Aguirre, Aminah Ahmed, Briana Alonzo, Brandon Nicholas Amelio, Nirgunkumar Yogendrabhai Amin Cavin Anbuselvam, Jorge Eduardo Andrade, Maria Camila Arenas Toro, Destynee Angeliz Arroyo, Sheethal A. Ayalasomayajula, Sabrina A. Aydin, Ami Babulal Babaria, Sellasy Ama Badasu, Alysha Isabel Bailey, Rohan Balani, Jessica Ann Baldassari, Sara Rose Baldassari, Gabriela Banayotti, Lark G. Bancairen, Devansh Pintukumar Barot, Madhav M. Barot, Jasmine Darshana Basra, Matthew Joseph Batroney, Esha Baxi, Robert Bednarczyk, Christopher R. Bellows, Caroline Elizabeth Berardo, Rajan Bhanderi, Arohi Rajesh Birari, Jaden R. Blanke, Jacob Franklin Borrillo, Mackenzie Grace Bosland, Evan R. Bota, Gerald D. Breslauer, Brian A. Brisson, Anthony P. Bromberg, Sara M. Brotons, Valerie Burke, Christian Angelo V. Camero, Alicia M. Campbell, Javier Alfonso Cardoza-Vasquez, Douglas R. Carter, Aeleen Carvalho, Natalie Castellana, Yacek Castillo, Samantha Catalini, Jami Michelle Cerrato, Jessica Danielle Cerrato, Emily Chan, Vidisha Rajeshkumar Chauhan, Bhavana Chembilli, Angela Chen, Henry Mingrui Chen, Jasmine W. Cheng, Anthony Aiman Ciccotelli, Kaitlin Taylor Cirillo, Angelina Lynn Cofone, Zaria Mikele Coleman, Edward John Comerford, Anthony Josue Contreras, Soliel Audrey Cooper, Alan Patrick Copeland, Ryan M. Cornine, Christian Correa, Jillian Hanna Crain, Janelle Deanna Creo, Samuel James D’Uva, Sai Harshitha Dalli, Ishani H. Davé, Malay Pravin Dave, Devon John Davidek, Brian Alexander Davies, Brianna Alexa Davies, Calder Raymon Frey Davis, Tyler Scott Dean, Aarushi Deo, Isha Desai, Shiv Desai, Keya Shardul Dhruve, Antonina Nicole Di Maggio, William C. Elvin, Rafaella lyana Trimanez Espinosa, Peter A. Fajardo, Maxwell Jayden Falk, Sera Cristin Ferrante, Michael Anthony Fiorentino, Kevin Anthony Floris, Jack Patrick Garbarino, Jose Garcia, Lauren E. Geiger, Abigail Mary George, Disharee Ghosh Dastidar, David Giraldo, Willie Michael Glover, Sandra Jackson Graham, Ruthwick Reddy Guddeti, Danielle Olivia Hardy, Kristopher James Hawkins, Rachel M. Hewitt, Scarlette A. Horvath, Isaac Hu, Meera lyer, Aaryan Dev Jamwal, Saoumyaa Jatkar, Christian Miguel Johnson, Micaela A. Juarez,
Parsippany Hills High School Class of 2020
Benjamin Max Jurow, Corey David Katzenberger, Rableen Kaur Sabrina Kaur, Ryan Michael Kempf, Arsalan Khawar, Fawad Khuja, Eunice Yeeun Kim, Hyun-Jung Kim, Sobina S. Kim, Aleksandra Kolesnikova, Abigail Aradhna Kunde, Nicholas Y. Kuo, Alina S. Kuriakose, Justin Y. Lai, Meghan GraceLalo, Richard Paul Landy, Kevin B. Le, Ethan Lee, Connor Ross Leming, Divine Lemon, Jason C. Levy, Nicholas Andrew Levytsky, Anton Leyzerov, Angelina Patrice Licor, Danielle Marie Lipuma, Amy Yuxin Liu, Tina Lan Liu, Andrew James Loesch, Kimberly O. Love, John M. Malenchak, Elliot Joseph Mann, Sarah J. Manning, Peri Logan Manoff, Cynthia Elizabeth Marrero, Morgan Elizabeth Marron, Stephanie Nicole Martinez, Christopher Fulgar Matias, Nathaniel R. May, Tanishq Meka, Anthony B. Memoli, Dylan Paul Mendes, Vaishnavi P. Menon, Christopher S. Meumann, Sean Michels, Alexes Orion Miranda, Kavin M. Mistry, Carolyn R. Modin, Kelsey Erin Mogan, Luigi Montanari, Christopher Orlando Montoya, Andrew William Morales, Justin Morales, Emily Elizabeth Moutis, Gianna M. Musto, Devesh R. Naik, Peter Francis Nardi, Gabriel J. Nazziola, Brandon Ng, Steven Nguyen, Wasay Noor Kaitlyn M. Ostolaza, Janet Pan, Mann H. Pandya, William Parente, Aarnav Manish Patel, Bijal Patel Darsh N. Patel, Dhruv A. Patel, Disha Rajesh Patel, Greepan P. Patel, Harsh Dhiraj Patel, Jay K. Patel Jaysheel Himanshu Patel, Kishan Patel, Nilay Bhaveshkumar Patel, Riya D. Patel, Riyank Patel, Rushit A. Patel, Shaili T. Patel, Anthony James Paterno, Hernando Pelaez, Debra Rachel Perlmutter, Brandon D. Perot, Joseph Phan, Stephanie M. Pielak-Van Teyens, Mora Anne Pochettino, Andrea Potesta-Oliva, Neyha M. Ramani, Nirali U. Rana, Christopher J. Rapp, Shoumik Vaddi Reddy, Tuga Adel Ridha, Angel Jose Rodriguez, Elijah Moises Rodriguez, Elysabeth May Rodriguez, Nicholas Roepke, Katherine A. Rogers, Anthony Joseph Rubinetti, Nicholas Joseph Russo, Austin Patrick Ruth, Usman A. Saeed, Carmela A. Sanchez, German Santana, Nicholas Santana, Tamanna Sarkar, Jade Schroeder, Kimberly Anne Scott, Falit Sehgal, John Henry Serino, Samantha Rae Serino, Darshil Shah, Isha Shah, Krish K. Shah, Sharanam Shah, Vidhi Bhoomit Shah, Vraj A. Shah, Hiba Shahid, Aidan Patrick Shanley-Steele, Hunter William Shanley-Steele, Nikita Sharma, Bicky Singh, Jagjit Singh, Preya Singh, Suveer Singh, Aman P. Sinojia, Colin G. Smith, Anna Sostak, Stefani Stojanoska, Jasper Carter Stone, HannahA. Stroh, Shrish Subramanian, Kevin Suh, Alexia Yasmine Symak, Brandon Derkhorm Tashi, Bryan Taylor, Elizabeth Thomas, Matthew J. Timney, Alena Tran, Dylan Tran, Angelo Louis Varcadipane, Krislyn Vaz, Manuela Vega-Correa, Michelle Velasquez, Brandon Verderber, Derek MoyVergel de Dios, Anjali K. Vyas, Kelly Rose Walek, Caroline Walz, Harvey W. Wang, Victor Wang, Hailey Anne Watts, Joseph J. Wentworth, Patrick Thomas Whalen, Benjamin Frankel Widdowson, Dennis Timothy Wilson, Richard Allen Wright, Yiwen Wu, Tharini Yagappan, Amy Yang, Jamie Claire Yenzer, Alex Zhang, Chongen Zheng, Nicole Marie Zinckgraf, Emirhan Ziya, Evagelia Zois, Sidrah Zuberi and Karen Alexandra Zumba Urgiles.
Reprinted from Parsippany Focus Magazine – July 2020 – Click here to view.
MORRIS COUNTY — For over a week, the chaotic reopening of state motor vehicle agencies has required local police to help manage crowds lining up for service overnight after the agency was shut down for almost four months.
“Murphy and the MVC had months to prepare for this, but now towns are forced to take matters into their own hands,” said Assemblywoman Aura Dunn (R-Morris). “They should not have to bear the costs to deal with the problems Governor Murphy and the MVC created.”
Dunn, Assemblyman Kevin Rooney, and Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso have introduced bills to mitigate backlogs, and are now calling on the Murphy administration to reimburse towns for having to respond to the large crowds building around the 39 agencies across the state.
Mayors have also chimed in about the lack of preparation by the administration.
“Our police spent the better part of several days directing the traffic that backed up onto Route 10 to help with crowd control and other issues that came up among the hundreds of people waiting in line,” explained Randolph Mayor Christine Carey. “The MVC was not prepared to handle the crowds as they reopened.”
The process has also been particularly hard on residents. Last week, when agencies reopened on July 7, drivers reported lines and waits for multiple hours in the sun and heat. Some had to make multiple trips costing time, vacation days, and time-off from work.
“All of this frustration and anger could have easily been avoided if the administration had just listened to the calls we were getting from our constituents,” said Rooney (R-Bergen). “This is about getting people back to work and providing for their families. We have to take action now if we are going to fix this problem sooner rather than later.”
The three lawmakers also offered several creative alternatives to alleviate the demand, such as allowing private buyers to handle the titling of their vehicles with car dealers for a fee and allowing third-party testing, including driving schools, to relieve the backlog of new drivers waiting for their road test.
“Private businesses, like car dealerships and driving schools, were willing to jump in,” explained DiMaso (R-Monmouth). “Governor Murphy had months to figure this out, but now local police have to manage the crowds and the traffic created by doing nothing.”
The Republicans introduced their ideas as legislation at the end of June as A4326, A4327, and A4306, which are currently in the Assembly Transportation Committee.
PARSIPPANY — In an effort to serve our Parsippany community during this pandemic crisis, the Chinese Christian Church of New Jersey (CCCNJ) distributed free surgical masks at our local supermarkets in April. (Click here to read the story)
Recognizing that there are many families who visit the Parsippany Food Pantry for non-perishable food items, CCCNJ wanted to provide these families with hot meals at least once a week. Based on donations from their church members, they have purchased hot meals from local restaurants who could also use the additional business.
86 hot meals were distributed to 28 families recently at the Chinese Christian Church of New Jersey (CCCNJ). Parsippany High School ’19 graduate, Andrew Lie, organized this program to help local restaurants and families adversely impacted by the Covid19 pandemic.
Every Wednesday in July at 6:00 p.m, up to four hot meals per family will be distributed at 232 S. Beverwyck Road.
Seven cars queue up 15 minutes prior to the 6 pm start time. On the Left is Andrew Lie, Organizer of this Meals of Blessings program, and on the Right is Rev. Paul Shen, English Ministry Pastor of the Chinese Christian Church of New Jersey
While the meals are free (they are funded by the members of CCCNJ), patrons must reserve their meals in advance each week by calling (973) 335-0183 ext. 17 to leave their name and number of meals requested, or by clicking here and entering the information.
The bag of blessings is handed to each patron through the passenger side window
