Golfers Tee Off for People with Disabilities

Frank L. Cahill
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Golfers Tee Off for People with Disabilities

HANOVER — Over 100 golfers came out to support the 12th Annual Employment Horizons Golf Classic at Spring Brook Country Club, Morristown.

Proceeds benefit the programs and services of Employment Horizons, providing job skills training and placement services to hundreds of individuals with disabilities and other barriers to employment each year.

The Golf Classic was sponsored by My Limo of East Hanover along with Associate Sponsor Vision Real Estate Partners. Golfers enjoyed a beautiful day of golf, including contests, lunch, dinner, silent auction, and 50-50 raffle. Golfers also had a chance to win a luxury car provided by Audi Bridgewater & Audi Mendham at the Hole In-One Contest sponsored by Morristown Airport.

To learn more about Employment Horizons or to get involved, please contact Director of Community Relations Maria Florio at mariaflorio@ehorizons.org or click here

Sheriff Gannon addresses Emergency Medical Service Workers

Frank L. Cahill
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Sheriff Gannon addresses Emergency Medical Service Workers

MORRIS COUNTY — The Morris County Office of Emergency Management, in partnership with the Sameth Emergency Department at the Morristown Medical Center, was happy to join with Morris County Sheriff James M. Gannon at a training forum which was recently held at the Morristown Medical Center.

Topics focused on how EMS can help in the fight against heroin in Morris County.  Morris County Sheriff James M. Gannon and Undersheriff Alan Robinson addressed the 90 EMS attendees with important information on this issue. Topics included an update on heroin trends across the county, an overview of what the Morris County Sheriff’s Criminal Investigations Section has been seeing on drug related scenes, how the Morris County Sheriff’s Trends and Analysis Team is supporting the initiative, and how the Morris County Sheriff’s Hope 1 team is hitting the streets in an effort to get out and do something in the fight on heroin instead of just talking about it.

In addition, Undersheriff Alan Robinson spoke on how the Morris County Correctional Facility has joined the fight against heroin. It’s not just about incarceration anymore, but rather getting help to people in need- with the goal that these individuals can return to society as productive members drug free. The “How EMS can Help” portion of the forum focused on the “do’s and don’ts” when EMS is on the scene of a drug related event. Attendees were also provided with Narcan Administration Training presented by Phil Orfan, EMS Education Coordinator for the Atlantic Training Center. It was a great evening of education with EMS workers who volunteer to serve the public and make a difference every day.

Sheriff James Gannon

2017 Graduates Thanks Sponsors for Supporting Project Graduation

Frank L. Cahill
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2017 Graduates Thanks Sponsors for Supporting Project Graduation

PARSIPPANY — On behalf of the students, parents, and staff members involved with Project Graduation for the Class of 2017 we would like to thank the supporters for their continued support to this activity. All contributions are used to defray the costs of supplies, rental fees, and entertainment.

It is because of your continued support that Project Graduation in Parsippany is a success. The parents, students, and staff of the Class of 2017 thank you for your continued support!

Acorn Home Improvements Inc.
Advanced Electronic Medical Billing, Inc.
Advocare, LLC
Anthony Franco
Anthony & Sons Bakery
Applebees
Aristocrat Limousine & Bus Company
Arthur’s Tavern of Morris Plains
Artistic Academy
Baldwin Bagel
Brooklawn Middle School PTA
Central Middle School PTA
Cerbo Lumber & Hardware
Cheesecake Factory
Chipolte of Morris Plains
Cluck U chicken
Custom Decorators Workroom
Cutting Edge Landscaping of NJ
D&B Chinese Food
Dunkin Donuts
Edible Arrangement of Parsippany
Election Fund of Michael J. dePierro
FRWD Logistics LLC
Fuddruckers
GFWC Woman’s Club of Parsippany-Troy Hills
Gripp Plumbing & Heating, LLC
Hills of Troy Neighborhood Association c/o Theodor Posselt, Treasurer
Home Depot of Parsippany
I.B.E.W. Local Union No. 102
IHOP
Knollwood School PTA
Lakeland Hills YMCA
Lenfam Management Company (Wendy’s)
M. Bernstein Sons (Kings Food Markets)
MAC Alliance
Morris County Building Trades
Morris County Primary Care
Morris Hills Veterinary Clinic
Mount Holleran Towne Tavern
New Jersey Acupuncture & Wellness Center
Northvail School PTA
Panera Bread of Parsippany
Par Troy Council of PTA’s
Parsippany Foot & Ankle LLC
Parsippany-Troy Hills Elks Lodge No. 2078
Partridge Run Apartments, Inc.
Par-Troy Little League West
Pelican Ski Shop
Priola Funeral Service, Inc.
Robert J. Iracane, CPA
Parsippany-Troy Hills Council Vice President Robert J. Peluso
Rockaway Meadow School PTA
RO-LO Systems, Inc, T/A Denville Dairy
Saint Peter the Apostle Church
ShopRite of Parsippany STARS Program
St. Christopher R.C. Church
St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church
Super Foodtown of Lake Hiawatha
The Board of Education of Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District
The Michael Konner Corporation
The UPS Store
They’re Playing Our Song DJ of Parsippany
Thom-Mist, Inc.
Tilcon New York, Inc.
Veterans of Foreign Wars-Post 10184
Virginia & Arthur Henrickson
Wan Fu Yuan Inc DBA Hunan Taste
Watnong VFW Post #3401

Letter to the editor: When does an apparent “winner” act like a loser?

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Dear Editor:

When does an apparent “winner” act like a loser? When it’s Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce. DeCroce just survived her recent primary and likely is headed for re-election in the Fall, but she just can’t get out of attack mode, and so she’s again turned her fire on the top vote-getter in the 26th District, Assemblyman Jay Webber. This is a constituent’s call to DeCroce to put aside her bitterness, to stop attacking other Republicans, and instead to start serving the people she just asked to vote for her.

It is not exactly clear what drives DeCroce to lash out even now. Perhaps DeCroce recognizes how much she squandered in just a few short years the reputable name and good will she came into office with. Consider that despite the power of incumbency and one of the most recognized political names in recent Morris County history, it took a mind-boggling $600,000+ in DeCroce propaganda — 25+ mailers, nonstop tv commercials for weeks on end, ever-present online ads in news feeds, constant social media ads — just to finish a distant second. At least five different Trenton-based special-interest PACs funded the DeCroce bailout.

Perhaps it was the exposure of DeCroce’s serial self-dealing — the ugly facts of her public profiteering revealed by her opponents had to cut to the bone. No post-election attack on Webber will erase DeCroce’s unseemly record of trading tax hikes on her constituents in exchange for making her own public pension tax-free. Or that DeCroce raised the gas tax on us, while she gets her gas scot-free through her campaign account — funded, of course, by the very special interests who wanted the gas tax hike in the first place. Those are DeCroce liabilities that were masked by the massive special interest spending in the primary, but that also will last long past June 2017.

Or perhaps it was the humiliation of not even winning in her hometown of Parsippany, or her embarrassing failure in Rockaway Township, the place she touted as her childhood home. Rejections like those from her hometowns would cause anger in many of us, but that anger does not justify her continuing assaults.

On her way to “winning,” DeCroce didn’t just humiliate herself, she hurt her Party. DeCroce’s scorched-earth campaign was the only one of the four in the primary to attack all three of the other candidates. She also cheapened the Republican brand, with her exposure as both a tax-raiser and a self-dealer. The ripple effects played out in West Milford, where DeCroce nearly cost the Passaic GOP’s endorsed council candidates the nomination, as she caused hundreds of conservatives to flee the Passaic line before they could vote for town council. That debacle should be an abject lesson of the damage DeCroce has done to Republicans and could continue to do if she persists in her post-election rampage.

This constituent says that DeCroce should concentrate her attention on helping other Republicans for the Fall General Election, not continuing her venomous attacks against them.

William Felegi
Lake Hopatcong

Parsippany welcomes another lawsuit; Council President Valori violates First Amendment Rights of Public Speaker

Frank L. Cahill
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Parsippany welcomes another lawsuit; Council President Valori violates First Amendment Rights of Public Speaker

PARSIPPANY — Council President Louis Valori continued to interrupt Bill Brennan during a public session regarding the Township Budget on Thursday, June 8.

Mr. Valori as well as Township Attorney John Inglesino kept interrupting Mr. Brennan during his comments regarding the budget, and how Inglesino and Mayor James Barberio are a pair of criminals. He contents there is a “Criminal Conspiracy” going on.

Parsippany-Troy Hills Council President Dr. Louis Valori and Mayor James Barberio

Mr. Brennan said “You are violating my constitutional right to free speech, you don’t like the content of my speech, and you are calling me names, you are allegedly that I am an embarrassment. Yes, you said I should behave myself. This is the third time you interrupted me. You know what, I am speaking my mind in an open public forum. Now you are passing notes back and forth and interrupting me. May I have my three minutes? May I have my three minutes? So you are telling me that I don’t get my three minutes? You were able to interrupt me the whole time. I didn’t get to finish what I had to say. I am not putting the mic down. I insist that if I violated a law, I would be charged. I have three minutes. I am not going voluntarily… I am not disrupting the meeting. I was disrupted the three minutes which I was given to speak. I was given three minutes to speak. Am I under arrest? Yes, and I want to go on the record before I leave that I did not get my three minutes, I was interrupted repeatedly. I will take this up in a Civil Suit with this municipality.”

Mr. Brennan was escorted from the Council Chambers by two Parsippany Police Officers that were on duty during the Council Meeting.

Requests for comments from Mayor James Barberio, Council President Louis Valori, Council Vice President Robert Peluso and Councilman Carifi and dePierro went unanswered.

Editors Note: The video is only a segment where Brennan speaks. The complete video of the Council Meeting of Thursday, June 7 can be seen by clicking here.

 

Families, Friends Cheer Young Adults Who Achieved Academic Success Through NewBridge’s Alternative Education Program

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Families, Friends Cheer Young Adults Who Achieved Academic Success Through NewBridge’s Alternative Education Program

PARSIPPANY — The year after she dropped out of Lenape Valley High School, Leilani Reyes’ younger sister faced a similar fate. Cassandra Reyes, who had become a mother just months earlier, learned last June she didn’t have enough credits to graduate. The NewBridge Parsippany Center is located at 1259 Route 46.

Determined to earn her New Jersey High School diploma, the younger Reyes enrolled in NewBridge Jobs Plus, an alternative education program that helped her achieve her goal in short order and encouraged her to pursue plans to become a nurse.

“I was really proud of her, and I thought, if she can do it while raising a child, why can’t I?” Leilani Reyes said. With NewBridge Jobs Plus’ help, the 21-year-old earned her high school diploma too, and in September she’ll attend attend County College of Morris to study criminal justice.

The Reyes sisters are among 49 young adults in NewBridge Jobs Plus Class of 2017. On June 15, more than 30 of them donned caps and gowns at Wyndham Worldwide headquarters, as more than 200 relatives and friends cheered them on.

“You’ve shown that you are in control. The only thing left to do is rise up!” said keynote speaker James Bryant, supervisor of youth workforce programs at Morris/Sussex/Warren Employment and Training Services, one of the funders of NewBridge Jobs Plus.

Morris County’s longest-running alternative education program

NewBridge Jobs Plus is the longest-running alternative education program in Morris County and has helped well over 1,000 young adults earn their high school diplomas and prepare for college, trade schools and careers since 1983. The program, located at the NewBridge Parsippany Center, is free to young adults living in Morris, Sussex and Warren counties, and transportation is provided to Morris County residents.

This year’s graduates hail from: Parsippany-Troy Hills, Budd Lake, Cedar Knolls, Dover, Hackettstown, Hopatcong, Kinnelon, Lake Hiawatha, Lake Hopatcong, Landing, Ledgewood, Morristown, Netcong, NewFoundland, Oak Ridge, Pinebrook, Randolph, Rockaway, Roxbury, Succasunna and Wharton.

“NewBridge helped me learn to be independent. I learned to work at my own pace to achieve my goals,” said Cassandra Reyes, who received the $1,000 James Ryan Memorial Scholarship Award, given in honor of the NewBridge founder. The 18-year-old will soon start at Montclair State University.

‘Now I’m so hopeful for them’

“There has been a lot of pain in our family, but now I’m so hopeful for them, for their future,” said Mirna Reyes, the singe mother of Cassandra and Leilani and three other adult children. “I’ve told them, just keep going!”

Roberto Cuevas left Morristown High School in February after his single mother became ill and was unable to work. Cuevas worked two jobs, one full-time, to help support his mother, three brothers and a sister. Through NewBridge Jobs Plus, he earned his diploma and will enroll at County College of Morris for the fall semester. He plans to transfer to a four-year college after he gets his associates degree to study biotechnology.

“If it weren’t for NewBridge, I would be stuck on repeat,” said the 19-year-old, who was awarded the $1,000 Wyndham Worldwide Scholarship. “I’d keep working jobs just to pay for what we need in the house. I wouldn’t have a plan.”

Career options
Jesenia Chaparro, 22, of Budd Lake, moved to New Jersey from Puerto Rico at age 15, and a year later she dropped out of school. “I didn’t speak the language well,” she recalled. By 17, she was a mother and worked at low-paying jobs. Married with two children, Chaparro said she enrolled in NewBridge Jobs Plus in March “for our kids, for a better future.” She was awarded the $1,000 Lakeland Bank Scholarship Award.

“They were so supportive and flexible,” she said of the instructors. NewBridge Jobs Plus Career and College Counselor Jill Worrall helped Chaparro apply to Berkeley College, where she’ll study to become a surgical technician in September.

Veronica Fernandez quit Dover High School because she missed too many days. On a friend’s suggestion, she enrolled at NewBridge Jobs Plus, and she found her niche with the small-class setting and supportive staff.

“They give you so much motivation!” Fernandez said. Worrall helped her explore career options, and now Fernandez plans to become a registered nurse. “I had no plans, but I went to NewBridge and now I’ve got it figured out,” the 20-year-old said. “I am proud of myself. I feel like I can take on the world!” she said to a burst of applause.

Rashawn Blake, 19, had gotten into trouble in high school in Essex County and had to leave during his senior year. When he got to NewBridge Jobs Plus, “they helped me want to further my education,” he said. Blake is pursuing a music career, but until he attended NewBridge, he didn’t see the need for college. The Montville resident plans to study business at County College of Morris starting in September. Blake was honored as a NewBridge Jobs Plus Associate of the Year.

‘I wanted to do it for my mom’

Roxbury resident Nicholas Ferro was determined to walk across a stage to receive a diploma for his mother’s sake. Traditional high school didn’t suit Ferro, but he said “I would have stayed and been miserable” at Dover High School had he not found NewBridge Jobs Plus. Ferro’s six older siblings had gotten high school GEDs; not one attended a commencement. “I wanted to do it for my mom,” he said.

“I cried. It’s been a long road,” said his mother, Nicole Dickerson, giving Ferro a squeeze. The 18-year-old plans to study agribusiness at County College of Morris.

“When traditional high school failed them, these young men and women didn’t give up on themselves. They persevered and succeeded, and we are confident they have the grit and optimism to pursue their dreams,” NewBridge CEO Robert L. Parker said.

In addition to Morris/Sussex/Warren Employment & Training Services, NewBridge Jobs Plus receives funding from: Affinity Federal Credit Union; John Bickford Foundation; Community Foundation of New Jersey:Morris County Freeholders; Morris County Human Services;; TD Bank Charitable Foundation; Charles Emil Thenen Foundation; United Way of Northern New Jersey; and Wyndham Worldwide.

The rain didn’t stop kids at Kiwanis Touch-A-Truck

Frank L. Cahill
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The rain didn’t stop kids at Kiwanis Touch-A-Truck

PARSIPPANY — The Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany held it’s fifth annual “Touch-A-Truck,” on Saturday, June 17.  The morning was clear, but the clouds opened up with downpour rain during the entire event, but children still came to experience the fun of touching, riding, blowing horns, sirens at the Touch-A-Truck event.

Participating vendors included, Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Department, Parsippany Office of Emergency Management, Parsippany Rescue and Recovery, Rainbow Lakes Volunteer Fire District 2, Lake Parsippany Volunteer Fire District 3, Parsippany Volunteer Fire District 6, Parsippany Volunteer Fire District 5, Rockaway Neck Volunteer Ambulance and Parsippany Volunteer Ambulance Squad.

When the children visited the Parsippany Police Department they received a badge from Parsippany-Troy Hills Captain Thomas Carney. Captain Carney also gave the children a “TICKET” which summoned them to the Dairy at Lake Hiawatha for a free children ice cream cone.

Morris County Park Police and Morris County Office of Emergency Management also participated.

Also American Red Cross, US Customs and Border Protection Explorers Program, Enslins Car & Taxi, Jordan Transportation, Ultimate Party Bus and Limo, Parsippany Automotive, Team Sean Lemonade, Kona Ice, IHOP and Jose Catering. Patty Sweet Cakes Face Painting Balloons and DJ Jay Gee, and Laura Donnelly Face Painting participated

Parsippany Department of Public Works, Parsippany Parks and Forestry, M3 Crane, Rockaway Trucking, DeFalco’s Automotive & Towing and Ajaco Towing & Recovery provided vehicles for the children to learn more about.

Also participating was Parsippany-Troy Hills Public Library, Lakeland Hills YMCA, Nano Gurus, Doreen Brennan Mary Kay, Mt. Pleasant Animal Shelter.

This years chairman Nicolas Limanov said “It was a wonderful day watching all the children having fun, asking questions and taking pictures. I was happy to add many new and exciting vendors this year, and I expect to add even more for next year. I want to thank all the committee members who helped making this event very successful.”

When the children arrived, they received a “goodie” bag from Jersey Central Power and Light which contained items such as napkins from New Jersey Sharing Network and a free children’s meal compliments of IHOP. And when the children left, they received a bottle of “bubbles.”

All proceeds will be used by the Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany Foundation to support local projects that will “change the world one child and one community at a time”.

The Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany would like to thank Stanbery Development, LLC. for donating the use of the property for such a successful event.

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

Arrest made in TD Bank robbery

Frank L. Cahill
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Arrest made in TD Bank robbery

MORRISTOWN —  Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp and Morristown Bureau of Police Chief Peter Demnitz announce the arrest of Zachary Zingale, 30, Morristown, on charges related to a bank robbery Friday morning at the TD Bank at 217 South Street, Morristown.

At  approximately 10:00 a.m., Friday, June 16, law enforcement was notified of the robbery. The subsequent investigation revealed that a male entered the bank, demanded money, threatened the use of a gun, and fled the scene in a vehicle.  A sum of money was taken during the incident.  Zingale was located near the bank shortly after the robbery. He then tried to flee on foot, but was taken into custody by officers with the Morristown Bureau of Police. 

Zingale was charged with one count of Robbery, a crime of the first degree, one count of Theft, a crime of the third degree, and one count of Resisting Arrest, a crime of the third degree.  Zingale was remanded to the Morris County Correctional Facility on a warrant-complaint in accordance with the Criminal Justice Reform Act.

Numerous law enforcement agencies assisted in the investigation, including the Morristown Bureau of Police, the Morris County Sheriff’s Office – Criminal Investigation Section, and the Major Crimes Unit of the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office.

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.

 

Sarah Michele Orthwein graduates from James Madison University

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Sarah Michele Orthwein graduates from James Madison University

PARSIPPANY — Sarah Michele Orthwein of Lake Hiawatha graduated with a degree in media arts and design from James Madison University during the May 5, 2017 commencement exercises. Orthwein is a Parsippany High School Graduate Class of 2013.

Orthwein was among more than 4,300 students who received undergraduate, master’s, educational specialist and doctoral degrees.

James Madison University offers each student a future of significance — not an education of mere prestige, but an extraordinary education of exceptional scholarship, inventive thinking, unparalleled attention to the world community, a university-wide enthusiasm for teaching, and a commitment to student success.

Dramatics Camp at PAL Youth Center Still Accepting Registrations

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Dramatics Camp at PAL Youth Center Still Accepting Registrations

PARSIPPANY — All Children’s Theatre is still accepting registrations for their Summer, 2017  Creative Dramatics day camp for children ages 6-17. The camp will be held  Monday-July 17 through Friday, July 28 at the PAL Youth Center, 33 Baldwin Road.

Initial registration deadline was June 1 but registrations will be accepted thereafter, space permitting.

The Creative Dramatics camp allows children to develop and create their own show, as well as the scenery, and culminate the camp with a performance of their work for family and friends. No prior theatre experience is required to register.  Space is limited!

The camp are directed by certified teachers who serve as instructors in the area of creative dramatics and scenery.

The camp is designed for, but not limited to, working area parents who are looking for a creative camp for their children. Sibling discounts are available. Parents may drop off their children between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. and pick them up between 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.

AM and PM snacks are provided for all campers. The PAL Youth Center is air-conditioned with easy parking on site.

Interested parents may obtain more information as well as download a school year registration form by visiting the Theatre’s web site by clicking here. 

They may also e-mail the Theatre at allchildrensth@aol.com or call them at (973) 335-5328. Registration forms may be submitted by e-mail or by mailing them to All Children’s Theatre, PO Box 6328, Parsippany, NJ 07054.

All Children’s Theatre is a non-profit, tax-exempt, all kids’ performing arts organization established in Parsippany in 1983. The arts group has put on over 535 productions involving over 12,200 children during the past 34 years.  It has the distinctive honor of having put more kids on stage, year-round, from more cities, at more times, at more New Jersey locations, than any other arts group in the state. Their motto is — “Where Every Child Is a Star.”

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