Vehicle stolen from 7-11; recovered in Newark

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Vehicle stolen from 7-11; recovered in Newark

PARSIPPANY — Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Officers responded to a theft of a motor vehicle that occurred at 12:10 a.m. on May 29 at the 7-11 on North Beverwyck Road.

Upon arrival of Patrol Officer Jaime Mendez made contact with the victim.

The victim advised him that their 2014 Lexus IS250 was left unlocked and running in the parking lot when they went inside the store. While inside the store, the victim observed the vehicle being driven away by an unknown suspect. The vehicle fled the area heading south on North Beverwyck Road.

On May 30 at 5:14 p.m. the Parsippany Police Department was notified that the vehicle was located unoccupied in Newark. The victim was advised on how to recover their vehicle.

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

CCM Students Create Prosthetic Hands for Children in Need

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CCM Students Create Prosthetic Hands for Children in Need

PARSIPPANY — The Spring Semester has come to an end, but Vivian Rosenberg, of Lake Hiawatha, and Brian Seligson, of Parsippany, students at County College of Morris (CCM), have remained on campus to finish creating prosthetic hands for children around the world.

The hands are created on the 3D printers in the college’s engineering labs and carefully assembled by the students using heavy-duty fishing line and Velcro. The hands are being made for three different groups that help children who have lost or are missing part of their limbs.

“I joined an online community of prosthetic 3D print groups and they put me in contact with an organization called Limbs with Love,” explains Eric Pedersen, engineering lab assistant. That organization provides children in the United States and around the world with prosthetic limbs free of cost.

Next Pedersen heard about a church in Baltimore that provides prosthetic hands to children in India through one of its mission programs. Then engineering Professor Tom Roskop told him he was making a trip to Brazil and the nonprofit group Enabling the Future, which also provides prosthetic hands to children around the world, was interested in obtaining two to three hands for children there.

Prior to 3D printing, prosthetic limbs could be quite costly but now they can be printed and assembled for about $20.00 to $30.00 in materials, according to Pedersen.

“It’s work that is really beneficial and we’re getting to build a network and obtain real-life experience,” says Rosenberg.

“I thought it was cool, the first time I saw them,” adds Seligson.

The students have taken on the work as members of the college’s Women in STEM club. Before the summer gets into full swing, Pedersen and the students expect to complete and ship about a dozen hands. Pedersen’s hope is that the work will continue come the Fall Semester as an ongoing project of Women in STEM.

 

 

Three Parsippany residents on Dean’s List at James Madison University

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Three Parsippany residents on Dean’s List at James Madison University

PARSIPPANY — James Madison University is pleased to announce three students from Parsippany made the dean’s list for the spring 2017 semester.

Erica Ruja, a Parsippany Hills High School Graduate of 2014, who is majoring in psychology and is scheduled to graduate in 2017.

Sarah Orthwein, a Parsippany High School Graduate of 2013, who is majoring in media arts and design and is scheduled to graduate in 2017.

Drew Dembek, a Seton Hall Preparatory School Graduate Class of 2013, who is majoring in hospitality management and is scheduled to graduate in 2017.

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.

PHS students arrive in style at Senior Prom

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PHS students arrive in style at Senior Prom

PARSIPPANY — Parsippany High School students arrived in style Thursday, June 1 at the Valley Regency, Clifton for the school’s senior prom.

Seniors will graduate on Thursday, June 22 at Parsippany High School at 9:30 a.m.

Payless seeking to close Morris Hills Shopping Center location

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Payless seeking to close Morris Hills Shopping Center location

PARSIPPANY — Payless the largest specialty family footwear retailer in the Western Hemisphere, announced in April that it filed motions to help facilitate continued operations in the ordinary course of business while the Company operates under Chapter 11 protection were approved by Judge Kathy A. Surratt-States of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.

As part of the Court’s approval of first day motions, Payless received authorization on an interim basis from the Court to provide employee wages, healthcare coverage, and other benefits without interruption, and pay certain vendors and suppliers for all authorized goods and services. All vendors and suppliers will be paid in the ordinary course for those goods and services provided on or after the date of the Chapter 11 filing.

The Court’s approvals also affirmed on an interim basis access to $245 million of the $305 million Debtor-in-Possession (DIP) financing facility provided by a lender group led by Wells Fargo.

As a result of the hearing, all Payless stores and Payless.com were able to continue offering without interruption the wide range of affordably priced family footwear for which they are relied on by families across America.

Payless is seeking to close the 3085 Route 46, in the Morris Hills Shopping Center.

Payless has asked a federal bankruptcy court for permission to close 112 stores, including the Route 46 location, and potentially another 296 if conditions don’t improve.

Click here for a complete listing of current stores under negotiation to close.

According to the company’s website “Closure is not a certainty yet, and a final decision depends on bankruptcy negotiations. “We remain hopeful that these negotiations will be successful and provide us with the ability to avoid additional closures.”  A court hearing on the potential closures is set for June 8.

Redstock 2017 returns for a day of fun and excitement

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Redstock 2017 returns for a day of fun and excitement

PARSIPPANY — Parsippany High School will hold its annual Redstock on Saturday, June 10, inviting the public to participate in many sports activities and games behind the high school. The highlight of the festival will be the Powder Puff flag football game between the senior and junior girls.

This event focuses on bringing local families, students, school-based organizations and area businesses together for a FREE day of entertainment, music, games, food and fun! This year’s festival will feature a vendor area for local businesses to meet and interact with current and potential customers giving them the opportunity to directly distribute samples, promotional items and other marketing material, as well as sell.

The event starts at 12:00 Noon and ends at 3:00 p.m. offers food, live music, face painting, arts and crafts, bounce house, local businesses, dunk tank ($1.00), games and prizes and live entertainment. The PTSA will hold a Tricky Tray and Raffle.

The Central Middle School Flag Football game will start at 5:00 p.m.

The Hawkeye Community awards will begin at 6:00 p.m., and the Juniors vs. Seniors Powderpuff Football game will start at 6:30 p.m.

In addition, they will be collecting canned foods at the gate, so please donate.

Residents Urged to Battle Mosquitos by Removing Standing Water

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Residents Urged to Battle Mosquitos by Removing Standing Water

 MORRIS COUNTY — The spring rain is continuing – for now. However, once the sun comes back out, be ready to thoroughly check the outside your house, apartment, and condominium or wherever you live in Morris County and drain sources of standing water to eliminate areas where mosquitoes can breed.

If you’d like to help avoid a nasty plague of those pesky biting and disease carrying critters this spring and summer on and around your property, make sure to look for and eliminate all sources of standing water, such as such as planters, gutters, old tires or wheelbarrows.

“If everyone would take steps around their own homes to eliminate standing water, it could make a very big difference, reducing the number of mosquitos by many hundreds of thousands, if not millions, where you live,’’ said Mosquito Division Superintendent Kristian McMorland.

The Morris County Division of Mosquito Control has been active for months preparing for this year’s mosquito battle, but you can be the difference maker when it comes to mosquitos around where you live.

In recent few weeks, when weather has allowed, county mosquito teams have been spraying heavy mosquito breeding areas via trucks, ATVs and back-mounted sprayers. They have sprayed this week in Chatham, Florham Park, and Parsippany, and are set to do spray large areas of Lincoln Park and Montville on Thursday (Click here for the upcoming schedule)

“It’s important to remove or clean or repair anything that can collect rain or sprinkler water – such as clogged gutters, old car tires, wheelbarrows, planters, trash can covers, birdbaths, old tarps, or unused swimming or wading pools,’’ said McMorland. “Even just a bit of standing water can produce a huge number of mosquitoes that can have a negative impact on your quality of life.’’

The most common backyard species of mosquito travels only about thousand feet from where they are spawned. Mosquitoes spend their juvenile life stage in the aquatic environment and will go from egg to adult in about one week during the summer. So removing standing water near your home can have a dramatic impact on your mosquito population.

In addition to the nuisance of mosquitos, they also bring the possibility of mosquito borne diseases, such as West Nile virus, which is transmitted through the bite of an infected mosquito.

“Our county team does a great job of working to battle mosquitos in some of the toughest breeding grounds in the county but they need your help when it comes to making a difference in your yard or neighborhood,’’ said Freeholder John Cesaro, liaison to the County Mosquito Control Division. “What steps you take, or don’t take, can affect families living all around you.’’

Steps you can take to reduce mosquito populations include:

  • At least once a week, empty water from flower pots, pet food and water dishes, birdbaths, swimming pool covers, buckets, barrels, and cans.
  • Check for clogged rain gutters and clean them out.
  • Recycle discarded tires, and remove other items that could collect water.
  • Be sure to check for containers or trash in places that may be hard to see, such as under bushes or under your home.

Look very carefully around your property for anything that could hold water in which mosquitos can lay eggs. If you are starting to rebuild, make sure standing water is not collecting on tarps or in any receptacles.

Additional tips on how to limit mosquitoes on your property include:

  • Dispose of tin cans, plastic containers, ceramic pots or similar water-holding containers that have accumulated on your property;
  • Drill holes in the bottom and elevate recycling containers that are left outdoors;
  • Aerate ornamental pools or stock them with fish. Water gardens are fashionable but become major mosquito producers if they are allowed to stagnate;
  • Clean and chlorinate swimming pools, including those that are not being used. A swimming pool that is left untended can produce enough mosquitoes to result in neighborhood-wide complaints.
  • Be aware mosquitoes may even breed in the water that collects on pool covers

It is also a good time now to check screens in windows and doors and make any necessary repairs to prevent mosquitos from entering your home.

For more details on mosquitos, click here.

I-287 northbound ramp to I-80 westbound to close for electrical work

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I-287 northbound ramp to I-80 westbound to close for electrical work

PARSIPPANY — New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials today announced the full closure of the I-287 northbound ramp to I-80 westbound for three nights this week for electrical work in Parsippany-Troy Hills.

Beginning at 11:00 p.m. tonight, Wednesday, May 31 until 5:00 a.m. the next morning, and again overnight on Thursday, June 1, and Friday June 2, NJDOT’s contractor, Daidone Electric, Inc. will close the I-287 northbound ramp to I-80 westbound to perform electrical work. The following signed detour will be in place during construction.

I-287 northbound to I-80 westbound Detour:

·Motorists on I-287 northbound will be directed to take Exit 43 for Intervale Road/Mountain Lakes

·Make a left onto Intervale Road and cross over I-287

·Make a left onto Route 202 southbound/Parsippany Boulevard

·Make left onto I-287 southbound

·Take Exit 41B from I-287 southbound to I-80 westbound

The precise timing of the work is subject to change due to weather or other factors. Motorists are encouraged to check NJDOT’s traffic information website www.511nj.org for real-time travel information and for NJDOT news follow us on Twitter @NJDOT_info.

Letter to the Editor: Taxes and the business climate

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Dear Editor:

As a small business owner and taxpayer in Morris County, I face two issues that are near and dear to many others in our county: taxes and the business climate. I believe that these issues are directly related and it is only by bringing business back that we can prevent Morris County residents from being taxed out of their homes.

As a business owner, I am proud that I am able to help my employees to put a roof over their children’s heads and food on their tables but it is also a great responsibility that cannot be taken lightly. Here in Morris County, like anywhere else in the world, business climates change. In this county, where large and small businesses alike have been leaving since the late 1980’s, the swings in the income or workload of any small business can be very substantial as the disposable income of patrons fluctuates. Whether you are in business as a florist, mechanic, doctor, cleaner, carwash, dentist, lawyer or anything else, when things get slow you must make tough decisions. You can take away bonuses people count on, cut salaries or resort to layoffs so that you remain profitable or you, as the business owner, can take little or nothing for yourself in order to avoid negatively impacting employees and their families. Since opening my business in 2004, I have always chosen to tighten my own belt in order to protect others when business slows down. This means that I am either depleting my savings or paying my own obligations late to protect my employees.

As a Morris County taxpayer, I, like the rest of you, am faced with Average annual taxes per resident are $10,077, earning us a spot among only nine counties in the entire nation- that’s right, the nation with average annual property taxes over $10,000. With taxes being so high and the penalties for paying late being so low, many people, myself included, whether they own a business, have kids in college, are doing major home improvements, have serious medical problems and a host of other reasons will choose to pay taxes late which amounts to a form of low interest loan. Unfortunately, there are those who will find themselves unable to make up the shortfall, whether on a fixed income, faced with job loss or otherwise.

We must restore economic prosperity in Morris County. We must bring businesses back to Morris County. We will restore viable economic opportunities for our young people, restore jobs for those who have lost them or are currently working at jobs far beneath their skill level, and ease the tax burden on the residents of Morris County.

This can be done and I have a plan which I have touched upon many times in speeches over the last few months. Given the opportunity to begin implementation of this plan, I believe that within the next few years, together, we can begin to restore the prosperity that has eroded from Morris County over the last 25 years.  I order to do this, I am asking for your vote on Tuesday, June 6.

Heather Darling
Candidate for Freeholder

 

 

PHHS Frosh Baseball team won Morris County Tournament Championship game

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PHHS Frosh Baseball team won Morris County Tournament Championship game

PARSIPPANY — The Parsippany Hills High School freshmen baseball team recently won the Morris County Tournament championship game against Delbarton 7-4 played at Patriot’s Stadium in Somerset County. The tournament honors Walt Stasiak, who coached freshmen baseball at Morris Knolls for 25 years.

Parsippany was the eleventh-seeded team and Delbarton was the top seeded team…which, by the way, was a very sweet victory! Sam D’Uva pitched the entire game, allowing four runs, three earned, on eight hits. He struck out two. Corey Katzenberger was 1 for 3 with a run and an RBI. JD Breslauer went 2 for 4 with a triple and a run. EJ Comerford was 2 for 4 with two runs and an RBI. Nick Russo was 1 for 3 with a double and an RBI.

The freshmen coaches are Mr. Brennan and Mr. Mann.

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