PARSIPPANY — On Wednesday, November 9 at approximately 10:45 a.m. the Parsippany Police Department’s Communication Center alerted officers of a vehicle wanted in connection to an armed robbery that occurred in Rockaway Borough.
Within minutes of receiving the notification Captain J. Wieners and Patrol Officer J. Seeger observed a vehicle matching the description given traveling eastbound on Route 46 passing the Parsippany Police Department.
The Officers conducted a motor vehicle stop on the 1995 blue BMW 325 in the parking lot of the Days Inn located at 3159 Route 46.
The driver, Shana Aviles, 31, Morristown, and a passenger, Darryl Simmons, 37, Dover, both exited the vehicle. Mr. Simmons discarded multiple items onto the ground outside the vehicle and then fled the area ignoring officer’s commands. Multiple units responded to the scene and setup a perimeter around the area.
After a short time Mr. Simmons was located in a nearby lot on Pumphouse Road and placed under arrest. Ms. Aviles was also placed under arrest by Rockaway Borough Police.
Mr. Simmons was transported to Parsippany Police Headquarters and processed.
Morris County Sheriff’s Department CIS responded to the scene and processed the area.
After a brief investigation, a replica handgun, knife, hypodermic needle, and heroin were found to be in the possession of Mr. Simmons and discarded at various points as he fled the officers.
He was then transported to Saint Clares Hospital-Denville due to a minor laceration received while resisting arrest. Custody of Mr. Simmons was transferred to the Rockaway Borough Police Department.
Mr. Simmons was charged with the following:
Two Counts Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose
Resisting Arrest
Burglary to Auto
Theft from a Motor Vehicle
Possession of CDS (Heroin)
Possession of a Hypodermic Needle
Unlawful Discarding of a Hypodermic Needle
Judge Frese set his bail at $50,000 with no 10% option on the Parsippany charges.
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.
PARSIPPANY — Thousands of supporters joined together at the Mack-Cali Campus on Sunday, November 13 for a day filled with hope and inspiration to raise funds, awareness and support for pancreatic cancer. Ken Rosato, anchor of Channel 7 Eyewitness News in the Morning, emceed the event along with special guest Soprano’s star Dan Grimaldi.
Parsippany-Troy Hills Council Vice President Robert Peluso joined Ken Rosato and Dan Grimaldi in support of pancreatic cancer. Peluso, had the opportunity of congratulating the runners as they crossed the finish line.
The event Co-Chairs were Dr. Lawrence Harrison, chief of surgical oncology at the Carol G. Simon Cancer Center for Atlantic Health, Dr. Rosario Ligresti, Chief of the division of gastroenterology at Hackensack University Medical Center, and Dr. Darren Carpizo, leader of the Hepatobiliary Oncology program at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey.
Speakers included two-and-a-half year Pancreatic survivor Lisa Eidelberg, along with her team “Team Lisa.” She considered herself “lucky” that she is now over 2 years out from diagnosis. Most are not so lucky. She walked so the future of pancreatic cancer is not so grim, and many more will survive this horrible disease which takes almost 70% of those diagnosed in the first year. Recently Montville Township Mayor James Sandham presented Lisa Eidelberg, with a plaque stating that the Montville Township Committee designated November 17 as World Pancreatic Cancer Day in Montville Township.
Eidelberg stated, “The current five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer is only 8 percent. Pancreatic cancer is projected to be the second deadliest cancer by 2020. Once the symptoms present themselves, it is usually too late. Seventy-one percent die within the first year.”
Zach Cohen, the second highest team to raise funds, was participating because he lost his amazing grandfather Pop Pop Bill Rabb to Pancreatic Cancer when he was only nine. As my Bar Mitzvah approaches he decided he wanted to raise money to help the fight against this terrible disease in memory of my Pop Pop. His Pop Pop cheered him on at every basketball and soccer game. He still misses him every day. Zach’s family, grandma and cousins are walked in Purple Stride Pancreatic Cancer event. Zach’s team “Pop Pop Bill Crew” earned $8,581.00.
Ken Rosato – ABC Eyewitness News
Ken Rosato, Dr. Lawrence Harrison, Dr. Rosario Ligresti, Dr. Darren Carpizo
Soprano’s Star Dan Grimaldi and Michael Weinstein who raised over $3,800
Soprano’s Star Dan Grimaldi and Zachary Cohen raised over $8,581.
Soprano’s Star Dan Grimaldi and Tracey Early who raised $12,674.
Soprano’s Star Dan Grimaldi and Tracey Early, Shari Berger and Guy Van DeVaarst
Soprano’s Star Dan Grimaldi and Eric Doppelt, with Team Jane raising over $19,000
The Survivors
The Survivors
Lisa Eidelberg, 2-1/2 year cancer survivor addresses the crowd
Ken Rosato and Lisa Eidelberg
The crowd listening to the introductions
Ken Rosato, Kerry Kelly and Mallory Adams
Soprano’s Star Dan Grimaldi and Parsippany Council Vice President Robert Peluso
Ken Rosato and Parsippany Council Vice President Robert Peluso
Kelly’s Heroes
Momma D’s Marchers
Stephanie Blash and Rachel Gaida, Applebees Parsippany, were handling the food for the 5K run
Jordan Mandel was the first runner to finish the race, with Council Vice President Robert Peluso
Sam Foale was the second runner to finish the race, with Council Vice President Robert Peluso
Eric Doppelt, 16, formed “Team Jane.” He stated three years ago, his Aunt Jane was diagnosed with the pancreatic cancer.
The diagnosis shook more than just Jane: the news of a tumor quickly spread from one person to another – friends and family alike were plagued by this awful discovery. It was devastating to hear that someone so innocent, and so compassionate, was given such an awful sentencing. How could we come to grips with that?
After the initial shock subsided, they quickly concluded that while they may not have been able to understand why it happened, they certainly didn’t have to accept it as a simple death sentence. They could fight back. So while Jane battled, they did too.
Jane’s tumor was discovered in the Summer of 2013. For the following year, she battled relentlessly. Jane underwent chemotherapy and radiation, and despite awful side effects, her smile never faded. Cancer could never steal her smile.
Jane underwent surgery to remove the tumor, and with chemotherapy treatments, she lived cancer-free.
The dark, grim future faded, and life was simpler. But then, in the Winter of 2015, multiple tumors appeared. Her cancer had spread. Jane battled these tumors with a similar vigor – she failed to relent. But these tumors were different. They couldn’t be beat.
Jane passed away on September 24, 2016. Team Jane raised $19,039.00 during PurpleStride Parsippany. Team Jane has participated in other walks PurpleStride New York, PurpleStride Chicago, PurpleStride Delaware as well as PurpleStride New Jersey.
Emcee Ken Rosato is anchor of Channel 7’s top-rated Eyewitness News This Morning. Ken joined the Eyewitness News Team as a freelance reporter in 2003. He came to WABC-TV from New York’s WNYW-TV, where he was a reporter and anchored the morning and midday news. Before that he worked as a news anchor and reporter at WFOR-TV in Miami/Fort Lauderdale, where he covered the 2000 Presidential election vote-count stalemate and the year-long Elian Gonzales standoff. While there, he was nominated for a Suncoast Emmy Award.
Special Guest Dan Grimaldi, from the Sopranos, portrayed identical twin mobsters, Patsy and Philly Parisi, on the critically acclaimed HBO series. He was nominated and won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a
Drama Series in 2008 and received a nomination in 2007.
Honoree Co-Chairs were Lawrence E. Harrison is Chief of Surgical Oncology at the Carol G. Simon Cancer Center for the Atlantic Health System. He earned a B.A. degree in Chemistry at Franklin & Marshall College and his M.D. degree at Temple University Medical School. He completed his general surgical training at University of Massachusetts Medical Center. Over the next four years, Dr. Harrison went on to complete both Research and Clinical Fellowships in Surgical Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. Subsequently, he was Chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology at New Jersey Medical School in Newark and then Director of Surgical Oncology at Valley Hospital.
Also Rosario Ligresti, MD, FASGE is the Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology at HackensackUMC. He is the Site Director of the Gastroenterology Fellowship of Rutgers/ UMDNJ. He is also the Director of the Pancreas Center at HackensackUMC, and Medical Director of the New Jersey Chapter of the National Pancreas Foundation. Earlier this year he was named as a Fellow of the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Prior to coming to HackensackUMC in 2005, he was the Director of Endoscopy and Co-Director of the Gastroenterology Fellowship at Westchester Medical Center. He continues to hold an academic appointment at New York Medical College.
The third Honoree Co-Chair was Darren Carpizo completed his MD from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1997 before moving to the University of California at Los Angeles where, during a nine-year period, he completed an internship and residency in surgery as well as a PhD in molecular, cell and developmental biology (2003). He completed his PhD in the STAR program (Specialty Training in Advanced Research) which is a unique program to train physician scientists under the mentorship of Dr. Luisa Iruela-Arispe studying tumor angiogenesis. He later went on to complete a surgical oncology fellowship at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering cancer center where he specialized in the management of patients with pancreatic, liver and bile duct cancers. There he published one of the first papers published on the surgical management of patients with hepatic and extrahepatic colorectal cancer metastases.
Pancreatic cancer begins when abnormal cells in the pancreas grow out of control and form a tumor. The symptoms associated with pancreatic cancer are often vague, similar to symptoms caused by other conditions and may not be present in early stages of the disease.
There will be an estimated 418,451 new cases diagnosed world-wide in 2020.
The Morris County Freeholders have proclaimed November 17 as World Pancreatic Cancer Day in Morris County, to help call attention to this hard-to-diagnose, quick moving and very deadly disease that will take more than 1,300 lives in New Jersey this year.
Freeholders Deborah Smith and Doug Cabana, Sandi Field of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, and Freeholders Kathy DeFillippo, Hank Lyon and John Cesaro
MORRIS COUNTY — Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp announces that Morris County Supervising Assistant Prosecutor Catherine Broderick was honored by receiving the 2016 Professional Lawyer of the Year Award from the New Jersey Commission On Professionalism In The Law. She was selected by both the Commission and the Morris County Bar Association to receive the award. The annual award is given to lawyers from New Jersey who demonstrate moral excellence, competence and demeanor that others in the law profession can emulate as a professional.
Among other dignitaries, the Honorable Jerome B. Simandle, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, and the Honorable Barry T. Albin, Associate Judge of the New Jersey Supreme Court, were present at the ceremony which was held in Somerset, New Jersey.
Since joining the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office in 1989, Supervising Assistant Prosecutor (SAP) Broderick has prosecuted numerous cases including bank robbery, kidnapping, drug possession and burglary. Moreover, she has prosecuted sex crimes, child abuse, child pornography, child luring and internet child luring cases.
Among other responsibilities, SAP Broderick currently supervises the Specialized Services Unit, the Megan’s Law Unit, Missing Persons Unit and the Weapons Returns Unit. Her experience also includes the supervision of various functions such as Bias Crimes, the Drug Court Team, Evidence Destruction, Open Public Records Act processing and Civil Discovery.
SAP Broderick received her Bachelor’s Degree from Seton Hall University and her Jurist Doctorate from Seton Hall University School of Law. She then served as Judicial Clerk to the Honorable David S. Cramp, J.S.C., in Morris County Superior Court. SAP Broderick also graduated from the Leadership Morris Program of the Morris County Chamber of Commerce, the Worrall F. Mountain Inn of Court, and the Seton Hall University School of Law Alumni Inn of Court. She is also a member of the Morris County Bar Association.
Following the awards ceremony, SAP Broderick said, “As a Career Prosecutor, I was honored and privileged to receive the nomination of the Morris County Bar Association for the New Jersey Commission on Professionalism Award for Morris County. Receiving the award is a highlight of my career. Professional integrity and courtesy are a cornerstone in the legal profession, but Prosecutors stand in a slightly different position, in that they are sworn to diligently represent the interest of the State in an impartial manner, to determine the truth of a matter. A Prosecutor conveys professionalism through courtesy, candor, civility, and observing the rules of the court in dealing with a defendant, opposing counsel and the Court. Professionalism is paramount to uphold the laws and Constitution of the State of New Jersey.”
“Supervising Assistant Prosecutor Broderick’s unwavering dedication to the rule of law enables her to excel as a lawyer and Supervising Assistant Prosecutor with the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office. I have full confidence in her as a professional, and as a prosecutor serving the people of Morris County and the state of New Jersey”, said Prosecutor Knapp.
MORRIS COUNTY — Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp and Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of Investigations John Speirs announced three promotions effective Monday, October 31.
The officers who were promoted are set to fill vacant supervisory positions within the Prosecutor’s Office created by the recent retirement of Lt. Charles Brady.
“Each individual has demonstrated an unconditional commitment to the goals and objectives of this organization” Knapp said. “I am fortunate to have the opportunity to promote those of such high caliber.”
Sgt. Evelyn Tasoulas was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant and was assigned to the General Investigations Unit of the Courts and Administration Division.
Detective Supervisor Matthew Potter was promoted to the rank of Sergeant and was assigned to the General Investigations Unit of the Courts and Administration Division.
Detective Daniel Haber was promoted to the rank of Detective Supervisor and was assigned to the Professional Standards Unit of the Specialized Crimes Division.
PARSIPPANY — The Parsippany Express Youth Cross Country Team had a very successful Lakeland Championship Meet at Central Park on Sunday, October 30. Amanda Hoffman became our first ever League Champion winning the girls 11/12 3210 Meter Race. We had 50 Runners cross the finish line including six top twenty Medal Winners!
Medal winners from left to right: Back row Angelina Fernandez 18th Girls 9/10, Kira Chebishev 13th Girls 9/10, Amanda Hoffman 1st place Girls 11/12, Front row-Callie Sisco 10th Girls 7/8, Kaylee Ann Thormann 20th Girls 7/8 and Madison Richardson 7th Girls 7/8.
The Parsippany Express Track and Field Team competes in the Lakeland Junior Track and Field League, which is comprised of approximately 15 other Morris County teams. The team travels to other local towns for track meets and we host at Parsippany Hills High School.
PARSIPPANY — On Friday, October 28 at 11:29 a.m. Ms. Ronnee Deelsnyder, 18, was stopped on at a red traffic signal on North Powder Mill Road in the left straight lane.
She stated that when the traffic signal turned green, she proceeded straight through the intersection on Route 10 and Powder Mill Road when she was struck by a vehicle driven by Ms. Mary Grunmeier, 59, Whippany.
Ms. Grunmeier driving a 1999 Ford Crown Victoria went through the red taffic signal and struck Ms. Deelsnyder’s vehicle, a 2015 Buick Encore.
Ms. Grunmeier stated all she could remember was turing onto Route 10 from 2939 Route 10 and could not recall anything else.
Patrolman Gian Cacioppo investigated the incident. Police revealed that Ms. Deelsnyder had a green light and Ms. Grunmeier went through a light prior to the collsion, therefore, she was at fault for driver inattention and failure to observe a traffic control device.
At the time of this article, there were no summons issued.
Ms. Grunmeier was transported to Morristown Medical Center by Par-Troy Emergency Medical Services.
The 2015 Buick Encore was pushed onto the lawn from the impact of the collision.
MORRISTOWN — The Carol G. Simon Cancer Center at Atlantic Health System offers a free workshop and information session on one of the most exciting new discoveries and treatments for cancer: immunotherapy. Frankly Speaking About Cancer: Your Immune System & Cancer Treatment is open to patients, caregivers and the community to learn and discuss how the immune system interacts with cancer, which treatments are currently available, as well as ones in development, and how side effects, which are different from traditional chemotherapy, are managed.
Immunotherapy is a revolutionary cancer treatment available at Atlantic Health System that boosts the body’s own natural defense system so it can kill cancerous cells.
This approach has proven effective for treating some forms of melanoma of the skin, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, lung cancer and Hodgkin lymphoma. Immunotherapy is also showing good results in clinical studies for treatment of breast cancer, colon cancer, brain cancer and head and neck cancer.
“Over the next few years, immunotherapy will become a major part of treatment for all types of cancers and, relatively speaking, the use of standard cytotoxic chemotherapy is likely to diminish,” says Eric Whitman, MD, medical director of the Carol G. Simon Cancer Center at Morristown Medical Center and Overlook Medical Center in Summit. “The most exciting thing is watching tumors, such as melanoma of the skin, that were previously untreatable and fatal, now ‘melt away’ during immunotherapy treatment,” adds Whitman who is also director of the Atlantic Melanoma Center. “Immunotherapy can be life-changing.”
Unlike chemotherapy, immunotherapy medication does not directly destroy cancer cells. Instead, it helps the patient’s immune system recognize and attack cancer. This is accomplished in a variety of ways, depending on the type of cancer being treated. Some of the most successful drugs to date, called “checkpoint inhibitors,” specifically block cancers from hiding from attacking immune cells. Research continues to determine which immunotherapy drugs or combination of drugs work best for different cancers.
Immunotherapy available through Atlantic Health System physicians at Morristown Medical Center, Overlook Medical Center, Chilton Medical Center, Newtown Medical Center and Hackettstown Medical Center, includes cancer vaccines, immune checkpoint inhibitors, monoclonal antibodies, non-specific immunotherapies, and oncolytic immunotherapy. Many of these treatments are approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of cancer, and some are available through the clinical study process.
“While traditional cancer treatments like chemotherapy and radiation can cause nausea, fatigue and hair loss, the side effects of immunotherapy may be uncommon, depending on the type of drug used,” says Whitman who has been treating patients for melanoma of the skin with immunotherapy for more than ten years. “What’s more, these medicines may continue to help the immune system over time even after treatment is completed, providing long-lasting protection against recurrent cancer.”
Frankly Speaking About Cancer takes place on Monday, November 14 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Carol G. Simon Cancer Center on the Morristown Medical Center campus, Auditorium B, 100 Madison Avenue, Morristown. Parking is available in the JCP&L garage. Use the visitor entrance of the garage and enter at the Cancer Center.
For more information or registration, call Cancer Support Community Central Jersey at (908) 658-5400, ext. 113 or email centralnj@cancersupportcnj.org or click here.
The program is provided through unrestricted educational grants to Cancer Support Community from Bristol-Myers Squibb.
PARSIPPANY — Beginning on November 14 there will be significant delays due to the milling and paving on North Beverwyck Road between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Currently the plan is days one through three will be milling and days four through six will be paving. Please plan an alternate route around the area.
Monday, November 14 (Day 1) and Thursday, November 17 (Day 4) North Beverwyck Road will be closed for all southbound traffic at Vail Road. All northbound traffic will be permitted. All residents on Crown Point Road will have to use the Route 46 side entrance/exit to enter or exit the development.
The detour for southbound traffic will be west onto Vail Road and then left onto Baldwin Road which will bring to your Route 46.
Tuesday, November 15 (Day 2) and Friday, November 18 (Day 5) North Beverwyck Road will be closed for all southbound traffic at Vail Road. All northbound traffic will be permitted and detoured onto Ashwood Place and then left onto Greenbriar Road which brings you to Vail Road.
The detour for southbound traffic will be west onto Vail Road and then left onto Baldwin Road which will bring to your Route 46.
Wednesday, November 15 (Day 3) and Monday, November 21 (Day 6) North Beverwyck Road will be completely closed for milling between Vail Road and Claudine Terrace.
Southbound traffic will be detoured left onto Claudine Terrace which turns into Crescent Drive, left onto Condit Avenue, right onto Rockaway Place, left onto Vail Road, right onto Greenbriar Road, right onto Ashwood Place, and left onto North Beverwyck Road which will take you to Route 46.
Northbound traffic will be detoured right onto Ashwood Place, Left onto Greenbriar Road, left onto Vail Road, right onto Rockaway Place, left onto Condit Avenue, right onto Crescent Drive which turns into Claudine Terrace and brings you back onto North Beverwyck Road.
TRENTON — A Trenton middle school gym teacher charged with stomping on an opponent’s face during an adult soccer league game will have his teaching license suspended for two years. The state Board of Examiners voted this month to suspend David Pekarek’s health and physical education certificates. Pekarek, a teacher at Grace Dunn Middle School, was…
PARSIPPANY — World War II Navy veteran Frank Priore posed for this photo with his son, Frank Jr. in Parsippany in 1945. Priore served on liberty ships that ferried supplies across the Atlantic Ocean; he was aboard the SS William Clark when it was torpedoed in November 1942, surviving three days in a life raft with…
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump on Friday replaced Gov. Chris Christie and two top advisers atop his transition team with Vice President-elect Mike Pence and others with ties to congressional Republicans. Pence, who served in the U.S. House before winning the governorship, will serve as transition team chairman and Rick Dearborn, chief of staff to U.S.…
PARSIPPANY — Every Veterans Day, Applebee’s invites vets and active duty military to come have a meal on Applebee’s. It’s their way of saying thanks for their service. But, really, every day is an opportunity to say thank you. So, join Applebee’s in their “Thank You Movement” to personally show your gratitude for those who have served, or are currently serving, in our military. Rachel Gaida, General Manager, Parsippany Applebee’s is pictured with the employees waiting to serve you.
Applebee’s is located at 1057 Route 46, in the Troy Hills Shopping Center.
PARSIPPANY — Hiawatha Children’s librarians, Netta Aragona, Karen O’Malley, and Katy Halpern, held a Kid’s Vote mock election from November 1 to November 8 encouraging children to cast their votes along with their parents for President of the United States.
The children valued being able to vote at the same time their parents did. Thanks to the Morris County Board of Elections, who donated stickers, the children received the same “I Voted” stickers after they cast their votes. 160 children voted for who they wanted to be the next President. The winner was Hillary Clinton with 114 votes over Donald Trump who received 46 votes.
Parents and children alike appreciated the opportunity to cast their vote in our public library setting. It was an educational experience for all ages.
Over fifty children responded to the question “what would you do if you were President of the United States?” Some responses:
“Help people in emergencies” – age 6
“Every day would be Christmas” – age 8
“Have more reading homework” – age 10
“Keep all people safe” – age 10
“Like to make everyone follow the rules” – age 8.
PARSIPPANY — Unofficial results for Parsippany Board of Education election are: Incumbents Allison Cogan, 9,350 votes; Joe Cistaro, 9,075 votes; and newcomer Nicholas Kumburis, 6,594 votes and Fran Orthwein had 5,820.
With 100% of the votes counted in Parsippany, Morris County Freeholder Incumbents Doug Cabana (9,314 votes); Kathy DeFillippo (9,410 votes); and Thomas Mastrangelo (9,226 votes) took the lead over the Democrat candidates. Mitchell Horn (8,292 votes); Rozella Clyde (8,262 votes) and John Von Achen (7,919 votes).
Republican Candidate for Sheriff James Gannon took the lead with 10,464 votes against Democrat Sheriff Candidate Dombrowski with 8,323 votes.
Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen has 10,733 votes and Joe Wentzel has 8,073.
Republican Candidate Donald Trump has 9,663 votes and Democrat Candidate Hillary Clinton has 11,191.
PARSIPPANY — October is Fire Prevention Month and on October 30 Mount Tabor Volunteer Fire Department hosted their annual Open House! It’s was a great day for families to come and bring their kids and tour the fire house and the trucks.
Everyone and anyone was welcomed to join and climb in and on our apparatus and feel like a firefighter for a day.
This years Fire Prevention Theme was “Don’t Wait – Check the Date! Replace Smoke Alarms Every 10 Years,” and we even will have the Safety trailer for families to practice on to safely exit a home in the event of a fire.
The firemen gave hats, stickers, snacks and much more for everyone in attendance. They also performed a vehicle extrication demonstration.
If you are interested in more info on how to volunteer with the MTVFD, stop by anytime and talk to our Line Officers!
PARSIPPANY — Pancreatic cancer is now the third leading cause of cancer death, surpassing breast cancer this year. With a five-year survival rate of only eight percent, it is one of the deadliest cancers.
The award-winning volunteer Northern New Jersey Affiliate of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is working to change this, to re-write the course of this cancer. PurpleStride New Jersey 2016 is a family-friendly, 5K, timed run and awareness walk taking place on Sunday, November 13, at the Mack-Cali Business Campus, One Campus Drive. The entire New Jersey community is invited to participate.
Camp Coley Cares raised $1415.40 in 2015. Team Leader is Ms. Marissa A Vandenberg
PurpleStride creates awareness of this terrible cancer and much needed funds to support the mission of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network which is to advance research, support patients and create hope in the fight against pancreatic cancer. Sandi Field, of Mountain Lakes, Affiliate chair, explained, “All cancers are awful and dehumanizing. Vast numbers of other cancer patients can see remission and cure. Not so with pancreatic cancer, which has a mere 8 percent survival rate. My Mom died within five months of her diagnosis. I vowed to take action so other families could be spared the horror she endured that we helplessly watched.”
The event details include:
Check-in and same day registration opens at 7:30 a.m.
PurplePlayZone, refreshments, ShopPurple store and more activities
Opening ceremony with live entertainment starting at 9:00 a.m.
Ken Rosato, ABC 7’s Eyewitness News This Morning anchor, as emcee
To register and learn more click here. Dana Quinn, PurpleStride Chair, encourages everyone to register on-line early and take advantage of early packet pickup.
“After losing my Dad to pancreatic cancer in 2011, I have been dedicated to raising awareness and funds for this unrelenting disease,” stated Dana, this year’s recipient of the prestigious Randy Pausch Award. “Vice President Joe Biden put a stake in the ground when he announced the Moonshot Initiative which focuses on advancements in cancer. New Jersey will come together to support this national initiative in hopes of achieving our goal to double pancreatic cancer survival by 2020.”
An estimated 41,780 Americans will die of pancreatic cancer this year according to the American Cancer Society. A goal of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is double survival by 2020 by continuing to raise community awareness, directly fund research, advocate for increased federal funding and resources, and provide premier patient services such as personalized medicine, Clinical Trial Finder, Know Your Tumor? and the Patient Registry through Patient Central. To learn more, visit pancan.org
Email Sandi by clicking here to find out how to volunteer.
PARSIPPANY — The Parsippany Library celebrated its 10th Anniversary in the new building at 449 Halsey Road on Friday evening, November 4 with over a hundred guests.
The event included a talk and autograph session by Kimberly McCreight, author of “Reconstructing Amelia,” “Where They Found Her,” and “The Outliers;” refreshments; and music. Many local artists have donated their artwork to the silent auction which included over thirty oil paintings, watercolor, pastel, Chinese Brush, photos and more.
Ms. McCreight also donated her time to speak at the event.
Gloria Weisberg and Jayne Beline
Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany members Joyce Garrow and Susan Elbin
Jayne Beline, Kimberly McCreight
Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany members Mr. and Mrs. Young
Joe Jannarone, Jr., with Jayne Beline
Mayor Barberio addressing the audience, as Jayne Beline holds a proclamation from the Morris County Freeholders
The audience
Interview with Author Kimberly McCreight
Dan Crisci, pianist
Louis Valori, Mayor James Barberio, Jayne Beline and Michael dePierro
One of the many pieces of artwork in the silent auction
One of the many pieces of artwork in the silent auction
Mayor James Barberio presented Library Director Jayne Beline with a proclamation from the Morris County Freeholders. Parsippany Resident Hank Heller addressed the audience in the Living Room before an interview with Author Kimberly McCreight.
The Parsippany Library Board consists of Dr. Joseph Weisberg, President; Roberta Chopka, Vice-President; Rosemarie Merola, Secretary; Fred Preston, Treasurer; Herb Levine, Christina Liparini, Jerrold Moses, Ellen Waldman. Ms. Loretta Gragnani is the liaison for the Parsippany-Troy Hills Township Council.
All proceeds from the event will be used for library collections and programs, particularly art programs for children, teens and adults, print and non-print library materials and educational equipment.
“FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY” Betty McGhee-Narey, Janice Wills and Marguerite LaCorte presenting Jayne Beline, Library Director with a check for $5,000 to support the Library’s 10th Anniversary Gala celebration
Sponsorships for the event were: Gold Sponsor: Friends of the Parsippany Library, $5,000. Bronze Sponsors: Mr. and Mrs. Al Frank, $1,000; Boiling Springs Bank, $1,000; Ms. Jayne Beline and Mr. James Hecht, $1,000; Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany, $1,000; and The Provident Bank, $1,000.
Refreshment sponsors were Shop Rite of Parsippany, Foodtown of Denville, Wegmans, Total Wine and More and Trader Joes. Decoration and Printing Sponsors were Cerbo’s Greenhouse and Garden Center, Cottage Florist and Express Printing.
Other donations were made by Buell Kratzer Powell, New Jersey Manufacturers, Mr. and Mrs. David Chopko, Mr. Edward Mosberg, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Crawford, Morris County Media Specialist, Sons of Italy, Nordic Ski Club and Hank Heller.
The Main Library moved to its new headquarters in 2006. The library is conveniently located off Route 202, at 449 Halsey Road. It is in walking distance of an elementary, middle and high school and is an easy walk for many of the customers who live in the Lake Parsippany community and those who work at the business campuses. This 38,000 square foot state-of-the-art-facility includes: a large meeting room with space for 200 participants; tutorial and small group study rooms; a technology lab; teen section; a huge children’s library and program room and a library filled with many resources for the adult borrower. The main library staff offers extensive free educational, technological and cultural programming for children and adults. Free WiFi allows opportunities for students, writers, and entrepreneurs to use our space. The Main library serves as the headquarters to the Parsippany-Troy Hills library system. Library materials can be borrowed from any of our facilities and can be requested and picked up at the facility closest to your home!
The Main Parsippany-Troy Hills library is located at 449 Halsey Road and has two branches located at 68 Nokomis Avenue, Lake Hiawatha and 31 Trinity Park, Mount Tabor.
Another beautiful Autumn day right? Yes and no. Blue skies but another day with no significant rainfall. This Monday morning while walking to the Post Office could not help but to notice, Parsippany Parks & Forestry watering the flower pots along North Beverwyck Ave, in Lake Hiawatha. It seems our officials, like most of us are not taking the Drought warning with any seriousness. To boot while watering the flowers, many of which are already dormant or dead, litter/trash is left in the immediate areas of the flower pots.
With all the boasting at Town Hall about what a great job everyone that works for Parsippany is doing, its obvious that their ability to do more than one job task at a time is disconcerting.
What would it take to have them clean the streets as they are watering the flowers; but why are they watering flowers this time of season and during Drought Warning? Apparently no communication skills exist with the administration and the local businesses whom despite a street cleaning ordinance do not clean their immediate spaces before the day begins or ends. Storm drains are full of plastic debris.
NJDEP declared the Drought Condition on October 21. Citing “an entrenched pattern of little rain, increased demand for water and warmer than average temperatures this year. After the extreme drought of 1965, several addition reservoirs were constructed, even with this additional back up system we are depleting and diminishing our water resources. Parsippany does not protect its ground water recharge areas, and is presently engaged in developing several environmentally sensitive areas. Loss of recharge is one of the main reason for the almost yearly water deficit “Parsippany” in particular always finds itself. 65% of Par-Troys water comes from the buried valley aquifer, which each summer experiences drawdowns and is the reason that two other private water source; diversions are required for Par-Troy to meet its demand; JCMUA & MCMUA. The NJHighlands which Parsippany is part of generates almost 870 million gallons a day for water use; plus an additional 600 MGD to urban areas of North and Central NJ.
Despite Par-Troy Master Plan’s goal to protect and conserve their water supply it goes unheeded and ignored by our Planning Board. Parsippany passes off this responsibility to NJDEP rather than protect remaining landscapes important to the ground water recharge cycle. Land use and water protections cannot be separated; but apparently are in the politics of Parsippany’s closed door deals with developers.
Parsippany has no Master Plan improvements or protections under its present home rule. Rejecting Regional Conformance in July 2014 it lost the opportunity to advance into the future of water protection proper land use and legal protections that would be saving tax payers millions. We are being short changed. WHY ARE WE WATERING DEAD/DORMANT FLOWERS WHEN THERE IS A DROUGHT WARNING? Is Parsippany Commons on Route 46 still watering their lawn; anybody notice or care?
PARSIPPANY — Molly Malkinski, a graduate of Parsippany Hills High school Class of 2014, currently a junior at Montclair State University, completed the Dublin Marathon, on October 30, 2016.
Molly has been studying abroad at Trinity College, Dublin Ireland since August.
She’ll return home in December to complete her junior year at MSU, where she is currently studying Psychology. This was Molly’s first marathon.
PARSIPPANY — World War II Navy veteran Frank Priore posed for this photo with his son, Frank Jr. in Parsippany in 1945. Priore served on liberty ships that ferried supplies across the Atlantic Ocean; he was aboard the SS William Clark when it was torpedoed in November 1942, surviving three days in a life raft with…
Dear Editor: