PARSIPPANY — Fourth Grade students participated in Knollwood School PTA Car Wash on Saturday, April 21.
The students charged $5.00 per car for a sparkling clean job!
Students participate in Knollwood PTA Car Wash
Starbucks sponsoring “Coffee With a Cop”
PARSIPPANY — Starbucks is sponsoring the Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Department’s Fourth Coffee with a Cop event.
The event will be held on Wednesday, May 9 at 1429 Route 46 between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.
The mission of “Coffee with a Cop” is to break down the barriers between police officers and the citizens they serve.
Please stop by and meet your local police officers, ask questions, and enjoy some coffee.
Volunteers Clean Up Troy Meadows
PARSIPPANY — A number of volunteers were removing debris scattered throughout Troy Meadows during Earth Day weekend.
Troy Meadows is a remnant of the last glacier, a part of ancient Lake Passaic. A huge mass of ice broke off the glacier and rested here, enclosed in a thick layer of glacial debris. As the ice melted and settled, a depression formed, lined with the sediments deposited by the glacier. At one time the meadows were part of a vast lake of glacial melt water that drained through the Great Falls of Paterson. Gradually, the water level dropped and marsh plants invaded the area.
ADP gives back to the community
PARSIPPANY — A $2,000 donation was presented by ADP to each the following Parsippany organizations at the Township Council meeting held on Tuesday, April 17.
· Parsippany-Troy Hills Free Public Library
· Parsippany Police Athletic League
· Police Benevolent Association Local 131
· Parsippany-Troy Hills Fire Association
· Parsippany Ambulance Squad
A total of $10,000 was donated by ADP to local organizations.
The presentation was given by David White, Division Vice President, Tools and Technology for ADP’s Global Business Solution.
The headquarters for its Major Accounts Division – which supports companies with 50-999 employees – is located right across from Parsippany Town Hall at One Waterview Boulevard. ADP’s other key location at 99 Jefferson Road houses over 1,000 associates and is considered one of ADP’s largest service and implementation centers on the East Coast. ADP has four campuses within ten miles of each other, two located in Parsippany and 150 associates that live in Parsippany.
David has been attending and giving back to the community for the fifth consecutive year. David shared one of ADP’s core values of giving back to the communities where we work and live. ADP is the largest Human Capital Management provider in the world and is proud to have two major sites located in Parsippany.
White indicated that ADP’s CEO and President Carlos Rodriguez has always been a big advocate of giving back to communities, and has made it part of the ADP culture. One way that he demonstrates this is by giving each full time ADP associate eight hours of paid volunteer time per year, to be used in the form of volunteer work or community service to make the world a better place to live and work.
Judge rules County Committee Candidates can run with bad advice
MORRIS COUNTY — Passaic County Superior Court Judge Ernest Caposela has ruled that the Morris County practice of allowing political parties to decide how many signatures are needed to run for county committee is illegal, but will allow candidates to run this year, since fault for the deficiencies with their petitions were caused by bad advice from the Morris County Clerk’s office.
The ruling made by Passaic County Superior Court Judge Ernest Caposela is a blow to a long-standing Morris County practice of allowing political parties to set the number of signatures needed to appear on the ballot as a candidate for county committee.
Since 1994, the Morris County clerk has allowed Republican candidates for county committee to appear on the ballot with five signatures, while requiring one for Democratic candidates.
The county committees voted to have candidates require their respective number of signatures in 1994, and the county clerk’s office has abided by those decisions ever since. On December 8, 2017, Laura Roberts, the elections manager at the Morris County Clerk’s office, sent a memo advising local clerks in the county of the now-illegal policy.
In his ruling, Caposela said that Morris County Clerk Ann Grossi “administered a memorandum that runs counter to the relevant state statutes.”
“The error was not the fault of the prospective candidates,” Caposela ruled in his opinion.
Democrats have not won a race for Morris County Clerk since before the Civil War, but a judge’s ruling yesterday that Ann Grossi did not understand state election law has now become an issue in her bid for re-election to a second term this fall.
Chatham attorney Shala Gagliardi, the Democratic candidate for county clerk, is criticizing Grossi for her decision to follow the instructions of a former Morris County Republican Chairman on county committee petitions rather than obey the easy-to-understand statute that twenty other counties use.
“Ensuring the integrity of our election process is one of the most important duties of the County Clerk. The people of Morris County trusted our clerk to be an effective steward of our elections,” said Gagliardi.
Grossi’s mistake has already brought back a statement she made while seeking a pay raise that she is “overqualified to run” the county clerk’s office because she is an attorney.
“The people of Morris County should be concerned about the fact that a clear state statute governing our elections has been ignored under Clerk Grossi’s watch,” Gagliardi said. “This raises questions about whether any other election laws have also been neglected or overlooked.”
Laura Roberts, Elections Manager, Morris County Clerk’s Office, sent the following email to all municipal clerks, including Parsippany’s Municipal Clerk, Khaled Madin. Parsippany has 39 voting districts, each one allowing a male and female candidate. Based on a male and a female in each district that would make a maximum of 78 Republican candidates and a maximum of 78 Democrat candidates. Most of the candidates were advised that Republicans needed only five signatures each on their ballots, while Democrats only need one signature each on their ballot.
In submitting the petitions to the Township Clerk most candidates followed the advice of Laura Roberts obtaining only five signatures for Republicans and one signature for Democrats, thus not qualifying under state statute as a candidate for the county committee.
Parsippany residents will be voting for members of the county committee in the June primary.
Allison Davanzo Inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
PARSIPPANY — Allison Davanzo, a 2016 graduate of Parsippany High School, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Davanzo is pursuing a degree in Public Health at The College of New Jersey.
Davanzo is among approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership. Graduate students in the top 10 percent of the number of candidates for graduate degrees may also qualify, as do faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction.
Phi Kappa Phi was founded in 1897 under the leadership of Marcus L. Urann who had a desire to create a different kind of honor society: one that recognized excellence in all academic disciplines. Today, the Society has chapters on more than 300 campuses in the United States and the Philippines. Its mission is “To recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the community of scholars in service to others.”
Since its founding, 1.5 million members have been initiated into Phi Kappa Phi. Some of the organization’s notable members include former President Jimmy Carter, NASA astronaut Wendy Lawrence, novelist John Grisham and YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley. Each biennium, Phi Kappa Phi awards $1.4 million to qualifying students and members through graduate fellowships, undergraduate study abroad grants, member and chapter awards, and grants for local, national and international literacy initiatives. For more information about Phi Kappa Phi click here.
Alyssa Chellaraj accepted to West Point
PARSIPPANY — Parsippany Christian School student Alyssa Chellaraj was accepted into the United States Military Academy at West Point.
Alyssa Chellaraj, when she was a Junior at Parsippany Christian School, was among 1,000 attendees at West Point’s prestigious Summer Leaders Experience (SLE) last June. More than 5,000 juniors nationwide applied to SLE, which offers outstanding high school juniors the opportunity to experience life at West Point. SLE attendees live in the cadet barracks, eat in the Cadet Mess, and participate in academic, leadership, athletic, and military workshops. The one-week seminars are designed to help juniors with their college-selection process, while giving them an idea of the importance of leadership and sound decision-making in their education, careers, and lives, in general.
Established in 1970, Parsippany Christian School has been one of the key ministries of Parsippany Baptist Church, conveniently located near the junctions of Route 10, 46, 80, and 287 in Morris County in Northern N.J. Parsippany Christian School educates students with classes from pre-Kindergarten through High School. Our goal is to assist and thus to partner with parents in their biblical role of both academic and spiritual education by offering a superior core education that encompasses both in a Christian worldview. Our faculty is dedicated to both sound academic instruction as well as to godly mentorship. The end goal is to train the next generation of Christian young people who will demonstrate biblical wisdom by surrendering their lives to the will of God and who will serve as a witness and testimony for Him in their community whether that be in the
Parsippany PAL Redhawks Football to hold Cornhole Tournament
PARSIPPANY — On April 27, 2018, the Parsippany PAL Redhawks Football Program will host their 1st Annual Cornhole Tournament. Doors open at 6:00 p.m., play will begin at 7:00 p.m., at the Parsippany PAL Youth Center, 33 Baldwin Road.
Proceeds from the Tournament will benefit the Parsippany PAL Redhawks Football Program.
For those unfamiliar with the game, Cornhole is a bean bag toss game similar to horseshoes that can be played anywhere. We expect that the evening will be a fun, casual night out.
Players can sign up as a two person team or individually using the Google Form by clicking here. It is $50.00 per team or $25.00 per player. Payment will be collected at the door.
Update: Lost Dog in Parsippany – Morris Plains area has been found
PARSIPPANY — The lost dog wandering around the Parsippany/Morris Plains area has been found and is home with it’s owners. The male dog was terrified and will run. He is chipped and lost his collar.
He was seen on Thursday evening in the Mountain Way area. He was also see on Dean Gallo Way, Fairchild Avenue (Morris Plains), Central Park Dog Park, Frelinghuysen Middle School and on various streets in the area.
He ran away from the owner on April 12 after hearing a loud noise.
Par-Troy Little League celebrates “Opening Day” ceremonies
PARSIPPANY — On Saturday, April 14, the Par-Troy Little League East celebrated its 56th year in Little League, at the morning opening day celebration in Dileo Field.
Chris Mazzarella, President of Par-Troy Little League East welcomed everyone to the Par-Troy East Little League Complex to celebrate the opening of our 2018 Little League season and their 56th year in Little League.
Par-Troy Little League Ava LaPresti sang the National Anthem. Among the dignitaries joining the celebration was Parsippany-Troy Hills Mayor Michael Soriano, Council President Paul Carifi, Jr., and Councilman Michael dePierro. Past President and Superintendent of Recreation Joe Plescia, Debbie Delio (The field is named after her husband Dan) and Par-Troy Little League West President Frank Neglia.
The 2018 Par-Troy Little League East Executive Board consists of:
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- Mike Plescia- Player Agent
- Paul Furfaro- VP Baseball
- Joel Bermudez- VP Softball
- Dan Preston – Information Officer
- John Corforte- VP Development
- Ed Weiss- Treasurer
- Jeff Sherry- Safety Officer
- League Secretary- Tiffany Hiltz
- Coaches Coordinator- Jeff Levine
President Mazzarella thanked the Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills, the Parsippany-Troy Hills Recreation Department, Parsippany-Troy Hills Parks and Forestry and the Parsippany-Troy Hills Board of Education for the use of their fields, and support of our league and the Parsippany PAL for the use of their facilities.
Mazzarella also thanked Stop and Shop for the second year in a row they donated a pallet of water as well as over 700 hamburgers and to Modell’s for their support. Modell’s has been a partner with PTE for many years from selling t-shirts for the LL World Series team and donating every penny back to the league also having the 15% coupons and donating 5% back to the league. He also thanked all the other sponsors, but there were too many to name each one individually.
He also acknowledged Rahul Patel for choosing Par-Troy East as the place to perform his Eagle scout project. The Garden Beds behind Gallo & Taylor fields as well as the stone pathway to the dugout and bleachers behind Taylor. Rahul spent countless hours planning and executing the project with his fellow scouts.
Each year they have a contest among the players to come up with the logo to be used on the front of the uniforms. This year’s winner is Katie Blair.
On opening day the managers from majors baseball and softball from the previous season choose a second year majors baseball and softball player to be honored with the Michael Weist award. Michael was a player who displayed great sportsmanship, teamwork and dedication to Par-Troy East Little League. He also touched a great number of his friends and classmates throughout his years. This award is not about what happens on the field, it’s about what happens in the dugout or around the complex. It’s not about being a good ballplayer but rather about being a good teammate, a leader and most of all a good person. This year the softball recipient is Rachel Vitiello. On the baseball side the managers had a hard time choosing one recipient, so this year there are two. The recipients for baseball are Dean Cattani and Brandon Hiltz.
