PARSIPPANY — Mayor Soriano scheduled his Parsippany Town Hall series for the Druid Hill neighborhood on Monday, April 29. Doors to the cafeteria at Central Middle School will open at 6:30 p.m. and the Mayor and his panel will begin at 7:00 p.m.

If you have any questions, please call the Mayor’s Action Center at (973) 263-4262.

Central Middle School is located at 1620 Route 46 West.

MORRIS COUNTY —  County College of Morris (CCM) will be holding “An Open House for Everyone” on Saturday, April 13, providing attendees with opportunities to explore degree and certificate programs, a range of career opportunities and to take part in workshops on successful job searching strategies.

Career workshops will be provided on information technology, manufacturing and engineering, hospitality and culinary arts, criminal justice, health care, early childhood education, music recording, exercise science and personal training, and human services. The workshops will cover salaries, job demand and what requirements are needed to seek employment.

Sessions also we offered on financial aid, career services, transfer opportunities and programs for high school students to earn college credit.

For job seekers, workshops will be offered on “Creating a Resume for Today’s Job Market,” “LinkedIn: What’s in Your Profile?” “Nailing Your Interview Do’s and Don’ts” and “Job Search in the Digital Aid.”

All sessions will be offered multiple times during the course of the day. Campus tours also will be provided, so visitors can explore the college’s state-of-the-art equipment, facilities and labs, meet with current students and enjoy CCM’s beautiful surroundings.

The Open House takes place 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., starting in the Health and Physical Education Building, 214 Center Grove Road, Randolph. There will be three introductory sessions on the college offered at 9:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 12:00 noon. Park in Lots 7, 8 or 9.

Whether you’re a high school student looking to earn a college degree or seeking to gain qualifications for quick entry into a field such as engineering or IT, or an adult desiring to improve your career opportunities, CCM has a pathway to meet your goals.

Reserve a spot for “An Open House for Everyone” by clicking here to register.

For more information, contact the CCM Office of Admissions at admiss@ccm.edu or (973) 328-5100.

TRENTON — After multiple reports of the Department of Community Affairs’ mismanagement of the federally-funded low-income home energy assistance program (LIHEAP), Assemblymen Hal Wirths and Jay Webber push for the legislature to take action on their bills to ensure only eligible applicants receive benefits.

“How much evidence do we need before we do something to stop the DCA from awarding millions of dollars to people who underreported their income?” said Wirths (R-Sussex).

First News 12 New Jersey’s investigative reporter Walt Kane did on a story on Dennis Kerrigan, a whistleblower who witnessed fraud while working for a Mercer County agency administering LIHEAP funds. Kerrigan also alerted the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office and the U.S. Department of Energy, which referred the case to the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office. The AG’s office closed the case citing “insufficient evidence of a crime” and the Prosecutor’s Office declared the allegations “unsubstantiated.” However, a 2016 report issued by the state comptroller backs up the whistleblower’s claims. And just last week, a new report from the state auditor found as much as $3 million in benefits went to LIHEAP recipients who may have underreported their income.

“Watchdogs have told us repeatedly that bureaucratic negligence is enabling fraud, wasting public funds, and jeopardizing assistance to people who need it,” said Webber (R-Morris). “A simple bipartisan fix was proposed years ago. Let’s enact it before any more tax dollars are wasted.”

The Assemblymen’s bills (A2543 and A2540) would require the DCA to verify applicants’ income and ensure that applicants are not deceased.