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Two car accident sends one driver to St. Clares Hospital
PARSIPPANY — Ms. Michelle Decaro, 41, was driving a 2012 Chevy east on Littleton Road, when Ms. Switi Patel, 37, pulled out in front of Ms. Decaro off the ramp from Route 287. Ms. Decaro stuck Ms. Patel’s vehicle, hit the curb and ran over a street sign. This accident occurred on Saturday, April 25 at approximately 3:30 p.m.
According to police investigation Ms. Patel was at fault. Ms. Decaro was transported to St. Clare’s Hospital by Parsippany Emergency Medical Services.
Both vehicles were towed from the scene. There were no summons issued at the scene.
Littleton Girl Scouts Support ELLAgance
PARSIPPANY — Littleton Elementary School Girl Scouts from Grades 1 through 5 collected donations and assembled care packages for ELLAgance.
ELLAgance is an organization that collects and donates care packages for parents with a hospitalized child.
The care packages included items such as soap, face wipes, shampoo, toothpaste and tooth brushes. The Littleton girl scouts would like to thank their families, friends and the Littleton Elementary School community for their generosity to this good cause.
Parsippany Dems tap three; Team announced for Primary Election
PARSIPPANY — Nick Kumburis, Janice McCarthy and Greg Elbin have been endorsed by the Parsippany Democratic Committee to run for Town Council on the Democratic Committee Line.
Nick Kumburis, a resident of Lake Parsippany, is a U.S.Navy veteran. He is a graduate of Montclair State with a degree in biology and chemistry and will receive an MBA from Rutgers this month. He and his wife, Sue Martin, are raising two children who attend Eastlake School. Nick is a member of the Lake Parsippany Property Owners Association and has served St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church as a Vice President of their Council and is currently employed at PAR Pharmaceuticals.
Janice McCarthy lives in Mount Tabor with her husband Joe. She has an undergraduate degree in Business from Bloomfield College and an MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson. After a career as a financial professional managing and directing for Fortune 500 companies, she helped lead the Budget and Planning function at Montclair State University, served in the University’s freshman mentoring program, and taught finance at Seton Hall. Janice has volunteered for Literacy Volunteers and served as trustee and treasurer for a local homeowner’s association.
Greg Elbin is a graduate of Dickinson College and earned an MA from Penn State. He taught at Morris Knolls High School for 28 years. He and his wife, Susan, are active in environmental causes. Their daughter is a graduate of Parsippany High School. Greg is active in Kiwanis and Parsippany United Methodist Church.
The team of Kumburis, McCarthy and Elbin will work to build consensus on the Town Council to support an open and transparent town government that advocates for spending accountability and responsible development.
Northvail Takes First Place in District Wide Competition
PARSIPPANY — The Northvail School Expressive Reading Team finished in first place in the Parsippany-Troy Hills School District competition. This is the first time in the 21 years of the competition that Northvail has taken the first place title. The 2015 team members include Syan Ghosh (overall third place), Olivia Chou, Ark Ouyang, Neil Mathew, Neel Godbole, and Mahi Desai. The Northvail students were coached by teachers, Lauren Hackett and Janet Cassetta.
“I didn’t care about me winning individually, I cared most about our team winning it together because it took a lot of practice and dedication of our teachers helping us at recess, and our parents helping us at home,” explained Syan Ghosh.
The annual Expressive Reading competition has students competing against their fifth-grade peers from each of the 10 Parsippany elementary schools. Each student chose a three-to five-minute piece of literature, which they practiced reading with expression, poise, good enunciation, pacing and eye contact.
During the competition, teacher-volunteers judged the students on seven characteristics during two rounds of competition. While the students adjourned for dinner with their parents and coaches, the results were tallied and the top-five scorers read their pieces one last time on stage in the auditorium. Northvail’s student, Syan Ghosh, was one of the five students to read his piece to the entire auditorium.
Trophies were awarded for fifth place, fourth place, third place, second place and first place. In addition, one reader from each school received a trophy for best performance in their individual school. Northvail School’s Olivia Chou was the reader with the best performance from Northvail. The school with the highest total scores receives the “Forensics Cup” trophy, which travels from school to school each year.
The Harlem Wizards vs. the Brooklawn Bombers fundraiser
PARSIPPANY — The Harlem Wizards are warming up to play the Brooklawn Bombers on Saturday, May 9 at 7:00 p.m.
The evening promises to be a fun filled event that is great for kids and adults. This is Brooklawn PTSA’s only biennial fundraiser that sold out two years ago. Support our own Brooklawn Bombers as they take on the world-famous Harlem Wizards at Parsippany Hills High School!
Doors open at 6:00 p.m.; game starts at 7:00 p.m. Have dinner, purchase 50/50 Raffle Plus tickets and win money or prizes.
The Harlem Wizards have a unique mission: create awe-inspiring events throughout the country. At a Wizards game, fans witness amazing basketball talent combined with hilarious comedy. It’s two hours of time where families and friends can all laugh together. Fans will experience a magical display of tricks, coordinated ball handling, fancy passing and aerodynamic athleticism combined with high-energy comedy and audience interaction. The experience can only be summed up in two words: Awe-inspiring!
Purchase a Wizards jersey and get the chance to warm up with the Wizards team! Go to www.harlemwizards.com/schedules to order online ($0.99 handling charge will apply per ticket) or email us for an order form by clicking here.
Tickets are $10.00 students, $12:00 adults in advance, $12.00 students, $15.00 adults at the door.
They are also offering $20.00 reserved seating in the first three rows, which will include a free Wizardsposter for each ticket.
Lastly, the limited Courtside VIP seats are $35.00 include the courtside reserved seat, an exclusive 10-minute meet and greet with a Wizard, a swag bag and complimentary food from Buffalo Wild Wings.
Criminal Mischief and Burglary to Auto on Interpace Parkway
PARSIPPANY — Patrol Officers E. Paseler and Z. Koch responded to an office complex on Interpace Parkway for a report of criminal mischief, on Saturday, April 25 at 11:35 p.m.
Upon their arrival, a 50 year old male employee advised the officers that he parked his 1999 red Ford F150 Pick-up truck along the wood line at this location.
Upon returning to the vehicle, he observed that unknown suspects removed the weather stripping surrounding the driver’s side window, all four tires flat and contents of the vehicle strewn about the interior.
Numerous items from the interior were also outside the vehicle and the suspects removed a can of soup from the vehicle, opened it and poured it into the vehicle’s gas tank and onto the driver’s side of the vehicle. The suspects then relocked the pick-up and fled the scene.
Officer Paseler viewed video surveillance from the premises’ security system which shows four (4) suspects walking away from where the vehicle was parked, toward Upper Pond Road at approximately 11:35 p.m.
Three of the four suspects are again observed walking toward where the vehicle was parked at approximately 12:17 a.m.
The suspects are all male, no definitive race.
One suspect is described as young with a thin build, wearing a zip-up dark hooded sweatshirt, yellow/blue sneakers and sweatpants.
Another suspect is wearing a hooded sweatshirt and sweatpants.
Another is wearing shorts or sweatpants rolled up, with bright orange sneakers.
The fourth suspect was out of camera focus and no clothing description could be obtained. No images were available at this time.
The area where the vehicle was parked is adjacent to 300 Interpace Parkway and Upper Pond Road.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the Parsippany Police at (973) 263-4300.