PARSIPPANY — Zinburger Wine & Burger Bar, the award-winning upscale boutique burger restaurant, is honoring Dad on his big day by offering a free meal on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 17.

Dads will receive either a large salad or entrée sandwich with the purchase of an entrée at equal or less value.

This Father’s Day special is valid at all fifteen east coast locations for dine-in only.

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Since opening the East Coast’s first Zinburger in Clifton, more than seven years ago to much fanfare, stellar reviews and packed crowds, Zinburger has developed an almost fanatical guest following who enjoy made-to-order gourmet burgers, hand-dipped shakes and floats, decadent pies and 25 wine varieties.

All the gourmet burgers at Zinburger are scratch-made and cooked-to-order on a griddle in their own juices.  The Certified Angus Beef, American-style Kobe Beef and Certified Angus Beef/Prime Rib Blend are ground fresh at least twice a day.

Last year, Zinburger was named to Full Service Restaurant Magazine’s “The Top 50 Emerging Restaurant Chains,” which features the top 50 high potential, performance-proven full-service brands with fewer than 50 locations.

The Briad Group®, headquartered in Livingston, is one of the fastest growing hospitality companies in the U.S. The Briad Group’s entities are: licensed franchisees for Wendy’s, TGI Fridays™, Marriott and Hilton.  The Briad Group also owns Zinburger Wine & Burger Bar, an upscale gourmet burger and wine concept that is rapidly expanding on the East coast.

PARSIPPANY — Troy Hills Elementary School’s Kiwanis K-Kids put together a week of kindness during the first week in June called “The Kindness Project.” Prior to its start, students in 4th and 5th grades who are in K-Kids made posters and went around to all of the classes to talk about the week.

Students and teachers kicked off the week by wearing pink and purple to brighten our school and our hearts. Each student painted a rock with a motivational word or phrase. During the week, classes took their rocks out and put them in our Kindness Rock Garden, which is located near the entrance of our school. 

The tree was in full bloom by the end of the week, and the rock garden looks fantastic. They are reminders for us to be compassionate and generous towards others. The students have been working on demonstrating positive character traits all school year, and this was a great way for them to apply what they learned. It was a great way to end the school year!

PARSIPPANY — Legislation sponsored by Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce reducing out-of-pocket costs for some prescription drug coverage holders was approved by the Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee by an 11-0-2 vote. The bill (A2431) caps a covered patient’s share of the price of medications.

“Easing the out-of-pocket burden for insured patients can result in reduced healthcare costs in the long run,” said DeCroce (R-Morris). “Many people with high cost-sharing plans don’t take vital medications prescribed by their doctors because they can’t afford their co-pays. The result is poor health outcomes and increased long term costs for chronically ill patients. Capping out-of-pocket payments benefits both patients and insurers.”

Delaware, Maryland, Louisiana, California and the District of Columbia have passed similar legislation. Maine and Vermont have limits on the annual out-of-pocket costs to consumers, and Virginia and five other states require insurance companies to provide notice to consumers of cost-sharing tiers and all changes to the plans.

The provisions of the measure apply to the state’s individual and small employer plans, the State health benefits program and the school employees’ health benefits program.