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.
Dear Editor: