MORRIS COUNTY — New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles announced that License, registration and inspection expiration dates have been further extended.
Driver licenses/IDs, vehicle registrations, inspections, and temp tags expiring March-May now extended to September 30.
Those expiring June-August are extended to December 31.
See NJMVC.gov for details.
HANOVER TOWNSHIP — Township Committeeman John L. Ferramosca was sworn in as Mayor of Hanover Township Effective July 9, 2020, through December 31, 2020.
Ferramosca is serving his fourth term on the Township Committee.
In addition, Committeeman Thomas “Ace” Gallagher was sworn in to serve as Deputy Mayor, effective July 9 through December 31, 2020.
After taking the oath of office Mayor Ferramosca said “I look forward to serving the Hanover community in this leadership assignment. I look forward to keeping a great tradition in Hanover of keeping it a safe, affordable place to live, work, and play. I thank the members of the township committee for nominating me and supporting my appointment as chairman. I’m truly honored to serve in this capacity. I’m also very fortunate and blessed to have such a great group of extraordinary colleagues dedicated to the success of Hanover Township. As a team, we work together to optimize our department structure and individual responsibilities. And at this time I’d like to share with you the results of the committee’s work in terms of restructuring the departments that we’re responsible for. We’ll begin with Mr. Cahill. Committeeman Cahill will continue to lead public safety building initiatives and the original schools’ committee. Now Committeeman Mihalko will expand his recreational responsibilities to includes parks and field management, open space, primary education, and substance awareness. Committeeman Gallagher will take on the role of deputy mayor. Mr. Gallagher will be the director of planning and engineering, HSA and EDAC along with lead the subcommittee for school safety, traffic, and parks. While, Mayor Francioli will assume a committee directorship for public works, water management, community farm, and what the committee calls the quality of life initiatives, working with many groups in our township to include our seniors. This plan will be made available and posted in greater detail on the township website. At this time, I’d like to make a quick personal note. I would like to thank my family for being here tonight for their continued support. And especially my wife, Kathy, who’s celebrating her birthday with us tonight. And I highly recommend that you get going to her birthday dinner real soon before your reservation gets pulled. On behalf of the township committee, though, the municipal staff, the numerous board leaders who have contacted me, I’d like to make some commentary about Mayor Ron Francioli. I would like to thank on behalf of this group of people and commend Mayor Ron for his leadership, his extraordinary service, and commitment to the people of Hanover Township.”
“Mayor Francioli has served our community with distinction for the past 40 years, 20 of which when he was in a leadership role as chairman of this committee. Mayor Ron, or the lightning rod, as we affectionately call him, has helped make Hanover into one of the best towns in the County and arguably the best municipality in the State of New Jersey. Mayor Ron is a true fiscal conservative and his policies are true to his roots, which go back to the days when he assumed the seat of the great Assemblyman Mr. R. Alba. Let’s take a minute to reflect upon just some of his highlights, which quite frankly, we’d be here all night. So I’m going to hit on the high, the high ones from Mayor Ron has helped keep Hanover debt-free that is quite an accomplishment, especially in this country, the way in which debt is considered just charging there are real costs to just charging it. We don’t have that debt-free obligation. That’s very, very important. And it’s a credit to his leadership. This has enabled us to keep Hanover an affordable place to live while providing us with a wide range of fine municipal services. Mayor Ron has been an integral part of our planning process and economic development advancement initiatives, which have helped attract and recruit some of what we call here the bluest of the blue chips of fortune 100 companies residing in Hanover Township. That comes through perseverance and great strategic work. Has been and continues to be a friend of our environment. Those of you who may have forgotten, he started in the early days, fighting with CCA. And for those you’ve forgotten Container Corporation of America, they wanted a radically change Hanover Township. They wanted to reopen the operation of a paper mill in the center of our town, thinking what would have happened. if that took place. As a member of the township committee has consistently supported the strategic acquisition of hundreds of acres of open space to include the most recent purchase from the state of New Jersey of 65 acres known as the old Route 24 tract.”
“Mayor Ron is also a compassionate leader and has championed group homes in Hanover Township, which we are all very proud to host these individuals living in our community. He has also fought to support the prioritization of affordable housing for our first responders. And he’s brought that to the state, that initiative. Mayor Ron is well respected throughout the County throughout the State and is a member of the Mayor’s Hall of Fame. Our township committee would also like to especially thank Mayor Francioli for the diligent work serving during the past six month period, which has been very, very arduous. He worked diligently to help lead the development of a responsible debt-free budget during this tough period. And he served untiring way, serving you with all the municipal leaders, staff County departments to keep Hanover a safe place during this COVID-19 crisis. We are grateful to have him in the leadership role that he has provided us. And we truly look forward to and his contributions, which we assure that we’ll be many as the new director, DPW and quality of life and chief mentor to the township committed. We thank you.
HANOVER — Hanover Township Committee Meeting – July 9, 2020
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MORRIS COUNTY — Police shoot less when they have the right training. That’s why Assemblymen Brian Bergen and Gordon Johnson introduced bipartisan legislation Thursday to dramatically improve police training in New Jersey.
“Police officers only reach for their weapon as a last resort. Without proper self-defense training, it becomes the last resort faster than it needs to,” said Bergen (R-Morris), who served eight years in combat after graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point. “I am keenly aware as a former soldier that in most difficult situations we fall to our highest level of training. Right now there are no training requirements beyond the academy for self-defense in an officer’s 25-year career and that is a scary thought.”
Assemblyman Gordon Johnson is a former law-enforcement officer and veteran who understands firsthand the training needs of police officers.
“The training we provide our police officers needs to encompass the full breadth of functions that are necessary for effective policing our communities,” said Gordon (D-Bergen). “A key component of this is self-defense. It has been overlooked, and we have paid the price on many occasions. It is time to fix this once and for all for the safety of our communities and for the police themselves.”
Police officers have had minimal self-defense training during the police academy and no self-defense requirements for the remainder of their professional careers.
The bill introduced Thursday increases self-defense training at the police academy to 148 hours from 40 hours and implements annual in-service training requirements of 104 hours per year for the remainder of an officer’s career. (Click here to download bill)
The idea came from Detective Paul Marinaccio, a training coordinator with the Union County Prosecutor’s Office. Under the leadership of acting Prosecutor Lyndsay Ruotolo, The Union County Prosecutor’s office has created an environment that prioritizes training and pioneered efforts to look at police training differently.
“In order to effectively de-escalate a situation, an officer must be confident in their ability to defend themselves and survive,” explained Marinaccio. “A lack of ability will produce a lack of self-confidence, which leads to fear during a tumultuous encounter and likely to unnecessary escalation of force.”
Marinaccio is a 19-year veteran of law enforcement and serves as an instructor in force de-escalation, defensive tactics, firearms, and physical training. He is also a black belt in American freestyle mixed martial arts and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
“The investment in training will pay itself back exponentially in the improvement of our ability to be both safe and effective in the most challenging of situations,”
Johnson has 24 years of experience with the Englewood Police Department, including time as the first African-American sheriff in Bergen County. He agrees self-defense training will go a long way to improve community relations and decrease incidents of excessive force.
“I am proud of this bi-partisan effort to actively improve the training of our law enforcement professionals across the state,” concluded Johnson. “We must continue to evolve our training to meet the needs of our citizens and this is the first step in the right direction.”
MADISON — Western New England University is pleased to announce that Thomas Hoover, of Madison, has been named to the Spring Semester 2020 Dean’s List. Hoover is one of over 950 students to achieve this mark of academic excellence. Students are named to the Dean’s List for achieving a semester grade point average of 3.30 or higher.
Hoover is graduating with a BSBA in Marketing.
Having just celebrated its Centennial, Western New England University is a private, independent, coeducational institution. Located on an attractive 215-acre suburban campus in Springfield, Massachusetts, Western New England serves 3,825 students, including 2,580 full-time undergraduate students. Undergraduate, graduate and professional programs are offered through Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering, Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and the School of Law.
HANOVER TOWNSHIP — A South Plainfield man was wearing nothing but a robe when he coughed and sneezed on items at Quick Chek, authorities charged.
Hanover Township Police Officer Daniel Acquaro arrested Mr. Raymond Bukowski, a 55-year-old from South Plainfield for disorderly conduct. Officer Acquaro responded to the Quick Chek on Ridgedale Avenue for a report of an individual not wearing a mask and coughing and sneezing over products, on June 20.
Upon arrival, Officer Acquaro was directed by the store manager to a male wearing a robe who was attempting to use the self-checkout register.
After a brief investigation, the male later identified as Mr. Bukowski was arrested and charged with lewdness and disorderly conduct. He was released pending his court date.
Editor’s Note: An arrest or the signing of a criminal complaint is merely an accusation. Despite this accusation, the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until he or she has been proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
BOONTON TOWNSHIP — Connor Moran has been recognized for outstanding academic achievement by being named to the McDaniel College Spring 2020 Dean’s List with Highest Honors.
Highest honors are earned for a semester grade point average of 3.90 or higher, high honors for a grade point average of 3.70-3.89, and honors for a 3.50-3.69 grade point average.
For more information about McDaniel College click here.
McDaniel College, founded in 1867, is a four-year, independent college of the liberal arts and sciences offering more than 70 undergraduate programs of study, including pre-professional specializations and student-designed majors, and over 20 graduate programs. One of 40 “Colleges That Change Lives,” McDaniel emphasizes experiential learning and student-faculty collaboration to develop the unique potential in every student. Represented by the Green Terror, its 24 athletic teams compete in the NCAA Division III Centennial Conference. A student-centered community of 1,600 undergraduates and 1,400 graduate students offers access to both Baltimore and Washington, D.C., plus a European campus in Budapest, Hungary.
MORRIS COUNTY — Rosemary Becchi was officially declared the winner of the Republican nomination for the 11th Congressional District of New Jersey. Upon receiving the nomination, she released the following statement:
MORRIS COUNTY — Clemson University has announced the Dean’s List for the spring 2020 semester.
To be named to the Dean’s List, a student achieved a grade-point average between 3.50 and 3.99 on a 4.0 scale.
The following is a list of students from this area:
Jillian D. Bostek of Morris Plains, majoring in Food Science and Human Nutrition
John Joseph Donald of Madison, majoring in Management
William Lee Hendrickson of Madison, majoring in Computer Science
Meaghan Hedy Macagnano of Madison, majoring in Biological Sciences
Ryan Anderson Selquist of Madison, majoring in Pre-Business
Founded in 1889, Clemson is the second-largest university in the student population in South Carolina. For the fall 2017 semester, the university enrolled a total of 19,402 undergraduate students and 4,985 graduate students, and the student/faculty ratio was 18:1. Clemson’s 1,400-acre campus is in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and sits next to Lake Hartwell. The university manages the nearby 17,500-acre Clemson Experimental Forest that is used for research, education, and recreation.
Clemson University consists of seven colleges: Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences; Architecture, Arts and Humanities; Business; Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences; Education; Engineering, Computing, and Applied Sciences; and Science. U.S. News & World Report ranks Clemson University tied for 24 among all national public universities.
MORRIS COUNTY — Like the classic dessert, this two-year-old Pit Bull mix is as sweet as can be!
Sundae is a gentle soul who aims to please. She is the ideal family companion due to her loving nature! She would be great in a home with kids of any age and she is also dog-friendly.
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She loves receiving any affection you have to offer and will return the favor in double! She is easy-going and up for anything as long as you are there with her.
Sundae is working on her house training and leash training in her foster home. She does great with other dogs! She would thrive in a forever home with another canine companion. She will play all day with them and they can teach her the ropes. She cannot live with cats.
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