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Senior Megan Macaluso breaks the school record for Rebounds at Hanover Park

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Front Row left to right: Kelsey Stites, Brielle Junda, Frankie Dimaolo Back Row Left to right: Jessica Lukasiewicz, Camryn Coffey, Olivia Cosenzo, Megan Macaluso, Marina Wulf, Dara DiMaolo, Rachel Mueller

EAST HANOVER — Senior Megan Macaluso broke the Hanover Park School Rebounding record on Monday, February 25, in our 1st round State Playoff game.  Also, senior Camryn Coffey is our season’s 2nd leading scorer.

The Girls Basketball team has a record of 17-4 and is currently the #2 seed in the
Group 2 State Tournament.  This year’s squad has earned a share of the NJAC
Conference title and made it to the Final 4 of the Morris County tournament.  Key wins
this year are over Morristown Beard, Morris Catholic, and Bernards.  The teams leading
scorers are Senior Kelsey Stites and Junior Brielle Junda.

Hanover Park Boys Basketball beat Caldwell

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Photo credit- Gene Nann, Smugmug.com
Photo credit- Gene Nann, Smugmug.com

 

EAST HANOVER — Hanover Park High School Boys Basketball Team beat Caldwell, 55-54, at a buzzer beater to advance to final round of the state tournament.  Opponent will be announced.

Three Enter Guilty Pleas in Connection with Home Invasion in Victory Gardens

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File Photo. Photo for illustration purposes only. The actual incident may not reflect the photo.

MORRIS COUNTY — Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp, New Jersey State Police Superintendent Colonel Patrick J. Callahan, and Rockaway Borough Police Chief Conrad Pepperman announce the guilty pleas of three males in connection with a home invasion robbery that occurred on the evening of October 21, 2018, in Victory Gardens.

On February 11, Victor Hernandez, 20, with a last known address in Rockaway Borough, entered a guilty plea to second degree Conspiracy to commit Armed Robbery.  The Honorable Catherine I. Enright, J.S.C. presided over the guilty plea. The State will recommend that Hernandez be sentenced to three years in New Jersey State Prison subject to the eighty-five (85) percent parole ineligibility requirements of the No Early Release Act.

On February 11, Marlon Martinez, 23, also with a last known address in Rockaway Borough, entered a guilty plea to second degree Conspiracy to commit Armed Robbery.  The Honorable Catherine I. Enright, J.S.C. presided over the guilty plea.  The State will recommend that Martinez be sentenced to three years in New Jersey State Prison subject to the eighty-five (85) percent parole ineligibility requirements of the No Early Release Act.

On February 27,, Carlos Rodriguez, 22, with a last known address in Victory Gardens, entered a guilty plea to first degree Armed Robbery. The Honorable Donald G. Collester, J.S.C. (retired and temporarily on recall) presided over the guilty plea.  The State will recommend that Rodriguez be sentenced to five years in New Jersey State Prison subject to the eighty-five (85) percent parole ineligibility requirements of the No Early Release Act.

In pleading guilty, the defendants admitted to entering a residence located in Victory Gardens on the evening of October 21, 2018.  It is alleged that the residence was occupied by the leaseholder and two guests.  Hernandez and Martinez both acknowledged that they were armed with weapons, specifically metal pipes, and that they had agreed with Rodriguez and one another to enter the residence to commit theft.  Rodriguez acknowledged that he entered the residence with the two other males, both of whom were armed with metal pipes.  Rodriguez further acknowledged that he stole a safe and metal chains from the residence while the other males used the metal pipes to threaten the victims.

All three defendants continue to be lodged at the Morris County Correctional Facility.  Sentencing for all three individuals has been scheduled for March 29, before the Honorable Catherine I. Enright, J.S.C. The State is represented by Supervising Assistant Prosecutor Christopher Schellhorn in this matter.

Prosecutor Knapp would like to thank the New Jersey State Police, the Rockaway Borough Police Department, and the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit for their efforts in this case.

M&T Bank donates $20,000 to Community Hope

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Karen Kreitz, Program Coordinator for the Alfred J. Thomas Home for Veterans; Carolyn Perry, Veterans Housing Director for Community Hope; Alle Ries, M&T Bank Community Reinvestment Manager; and M&T Bank Regional President Tom Comiskey. The photo was taken at the Alfred J. Thomas Home for Veterans in Garfield

FLORHAM PARK — M&T Bank recently presented a $20,000 grant to Community Hope to help the organization provide housing and support services to veterans through its locations.

M&T Bank is located at 18 James Street.

M&T Bank is a member of the Parsippany Area Chamber of Commerce.

Community Hope was started in 1985 by families and mental health professionals seeking a safe haven in the community where young adults could continue their recovery from chronic mental illness. For the past thirty-one years, our non-profit organization has provided housing and essential services to individuals in recovery from mental illness.

M&T Bank Corporation is a bank holding company headquartered in Buffalo, New York. It operates 780 branches in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Connecticut. M&T is ranked 467th on the Fortune 500

Seton Hall University announces 2018 Dean’s List

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MORRIS COUNTY — Seton Hall University is pleased to announce the following students who qualified for Fall 2018 Dean’s list and to congratulate them for their outstanding academic achievements.

Glory Akoh of Florham Park
Neena Andican of Boonton
Pooja Banker of Parsippany
Andrea Berman of Parsippany
Shawn Berry of Morris Plains
Sarah Bright of East Hanover
Gianna Canella of East Hanover
Liam Cassidy of Boonton
Saadet Ceynek of Boonton
Antonio Chirichiello of Parsippany
Ishani Chowatia of Parsippany
Rachel Cuevas of Florham Park
Kevin Dauber of Mount Tabor
Abigail Deffler of Boonton
Kavan Desai of Morris Plains
Adriana Di Dio of Lake Hiawatha
Victoria Dobkowski of Lake Hiawatha
Shamil Dzhatdoyev of Florham Park
Nicholas Ebel of Parsippany
Kimberly Ebel of Parsippany
Axel Esquivel of Lake Hiawatha
Cristina Fernandez of Parsippany
Erney Fertile of Morris Plains
Kathryn Garafano of Lake Hiawatha
Kyle Gaydo of Boonton
Francis Gencarelli of East Hanover
Daniel Goetz of Boonton
Joseph Grabowiecki of Parsippany
Alexandro Granata of East Hanover
Aidan Higginbotham of Morris Plains
Sabrina Huresky of Boonton
Dominique Imes of Morris Plains
Li-Hsuan Inn of Lake Hiawatha
Disha Jani of Parsippany
William Jayne of Madison
Christina Johnson of Morris Plains
Kalliopi Kebabjian of Cedar Knolls
Vibha Khare of Parsippany
Joseph Kloss of Parsippany
Sarah Lynch of Madison
Joseph Manno of East Hanover
Vannesa Martinez of Parsippany
Griffin Mehl of Florham Park
Peter Mitrakos of Morris Plains
Masood Mohayya of Parsippany
Meghan Murphy of East Hanover
Carolyn Murray of Boonton
Gianna Pallis of Morris Plains
Michelle Pan of Cedar Knolls
Rocco Pascale of Parsippany
Shivani Patel of Parsippany
Radha Patel of Parsippany
Joseph Paul of East Hanover
Grace Petinakis of East Hanover
Francesca Petracco of East Hanover
Jocelyn Rogalo of Boonton
Brielle Runfeldt of Boonton
Matthew Schaaf of Morris Plains
Justin Schaefer of Boonton
Milena Scrobanovich of East Hanover
Natalie Sliwowski of Boonton
Dean Spenzos of Florham Park
Nicholas Thomas of Boonton
Angela Trejos Villacres of Morris Plains
Brian Tross of Madison
Michael Volante of East Hanover
Nicholas Volante of East Hanover
Katherine Walsh of Morris Plains
Thomas White of Morris Plains
Yuzhen Zhang of Parsippany

As one of the nation’s leading Catholic universities, Seton Hall has been showing the world what great minds can do since 1856. Home to nearly 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students and offering more than 80 rigorous majors, Seton Hall’s academic excellence has been singled out for distinction by The Princeton Review, US News & World Report and Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Seton Hall, which embraces students of all religions, prepares its graduates to be exemplary servant leaders and caring global citizens. Its attractive main campus is located in suburban South Orange, New Jersey, and is only 14 miles by train, bus or car to New York City, offering a wealth of employment, internship, cultural and entertainment opportunities. The university’s nationally recognized School of Law is prominently located in downtown Newark. For more information click here.

Sherrill Statement on National Emergency Resolution

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Frank Cahill
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Governor-Elect Mikie Sherrill

MORRIS COUNTY — Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) released the following statement after voting in favor of a bipartisan resolution to block President Trump’s national emergency declaration:

“As a veteran, I am deeply concerned with the harm this unwarranted emergency declaration does to our military readiness, military families, and construction projects needed across the country and at Picatinny Arsenal. I supported the bipartisan resolution to keep military construction funds for military missions authorized by Congress and needed by our warfighters.”

The President’s proposal would strip $3.6 billion for military construction projects, including $41 million for the Munitions Disassembly Complex at Picatinny Arsenal, the Joint Center of Excellence for Armaments and Munitions.

Chasse Rush Earns Faculty Honors at Georgia Tech

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Frank Cahill
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Chasse Rush

EAST HANOVER — Chasse Rush earned the distinction of Faculty Honors for Fall 2018 at the Georgia Institute of Technology. This designation is awarded to undergraduate students who have a 4.0 academic average for the semester.

One of the nation’s leading research universities, the Georgia Institute of Technology is in the business of creating the next – the next idea, the next technology, and the next legion of agile minds well equipped to imagine and engineer our future. More than 25,000 undergraduate and graduate students are enrolled, and Georgia Tech is ranked in the nation’s top 10 public universities by U.S. News and World Report. For more information visit click here.

Brightest Star School of Performing Arts Offers Merit Scholarships

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Frank Cahill
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HANOVER TOWNSHIP – Brightest Star School of Performing Arts is holding  “Merit Scholarships Auditions for all Summer Musical Theater Programs.”

There will be 3 tuition awards, valued at $500 each, given to the three students who audition on Sunday, March 3 and receive the highest scores in the following areas:

1.    ability to “tell the story” while singing a song of his/her choosing

2.    ability to stay on pitch throughout entire length of 32 bar cut of the musical theatre song

3.    has song and short monologue (30 seconds) memorized

4.    Is on time for reserved time slot and registered, as per instructions below

    • There will be an accompanist, provided. However, you may use a background track from your own device.
    • No “walk ins” will be allowed. All those auditioning must have appointment.
    • If winner has already paid summer tuition, this award will be in the form of a reimbursement.
    • The decision of the judges is final and will be announced by March 10.

Auditions are a “closed”, that is, no one will be present except the judges. Please do not arrive to the parking lot more than 10 minutes earlier than your appointment time and please do not enter studio until your appointment time, please.

For more information click here to sign up and choose your reserved time slot. You will forfeit your time and opportunity to audition if you are late for your scheduled time.

Brightest Star School of Performing Arts brings the strategies required in the learning of the arts to be applied to everyday life.

Improvisation helps us think on our feet and is used in all of our acting classes to enhance other methods.

Rigorous Practice aids us in understanding what is necessary to achieve the highest level of any goal.

Memorization massages the brain and keeps us alert.

Dance works our bodies, giving us exercise, spatial awareness, and coordination.  All of this is done in an environment of successful accomplishment, creating true satisfaction.

Brightest Star has been evolving since 1977, when they began as Newark Academy Summer Musical Theatre and later became the Vecchio School of Performing Arts, Morristown-Beard Summer Musical Theatre, and finally, Brightest Star School of Performing Arts, formally housed at the Bickford Theatre at The Morris Museum.

Brightest Star School of Performing Arts is an independent school of performing arts, encouraging all students to “learn arts for life”.

Brightest Star School of Performing Arts is located at 16 Ridgedale Avenue, Cedar Knolls, and can be reached by calling (973) 829-1973.

Reserve your table for “Boonton PTA Mother’s Market”

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BOONTON — Reserve your table at the Mother’s Market to be held on Saturday, April 6.
Organized clutter is still clutter, Get rid of it! And don’t worry, if you don’t sell everything you don’t have to bring it back home, you’ll have the option to donate items to the Purple Heart Foundation. It’s a win win situation. You get rid of your stuff  and you raise money for the Boonton PTA.

You have the option of donating to families that sacrificed and served our country. A fun day with friends that makes you feel good. Reserve your table today.

The event will be held at John Hill School Gymnasium, 435 Lathrop Avenue. Doors open at 10:00 a.m.

To request a table for the Mother’s Market, please complete this application (click here to download) and attach a $30.00 check, payable to the Boonton PTA. Completed applications and checks can be submitted to your child’s homeroom teacher or mailed to: John Hill School, Attn: Boonton PTA, 435 Lathrop Avenue, Boonton, NJ 07005

This event is for households only, no commercial businesses.

If you have any questions please contact Tara Joyce, [email protected].

 

Over 200 attend Morris County Republican Unity Breakfast

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Morris County Freeholder Doug Cabana; Juan Yanez; Jeffrey Yanez; Former Boonton Alderman Doris Yanez; Boonton Republican Committee Chairman Joseph Bock; Freeholder Stephen Shaw; Mountain Lakes Councilwoman Audrey Lane; Former Mountain Lakes Councilman Doug McWilliams; Tri-Town Republican Club President Barbara Battisto; Don Farrell

MORRIS COUNTY — Great turnout for the Morris Republican Team Unity breakfast where over 200 dedicated Republicans were in attendance at the Hanover Manor, 16 Eagle Rock Road, East Hanover.

A special prayer went out for Senator Tony Bucco for a quick recovery from throat cancer and to Marie Fragomeni on the loss of her husband, John, this week.

The Unity Breakfast was for this year’s Morris County incumbents running for re-election which include Assemblyman Anthony Bucco, Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce, Sheriff James Gannon, Freeholders Tom Mastrangelo, Douglas R. Cabana and Kathryn A. DeFillippo. Also Michael Patrick Carroll is seeking to fill current Surrogate John Pecoraro who is retiring at the end of his term. Michael Patrick Carroll is current Assemblyman in Legislative District 25.

”It was great to see such dedicated hard working Republicans coming out on a Saturday morning to support our incumbent candidates on their re-election. We will definitely be doing this event every year and hopefully adding more interested candidates in the future,” Rob Zwigard.

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