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No. 7 Vol. 4 mendhamnews.com April 2015
On Fri., April 24,
Homeschool fami-
lies are invited to
the garden at MaccullochHall Historical Museum in
Morristown to celebrate
Arbor Day. 2015 marks the
131st Arbor Day celebra-tion in New Jersey. Thefirst official celebration in
NJ was in 1884. Through
fun hands-on activities, art
projects, a special presenta-
tion by an instructor in the4H Master Tree Steward
program and a program
with an author of an envi-
ronmental and historical
New Jersey set chapter
book. Families enjoy thebeauty of the trees in the
Macculloch Hall garden
while learning more about
the largest plants on ourplanet.
From 1 p.m. to 4 pm
registered families can par-
ticipate in tree-related art
projects, enjoy a “TrackingTrees” scavenger hunt
through the garden, learn
more about the Museum
garden’s sassafras tree
which is the second largestin NJ. To commemorate
Arbor Day 2015 children
will create a 3D paper tree
to decorate and take home.
Families can participate
in a program from theRutgers Cooperative
Extension 4-H Master TreeSteward Program of Union
County. The presentation
Arbor Day Activities for Homeschool Familieswill help families under-
stand what trees need and
what they provide to peo-
ple and animals.
From 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.,families can also meet
Betsy Hays, author of the
environmental adventurechapter book “Riding with
the Wind,” along with John
Gatti, musician who wrotea musical soundtrack that
accompanies the book.
“Riding with the Wind” is
set in NJ and highlights the
state’s natural and histori-cal wonders. It covers
intriguing environmental
and historical facts about
the six regions covered inthe book: the Great Falls of
Paterson, the NJ
Highlands, the CeleryFarm, the Meadowlands,the Pine Barrens and Long
Beach Island. Hays andGatti will be available tosell and sign copies of the
book and cd soundtrack,will be available to pur-
continued on page 2
By Cheryl Conway, Editor
Flowers and green grass are not the only things bloom-
ing this spring. MJ Media LLC has blossomed from
eight monthly community newspapers to fifteen, and
is changing its name.And like pollen that spreads from birds and bees, newsthat brightens, enlightens, entertains and inspires will be
reaching the mailboxes of 170,000 homes and businesses
starting this month, with this issue. MJ Media LLC has
recently merged with Broad Street Media, owner of the
Good News Travels East and West As Community Newspaper Co. Spreads Its Wings
Marketeer, and formed a new company- New View Media
Group LLC.
Publishers Joe Nicastro and Mary Lalama of Flanders of
the former MJ Media have formed a partnership with
Marketeer owner Darwin Oordt of Cherry Hill to establishNew View Media Group. In talks six months prior, the man-
aging partners officially merged April 1.
Unlike other newspapers that incorporate both the good
and bad news, New View Media Group will feature onlycontinued on page 4
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chase after the presentation.
Pre-registration is required. Call (973)
538-2404 ext. 16 or email
[email protected] to pre-reg-ister. The cost for the program is $15 per
family. If there is inclement weather the
program will inside in the museum .
Macculloch Hall Historical Museum
preserves the history of the Macculloch-
Miller families, the Morris area communi-
ty, and the legacy of its founder W. Parsons
Todd through its historic site, collections,
exhibits, and educational and cultural pro-
grams.
MHHM, a nonprofit educational affili-ate of the W. Parsons Todd Foundation,
received an operating support grant from
the New Jersey Historical Commission, a
division of the Department of State.
Arbor Day Activities...
Join the MOMS Club of Roxbury,
Chester and Mendham, April 22, at
10 a.m. as we celebrate Spring andthe planet on Earth Day. We are opening
our doors at the Chester Field House in
Chester to our community. Stop by with
your kids and enjoy a free craft and open
play as you learn about what our club hasto offer. We are so much more than just a
mom and kid playgroup. As a nonprofit
organization, we have the ability to teach
our children that they have the power tomake a difference. We also offer walking
clubs, MOMS Nights Out, tours and we
help our community through service
projects. We have celebrations several
times a year with Halloween andDecember Holiday Parties, Valentine's
Day Dance and Family Fun Days. To
learn more, visit www.momsclubrox-
bury.com or contact at momsclubofrox-
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MOMS Club Open House
C
elebrate Earth Day on Wed., April
22, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Kids of
all ages are welcome to attend and
have fun. Do a fun experiment and enjoya snack too.
On Thurs., April 23, from 7 p.m. to 8
p.m., come out to celebrate Shakespeare’s
birthday with a Modern Day Shakespeareprogram. Shakespeare Theatre of New
Jersey Director of Education and resident
director Brian B. Crowe will explore the
“method and madness” of producing the
Bard’s canon in the 21st century, includingselecting and adapting material, develop-
ing a production concept, and inspiring a
love of Shakespeare in the younger gener-ation. “Peek behind the curtain” as Crowe
shares a unique perspective from theShakespeare Theatre of NJ.
Program space is limited and reserva-
tions are recommended. Choose from three
convenient options: Sign up in the Library;
email [email protected].; orcall 973-543-4018.
Mendham Library Hosts Program
Attention Schools, Churches, OrganizationsSend Your Press Releases to [email protected]
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Acasual evening of
art and music is
planned at the West
Morris Mendham High
School on Fri., May 15,from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
This is a family friendly
event. Students entering
the high school are encour-
aged to attend to see thevariety of creative avenues
they could choose to
explore. There will be art
on display in several differ-
ent mediums created by the
high school students and
faculty and they will bepresent to answer any ques-
tions. Several students will
display prize winning art
work from the BlackwellStreet juried student show.
Some pieces will also be
for sale. In addition stu-
dents from the music
department will perform
throughout the evening.Admission is free and
refreshments will be
served. This annual event
is a fundraiser for the artand music departments.
The students will earn apercentage from the sale of
their art and a percentage is
also given to the fundraiser.The following students
were awarded ribbons at
the Blackwell Street stu-
dent show and their art
work is attached. There
was a panel of five profes-sional artists who selected
400 works out of 800 sub-
missions. Ribbons andmonetary prizes were
awarded, but having artwork selected to be repre-
sented in the show was also
a great honor. This is a
small sample of the award
winners from West Morris
Mendham.Anna Bradley won third
place for a Green Teapot
which is glazed stoneware;
Evening Of The Arts At Mendham High
Sara Cecere won firstplace for Shark Week
which is a dry pastel and
colored pencil self portrait
on toned paper; Meghan
Fisher won third place forBeast which is a polymer
plate print of a dog; Julia
Kornick won first place for
Julia which is a self portrait
using charcoal on tonedpaper; Caroline Niehoff
won first place for TheLion Maden which is
scratchboard of a girl and a
lion; Grace Parette won
Honorable Mention for The
Tall Brother which is redand white chalk on toned
paper; Jessica Sidhu won
Honorable Mention for
Elusive Thought which is a
self portrait using oil oncanvas.
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good news.
“We will have a group of community
newspapers with good family friendly con-
tent,” says Nicastro. “There are other publi-cations as in any market we are in but we tryto bring a different perspective with all
good news.”
The name, New View Media LLC, came
from “The idea that we have a new view on
media,” says Nicastro.
All community news, from schools togovernment, people, organizations, places
of worship, libraries, non-profit organiza-
tions, volunteer services, children’s groups,
scouts, fundraisers and more will be fea-
tured in the pages of New View Media. Thecompany’s philosophy is to showcase and
inform all readers about the good that sur-
rounds them day to day, the positive, and
the uniqueness of their community.
Established in 2003 with just two month-
lies in Mt. Olive and Hackettstown, MJMedia which stands for “My Jersey Media”
grew to eight free monthlies over the years
reaching 84,831 homes and businesses.
They include the Mt. Olive News,
Hackettstown News, Roxbury News,
Randolph News, Musconetcong News,
Black River News, Morristown News and
Mendham News.
The Marketeer, a free shopper-type sup-plement delivered monthly to all homes,
has been around for the past 30 years. By
growing these papers, the community will
have all the positive news at their finger-
tips.“Both groups complimented each other
with their circulations so for local business-
es it will be very beneficial,” says Nicastro.
Despite the digital age, 2015 is a great time
for community newspapers.“Free community papers are different
than paid papers,” explains Nicastro.“People want local news and it is hard to
find. The hyper local sites are good. There
is something about having a paper to hold,
people still call us for copies when theirkids are in the paper so they can cut it out
and hang it up- different than printing it off
a printer.”
The additional seven papers include the
Livingston News, Hanover News, CaldwellNews, Verona/Cedar Grove News,
Community Newspaper Co. Spreads Its Wings...Millburn/Short Hills News, East
Hanover/Florham Park News, and
Maplewood/South Orange News.The greatest challenge faced by the new
company will be “Getting information fromthe community,” says Nicastro.
The community is the best source for
information. People serve as the eyes andears as to what is going on around them.
Please send all press releases and positive
news stories to [email protected].
As a free newspaper, the company
depends on paid advertising. Contact Joe
Nicastro at 800-691-7549 or [email protected]
New View Media Group LLC is locatedat Melanie Lane Unit 22A, East Hanover,
NJ 07936. The company also operates an
online website, publishing all articles onlineat www.mypaperonline.com. For more
information and publication deadlines, visit
www.newviewmediagroup.com.
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T
he Morris Habitat for Humanity
ReStore plans to host its eighthAnniversary Celebration & Sales
Event on Sat., May 2, from 10 a.m. until
5 p.m. Shoppers will save 20 percent off
their entire purchase of furniture, appli-
ances, décor, building materials andmore! And they will also enjoy free hot-
dogs, popcorn, music, great raffles
(including ReStore gift certificates rang-
ing from $50-100) and much more!
By selling new and gently-used donated
building supplies, appliances and furni-
ture, the ReStore raises money to finance
the houses built with homeowner part-
ners. Morris Habitat provides a hand-up,
rather than a hand-out, to home owner-
ship. Revenues from the Morris ReStorehave funded 14 home builds and have
kept over 4,400 tons of waste out of our
landfills.
From couches, artwork and antiques
to dinettes and lighting, you never know
what you’ll find!For more information about the
ReStore, visit www.morrisrestore.org.
Habitat for Humanity RestoreCelebrates Anniversary
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between the ages of eight and 16 to deter-mine how much screen-based media use,or SBMU, kids were averaging each day.SBMU included television viewing, com-puter usage and video game playing. Thestudy determined that 45 percent of eight-year-olds and 80 percent of 16-year-oldswere exceeding the recommended twohours of screen time per day.
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12. He said there are close to 6,000 stu-
dents in the Morris School District, which
serves the communities of Morristown andMorris Township (pre-K through high
school) and Morris Plains (grades 9-12).
Within the district there is one pre-
school, three primary schools (grades K-
2), three intermediate schools (grades 3-5),one K-5 school; one middle school (grades
6-8) and one high school (grades 9-12).
"So, it's much bigger - much more
broad in it's scope," he said.
He noted that there are students atmany different levels, "so I'm excited
about that."On the West Morris Regional High
School District website, www.wmmhs.org,
school officials are asking the community
for feedback in choosing the next superin-tendent.
"The West Morris Regional High
School District Board of Education would
like feedback from all of our community
members, regarding the selection of thenext superintendent," the website reads.
"The compiled results will then be ana-
lyzed by the board for the development of
selection criteria that will be used as we
interview prospective candidates," it reads
adding that "your participation is impor-
tant and appreciated." Surveys were sup-
posed to be completed by April 20.
By Ejvind Boccolini
The West Morris Regional High
School District Superintendent of Schools is accepting a new superin-
tendent position in the Morris School
District, and has only good things to sayabout both districts.
Mackey Pendergrast begins as
Superintendent of Schools on June 1 in the
Morris District - a district of almost 6,000
students, K-12.
Pendergrast, who has lived inMendham for more than 40 years, became
superintendent in the West Morris
Regional High School district in 2012. Hepreviously spent 15 years as a history
teacher in Summit Public Schools (a pub-lic district serving students in pre-kinder-
garten through twelfth grade) and also in
Mendham High School. Pendergrast was
also a guidance counselor at Mendham
High School for two years.He worked as director of staff develop-
ment for seven years in the West Morris
Regional High School District before
becoming superintendent.
He notes that he has been "in town
(Mendham) as an educator for 15 years,"
and added that, "I live in town and I grewup in town."
Pendergrast said that he has many long-
standing relationships with a lot of differ-
ent groups in the community, and added
that, in general, it is wonderful to be active
"in such an involved manner."
He called the officials in the WMRHSdistrict an "outstanding group of educa-
tors," and added that there are "great peo-
ple in the school system."
Now, as he accepts the superintendent
position in the Morris School District, hebrings superb experience and an excellent
educational background as well. In addi-
tion to all of his years in the field of educa-
tion, he graduated from Drew University
in 1988; earned a master’s degree in edu-cation/counseling from William Paterson
University in 1992; and earned a master’s
degree in educational administration from
the University of Massachusetts in 2008.
Pendergrast said he is looking forward
to a school district that is pre-K through
West Morris Superintendent Heads East To LeadMorris School District
Mackey Pendergrast
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The Mendham Borough Historical
Society plans to meet Tues., April28, at the Garabrant Center, in
Mendham Borough, with a business
meeting at 7:30 p.m. and program at 7:45p.m. Architectural historian/preservation
consultant Clifford W. Zink will present
“The Roebling Legacy” – a classicAmerican saga spanning the continent for
more than 200 years. The Roeblings built
the famous Brooklyn Bridge and were
instrumental in the engineering of the
GW and Golden Gate bridges. Amongtheir many achievements, John A.
Roebling & Sons Co. produced wire rope
products shaping today’s modern life,
provided jobs and created USA’s “first
sports car.” Their buildings in Trenton
have been repurposed for modern-day
uses; the town of Roebling houses a
museum.Clifford Zink is an author and recipientof several awards including the John A.
Roebling Award from the Society for
Industrial Archaeology. The public is
invited. Presentation funded by Horizons
Speakers Bureau of the New JerseyCouncil on the Humanities, a state partner
of the National Endowment for the
Humanities. For more information about
Horizons Speakers Bureau, visit
http://njch.org/programs/hsb/.
Historical Society To Meet
Warren County Community
Singers and the Children’s
Chorus of Warren County plans
to hold a clothing drive at the Frist
Presbyterian Church in Washington.Drop off times are Tues., April 21, from
5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Wed., April 22,
from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Items must be in
plastic bags. Accepted are clean, wearable
clothing (coats, shoes, boots, belts, purses,
backpacks, towels, suitcases, linens, blan-
kets, curtains, suits, gowns, stuffed toysand small clean toys). Also accepted will
be used ink cartidges. These donations will
not be shredded or otherwise destroyed.
Donation receipts will be available. For
further information, call 908-689-7771.
Community Singers Hold Clothing Drive
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By Cara Connelly
The calendar page has turned to April
and the promise of spring is here.
After the record breaking winter the
region has endured, the birds are finallysinging and bulb buds are poking through
the newly uncovered grass.
Springtime means preparing the yard
and gardens to enjoy landscaping all sum-
mer long. Putting in some prep time now
by preparing the lawn, controlling weedsand cleaning planting beds to get them
ready to become flower or vegetable gar-
dens for another season of blooms and
fresh produce will help those enjoy theiryard as the weather warms.
Country Mile Gardens of Morristownhas been a staple in the gardening commu-
nity since 1977. Manager, Tom Gallo says
that now is the perfect time to get planting
beds ready by cleaning leaves and winterdebris. Gallo says, “Spring is the time to
fertilize. Homeowners generally use gran-
ular fertilizer or compost for a more organ-
Homeowners And Garden Centers Getting Ready For Spring Gardens
ic process.”Mulching is another spring activity.
According to Gallo, “Mulching helps with
weed control and is aesthetically pleas-
ing.”Summer Franklin of Mendham Garden
Center says that the best way to a lush
lawn after such a harsh winter is to main-
tain a healthy Ph balance. She says,
“applying lime first will maximize the
benefits of fertilizer once it is applies.Optimal Ph levels should be 6.5-7.0.”
Mendham Garden Center offers fee soil
testing and can recommend repair or main-
tenance programs for a homeowner’s yard.
Why not introduce the kids to the won-
der of plants? How about having themplant a tree or shrub to commemorate an
achievement or create a container full of
flowers or vegetables.
Let the little ones choose what they
want to plant, let them be (relatively) incharge the care of the plants. They will feel
invested in the process and learn a lesson
in responsibility and reaping the rewards
of hard work. It’s also a great way to get
them outdoors, spend some family time
together and foster a lifetime of gardeningenjoyment.
A new trend in gardening is planting
edible gardens using different herbs that
gardeners will use in everyday cooking.Try planting them in a window box orhanging basket. Gallo says regular and
new customers are coming in looking for
new varieties of vegetables. “New vari-
eties of vegetables emerge every year and
people love to try experimenting withthem in their own gardens,” he adds.
Franklin says that at Mendham Garden
Center they are getting a lot of inquires
about planting organic gardens. “People
like to plant everything from a boxed gar-
den off a patio to a full sized organic gar-den.”
Spring is also a good opportunity to add
additional landscape or hardscaping fea-
tures to the yard such as a new patio, trees
or shrubbery, fence or sprinkler system. Amore simple spring idea may be to plant
window boxes by combining flowering
plants with attractive foliage to add a quick
pop of color to decks, window sashes and
porch rails.
Habitat for Humanity of WarrenCounty is having a Bingo Fun
Night on Thurs., May 7, at the
Mountain Villa School in Allamuchy.Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets for the event
are $25 which include 12 games, coffee,
tea and desserts. Other food will be sold.
There will be a 50/50, a raffle, door prizes,
and an extra great Jackpot game.Prizes for the evening will be beautiful
Vera Bradley purses, totes, luggage, and
accessories. All proceeds go to Habitat forHumanity in Warren County.
Seating is limited to 200 guests.
Tickets can be purchased at both Habitat
for Humanity locations and Kathy’s Kove
& Kafe in Washington, and Panther Valley
Pharmacy in Panther Valley, and SubShack & Deli on Main Street,
Hackettstown.
For more information or tickets, call
908-852-0060 or 908-850-3546.
Bingo Fun Night Supports HabitatFor Humanity
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By Cara Connelly
Farmers markets provide visitors with
a window to see into the world of
the people and places that grow our
farm foods, baked goods, artisans’ cheeses,local honey and hand crafted products.
Once considered more of a novelty,
farmers markets today provide consumers
with an alternative to traditional grocery
markets, specialty food stores and uniquegift shops. Visitors to local farmers mar-
kets can purchase locally grown and made
items all with the convenience of one stop
shopping.
Different farmers, bakers, craftsmenand unique shop owners come together in
an outdoor market that showcases every-thing local and homemade, handmade and
locally grown.
Farmers markets expose consumers to
different seasonal foods and products.They offer more than typical supermarket
or gift shop products and often include
herbs, plants, cut flowers, eggs, homemade
specialty items such as jam and jelly,
baked items and local honey. Farmers mar-kets generally open in the spring and stay
opened until the holidays. Each season
brings new offerings.
When farmers markets open in the
spring, they provide consumers with fresh,locally grown produce, homemade baked
goods, prepared meals, soups and handcrafted items that many have anticipated
all winter. Their garden offerings are plen-
tiful providing consumers with an excep-tional selection of annuals and perennials
to plant. Spring offerings turn to summer
offerings delivering a wide variety of fla-
vorful, colorful sweet fruits and ample
vegetables.Summer farmers markets are a great
way to spend a weekend afternoon or lazy
evening after a day at work. Summer is
when produce such as tomatoes, sweetcorn and cucumbers are grown and
enjoyed in abundance. As the summerends, fall is a beautiful time of year. The
air is crisp and local farm stands are brim-
ming with autumn goodies from pumpkins
to root vegetables, cider, hay rides and
corn mazes. Hearty prepared meals, holi-day pies, hand knit sweaters and seasonal
wreaths are alongside mums, corn stalks
and hay barrels used to decorate our
homes.
Taste Buds Bloom With Variety Offered At Farmers MarketsAs the winter approaches, don’t dis-
count the selection at your local outdoor
markets. Beets, broccoli, brussel sprouts,cabbage and cauliflower are grown most of
the year, even through November andDecember. It’s a great time to stock up on
homemade jams, jellies and local honey.
Think gift giving for the holidays. Mostfarmers markets stay open until December
and will additionally offer fresh cut green-
ery and Christmas trees.
Most fruits and vegetables travel 1500-
2500 miles to land in the grocery store. If each consumer ate just one meal a week
using local products, we would save 1.1
million barrels of oil each year. Visits to
local farmers markets are increasing for avariety of reasons- it’s healthier, it’s impor-
tant to support local growers and it’s betterfor our environment. Stop by and explore
your local outdoor market today, you may
be surprised what you find and what you
learn.
Some Morris County Area CommunityFarmers Markets include:
Morris Plains Farmers Market;
Speedwell Ave. Ext. (also known as
Merchant Block) Morris Plains; 978-267-
1488;www.morrisplainsboro.org. Open
Sat., June through Oct., from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Featuring variety of fresh fruits and veg-etables, wine, honey, milk, eggs, flowers,
cheese, pierogis, sausages, stuffed cab-bage, jams and jellies, pies, cakes, cookies,
quiches, soups, dried fruit and nuts, artisan
breads, croissants, scones, chicken potpies, pickles, olives, stuffed grape leaves,
alpaca yarn and alpaca wool products.
Morristown Farmers Market, Spring
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Dental implants are one of the most amazing tech-
nologies of the 21st century that provide people
with a new lease on life. Whether a person ismissing one tooth, multiple teeth, live in constant pain
with infected teeth, or have dentures that move, hurt, orare just annoying, consideration should be given to what
these little innovations can do to turn your life around!
Dental implants are cylinders, traditionally madefrom titanium, that are placed into the jawbone. Teeth
are built on top of them, and there are many configura-
tions. The most typical are 1. A single tooth, 2. Multiple
permanent teeth (a bridge), 3. Stabilize dentures (which
are removable), and 4. “Fixed-detachable,” which is dis-cussed below.
“Fixed-detachable” implant teeth are extremely pop-
ular today. The “fixed” refers to the fact you don’t take
them in-and-out of your mouth, and the “detachable”refers to the ability of your dentist being able to remove
them for maintenance & repairs. They have becomeoverwhelmingly popular for many reasons: 1. They
have significantly brought down the cost of traditional
implant procedures, 2. The need for major bone grafting
procedures has been reduced or eliminated, 3. The over-
all procedure time has been decreased, 4. They allowpatients to eliminate the endless cycle of cavities, fill-
ings, root canals, crowns, and bridges.
The “fixed-detachable” class includes many brandnames you may have heard of: Teeth-In-A-Day®, All-
On-Four®, Hybridge®, Prettau Zirconia Bridges, Teeth
Today®, Teeth Tomorrow®, RevitaliZe®, and the list
goes on and on. Regardless of the name, they all fallinto the same class of dental appliance: Fixed-Detachable.
Whether you would benefit from a single implant,
multiple implants, denture stabilization, or a fixed-
detachable appliance, the dentist or team of dentists you
work with is critical to your success and satisfaction.Because dental implants are not a specialty, any dentist,
regardless of their training, can perform these proce-
dures. As a consumer, it is very important you do your
due diligence when selecting an implant dentist.
Dr. Ira Goldberg is a recognized dental implant
expert, and has been performing implant procedures for20 years. He is uniquely qualified in a number of ways:
1) He performs both the surgical aspect and restorative
aspect of dental implants himself: referrals to other den-
tists are rarely required. 2) He holds many degrees in
the field of implant dentistry, with the most prestigiousbeing a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral
Implantology, a title held by less than 500 dentists
worldwide. 3) He lectures to other dentists in the field
of computerized surgical procedures, and performs
these procedures regularly.On Tuesday, May 19, Dr. Goldberg will be holding a
free Public Awareness Seminar on dental implants. It
will be located at the Holiday Inn Express in Mt.
Arlington. Details are available on his website atwww.MorrisCountyDentist. Go to the “DentalImplants” tab, and click on “Dental Implant Seminar.”
He will be covering many topics regarding dental
implants, but some of them include: single & multiple
tooth replacement, full jaw replacement, denture stabi-
lization, mini-implants, bone grafting, fees, insurance,and financing. An actual patient will be present to talk
about their dental implant experience, too. Dr. Goldberg is a general dentist located in the
Roxbury Mall in Succasunna, NJ . He provides general
dentistry for the entire family, including: cleanings,
check-ups, whitening, veneers, crowns, root canals,dentures, periodontal (gum) services, dental implants,
Invisalign®, and much more. He is a Diplomate of the
American Board of Implantology/Implant Dentistry,
holds multiple degrees, and is recognized as an expert
in dental implants. You can find additional information
on his website:www.MorrisCountyDentist.com. The
office can be reached at: (973) 328-1225 or via email:
Dental Implant Public Awareness Seminar
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Mendham Township Elementary School’s ThirdGrade Green Team has a yearlong initiative to
help students recognize the importance of pro-
tecting the Earth and its valuable resources.
On Arbor Day, third graders celebrate “going green” at
an all-day event known as “Green Day.” On April 24,annual earth day celebration, the day begins with a cele-
bration of their green efforts and an invitation to learn
more on how to protect the environment. Several environ-
mental workshops are offered to students on topics such as
honeybees, bats, oil spills, and native plants. The day
ends with a closing ceremony that includes vanilla icecream, topped with maple syrup processed by the third
graders during their annual maple-sugaring project.
A highlight of Green Day is the waste-free picnic
lunch. Students (and parents) are challenged to pack
lunches that do not contain any trash. Snacks are broughtin reusable containers, napkins are made of cloth, and
water bottles are refillable. After successfully meeting
this challenge, students often choose to continue bringing
waste-free lunches to school, and they are very proud to
do so.At the start of the school year, third grade students
learned to reduce, reuse, and recycle materials in the class-
room. They signed pledges to “go green” by changing per-
sonal habits that harm the Earth. For example, students
committed to writing on both sides of their papers, recy-
cling plastic containers and paper products, and reusing
bottle caps for art projects. In addition, each third grade
class pledged to use reusable dishes, utensils, cups, and
napkins throughout the school year for classroom celebra-tions.
Also in September, students discovered how plasticbags pollute the ocean and harm sea life. Students were
challenged to no longer use plastic bags for storing read-
ing books that travel from school to home. Instead they
were provided with reusable cloth bags to hold materialsneeded for reading workshop.
In October, third graders began a composting project.
They collected items for the compost bin from their
snacks and lunches. Students learned the benefits of com-
posting and the process. Students continued compostingin the school’s lunchroom for several weeks. This spring,
the compost will be used for gardening in the school’s out-
door learning center.
As the year progresses, students continue to study the
human impact on the environment by studying endan-gered species, rainforest destruction, waste management,
water usage, and organic gardening. These topics are inte-
grated into the third grade science and social studies cur-
ricula, as well as, into enrichment programs.
At the end of the school year, the students attend a field
trip at the Bronx Zoo in New York City. In addition tostudying animal behavior and habitats, the students ana-
Third Grade Green Team Protects Earth All Year
lyze the zoo’s mission statement. By inspecting signs and
studying animal enclosures, students decide whether thezoo is successfully accomplishing their goals. After the
trip, students write letters to the zoo expressing their
thoughts and opinions.
The goal of the Third Grade Green Team is to raise
awareness of sustainable living while celebrating the won-
ders of nature. Third Grade Green Team members arecongratulated for their efforts to go green!
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L
egislation sponsored by
Assemblyman Dave Wolfe and
Assemblywoman Alison LittellMcHose to lighten the financial burden
on the families of New Jersey military
personnel serving overseas was approved
recently today by the Appropriations
committee. The bill, A-1183, authorizes a
“Support the Troops” specialty licenseplate with the proceeds earmarked for the
families of NJ military personnel who are
serving overseas.
Veterans can apply for grants to help
with mortgage or rent payments, food and
clothing, heating or utility bills, emer-gency home repairs, repair or replacement
of essential home appliances, vehicle
repair, tuition assistance, and other emer-
gent needs.
“The families of deployed soldiersface both emotional and financial hard-
ship,” said Wolfe, R-Ocean and
Monmouth. “The monthly expenses still
need to be satisfied. However, in most
cases, the family income is reducedbecause the military pay can’t match the
weekly pay check from employers athome.”
“These license plates give residents an
easy way of supporting the troops and
providing some financial relief,” saidMcHose, R – Sussex, Warren and Morris.
“The special tags create another source of
financial assistance to those in need.”
The proceeds from the license tags will
support the Operation EnduringFreedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom
“Yellow Ribbon Grant Program” which is
administered by the NJ National Guard“Support for Returning Combat Veterans
Program.”
The funds will also provide grants forfamilies of NJ Army or Air National
Guard service members who have been
mobilized for more than 90 days and are
experiencing financial hardship. Initial
cost of the specialty plates will be $50with a $10 annual renewal fee.
Panel OKs Bill Establishing ‘Support the Troops’ License Plates
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By Jason Cohen
The MendhamChester Patriots
Wrestling squad had
an impressive year, ending
with two of its members
crowned state champs at theSun Bank Center in Trenton
on March 21. Eight of its
wrestlers between ages 5
and 15 qualified for the
state tournament, with
eighth graders KayaSement and Domenico
DiGena placing in their
respective weight classes.
Sement, a three-timestate place winner, who did-n’t surrender a single point
in his bracket, beat
Belford’s Fred Luchs to
become state champion in
the 80-pound intermediatecategory.
Domenico DiGena, a
two-time state placer, went
4-0 in his title run and
defeated Brett Unger of
Flemington to become statechampion in the 75-pound
intermediate category.
DiGena of Mendham,
who has been wrestling
since he was in kinder-garten, was introduced to
the sport by his father
Lenny. He said although he
has tried other sports,
wrestling is his favorite.
“I enjoy the fact that
wrestling is an individualsport and it's all on me to
win,” DiGena said. “There
are no excuses.”
Not only is wrestling a
physically grueling sport,
but being prepared mental-
ly is important as well,
DiGena said. Also, oneneeds to make a year round
commitment to the sport in
order to be successful.
After coming in sixth
place last year and eighth
the year before, this was hisfirst time winning states.
He hopes to continue
wrestling in high school
and possibly college.
“It felt great to realizemy hard work and dedica-
tion paid off,” he said.
Sement, of Chester,
began wrestling in kinder-
garten and was influencedby his father Eric, who
wrestled when he was
younger and coached the
team for the past four years.
He said his dad helped him
improve as a wrestler byteaching him it is important
to stay calm and focused.“I like having my dad as
coach because it’s easy to
understand what he’s say-ing,” he said.
While Eric didn’t force
wrestling on his son, it was
something he fell in love
with quickly, he said. His
dad asked him to try it for ayear and after a couple of
weeks, he was hooked.
”I just started loving it,”Sement said. “You make
lots of friends and winningfeels pretty good.”
Sement, who also is a
member of the Bitetto
wrestling club in Teterboro,
said the hardest part of
wrestling is the training. He
runs almost every day,works out in his basement
three times a week and has
a strict diet he abides by.
He said winning the
state championship was
remarkable and he plans towrestle in high school and
college.
“It was a big relief,” he
said. “All year my main
focus was to be the statechamp this year. Like my
dad says, all this working
out now is preparing you
for high school and col-
lege.”His father Eric said he
couldn’t be prouder of his
son, DiGena and their
teammates. The boys
trained all year and their
hard work and dedicationpaid off, he said. Eric
passed his love of the sportonto Kaya and his younger
son Eren, who is in third
grade and is a member of the team.
“Wrestling is something
I wanted him to do,” he
said. “It’s a sport you can’t
force on a kid. It’s a huge
demand on a wrestler. Youcan’t dabble in other sports.
You either love it or you
hate it.”He knew the kids were
prepared for the playoffs,but they surpassed his
expectations. As a father and
Mendham Wrestlers Crowned State Champsa coach, having eight play-
ers qualify from one team is
a tremendous accomplish-
ment, Sement said.“It’s great to see them
from where they started to
where they ended up,” he
said. “It’s nice to see them
end their careers as statechamps. It’s a bittersweet
moment watching them
move on.”
Other members who
placed in the state playoffs
were: Tristan Navarino, whoqualified for the tournament
for the second time, placed
sixth in the 75-pound inter-
mediate category; Eren
Sement, a first-time qualifi-er for the state tournament,
took fifth place in the 55-
pound Bantam Category;
and teammates Pete Tringali
(105), Alex Winant (120),
Andrew Bryan (112) andCole Klenke (85).
The Special OlympicsBocce Meet plans toshowcase the bocce
skills of more than 100
Special Olympics athletesfrom Morris, Sussex andWarren counties, on Sun.,March 22, from 10:30 a.m.to 1 p.m., at Madison HighSchool in Madison. Themission of Special
Olympics is to provideyear-round sports trainingand athletic competition ina variety of Olympic-typesports for all children andadults with intellectual dis-abilities, giving them con-tinuing opportunities todevelop physical fitness,demonstrate courage, expe-rience joy and participate in
sharing of gifts, skills andfriendship with their fami-lies, other SpecialOlympics athletes and thecommunity.
The event is open to all.For further informationabout Area 3 SpecialOlympics, contact son-
[email protected] or 917-697-7013.
Area 3 Special Olympics Bocce Meet
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By Cheryl Conway
Nicholas Mathus of Flanders has found his niche, andhow ironic that his passion for history stems from hisvery own past.
Determined to share history with others and preserve our
nation’s past, Nick follows in the footsteps of his father andgrandfather (also named Nick) whose love for history ismuch the same. Since he was three years old, Nick has vis-ited more than 80 historic sites and videotaped their signifi-cance, all with the help from his father Glenn Mathus.
The fourteen year old is known as “Nick The HistoryKid,” and he has teamed up his father, Glenn, to produce his-torical videos. An eighth grader at The PECK School inMorristown, Nick’s main goal is to show his peers how funand interesting history is and why sites should be preserved.
“History is fun and should be preserved for future gener-ations,” says Nick. “If we didn’t have history we wouldn’tbe here today. It’s our nation’s past of how we got here
today. If we don’t preserve it, it’s going to be destroyed.”His motto: “New Jersey: from the Revolutionary War to
the Jersey Shore both History and Fun awaits You!” Most of his videos cover NJ’s historical sites, but also cover treasuresthroughout the United States when vacationing or travelingfor sports.
“When we go to swim or track we find historical places,”says Glenn, like Motown, Key West-Florida, Henry FordMuseum in Michigan
Although Nick began his role four years ago as Nick TheHistory Kid and posting historical videos online, his firstvideo dates back to when he was three years old atGettysburg. In that video, Glenn recalls Nick saying ‘Let’sGo Soldier’…and it’s been history ever since.
“That’s how far it goes back,” his love for history, saysGlenn. “My dad passed it onto to him. My dad used to takeme all over in 1965. He loved history too; he was a bigGeorge Washington man and Civil War. I grew up with whatmy dad liked.”
With 80 videos so far, Nick’s footage lasts anywherebetween four to fifteen minutes, provide historical details of the location with some humor to keep the viewer’s interest.
His visits have him flying an airplane and a helicopter,scuba diving, high diving at the end of the West Point video,and riding one of the oldest roller coasters.
For the video filmed at the Henry Ford Museum inDearborn, Michigan, Nick provides a brief history of thehelicopter and the museum, where the first successful heli-copter is preserved, and then flies a helicopter.
Last year, they traveled everywhere from Detroit “wherewe are the only video on YouTube that takes you insideMotown’s Historic Studio A, and to the Confederate WhiteHouse in Richmond, VA.,” says Glenn.
His video on the Charles Lindbergh Crime of the CenturyVideo took two months to complete as they traveled to fourdifferent cities to tell the whole story. They first went toWashington, DC, showing the Spirit of Saint Louis whichwas the high point of Lindbergh’s life.
Next, they visited the Lindbergh Estate in East Amwellwhere Nick got special permission to film inside the baby’snursery, the scene of the 1932 kidnapping.
“We filmed in the Lindbergh Babies nursery and recreat-ed the leaving of the ransom note on the window sill,”explains Glenn. In 1935 Lindbergh gifted the estate to theState of NJ, and it is now a juvenile state correctional facili-
Flanders Teen Videos Historic Sites For Preservation
ty. “No tourism here,” says Glenn. But, “We were the first toshow the estate today and tour the grounds speculating whathappened that night in 1932.”
They then went to the Flemington Court House where thetrial of the century happened; and finally to West Trenton tovisit the NJ State Police Museum where all the evidencefrom the trial is kept; and the final scene, back at theFlemington Court House where Nick is the judge in the“Retrial of the Century” and convicts Bruno Hauptmannbased on what we believe happened.
“This is truly a surprise ending that could not have hap-pened without the help of many people in high places,” saysGlenn. “Nick got to sit in the judge’s chair as the judge” andthe chair inside the cell that Hauptmann was electrocuted in.“People don’t get to see the settings.”
For sites indoors he receives special permission.“Our objective is to show people something they could
never see on any regular tour,” says Glenn. “In Nick’s videoon the Hindenburg, we were given permission to climb his-toric Hanger number one with our guide. At 190 feet up atthe top of the Hanger one could imagine the Hindenburgentering the hangar below us.” Only the History Channeland the Weather Channel were allowed to climb and film thehangar from above.
Nick was also allowed to enter the mock-up control carused in the movie Hindenburg starring George C. Scott.Nick explains all the controls and demonstrates how theHindenburg was flown.
At Mount Vernon in 2012 Nick had the “high honor” of participating in a special wreath laying at GeorgeWashington's tomb in front of 100 people.
In his video highlighting cemeteries, Nick visits hisgrandfather’s grave as well as several famous people such asJudy Garland, James Cagney, Ed Sullivan, Joan Crawford,Babe Ruth and Malcolm X, all buried within an hour fromeach other, notes Glenn.
In another video, he outlines the history of roller-coasters,mostly in Coney Island, NY, and rides one of the oldestroller-coasters- the Cyclone.
“It’s so cool to go to every event involved,” says Nick.
“Sometimes it’s difficult to find the time. We schedule it” forSaturday mornings or when they travel especially for swim-ming and track in which Nick holds multiple gold medals,broken records and the title “Junior Swimmer of the Year”for the second year in a row,” says Glenn.
His latest mission is to help preserve the Martin BerryHouse (built in 1720) in Pequannock, “12 years beforeGeorge Washington was born” when the British ruled theland.
“If the town doesn’t buy it, it will be another strip mall,”says Glenn. “We attended several of the monthly meetingsand will be involved in promoting the home, when it’sacquired by the town.” They plan to shoot a video at thehome then share that history with the local schools.
Nick and I are one of the many "Friends of the MartinBerry House," a strong and dedicated group of history lov-ing people who want to see the township preserve this beau-tiful home, one of the oldest homes in Pequannock. “Nickand I are committed to preserving, promoting and volunteer-ing this historical treasure. Nick was the youngest attendeeto publicly speak at one of the town council meetings.”
They are also trying to get permission to film theGallows of Morristown inside the Morris County CourtHouse. The last public hanging in Morristown was in 1835,says Glenn, and the gallows have been stored in the “oldcourthouse in Morristown,” he says.
Nick also promotes historic sites by volunteering histime there. He currently has 96 volunteer hours at theWashington Headquarters in Morristown.
“We must remember our history and the people who paidfor our freedom,” says Glenn. “My son’s message is goodand his goal is to raise interest in the leaders of tomorrowthat these historical treasures are to be preserved for futuregenerations to come. If tomorrow’s adults lose interest inthese buildings then funding will be cut off and they will dis-appear.”
Nick’s videos are linked to NJ’s Travel and Tourism web-page. For more information and to view his videos, visitwww.nickthehistorykid.com.
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by Michele Guttenberger
As early as 1887,
Thomas Edison hasbecome a name inthe home entertainmentindustry. His company man-ufactured phonographs(needle/stylus music player)and its music medium (ana-log recordings on a waxcylinders and Blue Amberolhis patented plastic materi-al). He not only had a say inthe production and technol-ogy of this emerging indus-
try but, he also had controlof the artists that recordedon his label. Thomas Edisonwas not only a wizard of invention; he also became amusic recording mogul withhis own namesake recordlabel and recording studio.Recording artists made thetrek to West Orange NJ orManhattan to have their
voice and instrumentalsrecorded and played on his
home and parlor music play-ers – the phonograph.Thomas Edison was theoriginal American idol
judge on musical talent andhe determined if an artistwas worthy of a record labelcontract. The current popu-larity of the performer’smusic did not sway Edison’sbiased judgment. InEdison’s words to promotean artist based on celebrity
constituted "fakery inmusic".It was unfortunate for his
record label that Edison (adeaf and musicallyuntrained person) made thefinal judgments on record-ing artists. This would be anegative company businesspolicy and one of the rea-sons Edison started to lose
market share in the early1900’s to his rival the Victor
Talking Machine Company.However, in 1910 Edisonmade an exception inaccepting music he person-ally disliked such as theblues or jazz that SophieTucker (January 13, 1886 --February 9, 1966) hadbecome known for. Tuckerwas a young, spicy vaude-ville entertainer and femalewhite jazz singer. Duringthis period the Edison
Recording Company wasconducting a marketingcampaign to attract newartists by paying a thousanddollars for ten records tosingers who already had apopular following. Tuckerwas already a successfulstage performer but she sawboth money and greaterfame if she also became a
voice that was heard onphonograph records. After
visiting the West Orangerecording studio, she madeher first demo recording of "The Lovin' Rag". The stu-dio was happy with her firstrecording and asked her torecord another cylinderrecord and so she sang "ThatLovin' Two-Step Man”.Sophie Tucker was a savvybusiness woman and knewthose two records had tosell. She did the equivalent
of a 1910 Twitter blast andsent off post cards to every-one she knew in her addressbook, all over the country,telling them about herrecords and urging them tobuy them. Her address bookin 1910 was a network of over 2,000 names. InTucker’s own words “I felt Imust prove my worth to the
Recording Company. I hadthe two hundred dollars for
the first two records safelyput into a postal moneyorder and I was holding onto this like grim death until Icould collect the eight hun-dred dollars balance.”Sophie Tucker was given acontract for the eightremaining records. ThomasEdison helped launch therecording career of “TheLast of the Red Hot Mamas”that Tucker referred herself
as. The Thomas EdisonCompany saw her talent notin her tune but in hernaughty girl narrative talk-singing style that parallelstoday’s hip-hop. She wasbilled as a comedienne formaking phonograph usersLOL. Sophie Tucker’squotes are such hot classicsthey are still getting laughs
today.Visit the Thomas Alva
Edison Museum – NPSwhere music record historywas made - OpenWednesday through Sunday.Hours are 10:00am -4:00pm. Admission Fee is$10.00 - 211 Main StreetWest Orange, NJ 07052Visit website for moredetails http://www.nps.gov/edis/.
Thomas Edison Helped Ignite The Record Career of Sophie Tucker – The Last of The Red Hot Mamas
Eleventh Hour Rescue plans to host
The Taste of Morris County for
Food, Wine, Fine Spirits, and BeerLovers on Mon., April 27, from 6:30 p.m.
until 10 p.m. at the newly renovated
Skylands of Randolph.
This event will benefit the rescue’s
Phase 1 Building Hope Project that is cur-rently underway. The Building Hope proj-
ect aims to raise funds to construct a new,permanent kennel to house some of the
over 2,800 animals Eleventh Hour Rescue
saves from death row every year. In addi-
tion this event will also celebrate the suc-cess and support of local restaurants and
vendors. As proven in the past two years,
this event is a true form of the local com-
munity pulling together for a great cause.
Some in attendance this year includeRiverside Rhythm Band, Cricket Hill
Brewery, Fedway Associates with Grey
Goose and Dewars, Ava’s Cupcakes,Down to the Bone and The Barn.
In addition to samplings of MorrisCounty there will be a 15 piece band,
dance floor, games, and a spectacular array
of items in the Silent Auction. A few high-lighted EHR dogs will be making their
way into the event too.
Tickets for Eleventh Hour’s Taste of
Morris County are available for purchase
at www.ehrdogs.org or email [email protected] with any questions.
Tickets will be available at the door for
$85 per person while space is permitted;
$70 for non-alcohol attendees. Please joinEleventh Hour Rescue - a great cause is
always in great taste.The rescue is still seeking sponsorship
and donations for the Silent Auction for
this event. This event is 21 and over
please. All attendees will need to provide
proper identification. Email [email protected].
Eleventh Hour Rescue is a 501(c)3 that
saves dogs and cats from death row. All
proceeds go to the care of the animals.
Visit www.ehrdogs.org for more informa-tion, email [email protected] or
call 973-664-0865.
Eleventh Hour Annual Tasting Event
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2 cups sugar snap peas
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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Asweeping staircase
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this five bedroom 4.2 bathhome featuring a first floormaster suite, Au Pair Suite,
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After training hard throughout the
winter gymnastics season, all theefforts of the USA Men’s
Gymnastics Team at CS Gymnastics paidoff. The NJ State Competition was held
the weekend of March 14-15 at Colt’s
Neck High School and included over 20
teams representing USA Gymnastics
Clubs in NJ.
The six team members from the CSGymnastics Shadows Team, ages 7-10,
competed on all six men’s events achiev-
ing their highest team score of the season,
180.8. This placed them 5th among all theLevel 4 teams participating in the state.
The day was topped off by an unexpect-
ed and exciting visit from Olympian
Jonathan Horton, who handed out the
awards to each of the gymnasts. Pictured
with Jonathan are CS Shadows team mem-bers, Lucas Sarnella, Ryan Pietz, Michael
Eannone, Jack Alexander, Matthew
Eannone, and Nate Bertha.
CS Gymnastics Boys Team Gets Olympic Greeting At States
CS Gymnastics USAG & USAIGC
teams will be hosting a cat and kit-
ten adoption event for Mt. Olive
TNR Project on Sat., May 2, from 9 a.m.to noon. The event will be in the CS
Gymnastics parking in Flanders. CS
Gymnastics will be selling hot pretzels,running a supplies drive, and taking dona-
tions for Mt Olive TNR.
Cat Adoption Event
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By Cheryl Conway
Like other leprechauns, Silly McGillyreturned to Ireland last month tomake more shoes, but his time here
was well spent entertaining young and oldduring the St. Patrick’s Day holiday.
Who is Silly McGilly?-some may ask.He is a new leprechaun friend created bythree women of New Jersey, one who livesright in Morris County. Michelle Coffey-Dougherty of Montville, along with her sis-ter Eileen Coffey-Cowley of Sea Girt, andtheir sister-in-law Victoria Clark-Coffey of Basking Ridge are the authors of “SillyMcGilly.”
Their book, Silly McGilly was writtentwo years ago in 2013, but first sold in storeslast year. Dougherty held a book reading atthe Learning Express Toys in Morristownlast month during Read Across AmericaWeek.
With cupid on Valentine’s Day, and theEaster Bunny on Easter, why not in betweenintroduce a “cute and clever leprechaun”parade into St. Patrick’s Day.
“In an often overlooked family holiday,Silly McGilly is a breath of fresh air,” asstated in the book’s press release. “He visitshomes and classrooms to play fun little
tricks on children in the month, weeks, daysleading up to St. Patrick’s Day.”
Michelle says she thought of the ideaafter Christmas time when her seven-yearold son was saying how sad he was thatChristmas was over, ‘what do we have tolook forward to?’
“We have a leprechaun but he comes onenight,” explains Michelle, so why not createa character to help raise awareness of the tra-dition and create great family memories.
As Irish Americans, the three authors
wanted “to breathe some new life into St.Patrick’s Day,” especially having 10 chil-dren between them, and their “immense lovefor family traditions.”
Six months to write, the three sisters metregularly to complete their book. “We all sattogether; cousins would sit and play and wewould all work,” sales Michelle, former pre-K through second grade teacher. With sales,marketing and teaching in their background,the sisters combined their skills to self-pub-lish a creative children’s book.
"Silly McGilly is a labor of love for ourentire family," said Eileen Cowley. "Wewere all brought up to appreciate our Irishculture and particularly enjoyed the fun andrevelry of St. Patrick's Day. However, wealso recognized that there was no defining
story or character that young children couldembrace, both literally and figuratively. Andso, Silly McGilly was born!"
The book tells the story of the very lov-
able Silly McGilly. Silly is a friendly lep-rechaun who enjoys visiting homes andclassrooms to play funny little tricks on chil-dren throughout the St. Patrick's Day season.
For some, Silly can visit every day inMarch, others once a week, or the daybefore St. Patrick's Day.
In Michelle’s house, Silly McGilly visitsfor 17 days in March leading up to St.Patrick’s Day. She uses it when Marchbegins.
“When you read the book you put thedoll by the window as an indication for thereal Silly McGilly to come into your hometo do a trick,” explains Michelle. Then everyday, kids wake up to new tricks by the greenleprechaun.
Examples of tricks, which are also out-lined in the book, include turning toilet bowlwater green, or pictures turned upside down.
“Maybe he's left some treats behind suchas chocolate coins, shamrocks or St.Patrick's Day stickers. Or, maybe he's beenup to a little mischief, turning over chairs,writing on the blackboard, or leaving the
kitchen cabinets open.”Michelle says, “It’s up to each parent to
decide what they want to do.” Parents andkids come up creative ideas each day. Thenafter St. Patrick’s Day, “he goes back toIreland to making shoes because that’s whatleprechauns do.”
“We created a family tradition,” saysMichelle. “Kids are excited, they look for-ward to it. Kids wake up and are excited. It’sa great tradition creating family memories.Children grow up so quickly. It’s something
to enjoy with the whole family. It’s a greattradition whether you are Irish or not.”Teachers are using it in classrooms, pre-
kindergarten through third grade, in all 50states.
Last year, Silly McGilly was so popularhe sold out. This year, sales have doubledand orders are still coming in. Michelle washeading to Ireland to meet with a gift shopowner to carry Silly McGilly there.
A fun new children’s hard-cover book,Silly McGilly is 24 pages long and self-pub-lished. Each book comes with an eight inch,soft, plush leprechaun.
“Whether you’re Irish or not, wonderfulmemories are waiting for you with this newSt. Patrick's Day tradition!”
“It’s a great gift for a birthday, for the
Michelle Coffey-Dougherty and Victoria Coffey.
Silly Leprechaun Visits Homes In Popular Children’s Book
holidays, at any time of year,” concludesMichelle. “You can give it during the year;it’s exciting and something to look forwardto.”
Sold for $29.99 on the website, the bookincludes a keepsake box with the doll. Go towww.sillymcgilly.com or Learning Expressin Morristown to purchase a copy.
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I
n an effort to promote New Jersey’stourism industry, Assembly
Republicans Nancy F. Muñoz and
Anthony Bucco sponsor legislation that
allows people to view online the state’s
war efforts from the American Revolutionto the Vietnam War. The bill recently won
Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts
Committee approval.
“Many people who plan a vacation start
the process with a Google search. NewJersey, and all it has to offer vacationers,
needs to be in that queue,” said Muñoz, R-
Union, Morris and Somerset. “As one of
the original 13 colonies, our state played asignificant role in the American
Revolution. Several important battles werefought here including the Battle of
Trenton, the Battle of Millstone, and the
Battles of Monmouth and Princeton. We
were also instrumental in supporting many
of our nation’s other war efforts. Allowingpeople to view online these historical
events will hopefully entice them to visit
our state and these sites in person.”
“New Jersey is famous for its war
efforts from the American Revolution to
the Civil War and World Wars I and II,”said Bucco, R-Morris. “General
Washington set up two winter camps in
Morristown where the Ford family also ran
a powder mill that supplied needed powder
for the early war effort. During World WarI, our state was a center of shipbuilding
and manufacturing. That continued in
World War II as many of our nation’s bat-
tleships, aircraft carriers, heavy cruisers
and destroyers were built in our shipyards.
Promoting tourism by highlighting theseplaces and events via the internet is an
opportunity we should take advantage of.”
The bill, A-4278, requires the Division
of Travel and Tourism in the Department
of State, in consultation with the NewJersey Historical Commission, to develop
a list and an online historic tour of war bat-
tles fought and places of historic signifi-
cance to the military and war efforts in NJ.
Tourism Bill Promotes NJ ’s War Contributions Online
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