- Roxbury's Alie Ramage Commits to South Carolina Rugby
- Roxbury Boys Lacrosse Pummels Morristown-Beard
- Roxbury Detective Helps in Netcong/Mt. Olive Heroin Bust
- Bats, Balls and a Fond Farewell at Roxbury Baseball/Softball Ceremony
- Roxbury Woman Wins CCM Alumni Achievement Award
- Roxbury Choirs Bring Home Gold From D.C Competition
By FRED J. AUN
April 17, 2018ROXBURY, NJ – She lost her 10-year-old son three years ago in a boating accident on Lake Hopatcong, but Laura D’Amico is sure her beloved Christopher speaks to her all the time. It’s subtle but firm, she says; messages that come as sparks of recollection, inspiration or intuition.
One of those unexpected inklings led Laura and her husband Chris to a jewelry ...
ROXBURY, NJ – Three Roxbury High School students are hoping you’ll visit the Roxbury Fire Co. 1 station in Succasunna on Friday to check out the custom, hand-made bracelets they are selling to help Roxbury Social Services.
Called “Project Ring,” the charitable effort is being led by 18-year-old Ashley Wyble, a Roxbury High School senior and Ledgewood resident, who is ...
ROXBURY, NJ - At three separate events on one day this month, Roxbury students raised more than $100,000 that will be donated to help support children and families impacted by pediatric cancer.
Lincoln/Roosevelt and Kennedy Elementary School each hosted a St. Baldrick’s head-shaving event to raise money for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. The foundation assists families ...
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By FRED J. AUN
April 19, 2018ROXBURY, NJ – Roxbury’s recreation baseball and softball programs will kick-off their 2018 seasons Friday evening with a ceremony at Landing Park that will include a farewell to a man known to many as the guy who made night ballgames possible.
The man, former Roxbury Recreation Department Building Attendant Jim Crupi, was often the fellow who turned on - and turned off ...
ROXBURY, NJ – Don’t expect it to pick up “every twig,” but the Roxbury Department of Public Works(DPW) is ready to help residents get rid of fallen tree limbs and sticks that are too big for the Blue Diamond Disposal garbage trucks.
“We would like everybody to use Blue Diamond for the material that Blue Diamond accepts,” said Roxbury DPW Director Richard ...
ROXBURY, NJ – Fullerton Grounds Maintenance (FGM) got the green light Monday to proceed with its plan to move its headquarters to a site in Kenvil now occupied by a dilapidated former cement plant.
The Roxbury Zoning Board voted 5-1 to grant FGM the zoning variances it needs to move forward. The sole negative vote was cast by Roxbury Zoning Board Member Joyce Dargel, who questioned the ...
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By ROXBURY TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS & TAPINTO ROXBURY STAFF
April 20, 2018ROXBURY, NJ - Roxbury High School senior Alison “Alie” Ramage on Monday signed a letter of intent to play rugby at the University of South Carolina in the fall.
She signed surrounded by her parents, David and Diane Ramage; her coaches, Tom Feury and Gene Caufield; her Morris Rugby co-captain, Ciara Sharkey and several supportive classmates.
Ramage, ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - Matt Danscecs scored five goals Thursday as the Roxbury High School boys lacrosse team routed Morristown-Beard 16-7, but he wasn't the only Gael to score multiple points.
Anthony Perhacs and Justin Pickett found the back of the net three times and Brennan Poskitt had a 2-goal game. Goaltender Brendan Maresca made nine saves.
The win, in which Roxbury ...
ROXBURY, NJ – Roxbury’s recreation baseball and softball programs will kick-off their 2018 seasons Friday evening with a ceremony at Landing Park that will include a farewell to a man known to many as the guy who made night ballgames possible.
The man, former Roxbury Recreation Department Building Attendant Jim Crupi, was often the fellow who turned on - and turned off ...
By FRED J. AUN
April 19, 2018ROXBURY, NJ - Information gathered by a Roxbury detective led to the arrest this week of three area residents police say were involved in heroin distribution in the area, police said today.
Roxbury Police Detective Jack Sylvester developed information and signed search warrants that led to the arrests in Netcong and Mount Olive of Murad Malone, 52, of Budd Lake, Debra ...
ROXBURY, NJ - The Roxbury Fire Department recently honored former Fire Chief Steve Chapkovich for half a century of service.
Chapkovich, 73, of Succasunna, said he joined Roxbury Fire Co. 1 shortly after moving to Kenvil from Mine Hill in the late 1960s. "I was 21 years old," he said, noting that his father, grandfather and uncle were all firefighters. "It just ...
ROXBURY, NJ – Following up on Tuesday’s arrest of two Roxbury High School students, Roxbury Police Chief Marc Palanchi today said the days of “working with parents” whose children make threats are over.
If a student makes a threat against a Roxbury school or another student, even if it's not real, police will no longer show restraint, said the chief in a post on ...
By ROXBURY TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS & TAPINTO ROXBURY STAFF
April 20, 2018ROXBURY, NJ - Roxbury High School senior Alison “Alie” Ramage on Monday signed a letter of intent to play rugby at the University of South Carolina in the fall.
She signed surrounded by her parents, David and Diane Ramage; her coaches, Tom Feury and Gene Caufield; her Morris Rugby co-captain, Ciara Sharkey and several supportive classmates.
Ramage, ...
RANDOLPH, NJ - Succasunna resident Vasiliki Tsigas-Fotinis will receive the County College of Morris Alumni Achievement Award when the college next month honors four of its outstanding graduates.
Tsigas-Fotinis, CCM Class of 1982, is a creative learning consultant.
The County College of Morris (CCM) Foundation will honor her, and three of the college’s other outstanding alumni, ...
ROXBURY, NJ - Six choirs from Roxbury High School achieved gold ratings recently at a competition in Washington D.C.
Competing in the annual Heritage Festival were the Roxbury Men’s Choir, Melodies, Vocal Jazz, Revelation, Chorale, and Classic Sounds Honors under the direction of Patrick Hachey, Krista Sweer and R. Daniel Salyerds.
In addition to achieving six gold ratings, ...
By FRED J. AUN
March 2, 2018ROXBURY, NJ – A 64-year-old Kenvil man busted last year in an FBI sting today admitted he conspired to extort money by threatening violence, said authorities.
The man, Joseph Martinelli, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court, admitting he conspired to commit extortion using threats of force, violence and fear, said the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO). Martinelli made ...
By FRED J. AUN
April 10, 2018ROXBURY, NJ – Fullerton Grounds Maintenance (FGM) got the green light Monday to proceed with its plan to move its headquarters to a site in Kenvil now occupied by a dilapidated former cement plant.
The Roxbury Zoning Board voted 5-1 to grant FGM the zoning variances it needs to move forward. The sole negative vote was cast by Roxbury Zoning Board Member Joyce Dargel, who questioned the ...
ROXBURY, NJ – Representatives of a Ledgewood condominium development are fighting a Roxbury company’s plan to move its headquarters to a former cement plant site in Kenvil.
The Drakesville at Roxbury Homeowner’s Corp. contends Fullerton Grounds Management’s proposed operation would be noisy, environmentally risky and otherwise detrimental to the neighborhood. A ...
Launching April 2, New Campaign Highlights the Discrepancy and Empowers Women To Start a Movement
New York, N.Y. - Many women may not know it, but, they face inequalities in every purchase of their favorite shampoo, deodorant and other beauty basics. The infamous "Pink Tax" is an added amount women are charged for basic products or services, including body wash, laundry ...
By FRED J. AUN
April 12, 2018ROXBURY, NJ – The Lake Hopatcong Foundation on Wednesday launched onto Lake Hopatcong its long-awaited "floating classroom" educational vessel. The launch took place at Lake Hopatcong State Park in Landing.
The 40-foot covered catamaran pontoon boat seats 40. It will be used to teach area students and the public about Lake Hopatcong. The boat, built by ...
Asbury, NJ The Musconetcong Watershed Association (MWA) River Watcher Program is offering free paraprofessional stream monitoring workshops for those 16 years or older who are interested in helping MWA collect scientific data on river water quality. MWA will assign trainees to teams that will monitor one of seven river locations during the last weekends in April, July, October and ...
ROXBURY, NJ – The First Presbyterian Church of Succasunna was recently certified as an Earth Care Congregation by Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s Environmental Ministries through February 2019. This honor speaks to the great commitment that the First Presbyterian Church of Succasunna has to caring for God’s earth.
To become an Earth Care Congregation, this congregation ...
By FRED J. AUN
April 11, 2018ROXBURY, NJ – Don’t expect it to pick up “every twig,” but the Roxbury Department of Public Works(DPW) is ready to help residents get rid of fallen tree limbs and sticks that are too big for the Blue Diamond Disposal garbage trucks.
“We would like everybody to use Blue Diamond for the material that Blue Diamond accepts,” said Roxbury DPW Director Richard ...
By ROXBURY TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS
April 18, 2018ROXBURY, NJ - Six choirs from Roxbury High School achieved gold ratings recently at a competition in Washington D.C.
Competing in the annual Heritage Festival were the Roxbury Men’s Choir, Melodies, Vocal Jazz, Revelation, Chorale, and Classic Sounds Honors under the direction of Patrick Hachey, Krista Sweer and R. Daniel Salyerds.
In addition to achieving six gold ratings, ...
ROXBURY, NJ - Roxbury High School Indoor Percussion took second place in the USBands Championship on April 18 at South Brunswick High School, the highest this group has ever placed in a championship event.
The group competes in the competitive Scholastic Regional A Class and are critiqued in the areas of music and visual performance. This is “The Roxbury Indoor ...
ROXBURY, NJ - House of Hamill, the dynamic fiddling duo of Rose Baldino (Burning Bridget Cleary) & Brian Buchanan (Enter the Haggis), will headline an upcoming show at the Roxbury Performing Arts Center in Succasunna.
Baldino and Buchanon are accomplished traditional fiddle players as well as classical violinists, with over 25 years of writing and performance experience ...
By REV. CARIE MORGAN
March 5, 2018ROXBURY, NJ – The First Presbyterian Church of Succasunna was recently certified as an Earth Care Congregation by Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s Environmental Ministries through February 2019. This honor speaks to the great commitment that the First Presbyterian Church of Succasunna has to caring for God’s earth.
To become an Earth Care Congregation, this congregation ...
Health & Wellness
By TAPINTO SUMMIT STAFF
April 17, 2018PHILADELPHIA, PA - Seeking to bring clinical trials and innovations in medicine even closer to home, Atlantic Health System, parent company of Morristown Memorial Hospital, is now part of a group of six regional health systems that are founding members of a nonprofit clinical research consortium – Partners in Innovation, Education, and Research (PIER Consortium) – a ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – Strains of “Happy Birthday” filled the atrium recently at the Carol G. Simon Cancer Center at Morristown Medical Center. The occasion was the kick-off party to a month’s long celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the opening of the center.
Even before the song rang out, music filled the atrium, as it has for the past 17 years from 9 ...
ROXBURY, NJ - Throughout New Jersey, pinwheels pop up in April to bring awareness to Prevent Child Abuse month. To signify the Roxbury Woman's Club's support of that cause, the club installed a garden of pinwheels at the corner of Route 10 West and Eyland Avenue in Succasunna
The club urges everyone to engage in activities that strengthen families and communities to ...
By TAPINTO DENVILLE STAFF
April 17, 2018DENVILLE, NJ - Students in the Denville-based Morris County Vocational School's Academy for Environmental Science, offered at Jefferson High School, recently attended a special program focused on clean communities.
The students went to the 10th Annual Clean Communities Environmental Student Exchange (CCESE) Program held at the Ocean City Music Pier. During the 2-day event, selected ...
WHIPPANY, NJ - Boy Scouts of America, Patriots’ Path Council will be honoring local community members at the Boy Scouts of America 23rd Annual Morris County Lifetime Achievement Awards Dinner to be held on the evening of April 19 at The Hanover Marriott in Whippany at 6:30 pm. This year’s honorees are Reynaldo Caudillo, Bruce Jones, Michael Lupton, Ron Morano, Lou ...
By FRED J. AUN
ROXBURY, NJ – Twenty years ago this month, Bob Idakaar experienced an unprofessional real estate agent. That’s when he decided to be a good one.
Idakaar, a lifelong Succasunna resident and TAPinto Roxbury sponsor, bought his fifth home in July 1997. A big event, one that could have been joyous, ended up being stressful and unenjoyable.
“I had a bad experience,” he ...
By FRED J. AUN
ROXBURY, NJ – Roxbury was being buried in snow March 14 and most businesses were closed. Not Roxbury Diner.
Roxbury Diner isn’t like most businesses.For co-owner Jimmy Dontas, a snowstorm – even a blizzard – isn’t a reason to suspend operations. Instead, it’s a call to action.
To many in town, Roxbury Diner – a TAPinto Roxbury sponsor – is ...
By KATHRYN MORRIS
When we drive east on Route 10 through Roxbury, many of us might remember a Shell station at the Randolph border next to the golf range. It was in that station that Nancy and Peyton Knight began their long history of auto repair in the township.
That was 1983 and soon the Knights’ business grew and expanded. The humble gas station gradually morphed into a state-of-the-art ...
By FRED J. AUN
ROXBURY, NJ – It’s a pleasant Sunday morning, you’re playing volleyball in the back yard with the kids and – forgetting you’re not 17 anymore – you jump up to smack that ball.
Instead of feeling the satisfaction of an unanswered spike, you feel the stinging pain of a wounded ankle.
The only good thing about this scenario is that you live in Roxbury. That ...
By FRED J. AUN
ROXBURY, N.J. – Most local real estate agents can tell you what houses are for sale in Roxbury. Ted Miller can probably tell you what was there before the houses were built.
Miller, a TAPinto Roxbury sponsor, grew up in the township and has watched it change from bucolic to bustling. The son of a local Realtor, ...
By LINDSAY IRELAND
ROXBURY, N.J. - Running water and a warm house during winter months are some of the most important amenities we enjoy -- and often take for granted -- in our homes.
With John Klein Plumbing & Heating, a TAPinto Roxbury sponsor, residents of Roxbury (and beyond) have a father-and-sons company they count on for reliable plumbing and heating services to keep the ...
