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No. 7 Vol. 12 www.mypaperonline.com December 2015

By Cheryl Conway

Donating items to

those in need is be-coming a regular

practice for third graders at

Kennedy ElementarySchool in Succasunna.

In October, the 38 stu-

dents in Tina Banta’s and

Rebecca Szigeti’s class-

rooms held a Halloweencandy fundraiser drive or-

ganized through Picatinny

Arsenal. For two weeks the

students collected candythroughout their school togive to the military troops.

Whether they turned

Photo courtesy of Roxbury Public Schools.

Third Graders Become Fighting Hunger Heroes In Roxbury over candy they collected

on Halloween, or brought in

new bags of candy, the stu-

dents were able to gather al-most 40 grocery-size bags

to donate to the candy drive.The success from that

donation was the motiva-

tion that led to a recent food

drive by these same thirdgraders.

The teachers learned

about the Police Officer

Drive from a flyer sent

home throughout the schoolcommunity so they decided

to help. The students asked

for donations from Nov. 9through Nov. 24.

Then on the last day of

the collection, Principal

Eric Renfors offered a one-day challenge to the teach-

ers and staff to bring in as

many non-perishable items

as possible. That aloneadded an extra four boxes,

said Szigeti, filling up the

principal’s trunk as the stu-

dents couldn’t fit any morefood donations on the bus.

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New View Media Group is holding its annual clothing andtoy drive. The company is looking for people to donatenew unwrapped toys, as well as new clothing including t-

shirts, socks, pants, and winter necessities such as hats, coats,gloves, and scarves (sizes ranging from newborn to 14 year olds).Gift cards will also be accepted.

Please drop off all donations to the following locations by Dec.20….

• New View Media Group, 1 Old Wolfe Road, Budd Lake, NJ (inback).• Weis Supermarkets, Rt. 206, Flanders (drop off at the courtesycounter)• Budd Lake Bagels -141 Route 46, Budd Lake• Mt. Olive Bagels - 135 Route 46 East, Paramount Plaza, Budd

Lake• Fanucci's - 134 Ledgewood Ave. (Rt. 46 E.), Netcong• Red Dot Firearms – 22 Main Street, Stanhope• Charmoy Dental, 924 Route 10 West, Randolph(drop off a toy and you will be entered to win a 32” TV)• Philly Pretzel - 150 Mountain Ave, Hackettstown( 3 FREE Pretzels when you drop off)• HomeTown Hardware - 234 Main Street, Hackettstown

• Fresco Mexican – 137 E. Main Street, ChesterFor additional information regarding this toy drive or to ask

for a list of businesses involved, call Mary on her cell phone at(973)-768-1815 or email at [email protected]. She will beable to help with any of your needs as well as comply a list of children and gifts they want for the holiday.

Toy/Clothing Drive Deadline Dec. 20th


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By Jane Primerano

Often house fires start when thefam-

ily isn’t at home. The human fam-

ily, that is.

Sometimes pets are home alone andeven when they aren’t they may panic andhide when the house fills with smoke, ac-

cording to Renee Coughlin of Canine Com-

pany, an invisible fence company based in

Wilton, CT. They don’t know to run out of

the house and up to 150,000 pets die in fires

each year, according to the company’s web-site. Most pet fire fatalities are from smoke

inhalation.

The firm donates specially-designed pet

oxygen masks for use in pet rescues. Regu-

lar oxygen masks for humans don’t workfor dogs, making it difficult to revive a ca-

nine suffering from smoke inhalation.

Ralston Engine Co. in Mendham Twp.

received three sets of these masks in Octo-

ber, according to Deborah Bennetts of theCanine Company. They were requested by

Assistant Chief John McDonough, she said.

The company has three trucks, so each

truck now has a set of masks. Each set con-

tains three sizes that fit many pets.

Although the Canine Company special-izes in care for dogs, the masks fit other an-

imals such as cats and rabbits as well. The

masks accommodate even the largest dogs,

according to the company’s literature.The donat ions are part of the Project

Breathe initiative launched by the Invisible

Fence brand. Donations are made across the

country.

Across New Jersey, the Canine Com-

pany has donated more than 100 sets of

masks to 34 fire and rescue teams, accord-ing to a press release.

Roxbury Township received three sets.

They were accepted for the fire department

by the township council at its Nov. 10 meet-

ing, according to Lisa Spring, township fi-nance officer. Calls to the main fire

department number were not returned, so it

isn’t clear which fire companies received

them. The value of the donation was not

noted, Spring said.Mendham’s other fire company, Brook-

side, has a few masks purchased out-of-

pocket about five years ago, according to

Chief Peter Dwyer. He said only two of

their engines carry them. The company also

Pet O2 Masks Help Save Furry Friendshas a mini-pumper and a utility truck and,ideally, they would have mask sets as well,

Dwyer said.

“We have had multiple animals saved on

our side of town,” he said.Other fire companies that received

masks are Denville, Jefferson Township,

Lincoln Park, Rainbow Lakes and

Riverdale. Also donated were special decalsthat can be affixed to the front door of a

window to alert firefighters there are pets

in the home.

Canine Company also provides othersupplies to pet owners and operates a mo-bile grooming service.


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On the morning of Tues., Nov. 24, the

students boarded a school bus at 9:30 a.m.with their donation bags and traveled to the

Roxbury Police Station to hand-delivertheir food donations, tour the station and

take a picture with a police officer.

Kids who donated atleast two items be-came a “Fighting Hunger Hero,” as men-

tioned on the fundraiser flyer.

McGruff the Crime Dog and members

of the Roxbury Police Department greeted

the third grade students of Kennedy School

as they came off the bus at the police sta-tion. The Roxbury Police Department as-

sists the Roxbury Social Services

Thanksgiving Food Drive every year. At theend of Nov. the food gets donated to Rox-

bury Social Services to help out low-in-come working families, seniors and people

with disabilities living on fixed incomes.

Many individuals and families in Rox-

bury Township rely on social services and

the food pantry for food. Items collectedvaried from coffee, tea and juice, to maca-

roni and cheese, kids snacks, cans of veg-

etables, boxes of stuffing and mashed pota-

toes, soup and necessities such as diapers,

shampoo, soap, deodorant and paper tow-

els.

Banta and Szigeti arranged this opportu-nity for their students to spend the morning

at the police station to help them better un-

derstand social awareness and community

service."Throughout my own schooling, the

moments that stick out most in my mind

were the extra activities where we would

give back and help the community,” says

Banta. “Miss Szigeti and I wanted to do thesame, and what a better way to do it than to

team up with the community leaders and

work together to help bring items to thosein need during this special time of year.”

Szigeti agrees and says "Teaching stu-

dents to give back to the community and tobe good citizens should go beyond the text-

book. When Miss Banta and I saw the op-

portunity to get our students involved in a

service project, we knew it would be a fan-

tastic experience for everyone involved. Wewant to help the students understand that

Fighting Hunger Heroes In Roxbury...even small contributions, can make a huge

difference!"

Students were given a guided tour of the

facility by Patrolman Feeney and Valdes.

They were shown around the municipalbuilding and police station where theyasked questions and tested out the equip-

ment.

The officers explained how each piece

of gear was used and in what situations cer-

tain equipment would be brought out.

When students arrived back at school at12:30 p.m., each child received a souvenir

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of their own child identification card, and

pencils and erasers that changed colors.

Renfors was a big supporter of their ef-

forts.“The third grade teachers approached

me with this idea and I just love it,” he says.

“They took the initiative to reach out to po-

lice headquarters and really took this learn-

ing experience to a whole different level for

our students in terms of what they’re goingto get out of giving back.”

Sometimes lessons need to go outside

the pages read in the classroom.

Szigeti said, “Teaching students to give

back to the community and to be good citi-

zens should go beyond the textbook. WhenMiss Banta and I saw the opportunity to get

our students involved in a service project,

we knew it would be a fantastic expe-

rience for everyone involved. We want

to help the students understand that even

small contributions can make a huge differ-

ence!”

Banta adds, “It’s part of our curriculum

to learn about community leaders. The Rox-

bury PB is very involved in our community.This is really a great way to include ourcommunity leaders that they deal with and

see on a daily basis.”

Seeing the joy on the kids’ faces know-

ing they are helping others in the commu-

nity has made their efforts worth everymoment.

Banta says, “Kids learned they’re very

fortunate to have what they have,” and also

about the need to give to others.

“I enjoyed giving the student the oppor-

tunity to give back to the community,” saysSzigeti. “Even the little things can make a

big difference. Even something as small as

a can of food can help a family who is less

fortunate enjoy a holiday meal that they

may not have been able to have.”

Fighting Hunger Heroes In Roxbury...continued from previous page

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The Roxbury High School NationalHonor Society held a used clothingdrive fundraiser on Fri., Dec. 4, with

a collection dropoff in the Roxbury HighSchool main lobby.Items collected are made of fabric.

These items include all types and styles of used wearable clothing and shoes for men,women, and children, general accessories

of purses, backpacks, briefcases, belts, hats,gloves, socks, under garments, scarves,ties, and baby accessories. Additional

household items of blankets, quilts, com-forters, towels, bath rugs, drapery/cur-tains, kitchen/bath accessories, tablecloths, bedspreads, sheets and pillowsalong with soft toys like stuffed animalswill also be accepted.

Sign up for the following events throughRoxbury Recreation.Recreation Street Hockey for children

in first through sixth grade. Season runs endof January through March. Equipmentneeded is a helmet, hockey gloves, shinguards & hockey stick. Register online or in-person at Roxbury Recreation. Fee: $70; in-cludes t-shirt.

Boys Jr. Gaels LacrosseRegistration is open for boys in second

through eighth grade. Program runs Marchthrough June. More info. at www.roxbury-gaelsjrlacrosse.com. Fee: $95; two children,$170; family max, $225.

Girls Lacrosse Signups- for grades thirdthrough eighth. Practices are two to threetimes a week at Roxbury High School fieldswith games once a week. Season runs April1 through mid-June. Registration deadline isDec. 18. Assistant coaches needed too! Reg-ister online or in-person at Roxbury Recre-ation. Fee: $85; two children, $135; familymax, $190.

Now until Dec. 18, Holiday Toy Drive isongoing Mon.-Fri., from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.;weekends 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Drop-off locationsare at RE/MAX Landing Office, 101 Land-ing Road; or RE/MAX Mt. Arlington Office,180 Howard Blvd.

Holiday toy drive to benefit children in theMt. Arlington school district identified as inneed. Please drop off unwrapped toys to ei-ther location.

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By J. L. Shively

As part of the Girl Scout Law, all GirlScouts promise to “use resourceswisely” as well as to “make the world

a better place.” Brownie Troop 6188 andDaisy Troop 6255 of Byram are staying trueto this mission with their recent collaborationwith a crayon collection for the Crayon Ini-tiative.

Brownie troop leader, Ann Marie Krae-mer and Daisy troop leader, AllysonVanDyke have been friends for years and de-cided to have their troops team up to makethis collection possible.

“When Allyson heard about the CrayonInitiative I thought it was a brilliant idea,”Kraemer explains and without hesitation they

began their plans.The seven girls in troop 6188 are first year

Brownie Girl Scouts and are between theages of seven and eight years old while troop6255 consists of 12 girls in Daisy Girl Scouts,all of whom are in the first grade.

According to the Crayon Initiative web-site, “In order to grow and learn, childrenneed to have the freedom to be creative andexpress themselves through art.” This non-profit initiative is a Northern California based

group whose members have dedicated them-selves through promoting art by making artis-tic resources available to children in hospitalsto be used in their art programs.

By becoming part of this collection, theGirl Scouts are helping in more ways thanone.

“Crayons don’t break down so they justsit in landfills,” Kraemer explains. TheCrayon Initiative website goes on to explainthat each year between 45,000 and 75,000pounds of crayons are deposited in landfillsand these simple, colorful, wax sticks arethere to stay forever.

When crayons are collected, even the bro-ken bits, the Crayon Initiative melts themdown again to be remolded into new crayons

which are then sent to the hospitals. Provid-ing children with this creative outlet whilethey spend time in the hospital is importantto their development and their recovery.

“It’s important for children to continuenormal childhood development and skillsbuilding and keep life as close to ‘normal’ aspossible,” the website explains, also elabo-rating on the fact that hospitalized childrenare likely to be harboring some anxiety andstress which can be alleviated through art

Girl Scouts Collaborate With Crayon Initiative To Help Kids In Hospitals

which actsas a psychological support system.

Who doesn’t remember opening that newbox of crayons as a child and gazing at theblank page on the table? The possibilitieswith that piece of paper were endless, offer-ing all children a sort of escapism or a sus-pension of reality as their imaginations runwild with those rainbow colors. What child,especially one in a hospital for an extendedperiod of time does not need something likethat?

This is exactly why Kraemer and

VanDyke decided on such a project.

“The project is something the girls can re-late to,” says Kramer. “They love to be cre-ative and use drawing to express themselves.Drawing andcoloringis a go to forthe girls.”

Kraemer even remarked that coloring foradults has become a very popular trend lately.Book stores and craft stores alike have beenstocked full with intricate coloring booksmarketed specifically for adults to help re-lieve stress.



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Bryan Ware, the founder and president of the Crayon Initiative, created this group bycombining his manufacturing backgroundand love of the arts. Kraemer explains thatWare’s inspiration for his initiative cameupon him while he was out for dinner withhis family and questioned the wait staff aboutwhat was done with the used crayons.

Most broken and used crayons in restau-rants are discarded along with the rest of thetrash, like crayons used at other businessesand even those used at home. Rarely does achild use a crayon until there is nothing left,but when you combine that crayon with amillion other broken stubs you have a wholenew set of crayons, ready to use.

Neither of these Girl Scout troops are tak-ing on this project for any award or service

patch, “It is more of a feel good project andgives them a taste of what service projects areabout,” Kraemer explains. Certainly thisproject will bring warmth not only to theseyoung Girls Scouts but to the children in hos-pitals all across the nation.

The collection being conducted by troops6188 and 6255 will be taking place throughthe end of February. The Staples in Newtonhas offered to ship the collected crayons tothe Crayon Initiative upon the completion of the collection.

Any community members who wish tohelp can donate any unwanted crayons, in-cluding new, used and broken crayons, byplacing them in provided bins. If interestedin having a collection bin located in a schoolor place of business contact Kraemer [email protected] or VanDyke at

[email protected] are already stationed in many local

locations such as Macaroni Grill in Mt. Olive,Byram Lakes Elementary School, Byram In-termediate School, Our Savior LutheranChurch in Stanhope, Sal’s Pizzeria in Stan-hope and Aspen Ice in Randolph.

Casey Griffin, general manager of theMacaroni Grill in Flanders, placed a collec-tion bin at their host stand. “Romano's Mac-aroni Grill prides itself on being part of thecommunity,” she says. “Since we are a

restaurant, many believe the only way for usto be involved is through food. This is nottrue. One of the distinct features Romano'sMacaroni Grill is known for is its’ familyfriendly atmosphere, especially the paper-covered tables for kids, and adults, to drawon. Because of this, we throw away hundredsof crayons a week that are worn-out or bro-ken, which we are unable to use.”

For more information on the Crayon Ini-tiative or to help continue the collection go tothecrayoninitiative.org.

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Let’s go Rox, let’s go Rox,” amidcheers and chants from an audito-rium filled with supporters, the

Roxbury High School 2015 Varsity Girls Vol-

leyball team wrapped up the Morris CountyTournament with a 25 - 22 defeat of WestMorris Central High School on Sat., Oct. 31.

The Morris County volleyball champi-onship title was Roxbury's first in the 15 yearhistory of the tournament. West Morris Cen-tral has won that tournament 12 times since2000. The best of three tournament ended inthe second game after Roxbury’s 25 - 21 vic-tory in game one.

The two teams met up twice during theregular season with West Morris winningboth games. In fact, just weeks before the

tournament, West Morris beat Roxbury 25 -9. Being up against a school with such adaunting winning record might have seemedlike a long shot but for the Roxbury team,headed by coach Elizabeth Grasso and assis-tant coaches Anthony McMichael and JessicaTrotter, it was a fitting ending to an amazingfour-year athletic journey.

Grasso has coached the team for the lastfive years. In year one, the team was focusedon honoring their former coach, who fell ill

and eventually passed away. Year two wasabout the girls believing in themselves.

“I told the girls the only ceiling in life isthe one you give,” Grasso said. The programkept getting stronger as each year the older

girls took the younger ones under their wings.Grasso called it, “a cycle of unity.”

Last year the Roxbury team showed whatthey could do, ending the season as co-win-ners in its conference.

In June, Grasso was watching World CupSoccer when a commercial grabbed her at-tention. It said, “strong alone, unstoppabletogether;” and after the last match, it said,“strong alone, champions together,” and shethought, “that’s us this year.”

Going into the tournament the team ana-lyzed video of past games and put together a

plan, which they successfully were able toput into action.

McMichael explained, “This team had avery special bond both on and off of thecourt. They constantly made sacrifices foreach other, and each girl always played herbest for the rest of the girls in the huddle.Each girl committed to being great, not forthemselves, but for their teammates.”

It’s that very commitment to the team andeach other that drove the girls to that final

victory. Late in the game with Roxbury inthe lead 23 -19 but West Morris starting tobuild momentum, senior Lauren Kornmanndove for a ball and hit the floor face first chip-ping two teeth and cutting her lip open.

“When Lauren fell it was a moment thatdefined the character of our team,” Grasso re-called because instead of the injury causingthe girls to fall part it galvanized them.

“They felt they had to win it for Lauren,” shesaid, “and they did.”

With 12 kills, six blocks and four digs dur-ing the championship match, Kornmann wasnamed the Morris County Tournament MVP.

In November she was named the MorrisCounty Player of the Year and has since beengiven a scholarship to continue playing vol-leyball at SUNY Binghamton.

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By Marge Cushing

More than half a century ago in

1961, two lively and energetic re-tired teachers, Harriet Meeker

and Annie Stelce Hosking, each with roots

firmly planted in Roxbury, responded to the

New Jersey Department of Conservation

and Economic Development’s request for

all communities within the state to identifyand compile an inventory of historic sites

within their borders in preparation for NJ’s

300th anniversary that would take place in

1964.

In consideration of Roxbury’s notablebeginnings as one of the first four town-

ships designated by the British Board of

Freeholders of the County of Morris in

1740, its pre-Revolutionary beginnings, and

its Revolutionary War prominence, onewould imagine that there might already

have been cohesive documentation of its

history, but that was not the case until

Meeker and Hosking participated in creat-

ing the inventory and were inspired to es-

tablish and incorporate the Roxbury

Township Historical Society in 1962.

Meeker served as the society’s first presi-dent and Hosking was her first vice presi-

dent supported by a strong and industriousmembership.

One of the buildings on the inventory, at

that time a rental house known as “the oldRiggs house,” was threatened by demoli-

tion for commercial development. In spite

of its forlorn condition, it caught the eye

Meeker’s nephew, Henry Emmans, who

urged saving it, and the townspeople ralliedround the cause with fund-raisers and do-

nation to make it happen. Emma Louise

King, great granddaughter of the first

recorded inhabitants of the Saltbox House,

Silas and Harriet Riggs, deeded a piece of

land adjoining her homestead a half a milesouth and west of her ancestral home on

which to relocate the old house; the devel-

oper donated it to the society, and the soci-

ety had it moved intact to its new site on

April 24, 1962—the society’s first of its nu-merous accomplishments. Now known as

the Silas Riggs Saltbox House at 213 Main

Street in Ledgewood, the house is owned

by the society, which restored it under thedirection of noted architectural historian,

John Dodd, resulting in its being nominatedto the National Register of Historic Places

in 1974. It serves as a living history mu-

seum, as well as the society’s headquarters.For the past 53 years, the Roxbury

Township Historical Society has served as

bedrock for historic preservation in the

township. With its publication of Meeker

and Hosking’s first volume of “The His-tory of Roxbury Township” in 1964, fol-

lowed by Volume II in 1975, the society

awakened the citizenry to its pre-Revolu-

tionary development along Lenni Lenape

Indian trails that to this day are home to its

oldest churches, among other sites of dis-tinction including a pre-Revolutionary

stage coach stop enlarged and in current

use as a residence, and a churchyard that

contains the remains of early colonists and

Indian remains. The society was influentialin the formation of the Township Land-

marks Commission, which lead to the des-

ignation of the 1984 Historic District Ordi-

nance that designated four historic districtsin the township in Succasunna, Kenvil,

Ledgewood and Lower Berkshire Valley,which in turn lead to the establishment of

the Historic Advisory Committee, a sub-

committee of the Planning Board, to over-see the districts. After the township

acquired the King Canal Store and King

Homestead at 209 and 211 Main Street in

Ledgwood with Green Acres funding, the

society helped form the Roxbury HistoricTrust which is overseeing the continued

restoration of these two properties and op-

erates them as museums.

Both women were well-equipped to

meet the demands of the goals of docu-

menting, preserving and communicatingthe history of the township to which the so-

ciety is dedicated. As children their paths

had crossed when they were pupils in the

Chestnut Hill School on Main Street, estab-

lished in 1857 that continued in operationuntil 1903, only recently relegated to the

Harriet Meeker And Annie Hosking, FoundersOf The Roxbury Township Historical Society



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category of lost landmarks. Meeker and

Hosking recalled walking up hill to schoolwhen chestnuts lined Main Street and

showered down on them, as children gath-ered them by the bushel.

Meeker and Hosking completed their

high school education in the still-standing

Grey Building on North Hillside Avenue inSuccasunna, the first school built by the

newly formed Board of Education in 1904,

when the early one-room school houses,

dating to the early 1800’s, scattered across

the six villages of the township weredeemed inadequate. Meeker was of the

Roxbury High School class of 1912, with

Hosking in 1913.Hosking, born in 1896, was descended

from three generations of Roxbury Town-

ship residents, and earned her bachelor’sdegree from New Jersey State Teachers

College in Newark, and her master’s from

Newark State College at Union, now

known as Kean College. She devoted 40

years to teaching children in Roxbury’s el-ementary schools while residing with her

husband, Benjamin Hosking in their home

on Eyland Avenue, Succasunna, that was

built by her father John Stelce, where theirdaughter Doreen Hosking Wright grew up.

Doreen with her husband, John Wrightraised their family of five children on

nearby Main Street in Succasunna, where

she continues to live, looking forward to her

upcoming 90 birthday. The Eyland Ave.house is still in the family, home to Linda

Wright Yates and her husband Bob, whose

two daughters grew up in their great-grand-

parents’ home.

A twinkle in her eye and a tote bag con-taining a few volumes of The History of

Roxbury Township—just in case someone

wanted to buy one; after all, they were afund-raiser—were Hosking’s trademarks as

she and Meeker informed local organiza-

tions and school children of Roxbury’s his-tory and the goals of the Historical Society.

The Board of Trustees of the society often

met in the morning in trustees’ homes in the

1970’s. Hosking died in 1982 at the age of

86, and her passing left a major void withinall who knew her, especially within her dear

husband, Benjamin, who lived to be 99

years old.

Meeker’s ancestors, many of whomwere Quakers, came to NJ in the 1600’s.

She was born on North Hillside Avenue inSuccasunna in 1894 in a house built by her

great-grandfather William Corwin. After

earning her bachelor’s degree from Oberlin

College in Ohio and her master’s degreefrom Teacher’s College of Columbia Uni-

versity in New York City, Meeker began her

teaching career in Illinois, taught at Rox-

bury High School for five years, ultimately

teaching at Fort Lee High School until herretirement in 1955. Meeker died in 1994, a

few months shy of her 100th birthday.

Both society leaders cherished timespent with family and friends and held lead-

ership roles in their churches; Meeker in the

First Presbyterian Church of Succasunna;and Hosking in the United Methodist

Church of Succasunna. They participated

in reading clubs, philanthropic organiza-

tions and retired teacher associations. It

seemed that no challenge ever ruffled themas they worked with purpose, patience, ded-

ication, a sense of humor, and above all

faith that goals would be achieved. They

were role models for all who followed intheir footsteps.

The legacy of Meeker and Hosking con-tinues, embodied in the Roxbury Township

Historical Society that in 2016 will mark

the 54th anniversary of its founding still

documenting, preserving and communicat-ing the heritage of Roxbury Township. A

handful of society members remain who

had the privilege of working with and form-

ing friendships with these two memorable

women who are recalled with affection andadmiration, along with other endearing

early members of the society who con-

tributed to its success. They look forwardeach year to the blooming of plants the

founding members shared with them; have

hand-written recipes in their recipe boxesand personal notes received from them

tucked into their desks; and continue to be

blessed with many lasting friendships with

those who share in the desire to preserve the

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“All you want is for your kids to have alegacy,” says his father. “He has a legacy

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On Sun., April 10, 2016 at RoxburyHigh School in Succasunna, join inthe fight against cancer for the 2nd

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now. People who didn’t even know who hewas; people riding bikes tour in his namein Italy and people writing his name on thebeach in the sand in Hawaii.”

His father remembers Christopher as a“very special kid. The word that comes tomind is ‘kind.’” His father retells howwhen Christopher was visiting a nursinghome, other kids in the group were uncom-fortable with the elderly residents butChristopher “hugged every single personafterwards. He didn’t need to be asked orgoaded into it. He was just that kind of kid.”

After his football games he would thankhis coaches. One Christmas he said, “I haveenough toys. I want everyone to bring overa bag of pet food for the shelter instead.”

There has been tremendous communitysupport. More than 2,000 people turnedout for his funeral and a GOFUNDMEpage was setup to cover funeral costs tohelp the family as they mourned.

Since Christopher’s life was so charac-terized by kindness, what a better way tocelebrate his life than to pass the kindnesson? “Instead of being another month of mourning our son,” Christopher Sr. says

they decided to turn the 24th of the monthinto joyfulness. Now they have decided todevote the entire month of December lead-ing up to Christmas as a celebration of kindness. “Not just once a month, it shouldbe all the time. A lot of people seem to havelost the Christmas spirit and isn’t that whatit is about?”

The D’Amico’s found a “Random Actsof Christmas Kindness 2015” calendar on-line and have reposted it on their Facebookpage to encourage others to take the nextstep to make kindness a way during thisChristmas holiday.

The family is also spear heading otherefforts to spread Christopher’s spirit of kindness. Currently they are collectingcozy flannel and fleece pajamas to give topatients at Goryeb Children’s Hospital acomfortable alternative to hospital gowns.Christopher’s unofficial uniform was a pairof fleece pajama bottoms and a sweatshirt.They have also raised money for area ani-mal shelters, since Christopher was a de-voted animal lover.

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Kennedy School Principal Eric Renfors has taken

part in the No-Shave November campaign for

the past few years to raise awareness about can-

cer prevention and to aid those fighting the battle. The

goal of No-Shave November is to have individuals growout their hair which many cancer patients lose. Instead of

spending money on shaving and grooming, the money is

donated to educate people on cancer prevention.

Renfors sent out an e-blast fundraising challenge to

his school’s families on Nov. 30, asking each student to

donate at least one dollar per student, which would be

$236 for the entire student body if everyone donated. If

the school met that goal, he would shave off only half of

his beard for the day making sure all the students got to

see him.

He explained, “If you haven’t seen me lately, I’vebeen participating in “No Shave November.” Much to

Mrs. Renfors’ delight I will be shaving my beard tomor-

row and I’d like to have a little fun with it and also raise

some money for a good cause before I shave.”

Families knew the money donated would be going to

a Jefferson School family whose kindergarten student is

currently battling cancer and the mom had to quit her job

with the district to stay home and care for her son.

This one-day fundraiser turned out to be a huge suc-

cess. With many students donating more than what was

asked; the Kennedy Cougars showed just how much they

really care and support one another by raising $941.94 in

just one day with donations.Thanks to the very generous donation by second

grader, Tyler Curtis, he got the ceremonial first clipper

through half Renfors’ beard. With another very generous

donation, siblings, Ryan and Juliana Geller got the first

picture with Renfors as “two-faced.”

“Thanks for helping us to demonstrate that the

Kennedy Cougars care, and for helping us continue to

teach our students the lesson that even though they may

be small, they can still make a big difference!” Renfors

said.

Each year that Renfors takes part in this event, hechanges it up a bit. Two years ago he let his students vote

at a cost of twenty five cents per vote as to how they

wanted him to shave his beard at the end of the Novem-

ber. The final winner was the “Elvis Muttonchops” look.

The money raised that year was donated to Roxbury So-

cial Services.

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By Cheryl Conway

With a new year comes change, like a different

office for New View Media Group LLC.

But for Joe Nicastro and Mary Lalama of Flanders,co-owners with Darwin Oordt of Cherry Hill, they return

to the office where the company first started a dozen

years ago. Coming home is a wonderful feeling for them,

not only to return to the original office, but in the literal

sense that it is located where they dwell in Mt. Olive

Township.On Mon., Nov. 16, New View Media Group moved

from its East Hanover office to Lakeview Plaza at 1 Old

Wolfe Rd, suite 205, in Budd Lake. The company had

been in East Hanover since April when it had merged

with the Marketeer, which had been headquartered there

for for about 15 years after being in Livingston since 1978.What a nice homecoming it has been for Nicastro and

Lalama.

“The lease was up and being from Mt. Olive and a

councilman I wanted to bring my business to my home-town,” says Nicastro. “From a personal view it is close

to home for me and Mary and our employees that come

in on a daily basis. I am very happy to be back in Mt.

Olive close to home.”

While the current location is just temporary, Nicas-

tro’s plan is to purchase a different building in town

eventually.

“We are in the process of purchasing a building and

needed a temporary place,” says Nicastro. “The address

we are at now is the same address that we moved to whenwe started the papers in 2004. We had started the Mt.

Olive Weekly back then and found that location. It was

available once again.”

Nicastro’s plan is “we are looking at a small building

along Route 46 that we feel would be a perfect home and

give great exposure to the business.”For New View Media Group, 2015 has been a tremen-

dous year of growth.

With a current circulation of about 159,000 homes

from as far west as Hackettstown to as far east as Cedar

Grove, New View Media Group has grown from eight

monthly papers this time last year and plans to holdsteady with 15 papers moving into 2016.

On April 1, they had formed a partnership with Oordt,

owner of the Marketeer, a free shopper type supplement.

They changed their name from MJ (My Jersey) Media toNew View Media with “The idea that we have a new

view on media,” says Nicastro.

All community news, from schools to government,

people, organizations, places of worship, libraries, non-

profit organizations, volunteer services, children’s

groups, scouts, fundraisers and more are featured in the

free monthly papers. The company’s philosophy is to

showcase all the good, positive news that surrounds its

readers.

New View Media Group’s publications, moving for-ward, include Mt. Olive News, Hackettstown News,

Roxbury News, Randolph News, Black River News,

Morristown News, Mendham News, Madison News,

Chatham News, Livingston News, Hanover News, Cald-

well News, Verona/Cedar Grove News, Millburn/Short

Hills News and East Hanover/Florham Park News.As far as continued growth, Nicastro says “We are in

the middle of reevaluating the papers to see where and

when other expansions would make sense.”

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nesses, the company depends on paid advertising. Con-

tact Nicastro at 800-691-7549 or [email protected] View Media Group also invites the community

to help share any positive news with its neighbors by

sending all story ideas and press releases to

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Roxbury High School hosted a Letter of Intent/Col-

lege Commitment Ceremony Wed., Nov. 11, for

Olivia Serpa to sign with the University of New

Haven to play lacrosse.As a player, Serpa moved up the ranks and joined the

varsity team as a freshman and has been a large part of theteam’s recent success.

“As a player, she is a coach’s dream,” said RHS

Lacrosse Coach Kevin Bewalder. “She has bought intoeverything that we are trying to accomplish on the field,

and has tried to fill her role to the best of her abilities. She

has a tireless motor that enables her to play a full game in

a highly demanding midfield position. She is constantly

working on her game and keeps coming back stronger each

year. I can’t wait to see what this spring holds for her andour program. With Olivia, New Haven will be getting

somebody that regardless of her role, will make her

teammates work hard on a daily basis, pushing herself and them to get better, and wanting nothing more than her

team to be successful.”Serpa, who played attack in middle school was moved

to the defensive side by Bewalder her freshman year when

she was pulled up to varsity. Eager to play, she didn’t care

what position she was put in. The most important thing for

her was to be on the field. A quick study, Bewalder wanted

her to play defense to improve her skills so that she wouldbe able to play both sides of the field.

“For this I am incredibly grateful because it made me

into the player I am today and helped me reach my goal of

playing at the collegiate level,” said Serpa at the signing.

Looking back on her time with the team, Serpa said “It’san honor to be a part of the Roxbury Girls Lacrosse pro-

gram. It has been a great experience for me under the guid-ance of Coach Bewalder. To say he has taught me

everything I know about lacrosse would be an under-

statement. From being coconference champions myfreshman year to having one of the best girls lacrosse

record in Roxbury history and lastly being a part of Coach

Bewalder’s 100th career win, I have loved every second of

it.”

The scouting process for Serpa began last January after

playing a tournament game for her T3 Lacrosse Club.Coach Fallon, the head coach of New Haven reached

out to her and after researching the university and the

lacrosse program, Serpa was excited to learn that the uni-versity had her intended major. She was very impressed

with Coach Fallon’s athletic career and longevity at UNH.“I was equally impressed with the team’s success and

how they stacked up to other DII women’s lacrosse pro-

grams. Just last spring, they finished as the #6 team in the

nation and they have finished in the top 20 of all DIV II

programs since Coach Fallon took over the program.”

Coach Fallon continued to come see her play for herclub team at various tournaments. After meeting with

Pictured left to right: Jill, Olivia, and Rich Serpa.

RHS Senior Signs With New Haven For Lacrosse

Coach Fallon directly, visiting the campus, and meeting

her future teammates, she knew immediately that New

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By Jane Primerano

Giving Tuesday had a special meeting

for the Lake Hopatcong Foundation.

The LHF asked members and friends to

consider buying roof tiles for the Landing

Station on Giving Tuesday, Dec. 1.

Fund raising for the roof began last No-

vember, shortly after the foundation closed

on the station, with a “rent party” and mem-bership meeting of the board. Samples of the

green roof tiles were available for perusal by

the attendees. Each was invited to purchase

a tile for $25.

For Giving Tuesday, the tiles were offeredfor sale in bundles as well as individually.

They were offered at $50 for two, $100 for a

block of four and $300 for a row of 12. For a

donation of $500, contributors can “be a

roofer” and secure 20 tiles. For $1,000, thegiver can be a “roof raiser” and purchase 40

tiles.As of Wednesday afternoon the LHF was

halfway to its goal of selling 300 tiles for a

total of $7,500, according to Jennifer DeWitt,assistant development director of the Foun-

dation. She said people were stopping by the

foundation office on Nolan’s Point to drop off

checks. She anticipates more checks to arrive

my mail in addition to a number of electronic

payments.Giving Tuesday was established in 2012

by the 92nd Street Y in New York City.

There are many other projects to be done

at the Landing Station, but the roof takes pri-

ority, DeWitt explained since a completed

roof will secure the building from water dam-age.

A total of about $450,000 will be needed

to fund the purchase of the building and ren-

ovate it for use as the Lake Hopatcong Cul-

tural and Environmental Center. Thefoundation plans on moving its offices from

donated space overlooking the Lake Hopat-

cong in Jefferson Township. The station will

provide more office space and a meeting

space for the Foundation and other groups.Community events will be scheduled

there and the foundation will create lake-themed displays.

The Lake Hopatcong Historical Society

Museum, located at Hopatcong State Parknear the Roxbury/Hopatcong line, will bring

exhibits to the station as well.

Lake Hopatcong Foundation Raised Funds For Roof Tiles

Besides the Historical Society, the foun-

dation is also partnering with the Morris

Canal Working Group with 150 members

from nonprofit organizations and federal,

state, county and local governments. The

goal is to preserve as much of the canal right-of-way as possible and create a public green-

way.

The station is right on the Greenway and

Lake Hopatcong owes its existence as the

largest lake in New Jersey to the creation of

the canal. Great Pond and Small Pond were

dammed, at what is now the state park, to

provide sufficient water for the Canal, an en-

gineering marvel of the 19th Century that

carried coal from Phillipsburg to Jersey City.

The Foundation sees the station as essen-tial to the revitalization of Landing which

has several empty storefronts in a once-

bustling lakefront village. The station is one

of the first buildings drivers see heading to-

ward the lake from Route 80.

At a letter of intent/college commit-ment ceremony held Fri., Nov. 13,

at Roxbury High School, senior

Lauren Kornmann has committed herself

to playing at the University of Bing-

hampton next fall.The recent Morris County Volleyball

Tournament champion helped take an aver-

age team make history by winning the Con-

ference in 2014, the Morris County

Championship in 2015 and advancing to the

State Sectional Finals in 2015.Coach Beth Grasso said, “Lauren is an

exceptional young lady! I have had the

great honor and privilege of coaching her

on the varsity squad for the past four

years and I have witnessed her transformherself and our volleyball program into a

Top 20 team in the state.”

In two seasons, Kornmann helped lead

her team to a record of 46 wins and 9 losses.

“She exemplifies the values of hard work,

character, and a commitment to excel-lence, and is one of the most humble

and unselfish individuals I have ever met,”

says Grasso. “When meeting her you would

have no idea that she is one of the top vol-

leyball players in the state of New Jersey.

Lauren continuously brings out the best inothers and takes no credit for doing so.”

Korrnmann looks forward to her time at

the University of Binghampton finding it an

overall perfect fit, beautiful campus, out-

standing academics and exceptional volley-ball program.

“I am truly blessed to have the opportu-

nity to play for such amazing coaches and

to play alongside such amazing girls,” said

Kornmann.

Grasso agreed, “I am extremely confi-dent that just as she has for our program,

Lauren will make a huge contribution to the

team and school community at University

of Binghampton. I will miss Lauren but I

am excited to see her inspire others toachieve greatness the way she has done at

Roxbury High School.”

Without forgetting where she comes

from Kornmann said, “I am sincerely

thankful for everyone who has helped me

reach this goal I’ve had ever since Iwas younger. Roxbury High School is

where I’ve spent the best four years of my

life. I’ve excelled not only academically,

but athletically as well. I have been a part

of the Roxbury Girls Varsity Volleyball

Team ever since I walked through the doors

of the high school as a freshman. Playinghere and especially studying here has

shaped me into the person I am proud to be

today. I will forever be grateful for what

Roxbury has provided me with during thistime of my life.”

Kornmann Signs with Coaches Jessica Trotter, Anthony McMichael, Lauren Kornmann, and Beth

Grasso.

Morris County Volleyball Champ Commits To Binghampton

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cially kicked off Computer Sci-

ence Education Week on Mon.,

Dec. 7. There was a short assembly featur-ing local professionals who make their

living in the area of computer science,

a special presentation by Kennedy stu-

dents, and hopefully an appearance by the

Roxbury High School’s Roxbotix team.

Following the assembly, students willspend time participating in a global

“hour of code” event which is spear-

headed by Karen Kovarik, the technology

teacher at Kennedy School. The “Hour of

Code” is a global movement reaching tensof millions of students in over 180 countries

with a onehour introduction to computer

science designed to demystify code and

show that anybody can learn the basics.

Principal Eric Renfors said, “I have beenso impressed with how every year Mrs. Ko-

varik has worked to grow this event. Thekids get so excited to learn the ins and outs

of how the computer works, and several of

our students who have shown a particular

interest and passion for this topic are now

starting to write their own code in

JavaScript, not just using the “click and

drag” programming that they started with.

It has been fascinating to see how so manyof these young people have taken to this

like fish to water.”

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creating and running a sequence of code for

the first time, no matter how basic. This ex-

posure to computer programming opens

their eyes to career options available in thefield of computer science.”

This will be the second year KennedySchool has this coding activity.

For more information about the “Hour

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T

he Roxbury Woman’s Club has an-nounced this year’s winners of the

My Favorite Book Contest. Awards

were set to be presented Wed., Dec. 2, bythe Youth Services Department at the Rox-

bury Public Library.This event, sponsored by the Roxbury

Woman’s Club and the New Jersey State

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Nov. 15.Sammy Olander, the first place winner,

received a $25 gift card; Tori Hayeck, the

second place winner, received a $20 giftcard; and Kaylee Chau, third place winner

received a $15 gift card. All three gift cardsare to Barnes and Noble.

Students needed to complete an applica-

tion and provide in 50 words a summary of

the book, what their favorite part was, and

who their favorite characters were in thebook.

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