New Jersey residents woke up to about 10-12 inches of snow on the ground Thursday morning, Dec. 17, following the first snowfall of the season.
Does anyone in our coverage area in East Hanover, Hanover Township, Morris Plains, Morris Township or Morristown have a fun or pretty snow photograph to share?
Email JPEG photos to editor Jim Lent at jlent@newjerseyhillls.com. Please let us know where the picture was taken, and if possible, identify anyone in the photo from left to right. Thanks!
Killer involved in 1992 kidnapping and murder of Exxon executive denied compassionate release
Updated Dec 14, 2020;
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The judge had few words for the man responsible for the still-infamous kidnapping scheme that led to the death of an Exxon executive in an affluent New Jersey suburb 28 years ago, who now at the age of 73 was seeking to get out of federal prison.
“ORDERED that the Motion for Compassionate Release under the First Step Act filed by Arthur D. Seale is DENIED,” wrote U.S. District Judge Anne Thompson in Trenton.
With that, Seale will remain in prison and continue to serve a 95-year sentence that federal prosecutors say was intended to ensure that he die there.
Jewish Ledger
Conversation with Amy Weiss
By Stacey Dresner
WEST HARTFORD – Amy Weiss, PhD has been named the new director of the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Hartford.
Weiss, who will join the Greenberg Center in January, succeeds Avinoam Patt, who left the center to become the Doris and Simon Konover Chair of Judaic Studies and director of the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life at the University of Connecticut.
She comes to the Greenberg Center after four years as director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education at Saint Elizabeth University in Morris Township, New Jersey.
MORRISTOWN â Audition registration is ongoing for Morristown ONSTAGE contestants through Friday, Jan. 8, 2021.
The Morris Educational Foundationâs premier fundraiser will return for its 14th year as an all virtual event in March at a date to be named later.
The event itself is scheduled to be held sometime in March, 2021.
The show is designed to feature the best amateur talent from those who live, work, trains or attends school in the towns of Morristown, Morris Township and Morris Plains as well as alumni of Morristown High School.
Anyone interested in auditioning must register at morristownonstage.com and upload a video by Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. The audition fee is $35.
11-year-old’s ‘Flags of Gratitude’ are popping up everywhere to thank essential workers
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
Posted Dec 14, 2020
Callie Danysh, 11, right, of Morristown, with Amanda Kolacy, delivers marker flags for essential workers she made for at Regalo s gift shop.
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It started out as a community project for her cub scout troop.
Now Callie Danysh’s effort to honor essential workers in and around her hometown has become a full-blown cause for inspiration and joy during the coronavirus pandemic, she and her mother said.
“The bottom line is we want to lift spirits, to let people know they are appreciated,” Andrea Danysh said about her daughter’s effort. “She just wanted to let people know how much we care.”