Bob Michelson
A Randolph police officer who has been part of the force for a quarter-century was named as police chief, taking the place of current Police Chief William Pace, who is retiring in April.
Anthony Marag, a commander in the Randolph Police Department, will begin serving as police chief Saturday, April. 3, the day after Pace retires.
Town Manager Brian Howard selected Marag over fellow officers Commander John Hamelburg, and Lt. Melissa Greener, and the town council ratified the choice, 7-0-1, March 8, with Katrina Huff-Larmond abstaining. It has been my highest honor to serve the citizens of Randolph, and I pledge to continue to promote openness, transparency and progressive policing as the leader of this great agency, Marag said. I want to thank the Council, the Town Manager and Chief Pace for their faith and confidence. It was a difficult interview process, and I pledge to our community that I will work hard every day to continue to earn this leadership role.
By TAPINTO RANDOLPH STAFF
Credits: Fabian Goni
February 23, 2021 at 10:24 PM
RANDOLPH, NJ- A GoFundMe campaign was launched on Sunday Feb 21 to help support a Randolph High School sophomore who lost his mother early last week. The link requesting help for Daniel Knigen was established by Charles Smith, a Randolph Resident and former youth soccer coach of Daniel. Link: The following was expressed on The gofundme Page:
On February 16, 2021, Daniel Knigin of Randolph suddenly and tragically lost his mother, Anna Shpilberg. Their family of two shared a very special mother-son bond. Anna emigrated to the United States as a young child, and her remaining family resides in the Ukraine.
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Mary Ellen Gambon
Throughout her life, Randolph High School’s boys junior varsity basketball coach Brittany Wilson felt she had something to prove. Now she is one step closer to dunking her critics as she leads the Blue Devils into the semifinals of the South Shore League junior varsity boys tournament on her home court on Feb. 11.
The Hyde Park native moved to Randolph at age eight to escape the peer pressure of city living. Although she just turned 27, her playful personality and youthful appearance help her relate to her team, she said.
“Everybody says I look like a baby,” she joked. “Some of the kids think I’m 15. I try to keep up with the hip lingo, but sooner or later my age starts grabbing on me.”
Finding a new varsity boys basketball head coach was one of Neil Murphy’s first tasks when he took over as Sandwich High School’s athletic director for the 2013-14 school year. Murphy ultimately looked within the program to find his man, elevating then-freshman coach Dennis Green to the top spot for the upcoming season.
Green quickly found success with the Blue Knights, winning the Atlantic Coast League each of his first two seasons and leading the team to the postseason six times in seven seasons through the 2019-20 winter.
“We loved his passion and his knowledge for the game,” Murphy said. “He was always so excited to get to the gym, and I think that excitement rubbed off on his teams over the years and got them energized and excited to practice and compete.”