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Saturday, May 18, 2013

Board of Education Scheduled to Hire Teachers for Next Year

Butler Board of Education expected to make the personnel moves Monday.

The Butler Board of Education is expected to approve the employment of dozens of preschool, elementary, and middle school teachers for the 2013-14 school year at its May 20 meeting. Click here to view an agenda for the meeting. The following individuals work at Aaron Decker School: Elizabeth Benne Patricia Buntzen Marie Burian Melinda Casey Casey Collinge Jill Dunlop Michelle Elwertowski Marie Endres Melanie Gashler Jessica Gilroy Wendy Gorecki Alyssa Grosso Maryanne Hanisch Michele Hennig Carolyn Holl Tara Iattarelli Ryan Kelly Janet Kern Karen Lomascola Stacey Martin Janine McFadden Mary Morse Jill Muller Kelly Pardus Melissa Paulison April Porter Stephanie Primavera Anna Proxenos Kristin Reilly Kristy Ricker Joanna Shaw Beverly Squire …

Friday, May 17, 2013

5 Cars

5 Cars: Dreaming of Luxury

Picture yourself behind the wheel of one of these five upper-class conveyances.

Every now and again, 5 Cars likes to delve within the realm of imagination, and this week is one of those times. Fresh off of Mother's Day, we're thinking about being pampered and picturing ourselves in a sleek ride. For this installment, we're featuring five previously owned low-mile luxury cars now available for sale in Morris County, in order to offer two things: For normal-folks readers it's a great exercise for the mind, and for certain readers with the inclination and the means, these mindblowing vehicles could really end up their property. Who knows, one day that person might be you or me. Listings and photos come from the individual sellers, Cars.com and AOL Autos. 1. 2012 Bentley Continental Flying Spur Speed - Used - $151,009 …

Kinnelon Cinema 3 Closes the Curtain May 27

Bow Tie Cinemas opted not to acquire Clearview properties on month-to-month leases, as the Kinnelon 3 is.

May 27 is the swan song for Butler's Kinnelon Cinema 3. Cablevision, owner of Clearview Cinemas, is selling 21 of its New Jersey properties to Connecticut-based Bow Tie Cinemas. The Kinnelon 3, formerly a one-screen movie house known alternately as the Kinnelon Arts Center and Meadtown Theater, and has been in the Clearview roster since the early 1970s, is among the handful of theaters not included in the deal. "Clearview Cinemas is honored to have served moviegoers at the Kinnelon Cinema 3 in Butler for many years," said company spokesperson Beth Simpson Crimmins. "Unfortunately, our last day of operation at this location will be Monday, May 27, however, our main Kinnelon theatre location will remain open.  "We thank our customers for …

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Jets RB Goodson Arrested on Gun, Drug Charges

The Irvington native signed a 3-year, $6 million contract with the Jets in March.

Jets running back Mike Goodson was sent to a Morris County jail following his arrest on drug and weapons charges in Denville Friday. Goodson, 25, was the passenger in a GMC Yukon stopped in the left center lane of I-80 West when a tow truck came upon them and called 911 early Friday morning, according to multiple reports. The tow truck driver reportedly was concerned about the intoxicated condition in which he found Goodson and the driver of the Yukon. Goodson was transported to Saint Claire’s Hospital in nearby Boonton and eventually charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, unlawful possession of a handgun, possession of a handgun, and possession of a hollow-point bullet, according to ESPN. The driver of the…

Movies Playing in the Tri-Boro This Weekend

Offerings include the new "Star Trek" and last week's box office superhero, "Iron Man 3."

Trekkers rejoice! Filmmaker J.J. Abrams debuts his "Star Trek Into Darkness" this week, setting up an epic battle againt reigning champ  "Iron Man 3" for box office supremacy. Clearview Cinemas Kinnelon 8 is the place, along with the soon-closing Kinnelon 3 Cinema, to find these and other films. Here's the full list of what's showing this week, along with showtimes.  (Use the Moviefone widget to check out showings in theaters in other towns if you're going to be traveling.) THIS WEEK'S FILMS Kinnelon 3 Cinema Kinnelon 8 Clearview Cinemas' owner Cablevision is selling most of its tri-state properties, including the Clearview Cinemas 12, to Connecticut-based Bow Tie Cinemas. Due to the sale, according to Cablevision's website, the weekly …

New Jersey Ranks Third in %&!#@ing Survey

Swearing study ranked the most and least courteous states in the country.

Third place? We couldn’t do better than #&@$ing third place? New Jersey residents were beaten out by Ohio and Maryland in a survey ranking individuals most likely to drop swear words on a complete stranger during a phone conversation. On the flip side, analysis by the Marchex Institute found that Washington, Massachusetts and Arizona topped the list of state residents least likely to lose their cool. Marchex examined more than 600,000 calls over a year that were placed by consumers to businesses in 30 different industries. The mobile advertising company also ranked the most courteous states: South Carolina, North Carolina and Maryland. And the least courteous states: Wisconsin, Massachusetts and Indiana. Some other findings from the report…

Nose Wayne

12:56 am on Saturday, May 18, 2013

I think the whole article $&^%#$#@*&^^&%%%)*&&^%%@#^&, that's what I say about that   more ›

Man Struck By Train, Body Found at Pot Farm, Bribery Allegation Cleared Top Regional News

Former football player's lawsuit partially dismissed, Internet celebrity charged in municipal lawyer's death also make headlines.

A Chilean man was killed Tuesday night when he was struck by a NJ Transit train on a bridge over the Passaic River. A Rockaway Township man was charged with maintaining a drug production facility Tuesday when he called police to his Sanders Road home after finding his wife dead inside, authorities said. Authorities have arrested an Internet celebrity they believe may have been involved with the death of Joseph Galfy Jr., a Clark resident and attorney to the Green Brook Planning Board. Family and friends will host  a “celebration of Paige’s life” at Summit's Unitarian Church on May 21 to honor the College of New Jersey senior and Hillsborough resident whose body was discovered in the Hudson River on May 8. A portion of a federal lawsuit …

Powerball Jackpot Soars to $600M for Saturday Drawing

If you draw the Powerball winning numbers in Saturday’s lottery, you could score $600 million, the largest Powerball jackpot ever.

Powerball results were watched closely Wednesday when the jackpot was $363 million. After no one picked all six winning numbers, the new Powerball prize for the Saturday, May 18, drawing is now $600 million, which makes it the highest Powerball jackpot ever — and the second-highest U.S. lottery jackpot. The one-time cash payout is estimated at $376.9 million. Tickets are $2 and the game is played in New Jersey and 42 other states, including New York, Florida, Texas and California. Tickets will be sold up to an hour before the 11 p.m. drawing. The largest Powerball Jackpot cash payout to date was a $384 million win on Nov. 28, 2012, in Arizona and Missouri. Wonder what happens to the folks who hit it big? Browse the Huffington Post’s …

Ridgewood Mom

6:34 am on Saturday, May 18, 2013

It is hard work and self determination that allows us to say "I built that."   more ›

This Inspiring Story Brought to You by Grape-Nuts

Recovering Drug Addict: 'We All Start in Same Place'

Former NBA player Chris Herren shares drug battle, recovery with community.

About this sponsorship: In honor of the 60th anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary’s historic ascent of Mount Everest, Patch and Grape-Nuts are teaming up to highlight those who inspire people around them to climb their own mountains. It was just a little drinking and smoking on the weekends in high school. It was just a little cocaine offered by a friend in college. It was just one little yellow pill during the offseason. Then it was a career down the tubes. Then it was two drug overdoses, one of which was heart-stopping. Then it was a family that turned away because of too much pain. For more than an hour, Chris Herren, a once-heralded high school basketball star, college hoops standout and second round National Basketball Association draft …

LV Resident

8:07 am on Sunday, May 12, 2013

Agree with above comments. Very moving story. I regret not bringing my kids.   more ›

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