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By Richard Mabey Jr. he Christmas of 1962 showed me the kindness and appreciation of a dear and kind friend and classmate. I was nine years old and in Mrs. Jacobchick’s fourth grade class. I sat in the middle of the classroom, Pamela Rawlings sat next to me. In early December, Mrs. Jacobchick had all of us draw names from a shoebox. As if the odds were a million to one, I chose my old best friend, Stuart Steinhauser. Unbeknownst to me, Pamela Rawlings picked my name from the box of folded papers. I remember that I bought eight comic books for Stuart. I am positive that two of them were Batman and Superman titles. I’m pretty sure that two other comic books were Flash and Superboy. I’m not sure at all, about the other four comic book titles. I remember in early December, walking home from school, and I had a whole, paper dollar in my pants pocket. I went into Moe’s Sweet Shop, with the intent
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to buy comics for Stuart. I remember it being such a magical moment in time. I had never bought eight comic books, at one time, any other time in my entire life. It was just a monumental moment. I remember when I carried the stack of eight comic books to Moe’s cash register. It’s so funny, the things you remember. I remember Moe saying to me that it looked like I was going to read a lot of comic books that night. I confessed
that I did read all of those eight comic books, before I wrapped them up in brightly colored Christmas wrapping paper for my old friend, Stuart. For the next few weeks in December, I wondered and wondered who could have picked my name from Mrs. Jacobchick’s shoe box of hand-written names. What I was about to find out, as to who picked my name from the box, would touch my heart, all so very dearly.
In 1962, Christmas fell on a Tuesday, which meant that more than likely Mrs. Jacobchick had us exchange gifts on the Friday before Christmas, since we probably had the entire next week off from school. Our little fourth grade Christmas party was a happy and joyful little celebration. My mom was the Class Mother for our class. Mom had baked a lot of Christmas cookies for our little party. And we had plenty continued on page 6
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Denville Man Inaugurated as Caldwell University’s Ninth President
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By Gary Simeone r. Matthew Whelan was officially inaugurated as the new President of Caldwell University last month. He became the ninth president of the Division II University, and is also the school’s first male lay president. He was sworn in as president of Caldwell on July 1st, 2020. Dr. Whelan has served in the higher education field for over thirty-five years, working in various capacities at schools and universities throughout the tristate area. “I was inaugurated a few weeks ago, but was officially sworn in on July 1st. The reason for the gap was COVID related, but I like to jokingly tell people that they were taking me for a test drive,” said Dr. Whelan. “I’ve taken over at a time when higher education is facing a lot of disruption for a multitude of reasons, and my plan is to have all of us come together to form a cohesive community.” He said that he is happy to end his career in the type of place where he began his career in higher education. “I began my career at Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pennsylvania, which is a small school very similar to Caldwell. From there I’ve worked at various schools, including William Paterson, St. John’s University, Hofstra University, and at Stony Brook on Long Island for the past fifteen years. At Stony Brook I served as Vice President for University Enrollment Strategy and Relationship Development, working in the areas of student affairs, undergraduate admissions, financial aid, fundraising, facilities and on other key initiatives.” Dr. Whelan brings a multitude of experience from other roles he served working at both
catholic and public institutions. He served as the Director of Admissions & Enrollment at St. John’s and as Counselor to the Dean of Admissions at Hofstra University. In his role as President of Caldwell, Dr. Whelan said he hopes to continue to build on the legacy of the Sisters of Saint Dominic of Caldwell, who founded the school in 1939. “Their overarching theme, and what I hope to continue to build on is the education of students in the liberal arts and professional programs, to have them think critically, pursue truth, and contribute to a just society, which encapsulates their mission statement. I want to stick to our core values, which are respect, integrity, excellence in the community and sound academic, athletic and social programs. I want our students to become good, engaged citizens when they graduate and go out into the real world.” Caldwell is a relatively small school, which holds 2200 students, including 1700 undergraduate and 500 graduate students. There are currently 600 students who live on campus. “When COVID first hit, it reduced our density on campus, but I’m happy to say we never closed our doors to students or went fully remote. We were able to manage safely in a COVID environment. My hope is to build us back up to full capacity by next year.” Dr. Whelan was born and raised in Denville. He attended St. Mary’s School and Morris Catholic High School and was a student at Mercyhurst University. He and his wife, Kathy, are familiar with the area, as Caldwell was the first town they live in after they were married. The couple have three daughters and a three-year-old border collie, named Lucy.
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A Christmas Story... continued from front page of apple juice to drink. My mom did come to the little party, to help Mrs. Jacobchick hand out the cookies and pour the apple juice for the children. I was lost for words when Pamela Rawlings looked at me, from her desk which was right across from me, and simply said “Merry Christmas, Richie!” And I then said “Merry Christmas” to Pamela. Then Pamela handed me a colorfully wrapped Christmas gift. It all felt like a dream! Cute Pamela Rawlings was the one who picked my name from the shoebox, vastly full of hand-written names. I remember thinking to myself, “of all the names in that were in that shoebox, sweet Pamela Rawlings chose my name! It was a religious experience for me! I just sat there looking at Pamela’s gift for me. I remember Pamela saying to me, “Richie, aren’t you going to open it?” And, I think I said something like, “oh, yea, open it up, right….” I carefully removed the brightly colored wrapping paper from Pamela’s gift. And, lo and behold, there it was, a handmade pencil holder. Obviously it was constructed from a soup can or a vegetable can of some kind.
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By Steve Sears or 43-year-old Richard Squires, Thanksgiving of 2015 will always be special. That very Thursday, his Grandpa Ben asked Squires when he was going to write a story about him. Squires embraced and embarked on the request. The book was printed two days before his grandfather died. There’s sometimes a touch of melancholy. “Come Thanksgiving,” Squires says, “I start to think about that. My grandfather was in the hospital, he had a stroke, and I was there and I was able to tell them that we finished the book and it was at the printers. He wasn’t able to speak, but he could communicate with his eyes, and it was a beautiful moment that I’ll never forget. I could see that he was very happy about it.” 25 copies of the book were printed, and it was the inception of LifeStory memoir. “I gave it out to my cousins, my aunts and uncles, and my brothers. I have a couple copies here, I keep it with me, and I always talk about it. I love to share it because that was before my branding. My books now all have my logo, so it really was the lightbulb moment with my business.” Squires, who has done corporate writing and has taught the writing at both Kean University and Union County College, has written thirty memoirs for clients and is currently at work on six others. Both the initial meeting with a clients and handing them the final product – their own memoir – are equally exciting for him. “When I give them the book I call it the Big Book Reveal – I like to video it so I capture their expression when they first see it. I capture it on video and then I have it edited into professional quality, and I’m
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New “Livingston Says” Podcast Gives High School Students a Chance to Express Their Passion
By Steve Sears or 16-year-old Livingston High School junior, Jacob Goren, a television show on LTV for the huge hockey fan (“Let’s go Devils!” he says) wasn’t enough. He had a spot where his voice and those of his friends could be heard to discuss the Garden State’s professional hockey team, but what about other voices and their interests? “The key goal is to give students an outlet for them to express their passion,” Goren says of his newly formed podcast, ‘Livingston Says.’ Goren built it, and they have come. Thus far, about 15 students from 9th through 12th grade have shown interest in participating. “The list of topics keeps growing based on student interests,” he says. Students can do episodes on whatever they are interested in, as long as it’s appropriate per the school. Thus far, auto, food, movies, theater, and travel are some of the topics students have approached Goren with. Goren’s eventual hope is the posting of fresh content each week. The podcast was launched by Goren and his friend, Ryan Tepper. Their faculty advisors are Martha Ackermann and Marissa Jadrosich-Forget. Thus far, the main challenges are getting students to submit episodes. “Students are really busy these days,” Goren explains. “It’s not very easy to get them to record and submit episodes. However, I know that once we get a few submissions, it will inspire others. I can’t wait to see what everyone comes up with.” Other challenges might be if students submit content that touches on sensitive topics, like politics or religion. Ackermann and Jadrosich-Forget will help Goren and Tepper work through those situations. According to Goren, who one day would like to work in sports broadcasting or sports management, this is an exciting time for the media world, and that world is very accessible. “It is easier than ever before for someone to express themselves publicly (via
podcasts, YouTube, or more) and easier than ever for consumers to find entertainment and sources of information. By creating ‘Livingston Says,’ LHS students have an opportunity to test drive and navigate the new media vehicle, podcasts. Students now have a chance to organize their thoughts on what matters to them, educate others, interview each other, and even get the technical experience of producing and editing content.” Goren encourages creativity for those involved. “They can work independently or in small groups to create their own episodes, all under the umbrella of the ‘Livingston Says’ podcast. Just to compare, LHS has a great newspaper, The Lance, where students can write about a variety of topics. This is similar, but with a broader reach, informal feel, and ‘on demand’ format.” Goren also credits the Livingston High School TV Production program for bolstering his enthusiasm towards the podcast. “During my freshman year at LHS,” he says, “my friends and I had an amazing opportunity to launch a live LTV show about the Devils, called ‘Puck Drop.’ We are still doing this show. Even through the quarantine, when we couldn’t be in the studio, we produced shows on YouTube. The production of the show, from the pre-show research to the crew coordination to the graphics and on-air delivery, has been a highlight of my high school experience so far. That, combined with the huge amount that I’ve learned from Mr. (Steven) Milano and Mr. (Jason) Daily in TV 1, TV 2 and AM Wired, really inspired me to start ‘Livingston Says.’ In some ways, ‘Livingston Says’ gives all students a tiny taste of the LTV experience.” “Livingston Says” can be accessed on Apple Podcast and Spotify, and Goren encourages interested LHS students to join. For more information, email Goren at jacob.goren@ lps-students.org, or visit www.instagram.com/livingstonsayspod/.
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Lifelong Friend’s Selfless Spirit Knows No Bounds for Those in Need
By Jillian Risberg All those hurting and in hardship, you are not alone. A group of tight-knit West Essex childhood friends have your back. “You can’t imagine how many people have tragedies in their lives, are down and out, lost their job, got COVID, we come in and help. We can’t send them a $1,000 (check) every month but we can certainly help for a month,” says Vero Amici for Charity president, Vincent Christopher. After losing his dear friend in 2015, the charity’s annual fundraiser is a scholarship golf outing in the man’s memory. Vero Amici (meaning “true friends”), also offers scholarships to four students in two schools: Caldwell High School and Mount Saint Dominic. “Our goal was to raise money within the community we grew up in and return the money back to the community,” Christopher says of their 16 years aiding children, under-privileged youth, senior citizens and organizations; including the food pantry, mental health, veterans and the first aid squad. For the first 11 years they had a casino night and that one event netted between $30,000 and $40,000 per annum. They give the money away. “We hear about a family whose father has cancer; they’ve got two young kids,” Christopher says they’d present them $1,000
or $2,000 to help with bills. “And people are blown away because who knocks on people’s doors and hands ‘em checks; it just doesn’t happen.” He says Vero Amici’s money is liquid and they help in any way they can. When a guy they grew up with died, they sprung into action for his daughters, 13 and 15-years-old. “We’re gonna give each daughter $1,000 for a college fund being set up for them,” says Christopher. “Then there’s a woman in West Caldwell whose husband had a bad heart, was stuck in the city and for months couldn’t travel there anymore -- between the parking and the tolls, so we gave her $500 to offset that for a month or so.” The charity never got unsolicited donations and always had to hold an event to raise money. According to Christopher, a foursome who played in their golf outing played in another charitable golf outing. Everybody picks a charity and gets $1,000. They picked Vero Amici. Then they won the tournament and the tournament heads matched the $1,000. “So we got $2,000,” he says, and added the friend of the guy who also had a foursome inquired what it was all about. “He explained the charity and gave us $1,000. So we had $3,000 come in unsolicited, which is
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most of our money to. It’s run through the Caldwell/West Caldwell Recreation department.” Also, Investor’s Bank in West Caldwell has a Grant program and according to Christopher, over the last three years they gave Vero Amici $8,000, all designated for Special Needs. The charity had a ceremony on November 16, where they handed out $19,500 to various community organizations because they had a good fundraising year. Christopher says back in the day “I would give money to my fire department or local first aid squad but never really had a charitable thought in my mind. I was struggling myself financially. Not that I didn’t have a good heart.” Then five of them joined UNICO. Disenchanted after a time with how the organization operated, they thought: ‘maybe we can do it ourselves,’ and formed Vero Amici (2005). Those service organizations changed it all for him. “I was like, ‘there are a lot of people hurting, I’m glad I got into this,’” says Christopher. Much of what they do comes down to word-of-mouth, but they meet to decide how much to give certain organizations. “We do nothing but great things,” he says
of the 25 active members. “I was the president for the first six years and Joe (Garamella) was the president for the next six years, then I’ve been president for the past four years.” Their positive influence on the local youth is evident with Junior Vero Amici (fifth grade to high school). “Teach kids there’s people who need help, get that charitable feeling into them as young kids,” Christopher says how proud they are. Vero Amici are even Thanksgiving angels; Christopher says whatever the Caldwell-West Caldwell Local Assistance Program Food Pantry doesn’t collect at their turkey drives, Vero Amici makes up the difference (from 30 to 50 turkeys). Nobody in the charity is paid; any bill they remunerate by dues -- it never comes out of their donation money, according to the philanthropic president. It’s a lot of hard work, but giving back is everything. “If you told me we would raise $600,000 and give every single penny away and still be around 16 years later,” Christopher says he would have called it crazy. “We had no idea how long this was going to go on; it’s beyond our wildest dreams.” For more information on Vero Amici, visit www.veroamici.com.
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NJ Starz: Andrew Reich Hometown: Morristown, NJ
By Steve Sears ndrew Reich just wouldn’t commit. When asked which of the six stars of the popular sitcom, Friends, was most enjoyable to work with, he says with a slight laugh, “You are not going to get me to answer that question.” He does, however, offer the following. “You did have that cast who could elevate anything you wrote. If they didn’t make it work, it was a bad line. And, chances are, they would make it even funnier than you thought it would be.” The 52-year-old Reich would write 164 episodes over sevens seasons for the show, eventually becoming an Executive Producer and garnering himself an Emmy Award. “We had this incredible group of writers,” Reich explains of the Friends experience, “and a lot of us were around the same age as the characters. So, we were writing our lives on that show. We were coming in and talking about what we had done over the weekend or that night or whatever, and finding a way to turn that into stories. We were, for the most part, very close. We worked these 80-hour weeks, I mean – the hours were insane! There were many, many times where I would leave that writer’s room at five or six in the morning, get a couple hours of sleep, and come back in a few hours again.” Reich was born on Homestead Air Force Base in Florida. His father, Martin, was a doctor in the Air Force. “We moved to Morristown when I was about one and a half, so really all my childhood memories are of Morristown. He (his dad) was a doctor; he worked at Morristown Memorial (Hospital) and had a practice in Basking Ridge. Both
my parents are from Hackensack. My mother (Susan) was a school teacher at Pingry, teaching sixth grade science, and I have an older sister, Vicki.” It all started in the Garden State for the 52-year-old Reich, who calls his younger days an “idyllic suburban childhood.” “Just riding bikes around the neighborhood,” he recalls, “lots of friends in the neighborhood, that kind of ‘70s childhood where it was just like, ‘Be home for dinner. We don’t really know where you are, what you’re doing, but be home before dark.’ And going to great public schools.” There was also New York City. Reich’s parents were oft theatergoers, heading to Gotham for plays and dining. Their son embraced the big town as well, but in a slightly different way. “Starting in early high school, I was getting on the train to the PATH in Hoboken, and taking the PATH train into the city. I was a punk rock kid. I got really into punk rock, and so there was a lot of just taking the train in to go to record stores on St Mark’s Place, to go to CBGB, to go to Danceteria, the Peppermint Lounge – to go to all those clubs with some friends, and just having that kind of freedom even as a high school kid. New York was quite a bit more dangerous in those days, but we always managed to make it back home.” While at Morristown High, drama teacher James Hogue inspired Reich, and his very good friend, Ira Ungerleider. “You could just as easily be writing this article about him,” Reich says of the latter, whose writing credits include Friends and How I Met Your Mother. The duo is also currently collaborating on a continued on page 19
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continued from page 18 their first new project together since high school. “I think it was maybe sophomore year, we took this acting class - this drama class - with Mr. Hogue, who I had known actually before this: I was good friends with his stepson when I was in elementary school. He (Hogue) introduced us to improvisation, to the sort of classics or Viola Spolin improv games, and we really took to that more than to the sort of scripted acting stuff we were learning. It was the improv that we loved, and he recognized that when Ira and I would do these improv scenes together, we were really good. We had been best friends since sixth or seventh grade, and had this sort of telepathy that enabled us to really do these improv scenes well together.” It got to the point that, when Hogue would visit other schools and teach them the rudiments of improvisation, he would take Reich and Ungerleider with him, having them be part of the demonstration. “He would talk about these concepts and we would do these improv scenes for these kids.” Reich had acted in plays as a youngster, but he was now in a different realm. “It was this improv, and feeling like we’re good at it, that sort of lit this fire.” Reich carried the torch to Yale University, auditioning for the school’s improv group and, becoming a member and utilizing his prior experience, took over directing the group halfway through his freshman year and directed and performed in it all through college. The foundation was effectively cemented. “I will say that that was really the training for being a television comedy writer.” Reich says. Reich graduated from Yale in May of 1990, and by September was living with some Morristown buddies in Califor-
nia. He lives now in the Windsor Square-Hancock Park area of Los Angeles. “We were all in the same apartment. There was this group of us, these Morristown kids, and three of us ended up writing on Friends. I think sort of moving out with this sort of built-in group was key. It’s a tough town, sometimes, to meet people and find your place, but we had that connection, and for a while there was a sort of separate group of slightly older guys who were also out here, so there was a good Morristown crew.” As for Friends, Aniston, Cox, Kudrow, LeBlanc, Perry, and Schwimmer could, as Reich says, “take any good line, and they could make it work.” He then adds, “And that’s not always the case. You rarely get that with every member of a cast on a show. A lot of the times, you have this feeling of like, ‘God, that was a great joke, but it died because it wasn’t delivered right!’ And that’s always heartbreaking. You didn’t have that experience there (with Friends). What they would do sometimes is reveal, ‘Oh no, we’ve got to try harder, we’ve got to do better,’ because if they’re not making it work, it’s no good. So, that was just incredible to have. They were brilliant.” Per Reich, there was a very healthy competitiveness among the writers, and a deep respect. “I was never thinking about, ‘Okay, I’ve got to make these 20 million people laugh.’ It was like, ‘I want to make that writer who’s sitting across the table from me laugh, and if I can get that laugh, then I know that it’s (the line or joke) good. That was the goal: to make the other writers laugh, and that’s what we were focused on. Our world was just this big conference table in this building, just off the Warner Brothers lot.” Reich also states emphatically, “We were all really determined that the show
was not going to go downhill on our watch. We never felt like, ‘Okay, it’s season eight, we can coast. We can go home early.’ We cared so much about keeping the quality of the show high, to the point where it’s like, ‘Alright, we’ll spend two hours, three hours, on this one joke. We will sit here and we will keep pitching for hours trying to find the line that’s actually funny.’ We were sort of obsessive about that.” Reich is married to the magazine writer and novelist, Christine Lemon, and they are parents to 14-year-old twins, Millie and Lewis. “That’s the most important thing,” he says. “I think I’ve really organized my life since them, too. I would never work those hours I worked on Friends now, because the most important thing is for me to spend time with them.” Reich also produces a podcast called Dead Pilots Society. “I’ve done 60 or so episodes at this point,” he says. “It’s comedy pilots from great, great writers whose pilots were sold to networks or streaming services but never shot, and then I cast them with great actors and we do table reads. And then I interview the writers. It’s a really rewarding thing, just to get to have these writers get to hear their work that was rejected, and here it allows us to do it in front of a live audience. I think that’s really fun.” Reich, who also wrote for other shows such as Worst Week and Rules of Engagement, sums it up. “All you have is the feeling like you’re doing work that you’re proud of, and then the rest of it is out of your control. I spent many years sort of struggling with that. I truly have come to accept that you do the best you can, the rest is out of your hands. You’ll get some lucky breaks, you’ll get a lot of unlucky breaks, and you just keep doing it. All you can control is the work that you do and how you feel about it.”
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North Caldwell and Livingston Rockettes Joyous at Christmas
By Steve Sears or North Caldwell’s Megan Levinson and Livingston’s Alyssa Epstein, definitive statements define their Decembers. After a year of cancelation due to the Covid-19 pandemic, both return to the stage as Rockettes to take part in the 87th Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular. “It’s almost indescribable to explain what it feels like now,” says Levinson, 32, a 2008 West Essex High School graduate. “I did so many puzzles over COVID, I’m going to use a puzzle analogy. Being a Rockette and being a part of the Christmas Spectacular is a piece of who I am. It’s a piece of my heart. So, the year that we weren’t able to perform, it really felt like there was a missing piece to my complete life or my complete picture.” Receiving the call that she’d be again on stage with her friends dancing for enthused audiences came on the “heels” of she actually just having completed a 2,000-piece puzzle at home. “I just found the missing piece of the puzzle,” says Levinson, entering her second decade as a Rockette. “It just felt as if I have that piece back in my life. It’s an amazing feeling.” Epstein, who teaches at Steps on Broadway and Broadway Dance Center in Manhattan, begins season number 14 as a Rockette. “It’s been amazing to be back,” she says. “It’s one thing that you just take for granted: the Christmas show and theater in New York and
Broadway will just always be there. And then all of a sudden, it wasn’t. You realize how important it is not only to ourselves as performers, but to so many people who really make Radio City a family tradition.” Levinson attended the Christmas Spectacular as a child, and became part of the stage performance at age 12, landing a role as Clara. “That was my first job,” she happily recalls, “and getting a chance to see the Rockettes up close and personal was what really inspired me to want to be a Rockette.” Epstein, a 1999 Livingston High School grad and a Rockette since 2005, first attended the show when she was 8. Her grandmother would yearly get dress rehearsal seats. “I remember it so vividly. We would get all dressed up and go into Manhattan and we’d sit in the first mezzanine. I just fell in love with the Christmas show and the Rockettes. I just said to her, ‘I’m going to be one of those girls one day.’ It just became a dream of mine and I was so determined, and I wasn’t going to let anything or anyone stand in my way.” She faced rejection three times, but landed in the cast after her fourth audition. “I got the call and I just remember crying and jumping, and then I called my grandmother and mother, and we were all crying, jumping and screaming and, yeah, it was a good moment!” Epstein is also a breast cancer survivor, her diagnosis coming at the completion of
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her 10th season in 2016. “I remember it was devastating, thinking, ‘I have my dream job, and I’m in the prime of my career as a professional dancer.’ I was in the best shape of my life.” Levinson was supposed to do the summer show at Radio City, but withdrew so she could undergo a bilateral mastectomy, and instead did publicity work for the show. “And that really helped me to stay connected to what I knew and what was familiar, and just kept me involved so that I could work on building my strength back and really feeling that fire within me to be able to return to the stage.” And she did return – that same summer, in fact. “My first event back was actually Christmas in August. We were in front of the
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Terri Thatcher MacGilvray Latest in Her Family to Enter Colgate Park Hall of Fame
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By Steve Sears erri Thatcher MacGilvray’s turn had finally arrived. Her brother Jeff (Fuzzy), who passed away in October, was honored in 2019, brother Timmy in 2018, and her mom, Marie, posthumously in 1994 (Terri accepted the award for her), and her dad, Jim, in 1982. MacGilvray was inducted into the Colgate Park Hall of Fame, where athletes are honored for athletic achievements and participation in events, as part of the 44th West Orange Old Timer’s Day on September 18, 2021. “What was really cool about my father’s - my dad had emphysema since he was 51,” recalls MacGilvray. “So, when he was honored, he obviously couldn’t run. We got him up to bat, which was a miracle because he was scared to death to do anything, God bless him. But we were like, ‘Dad, please, you’re being honored. You should try to get up to bat.’ So, he got up to bat, and I ran the bases in his old West Orange Pirates uniform. It was so hot, but it was the coolest thing ever! They were a semi pro team, and my dad was a phe-
nomenal baseball player.” As MacGilvray that afternoon touched home plate, she entered into an embrace with her dad. “I’m going to cry talking about it because it was the best, just awesome.” Some of the Thatcher children attended West Orange High School, but Terri attended Mountain High School. “I inherited my father’s arm,” says MacGilvray, who graduated high school in 1979. “I had a gun for an arm. As a kid, I played at Eagle Rock School, in the sandlot there every day in the summer. And then when I went to junior high school, I played the outfield - left field. And then at Mountain, I played third base, and in college (Monmouth University), I was a catcher.” The latter position was a surprise. “They had a scholarship player for third base,” remembers MacGilvray, “and I thought, ‘Maybe I’ll get to play someday.’ And our first game, the catcher was on academic probation. The dean came down and told my coach she was not allowed to play, and he said, ‘Terri, put the gear on. You’re going in to catch.’ And I was like, ‘Oh my god, I’ve never caught in my life!’ And he says, ‘That’s alright. I’ll tell you what to do. Just
Terri Thatcher MacGilvray (far left) receiving her plaque with the rest of the inductees. Photo courtesy of Terri Thatcher MacGilvray.
listen to me.’ And I played, and even when she came back, I started from my freshman year all the way through my senior year. I played because my arm was my dad’s arm.
Because I could throw someone out from that spot to second base.” Yes, her dad’s athletic DNA was evident, continued on page 22
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Recalling Mountain High School Boys Basketball’s Longest Game
1978-79 Mountain High School Rams. Photos courtesy of the Mountain High School yearbook.
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By Steve Sears lan Jaffe, a senior co-captain on the 1978-79 Mountain High School Rams boys’ basketball team, doesn’t recall much of the longest game of his career, but he does remember this. “Richard Strowe was my co-captain. He had his best game of his high school career. I believe he scored a then school record of 34 points. If I would’ve played up to my potential in that game, we would’ve won. I told him after the game, with teary eyes, that he had a great game, and if I played anywhere near my talent level, we would’ve won.” Jaffe is referring to a 1979 opening round Essex County Boys Basketball Tour-
nament game, where the Rams and Bloomfield Bengals played a 4-overtime contest. The Bengals triumphed, 86 – 82, in (at that time) the longest game in ECT history. He, his coach, and a former teammate reflect briefly on that season and game. Bob Belcuore was the Rams coach back in 1979. “He was a very tough, no-nonsense guy. A very good defensive coach,” Jaffe recalls. Belcuore’s club started off the campaign winning 7 of their first 8 games. They entered the ECT as an 8th seed, and Bloomfield was the 9th-seed. For Belcuore, the game against Bloomfield was for him a step back in time. When a player for West Orange High School in the continued on page 23
Terri Thatcher MacGilvray..1 continued from page 22 but MacGilvray attributes her athletic ability to both of her parents. “My mother was also a phenomenal athlete. She taught us to throw a spiral football. She was throwing a football in the street with us when she was 59 years old. We were always doing something athletic,” says MacGilvray, who also played basketball and field hockey in high school and volleyball in college. MacGilvray, who has been married for five years to her husband, Sean, praised during her Old Timer’s Day speech the special town she grew up in. “In my speech I talked about West Orange, because West Orange is a huge part of me. I always loved growing up there. I always tell people, ‘God took this little section of earth, and he put us on it. We’re all blessed to be put on this
section of earth, because it’s an amazing place to grow up. Everybody knew everyone in town, you know? I mean, I could go up the hill, and I knew people up there. I could go down the hill, from Our Lady of Lourdes Church all the way down to the valley, and I knew families. Everyone knew everyone. And if anyone was in trouble or someone in your family got sick, people came with anything you needed.” “It was just a great place to grow up, and West Orange is a huge – huge! – part of my life.” And so still are her mom and dad. They were on her mind on September 18th when she received her plaque. “I was thinking about my parents more than anything. That they’re watching me from heaven, looking down.”
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Rickey Strowe at the free throw line, with Andrew Vittoria on the left and Alan Jaffe on the right in the background. Photos courtesy of the Mountain High School yearbook.
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continued from page 22 1950s, his team faced a Bloomfield team that was on its way to winning 64 straight games. That Bengal squad was coached by the legendary George Cella. Now, 20 years later, Cella and he were competing as coaches. “He was obviously a great coach,” Belcuore says. “When the game was over, I went over and shook his hand, put my arm around his neck, and said to him, ‘The Cella magic still exists.’” Per junior Andrew Vittoria, who would go on to become the Rams all-time leading scorer, the 1978-79 Rams were an unusual team. “We were a very talented team, and we kind of had a three headed monster with me, Richie, and Alan. We had a lot of firepower. We averaged about 66 or 68 points a game, which for a Coach Belcuore team, that’s a lot of points.” Tied at the end of regulation time, the game went into a first overtime, then a second, a third, and finally a fourth. “I did make two crucial game tying shots in the second and fourth OT,” Jaffe says, “and a tremendous move in chasing down a loose ball, where my opponent was also trying to get it. As the ball was about to go out of bounds, we both bent down to get it, but I quickly picked it up and in one motion spun off a pivot, sending the other guy flying out of bounds. I dribbled the length of the court and went up for the layup, but then as my shot was contested, I dished it off to Danny Barry, who got fouled and sank two foul shots.” “People told me later they couldn’t believe all the different adjustments that George and I were making, fall-
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West Orange’s Gabrielle Rembert Embraces All Dance Forms
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By Steve Sears 8-year-old Gabrielle Rembert’s eyes are currently on many things. College applications, for one, as she studies schools she might attend. And then there’s East Rutherford, New Jersey. “That’s my dream venue,” Rembert says. “One of my dream things would probably be to perform at MetLife Stadium, because it’s in New Jersey. That’s where I’m from.” And her heart is right here. “I just say, ‘Thank you, village.’ You realize, especially at such a young age, how many people it takes to really get done what you really want to get done. So many people have sacrificed so many things and just helped me in so many ways to make my dream come true. I wouldn’t be where I am without them. I thank all the people that have gotten me to where I am now. They continue to help me and support me and push me.” Rembert, whose mom, Debbie, owns Concepts Dance Academy in South Orange, says, “I thought I knew from age two that this is going to be my thing, right? My mom said at six years old, I came up to her and I restated the whole dialogue from Fame. I told her, ‘This is something I want to do. I want to dance professionally.’ But I think what really drew me towards dance is the
excitement on people’s faces when people watch you perform, and the emotion that you can grant to people and have them feel. I think that’s really what brought me to it. I was always a kid who loved to move around, so this was definitely a good spot for me to go towards.” Rembert, who has performed on Good Morning America and at the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting, credits her mom with her work ethic. “My mom is also another person who’s always running around and always working. I think it’s not even just dance, but I think anything I put my mind towards, I need to be at 100%, because why do something if you’re not going to give your all? You’re basically wasting your time and other people’s time.” Rembert’s mom taught dance at a high school, and often her daughter would be with her, the youngster viewing the on goings on stage. Also, when rehearsals were held at Concepts Dance Academy, Rembert would join the students, seeking to learn their dance moves. “I honestly think it was seeing how good they were, how much they loved what they were doing, and how hard they worked at the craft that really kind of drew me,” Rembert says. “And seeing the success that came from it. Just not even ma-
terialistic things, but the joy and the feeling you grow from dance. I think that’s really what also drew me in.” Rembert has many role models in the dance world, and they may not be a name dancer, but someone next to her in a line at a rehearsal or studio. “I just think anybody who draws my attention or makes me feel something, or makes me want to get up and move with them, I automatically consider them a role model. Someone who makes me want to work hard and get to their level is automatically a role model to me, because that’s making myself better as a person in my craft.” Rembert, who is in her fifth year with Tremaine Performance Company, performs all types of dance, and for this there are a few reasons. “Versatility is a very big thing,” she says, “especially now in the dance community, because you’re able to work more. People can use you for different things. They can say, ‘Hey, can you just pop up and do a pirouette? And then, ‘Hey, can you pop up and give me some grooves with hip hop?’ When you’re able to just do that and switch on a flip of a dime, that’s so much easier to work with. And then, also, I just think it all sounded so much fun. There’s something to learn from each style. There’s a discipline that you learn from each style.”
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Rembert is grateful for the embrace of dance. There is nothing else she’d rather do. “I think I just naturally kind of grew into it. It just fit. It’s like putting the puzzle pieces together. It’s like dance with me: we just fit together.”
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I Remember Dad: Hold Dear To Heart, This Cherished Heritage
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By Richard Mabey Jr. ne of the most powerfully positive influences upon my beloved father was his grandfather, William H. Mabey. Sadly, my great grandfather passed away in 1936, about a year after having suffered a stroke. Dad was nine years old, when his grandfather was called Home to be with the Lord. My great grandfather was born on October 15, 1868, at a time when our nation was still healing from the wounds of the great Civil War. Great Grandpa Mabey grew up in a modest home, atop Hook Mountain. The home had no running water, nor did it have an indoor bathroom. In 1892, at the age of 23, Great Grandpa Mabey married Dora Dolson. My great grandmother was born and raised in New York City, in a rather wealthy family. How it came to be that she traveled to Beavertown (the former name of Lincoln Park) and met my great grandfather is unclear. Dora Dolson was 20 years old when she married my great grandfather. Great Grandpa Mabey worked as the Chief Engineer of Incline Plane Ten East. He was a strong, hard-working man. For the first two years of their marriage, William and Dora Mabey lived with William’s parents, William and Catherine Mabey. During those two years, my great grandfather worked ev-
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ery minute he could, on building a home for his bride and himself. He single-handedly built the home. As a tribute to his carpentry skills, the home still stands today. My dad loved his grandfather, oh so very much. Dad was nine years old when his grandfather passed away. My father often recollected about how devastated he was to lose his grandfather. According to my beloved father, Great Grandpa Mabey was a most incredibly talented story teller. My father often told me how he would gather about his grandfather, sitting on the floor with his brothers and cousins, while Great Grandpa Mabey told dramatic stories of life along the old Morris Canal. I remember, as a child, Dad would often retell these stories. Dad would preface the stories with saying, “of course I can’t tell it quite like my grandpa could. He was quite a story teller.” Now at 68, I so deeply regret that I didn’t take out a pencil and paper and write down those stories. My great grandfather taught my father the treasured principles of farming, specifically the art of successfully growing corn. Legend has it that Great Grandpa Mabey was a great hunter. My dad often told the stories about the days of going on a hunt with his father and grandfather and his older brother, Edward.
There was a great legend of the great buck, whose presence was overwhelming. Dad often told me about the great buck. That his grandfather held a certain reverence and respect for the great buck, and so never raised his rifle sights upon the tremendously large deer. I remember my father telling me about the time he did sight the great buck. He told me that once a man saw the great buck, he was destined to never be the same again. The great buck was the king of the wooded land that ran the forest range, all along the old Morris Canal in Lincoln Park. I have but only one picture of my dear great grandfather. I cherish that photograph, oh so dearly. Whenever I am faced with the dreaded plague of writer’s block, I take out Great Grandpa’s picture from the top drawer of my desk. I look at that photo of my great grandfather, that was taken shortly after he had his stroke. I try my utmost best to be true to Great Grandpa’s love of storytelling. A part of the spirit of my great grandfather lives on in my heart, solely because my dad took the time to share with me his fond memories of the beloved patriarch, who was born just a few years after the monumental surrender at Appomattox. Cherish your unique family history. By all means, please do take the time to pass on your knowledge of your family’s history and legends to the younger ones of your family.
The only photograph that I have of my great grandfather, William H. Mabey. This picture was taken in 1935, after Great Grandpa Mabey had his stroke. A corner of the home that Great Grandpa Mabey built can be seen in this picture, on the right hand side.
Truly, it will be time well invested. Richard Mabey Jr. is a freelance writer. He can be reached at richardmabeyjr@hotmail. com. Please put on the subject line: My Life Publications.
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here’s a chill in the air, leaves are changing colors and falling from trees and there are more porches decorated for the seasons ahead than the eyes can see. The changing weather also means shorter days and longer nights where visibility becomes critical from sunset to sunrise. Now is the ideal time to ensure your vehicle is ready for the transition of seasons by checking key safety and visibility items. While it can be picturesque, seasonal weather is often unpredictable, so it’s important to ensure your vehicle is ready for all conditions. Make sure your headlights, wiper blades and windshield washer fluid are ready for the challenges of driving during the fall and winter months ahead. Windshield Wiper Blades Start with checking the windshield wiper blades that work overtime in inclement weather. Flat blade windshield wipers are designed to hug the curve of your windshield and provide a clean wipe. Be sure to invest in a pair of new wiper blades to help give you a clear line of sight behind the wheel as the weather changes. “To help keep drivers’ windshields clean regardless of the season, PEAK offers a full line of wiper blades that help keep drivers’
windshields clean regardless of the season,” automotive DIY expert Emily Reeves said. “It’s important to make sure you check your car manual to help determine which blade size is right for your vehicle and take into consideration the environmental elements you’ll face heading into fall and winter.” Windshield Washer Fluid Wiper blades alone won’t keep leaves, dirt and grime off of your windshield. Next, it’s crucial to check your windshield washer fluid to make sure its fresh and caters to seasonal needs. Be sure to do some research to determine what is best for both your vehicle and local climate, whether that be all-season, bug cleaning or de-icing. Seasonally appropriate windshield washer fluid can help ensure you’re prepared to fight everything from rain, bugs, tree sap and bird droppings from interfering with your visibility and allow you to drive more safely. Headlights A clean, clear windshield is nothing if you aren’t able to see more than 5 feet in front of you. Shorter days mean less sunlight and decreased visibility while on the road. Now is also a perfect time to check your headlights to ensure they aren’t dimming, which will reduce visibility, particular-
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ly at nighttime. There are options available to suit both drivers who prefer a more golden hue as well as a white halogen glow. “There is nothing worse than a dim headlight when you’re driving at night, especially as our days get shorter,” Reeves said. “Whether you’re dealing with morning fog or chilly temperature drops, help maintain your visibility with PEAK Power Vision Headlamps, which include options that
range from a golden hue to a white halogen glow.” These tips can help ensure your vehicle is ready to tackle fall and winter weather conditions. For additional insights to maximize your car’s potential, and key products to use as you prepare for the road ahead, visit owi.com/retail/brands/peak-auto. (Family Features)
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t’s Chanukah and in Israel and in many places around the world Jews are lighting candles in their window as night falls. They’re adding a little light to the world and reminding everyone of the miracles that happened to their ancestors so long ago. Over two thousand years ago, the Jews of Israel were ruled by the Greek conquerors of Syria. Antiochus, the Greek king, wanted all of his subjects to live like Greeks so he made laws prohibiting Jews to practice their religion by forbidding the study of the Torah or keeping the mitzvot. The Jews revolted and had a whole army fighting the Greeks. After many long years, the Jews finally threw the Greek army out of the country. The first thing they did as soon as they conquered Jerusalem was to rededicate their Temple (Chanukah means “dedication”.) When they tried to light the menorah, all they could find was enough oil to last them for one day. To make more oil would have taken at least a week – eight days more likely. A miracle happened and the little jar of oil burned for eight days. Ever since then, Jews have celebrated the victory over the Greeks during the holiday of Chanukah. On the first night we light one candle, on the second night we light two candles, and so on. By the eighth night we have eight candles burning brightly, reminding us of the eight days that the oil burned in the Temple and of the Jewish struggle against oppression. “Pirsumei nisa” or publicizing the miracle is a very important custom on Chanukah. We light the candles in a window or by a door facing the street so that everyone
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passing by will see them and remember the miracles that happened. The special menorah we use on Chanukah is called a “chanukiah” in Hebrew. It has places for eight candles and an extra place for the “shamash” – the candle we use to light all the other candles. There’s an old custom of giving children gifts of coins on Chanukah. Sometimes the coins are real and sometimes they are made of chocolate (gelt.) Since the miracle of Chanukah happened through a jar of oil, one way to remember the miracle is to eat foods cooked in oil during Chanukah. “Latkes,” or potato pancakes fried to a crispy, golden brown are one popular Chanukah food. “Sufganiyot” or jelly donuts are another as they are also fried in oil. “Dreidels” are a favorite toy on Chanukah. They are four-sided tops with Hebrew letters painted or carved on the sides. The letters – nun, gimel, heh, and shin stand for the Hebrew words: “Nes gadol hayah sham” (A great miracle happened there.) One way to play dreidel is to spin it for money. Everyone puts a coin or gelt in the pot, then they spin the dreidel to see who wins: nun means nothing – you don’t have to put in another coin and you don’t get anything; gimel means you get everything in the pot; heh means you get half of what is in the pot; and shin means you have to put one into the pot. In Israel, a dreidel is called a “sevivon.” The sevivon has a “peh” instead of a shin on one side, so that the letters stand for “Nes gadol hayah poh” (A great miracle happened here.) Happy Chanukah!
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