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Nature is a Dreamland in Denville Painter’s Skilled Hands
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By Alexander Rivero ext time you make a cup of tea, take the time to focus on the individual steps that make up that perfect steaming cup of herbal bliss. Pour the water. Notice the sound the water makes as it hits the bottom of the kettle. See how it instantly takes the shape of its container. Observe how the water splashes and ripples as it accommodates itself, the chaos of billions of individual droplets rushing to find their place in this new reality, only to fuse together as one body once again. After about a minute, when you’ve lit the stove and placed the kettle on the burner, watch the bobbing water as it steadies into stiller and stiller versions of itself. Before long, it will have become a zen pond, on its way to boil over the low hissing stovefire. Maybe it is a bit much to assume we can be this tuned in to the nobler details of tea preparation while tripping over Legos and scarfing down an egg before work. But graphic design artist and painter Amanda McIntyre of Denville believes we stand to gain much more than we think by taking the time to see the miraculous in the every-day, the even every-minute. “Beauty is in everything we do. I’ve dealt with anxiety, and doing meditation helped immensely. Making a cup of tea, for instance, and focusing on it—truly focusing on it—and enjoying it, the whole process of it, not just the consumption of it, matters immensely. To see things in this light—the focusing on each component of it whenever possible—has been extraordinarily helpful for me for quite some time.” An avid hiker, McIntyre’s memory banks are filled with scenes of the local natural world, many of which so beautiful she has had to stop and take full notice. But instead of trying to capture the vision with a camera or sketchbook, she typically pauses and allows the beauty to sear itself into her memory, where it incubates for a time before emerging again on her canvas. It certainly helps to have the poise and delicateness of hand to paint pieces as lush as hers—qualities which she has in spades. However, it is her sharp and patient eye, which is as sensitive to the breadth as it is to the depth and detail of her subjects, that has done most to help her produce her repertoire—a dreamworld of shape, texture, symbols,
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continued from front page inspiration in her life that pushed her into art, McIntyre recalls her early childhood getting lost in the art of Beatrix Potter and wanting to be like her, drawing mice, as well as everything she saw outside. Watching her grandfather and parents paint added a sense of precedent, even if they never did it professionally. But along the way, at some point, she grew to understand that, whatever our individual gifts, we are all, in some measure, artists of our own unique lives, which no other soul—no matter how close—knows quite as intimately as we do. “I think we’re all creative,” says McIntyre. “We’re all singular. No two people have the same vision in life. The drive to create—or to do whatever it is we do—is in you, it’s something you feel you have to do.” Thanks to discipline, happenstance, and desire, McIntyre confesses to being able to see the world in brushstrokes. “If I’m driving, and it’s a beautiful sunset, I will think of how to paint or draw that. I love the morning light especially, all of it. Before work, I would get up early just
to get that light, where everything comes alive—the birds, everything.” She admits to having been born with a certain modicum of ability, but would have stayed at that skill level without the strong drive and passion in bettering herself. She paints on most days, even in fifteen to twenty-minute bits of time. With a fouryear old child at home, she simply cannot paint for three or four uninterrupted hours at a time, and the paintings in her repertoire are mostly products of this incremental method where, brushstroke by brushstroke, over long stretches of time, she will emerge with a masterpiece. “These paintings don’t happen by magic. It’s hard work, and consistency. It helps me breathe a little each day. If I’m not doing it, I’m thinking about it, in the back of my head each day. I’m very lucky that people buy my work. I came to peace with not being a doctor or lawyer. This is my God-given gift, and it’s every bit as necessary for the world as any of those high-status jobs are that I didn’t go into.” To see more of McIntyre’s work, visit her webpage at www.koicat.com.
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Caldwell Boxer Enjoying Great Success in the Ring
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By Steve Sears n a recent chilly February morning, Caldwell boxer Nicolas “The Bull” Vitone was in Sussex County, preparing to head to Ace’s Boxing Club in Boonton. There he would train once again with his coach, Joe Zabry, the same coach he’s had since he first laced on boxing gloves 12 years ago. “I’m growing and getting better,” Vitone says. “I believe it’s just the beginning, and that I can do something great in this sport.” Vitone’s current record as a professional boxer is 6 wins, 1 loss, and 1 draw, and those 6 wins for the super lightweight have all been by knockout. Vitone, who was born in Denville and grew up in Montville, had his first amateur fight at age 16. He won that fight, and he’ll be 26 soon, and his ninth professional fight is this April. In addition to his successful win-loss record, another highlight is that he has boxed at the Prudential Center in Newark as part of the Premiere Boxing Champions Boxing Fight Night. “I’m living my dream right now,” Vitone says. Vitone, whose grandfather was a former Golden Gloves boxer, considers himself a “throwback fighter.” “I work the body well. I really do consider myself a bull. I do come forward, and I have great defense and offense. I believe I’m an all-around fighter,” he says. He counts among his favorite boxers Sugar Ray Leonard, Arturo Gatti, and Roberto Duran. Vitone’s pathway to the sport of boxing was forged, in a way, via the gridiron. He played football his entire life and loved it, but when he entered his freshman year of high school, he was a lot smaller than the other players. “I thought I was pretty good when I was younger, and then I
stopped growing,” Vitone recalls. “I went to every practice, worked hard, but didn’t get much playing time.” That lack of playing time, coupled with Vitone’s fascination and interest with boxing, as well as the desire to stay in shape, was the start of his own path to the ring. He was also encouraged by his older sister’s friend to join Ace’s Boxing Club, which at that time was located in Pine Brook. “I stopped in and basically fell in love, and was hooked after that,” he says. “Just honestly, I was just so fascinated by everything about it.” For the rest of that first day, he tried to edge his way towards the speed bag when he saw others pounding it. Vitone, whose early bouts were all four-rounders, won his first four professional fights, the initial victory coming in August 2020 with first round knockout of his opponent, Kire Lucas. After then suffering a controversial draw and loss in his fifth and sixth bouts respectively, Vitone came back on November 20 of last year with a second round TKO of Quadarrius Hopkins, and then scored another second round TKO in his first six-round bout against Jared Glenn on Saturday, February 5, in Rock Hill, South Carolina. However, it’s not just about the wins and the successful record for Vitone. It’s also the education in the ring. “I’m never perfect and I’m most critical of myself, and I grow from every fight, win, lose, or draw,” Vitone says. And as he approaches his next fight on April 2 at The Terrace in Paramus, that maturation as a boxer continues with confidence. “That includes my training, just being comfortable in the ring, and just growing and getting better with each fight. I consider myself the hardest working boxer out there, and I believe I’m going to earn everything I want in this sport.”
Nicolas “The Bull” Vitone (credit Ed Leonard).
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Denville/Rockaway Woman’s Club Celebrating 90 years in 2022
he Woman’s Club of Denville was organized March,1932 to fill a need for an impartial, non-political group to dispense relief to the unemployed and needy in Denville. Ninety years later, the Club continues its objectives of service to the community and friendship among its members. We became a member of the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs (NJSFWC) of GFWC in 1947, and will be celebrating 75 years as a Federation member in 2022. In 2010, the Club changed its name to the GFWC Woman’s Club of the DenvilleRockaway area to better reflect the scope of its membership and service. Early projects included the promotion of a town Welfare Department & working to get local mail delivery for Denville residents, house to house solicitation for funds and books to establish the first public library in Denville, and donating a collapsible stretcher and oxygen tank for the town ambulance. It is amazing to current members, who number around 50, that those objectives are still the foundation for our Club today. Established as a non-profit, community service organization, the Club’s objective is ‘to make a difference in the lives of
others, one project at a time’ still stands today. Having the ability to offer a variety of projects and programs makes the Club unique, and allows us to offer many choices to our members. Yearly college scholarship money to high school seniors have been presented every year since 1952. Originally, the money was given as a loan to deserving students. Only one loan was ever paid back 25 years later, from a man who wrote and thanked the Club for their faith, confidence and patience they had in helping him attain his present success. This scholarship was named for Blanche Baldwin, Club President from 1937 to 1939 and we are proud to say that the scholarship still exist today, one at each of the high schools in our service area; Morris Hills and Morris Knolls High Schools. Beginning in 2000, the club started awarding a scholarship to a woman returning to school at Morris County School of Technology in the LPN program. Recently, a second scholarship has been added. The Club was recognized in 2006 by the Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority (MUA) for its outstanding work in recycling and was awarded the Muriel Hepner Volunteer award in 2009 by the Denville continued on page 7
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Club members organizing baskets for the Joey Bella tricky tray fundraiser last year.
continued from page 6 PRIDE Council for its volunteer efforts in the community. In 2018 the Club planted a tree in Muriel Hepner Park, Denville in honor of past member, Peggy Gray. Throughout the clubs history, we have maintained a close relationship with Denville and Rockaway social services, as well as other area agencies. Recently, the club was recognized for its efforts with the Joey Bella Memorial Fund, Inc, by the General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC). From many 2021 projects submitted nationwide, they were awarded, by popular vote, the GFWC President’s Pick for 2021. 12 Club member’s, spent 250 hours over a 3-month period preparing Tricky Tray baskets for the yearly Joey Bella Tricky Tray fundraiser. Local businesses now play an important role as ‘drop off collection sites’ for our continuing collection of items, such as back to school supplies, ink jet & toner cartridges, and Easter basket items. During the holiday season, Wish Trees are set up
at a variety of sites to collect gifts for local families. The club has also collected over 54,000 new and like new children’s books at these locations. During the current pandemic the club continues to seek opportunities to make a difference in the community. Donations of food were sent to thank healthcare workers in the local hospital, and dropped off at local food pantries. Masks were made for healthcare facilities, coats were collected for the homeless, and hats and scarfs were made and collected for CASA NJ children. Internet technology was established to conduct virtual meetings so that communication to members was continued during the pandemic. The club will continue to make a difference in the community, even when it is necessary to adapt to the changes in the community. For additional information, visit our website at: https://gfwcdenrock.wixsite. com/denville-rockaway or email us: gfwcdenrock@gmail.com.
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Experiencing the Paralympic Games Through the Eyes of a Former Competitor
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By Megan Roche andolph’s own Staci Mannella remembers the Sochi 2014 and PyeongChang 2018 games with pride. Mannella competed in both winter games as a member of the Paralympic Alpine Skiing team. When she was born in 1996, Mannella was diagnosed with achromatopsia. The condition limits her visual acuity to three feet and causes extreme sensitivity to light. Being a member of a ski loving family, Mannella quickly was brought up on the slopes. At the age of four, she was skiing downhill by holding onto a bamboo pole between two sighted skiers. By the time she reached the fifth grade, Mannella was competing for the Adaptive Sports Foundation race team at Windham Mountain. “When I first started, my parents were just grateful for the fact that I could ski so we could ski together as a family. I ended up really exceeding their expectations. I grew up skiing every weekend and then as a teenager, I ended up outskiing the instructors in the Windham Mountain program. I was told that I should get involved in racing,” Mannella said. Inspired after a meeting with members of the US Paralympic Alpine Skiing team in 2008, Mannella began working toward her goal of representing the USA at the Paralympic Games. It all started when she was named to the developmental roster for Team USA three years after
that inspirational meeting. In 2014, Mannella recalls her selection to the Team USA roster heading to Sochi for the Paralympic Games. “I was out skiing in Winter Park, Colorado and training. We had a feeling that we were going to make the team but you never know until its official. They named the team while we were out training. I remember being very excited. We all went out and bought a steak dinner together and celebrated,” Mannella said. In the 2014 Paralympic Games, Mannella placed just off the podium in sixth in both the giant slalom and slalom. One of her greatest memories from her competitive skiing career came at the 2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships with a bronze medal finish in the super combined race. The competition in Italy was stiff and Mannella was not anticipating a podium finish. However, she highlights the importance of her favorite memories as moments when there were no spectators. “A lot of my favorite memories and moments come from the times when people weren’t watching. The medals are great but I also had a lot of opportunities to explore different places all over the world with people who were and are still very important to me,” Mannella shares. In 2018, as she arrived in PyeongChang, South Korea, continued on page 9
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Experiencing the Paralympic Games... continued from page 8 her outlook on the games had not changed. In 2014, Mannella was overwhelmed with gratitude as she competed and 2018 was no different. “The first time I competed at the games, they tell you that its going to feel larger than life and it’s so big. It’s definitely true. Everything they tell you does not prepare you to compete on a stage like that. When I was in Sochi, it was so intimidating. In 2018, it was the same thing. It’s not something that you become accustomed to. It’s still very exciting, but when you come in as a seasoned athlete you are looking at it from a different perspective,” Mannella shares. Her 2018 Paralympic Games results were still a top ten finish, placing ninth in the slalom, and tenth in the giant slalom and super-G. In fact, she wishes she was in Beijing competing in the 2022 Paralympic
Games. “I think we often focus on the larger events like the Olympics and World Championships. I’ve been skiing for Team USA since I was 15 until I was 22. Those are malleable years and I owe a lot of who I am now because of how I’ve been impacted by my time as an athlete. If I could choose to be skiing right now, I would but I also recognize that right now I need to focus on school and my career beyond skiing so that’s been the sacrifice I’ve made,” Mannella says. A 2014 graduate of Morris County School of Technology and a 2019 graduate of Dartmouth College, Mannella is now studying for her Masters at the School of Kinesiology at the University of British Columbia. To learn more about Mannella, visit www.stacimannella.com.
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The History and Mythology of St. Patrick’s Day
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By Henry M. Holden here is one day a year when people of all ethnic groups can claim to be Irish. Saint Patrick’s Day, (or from Gaelic: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, “Day of the Feastday of Patrick”), is a cultural and religious celebration held on March 17, the assumed death date of Saint Patrick (385 – 461). The original reason for the celebration was the arrival of Christianity in Ireland. More countries celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day than any other national festival. It is a public holiday in seven countries and is widely celebrated in the United Kingdom, Canada, United States, Argentina, Australia and New Zealand. The Potato Famine that struck Ireland (1845-52) led to the immigration of over one-million Irish to the United States, in one decade, although it continued to a lesser extent into the early 20th century. When Irish immigrants brought St. Patrick’s Day traditions to the United States, the day evolved into a secular celebration of Irish heritage and culture. Saint Patrick’s Day became an official Christian feast day in the early 17th century. Celebrations involve parades, céilís, a social event at which there is Irish folk music, traditional dancing, shared folklore, leprechauns, and all things Irish. Pubs served green beer and the folks in Chicago dye the river green (a tradition dating back to 1962). Modern celebrations are still influenced by the Irish diaspora, the ethnic Irish and their descendants who live outside the island of Ireland and influenced by those that developed in North America. What we know about Patrick is he wrote his own autobiography in the form of a Declaration. He was born in Roman Britain in the fourth century, into a wealthy Romano-British family, and became a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. The shamrock, a three-leafed clover is not only a feature of Celtic mythology, but it was also especially important in Irish legend in the spread of Christianity. The shamrock, aka the “seamroy” was a sacred plant in ancient Ireland. It symbolized the rebirth of spring. By the seventeenth century, the shamrock had become a symbol of emerging Irish nationalism. Saint Patrick tried to inform the Celts on the Holy Trinity, but they could not
understand what he was saying. Patrick saw a clover and decided to use it to explain the Holy Trinity, the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit as one. The Celts realized what he meant, and that’s how the shamrock became so important in Irish history and social tradition. Spirited music is often associated with St. Patrick’s Day—and Irish culture in general. From earliest days of the Celts, music has been an important part of Irish life. The Celts had an oral culture, where religion, legend and history were passed from one generation to the next by way of stories and songs. The English began to seize land and make laws against the use of the Irish language and the practice of Catholicism. The first British Law specifically banned the use of the Irish language was Article III of The Statute of Kilkenny in 1367. As a result, Irish began to wear the shamrock as a symbol of their pride in their heritage, and their anger with English rule. After being conquered by the English, and forbidden to speak their own language, the Irish, like other oppressed peoples, turned to music to help them remember notable events and retain their heritage and history, as it often stirred emotion and helped to galvanize the people. One of the most lasting folklore stories is the legend that during his mission in Ireland, Patrick once stood on a hilltop (which is now called Croagh Patrick), and with only a shepard’s staff, banished all the snakes from Ireland. The “banishing of the snakes” was a metaphor for the suppression of pagan ideologies from Ireland and the triumph of Christianity. Within two hundred years of Patrick’s arrival, most of Ireland was converted. Each year, thousands of Irish Americans gather with their loved ones on St. Patrick’s Day to share a “traditional” meal of corned beef and cabbage. Cabbage has long been in the Irish diet, but it was at the turn of the 20th century that corned beef became popular. Irish immigrants living on New York City’s Lower East Side substituted corned beef for their traditional dish of Irish bacon to save money. They learned about this inexpensive alternative from their Jewish neighbors. One icon of St. Patrick’s Day is the Leprechaun. The original Irish name for these figures of folklore is “lobaircin,”
meaning “small-bodied fellow.” They have appeared for centuries in Irish folklore. Belief in leprechauns stem from Celtic belief in fairies, tiny people who could use their magical powers to serve good or evil. In Celtic folktales, leprechauns mended the shoes of the other fairies. Though only minor figures in Celtic folklore, leprechauns were known for their trickery, which they often used to protect their mythical pot of gold. According to Irish mythology, butterflies move between worlds and bring messages and warnings. They are souls, waiting to be reborn on earth. Leprechauns are the cultural symbol of Ireland, with their names translated from ‘shoemaker’. They were said to roam Ireland before humans, with a unique hat and red hair. In oral folklore, you can find their pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, so if you visit Ireland, be sure to look for a rainbow. The harp became cemented in the folk music tradition, everyday life, and popular culture of Ireland. The Harp of Daghda is a national icon in Ireland. Folklore says that evil gods stole the first harp from the Daghda, a
Leprechauns stem from the Celtic belief in fairies, tiny people who could use their magical powers to serve good or evil. (Public Domain)
king in Irish/Celtic mythology. Daghda’s music made people feel transformed. The absence of music caused sadness to pass over the country. Eventually the evil gods gave it back to them, and joy returned to the land. Now that you know some of the myths and legends from Irish folklore, you are safe to wander through the most rural parts of Ireland.
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cancer diagnosis requires a multitude of important decision-making for patients and their families. From choosing an oncologist and surgeon, to understanding risk/benefits of chemo treatments, radiation therapy and many other considerations, often leaves patients feeling overwhelmed and frustrated. One important area of treatment that many cancer patients face is understanding and navigating radiation therapy. As the Chief of Urology at Saint Clare’s Health, Dr. Lawrence Friedman leads a team that is on the cutting edge of various treatments for cancer. This includes the use of advanced technology for radiation therapy that allows patients and their physicians greater choice for individualizing their treatmen. At Saint Clare’s Health, the most advanced radiation technology available, is delivered by TrueBeam. This technology offers the greatest advantage to individualize treatment plans based upon the patients’ lifestyle or the
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time patients can devote to treatments, as well as assess the risks/benefits. “TrueBeam is an advanced, cutting-edge radiation therapy system that delivers a concentrated beam of radiation therapy to tumors in the body,” Friedman said. “It combines patient imaging, beam delivery and sophisticated motion management in order to precisely and accurately target tumors,” stated Dr. Friedman. “There are many benefits that are just not offered in standard radiation therapy, and the most important is that of time.” Standard radiation therapy is known as intensity modulated radiation therapy. This type of therapy usually involves 45 treatments spread out over nine weeks. Another alternative is cyberknife treatment, which is performed via five treatment sessions done in just one week. The most important differences between cyberknife and intensity modulated radiation therapy is time, as well as the risk/benefits. “What we’re talking about with standard
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radiation therapy is multiple small slices of a treatment pie that add up to the total dose of what is needed. Meanwhile, on the other side of the coin you have cyberknife treatment, where you have much bigger slices of the pie in which you dish out the same total amount of radiation. You can understand from a lifestyle perspective the potential advantages of getting treatment done faster. However, there is an increased risk of side effects when you’re squeezing all of that radiation treatment into just one week,” explains Friedman. continued on page 13
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Misinformation About Cancer Radiation... continued from page 12 TrueBeam offers the possibility of achieving effective cancer treatment that allows for a middle ground between standard radiation therapy and cyberknife treatment. “It gives us the way to provide for a time sweet spot of two to three weeks where the patient avoids increased side effects and also saves time,” Friedman said. “It provides the flexibility to tailor the therapy to the patient’s wishes, their lifestyle, and their overall health. It’s a
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architecture of the TrueBeam machine synchronizes the way patients are positioned within the imaging motion machine along with the way the treatment beams deliver healing doses, even accounting for the movement created by the patient’s breathing. The combined treatment process is monitored every ten seconds throughout the procedure in order to maintain precise targeting on the tumor in question. It’s truly a marvel of medical architecture that helps to minimize the side effects of radiation therapy while targeting the cancer very effectively.” Friedman also underscored the concept that Saint Clare’s Health, a community hospital, entire approach is delivering highquality and compassionate care. At a time when healthcare can seem to be dominated by monolithic impersonal institutions, one of Saint Clare’s points of pride is that the use of technology, such as TrueBeam, demonstrates that while the hospital offers the convenience of being located around the corner, it is also ahead of the curve. “We’re offering people the same state-ofthe-art therapy in their own backyard that they are going to find at any major academic or medical center anywhere else in the area,” Friedman said. “People should also
know that the TrueBeam technology can be used for almost any cancer out there. And again, you don’t have to go far to get that kind of wide-ranging and effective care.” In summary, Friedman emphasizes that no one department alone at Saint Clare’s is behind the most effective care for cancer. Instead, the entire hospital takes on the responsibility together to tackle cancer treating each patient as family and developing the most advanced state-of-theart treatment plan. “As with most cancer therapy, we take a team approach. You have to have a collaborative approach against cancer. We work diligently to make an uncomfortable situation as comfortable as possible,” Friedman said. “It’s not just the urologist or the oncologist fighting together with our patients to beat cancer. It’s the technicians, the nurses, and the support staff that all come together to make it happen. Together, we are dedicated to give the patient a positive experience and a good outcome against cancer.” For more information about cancer radiation therapy at Saint Clare’s Health, please call Saint Clare’s Health Center for Cancer Care at 973-983-7300, or visit www. saintclare’s health.com.
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CúChullain Pipe Band of Morris County Celebrates 45 Years
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By Steve Sears t all began with Michael J. Smith 45 years ago. A.J. McCann, Pipe Major and 26-year member of the CúChullain (koo-hull-in) Pipe Band, gives the details in brief. “It was Saint Patrick’s Day, and he (Smith) was sitting in a bar in Mine Hill, New Jersey. He was a piper and he said, ‘You know, I think we should have a parade!’ He went out, got his pipes out of the car, and he walked down to the end of Main Street in Mine Hill - just him and a bunch of people behind him. That was the first parade, and that’s how he decided he was going to form a band.” That march of a dozen people was the beginning of the CúChullain Pipe Band, an organization dedicated to preserving traditional Celtic music. It still is the first pipe band ever established in Morris County. The CúChullain Pipe Band is a familyoriented group, which is the way Smith wanted it. “He didn’t want a band with a lot of tensions and rivalries because, over the course of years, you see bands come and go and a lot of it is due to infighting amongst members,” McCann says. “He was really big on making sure this stayed a family event. Since then, we’ve had people come, they
joined the band at a young age, they go to college, they get married, they have kids, and now their kids are in the band.” Mike Houston is in his seventh year as a CúChullain Pipe Band member. He started piping at age 48, and now serves as the organization’s secretary. He says of his role, “It’s really just a matter of keeping communication going, doing what I can to recruit new members. Most of the members of the band have been around a long, long time. You become a member of the band, and you stay a member of the band; there’s not a lot of moving around. And I also like that it’s been in Morris County since 1977, it has a lot of history, and it’s also familyoriented.” McCann’s family is a perfect example. His two sons, Alexander and Matthew, now ages 18 and 14 respectively, have marched with him in the band since they were able to walk. “At three years old, they were marching down the street with me, but now they march beside me. My son is the Pipe Sergeant, he just got promoted this past year. For the people in the band, it’s a huge family that never ends. It just keeps on growing. Somebody can come back who’s been with the band and gone for 20 years can step right in and, boom, you’re back in
CúChullain Pipe Band of Morris County Celebrates 45 Years. Photos courtesy of the CúChullain Pipe Band.
the family again. We have a lot of fun doing what we do.” McCann’s wife of 26 years, Pam, also plays a major role. “She’s been very supportive,” her husband says. “She actually was a drummer in the band many years ago, a tenor drummer. She’s had her hands in it
too, and now she got elected to be the band manager. She runs the band now.” John Garrity has served as President of the CúChullain Pipe Band for five years and has been a member for 15 years. He also arranges the band’s music. “I have continued on page 17
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An Irish Story
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By Richard Mabey Jr. hat force of nature could possibly bring a proud Protestant Dutchman and a shy Irish Catholic girl together, especially being that the lass from the Emerald Isle was 18 years younger than the gentleman from the land of windmills and wooden shoes? That magical and mystical force, of course, is love. In 1883, Catherine Cavanaugh, my great grandmother, came to America with her parents when she was only five years old. They first took up residence in Clifton. A few months later, the Cavanaugh family moved to Paterson. At the age of 16, Catherine worked in a silk mill in Paterson. Both of her parents also worked in the same silk mill. It was tough labor, requiring hard work for long hours. Somehow and someway, Catherine Cavanaugh met a Dutchman named Wesley Storms, who lived in a small farming town known as Beavertown. Wesley was a very shy, lonely widower, who lived alone in a very small home at the foothills of Hook Mountain. Wesley, my great grandfather, was 18 years older than Catherine, my great grandmother. Now at 68, I deeply regret that I did not ask my grandmother, Bertha Storms Mabey,
more about her mom and dad. However, I am ever so appreciative for the information that Grandma did share with me about her parents. Wesley Storms never did know his father. Wesley was born in 1860. Shortly after he was born, his father, William Storms, signed up with the Union Army. My great-great grandfather served in the 15th New Jersey Regiment. Sadly, he was killed in the Battle of Salem Church in May of 1863. It was a scar that was left upon Wesley’s heart, never to be healed for his entire lifetime. For Catherine Cavanaugh, working in a silk mill was very hard work. The men and women who worked in the silk mills in Paterson worked long hours for little pay. It was a tough life. Most of the people who worked in Paterson’s silk mills were immigrants. The Irish immigrants did not have it easy in the latter part of the nineteenth century. The prejudice against the Irish was very real in America. It’s painful to admit, but none-theless, there was very real prejudice against the Irish. In factories, stores, and other places of business, during the nineteenth century, it was not uncommon to see signs reading, “Irish need not apply.” Wesley Storms had a little farm in
The silk mills of Paterson hired a lot of Irish immigrants. It was hard labor, requiring long hours in a working day.
Beavertown. The greatest mystery is how it came to be that my great grandmother met my great grandfather. I remember my grandmother, Bertha Storms, told me that her father had close friends, who were also friends with her mother’s parents. In light of their age difference, and the fact that Wesley Storms was Protestant and Catherine Cavanaugh was a devoted Catholic, it is truly
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a miracle that they fell in love and married. As a boy, growing up in Lincoln Park (formerly known as Beavertown) one of my best friends lived in the very home that my great grandmother and great grandfather once lived in. The very home that my paternal grandmother grew up in. I was only in the home one time. It was a hot summer continued on page 17
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CúChullain Pipe Band...
An Irish Story... continued from page 16 day and my friend, Robert, invited me in to have a glass of lemonade. I was about 10 years old at the time. I had only been in the kitchen of that dear old home, for about 20 minutes. But in that short time, I could feel the presence of my great grandparents. I was a very sensitive child, with a vivid imagination. As I sat at Robert’s kitchen table, as his mom poured cold lemonade in glasses for us, I could imagine my grandmother sitting in that very same kitchen as a little girl, eating supper with her mom and dad. I live in Central Florida now. I don’t travel up to New Jersey that often any more. But when I do visit Lincoln Park, I always take time to take a walk by the home that my grandmother, Bertha Storms Mabey, grew up in. From the sidewalk, I look up to that modest home, atop
The signs, “Irish need not apply,” were not uncommon to be seen in factories and stores during the nineteenth century.
a hill, and feel the presence of the ghosts of my great grandparents. All in all, I deeply regret that I didn’t ask my grandmother more about her childhood days. I regret that I didn’t ask her more questions about her parents, specifically the details of how they met and fell in love. Sadly, those questions will never be answered. If you are blessed to
have even one of your grandparents, alive on this side of Heaven’s Gate, please do consider talking to them about their childhood, their history, their legacy, their heritage. Truly, it will be time well spent. Richard Mabey Jr. is a freelance writer. He can be reached at richardmabeyjr@ hotmail.com. Please put on the subject line: An Irish Story.
continued from page 14 access to bagpipe music writing software. Really, at this point in time, I’m also the piping instructor, so I try to keep the music interesting. I’ll find stuff on the internet, I’ll transpose it into the software, make a bunch of copies, and then we’ll go on Thursday night and have fun.” Garrity also enjoys the family element of the band. “That’s the thing I’ve always loved about this band and why I would never think of leaving,” he says. “It is because of that whole family quality, and it’s absolutely true. When we go to parades, we’ll bring grills and just pick a side street, and we’ll just cook up some hamburgers or something. And when you go to practice, you’re not going just to practice. You’re going to practice to see these people. It’s just a beautiful thing.” As Pipe Major, McCann is in charge of the music execution, practices, conducting, and leading the band in parades – and there are quite a few during this busiest part of the year for the CúChullain Pipe Band. “I
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think we have four parades in March to do,” McCann says. The band either leads or participates in the annual Morristown Saint Patrick’s Day Parade, and also marches in parades in Denville, Hackettstown, West Orange, and East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania during the year. The CúChullain Pipe Band is always looking for new members, and training is provided. “You’re never too old to pick it up,” Houston says. “We meet every Thursday night (at the Rainbow Lakes clubhouse in Denville), and John is the instructor. He put together this curriculum that everybody uses, so we really keep on the same page, learning the same things at the same pace. But we take new members at any time during the year.” Perhaps Garrity puts it best. “I love to play the pipes,” he says, “but the reason I go is just for the people I’m playing the pipes with.” For more information about the CúChullain Pipe Band, visit their website at www.cuchullainpipeband.com.
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From the Mayor’s Desk
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n this edition of Denville Life, I will focus on 3 of the cardinal points that my Administration has focused on the past 10 years; Flood Mitigation, our Downtown revitalization and our infrastructure. In following editions, I will aim to provide updates on the public health and safety, our great senior, recreational and social programs and improving our efficiencies all while running the Township in the most cost effective manner possible. The Army Corp of Engineers and NJ Department of Environmental Protection has invested $1.2 Million studying our flooding issues with hopes to bring a significant future flood mitigation program to Denville. Although, not the direction we had originally had hoped, there is still a path to flood mitigation relief for many local property owners. Our plan of building larger-scale flood infrastructure was generally disqualified based upon the funding formula used by the Army Corps and the conservative cost estimates they utilized. However, the Army Corps found that raising homes, performing voluntary wet and dry flood proofing of homes and businesses in a targeted area had an
excellent return on investment based upon their formula. Although we had hoped to cross the finish line with the Army Corps years ago, there is light at the end of the tunnel and we hope they will schedule public presentations in 2022. On a local level, we continue to implement flood mitigation measures that are affordable and achievable. During the past several years, we have appropriated funding in the annual budget to remove trees and other snags from the rivers and streams throughout our municipality. If not removed, these snags create dams and cause water to spill over the river’s bank during storm events. Furthermore, with the assistance of a remarkable River and Streams Committee, which was recently combined with our local Environmental Commission this year, we coordinate an annual volunteer river clean-up date. Please mark your calendar as the 2022 river clean-up is scheduled for May 14th at 9:00 A.M., with everyone assembling in the Saint Claire’s parking lot. Individuals of all ages and skill levels are welcome. The Township FEMA CRS rating was in renewed in 2021 and Denville remains
one of only five municipalities in Morris County to have qualified to attain a CRS rating. As a resident who may require flood insurance, the lower the CRS rating, the lower your flood insurance premiums will be. Despite increased flood mitigation efforts in Denville since our last application in 2018, FEMA tighten the CRS rating standards, which resulted in our rating going from a CRS-6 to a CRS-7. This rating is still excellent and difficult to obtain and will result in an automatic decrease in your flood insurance premium of 15%. In 2021, the COVID pandemic continued to put a strain on the economy of our entire community, especially the downtown. By local emergency order, we were able to once again permit the parklets for outdoor dining on Broadway and 1st Avenue. In consultation with local business improvement district, Downtown Denville, the parklets will not be returning in 2022. However, the green picnic tables the Township purchased and placed along the 1st Avenue Parking Lot wall will return in 2022 along with the more traditional sidewalk cafes. During the past two years, the Township
also collaborated with Downtown Denville to bring several very popular “Denville after Dark Events,” Pink Witches and the Holiday Open House, held the Friday after Thanksgiving. Downtown Denville’s Executive Board, along with Executive Director Ellen Sandman and their legions of volunteers, should be congratulated for the excellent results achieved with this year’s events, and marketing of the Downtown. continued on page 19
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From the Mayor’s Desk continued from page 18 Ellen has done a magnificent job partnering with Morris County Vocational High School’s Graphic Art class, Denville Beautification, the property owner, and Township in order to camouflage and decorating the old gas station at the point next to Denville Seafood. This property has been an eye sore for many years and until redevelopment occurs, this collaborative effort has certainly improved the image of the entire downtown. In its ability to compete with malls Celebrating 50 Years
and other shopping complexes as well as provide value to our community, including each of our property values, I believe wholeheartedly in the Business Improvement District model and I know it serves as the pathway for great success for our community and our downtown. As its charter was set to expire at the end of 2021, the Township Council made the extremely wise decision to vote to extend Downtown Denville’s charter for additional 5 years, which I eagerly signed into law. The Township continues to make
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streetscape improvements throughout our downtown. The Township has been successful in seeking funding from the Federal TEA-21 grant program, which has funding more than $1.5 million of improvements on Broadway and 1st Avenue. The Township intends to apply for the next round of TEA-21 grants in 2022 to continue the streetscape improvements on Diamond Spring Road. We have ordered an entire replacement set of common parts for the existing poles as the original low bidder to facilitate quicker repairs in the future as the original manufacturer, who was selected in the public bidding process we are required to follow, has proven to be extremely slow in providing replacement parts. During the past several years, the Township has appropriated funding and paved many of the parking lots downtown, including upper Bloomfield Avenue Parking Lot, which was completed in 2021. I will ask that the 2022 budget includes paving of the lower Bloomfield Avenue lot. In early-2020, in conjunction with Downtown Denville, the Township adopted new parking regulations in order to maximize the efficiency of the available
parking spaces downtown and shift the commuters, in conjunction with Lakeland Bus, to the Savage Road Park and Ride to free up an addition 40 – 50 spaces. These changes went into effect just as the COVID-19 pandemic hit but a preliminary review has demonstrated the changes have had the desired beneficial effect. A parking map is available at Town Hall or by googling “Downtown Denville Parking Map.” Dave Sipple and our Beautification Committee continue to amaze and do more year after year to beautify our downtown and entire community, continually setting the bar higher and higher. The Beautification Committee are now teaching the local Girl Scouts, the next generation of volunteers, how to take care of the tulip garden in front of the Town Hall. The decorations the Beautification Committee put up Downtown, along with the work of the DPW Director John Egbert and his staff certainly made for a holiday shopping experience second to none in the State of New Jersey. In 2012, I implemented a road improvement program in order to improve continued on page 20
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From the Mayor’s Desk continued from page 19 and preserve our road infrastructure. The program is centered on an engineeringbased road rating system which is used to prioritize the roads most in need of resurfacing. We have also adopted a local ordinance, which prohibits contractors from cutting into our roads for at least five years after they have been paved except in cases of emergency. The program is certainly paying dividends and we are making considerable progress in the overall improvement of our local road network. In 2021, with State resurfacing grants and local appropriations, we budgeted $983,000 for road resurfacing. The total 2022 appropriation for road resurfacing, which includes a $255,000 NJDOT grant to resurface Pocono Road, will reach $1,140,000 NJ Natural Gas has continued to replace gas mains throughout the Township, in accordance with their BPU mandate. By State law, they are only required to resurface on one foot of either side of the trench. As part of our road improvement program, we have worked NJ Natural Gas to increase curb-to-curb paving
throughout the community as part of their required restoration. Another important element of road maintenance is catch basin repair. Every winter, catch basins collapse due to the expansion and contraction caused by the groundwater freeze and thaw. DPW Director Egbert has a crew assigned most of the year doing a remarkable job repairing these catch basins as well as rebuilding all the catch basins on the roads scheduled for resurfacing. As of January 1, 2022, we have a list of only three collapsed catch basins in need of repair. When I assumed office, the number of collapsed basins exceeded 100, which is why it was quickly made a priority of my Administration. In 2019, we created a drainage master plan to prioritize our more chronic drainage issues, which became all too evident during the record precipitation we experienced in 2018. Our drainage system is a patch work of homemade, private, and often ineffective systems not to mention a large series of streets without any drainage at all. Since creating the plan, the Township has begun addressing the most chronic of the drainage issues in the plan, which has
almost immediately resulted in less salting and overtime during the winter months. Of course, some of our drainage problems are significant and will require large capital investments in the coming years. For the last 6 years the railroad Division of the NJ Department of Transportation has been trying to shut down the Lackawanna at-grade crossing. Denville’s position has been shutting down the crossing would be bad for our community and traffic circulation. NJ Transit has always been the most difficult of all State agencies to work with and our worst neighbor as evidenced by the poor condition of the railroad trestle on Franklin Road, the railroad bridge on Franklin Avenue, the retaining walls on RT53 and the general condition of the train station. After years of resistance, NJ Transit indicated they would close the crossing with or without our cooperation. As such we did our best to make the best deal possible. This includes NJ Transit, in conjunction with the NJDOT, upgrading the Lackawanna Emergency Access Road to the standards of a proper municipal roadway. NJ Transit will also be creating a ‘Quiet Zone’ at Station
Road by upgrading to quad gates, which will dramatically reduce the number of times the horn is blown while the train is approaching or departing the Mt. Tabor Station. Finally, NJDOT will review and potentially widen Station Road at its intersection with RT53. Once all of these task are completed, the State will permanently close the Lackawanna Crossing. Due to maximum pressure from the Township and assistance from Senator Bucco (who was also exceptionally helpfully with the Lackawanna Crossing situation), NJ Transit advised that it will be replacing the structurally deficient bridge on Franklin Avenue just north of Palmer Road starting in mid-2023. They anticipate the repair will last up to 18 months, during such time the bridge will be closed. In the next edition of Denville Life, I will look to submit an article related to the 2022 Municipal Budget and a larger overview of our exceptional municipal financial position, where Moody’s recently conferred a AAA bond rating on Denville, one of less than 25 municipalities in the entire State of New Jersey that have been conferred their top AAA rating.
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Denville SeafooD Celebrating Our 71st Year!
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NT! E L R O F H FIS The e v a H e W Best! Ingredients: 1 pound large shrimp (16 to 20) cleaned and deveined 1 cup diced tomatoes ¼ stick butter 2 tablespoons olive oil
Stop by for some fresh shrimp & then follow this recipe for a delicious meal!
Shrimp Adam 2 table spoons sherry or red wine 2 tablespoons fresh basil (torn into small pieces) 1 tablespoon minced garlic Salt and pepper to taste
Preparation: Rinse shrimp and set aside. Heat butter and olive oil in a large skillet over low heat. When the butter is melted. Add the garlic and tomatoes and cook for about 3 minutes. Increase the heat to medium, add the shrimp, sherry, salt and pepper. Stir and cover for 3 minutes. Add the basil, stir and cover for 2 more minutes until the shrimp are firm. Served over pasta. Serves 2 to 4
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