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• Calling All American Idol Hopefuls 

  by Jake Remaly on July 28th, 2010 | Comment

  If you are a Morris County resident planning on auditioning for the 2011 season of American Idol at the IZOD Center on Aug. 3, the Daily Record wants to talk to you. Contact Aaron Morrison at amorrison@njpressmedia.com or Katelyn Farago at kfarago@njpressmedia.com.

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• Dan Fenelon to curate visual art at Full Circle 2010 

  by Jake Remaly on July 28th, 2010 | Comment

  Madison-based artist Dan Fenelon will be curating the visual art to be displayed at Full Circle 2010: The Human Condition, the annual celebration of the Matheny Medical and Educational Center's Arts Access Program in Peapack, Nov. 6 in the Robert Schonhorn Arts Center on the Matheny campus.

  Arts Access enables people with disabilities to create [...]

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• Chatham Township families compete in EPA ‘We’re For Water’ Campaign 

  by Cara Townsend on July 27th, 2010 | Comment

  

  Katherine Abbott wants her family to be conscious of its impact on the environment. That’s why Abbott, a married mother of three, recently renovated the family’s Chatham Township home home to strive to meet LEED standards, installing a solar hot water heater and low-flow water faucets.

  “I have always been very conscious of our impact [...]

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• Blast from the past: M. Mulcahy Blacksmith shop (circa 1900) 

  by Jake Remaly on July 27th, 2010 | Comment

  

  If you needed some metal work done about 100 years ago, M. Mulcahy Blacksmith shop on Park Avenue in Madison probably was the place to go.

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• Car show tonight at Mountainview Field 

  by Jake Remaly on July 27th, 2010 | Comment

  Chatham Township will host a car show from 7:30 to 9 p.m. July 27 at Mountainview Field on Meyersville Road. There will be children's activities from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

  Trophies will be awarded. Rain date is July 28.

  Pizza and sandwiches from local restaurants will be available for purchase. In keeping with the community's [...]

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• Pulled over in Chatham? Expect a ticket 

  by Jake Remaly on July 27th, 2010 | Comment

  CHATHAM -- In an effort to enforce traffic safety, borough police are implementing a "Summertime Safe Streets Campaign'' through the rest of the summer and advising drivers that if they are stopped during the campaign for a motor vehicle violation, they should expect to receive a summons.

  Specific driving issues will be targeted such as [...]

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• Drew student falls from third-story dorm window 

  by Jake Remaly on July 27th, 2010 | Comment

  MADISON, NJ — Drew University officials will be performing a safety review at Haselton Hall following a student's fall from the third floor of the dormitory Sunday morning, a school official said.

  The male student, a senior, fell from a third floor window around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, said David Muha, Drew spokesman.

  Madison police responded [...]

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• Cops: Limo driver left anti-Semitic messages 

  by Jake Remaly on July 26th, 2010 | Comment

  Pieces of paper with "Kill Jews" written on them were littered throughout New York and New Jersey for more than a year as police tried to figure out who was responsible for leaving the anti-Semitic messages in disparate places — including in the Chathams.

  Last month, the slips were found in Chatham along Main Street [...]

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• Did you try the arepa de chocolo con queso? 

  by Jake Remaly on July 26th, 2010 | Comment

  

  There was little question where Jhon Bedoya would move when he left Filandia, Colombia, eight years ago.

  Like many hundreds of Filandia natives before him, Bedoya headed straight for Madison.

  "That's where everybody is," said Bedoya, who is 33. "Friends that I grew up with, went to school with. So it's a lot easier."

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• Downed tree closes Green Village Road 

  by Jake Remaly on July 26th, 2010 | Comment

  Green Village Road near Glenwild Road is shut down due to a tree across the road, according to an alert from Madison police.

  Police are asking residents to avoid the area until further notice.

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• Where Is It?– Answer! 

  by Cara Townsend on July 26th, 2010 | Comment

  

  Last week's Where Is It? photo featured the Sonny Vitale Memorial Field on Rosedale Avenue in Madison.

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• Seniors get social, taste wholesome cuisine at nutrition center 

  by Jake Remaly on July 26th, 2010 | Comment

  

  By VANESSA VERA ROMAN / MADISONCHATHAM THIS WEEK

  A few years ago, Roslyn Van Wiemokly dropped in to the Morris County Nutrition Project site in Madison just to see what the program was all about.

  "I came out of curiosity, and I've been here ever since,'' said Van Wiemokly, 83, of Madison.

  Three times a [...]

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• Chatham Daisies help Kiwanis Club recycle newspapers (with gallery) 

  by Jake Remaly on July 25th, 2010 | Comment

  

  Southern Boulevard School Daisy Girl Scouts of Chatham recently helped recycle newspapers with the Chatham Kiwanis Club. Daisies collected and tied newspapers into bundles. Scout leaders Jill Gallagher and Katie Lyons provided transportation to the Chatham Kiwanis newspaper-recycling site in the Chatham Borough parking lot near the old post office.

  Dick Ligertwood, the Kiwanis leader [...]

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    Jake Remaly 12:05 pm on July 25, 2010 Permalink | Reply

    Reminds me of a saying among reporters:
    Yesterday’s scoop is tomorrow’s recycling bundle.

• Happy? You bet! Radiantly so 

  by cindy capitani on July 24th, 2010 | Comment

  

  By JAMIE DUFFY SPECIAL TO MADISONCHATHAM THIS WEEK

  When you talk to Carmela Tribune, you find someone who radiates happiness. She loves Madison where she was born and raised, loved her house and enjoyed her job.

  And though she had to leave her family home on Loveland Street, she finds plenty of love and friendship [...]

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• Madison Honda hosts day for pet adoption awareness 

  by Jake Remaly on July 24th, 2010 | Comment

  

  Madison Honda recently held a Pet Adoption Awareness Day in conjunction with St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center and Girl Scout Troop #205 from Short Hills. The girls handed out information from St. Hubert’s on the proper way to adopt a pet and served complimentary Girl Scout Cookies to everyone who attended.

  The girls were joined [...]

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