Whippany News

Those looking to commemorate the arrival of Hanukkah this year needn't look further than Lester Senior Housing in Whippany, where 86-year-old resident Roslyn Handler keeps her expansive collection of more than 50 menorahs.

Yesterday, we posted an item about six law libraries closing in Connecticut. Today, via this article from the Newark Star-Ledger. we read about two courthouse law libraries closing in New Jersey.

To the Editor: We were recently informed that the postal building in Whippany will remain open for processing and distribution of mail but we will have to have our customers' mail verified in smaller less efficient 'Bulk Mail Entry Units' and then bring it back to West Jersey for processing.

A Fair Haven financial advisor pleaded guilty Wednesday in Superior Court to a charge of first degree money laundering after he defrauded several investors, including a Whippany couple, of nearly $10 million through a fake investment fund.

A little over a year ago, Cord Friedrick von Hobe left his small village of Ohrfield, Germany to participate in the track and field events at the World Youth Championships in San Francisco.

During the prime months of fall, we asked you to post your fall colors photos. You responded in a big way! All you have to do is check out the Fall Colors gallery to see how many we got.

Len Deo was attending Parsippany High School's back-to-school night in 1993 when a health teacher noted that parental consent was not required for a teenager to get an abortion.

A Blairstown man who tried to bribe Hanover's former mayor with a $20,000 cash payment in exchange for help with zoning approval to build a convenience story on a gas-station lot was sentenced to three years of probation.

The East Hanover Senior Citizens Club is open five days a week with membership available to East Hanover residents ages 60 and above.

Free Glucose Screening Scheduled in Kearny, November 10th By Clara Maass Continuing Care Center 11/4/2009 On Tuesday, November 10, from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m., Clara Maass Continuing Care Center at Kearny will host a free glucose screening for community members.

Former Miss California Carrie Prejean, caught up in controversy over an alleged sex tape, had been scheduled to speak tonight at a New Jersey Family Policy Council event in Whippany.

TMZ is reporting that Carrie Prejean has been dropped from an conservative event to be held tonight in Whippany.

Clara Maass Medical Center to Host Free Diabetic Foot and Glucose Screening, November 9th By Clara Maass Medical Center 11/4/2009 Clara Maass Medical Center will offer a free diabetic foot and glucose screening on Monday, November 9, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. The screening will take place at the Wound Center located on the first floor of the Clara ...

The Whippany Fire Department has had one home on Route 10 for the last 86 years, but soon the department expects to relocate.

This immaculate Cape Cod at 22 Reynolds Avenue in Hanover Township is in move-in condition and shows true pride of ownership! With low taxes, this home won't stay available for long.

Q: When Provident Mutual demutualized, my wife and I, who are policyholders, were sent $12,000. The checks included IRS information, including a statement that a Court of Federal Claims ruling disputes the IRS position that the cost basis of the demutualization to policyholders is zero.

Hunterdon County Clerk Mary H. Melfi recently was sworn in as president of the Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey at the group's 33rd annual conference.

Names: Nan Gallagher and Adam Auferio Ages: 33 and 29 Hometowns: Park Ridge and Cedar Knolls, but now living in Morris Plains.

When did you get involved in dancing? How? When I was a toddler, I loved to jump and dance to music.

Steeped deep in tradition, Zagursky's in Whippany is the essence of a small town neighborhood meeting place.