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By Cheryl Conway

Editor

F

lowers and green grass are not the only things

blooming this spring. The Marketeer has blossomed

from eight monthly community newspapers to fif-teen, and is changing its name.

And like pollen that spreads from birds and bees, news

that brightens, enlightens, entertains and inspires will be

reaching the mailboxes of 170,000 homes and businesses

starting this month, with this issue. MJ Media LLC hasrecently merged with Broad Street Media, owner of the

Marketeer, and formed a new company- New View Media

Group LLC.

Publishers Joe Nicastro and Mary Lalama of Flanders

of the former MJ Media have formed a partnership with

Marketeer owner Darwin Oordt of Cherry Hill to establish

New View Media Group. In talks six months prior, themanaging partners officially merged April 1.

Unlike other newspapers that incorporate both the good

and bad news, New View Media Group will feature only

good news.

“We will have a group of community newspapers with

good family friendly content,” says Nicastro. “There are

other publications as in any market we are in but we try tobring a different perspective with all good news.”

The name, New View Media Group LLC, came from“The idea that we have a new view on media,” says

Nicastro.

All community news, from schools to government,people, organizations, places of worship, libraries, non-

profit organizations, volunteer services, children’s groups,

scouts, fundraisers and more will be featured in the pages

of New View Media Group. The company’s philosophy is

to showcase and inform all readers about the good that

surrounds them day to day, the positive, and the unique-ness of their community.

The Marketeer, a free shopper-type supplement deliv-

ered monthly to all homes, has been around for the past 30years. By growing these papers, the community will have

all the positive news at their fingertips.Established in 2003 with just two monthlies in Mt.

On Sat., March 21, the RoselandFire Department took part in the

American Lung Association's

"Fight for Air" Stair Climb. This event

pits fire departments against each other in

a race up 54 flights of stairs wearing fullgear. The event took place at 1 Penn Plaza

in New York City.

Competing against fire departments

from around the tri-state area, the

Roseland team made a good showing.

Firefighter Andy Vogel came in secondplace overall and first in his age group with

a time of 10:20. The RFD team average for

five racers was 15:40. More importantly,

the team raised over $4,133 for the

American Lung Association; placing itsecond among fire departments for

fundraising and first among volunteer firedepartments. Perry Lee, one of the team

members, as well as the highest individual

fundraiser said “I run this race in memory

of my Cousin Anne, who passed away

from a lung disease. I’m really pleased to

do this with my brother firefighters. Weget in shape, have a good time, and raise

money for a good cause.”

In addition to Lee, team members

include Asst. Chief Richard Loveless,

Lt./EMT Matthew Popola, FF/EMT Barry

Bachenheimer, and FF Andy Vogel.The Roseland Fire Department is an all-

volunteer fire department and provides fire,

rescue, and emergency response services to

the borough of Roseland and surrounding

areas. Celebrating 102 years of service in2015, the department currently consists of

41 members and cadets. To find out more

about the department, to join, or to make a

donation, check out www.roselandfire.org,www.facebook.com/roselandfire, or twit-ter@roselandfire.

The climbers at the top of 1 Penn Plaza after racing; from left to right- Lt. Matt Popola,

Firefighter Andy Vogel, FF/EMT Barry Bachenheimer, FF Perry Lee, 1st Asst. Chief Rich Loveless.

Roseland Fire Department Competes In Stair Climb In NYC

Good News Travels East and West As Community Newspaper Co. Spreads Its Wings

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Olive and Hackettstown, MJ Media which

stands for “My Jersey Media” grew to

eight free monthlies over the years reach-

ing 84,831 homes and businesses. Theyinclude the Mt. Olive News, Hackettstown

News, Roxbury News, Randolph News,

Black River News, Musconetcong News,

Black River News, Morristown News and

Mendham News.“Both groups complimented each other

with their circulations so for local busi-

nesses it will be very beneficial,” says

Nicastro. Despite the digital age, 2015 is a

great time for community newspapers.

“Free community papers are different

than paid papers,” explains Nicastro.“People want local news and it is hard to

find. The hyper local sites are good. There

is something about having a paper to hold,

people still call us for copies when theirkids are in the paper so they can cut it out

and hang it up- different than printing it off

a printer.”

The additional seven papers include the

Livingston News, Hanover News,

Caldwell News, Verona/Cedar Grove

News, Millburn/Short Hills News, East

Hanover/Florham Park News, and

Maplewood/South Orange News.

The greatest challenge faced by the newcompany will be “Getting information

from the community,” says Nicastro.

The community is the best source for

information. People serve as the eyes andears as to what is going on around them.

Please send all press releases and positive

news stories to mjmediaeditor@gmail.

com.

As a free newspaper, the company

depends on paid advertising. Contact JoeNicastro at 800-691-7549 or joe.nicas-

[email protected] View Media Group LLC is located

at 11 Melanie Lane Unit 22A, East

Hanover, NJ 07936. The company alsooperates an online website, publishing all

articles online at

www.mypaperonline.com. For more infor-

mation and publication deadlines, visit

www.newviewmediagroup. com.

Community Newspaper Co. Spreads Its Wings

The Caldwell Public Library plansto present an evening of poetryfeaturing Liz Abrams-Morley on

Wed., April 22, at 6:30 p.m. Liz Abrams-

Morley’s newest collection, “Inventory,”was published by Finishing Line Press inSeptember of 2014. “Necessary Turns,”was published by Word Press in 2010 andwon an Eric Hoffer Award for Excellencein Small Press Publishing that year. Othercollections include “Learning toCalculate the Half Life” (Zinka Press,2001); and “What Winter Reveals” (PlanB Press, 2005).

Her poems and short stories have beenpublished in a variety of nationally dis-tributed anthologies, journals and ezines,

and have been read on NPR. A short storywas dramatized at InterAct TheatreCompany in Philadelphia.

Co-founder and co-director of Around the Block WritingCollaborative, (www.aroundthe-blockwriters.org) Morley is on theMFA faculty of Rosemont College.Wife, mother, grandma, teacher,neighbor, sister, friend—she wadesknee deep in the flow of everyday lifefrom which she draws inspirationand, occasionally, exasperation.

For more information, contact theCaldwell Public Library at 973-226-2837; www.caldwellpl.org or emaillibrarian@ caldwellpl.org.

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Night of Poetry at Caldwell Library

The media has changed substantial-ly in the past 20 years. Politicalleaders are the focus of instant

reporting, social media and internet blog-gers. A bipartisan panel will discuss theimpact on elected officials in the newmedia world. Assembly RepublicanLeader Jon Bramnick, R-Union, will lead

the panel which will include former Gov.Jim McGreevey. The 1 p.m. event will beheld Tues. April 21, at Kean University,in Union, in the STEM Auditorium,Room 221. To reserve a seat, call GlenBeebe in the Assembly RepublicanOffice at 609-847-3400 or [email protected].

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James Caldwell HighSchool graduate AlisonTaylor, a postdoctoralresearcher at the prestigiousDana-Farber CancerInstitute in Boston, was setto serve as guest speaker.

Taylor is a 2002 graduate of James Caldwell High andholds a BS in Biology fromMIT and a Ph.D. fromHarvard University. Herresearch at Dana-Farber isfocused on chromosomalchanges in lung cancer. Shewill report on her researchefforts at the April 12 event.

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times more than any othercancer. Up to now, less thanone in five of those diag-nosed survive even fiveyears.

“While there have beenmany encouraging develop-ments in lung cancerresearch in recent years, thedisease remains terriblyunderfunded,” Mattern said.“Per death, lung cancerreceives a small fraction of the research dollars devotedto breast, prostate or pedi-atric cancer. Prelude wasfounded to address thetremendous shortfall inresearch funding and to sup-port the search for promis-ing new treatments. Ourgoal is to give lung cancerpatients and their families

James Caldwell Graduate Returns To Speak At Lung Cancer Benefit new hope and, ultimately,more time together.”

One lung cancer survivorbenefiting from recentprogress in cancer research

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Out Lung Cancer 2015.”“As John Lennon and

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The Special OlympicsBocce Meet plans toshowcase the bocce

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Fourteen students from WilsonElementary School, West Caldwell,

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“Some people say that schools don’t

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only showing that our students are learning

geography, but using and remembering it.

The competition is both fun and education-al.”

Keena acted as emcee for the competi-tion, asking questions about the geography

of New Jersey and beyond. Questions

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Geo Bee Winners: Fourteen students from Wilson School, West Caldwell, participated in the finalrounds of the school’s second annual Geography Bee. The ten students displaying the highest num-ber of correct answers to questions about the geography of New Jersey and beyond continued to

the next round, resulting in a final round with three students. Participating in the final round were fourth grader Joshua Scott, and fifth graders Nicole Cordasco and Will Cooperman. Scott took first place, with Cordasco placed second, and Cooperman placed third.

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second, and Cooperman taking third.“The competition has really given stu-

dents a new way to compete academically

with all of their peers cheering for them and

congratulating them,” said Keena. “It was

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our country and beyond. To know and dis-play the level of detail required compete

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Support groups for families, and children, facingissues are growing in the area as fast as the greengrass and flower buds this spring.

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The goal of the alliance is to serve as advocates forthose facing issues and provide solutions whether throughsupport groups or steering them in the direction for helpand change. The organization is launching its globalmovement to heal and strengthen families and communi-ties.

“Our world is in crisis,” say the founders of thealliance. “Families are divided, divorced and in need of healing. Our children are in need of compassion, empathyand resources to make them whole. We are advocates whoprovide solutions through programs that include educa-tion, inspiration and motivation. We collaborate withother entities who provide food, shelter, clothing and otherresources that help people move from ‘survive’ to‘thrive.’”

Established in Nov. 2014, the foundation’s purpose is“to educate and inspire families to grow mentally, physi-cally, financially and spiritually and have them leave alegacy for all future generations to come,” as stated on the

website.To implement their vision, Dr. Ted Fattoross, Dr. Debra

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“We all know someone whose family is in crisis,” theysay. “The breakdown of our society and the fundamentalreason our systems are broken, is the breakdown of ourfamilies.”

Whether it involves family issues, divorce issues,alienation, bullying, “We will become the support group,”says Fattoross, chief executive officer and founder of theFamily Alliance Foundation.

“As parents and grandparents, each of us is chargedwith the mission of raising our children to do good in theworld,” organizers say. “Today, as we look to our owncommunity, there is a need to heal and strengthen our fam-ilies, as the core of a strong society are strong families.”

“We will be having legs,” says Fattoross. “We aren’tstationary or stagnant.” The foundation has created aLegacy program, another division with chapters aroundthe world, including most recent chapters being formed inMorristown and Denville.

Through Legacy “we will have events” or supportgroups at various locations like Panera Bread or locallibraries. There will be resources for websites steeringwhere to turn for help, as well as online support groups.

“We have an army of people signing up to volunteer for

these groups,” he says. With some form of counselingbackground or expertise, Fattoross is looking for volun-teers he will train to start a support group.

“We want leaders of chapters of Family AllianceFoundation all around the world,” says Fattoross, a well-

known international keynote speaker, seminar leader,coach and consultant. “Let’s say you are traveling, youcan go to a facilitator there and get similar support.”

Support group topics will cover many areas such as:family related issues like relationships, stress, values,ethics and parenting; parental and grandparent alienation;sensitivity training and tolerance for anyone involved withchildren, from caretakers, police officers to judges; anti-bullying; character education; teen pregnancy; domesticviolence and domestic silence; conflict resolution and peermediation; career direction and job readiness; stress andchange management.

There are three initiatives of the foundation: familyrelationships- to educate and inspire families to growmentally, physically, financially, spiritually and abundant-ly; parental alienation- to create awareness, then educate,and eliminate this cancer to society; and Judicial, govern-ment, legal and law enforcement - to form an alliance withthe "systems" that are charged with the responsibility tomanage our children and families, to collaborate throughprograms as a means to “foster a deeper sensitivity to theneeds of everyone while always having the best interest of

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the dinner table, they will find them in thestreet,” he says. “It all starts in the home.No child was ever born a bully.

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they might do as we do,” says Fattoross.“A hero is not a dad who makes a milliondollars.” A hero is a dad or a mom whogave up their scholarships so they can behome with their mother who has cancer, so

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Global Movement Underway...kids who calls himself “a recoveringwork-a-holic.”

Noted as having the “world’s record” of the largest number of speaking presenta-tions, Fattoross spends a great deal of timediscussing the issues and delivering moti-vational speeches to various audiencesfrom schools to prisons, corporations andeven homeless shelters.

He has spent the last 25 years present-ing 8,500 speaking presentations through-out the world, inspiring more than 250,000people each year “to be the best they canbe.” He has covered 2,000 topics fromcharacter education, values and ethics,anti-bullying programs, leadership andteamwork; featured on national television,

radio programs and newspapers; andserved on the advisory boards of Fortune500 companies, government, non-profitand educational agencies.

Through all his work and knowledge,Fattoross decided it was time to “pay thisforward.” He joined forces with Dr. DebraBrooks, executive director of the founda-tion, who works in Washington, DC, as a

counselor dealing with issues from teenpregnancy, family, divorce and separation;as well as Ginny Gutierrez, foundationpresident, who specializes in marketingand research.

Fattoross says “we have a moral obliga-tion to help each other. I believe that whenwe go through struggle, we have a moralobligation to tell our story, to have our vic-tory lift up others to give them the oppor-tunity to escape their personal crises.There is purpose in our pain.”

He notes that the message he is trying toshare is “not limited to my time, myresources, my ability” but will instead relyon “an army of individuals whose supportgroups around the world can support,

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For more information, go to www.fam-ilyalliance.org; or call 609-772-7407. Thefoundation is hiring mentors, leaders,coaches, consultants and counselors to runsupport groups, and is always in need of volunteers.

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Like other leprechauns, SillyMcGilly returned to Ireland lastmonth to make more shoes, but his

time here was well spent entertainingyoung and old during the St. Patrick’s Dayholiday.

Who is Silly McGilly?-some may ask.He is a new leprechaun friend created bythree women of New Jersey, one who livesright in Morris County. Michelle Coffey-Dougherty of Montville, along with hersister Eileen Coffey-Cowley of Sea Girt,and their sister-in-law Victoria Clark-Coffey of Basking Ridge are the authors of “Silly McGilly.”

Their book, Silly McGilly was writtentwo years ago in 2013, but first sold instores last year. Dougherty held a bookreading at the Learning Express Toys inMorristown last month during ReadAcross America Week.

With cupid on Valentine’s Day, and theEaster Bunny on Easter, why not inbetween introduce a “cute and clever lep-rechaun” parade into St. Patrick’s Day.

“In an often overlooked family holiday,Silly McGilly is a breath of fresh air,” asstated in the book’s press release. “He vis-its homes and classrooms to play fun littletricks on children in the month, weeks,days leading up to St. Patrick’s Day.”

Michelle says she thought of the idea

after Christmas time when her seven-yearold son was saying how sad he was thatChristmas was over, ‘what do we have tolook forward to?’

“We have a leprechaun but he comesone night,” explains Michelle, so why notcreate a character to help raise awarenessof the tradition and create great familymemories.

As Irish Americans, the three authorswanted “to breathe some new life into St.Patrick’s Day,” especially having 10 chil-dren between them, and their “immenselove for family traditions.”

Six months to write, the three sistersmet regularly to complete their book. “Weall sat together; cousins would sit and playand we would all work,” sales Michelle,former pre-K through second gradeteacher. With sales, marketing and teach-ing in their background, the sisters com-bined their skills to self-publish a creativechildren’s book.

"Silly McGilly is a labor of love for ourentire family," said Eileen Cowley. "Wewere all brought up to appreciate our Irishculture and particularly enjoyed the funand revelry of St. Patrick's Day. However,we also recognized that there was no defin-ing story or character that young childrencould embrace, both literally and figura-tively. And so, Silly McGilly was born!"

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March, others once a week, or the daybefore St. Patrick's Day.

In Michelle’s house, Silly McGilly vis-its for 17 days in March leading up to St.Patrick’s Day. She uses it when Marchbegins.

“When you read the book you put the

Popular Children’s Book...doll by the window as an indication for thereal Silly McGilly to come into your hometo do a trick,” explains Michelle. Thenevery day, kids wake up to new tricks bythe green leprechaun.

Examples of tricks, which are also out-lined in the book, include turning toiletbowl water green, or pictures turnedupside down.

“Maybe he's left some treats behindsuch as chocolate coins, shamrocks or St.Patrick's Day stickers. Or, maybe he's beenup to a little mischief, turning over chairs,writing on the blackboard, or leaving thekitchen cabinets open.”

Michelle says, “It’s up to each parent todecide what they want to do.” Parents and

kids come up creative ideas each day. Thenafter St. Patrick’s Day, “he goes back toIreland to making shoes because that’swhat leprechauns do.”

“We created a family tradition,” saysMichelle. “Kids are excited, they look for-ward to it. Kids wake up and are excited.It’s a great tradition creating family mem-ories. Children grow up so quickly. It’ssomething to enjoy with the whole family.

It’s a great tradition whether you are Irishor not.”

Teachers are using it in classrooms,pre-kindergarten through third grade, in all50 states.

Last year, Silly McGilly was so popularhe sold out. This year, sales have doubledand orders are still coming in. Michellewas heading to Ireland to meet with a giftshop owner to carry Silly McGilly there.

A fun new children’s hard-cover book,Silly McGilly is 24 pages long and self-published. Each book comes with an eightinch, soft, plush leprechaun.

“Whether you’re Irish or not, wonder-ful memories are waiting for you with thisnew St. Patrick's Day tradition!”

“It’s a great gift for a birthday, for theholidays, at any time of year,” concludesMichelle. “You can give it during the year;it’s exciting and something to look forwardto.”

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riages can be linked to a number of factors,

including the aging of the population. As

men and women are living longer, that

increases the number of widows and widow-

ers who can remarry. While many might

think divorcees are less willing to remarryafter the death of a spouse or the dissolution

of a marriage for other reasons, the Census

data indicates adults are just as likelyto

remarry in 2013 as they were in the 1960s.

Interestingly enough, the number of adultswho have been married once is on the

decline. In 1960, 85 percent of adults had

been married once, while that figure was just

70 percent in 2013.

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As early as 1887,Thomas Edison has

become a name inthe home entertainmentindustry. His company man-ufactured phonographs(needle/stylus music player)and its music medium (ana-log recordings on a waxcylinders and Blue Amberolhis patented plastic materi-al). He not only had a say inthe production and technol-ogy of this emerging indus-try but, he also had control

of the artists that recordedon his label. Thomas Edisonwas not only a wizard of invention; he also became amusic recording mogul withhis own namesake recordlabel and recording studio.Recording artists made thetrek to West Orange NJ orManhattan to have their

voice and instrumentalsrecorded and played on hishome and parlor music play-

ers – the phonograph.Thomas Edison was theoriginal American idol

judge on musical talent andhe determined if an artistwas worthy of a record labelcontract. The current popu-larity of the performer’smusic did not sway Edison’sbiased judgment. InEdison’s words to promotean artist based on celebrityconstituted "fakery in

music".It was unfortunate for his

record label that Edison (adeaf and musicallyuntrained person) made thefinal judgments on record-ing artists. This would be anegative company businesspolicy and one of the rea-sons Edison started to lose

market share in the early1900’s to his rival the VictorTalking Machine Company.

However, in 1910 Edisonmade an exception inaccepting music he person-ally disliked such as theblues or jazz that SophieTucker (January 13, 1886 --February 9, 1966) hadbecome known for. Tuckerwas a young, spicy vaude-ville entertainer and femalewhite jazz singer. Duringthis period the EdisonRecording Company was

conducting a marketingcampaign to attract newartists by paying a thousanddollars for ten records tosingers who already had apopular following. Tuckerwas already a successfulstage performer but she sawboth money and greaterfame if she also became a

voice that was heard onphonograph records. Aftervisiting the West Orange

recording studio, she madeher first demo recording of "The Lovin' Rag". The stu-dio was happy with her firstrecording and asked her torecord another cylinderrecord and so she sang "ThatLovin' Two-Step Man”.Sophie Tucker was a savvybusiness woman and knewthose two records had tosell. She did the equivalentof a 1910 Twitter blast and

sent off post cards to every-one she knew in her addressbook, all over the country,telling them about herrecords and urging them tobuy them. Her address bookin 1910 was a network of over 2,000 names. InTucker’s own words “I felt Imust prove my worth to the

Recording Company. I hadthe two hundred dollars forthe first two records safely

put into a postal moneyorder and I was holding onto this like grim death until Icould collect the eight hun-dred dollars balance.”Sophie Tucker was given acontract for the eightremaining records. ThomasEdison helped launch therecording career of “TheLast of the Red Hot Mamas”that Tucker referred herself as. The Thomas Edison

Company saw her talent notin her tune but in hernaughty girl narrative talk-singing style that parallelstoday’s hip-hop. She wasbilled as a comedienne formaking phonograph usersLOL. Sophie Tucker’squotes are such hot classicsthey are still getting laughs

today.Visit the Thomas Alva

Edison Museum – NPS

where music record historywas made - OpenWednesday through Sunday.Hours are 10:00am -4:00pm. Admission Fee is$10.00 - 211 Main StreetWest Orange, NJ 07052Visit website for moredetails http://www.nps.gov/edis/.

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