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MORRISTOWN, NJ - Morristown High School student Aidan Orbeta was among the students honored as the Mayo Performing Arts Center Music Students of the month of January for Outstanding Percussionists.

Students were nominated by their teachers and were chosen by the Theatre’s Education Department based on their commitment to and excellence in the performing arts. The Theatre will honor a group of students every month throughout the season and invites area teachers to nominate students for this honor. The students were honored prior to the performance by Drumline Live.

Orbeta was nominated by David Gallagher.

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"Aidan is an all around remarkable musician playing a variety of instruments at a high level", stated Gallagher. "However, he truly shines any time that he plays drums. Whether he is playing with the wind ensemble, jazz band, pit orchestra, or marching band Aidan's musicality rivals that of professional musicians. In marching band Aidan is one of the drumline captains and it is truly like having another staff member. He works tirelessly with his peers helping them to be the best versions of themselves and hone in on their individual technique. Aidan also wrote all of the music for the drumline this year. It is hard to believe sometimes that he is only a junior and his musical talents, as well as his leadership and dedication, will only continue to flourish in the coming years".

The Music Students of the Month are:

Carly Albanese Grade 12, Chatham High School

Ari Charm Grade 7, Randolph Middle School

Luca Anello-Fiorina Grade 9, Kinnelon High School

Rohan Largman Grade 7, Mountain View Middle School; Mendham

Sean Lee Grade 8, Ridgedale Middle School; Florham Park

Matthew Lombardi Grade 12, Dover High School

Aidan Orbeta Grade 12, Morristown High School

Stephen Padilla Grade 12, Roxbury High School

Abhay Prajapati Grade 8, Brooklawn Middle School; Parsippany

Deric Yoon Grade 11, Parsippany High School

MONTVILLE, NJ - The Morristown girls basketball team got past Montville 60-51 on Wedneday night. The Colonials improved to 8-5 on the season.

The Mustangs and Colonials put on quite a show last night. Montville entered the half with a 2-point advantage but the Colonials kept up the pressure bringing the score to a 43-43 tie at the end of the third.

Morristown pulled away in the fourth leading to a hard won victory.

Kacie Bush led Morristown with 18 points followed by Anna Rivetti with 15 points. Maya Summerville, the 2024 National Girls & Womens in Sports Day Award Winner, added 10 points. Cameron McGinley, Allyson Smith and Caroline Condon combined to add 17 points.

For Montville, Julia O'Dowd had 18 points on the day and Jackie Cinella contributed 17 points.

Morristown will be back on the court today, Thursday when they travel to face Morris Knolls. Game time is 7pm.

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Sanofi, a French pharmaceutical company, will soon relocate to Morristown, bringing nearly 2,000 employees with it.

MORRISTOWN, NJ — Construction continues on the new, seven-story addition to M Station West in Morristown.

Sanofi, a French healthcare company with 1,900 New Jersey employees, announced last March that it would relocate its New Jersey headquarters from Bridgewater to the M Station West building, along with all of its employees in the state.

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According to officials, Sanofi plans to move into the space in about 18 months, with the transition taking place in two stages: the first in the fourth quarter of 2024 and the second in the first quarter of 2025.

Sanofi's move to M Station marks a departure from a vast, multi-building suburban site to a seven-story, build-to-suit property in the heart of walkable, transit-oriented Morristown.

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Known for its lively arts, entertainment and restaurant scene, Morristown will enable a seamless work-life balance for Sanofi’s 1,900 employees who will occupy the building upon completion in Q1 2025, officials said.

"I am thrilled to welcome Sanofi to its new headquarters in Morristown. SJP and Scotto Properties have successfully executed our vision of a project which would invigorate our business district, attract leading-edge companies, and reinforce our position as one of the top towns in the country to live and work,” said Tim Dougherty, Mayor of Morristown.

The healthcare company, best known for the prescription sleeping pill Ambien and Admelog, fast-acting mealtime insulin, will take up the majority of the M Station West building, a cutting-edge structure built to connect Morristown's train station and the Morristown Green.

The new building will have three distinct active terraces: a world-class 20,000+ square-foot dining experience on the retail level that will be open to the public; and an expansive landscaped rooftop complete with wellness areas for yoga and outdoor movement classes, entertainment, and gardens that will supply food and beverage offerings in the space.

"The topping out of M Station West is a landmark moment in redefining the modern workplace across New Jersey,” said Steve Pozycki, founder and CEO of SJP Properties. “State-of-the-art, vertically integrated buildings are attracting the most influential corporations in the world. Sanofi joins Deloitte, which moved its headquarters to M Station East last year, and Valley Bank, which celebrated its grand opening at our new Speedwell Avenue property this fall. These tenants are turning to SJP for property solutions in amenity-rich locations with unrivaled aesthetics and the most advanced infrastructures ever built in the state.”

The new structure will complete the M Station project in Morristown. The multi-phase project, developed by SJP Properties in collaboration with Scotto Properties, first broke ground in November 2020.

The first phase of the M Station, M Station East, a six-story, 120,000-square-foot building, was completed in July 2022, roughly one and a half years after initially breaking ground. Deloitte relocated approximately 1,495 employees to the building in Q3 2022.

M Station's two towers will be connected by a 1,000-car parking structure that will include public parking for the development's on-site retail and EV charging stations.

To improve walkability and create a vibrant pedestrian experience, both buildings are set back 45 feet from Morris Street, resulting in a 10,000-square-foot landscaped promenade and two public plazas with seating.

When completed, the project will include more than 350,000 square feet of office and retail space spread across the two buildings. Officials from the town have previously stated that the project will generate approximately $1 million in annual tax revenue.

M Station is regarded as Morristown's most significant commercial development in more than 30 years.

Officials claim it has the potential to revitalize the downtown area by attracting high-quality commercial tenants who will support neighborhood retailers and restaurants, as well as providing new retail options and critical infrastructure improvements.

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Morris Township resident Robert "Dick" Deskovick has helped launch the Dick, Jackie and Kim Deskovick Joint Faculty Nurse Educator Program.

MORRISTOWN, NJ — A Morris Township family has donated more than $1 million to help establish a brand-new nurse educator program at Morristown Medical Center, allowing the hospital to hire four nurses with advanced degrees.

Robert “Dick” Deskovick, a 94-year-old Foundation for Morristown Medical Center honorary trustee and Washington Partner, donated $1.7 million to help launch the Dick, Jackie and Kim Deskovick Joint Faculty Nurse Educator Program.

“I’ve lived a charmed life,” Deskovick said. “I don’t know how I traveled the world, accomplished so much, and did so well; I guess I was lucky. I was a high school dropout, but my success over the years has left me with a lot to give away.”

The new nurse educator program is an immersive education model for nurses in which highly experienced, hospital-based joint faculty nurse educators teach clinical skills to novice nurses in the hospital setting while also helping seasoned nurses further develop their practice skills.

The Deskovicks' sponsorship of the program enabled the local hospital to hire four advanced-degree nurses, each with clinical experience in pediatrics, the pediatric emergency department, mother-baby care, and labor and delivery.

According to Deskovick, his connection to Morristown Medical Center began when his friend, the late Joseph Goryeb, asked him to consider supporting the hospital.

“I appreciate what Morristown Medical Center has done for my family – it means a lot to me,” Deskovick said. “I am especially grateful for how well they cared for my wife. It gives me a lot of pride to see our family’s name at the hospital and know we have made an impact.”

Over the last ten years, Deskovick has donated nearly $7 million to support the medical center.

"Whether it’s helping his favorite waitress at the local diner to catch up on bills, buying a new ambulance for the local squad in town or supporting high-priority needs at Morristown Medical Center, Dick is quick to listen and eager to help those around him," Atlantic Health System said.

Morristown Medical Center's Emergency Department, a Level 1 ACS Trauma Center, is one of the busiest in the state of New Jersey, with well over 100,000 patient visits per year, Atlantic Health System said.

Morristown Medical Center is also among a slew of New Jersey medical facilities that received the highest rating from a watchdog agency as part of its twice-yearly "safety grades."

The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization, grades general hospitals across the country with an "A," "B," "C," "D," or "F" based on more than 30 national performance measures that reflect errors, accidents, injuries, and infections, as well as systems hospitals have in place to prevent harm.

Since 2012, Leapfrog has released Safety Grades twice per year, and Morristown Medical Center has received an "A" the past 17 times in a row.

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Meep, a Boston terrier that was rescued as a puppy, has been missing since Jan. 1, her owner Summer Sheldrick told Patch.

|Updated Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 6:11 pm ET

MORRISTOWN, NJ — The search continues for Meep, a one-year-old Boston terrier rescue who has been missing since Jan. 1, according to her owner, Summer Sheldrick.

Meep went missing on New Year’s Day after being let out to use the bathroom. According to Sheldrick, Meep got scared by fireworks let off by a close neighbor at 12:15 a.m.

"She got loose and sprinted and never looked back. I was laying in bed ready to go to sleep and by the time I was notified that she got out, she was already so far gone," Sheldrick said.

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Meep was rescued from a puppy mill and had several health concerns when Sheldrick first adopted her.

"She was a very sick puppy and had pneumonia for weeks. Meep had to have oxygen and use a nebulizer every day. (She still needs her nebulizer.) Recently, she was diagnosed with a luxating patella, is awaiting surgery and takes daily medication," Sheldrick said.

A luxating patella occurs when the kneecap becomes dislocated, either toward the inside or outside of the leg, according to the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine.

The search for Meep has been ongoing since her disappearance at the beginning of the month.

According to Sheldrick, Meep has not left her side since she was eight weeks old.

"She is everything to me, and I always used to say I don’t know what I would do without her, and now that I don’t have her, I’m a mess. I wake up crying and I go to sleep crying. I miss her so much, and I’m praying for this nightmare to be over. She is not just a dog to me. She is my family," Sheldrick said.

Sheldrick, in a Facebook post, asked if someone had found Meep to return her. "Whoever you are, you are taking good care of my baby. Do you know that she can only eat from a certain plate due to her smaller trachea? Are you aware that she needs to be eating a certain type of food because she has belly issues and often throws up her food after every meal? When she goes outside for a walk, do you have her favorite pjs to put on her so she doesn’t get cold? No. You do not know these things."

Anyone with information about Meep's location is asked to call (201-400-4397). Meep has been microchipped and spayed; if she is located, she can be recognized via the microchip.

Morristown, NJ – Tickets for the 2024 Morristown ONSTAGE will go on sale on Wednesday, January 24 at noon. Featuring the talents of the greater Morristown community, the show will be held on Thursday, February 29 at the Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC) in Morristown, New Jersey. Doors will open at 6:30 pm and the show will begin at 7:00 pm.

Morristown ONSTAGE brings people of all ages together to celebrate and discover unique local talent. The 17^th annual event will showcase 15 inspiring acts with diverse performances spanning rock, R&B, theater, and-up comedy, pop, jazz and more, all to benefit the Morris School District.

“We are thrilled to announce Morristown ONSTAGE is returning to the MPAC stage on February 29”, said Katherine Vizzini, the Morris Educational Foundation’s Board Chair. “This special event is a Morristown tradition and a very fun night out, as we come together to cheer on our community’s great talent. Morristown ONSTAGE is the MEF’s largest fundraiser with proceeds benefitting our mission and the Morris School District. We encourage attendees to buy a ticket to the show to support these finalists and to help us Imagine the Possibilities.”

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Special Launch Offer for MSD Family & Friends Buy 4+ tickets by January 31^st and receive 15 percent off with code MOS24. (Code must be entered before seats are selected. Valid on Premium, Section A & Section B seats)

As in years past, the finalists will compete for one of two 1st place $1,000 cash prizes – one for contestants ages 19 and over and one for contestants ages 18 and under. Additionally, $500 will be awarded to the “Audience Choice” Winner, which is a “text-to-vote” at the end of the show, and a $250 Rossoff Rising Star Award for talent training chosen by the Morristown ONSTAGE Steering Committee.

Emmy Award winner, Tara Bernie,will return for her 10^th year as host. Joining her as co-hosts this year will be students from Morristown High School’s Broadcasting Department.

Tickets for Morristown ONSTAGE range from $35 - $85 and will be available for purchase on Wednesday, January 24 at noon at the Mayo Performing Arts Center, 100 South Street, Morristown, NJ; by calling (973) 539-8008 or online at www.mayoarts.org.

It's tough to keep a good pizzaman down. Even after a fire closed his storied Elizabeth shop, Santillo's, earlier this month, Al Santillo will make his appointed rounds (and squares, for that matter).

This Sunday, Jan. 21, Santillo, soon to be inducted into the Jersey Pizza Joints Hall of Fame, will be turning out pizza and bread at another beloved purveyor of pies, Coniglio's Old Fashioned, at 11 South St. in Morristown.

Santillo got the invitation from Nino Coniglio last Sunday, a week after the fire heavily damaged his century-old-third-generation shop in Elizabeth.

"I've known him forever, "Coniglio said. "We get along."

Santillo said it's taken a bit of adjustment to bake in a different environment, but the job got done.

"It wasn't perfect," Santillo said, "but they were good pies."

Santillo's secrets

Regardless of where he's working, he said, the recipe for the dough used for his pizza, Italian bread and pizza bread remains the same. Flour, salt, water and yeast are the physical ingredients, but time, knowledge and experience are the unseen elements he brings with him.

"You are only as good as your next pizza," Santillo said.

When will Santillo be at Coniglio's?

He added that he plans to start prepping around 8 a.m. on Sunday and by 2 p.m. should be cranking out pizzas and bread. Santillo will be back on future Sundays in Morristown, but there's no set schedule.

Coniglio's, the self-described "King of Pies,' is open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sundays.

"He'll make pizza for a few hours on Sunday afternoon," Coniglio said. "And sell some of his bread."

Santillo is due to be inducted in the Jersey Joints Pizza Hall of Fame at its annual bake off on Feb. 3. He said shortly after the Jan. 6 fire at Santillo's Brick Oven Pizza that the Broad Street restaurant appeared "salvageable," though that was an initial assessment.

On Friday, he said he's taking things day by day. The family tentatively expects renovations to take about 6 months, but there are no definite plans yet.

The hospital has been among Healthgrades' top 50 hospitals in the U.S. for nine consecutive years.

Michelle Rotuno-Johnson, Patch Staff

MORRISTOWN, NJ — A newly-released ranking of the best hospitals nationwide lists Morristown Medical Center as one of the top in the country for quality care.

Healthgrades evaluated 4,500 U.S. hospitals across more than 30 common procedures and conditions to determine those that received 2024 America’s Best Hospitals Awards.

Morristown Medical Center was in the top 50 for the ninth year in a row, and also was listed in the top three in New Jersey for Cardiac Care, Coronary Intervention, and Cardiology. The hospital had 77 percent of patients give it a 9 or a 10 rating (out of 10), and 81 percent of patients said they'd "definitely" recommend Morristown Medical Center.

Chilton Medical Center in Pompton Plains also made the top 250 for the second year in a row. These two medical centers are part of the Atlantic Health System, as is Overlook Medical Center in Summit — also named to the top 50 list.

Atlantic Health System's executive vice president and chief health system officer, Scott Leighty, said the rankings "further underscore the commitment to high quality care and safety" that the teams at these facilities have made.

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“The talented team members, doctors and other clinicians at these medical centers are setting the standard not only for our organization, but also for health care facilities throughout the state and nation," he continued.

Healthgrades, an online physician and hospital locator, said in a news release that it used data-driven, clinically validated methodology that focuses solely on patient outcomes to determine the rankings.

“Hospital quality is a crucial, yet often overlooked, factor to consider when choosing a doctor,” Healthgrades’ chief medical officer and head of data science Dr. Brad Bowman said in the release.

Morristown Medical Center is also among the top 1 percent of hospitals nationwide for overall clinical performance, having been on the list for nine consecutive years, the health system added.

Healthgrades listed 10 New Jersey hospitals among that top 250, but Morristown Medical Center and Overlook Medical Center were the only two from the Garden State to be in the top 50.

“Healthgrades commends Atlantic Health System for its leadership and continued dedication to high quality care,” said Bowman. “With two of America’s 50 Best Hospitals, Atlantic Health System is elevating the standard for quality care nationwide and ensuring superior outcomes for the patients in their community.”

Click here to see the list of all 10 hospitals recognized in New Jersey.

Healthgrades said a recent survey showed 76 percent of consumers would only choose hospitals with high-quality rankings for their condition or procedure, and nearly two-thirds (63 percent) are more likely to choose a hospital that received a quality award when deciding between two hospitals before scheduling a procedure.

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