The HOWELL Times
Vol. 20 - No. 27
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December 10, 2022
Holidays Sweeter With Local Gingerbread House Display
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A village of gingerbread houses takes up two rooms with 55 contest entries.
BOE Recognized With Prestigious School Board Certification
By Alyssa Riccardi HOWELL – Members of the Howell Township Board of Education were recently recognized for receiving the Carole E. Larsen Master Board Certification. “Our board was recognized with a very prestigious award; One that is not easily obtained. (Only) a small percentage of New Jersey School Boards received this recognition,” Superintendent of Schools Joseph Isola said. According to the New Jersey School Boards Association’s website, The Car-
ole E. Larsen Master Board Certification (MBC) is awarded in recognition of high performing boards. The board must provide evidence to demonstrate an emphasis on student achievement in their board actions. The award was created in 2007 after the passing of Carol E. Larsen, who lived in Morris County and was a New Jersey School Boards Association field service representative. The website states in order to earn the Carole E. Larsen Master Board Certification, a (BOE - See Page 11)
─Photo by Stephanie Faughnan
By Stephanie Faughnan FARMINGDALE - Sugar and spice and everything nice found a sweet home last week as part of the Wainright House and Museum’s traditional Gingerbread House Contest and Exhibit. According to Wainright’s Curator and Founder Virginia Woolley, the festive competition began approximately ten years ago when she first saved the historic building. The 2022 contest resulted in 55 submissions with winners selected by Four Boys Ice Cream, the event’s sponsors. In some cases, local students teamed up in classrooms to build houses with gingerbread foundations overloaded with candy and assorted goodies. Farmingdale’s Volcano Village featured more than a half dozen homes and represented “The Land of Lava Icing.” Other entrants came from com mu n it y members who bonded as families to design their own versions of confectionary-laden structures. (Gingerbread - See Page 3)
Author Pulls Back The Tapestry On Living A Religious Life With Illness By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – Chronic illness is something most people don’t want to talk about, so M. Rose Peluso wrote a book about it. Her book, “Behind The Tapestry,” is subtitled “My Discovery Of God’s Grace Amidst Chronic Pain And Loss.” It’s available in most online book markets. It chronicles a life dealing with serious issues while also working to become a nun. It’s a personal story but it appeals to a wider audience. She suffers widespread, chronic pain from
pudendal neuropathy, named after the nerve that runs through the pelvic floor. “If you’re having a horrible day, sitting is almost unbearable,” she said. A chronic condition will take up a huge amount of your life. If you don’t have one, you just don’t understand how much it impacts everything. Lots of people don’t want to hear about illness, but Peluso won’t suffer in silence any longer. She left her great job as a graphic designer (Author - See Page 4)
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