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MAILED FREE TO EVERY HOME AND BUSINESS IN FANWOOD Published by Renna Media Issue 28 • January 2018 HIGH SCHOOL FALL SPORT’S ATHLETES RECOGNITION Place Your Tuesday, December 12, 2017, at the Town Conference Meeting, the following Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School Ad In Athletes were honored: Ben Fleischer Cross Country First Team e! All County; Brandon Garcia Cross Country First Team All ThisA GSREpAaT c County; Madeline Bord Cross Country First Team All County; ATTENTION GRABBER Michael Ferrara Boys Soccer First Team All County; Brogan Quigley Boys Soccer First Team All County; Cooper Heisey #1 in completed passes in 2017; #1 in passing yards with 3039 yards and which broke the previous school passing record in a single season, was named First -Team All - Area Football by the Courier News and was a 2017 Maxwell Football Club New Jersey Mini Max Award recipient. Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School Girls Varsity Soccer Team has won the Union County Championships for the eighth season in a row. Team members are: Taylor Diggs; Ashley First come, first served. Vincent; Danielle Mrozek; Kaitlyn Mrozek; Gina Fahrenholz; Kayla Krutis; Brianna O’Brien; Erica Muskus; Sabrina DiLollo; CALL TINA Kylie Bierne; Kerri McNeely; Maria DelSordi; Isabella Corsaro; Stefanie DeVizio; Maggie Traina; Gabriella Kowlaczyk; FOR DETAILS Elizabeth Ley; Gabby Aloe; Maya Kessler; Isabelle Richardson; (above, back) Mayor Al Smith and Councilman John 908-418-5586 Michaela Genty; Maya Sutterlin; Jada Gomillion; Brooke Del Sordi Jr.; (front) members of Scotch Plains-Fanwood Klurman; Corinne Lyght; Abigail Hanvey; and Jamie Valian. High School Girls Varsity Soccer Team. 5 7 E 1 5 D G 9 7 S . T 1 A S T S O A D S I W N P T A R O R T A P I C P S L I E . M R H S R . P P E U P 3 * * 2 * * 0 M D 7 D (above l-r) Mayor Al Smith, Cooper Heisey (abovet, l-r) Mayor Al Smith, N E 0 S and parents, and Councilman John Del Sordi Jr. Brandon Garcia. S O J W R R N C T E , * A * * D P * * O * L * O * SOLD A * 1875 Quiimby Lane,, Scottch Pllaiins * T W * * S N * * O * A * F * P 188 Elm Street | Westfield, NJ 07090 | 908-233-8502 x414 • Fanwood Post Page 2 • January 2018 MEET MARYANNE CHRISTIANO-MISTRETTA YOUR CONTACT FOR NEWSPAPER CONTENT Fanwood Post is published by Renna Media. 3,000 newspapers are printed monthly and mailed to every business and resident in Hello Readers! singer/performance artist, Anna Oh; and three- Fanwood. I’m ecstatic to time Grammy winning producer, Rob Fusari. 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Students were able to hand cuffed, it hits home. It is even more gut the Fanwood Rescue Squad, the Municipal witness a reality-based portrayal of the aftermath wrenching to see the reaction of the parent actors Alliance Committee, the Scotch Plains-Fanwood of the crash and the response by law enforcement, finding out that their teen did not survive the PTA Chemical Dependency Committee, and emergency personnel and family members. The crash and how poor driving decisions can impact DECA, the co-curricular Marketing Club of event was to remind the seniors of the risks and so many people. Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School. The legal ramifications of driving while under the After the reenactment, the seniors participated purpose of this drill was for the senior class at the influence or distracted as in texting, using a cell in a question and answer session with Sergeant high school to witness a simulation of the loss of phone, or horse playing. Seniors Caitlin Bourke, Brown and Chief Ted Conley of the Scotch Plains life and injury that happens when driving while Ryan Lopez, and Nate Redmount played the roles Police Department, Chief Richard Trigo of the distracted or under the influence. of the students in the vehicle. PTA volunteers Fanwood Police Department, and Liz Knodel- The Raider’s Don’t Risk It Project was the Dawn Smith, Jennifer Powers, and Lisa Gordon the District Student Assistance brainchild of Marjorie Fitzgibbon, DECA Ciarrocca were featured in the roles of parents of Coordinator. After the Q&A, students were also Advisor, and SPFHS student Catie Currie, DECA the students.