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MONTVILLE — The Little Mustangspull up to a side door of Montville Town-ship High School about 11:30 a.m., theirparents holding their hands as they walkinside and are greeted by their teachers,a rotating group of more than 40 highschool students running the preschool aspart of their Child Development class.

Students leading the program arefreshmen through seniors at the highschool, all taking different levels of thecourse. Child Development 1 focuses ontheory, Child Development 2 is LittleMustangs, and 3 focuses on leadership

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PROGRAM OFFERS REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE

TEENS LEARN HOW TO CARE

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Bryce Caramucci, 3, digs for treasure inside a sandbox as Brianna Sharpe, 15, looks on last week at Montville Township High School’s LittleMustangs preschool (below), which is taught by high school students enrolled in Montville’s child development classes.

Montville H.S. class running Little Mustangs preschool

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The nonprofit group trying to sparehistoric Greystone Park PsychiatricHospital from the wrecking ball —which could arrive as early as April 6 —is hoping a judge might step up whereother New Jersey officials have not.

“So we’re taking this thing to court,”Preserve Greystone President JohnHuebner said at what might have beenits final annual meeting Wednesday atthe Morris County Public Library. “It’sunfortunate that it’s come to this, but wefeel like we have no choice. The state’sdemolition plan for Greystone is a disas-ter for taxpayers, and they are trying toshove it forward in violation of bothstate and federal laws.”

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Preserve Greystone President John Huebneroutlines strategies for stopping demolitionat the group’s meeting Wednesday.

Battleto savehistoryin court Demolition near

for Greystone site

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Longtime Parsippany CouncilmanMichael dePierro is heading a Repub-lican ticket of three candidates forthree available seats on the townshipcouncil in the 2015 election.

DePierro, former Councilman Vin-cent Ferrara and township businessowner Loretta Gragnani — who alsoserves on the township Board of Ad-justment — complete the slate, which

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PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHAEL DEPIERRO

Michael dePierro (left) with his runningmates for Parsippany Township Council,Vincent Ferrara and Loretta Gragnani.

Lawn care program offered at Rockaway Twp. library

ROCKAWAY TWP. — The RockawayTownship Public Library will present“Garden State of Mind: ABC’s of LawnCare” from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday atthe library, located at 61 Mount HopeRoad.

Rutgers University Master Garden-er Brian James Monaghan will teach thebasics of lawn care and the correctmethod of lawn renovation.

Registration is required. For more in-formation, call 973-627-2344, emailrockawaytwplibrary@rtlibrary.org orvisit the library.

Art contributors to be feted Wednesday in Morristown

MORRISTOWN — Morris Arts will rec-ognize individuals and organizations foroutstanding accomplishments, commit-ment and contribution toward encour-aging and fostering arts in the commu-

nity Wednesday at the Morris Museum’sBickford Theatre.

The reception starts at 5 p.m., and theprogram begins at 6:30 p.m. Members ofThe Folk Project will perform. Theevent is free. Registration is required.

The theater is located at 6 NormandyHeights Road in Morristown.

For more information, call 973-285-5115 or visit www.morrisarts.org/events/celebrate-the-arts/.

Morristown High School plansProject Graduation fundraiser

MORRISTOWN — The MorristownHigh School Project Graduation Com-mittee will hold its annual dinner andfashion show Thursday at the Birch-wood Manor in Whippany.

The goal is to raise money for a safealcohol-free and drug-free party forsenior students on graduation night. Theevent runs 6 to 10 p.m., and the fashionshow starts at 7 p.m.

For more information, visit http://mhshsa.com/project-graduation/.

Health screening offered by Randolph Health Department

RANDOLPH — The township HealthDepartment is offering a Women’sHealth Screening 6 p.m. Thursday in themunicipal building.

Female screening includes a ThinPrep Pap test, pelvic and breast exam,test for blood in stool (Hemoccult) and

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The Rockaway Township Public Library willpresent a “Garden State of Mind: ABC’s ofLawn Care” program 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

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