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SPOTLIGHT: Rehabilitation Services

Helping a Patient Reach the Summit

David Pateman had a lifelong dream to hike to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. Rising high above the plains of Tanzania, Mount Kilimanjaro is the tallest mountain in Africa. In March 2013, while training for this adventurous climb, David suffered a knee injury that would require surgery to repair it followed by weeks of physical therapy.

David’s successful meniscal repair surgery was performed on May 9, 2013, at Saint Clare’s Bott Family Surgical Pavilion in Denville by Dr. Frank Capecci. A short time after the surgery, David met with a physical therapist from the Physical Medicine department to begin a personalized regimen to rehabilitate his knee. “From the beginning, the staff was on the ball assessing my needs and considering my goals,” David said. “The professionalism, personal care and understanding of the entire staff were without a doubt the highest quality anywhere.”

Although he found the therapy not always easy, David was dedicated in following the outpatient sessions in the hospital as well as the home regimen the staff created for him. “I sometimes wondered why I was doing certain routines that seemed peculiar but it soon became apparent,” he said.  On September 5, 2013, just four months after surgery, David achieved his lifelong dream and was able to summit Mount Kilimanjaro, a trek he called “the hardest, roughest, most fantastic” thing he had ever done.

David was able to make it to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, while others much younger were not able to do so. He believes that “without the care and dedication of the Saint Clare’s Physical Medicine department, I would not have been able to realize this dream I have had since I was a teenager.”

“Thank you from the bottom of my heart for being a part of my dream,” he added.

This outcome is specific to this patient. Results can vary based on each individual patient and situation.

Denville Police Department

                    

Friday April 25th, 2014 :: 09:13 a.m. ED

I’m participating in the Rockaway River Clean up. See where you can help!

Here’s a case I’ll be watching with interest.

NJ.com

Residents cry fowl over no-chickens rule in Denville

A group of residents are planning to challenge a township ordinance barring them from keeping live chickens on their property, because, they say, these animals are their pets — not their dinner.

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According to the ordinance, “farming shall mean the use of land for agricultural or horticultural use or for raising poultry or domesticated livestock.” The ordinance further states that “all pastoral farm animals and fowl shall be contained within a building or fenced enclosure which shall restrict animals or fowl a distance of at least 250 feet from any property line and shall be permitted on a tract of land of five acres or larger in area. This shall not be construed to permit commercial piggeries. The regulations in this subsection shall not restrict house pets.”

“We think they’re house pets,” Cunningham said. “Raising poultry isn’t allowed (under the ordinance), but we think of it the same way as (people raise) rabbits or homing pigeons, both of which stay in a hutch outside.”

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At a Dec. 2012 meeting, resident Dave Pateman tried to discuss the zoning inspector’s interpretation of the ordinance barring pet chickens, but he was advised by the municipal attorney to file an application before the zoning board, and told he may wish to request a zoning variance.

Months later, Wayne Pacconi, a member of the Green Sustainability Committee, the Open Space Committee and the Environmental Commission, made a presentation at the Sept. 2013 council workshop meeting, encouraging the township to develop an ordinance that would allow the raising of backyard chickens.

Pacconi told the township that Sustainable New Jersey, a certification process for municipalities that want to green, was highly in favor of the raising of backyard chickens, and awarded 30 points in the certification process to towns that allow the birds. At least 150 points are required for bronze certification under the program, and 300 points are required for silver certification.

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Council members Christopher Golinski and Deborah Smith both said Meredith Petrillo, the township’s animal control officer, needed to be included in the conversation, according to the minutes.

Ward told NJ.com in an email that there was not majority support amongst the governing body when the issue of amending the ordinance was raised last year due “to some of the negative consequences brought on by chickens.”

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Saturday April 19, 2014

The Denville Library proudly presents the history of the Palisades during the American Revolution presented by Kevin Woyce.

Monday, April 28, 2014 at 7:00pm

Sign Up at: Denville Library.

The Palisades

In 1524, explorer Giovanni da Verrazano described the cliffs along the
west bank of the Hudson River as “a fence of stakes,” or “Palisades.”

Join me for a colorful tour of one of New Jersey’s most impressive
landmarks, from its formation and discovery to the American Revolution
park’s major trails, from abandoned riverfront beaches and ferry landings
to a vanished cliff top world of mansions and grand hotels. We’ll also visit
Fort Lee, when it was the home of the silent movie industry, and Palisades
Amusement Park.

To schedule a program:
Email
Kevin Woyce Dot Com