Politics & Government
Women's History Month Celebration Will Honor Mayor
County Prosecutor's Office, New Jersey Women in Law Enforcement selected Mary-Anna Holden along with five other honorees.
Madison Mayor Mary-Anna Holden will be one of six honorees Wednesday night at the third-annual Women's History Month Celebration hosted by the Morris County Prosecutor's Office.
"It's just nice," Holden said of the recognition.
"It's an unpaid position and you give numerous hours. I don't ask for anything in return, but it's nice to get an atta boy instead of complaints," Holden said with a laugh.
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The event, which starts at 7 p.m. in the Freeholder's Public Meeting Room of the Administration and Records Building in Morristown, is being co-hosted with New Jersey Women in Law Enforcement. It honors distinguished women for their contributions to the community, as well as their accomplishments in the field of public service.
Holden was happy to accept the invitation as an honoree, and is familiar with Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi.
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"We've worked together on couple of things," Holden said. "He's a good guy."
Holden also said that she knows Chief of Investigations Bill Schievella very well from going to different heritage celebrations over the years. She also said Detective Keisha Higgs of the Community Affairs Unit has done a great job in setting up a lot of outreach programs.
Holden will be joined by honorees Cynthia R. Wofford (Special Agent in Charge, United States Secret Service), Carolyn Williams (Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol and Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives), Sister Merris Larkin (Principal of the Assumption School), Victoria Craig (Director of Administration for Art in the Atrium) and Kisha Pippins-Fields (President, AKA Inc., Pi Theta Omega Chapter).
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