Monday, April 16, 2012
"The children generations from now will also benefit," Richard Codey said of the Madison Athletic Foundation fundraiser.
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Monday, April 16, 2012
State Sen. Richard Codey pulled the winning ticket, 0447. Then, Marty Horn, Madison Athletic Foundation chairman, read the name. "The winner is—Bruce Lovenberg," he said. Councilman Don Links called out, "You're kidding me," and said he sold Lovenberg, a resident of the Long Valley section of Washington Township, the ticket. The value of that winning ticket? Nearly $80,000. So culminated the Madison Athletic Foundation’s first 50/50 Cash Raffle drawing held at noon on Saturday at the Madison Recreation Complex. The foundation started selling $100 tickets in January to raise money for the recently completed MRC synthetic turf fields project. Codey said the fundraiser will have longlasting benefits. "The children generations from now will …
Bruce Lovenberg had winning ticket No. 0447.
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Monday, April 16, 2012
Bruce Lovenberg of the Long Valley section of Washington Township is the winner of the Madison Athletic Foundation’s first 50/50 Cash Raffle drawing, held at noon on Saturday at the Madison Recreation Complex. State Sen. Richard J. Codey pulled the winning ticket, which is worth nearly $80,000. The MAF sold tickets since January for $100 per ticket. Organizers believe the raffle is the biggest in the history of Madison community fundraising efforts. All net proceeds from the raffle will benefit the recently completed MRC synthetic turf fields project, the Madison Athletic Foundation has said.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Winner picked Saturday expected to receive $75,000.
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
The Madison Athletic Foundation’s first 50/50 Cash Raffle drawing is scheduled for noon on Saturday at the Madison Recreation Complex located off Ridgedale Avenue in Madison. Former Governor and State Sen. Richard J. Codey will pull the winning ticket, which is expected to be worth close to $75,000, according to a foundation news release Thursday. The MAF has been selling tickets since January for $100 per ticket and the raffle drawing amount is believed to be the biggest in the history of Madison community fundraising efforts, the news release said. Tickets can be purchased up to the actual drawing. Representatives will be at the MRC turf fields starting at 10 a.m. Saturday. All net proceeds from the raffle will benefit the recently …
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Initial spending for Community Gardens approved.
At its final scheduled meeting of 2011, the Madison Borough Council bid its good-byes to departing members, then moved on to an assortment of agenda items at Hartley Dodge Memorial Municipal Building. Mayor-elect Bob Conley thanked outgoing Councilman Sam Cerciello for his two years on Council, and Mayor Mary-Anna Holden for her 14 years of service to the borough as both a Council member and mayor, saying she would be “a tough act to follow.” Holden did not attend the meeting after her husband, Richard, was hospitalized Sunday night. Council President Vincent Esposito presided in her absence. Esposito and Councilman Don Links honored Holden, too. Links thanked her for “taking me under her wing.” Cerciello wished incoming Council members …
Monday, December 12, 2011
Project part of development of the Madison Recreation Center.
The Madison Borough Council, sitting for its last scheduled meeting of the year tonight at 8 p.m. at Hartley Dodge Memorial, has a number of agenda items up for discussion. The meeting also is the last as mayor for Mary-Anna Holden, who passes the gavel to Democrat and current council member Bob Conley in January. Scheduled agenda discussions include resolutions authorizing funding a lightning detection system, and a resolution authorizing construction and funding for a community garden. The lightning system would be deployed in the borough and at Board of Recreation fields. The community garden is part of ongoing development of the 49 Acres site annexed from Florham Park. It follows construction of the controversial synthetic turf …
Jake Remaly
12:19 pm on Monday, April 16, 2012
Here's video of the drawing: http://madison.patch.com/articles/video-sen-codey-draws-mrc-raffle-winner#youtube_video-9604795 more ›