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Friday, December 14, 2012

Scholarship Program in Memory of 9/11 Victim to Expand

Friends of Marty will boost the number of students eligible to receive scholarships in 2014.

Parsippany resident Martin Boryczewski lives on in the hearts of his friends more than 11 years after he was lost in the September 11 attacks in New York City. And in 2014, community service efforts launched in his honor will expand, according to his best friend. Since Boryczewski's untimely passing, the nonprofit Friends of Marty Inc. has hosted an annual golf outing that raises funds for deserving students at his alma mater Morris Catholic High School. And now, more students will have a chance to receive scholarships. "In 2014, we will expand our award scholarship funds to students at St. Peter’s University where Marty also excelled," said Ron Dollard, who heads Friends of Marty. "From the beginning, we’ve chosen to help students in need…

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Boonton Man Recalls 9/11 Victim: 'He Was My Best Friend'

Ron Dollard remembers the lessons his friend Martin Boryczewski taught him and honors him through an annual charity event.

Ron Dollard, who lives in Boonton, met his friend, Parsippany resident Martin Boryczewski, when they attended Morris Catholic High School together in the late 1980s and early '90s. "Marty was someone special," Dollard recalled. "He was a positive guy and a fun guy, and being around him, you wanted to be like him. "He was my best friend." Dollard lost his best friend on Sept. 11, 2001, when terrorists used planes to take down the World Trade Center in New York City and killed nearly 3,000 people. Boryczewski was a 29-year-old employee of financial firm Cantor Fitzgerald when his life was taken. Asked what he remembered most about his friend, Dollard grew quiet. "Just the camaraderie we had, and our ability to be upfront and honest with each…

VietNam Vet

9:03 pm on Tuesday, September 11, 2012

And are we any safer today than we were Odumbo/Osama who still believes the iranians want to be our friends. What moron would continue to think this way after everything we have seen and been through. This country is in worse shape now and so is Isreal if they believe that this country will stand behind them if they attack iran. I think that Isreal is better off forcing his hand and make the U.S…   more ›

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