Long Hill Memorial Day Ceremony

Due to the dreary weather forecast, the Long Hill Memorial Day Parade was cancelled, but that did not interrupt the citizens of Long Hill from coming out and paying tribute to the service members of both recent and past memories who perished during times of war.
Father Richard Carton opened the Ceremony with an invocation and Mayor Bruce Meringolo followed by thanking the Long Hill Community members for attending the modest ceremony at Central Middle School on the front lawn, in Stirling. Mayor Meringolo apologized for the cancellation of the original event. Fallen service members were honored for their sacrifices in the form of patriotically designed wreaths.
Mayor Meringolo read the names of fallen service members during various wartime efforts, from World War II forward, and for each name spoken Deputy Mayor Guy Piserchia rang a bell. Lieutenant Joe Fronapfel and Edwin Gerecht of the Millington Fire Department; Chief Kevin Phillips and Isaac Morales of the Stirling Fire Department; Lieutenant Sean Brown and Detective Matthew Newschwander of the Long Hill Police Department; Bob English and Israel Sierra of the Long Hill First Aid Squad, were all present to place wreaths at the memorials located in front of Central Middle School.The ceremony ended solemnly with a prayer from Reverend Tom Peters.