NJ Public Health

Ralph D'Aries of Sparta Public Health presents an overview of his department. The film was produced by the NJ Public Health Officers Association. The photo behind Mr. D'Aries is the old SpartaTown Hall. It will soon be demolished as the new facility is opened. The photo is by by Don Freeman.

Memorial Day Tribute - Asiatic Fleet

Vic Campbell spoke to the Veterans of the doomed Asiatic Fleet in early May. The speech is appropriate for Memorial day and is suggested reading for ME3TV viewers.

Author of "Sunflowers Measure Up"

Author of childrens book reads "Sunflowers Measure Up". It is an introduction to mathmatics for very young children.

Story from The College Hill

The COLLEGE HILL (SCCC's Student Newspaper) reports on bike registration for Cub Scouts with the Newton Police. Story and Pictures.

Scary but Scenic "Friday the 13th" 25 Years Later

A 4 minute Documentary shows the scenic locations used in the scary movie "Friday The 13th" 25 years later. The location is in Warren County, New Jersey. This was a student project by Danny Pytell, for a broadcast class at the local college. I've personally been to Blairstown many times, but never to the Boy Scout camp. Some of the places seen in this film are off limits to anyone. Danny just happened to know the right people. (Send this story and others along to your friends with the envelope icon for email just below the posting). Your own feature film can be presented here on ME3TV. Send us a copy. ME3TV will be giving introductory seminars to teach you how to prepare your own news features for the web. Watch for the announcement.

Interview-Boarding Horses

The Silver Fox Farm in Sussex County, New Jersey, boards horses. In this interview by County College Broadcast Student, Jessica Marino, we learn a little about what it takes to run a boarding facility. Sussex County is prolific with equestrian activity. Learn more at the county's agri tourism website! Learn more about the county broadcast program. Contact Professor Tony Selimo.

Author Presentation- Dianne Ochiltree

Dianne Ochiltree is a local author. In this video, she reads one of her stories from an anthology for young teen girls - about "that time of the month". The book is "Don't Cramp My Style". Ochiltree writes for teens and for toddlers - two different genre. Some of her other books will be featured soon. Visit her website! ME3TV will begin an "Author's Channel" soon.

Sussex County IHN

Sussex County Interfaith Hospitality Network is a cooperative faith based effort to help families get through periods of homelessness. This 7 minute video explains the program and helps educate us about causes of homelessness and what we can do to help - beyond a faceless bureaucracy. Contacts are: SCIHN and Family Promise(National Organization). All local organizations are encouraged to present their communications videos through ME3TV. It is free. Contact us.

Sparta - Jefferson Lacrosse Monday

Number 48 gets a clear shot at the goal as Sparta Lacrosse Varsity goes on to beat Jefferson 11-2. Sparta JV was also the high score against Jefferson on Monday. ME3TV is looking for volunteer producers to bring video or still footage and commetary to the public for all county sports. Have your OWN sports channel on ME3TV! Contact us! Also teams can submit game reports to Tony Selimo of ME3tV for broadcast and RSS. Or, you can submit your own *.wav file for broadcast. EMAIL.

Always in Season - Sussex County

A Classic Vermont Vacation. All this Vermont footage was shot on location in Sussex County, New Jersey. Wait a minute! This IS New Jersey! ME3TV presents this video for your viewing pleasure. If you live here, please DO NOT share this video with a lot of outsiders. They'll all want to come here to live. If they are your relatives, who live in some Middle American town, you will no longer get sympathy letters from them. You will no longer be their "poor East Coast orphan". You can't milk them for fruit baskets and care packages anymore. I suggest you send them the video of a Manhattan Cab ride and tell them you live just a short distance from metropolis. It will help you maintain the aura of intense humanity and stress. Below are some of the links related to this film. DO NOT click on them or send this blog post to anyone using the envelope link underneath the post to the right. DO NOT write comments about the video or this post using the 'comments' link below either. People will get word about this and start breathing OUR air under OUR sky. Let's keep it quiet, shall we? But, if you insist - nobody will punish you.
Sussex County - Chamber of Commerce - Agri-Tourism - Skylands Tourism - NJ Tourism - Mike BreslinProductions - Buzz Creek Sparta - History of Area, and more, many of which are represented here in ME3TV in other features.

Diary Update - 1910

The Local Historical Society acquired this diary from the Town Clerk, who retrieved it from the old town hall attic. (The old town hall will soon be destroyed when the new one is completed and occupied). The diary is dated from 1900. Marjorie Strohsahl reads from it in 2003.
NOW THERE IS AN UPDATE! The author is discovered!
It turns out, the son of Mary Carrier Griswold (the author) lived in Lake Mohawk (Sparta, NJ) and died here. Somehow, this diary, a part of his belongings, came to be in the possesion of the township and found its way to the town hall attic. Mrs. Griswold died while vacationing in Florida in 1965. She was then a resident of the Merriam Home in Newton, New Jersey. She was a member of the Newton Presbyerian Church. At the time of her diary (1900), she was then recently married to Rev. Tracy Beadle Griswold and was living in Auburn, N.Y. His second pastorate was in Albany, Oregon, but we think this diary relates only to Auburn. Mary Carrier Griswold - 1872 - 1965. A PDF file is HERE, so you can read more about this amazing woman. Please feel free to add your comments using the link under this post!
There are more presentations by the Sparta Historical Society that will appear soon. (type "history" in the "search this blog" box above left) Short history features and the film "Voices of The Land" are available on DVD. You can order HERE.

Day's End - SNOWETRY

This is a preview of the "Snowetry" collection. The DVD is available only in packs of 20 DVDS (for $39.95 delivered) that are suitable sharing as a gift for friends and family. . 100% of the video was shot in Sussex County, NJ. The project was put together in a virtual partnership with M.J. Trenklerin Jacksonville, Fl. YOU can download the full video plus added snowfall footage in an mp4 file from AMAZON.com for as little as $3.

Weather with Tony Selimo is found updated almost daily in this blog. Come back regularly for his weather service!

Train Your Dog To Heel

DAVJAN Training has been at this a long time. Dave provides a FREE DVD for leash training to his customers. But, here you can get some of his dog training advice without having to bother him for a DVD. His website is DAVJANTRAINING

This history of NW New Jersey was produced by Debra Natyzak of Johnsonburg only few years ago. It is now availalble on DVD. You can buy it online here at Customflix. It is also available at wholesale prices in bulk from Buzz Creek. This is a lengthy but informative preview. You might learn something. Enjoy! And, please - pass this link along to newcomers and others who might appreciate knowing more about the history