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Boro Administrator Making 'Miraculous Recovery'

Engineer Vincent J. DeNave will visit the borough administrator Wednesday.

 

Engineer Vincent J. DeNave told the Chatham Borough Council that Robert Falzarano, the borough's administrator, has made a "miraculous recovery" since his motorcycle accident.

"I spoke with his wife today," DeNave told the council Tuesday. "He's doing very well, and is talking about work endlessly."

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Council members and Mayor Bruce Harris all expressed their relief at the news, and Harris commented that Falzarano's desire to return to work "makes Vince happy."

DeNave said he intended to visit Falzarano at the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation Wednesday, and "I will be bringing work for him."

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Presently visitors are limited, but DeNave said Falzarano's address will be released soon so he may receive cards from the public.

"We're all fortunate that he's doing as well as he is," DeNave said.

Harris asked DeNave to make sure Falzarano knew he should "take it easy" before coming back to work. "We will continue going forward as best as we can," Harris said.

for over a month after he, his brother George, both of Long Hill Township, and Charles Dziedzic, the borough's deputy director of the , were struck by a Chevrolet Tahoe while traveling through Arkansas. The three were returning from a cross-country motorcycle trip.

was killed instantly, and both Falzaranos, as well as the driver of the Chevrolet Tahoe, were hospitalized.

from University of Arkansas Medical Sciences Hospital on Monday, May 7. Gibbons said he will receive continued care in New Jersey until he fully recovers.

Thursday from Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock, Ark. and returned to New Jersey via a medical transportation ambulance back to New Jersey, a journey of over 20 hours.

 

 

 

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