Ho-Ho-Kus April 20, 2011 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 11 Mongelli will not run for new term; Shell files for seat by Jennifer Crusco John Mongelli, a member of the HoHo-Kus Council since 1997, has decided not to seek reelection this year. The council candidates who filed for the upcoming Republican primary include incumbent Councilwoman Maryellen Lennon and newcomer Steve Shell. Mayor Thomas Randall has also filed for reelection. No Democrats have filed for the June 7 primary, but Independent candidates will have until the day of the primary to announce their candidacy for the November general election. Mongelli, who will be completing 15 years on the council when his term ends in December 2011, said his house is on the market. He is planning to purchase a smaller home in the area, he said, adding, “I would consider getting involved in municipal government (in a new hometown) again.” He said he enjoys serving and looking out for the public. “Part of me would love to continue, but it’s time to move on,” Mongelli added. Before his term ends, Mongelli said he would concentrate on the pending PBA contract negotiations, and the DPW contract talks. Mongelli has lived in Ho-Ho-Kus for 33 years. He is a graduate of Long Island University, where he received a bachelor’s degree in marketing and advertising. He is a member of Alpha Delta Sigma national advertising fraternity. Mongelli’s career has included serving as president of John R. Mongelli & Associates, Inc., a marketing, communications and graphic design firm in New York City, and heading The Crystal Vineyard, an Internet-based concern. Lennon will be seeking reelection to a new three-year term on the borough’s governing body. Lennon has been a borough resident for 33 years. She is a graduate of Saint Joseph’s College and was an elementary school teacher. Lennon and her late husband, Tom, moved to Ho-Ho-Kus in 1978 where they raised their five children. The councilwoman’s activities have included troop leader for Girl Scouts, YAC Dance co-chair, and Red Cross Babysitting Course and St. Gabriel’s CCD instructor. She has run a nursery program in town for preschoolers, and served as a substitute teacher in several local districts. Lennon was elected to her first term in 2005. Shell and his wife Elizabeth have been residents of Ho-Ho-Kus since 1995, having moved to the borough from New York City. Their three daughters are being educated at the Ho-Ho-Kus/Waldwick Nursery School, the Ho-Ho-Kus Public School, and Northern Highlands Regional High School. The candidate is a graduate of the University of Florida, where he doublemajored in forest resources and conservation and in food and resource economics. After receiving his bachelor’s degree, he began a 28-year career in sales, marketing, and management with Stauffer Chemicals, Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising, American Cyanamid, and Pfizer. He is currently vice president and general manager in the U.S. Animal Health Division of Merck & Co., where he is responsible for the management of three business units and a staff of more than 250 colleagues. Shell is a member and deacon of the Community Church of Ho-Ho-Kus, and has been active in Ho-Ho-Kus recreational sports where he has coached and assisted for his daughters’ baseball, soccer, basketball, and lacrosse teams. He has served as a member of the Ho-Ho-Kus Zoning Board of Adjustment since January 2008. Randall, a practicing attorney with Randall & Randall, was last elected in 2007. Before he became mayor, he spent 13 years as a member of the borough council. A graduate of Notre Dame University and Seton Hall Law School, Randall has served as council president, police commissioner, DPW commissioner, deputy finance commissioner, and council liaison to the zoning board. The candidate’s community activities have included coaching recreation baseball and soccer and the traveling basketball team. He has also been active with the Bergen County Scouts, the Northwest Bergen Chapter of the American Heart Association, and the Northeast Republican Organization. Randall has served as attorney for the Saddle River Zoning Board, the Westwood Planning Board, borough attorney in Hillsdale, and municipal prosecutor in Waldwick. He is also zoning board attorney for Paramus. Randall was named a New Jersey Super Lawyer and was recognized as a top lawyer of Bergen County in “201” magazine. The Worth-Pinkham Memorial Library at 91 Warren Avenue, Ho-Ho-Kus is exhibiting works by landscape artist Jack McKenzie during April. 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